| Summary: | Due to climate change, and its effect of global warming, the Arctic ice cap is melting down. Worries and doubt for the global environment are discussed all over the world, but at the same time the ice melting discovers new opportunities in the arctic area. Forwarding the opportunities of exploitation of the sea, Arctic States are defining the respective areas of functional sovereignty. The treaty between Russian Federation and Norway of 15 September 2010 concerns maritime delimitations between the respective and Exclusive Economic Zone continental shelf within and beyond 200 nautical miles of the two States, and profiles of cooperation about fisheries and oil in the borders area. The treaty, anyway, closing 40 years of discussion an negotiations, presents matters about the perfect fitting in the framework on international law of the Sea as provided by UNCLOS. The article analyze the particular solutions adopted by the treaty and thei effective compatibility with UNCLOS.
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