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Arctic on Video
Fault Lines - The Battle for the Arctic (AlJazeera, November 2012)
Global Security, Climate Change, and the Arctic (Symposium, University of Illinois, Nov. 2009)
Michael Byers on Canada and Arctic Sovereignty (TVO with Allan Gregg)
Sheila Watt-Cloutier on Climate Change and Human Rights
CBC The National Road Stories: Our Changing Arctic (2006)
Historic CBC clips on Northwest Passage
Arctic Cold War - Canada (Journeyman Pictures, 2007)
Prof. Donald McRae: Collaboration amongst Arctic States (DFAIT video)
Prof. Donald McRae on Canada-U.S. Arctic Relationship (DFAIT video)
Prof. Franklyn Griffiths on sovereignty (DFAIT video)
Mary Simon (ITK) on CTV Question Period, August 2007
Books on the Arctic
Charles Emmerson, The Future History of the Arctic (Public Affairs, 2010)
Michael Byers, Who Owns the Arctic? (Douglas & McIntyre, 2009)
Ken S. Coates et al., Arctic Front: Defending Canada in the Far North (Thomas Allen, 2008)
Sherrill E. Grace, Canada and the Idea of North (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001)
Pierre Berton, The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909 (Anchor Canada, 1988)
Donat Pharand, Canada's Arctic Waters in International Law (Cambridge University Press, 1988)
Gail Osherenko & Oran Young, The Age of the Arctic: Hot Conflicts and Cold Realities (Cambridge University Press, 1989)
Beaufort Sea: U.S. and Canadian claims
Maps and satellite images
Canadian Arctic Island and Mainland Baselines (1985)
Northern Sea Route
Map of Barents Sea Boundary Treaty (2010)
Map of Greenland
Map of Svalbard
Beaufort Sea: U.S. and Canadian claims
Inuit owned lands in Nunavut
U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Project
Canada's Extended Continental Shelf Program (seabed mapping)
Map of Nunavut
Political Map of the Arctic (CIA World Factbook)
Beaufort Sea Oil and Gas Dispositions (Canada, 2011)
Northwest Passage August 2008 (ESA satellite mosaic)
Arctic Sea Ice Concentrations (NSIDC animation)
2008 Arctic Sea Ice Extent (NASA animation)
Maritime jurisdiction and boundaries in the Arctic region - IBRU, Durham Univ., Aug. 2008
Treaties, Legislation and Declarations
1973 Canada - Denmark (Greenland) boundary treaty
2011 Arctic Search and Rescue Agreement
Nuuk Declaration, Arctic Council, May 2011
Norway-Russia Barents Sea Boundary Treaty, Sept 2010
1920 Spitsbergen Treaty
US-USSR Maritime Boundary Treaty (1990) (with map and President's letter of transmittal)
European Union Conclusions on Arctic Issues (2009)
2002/2009 IMO Guidelines for Ships Operating in Arctic Ice-covered Waters (2002)
A Circumpolar Inuit Declaration on Sovereignty in the Arctic (2009)
2007 Joint Statement on Canada-Russia Economic Cooperation
1988 Arctic Cooperation Agreement (Canada-U.S.)
1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (1993)
Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act (1970)
Reports and Policy Papers
Linda Lakobson & Jingchao Peng, "China's Arctic Ambitions," SIPRI Policy Paper 34, November 2012
Michael Byers, "Time to negotiate the Northwest Passage with the United States," Policy Options, October 2011
U.S. Congressional Research Service, "Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress," (March 2010)
Linda Jakobson, "China Prepares for an Ice-Free Arctic," March 2010 (2010/2) SIPRI Insights on Peace and Security
Robert Dufresne, "Controversial Canadian Claims over Arctic Waters and Maritime Zones" (2008) Library of Parliament PRB 07-47E
Michael Byers, "Cold Peace: International Cooperation Takes Hold in the Arctic," Carnegie Council White Paper, Dec. 2009
Yuri Morozov, "The Arctic: The Next Hot Spot' of International Relations or a Region of Cooperation?" Carnegie Council White Paper, Dec. 2009
Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (2009)
U.S. Navy Arctic Roadmap (2009)
Terry Fenge & Tony Penikett, "The Arctic Vacuum in Canada's Foreign Policy," (April 2009) Policy Options
Rob Huebert, "Canadian Arctic Maritime Security," (2008) Vol 8(2) Cdn Military Journal
USGS Arctic Oil and Gas Report, July 2008
Lieut-Comm Guy Killaby, "Great Game in a Cold Climate", (2008) Vol. 6(4) Canadian Military Journal
Terry Fenge, "Inuit and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement: Supporting Canada’s Arctic Sovereignty" (Dec. 2007 – Jan. 2008) Policy Options
2008 Senate Committee Report (interim) on Coast Guard in Canada's Arctic
Thomas Berger's 2006 Conciliator's Report on Implementation of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement
2004 Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
Academic Articles (accessible through UBC library)
James S. Baker & Michael Byers, "Crossed Lines: The Curious Case of the Beaufort Sea Maritime Boundary Dispute," (2012) 43 Ocean Development & International Law 70
Nancy Teeple, "A Brief History of Intrusions into the Canadian Arctic," (2010) 12(3) Canadian Army Journal 45-68
Katarzyna Zysk, "Russia’s Arctic Strategy: Ambitions and Constraints," (2010) 57(2) Joint Force Quarterly
Michael Byers, 'Arctic Region' in Rüdiger Wolfrum (ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (2nd edn) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010)
Øystein Jensen & Svein Vigeland Rottem, "The politics of security and international law in Norway’s Arctic waters," (2010) 46 (236) Polar Record 75–83
Paul Arthur Berkman & Oran R. Young, ‘Governance and Environmental Change in the Arctic Ocean,’ (April 2009) 324 Science 339
Alexander Proelss & Till Mueller, ‘The Legal Regime of the Arctic Ocean,’ (2008) 68 ZaöRV 651-87
Michael Byers & Suzanne Lalonde, "Who Controls the Northwest Passage," (2009) 42(4) Vanderbilt J. Transnat'l Law
Adam Lajeunesse, "Sovereignty, Security and the Canadian Nuclear Submarine Program," (2007-08, Cdn Military Journal)
Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon, "Canada and Arctic Politics: The Continental Shelf Extension," 2008 (39) Ocean Development & Int'l Law 343
Donat Pharand, "The Arctic Waters and the Northwest Passage: A Final Revisit," 2007 (38) Ocean Development & Int'l Law 3
Ron Macnab, "The Case for Transparency in the Delimitation of the Outer Continental Shelf in Accordance with UNCLOS Article 76," 2004 (35) Ocean Development & Int'l Law 1
David H. Gray, "Canada's Unresolved Maritime Boundaries," IBRU Boundary & Security Bulletin (1997) (maps)
James Kraska, "International Security and International Law in the Northwest Passage," (2009) 42 (4) Vanderbilt J. Transnational Law
Additional Readings
"The Arctic: Special Report," Economist 16 June 2012
"Why Canada and Russia should unite to support a common position against the US in advancing certain Arctic claims," (2012) 8(1) Vestnik (Novosibirsk State University) 125-9
1930 Sverdrup Island Treaty (Norway-Canada)
A Northwest Passage Scenario
Beaufort Sea: U.S. and Canadian claims
Canada-Denmark Joint Statement on Hans Island (2005)
Ilulissat Declaration, May 28, 2008
Model negotiation on Northern Waters, Feb 19, 2008
Nunavut Lands and Resources Devolution Negotiation Protocol, Sept 5, 2008
Russia-Canada consultations on the legal status of the Arctic
Government and NGO Websites
Danish Continental Shelf Project
Arctic Council
Inuit Circumpolar Council
Northern Research Forum
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (Cdn Inuit nat'l org)
Canadian Polar Commission
Government of Nunavut
Nunavut Tunngavik (Inuit Landclaims Organization)
Arctic Research Institutions
Fridtjof Nansen Institute
Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
International Polar Year 2007-2008
National Snow and Ice Data Center (U.S.)
University of the Arctic
Norwegian Polar Institute
Canadian Circumpolar Institute (U of Alberta)
Institute of Arctic Studies (Dartmouth College, NH)
Arctic Institute of North America
Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University
ArcticNet: Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence
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