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

By Willy Østreng , Karl Magnus Eger , Brit Fløistad , Arnfinn Jørgensen-Dahl , Lars Lothe , Morten Mejlænder-Larsen , Tor Wergeland (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2013
ISBN
978-3-642-16789-8, 978-3-642-16790-4
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-16790-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7409705 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
414\435
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-10-22 15:54:00
Biomedicine general; Economic Geography; Climate C

Description

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, covering a variety of interacting and interdependent factors such as: - geopolitics, military affairs, global warming, sea ice melting, international economic trends, resources, competing modes of transportation, environmental challenges, logistics, ocean law and regulations, corporate governance, jurisdictional matters and rights of indigenous peoples, arctic cruise tourism and marine insurance.

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