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Photostream: 2009 Arctic Seabed Mapping Mission
The U.S. and Canada recently embarked on a joint mission to survey the Arctic seabed. If the U.S. ratifies UNCLOS, findings from this survey will be used to claim sovereignty over a large portion of the Arctic shelf. Check out photos from the mission below.
YouTube videos related to the Law of the Sea
Browse our YouTube Channel to hear Congressional testimonies on the Treaty, as well as statements from politicians, millitary officials and national security experts. U.S. ratification of the Treaty is supported by a diverse group of stakeholders that includes business interests, energy companies and conservationists along with the highest levels of the U.S. military.
Foreign Policy Association
Great Decisions 2009: The Arctic
Rising global temperatures have created new opportunities in the Arctic for resource extraction and inter-continental transport. How will sovereignty disputes among the five countries that border the Arctic affect its potential development? What impact will this race for the Arctic have on an environment already in serious flux?
The Economist
Thinning on top
For some governments, the damaging effects of climate change on the receding ice-shelf is not all bad news.
