The Northern Sea Route in the 2010s: Development and Implementation of Relevant Law

• Published in: Arctic Review on Law and Politics
• Main Author: Solski, Jan Jakub
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publishing 2020
• Subjects: VDP::Social science: 200::Law: 340; VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Rettsvitenskap: 340; Arctic; Rhone; Arctic review on law and politics; Law of the Sea; Northern Sea Route
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/20150; https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v11.2374

The 2010s was a busy decade for the Northern Sea Route (NSR). It started with the first shipping season to feature the international use of the NSR for commercial purposes, followed by a significant reform of the domestic legal regime, as well as the adoption of the Polar Code. The traffic has gradu...