India's Arctic Policy - Building a Partnership for Sustainable Development

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Ministry of Earth Sciences 2022
• Subjects: Governmental; International Network; Law and Policy; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; North Pole; Norway; Arctic Council; Iceland
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2015/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2015/1/Indias_Actic_Policy.pdf

The Arctic is commonly understood to refer to region above the Arctic Circle, north of latitude 66° 34' N, which includes the Arctic Ocean with the North Pole at its centre. Eight Arctic States - Canada, Kingdom of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and USA form the Arctic Council. The Arctic is home to almost four million inhabitants, of which approximately one-tenth are considered as indigenous people.