Polar super seaways? : maritime transport in the Arctic : an analysis of shipowners’ intentions

• Published in: Journal of Transport Geography
• Main Authors: Lasserre, Frédéric, Pelletier, Sébastien
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: Sea shipping and transportation; Arctic; Arctic routes; Shipping; Northwest Passage; Northeast Passage; Transports maritimes; Arctique > Aspect stratégique; Voies navigables; Arctic Ocean; Lasserre; Nunavut; Arctique*; Northwest passage; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/854; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2011.08.006

The seasonal melting of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, which has been confirmed for several summers in a row and is widely documented, has become a hot topic in the media. It is fuelling many speculative scenarios about the purported renewal of a “cold war”, or even an actual armed conflict, in the Ar...