Exploring the likelihood of Arctic port development in accordance with future growth of the trans-Arctic shipping market

• Main Author: MacDonald, Lewis
• Other Authors: Dugmore, Andrew
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Edinburgh 2018
• Subjects: Spatial Analysis; Arctic Shipping; Transport Geography; Port Development; Ship Track Data; MSc Geographical Information Science; GIS; Arctic; Cambridge Bay; Kugluktuk; Pevek; Provideniya; Climate change
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/35475

This analysis assesses the population levels, degree of shelter, and water depth of 150 ports in the Arctic region and considers port likelihood of development in the context of a growing trans-Arctic shipping market which is expected to grow substantially (Melia, 2016). It is vital that the relevan...