Polar super seaways? : maritime transport in the Arctic : an analysis of shipowners’ intentions

• Main Authors: Lasserre, Frédéric, Pelletier, Sébastien
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Subjects: geo; envir; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Nunavut; Northwest Passage; Lasserre; Arctique*; Northeast Passage; Northwest passage; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/854

The seasonal melting of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, which has been confirmed for several summers in a row and is widely documented, has become a hot topic in the media. It is fuelling many speculative scenarios about the purported renewal of a “cold war”, or even an actual armed conflict, in the Ar...