Shipping in Arctic Waters A comparison of the Northeast, Northwest and Trans Polar Passages /

• Main Authors: <U+00d8>streng, Willy. (Author), Eger, Karl Magnus. (Author), Fli̜stad, Brit. (Author), Jr̜gensen-Dahl, Arnfinn. (Author), Lothe, Lars. (Author), Mejln̆der-Larsen, Morten. (Author), Wergeland, Tor. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Geography.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Economic Geography.; Climate Change Impacts.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16790-4

The most comprehensive and richest study undertaken so far of the factors and conditions that will determine the scope and range of shipping and shipping activities in Arctic waters now and in the future. Furthermore, it is the first study comparing the three Arctic transportation corridors, coverin...

Table of Contents:

• 1. The transportation passages of the arctic ocean and connecting corridors in southern waters
• 2. Geopolitics and big power interests in the arctic
• 3. Ipping, resources, economic trends and alternative means of transport
• 4. Environmental challenges and other operating conditions
• 5. Shipping and arctic infrastructure
• 6. Ocean law, coastal waters, jurisdictional controversies <U+0013> indigenouse peoples rights
• 7. The northeast, northwest and trans polar passages in comparison. .