GEOG 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Arctic Ocean, Hans Island, Arctic Council
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Tourists: one cruise ship can bring more people than the inhabitants on the location itself. Eight member states(and siz organizations representing the indigenous people of the region) 12 non-arctic countries as observers: france, germany, netherlands, poland, spain, united kingdom, people"s republic of. China, italy, japan, korea, singapore, india: they have to swear towards not interfering with what the arctic countries, but places such as china, shows spatial connections . Icebreaker ships: arctic sea route is shorter than the existing route. What theatre of geopolitics: example: hans island. Dispute between canada and denmark: we are now accustomed to think that, example: svalbard. Whoever signs the treaty(1920), then that country has unfretted access to the location. Due to the fact that 20% of the worlds" undiscovered oil resources are in the arctic(inaccessible currently) Sovereign use vs transnational use: some people have suggested that the arctic should be treated the same way as the.
