Back to the Future : The Past, Present and Future of Resource Development in a Changing Arctic

In 2007 a Russian flag was placed on the seafloor at the North Pole to mark the Russian United Nation Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) territorial claim on the slope of the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean. This activity drew the attention of the world to the North Pole region and the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hacquebord, Louwrens
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Arctic Centre, University of Groningen 2009
Subjects:
Arctic
UNCLOS
Arctic Council
geopolitics
oil and gas
whaling
territorial claims
Arctic Ocean
North Pole
Climate change
Journal of Northern Studies
Law of the Sea
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-43247
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Summary:In 2007 a Russian flag was placed on the seafloor at the North Pole to mark the Russian United Nation Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) territorial claim on the slope of the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean. This activity drew the attention of the world to the North Pole region and the resources expected to be found there. It also made clear that a new race for the natural resources in the North Pole region was at the point of beginning. This article will discuss the relation between climate change, resource development and geopolitics. It will place recent political events in a historical context and will finish by considering some future political developments.

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