Breaking the Ice

Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon has spent three decades researching and writing about law of the sea policy. She is a Distinguished Senior Fellow with the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, University of Toronto, and Professor Emerita in the Department of Political Science at Western University.

• List of Diagrams List of Maps List of Acronyms and TermsForeword by John English Preface PrologueChapter 1: Introduction Definition of Terms A Caveat About Resources Interdepartmental Cooperation Cooperation Among Arctic Coastal States Chapter Outline A Methodological NoteChapter 2: The Extended Continental Shelf Regime Historical Evolution of the Regime The Legal RegimeConclusionChapter 3: Scientific Research and the Law of the Sea Convention Bathymetry Seismic Reflection and Refraction Data Complementary Sources of Data Data Processing Bathymetric and Seismic Data and the ECS Regime ConclusionChapter 4: Ice Camps and Icebreakers: The Human Experience The Challenges of Mapping the Arctic Seabed Physical Health and Safety Mental Health and Teamwork Ice Camps Icebreakers ConclusionChapter 5: The Arctic Extended Continental Shelf Surveys Past and Concurrent Studies Environmental Assessments and Relations with Indigenous PeoplesThe UNCLOS Surveys, 2006–2016 Scientific Findings ConclusionChapter 6: Canada’s Submission and Other Outstanding Issues The December 2013 Announcement Article 82 Delimitation of Arctic Extended Continental Shelves ConclusionChapter 7: ConclusionSummary of Findings Links to the Literature A Final WordInterviewees Notes Bibliography Index

This book should appeal to historians and to the technically-minded alike.