Arctic Corridors and Northern Voices: governing marine transportation in the Canadian Arctic (Aklavik, Northwest Territories community report)

• Main Authors: Carter, Natalie Ann, Dawson, Jackie, Parker, Colleen, Cary, Julia, Gordon, Holly, Kochanowicz, Zuzanna, Weber, Melissa
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Low impact shipping corridors; Inuit perspectives; Marine transportation governance; Culturally significant marine areas; Arctic shipping impacts; Aklavik; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Northwest Territories; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/37326; https://doi.org/10.20381/RUOR37326

Ship traffic in the Canadian Arctic nearly tripled between 1990 and 2015. Corridors have been mapped in the Arctic Ocean as part of the Low Impact Shipping Corridors Initiative co-led by Transport Canada, the Canadian Coast Guard, and Canadian Hydrographic Service. Low impact shipping corridors are...