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The paper presents the results from a two- year project to identify areas where further research ... more The paper presents the results from a two- year project to identify areas where further research and development will improve the ability of responders to deal with an accidental oil spill into a marine environment (fresh or salt water) in the presence of ice. The subject of oil spills in ice is of concern to corporations, local residents, and government agencies participating in oil exploration, production and/or transportation in such diverse areas as: Sakhalin Island, Norwegian Barents Sea, Baltic Sea, Cook Inlet and the North Slope, Alaska and the Caspian Sea. As reserves are depleted in more readily accessible areas, exploration and production activities will increase in arctic frontier regions. It is hoped that this project will lead to the development of more capable prevention and response strategies for oil spills in ice -covered waters. Some sixty potential research and development ideas were initially derived from the proceedings of the 2000 Oil and Ice conference held in...

This volume is focused on a broad set of challenges and issues related to sustainable marine oper... more This volume is focused on a broad set of challenges and issues related to sustainable marine operations and shipping in a future Arctic, a region experiencing extraordinary change and increasingly intense attention. The numerous chapters in this volume highlight the key current and future issues in the Arctic, with a sharp focus on what remains to be done and how we must proceed.

Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in M4V file: "Law School - 2009 - Vanderb... more Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in M4V file: "Law School - 2009 - Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 2009 Symposium - Panel 3 (video) - Panel 3 - Social, Environmental, and Security Claims and Boundary Disputes." By Vanderbilt University Law School. Panelists discuss how the fragile Arctic environment and indigenous populations will be affected by the melting ice.

Fundamental changes continue to reshape the maritime Arctic. Globalization (the linkage of Arctic... more Fundamental changes continue to reshape the maritime Arctic. Globalization (the linkage of Arctic natural resources to global markets), profound climate change, regional and global geopolitics, and challenges to the Arctic’s indigenous people are all drivers of a new era at the top of the world. The Arctic Council’s Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment released in 2009 continues to be a key, policy framework of the Arctic states for protection of Arctic people and the marine environment. An International Maritime Organization (IMO) Polar Code ushered in on 1 January 2017 a new era of governance for commercial ships and passenger vessels sailing in polar waters. Current Arctic marine commercial traffic is dominated by destinational voyages related to natural resource development, particularly along Russia’s Northern Sea Route. New Arctic marine operations and shipping are emerging, but significant challenges remain including: effective implementation and enforcement of the IMO Polar Cod...

Arctic natural resource development is a major factor in the growth of marine traffic in the Arct... more Arctic natural resource development is a major factor in the growth of marine traffic in the Arctic Ocean early in the twenty-first century. Marine transportation systems are needed to move these resources out of the Arctic by sea to global markets, and the most visible increases in marine operations and shipping are occurring along Russia’s Northern Sea Route. Arctic marine access is also changing in unprecedented ways with the profound retreat of Arctic sea ice in all seasons. In response to these extraordinary changes in the maritime Arctic, the Arctic states and maritime community at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) negotiated and approved a new Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (the Polar Code), a set of mandatory and uniform regulations to enhance marine safety and environmental protection that came fully into force in July 2018. The Arctic states have also signed two binding agreements or treaties that address Arctic search and rescue (SAR), and Arctic oil...

Increasing Arctic marine use is driven primarily by natural resource development and greater mari... more Increasing Arctic marine use is driven primarily by natural resource development and greater marine access throughout the Arctic Ocean created by profound sea ice retreat. Significant management measures to enhance protection of Arctic people and the marine environment are emerging, including the development of marine protected areas (MPAs) which may be effective and valuable tools. MPAs have been established by individual Arctic coastal states within their respective national jurisdictions; however, a pan-Arctic network of MPAs has yet to be established despite Arctic Council deliberations. This overview focuses on those MPAs that can be designated by the International Maritime Organization and by international instrument or treaty to respond to increasing Arctic marine operations and shipping. Key challenges remain in the Arctic to the introduction of select MPAs and development of a circumpolar network of MPAs in response to greater marine use: the variability of sea ice; the rig...

Governance of Arctic Shipping

Governance of Arctic Shipping: Balancing Rights and Interests of Arctic States and User States ex... more Governance of Arctic Shipping: Balancing Rights and Interests of Arctic States and User States examines potential cooperative mechanisms for balancing rights and interests of Arctic States and user States in light of experiences with Southeast Asian cooperative mechanisms.

Environmental issues and disasters/Climate change; Infrastructure protection; Politics and govern... more Environmental issues and disasters/Climate change; Infrastructure protection; Politics and government

Agu Fall Meeting Abstracts, Dec 1, 2003

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security, 2012

Changes in the Arctic Environment and the Law of the Sea, 2010

The paper presents the results from a two- year project to identify areas where further research ... more The paper presents the results from a two- year project to identify areas where further research and development will improve the ability of responders to deal with an accidental oil spill into a marine environment (fresh or salt water) in the presence of ice. The subject of oil spills in ice is of concern to corporations, local residents, and government agencies participating in oil exploration, production and/or transportation in such diverse areas as: Sakhalin Island, Norwegian Barents Sea, Baltic Sea, Cook Inlet and the North Slope, Alaska and the Caspian Sea. As reserves are depleted in more readily accessible areas, exploration and production activities will increase in arctic frontier regions. It is hoped that this project will lead to the development of more capable prevention and response strategies for oil spills in ice -covered waters. Some sixty potential research and development ideas were initially derived from the proceedings of the 2000 Oil and Ice conference held in...

This volume is focused on a broad set of challenges and issues related to sustainable marine oper... more This volume is focused on a broad set of challenges and issues related to sustainable marine operations and shipping in a future Arctic, a region experiencing extraordinary change and increasingly intense attention. The numerous chapters in this volume highlight the key current and future issues in the Arctic, with a sharp focus on what remains to be done and how we must proceed.

Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in M4V file: "Law School - 2009 - Vanderb... more Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in M4V file: "Law School - 2009 - Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 2009 Symposium - Panel 3 (video) - Panel 3 - Social, Environmental, and Security Claims and Boundary Disputes." By Vanderbilt University Law School. Panelists discuss how the fragile Arctic environment and indigenous populations will be affected by the melting ice.

Fundamental changes continue to reshape the maritime Arctic. Globalization (the linkage of Arctic... more Fundamental changes continue to reshape the maritime Arctic. Globalization (the linkage of Arctic natural resources to global markets), profound climate change, regional and global geopolitics, and challenges to the Arctic’s indigenous people are all drivers of a new era at the top of the world. The Arctic Council’s Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment released in 2009 continues to be a key, policy framework of the Arctic states for protection of Arctic people and the marine environment. An International Maritime Organization (IMO) Polar Code ushered in on 1 January 2017 a new era of governance for commercial ships and passenger vessels sailing in polar waters. Current Arctic marine commercial traffic is dominated by destinational voyages related to natural resource development, particularly along Russia’s Northern Sea Route. New Arctic marine operations and shipping are emerging, but significant challenges remain including: effective implementation and enforcement of the IMO Polar Cod...

Arctic natural resource development is a major factor in the growth of marine traffic in the Arct... more Arctic natural resource development is a major factor in the growth of marine traffic in the Arctic Ocean early in the twenty-first century. Marine transportation systems are needed to move these resources out of the Arctic by sea to global markets, and the most visible increases in marine operations and shipping are occurring along Russia’s Northern Sea Route. Arctic marine access is also changing in unprecedented ways with the profound retreat of Arctic sea ice in all seasons. In response to these extraordinary changes in the maritime Arctic, the Arctic states and maritime community at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) negotiated and approved a new Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (the Polar Code), a set of mandatory and uniform regulations to enhance marine safety and environmental protection that came fully into force in July 2018. The Arctic states have also signed two binding agreements or treaties that address Arctic search and rescue (SAR), and Arctic oil...

Increasing Arctic marine use is driven primarily by natural resource development and greater mari... more Increasing Arctic marine use is driven primarily by natural resource development and greater marine access throughout the Arctic Ocean created by profound sea ice retreat. Significant management measures to enhance protection of Arctic people and the marine environment are emerging, including the development of marine protected areas (MPAs) which may be effective and valuable tools. MPAs have been established by individual Arctic coastal states within their respective national jurisdictions; however, a pan-Arctic network of MPAs has yet to be established despite Arctic Council deliberations. This overview focuses on those MPAs that can be designated by the International Maritime Organization and by international instrument or treaty to respond to increasing Arctic marine operations and shipping. Key challenges remain in the Arctic to the introduction of select MPAs and development of a circumpolar network of MPAs in response to greater marine use: the variability of sea ice; the rig...

Governance of Arctic Shipping

Governance of Arctic Shipping: Balancing Rights and Interests of Arctic States and User States ex... more Governance of Arctic Shipping: Balancing Rights and Interests of Arctic States and User States examines potential cooperative mechanisms for balancing rights and interests of Arctic States and user States in light of experiences with Southeast Asian cooperative mechanisms.

Environmental issues and disasters/Climate change; Infrastructure protection; Politics and govern... more Environmental issues and disasters/Climate change; Infrastructure protection; Politics and government

Agu Fall Meeting Abstracts, Dec 1, 2003

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security, 2012

Changes in the Arctic Environment and the Law of the Sea, 2010

In this timely new book, international scholars and military professionals come together to expl... more In this timely new book, international scholars and military professionals come together to explore the strategic consequences of the thawing of the Arctic. Their analyses of efforts by governments and defense, security, and coast guard organizations to address these challenges make timely and urgent reading. Rather than a single national perspective, The Fast-Changing Arctic brings together circumpolar viewpoints from North America, Europe and Asia for an integrated discussion of strategic military, diplomatic, and security challenges in the high North. Thoughtful analyses are included of different regions, climate issues, institutions, and foreign and security policies. This is an important book for students of international studies, political science, and northern studies.