Polar super seaways? Maritime transport in the Arctic: an analysis of shipowners’ intentions

Frédéric Lasserre and Sébastien Pelletier

Journal of Transport Geography, 2011, vol. 19, issue 6, 1465-1473

Abstract: The seasonal melting of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, which has been confirmed for several summers in a row and is widely documented, has become a hot topic in the media. It is fuelling many speculative scenarios about the purported renewal of a “cold war”, or even an actual armed conflict, in the Arctic, for the control of both its natural resources and its sea routes.

Keywords: Sea shipping and transportation; Arctic; Arctic routes; Shipping; Northwest Passage; Northeast Passage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (27)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692311001414

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jotrge:v:19:y:2011:i:6:p:1465-1473

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2011.08.006

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Transport Geography is currently edited by Frank Witlox

More articles in Journal of Transport Geography from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().