legal status of the arctic some contemporary...
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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