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Arctic shipping routes: from the Panama myth to reality

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Fast-receding summer sea ice in the Arctic has been documented and making the headlines since 2007. The phenomenon, underlined by scientists and the media since about the turn of the century, has triggered speculation about the opening of much shorter sea routes linking Europe via the eastern North American coast to Asia. The prospect of growing shipping traffic in Arctic waters, especially through the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic archipelago, or through the northeast passage north of Russia, has fuelled rhetoric on the status of these Arctic routes and controversy over the pace of such shipping growth. Few analysts question the common belief that it is only a matter of time before new sea lanes will be operational in the Arctic. This prospect is at the very heart of the ongoing debate on security in the Canadian Arctic, for it raises the issue of control of such navigation, and therefore of Canadian sovereignty over the Northwest

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Arctic shipping routes

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ATC LO LAS a

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Canada : ResearchGate., 2011

Deskripsi Fisik

17 p.

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English

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Tipe Media

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online resource

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Shipping

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Frédéric Lasserre

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