This paper examines explicit northern and Arctic connectivity policies in Canada, recognising the vital importance of air services in economic and social life. It comments on existing legislation, regulations, policies and programmes of the federal government as well as of Canada’s three...

Fernpendeln ist insbesondere in entlegenen Regionen verbreitet, zum Beispiel in der arktischen Erdöl- und Erdgasindustrie, wo Arbeiterinnen und Arbeiter für einmonatige oder halbmonatige Schichten ein- und auspendeln. Die theoretischen Betrachtungen eines mobilen und multilokalen Lebens...

Fernpendeln ist insbesondere in entlegenen Regionen verbreitet, zum Beispiel in der arktischen Erdöl- und Erdgasindustrie, wo Arbeiterinnen und Arbeiter für einmonatige oder halbmonatige Schichten ein- und auspendeln. Die theoretischen Betrachtungen eines mobilen und multilokalen Lebens...

Conclusion and recommendations -- Bibliography -- Analysis: What needs to be done and what can Nordic cooperation bring of value? -- Mapping: Nordic cooperation regionally and internationally on shipping in the Arctic -- List of Acronyms -- Overview: Regulations and measures for reducing and...

Russia is one of the key players in the Arctic with ambitions to continue development its Arctic oil resources. Nowadays the only fully launched oil and gas offshore project in Russia is the platform Prirazlomnaya, a number of other projects are at the various stages of realization and their...

Das Eis im Nordpolarmeer schmilzt, wodurch die arktischen Seewege zunehmend schiffbar werden. Die Nordostpassage ist schon heute für längere Zeiträume im Sommer befahrbar, während die Nordwestpassage wohl in den 2030er Jahren, die Transpolare Route wiederum frühestens ab den 2040er Jahren...

Great power politics in the Arctic are intensifying. The US, Russia and China are all strengthening their presence in the region. With the Arctic strategy of the Kingdom of Denmark presently in the process of being updated, this report analyses the assessments and strategies of Finland, Norway...

Freshwater resources in the Nordic Arctic: Sectoral demands, pressures, and externalities -- Preface -- Economic and environmental impact analyses using ecosystem accounting -- Arctic freshwaters, ecosystem services and natural capital -- -- References -- Current and potential uses of water...

Introduction -- Local community perspectives on seasonality -- -- Global environmental change -- Conclusion and recommendations -- Preface -- Executive summary -- References -- Employment and workforce issues -- Arctification of northern tourism.

Great power politics in the Arctic are intensifying. The US, Russia and China are all strengthening their presence in the region. With the Arctic strategy of the Kingdom of Denmark presently in the process of being updated, this report analyses the assessments and strategies of Finland, Norway...

Canada’s Waste Flows -- Southern Canada’s Waste Management Problem -- Looking for Redemption in All the Wrong Places: Hiding Our Waste and the Cult of Recycling -- Canadian Settler Colonial Waste -- Arctic Wasteland -- Wasting Animals -- A Good Soup -- Wasting (in) the Anthropocene -- The...

This book discusses to what extent the precautionary approach to fisheries management is reflected in the MSC Fisheries Standard and in the certification of four clusters of fisheries in polar waters. Certification according to private sustainability standards (ecolabelling) has become an...

"This book considers both the present state of Arctic shipping and possible future trends with reference to the various sectors of maritime transportation: cruise tourism, container traffic, and bulk shipping. Ports are analysed as tools that support the strategies of coastal states to foster...

Among scholars who focus on the politics of natural resources, conventional wisdom asserts that resource-scarce states have the strongest interest in securing control over resources. Counterintuitively, however, in Perils of Plenty, Jonathan N. Markowitz finds that the opposite is true. In...

Arctic oil extraction is inconsistent with the 2°C target. We study unilateral strategies by climate-concerned Arctic countries to deter extraction by others. Contradicting common theoretical assumptions about climate-change mitigation, our setting is one where countries may fundamentally...

The history and historiography of natural resource development in the Arctic : the state of the literature / Ken Coates -- Social impacts of non-renewable resource development on indigenous communities in Alaska, Greenland, and Russia / Peter Schweitzer, Florian Stammler, Cecilie Ebsen, Aytalina...