Changes in the Arctic Environment and the Law of the Sea Book

Foreword xi

Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xx

Selected Internet Resources xxi

The Alaskan Context

Welcoming Remarks Mead Treadwell 3

Conference Emphasizes Cooperation, Notes Gaps in Arctic Management Bob Tkacz 7

Panel I Overview of Changes in the Arctic Environment and the Law of the Sea

Panel I Introductory Remarks Satya N. Nandan 15

The UNCLOS Negotiations on Ice-Covered Areas John Norton Moore 17

Cooperation or Conflict in the Arctic" Rob Huebert 27

National Maritime Claims in the Arctic Brian J. Van Pay 61

Panel II Scientific Background

Panel II Introductory Remarks Barbara Moore 81

Sea Floor Mapping and Exploration in a Changing Arctic Sea Ice Environment Larry Mayer 83

Changes in the Arctic Environment Stephen A. Macko 107

A Network of Marine Protected Areas in the Arctic: Promises and Challenges Suzanne Lalonde 131

Edited Transcription of Q & A Session: Panels I & II 143

Panel III Arctic Marine Transport

Panel III Introductory Remarks RADM Arthur E. Brooks 157

The Arctic Council's Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment Lawson W. Brigham 159

International Arctic Shipping: Towards Strategic Scaling Up of Marine Environment Protection Aldo Chircop 177

Arctic Marine Transport: Navigation Issues Captain J. Ashley Roach (ret.) 203

Panel IV Northwest Passage, Northern Sea Route and Trans-polar Route

Panel IV Introductory Remarks Rüdiger Wolfrum 225

The Northwest Passage: International Law, Politics and Cooperation Ted L. McDorman 227

Arctic Strategy and Military Security James Kraska 251

Northern Sea Route: Legal Issues and Current Transportation Practice Alexander S. Skaridov 283

Edited Transcription of Q & A Session: Panels III & IV 307

Panel V New Challenges: Arctic Marine Environment & Biodiversity

Panel V Introductory Remarks David D. Caron 319

Ensuring the Protection of Arctic Marine Biodiversity in the Face of Climate Change Jennifer Jeffers 323

Has International Law Failed the Polar Bear" Nigel Bankes 365

New Roles for the US Coast Guard [PowerPoint only] CDR James D. McMahon 387

The Need for Ecosystem-Based Management of the Arctic H. Jordan Diamond 389

Panel VI Arctic Living Resources

Panel VI Introductory Remarks David VanderZwaag 399

Considering Future Arctic Fisheries David A. Balton 401

Issues in Arctic Fisheries Governance: A Canadian Perspective Lorraine (Lori) Ridgeway 409

A Perspective from an Alaskan Native Earl Kingik 447

Edited Transcription of Q & A Session: Panels V & VI 453

Panel VII Continental Shelf Limits and Jurisdiction

Panel VII Introductory Remarks Tomas H. Heidar 465

US Continental Shelf Policy Margaret F. Hayes 469

Danish Interests in the Arctic Thomas Winkler 477

Russian Policy on the Arctic Continental Shelf Alexander S. Skaridov 487

Complications in Delimiting the Outer Continental Shelf Ron Macnab 493

Panel VIII Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas Resources

Panel VIII Introductory Remarks Paul L. Kelly 519

Russia's Polar Oil and Gas Potential Anatoly Zolotukhin 523

Private Oil and Gas Development in the Arctic Ocean [Abstract & PowerPoint only] Peter Slaiby 533

US Geological Survey Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal: Estimates of Undiscovered Oil and Gas in the Highest Northern Latitudes [Abstract & PowerPoint only] Brenda S. Pierce 535

Edited Transcription of Q & A Session: Panels VII & VIII 537

Panel IX Spitsbergen (Svalbard)

Panel IX Introductory Remarks Myron H. Nordquist 549

The Disputed Maritime Zones Around Svalbard Robin Churchill Geir Ulfstein 551