Arctic shipping and polar seaways

Climate change in the Arctic triggered a series of discourses about the opening-up of a previously unreachable region. Navigation remains however difficult in the Arctic, transits are still very limited, as sea-ice still is a major constraint. How did the development policies of both the North West...

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Main Authors: Pic, Pauline, Babin, Julie, Lasserre, Frédéric
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/38900
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Summary:Climate change in the Arctic triggered a series of discourses about the opening-up of a previously unreachable region. Navigation remains however difficult in the Arctic, transits are still very limited, as sea-ice still is a major constraint. How did the development policies of both the North West Passage and the Northern Sea Route unfold ? What are the recent trends in Arctic shipping ? 0