Norway "must really drop their absurd claims such as that to the Otto Sverdrup Islands." Bi-polar international diplomacy: The Sverdrup Islands question, 1902-1930

• Main Author: Thorleifsson, Thorleif Tobias
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Arctic; Antarctic; Canada; Norway; Sverdrup Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Arctic Archipelago
• Online Access: http://summit.sfu.ca/item/2963

This thesis examines the international context of Norway’s acknowledgement of Canadian title to the Sverdrup Islands in 1930. By drawing on a hitherto unpublished combination of British and Norwegian primary sources plus a wide range of secondary material this thesis offers new perspectives on the h...