Engagement in the Arctic
Global warming continues to accelerate the melting Arctic Ocean ice pack. The Northwest Passage was open during summer months for the first time in 2007. Estimates indicate that the summertime Arctic Ocean may be ice-free within the next few decades. Along with untapped mineral & marine life res...
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ftdtic:ADA518120 2023-05-15T14:30:51+02:00 Engagement in the Arctic Anderson, James E. ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA 2010-02-17 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA518120 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA518120 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA518120 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. DTIC Atmospheric Physics Geography *GREENHOUSE EFFECT *ARCTIC REGIONS ECONOMICS CLIMATE ARCTIC OCEAN INTERNATIONAL LAW NORTH SEA ENVIRONMENTS POLICIES MARINE BIOLOGY Text 2010 ftdtic 2016-02-23T00:25:51Z Global warming continues to accelerate the melting Arctic Ocean ice pack. The Northwest Passage was open during summer months for the first time in 2007. Estimates indicate that the summertime Arctic Ocean may be ice-free within the next few decades. Along with untapped mineral & marine life resources, a year-round ice-free Northwest Passage could decrease the journey from Europe to Asia by 2,500 miles. Recent estimates indicate over one fifth of the world's undiscovered oil and gas reside in the Arctic Ocean. Five of the eight countries in the Arctic Council have land that borders the Arctic Ocean. International law does not govern the region under the icepack, but the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) establishes that countries have exclusive economic rights to a 200 nautical mile (nmi) zone from their coastlines. In 2007 Russia planted a flag 14,000 feet below the North Pole claiming ownership of an area the size of Western Europe. The goal of this paper is to provide impetus for policy development that will allow the United States to be in a position to meet our national interests when the as the Arctic Ocean presents more challenges and opportunities. Text Arctic Council Arctic Arctic Ocean Global warming ice pack Law of the Sea North Pole Northwest passage Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Arctic Arctic Ocean North Pole Northwest Passage |
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Global warming continues to accelerate the melting Arctic Ocean ice pack. The Northwest Passage was open during summer months for the first time in 2007. Estimates indicate that the summertime Arctic Ocean may be ice-free within the next few decades. Along with untapped mineral & marine life resources, a year-round ice-free Northwest Passage could decrease the journey from Europe to Asia by 2,500 miles. Recent estimates indicate over one fifth of the world's undiscovered oil and gas reside in the Arctic Ocean. Five of the eight countries in the Arctic Council have land that borders the Arctic Ocean. International law does not govern the region under the icepack, but the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) establishes that countries have exclusive economic rights to a 200 nautical mile (nmi) zone from their coastlines. In 2007 Russia planted a flag 14,000 feet below the North Pole claiming ownership of an area the size of Western Europe. The goal of this paper is to provide impetus for policy development that will allow the United States to be in a position to meet our national interests when the as the Arctic Ocean presents more challenges and opportunities. |
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