The donut hole at the center of the Arctic Ocean
On June 4, I wrote about issues surrounding the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean. June 5 was National Donut…
The continental shelf: geological, legal, or geopolitical?
With Shell receiving conditional approval to drill in the Chukchi Sea in offshore Alaska, the phrase “continental shelf” has come up…
Canada readies territorial claims; Russia stalls
Canada has just concluded a geological expedition in the Arctic in the run-up to its submission of territorial claims. A…