Analysis of the Russian Arctic port system using AIS data

• Main Authors: Serry, Arnaud, Kerbiriou, Ronan, Faury, Olivier, Alix, Yann, Pelletier, Jean-François
• Other Authors: Identités et Différenciation de l'Environnement des Espaces et des Sociétés (IDEES), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université Le Havre Normandie (ULH), Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire Homme et Société (IRIHS), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU), Frédéric Lasserre, Olivier Faury
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: [SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography; Arctic; Northern Sea Route
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02290475

International audience Ports are essential to the development of Arctic shipping. Their numbers and density are strategic factors for the development of the Northern Sea Route (NSR). From the underwriters’ point of view, they render navigation along the Russian shore safer. They are, also, part of the geopolitical strategy of Russia aimed at reinforcing its sovereignty on this area. Finally, and it is the point we will focus on during this chapter, the Russian Arctic ports are the gateways for the production of the mines and oil and gas fields.