Cairn however said it was still "committed to Greenland" and was "excited about the potential of the region".

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Professor Benfield is excited by the potential for further discoveries and revelations from the deep that the Serpent project may bring.

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When Google took the wraps off Now we all got a pretty excited about the potential of the preemptive virtual assistant.

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