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Legal Status of the Arctic Some Contemporary Issues

21 May 2008

THE ARCTIC OCEAN & MARGINAL SEAS

ARCTIC OCEAN

ChukchiSea

BeaufortSea

LincolnSea

BarentsSea

KaraSeaLaptev

Sea

East SiberianSea Norwegian-

GreenlandSea

Greenland

Canada

USA

Russia

Norway

Hans Island

THE ARCTIC OCEAN & MARGINAL SEAS

ARCTIC OCEAN

ChukchiSea

BeaufortSea

LincolnSea

BarentsSea

KaraSeaLaptev

Sea

East SiberianSea Norwegian-

GreenlandSea

Greenland

Canada

USA

Russia

Norway

Minimum Arctic Ice 2002

SHIPPING ROUTES BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE FAR EAST

PROPOSED ‘ARCTIC BRIDGE’?

Murmansk

Churchill

Murmansk

Churchill

THE FLOOR OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN

Greenland

Greenland

CanadaCanada

USAUSA

RussiaRussia

CanadaCanadaBasinBasin

ChukchiChukchiBorderlandsBorderlands

MendeleevMendeleevRidgeRidge

LomonosovLomonosovRidgeRidge

GakkelGakkelRidgeRidge

AlphaAlphaRidgeRidge

AmerasianAmerasian BasinBasin

EurasianEurasian BasinBasin

NorwayNorway

IcelandIceland

THE ARCTIC OCEAN: MORPHOLOGICAL BREAKS IN NATURAL PROLONGATIONS

Russ

ia

Canada

Greenlan

d

Lomonosov Ridge

Alpha-Mendeleev Ridge

THE CENTRAL ARCTIC OCEAN: AN ENCLAVE OF COMBINED CONTINENTAL SHELVES?

Prospective zone of extended sovereign rights

Zones beyond coastal state jurisdiction

THE ARCTIC OCEAN & MARGINAL SEAS

ARCTIC OCEAN

ChukchiSea

BeaufortSea

LincolnSea

BarentsSea

KaraSeaLaptev

Sea

East SiberianSea Norwegian-

GreenlandSea

Greenland

Canada

USA

Russia

Norway

BEAUFORT SEA – Disputed Zone Between Canada and the United States

Fishing Zone limit

U.S. limit

Disputed Zone

ZONES DEFINED BY SECTOR LINES

ZONES DEFINED BY MEDIAN LINES

THE ARCTIC OCEAN & MARGINAL SEAS

ARCTIC OCEAN

ChukchiSea

BeaufortSea

LincolnSea

BarentsSea

KaraSeaLaptev

Sea

East SiberianSea Norwegian-

GreenlandSea

Greenland

Canada

USA

Russia

Norway

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