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The different interpretations have significant consequences for protecting the fragile Arctic environment. | The different interpretations have significant consequences for protecting the fragile Arctic environment. | ||
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The Canadian government argues that as internal waters it would have the right and responsibility to inspect and regulate International shipping through the Northwest Passage, in order to enforce environmental safety measures. | The Canadian government argues that as internal waters it would have the right and responsibility to inspect and regulate International shipping through the Northwest Passage, in order to enforce environmental safety measures. | ||
In order to prepare to enforce environmental safety measures the Canadian government is building new Arctic bases, including a surface warfare training base at Resolute Bay.<ref name=Cbc20080805/><ref name=SydneyMorningHerald20080804/> | In order to prepare to enforce environmental safety measures the Canadian government is building new Arctic bases, including a surface warfare training base at Resolute Bay.<ref name=Cbc20080805/><ref name=SydneyMorningHerald20080804/><ref name=TorontoStar20070810/> | ||
When American oil interests tried to force the [[S.S. Manhattan]], an ice-strengthened [[super-tanker]] through the Northwest Passage in 1968 hunters from Resolute Bay tried to block its passage.<ref name=SydneyMorningHerald20080804/> | When American oil interests tried to force the [[S.S. Manhattan]], an ice-strengthened [[super-tanker]] through the Northwest Passage in 1968 hunters from Resolute Bay tried to block its passage.<ref name=SydneyMorningHerald20080804/> | ||
Resolute Bay is a regional hub for [[bush planes]] supplying smaller communities.<ref name=NYTimes20040514> | |||
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Revision as of 11:23, 11 August 2008
Resolute Bay is a community in Nunavut, near the eastern entrance to the Northwest Passage.[1] Canadian Armed Forces plans to build a training centre for surface forces there, as a companion to the Naval Base at Nanisivik.
Canada asserts that the Northwest Passage is an internal passage, while the United States position is that the passage should be considered an International shipping channel.[2][3] The different interpretations have significant consequences for protecting the fragile Arctic environment. The amount of ice coverage of the Northwest Passage is undergoing a very significant reduction. This reduction is ice is often cited as one of the few positive effects of global warming, because the route between Europe and Asia across the pole is shorter than that through the Panama Canal. The Canadian government argues that as internal waters it would have the right and responsibility to inspect and regulate International shipping through the Northwest Passage, in order to enforce environmental safety measures.
In order to prepare to enforce environmental safety measures the Canadian government is building new Arctic bases, including a surface warfare training base at Resolute Bay.[1][2][3]
When American oil interests tried to force the S.S. Manhattan, an ice-strengthened super-tanker through the Northwest Passage in 1968 hunters from Resolute Bay tried to block its passage.[2]
Resolute Bay is a regional hub for bush planes supplying smaller communities.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Preliminary work underway on High Arctic naval port, CBC News, 2008-08-05. Retrieved on 2008-08-11. mirror
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Marion Wilkinson. Cold Rush for Arctic's energy riches, Sydney Morning Herald, 2008-08-04. Retrieved on 2008-08-11. mirror
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 PM starts fight for north, Toronto Star, 2007-08-10. Retrieved on 2008-08-11.
- ↑ Clifford Kraus. Resolute Bay Journal; Undaunted Arctic Couriers, Coming In With the Veggies, New York Times, 2004-05-14. Retrieved on 2008-08-04. mirror