International Seabed Authority

The Arctic is thawing, this raises concerns as environmentalists and ecologists is being seen by a number of countries as a great opportunity to exploit natural resources like oil and gas in the future will be more accessible, according to a geological survey conducted by the United States a quarter of all energy sources are discovered in ELA Arctic as well as new routes maritimasa These countries are Russia, Canada, United States, Norway and Denmark (Greenland). Under Article 76 of the Sea Convention, a state can claim an exclusive zone of 200 nautical miles and 159 miles of additional rights to the seabed, measuring from where the continental shelf ends. Currently there has been discovered that there is no continental shelf extends to the north pole and therefore are considered international waters managed by the International Seabed Authority in Jamaica. Russia has already moved tab, launched a expedition to prove that the Lomonosov Ridge is a geological extension of Russian territory, but both Canada Denmark disagree and support the idea that it is a continuation of their masses. Russia also has a dispute cona Norway, the two claim the Barents Sea to sua country to turn Denmark Hans Island dispute with Canada, an island of 1.3 km 2 located in the Northwest Passage, a step that the Canadian government considers as part of its waters, the United States considered international waters. Canada claims turn Anian Strait. United States does not recognize the claims of Russia and not ratified the UN convention on maritime law and Russia not to ratify the treaty in the Bering Sea that made the Soviet Union and the United States in 1990 claiming that he had taken a 50,000 km2 Russia and that would be detrimental to Russian fishermen fishing. Canada in turn build two military bases to secure its sovereignty in the region, a sovereignty that are willing to fight other nations, Canada also plans to have eight patrol vessels to protect the routes between the Pacific and North Atlantic.

While the United States plans to build two large vessels. There are other ways of dividing the North Pole, one is the method of the median line, which would divide the Arctic waters, according to the nearest coastline, this method would give the pole to Denmark and would be beneficial to Canada. The other method is the sector would be taken as the center pole and establish lines of all lengths, where Norway and Russia would gain. Brandboulevard writes all the news relating to different fields of everyday life. If you live in. This site may serve to identify, products, events and news related to the city.