Policy and decision-making in the North : the case of Lancaster Sound

• Main Author: Davidson, Margaret Anne
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 1981
• Subjects: Arctic; Indian; Lancaster Sound; Northwest Passage; inuit; Northwest passage
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/22814

This thesis examines federal government decision-making in the North using the decision process regarding a proposal by Norlands Petroleum Ltd. to drill an exploratory well in Lancaster Sound as a case study. Lancaster Sound is the eastern "throat" of the Northwest Passage, and an area of...