On scientific approaches to the Arctic boundaries’ delimitation

• Published in: Arctic and North
• Main Authors: Ekaterina Yu. Kochemasova, Valeriy P. Zhuravel, Natalia B. Sedova
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Northern Arctic Federal University 2019
• Subjects: the arctic; russia; the arctic zone of the russian federation; the arctic space; droit; scipo; Arctic; Canada; Norway; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17238/issn2221-2698.2019.35.158; https://doaj.org/article/4ed23e74290446f1b29fd91d80ecbb78

The article deals with the boundary delimitation of the Arctic and the territories belonging to it. The authors identified political, economic, and other factors influencing the delimitation of the Arctic terri-tories. The approaches of the subarctic countries Canada, the USA, Norway, and Denmark, to the problem of the borders of their Arctic territories are considered. The authors analyze Russian regulatory legal documents, expert assessments, the boundaries of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation and determine their importance for the socio-economic development of the country. The authors draw attention to the need for Russia to protect its sovereignty in the Arctic.