Beyond Hans Island: The Canada–Denmark agreement's possible impact on mobility and continental shelves

• Published in: International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis
• Main Authors: Landriault, Mathieu, Pic, Pauline, Lasserre, Frédéric
• Other Authors: MINDS program of the Department of National Defence of the Government of Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Greenland; Hans Island; Nunavut; Central Arctic; inuit; Labrador Sea
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00207020231175760; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00207020231175760; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/00207020231175760

The governments of Canada and Denmark signed a historic agreement on Hans Island on 14 June 2022. Although most of the agreement was devoted to the resolution of the Hans Island dispute, it also settled other issues. We argue that provisions on mobility and the continental shelf in the Labrador Sea...