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Arctic Ocean - resources, claims, and talks

Monday, May 26, 2008 8:46:01 AM

Denmark has convened foreign affairs ministers from the other four coastal Arctic nations — Canada, Russia, Norway and the United States — to discuss each other's claims to the (oil-rich) Arctic Ocean under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The meeting is to be held at Ilulissat, Greenland, from 27 to 29 May 2008. Ilulissat means "the icebergs". The Ilulissat meeting has the potential to be of substantial importance for the future governance of the entire Arctic region.

The Arctic seabed is thought to hold 25 percent of the world's undiscovered oil and gas. The rivalry, and tensions over Arctic resources, has heated up as melting polar ice makes the region more accessible with scientists saying the Northwest Passage could open up to year-round shipping by 2050. Global warming presents "new challenges" for the protection of the fragile Arctic environment.

• http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/05/14/arctic-meeting.html
• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Denmark_calls_for_law_to_prevail_on_Arctic_disputes_999.html
• http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hS-FAOz1F6OfKGGBUdi1At63iYNw
• http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080522/usa/arctic_environment_meet_denmark_us




Whose Job is it?Russian Chukchi Sea (and Arctic Oil)

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Aldopiombaldo Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:09:39 PM

I have written on my blog a post some months ago: The New Hampshire University and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administation have tolked about an unsuspected northward exstention of the alaskan platform. It's really curious that this zone is probably rich in oil and gas reservoirs.... and it's curious at the same way that the Montego Bay 1982 convention gives the natural resources to the nation in front of the platform....

Ole Nielsennielsol Wednesday, May 28, 2008 8:07:50 AM

Yes, indeed,

I have just added a new post about the Russian sector - the Chukchi Sea. I am sure we shall hear much more about the Arctic Sea in the years to come.

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