Dire Straits The American-Canadian Dispute over the Northwest Passage and a Policy Recommendation to Improve Arctic Security

• Main Author: Zachary S. Elder
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Frozen Strait; Northwest Passage; Arctic Archipelago; Climate change; Human health; Northwest passage
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.651.9030; http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/9296/Undergraduate+Honors+Thesis.pdf?sequence%3D1

Global climate change is thawing the Arctic, opening once impassable northern waterways and presenting new challenges for Canada and the United States as maritime traffic in the region increases. A longstanding legal dispute over the Northwest Passage, the once-frozen strait running through Canada’s...