On Uncertain Ice: The Future of Arctic Shipping and the Northwest Passage ...
The Arctic sea-ice is in a state of rapid decline. Barriers to navigation that once doomed the likes of Sir John Franklin and closed the shortcut to the Orient now seem to be melting away. The prospect of shorter, transpolar transportation routes linking Asian and Western markets has inspired excite...
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ftdatacite:10.11575/sppp.v7i0.42493.g30384 2023-08-27T04:06:52+02:00 On Uncertain Ice: The Future of Arctic Shipping and the Northwest Passage ... Lackenbauer, Whitney Lajeunesse, Adam 2014 application/pdf https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/sppp.v7i0.42493.g30384 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/sppp/article/view/42493/30384 en eng The School of Public Policy Publications https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/sppp.v7i0.42493 Text article-journal Article ScholarlyArticle 2014 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.11575/sppp.v7i0.42493.g3038410.11575/sppp.v7i0.42493 2023-08-07T14:24:23Z The Arctic sea-ice is in a state of rapid decline. Barriers to navigation that once doomed the likes of Sir John Franklin and closed the shortcut to the Orient now seem to be melting away. The prospect of shorter, transpolar transportation routes linking Asian and Western markets has inspired excitement and fear, and particularly the latter when it comes to Canadian sovereignty. This paper confirms recent studies suggesting that, in spite of the general trend towards reduced ice cover in the Arctic Basin, environmental variability, scarce infrastructure and other navigational aids, and uncertain economics make it unlikely that the Northwest Passage will emerge as a viable trans-shipping route in the foreseeable future. Instead, the region is likely to witness a steady increase in resource, resupply, and tourist destinational shipping. Accordingly, concerns that this increased activity will adversely affect Canadian sovereignty are misplaced. Rather than calling into question Canadian control, foreign vessels ... : The School of Public Policy Publications, Vol 7 (2014) ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Basin Arctic Northwest passage Sea ice DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Arctic Northwest Passage |
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The Arctic sea-ice is in a state of rapid decline. Barriers to navigation that once doomed the likes of Sir John Franklin and closed the shortcut to the Orient now seem to be melting away. The prospect of shorter, transpolar transportation routes linking Asian and Western markets has inspired excitement and fear, and particularly the latter when it comes to Canadian sovereignty. This paper confirms recent studies suggesting that, in spite of the general trend towards reduced ice cover in the Arctic Basin, environmental variability, scarce infrastructure and other navigational aids, and uncertain economics make it unlikely that the Northwest Passage will emerge as a viable trans-shipping route in the foreseeable future. Instead, the region is likely to witness a steady increase in resource, resupply, and tourist destinational shipping. Accordingly, concerns that this increased activity will adversely affect Canadian sovereignty are misplaced. Rather than calling into question Canadian control, foreign vessels ... : The School of Public Policy Publications, Vol 7 (2014) ... |
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