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History Polar Regions

Canada's Arctic Sovereignty

Resources, Climate and Conflict

by (author) Jennifer Parks

Publisher
Lone Pine Publishing
Initial publish date
Mar 2010
Category
Polar Regions
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781926736037
    Publish Date
    Mar 2010
    List Price
    $29.95 USD
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781926736006
    Publish Date
    Mar 2010
    List Price
    $18.95 USD
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781774512128
    Publish Date
    Mar 2010
    List Price
    $13.99 USD

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Until now, Canada's claim to the frozen expanses of the Arctic has gone largely unchallenged. No longer. Suddenly our great white North is on everyone's radar, and five other countries are all interested in redefining our international boundaries. As known global oil and gas reserves dwindle, these nations are rushing to stake their claims on the Arctic's impressive, untapped mineral and energy reserves. Unprecedented global warming means that natural resources previously trapped by ice under the region's seabed are more accessible. Melting sea ice is also opening the Canadian Northwest Passage, a coveted trade route that has been almost impassable for most of recorded history. Journalist Jennifer Parks explores the issues related to Canada's Arctic in this timely, thought-provoking treatment.

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