The Challenge of Arctic shipping : science, environmental assessment, and human values /

This survey of the problems and challenges of shipping in the Arctic Ocean includes polar oceanography, marine mammals and ice-breakers, seabirds, petroleum exploration, oil spills, environmental impact of industrial activities, Inuit land claims and the possibility of native self-government.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: VanderZwaag, David L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1990.
Montreal ; Buffalo : [1990]
Series:McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 2.
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Description
Summary:This survey of the problems and challenges of shipping in the Arctic Ocean includes polar oceanography, marine mammals and ice-breakers, seabirds, petroleum exploration, oil spills, environmental impact of industrial activities, Inuit land claims and the possibility of native self-government.
Physical Description:xii, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-268) and index.
ISBN:0773507000