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Arctic Sovereignty pages discuss Canadian sovereignty claims in the Far North and, by way of comparison, territorial claims and sovereignty assertion approaches of other Arctic states.

Entries in this Arctic Sovereignty index are listed  below  in reverse chronological order.

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Arctic Sovereignty  —  Most Recent Titles

May 2013

 • New ships for the Royal Canadian Navy will secure Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic?
    Stated repeatedly in press editorials this week. But what evidence backs up such claims?

 • National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy Priorities: JSS or the Polar Icebreaker?
    Scheduling Conflicts between JSS & Polar Icebreaker. What are the priorities for NSPS?

April 2013

 • Comparing Arctic Patrol Ship Procurement Approaches – A Tale of Two Icebreakers
    Canada chose lightly-armed, part-time AOPS. Russia chose year-round SAR icebreakers.

  Also see:  Editorial: Canada's strategic resources, managed assets or foreign SOEs?

February 2013

 • What Threat?  DND Analysts Assess Russian Activities in the Arctic
    ATI Request response: DND's true assessment of the 'Russian Threat' in the Arctic.

January 2013

 • Canada vs Russia" Face-Off  Across the Ice  (Again)  –  Game On!  Tromsø 2013
    Contrasting viewpoints on the Arctic from Canadian and Russian representatives.

 • That Other Arctic Passage: Expanded use of the Northern Sea Route  Tromsø 2013
    Northeast Passage brings Asia and Europe closer together: Korean and Danish views.

Arctic Sovereignty  —  Past Article Titles

August 2011

 • Arctic Search-and-Rescue:  Lessons to be gleaned from the tragic crash at Resolute
    CF rescuers were training on site when a First Air B727 crashed. But what if they hadn't?

July/September 2011

 • Arctic Search-and-Rescue: Air Greenland Shops For Replacement Helicopters for SAR
    Greenland uses civilian helicopters for Arctic SAR and replacement procurement is fast!

June 2011

 • Arctic Search-and-Rescue: the Arctic Council SAR Cooperation Agreement — Part 1
    Agreement on Cooperation on Aeronautical and Maritime Search & Rescue in the Arctic

 • Arctic Search-and-Rescue: the Arctic Council SAR Cooperation Agreement — Part 2
    Canada's political aims behind signing a binding SAR treaty that it is unprepared for.

May 2011

 • Reality Check: Can Canada airlift helicopters to the Arctic for aerial SAR Missions?
    Arctic SAR emergency? Stuff a helicopter into a CC-177 and fly it North, right? Not quite.

January 2009

 • Arctic Editorial 1  ~  Exploring the Feasibility of a Trilateral Treaty:
    The US, Canada, and Denmark should join forces to guard the North American Arctic.

November 2008

 • Canada's continued economic growth relies on exploiting its natural resources
    Canadian territorial claims in the Arctic must be patrolled, policed, and protected

August/September 2008

 • Capers and Capabilities Even while Canadian leaders talked about Arctic Sovereignty...
    Vessels from other nations were cutting through Canada's Arctic waterways.

Arctic Spring series  Nov 2007 - Jan 2008

January 2008

 • Arctic  Spring  3:  The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline and Canada's Northern oil and gas
    The 'Wealth of  Nations' is founded on fossil fuels but what about Northern peoples?

December 2007

 • Arctic Spring 2:  Russia in the Arctic - Strategic resources are being exploiting using
    existing and new infrastructure on the Northern Sea Route along Russia's Arctic coast.

November 2007

 • Arctic Spring 1:  Can Canada learn lessons from Alberta's oil and gas exploitation?
    Which of those experiences is applicable to development of Arctic natural resources?

Arctic Empires series  Aug-Dec 2007

August 2007

 • Arctic Empires 1:  Russia explore Arctic Ocean to bolster claims Polar resources
    Oil and gas reserves, fishing rights, and northern shipping lanes

 • Arctic Empires 2:  Canada announces deepwater port on the Northwest Passage
    Deepwater port at Nanisivik on Baffin Island and Army training base at Resolute Bay

September 2007

 • Arctic Empires 3:  United States explores the sea floor of  the northern 'Chukchi Cap'.
    Mapping the Beaufort seabed to bolster US claims to the Arctic's strategic resources.

October 2007

 • Arctic Empires 4:  Carving up the Arctic seabed among the Northern nations.
    Two Rival Mapping Options – The 'Meridian' method or the 'Sector' solution.


Also see: Arctic Viking series  March-May 2005
    Denmark's Arctic assets and Canada's response – sovereignty and strategic resources.



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