The Second Geneva Conference on the Law of the Sea: The Fight for Freedom of the Seas

• Published in: American Journal of International Law
• Main Author: Dean, Arthur H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1960
• Subjects: Arctic; Nautilus; Northwest Passage; Pacific; Law of the Sea; Northwest passage
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2195140; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0002930000171970

The opening of the Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans under the Arctic ice by the atomic submarines U.S.S. Seadragon and U.S.S. Nautilus heralds the conquest of hitherto impenetrable undersea depths. Yet this event is only one of many triumphs along a new frontier of ocean...