Why Do They Need the Arctic? The First Partition of the Sea

The political situation of the Arctic still remains unstable. In the past decade, a combination of the specific regulations of the Convention on the Law of the Sea and the phenomenon of Arctic ice-cover shrinkage have produced a significant increase in the political activity of some of the countries...

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Main Author: Janicki, Wojciech
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2012
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/67215 2023-05-15T14:19:22+02:00 Why Do They Need the Arctic? The First Partition of the Sea Janicki, Wojciech 2012-03-17 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67215 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67215/51125 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67215 ARCTIC; Vol. 65 No. 1 (2012): March: 1–119; 87–97 1923-1245 0004-0843 Arctic Convention on the Law of the Sea conflict resources crude oil peak oil Arctique Convention sur le droit de la mer conflit ressources pétrole brut pic pétrolier info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2012 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:23:57Z The political situation of the Arctic still remains unstable. In the past decade, a combination of the specific regulations of the Convention on the Law of the Sea and the phenomenon of Arctic ice-cover shrinkage have produced a significant increase in the political activity of some of the countries interested in the region. It is commonly thought that the roots of the Arctic conflict lie in the abundant mineral resources, particularly petroleum and natural gas, that lie under the Arctic seabed. By analyzing geological data on the location of oil deposits and by taking into account the technological and macroeconomic conditions that must be fulfilled in order to exploit them, it is possible to conclude that the exploitation of these deposits will most likely not be attempted in the areas under dispute in the coming decades. This conclusion suggests that the motives behind the Arctic conflict are political, and not economic. À ce jour, la situation politique de l’Arctique demeure instable. Cette dernière décennie, les règlements spécifiques découlant de la Convention sur le droit de la mer, alliés au phénomène de la diminution de la couverture de glace arctique, se sont traduits par une activité politique considérablement accrue de la part de certains des pays intéressés par la région. On pense généralement que le conflit de l’Arctique est attribuable aux ressources minérales abondantes qui se trouvent sous le plancher océanique de l’Arctique, plus particulièrement le pétrole et le gaz naturel. À la lumière de l’analyse des données géologiques portant sur l’emplacement des gisements de pétrole et des conditions technologiques et macroéconomiques devant être remplies pour les exploiter, il est possible de conclure qu’il faudra vraisemblablement plusieurs décennies avant que l’exploitation de ces gisements ne soit entreprise dans les régions visées par le conflit. On en conclut donc que les motifs derrière le conflit de l’Arctique sont de nature politique, et non pas économique. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctique* Law of the Sea University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic ARCTIC 65 1
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peak oil
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Why Do They Need the Arctic? The First Partition of the Sea
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Convention sur le droit de la mer
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description The political situation of the Arctic still remains unstable. In the past decade, a combination of the specific regulations of the Convention on the Law of the Sea and the phenomenon of Arctic ice-cover shrinkage have produced a significant increase in the political activity of some of the countries interested in the region. It is commonly thought that the roots of the Arctic conflict lie in the abundant mineral resources, particularly petroleum and natural gas, that lie under the Arctic seabed. By analyzing geological data on the location of oil deposits and by taking into account the technological and macroeconomic conditions that must be fulfilled in order to exploit them, it is possible to conclude that the exploitation of these deposits will most likely not be attempted in the areas under dispute in the coming decades. This conclusion suggests that the motives behind the Arctic conflict are political, and not economic. À ce jour, la situation politique de l’Arctique demeure instable. Cette dernière décennie, les règlements spécifiques découlant de la Convention sur le droit de la mer, alliés au phénomène de la diminution de la couverture de glace arctique, se sont traduits par une activité politique considérablement accrue de la part de certains des pays intéressés par la région. On pense généralement que le conflit de l’Arctique est attribuable aux ressources minérales abondantes qui se trouvent sous le plancher océanique de l’Arctique, plus particulièrement le pétrole et le gaz naturel. À la lumière de l’analyse des données géologiques portant sur l’emplacement des gisements de pétrole et des conditions technologiques et macroéconomiques devant être remplies pour les exploiter, il est possible de conclure qu’il faudra vraisemblablement plusieurs décennies avant que l’exploitation de ces gisements ne soit entreprise dans les régions visées par le conflit. On en conclut donc que les motifs derrière le conflit de l’Arctique sont de nature politique, et non pas économique.
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