Canada’s Arctic Presence and the Northwest Passage

• Main Author: Merritt, Andrew
• Other Authors: Jones, Peter
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Handle The; Northwest Passage; Climate change; Northwest passage
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/31478

Canada faces many challenges in the Arctic. Climate change has opened up the North, and long-dormant boundary disputes in the region have resurfaced, as governments have taken up the rhetoric of defending their sovereignty. As the Arctic nations have been eager to lay claim to the resources that wil...