Arctic Ocean Transnational Issues 2013, CIA World Factbook

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Arctic Ocean Transnational Issues 2013

SOURCE: 2013 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES

Page last updated on November 15, 2012

Disputes - international:
Canada and the United States dispute how to divide the Beaufort Sea and the status of the Northwest Passage but continue to work cooperatively to survey the Arctic continental shelf; Denmark (Greenland) and Norway have made submissions to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental shelf (CLCS) and Russia is collecting additional data to augment its 2001 CLCS submission; record summer melting of sea ice in the Arctic has renewed interest in maritime shipping lanes and sea floor exploration; Norway and Russia signed a comprehensive maritime boundary agreement in 2010

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Arctic Ocean Transnational Issues 2013 SOURCE: 2013 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES