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1 SELECTED INTERNET RESOUR CE S Compiled by Judith A. Ellis Conference PowerPoint Presentations (2009) Balton, David Bankes, Nigel Brigham, Lawson Churchill, Robin Hayes, Margaret Huebert, Rob Jeffers, Jennifer Kraska, James Macko, Stephen Macnab, Ron Mayer, Larry McMahon, James Pierce, Brenda Ridgeway, Lori Skaridov, Alexander (NSR) Skaridov, Alexander (Russian CS) Slaiby, Peter Ulfstein, Geir Van Pay, Brian Winkler, Thomas Zolotukhin, Anatoly Biographies of the Conference Moderators and Speakers available at 1

2 Arctic Map MAPS: Arctic Arctic Map What is the Arctic? Arctic Circle Map Arctic Ocean Map and Bathymetric Chart International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) Northern Sea Route & Northwest Passage Compared with Current Routes Northwest Passage Maps MAPS: Various Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping Joint Hydrographic Center (UNH): Law of the Sea Mapping Program 54&page=law_of_the_sea.php Exclusive Economic Zones (Google Earth) 9&site_id=1#import Global Oceanic Boundaries (Google Earth) 2

3 THE ARCTIC Alaska Fisheries Science Center Arctic Chronicles (USGS): UN Convention on the Law of the Sea Arctic Climatology and Meteorology (National Snow and Ice Data Center) Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (published 2005) Arctic Council Arctic Focus website Arctic Mapping and the Law of the Sea Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment Arctic Ocean (United Nations) Arctic Ocean (Encyclopedia of Earth) Arctic Ocean Diversity Program (Biodiversity) 3

4 Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas Guidelines (Arctic Council 2009) es% pdf Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis (National Snow and Ice Data Center) Arctic Symposium (Vanderbilt Univ. Law School, Feb. 2009) Berkman, Paul Arthur & Oran Young, Governance and Environmental Change in the Arctic Ocean, Science, Vol. 324, 17 April Borgerson, Scott, Arctic Meltdown: The Economic and Security Implications of Global Warming, Foreign Affairs March/April Brigham, Lawson, Arctic Shipping Scenarios and Coastal State Challenges, WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs, Vol. 7 (2008), No. 2, pages /art00006 Brigham, Lawson, Thinking About the Arctic s Future: Scenarios for 2040, The Futurist, September-October pdf Byers, Michael, Who Owns the Arctic? Catlin Arctic Survey Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal 4

5 Extreme Ice Survey Extreme Ice March 2009 PBS program on the melting Arctic glaciers Global Implications of a Warming Arctic: Roundtable before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, May 5, 2009 (video) &st=435 Guidelines for Ships Operating in Arctic Ice-Covered Waters (12/2302) Circ399.pdf Ilulissat Declaration (5/29/09) Impact of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations: STAR (Center for Satellite Applications & Research) 2 nd Symposium, July Initial Estimate of the Cost of Lost Climate Regulation Services Due to Changes in the Arctic Cryosphere. [Pew Trust report by Goodstein, Huntington, and Euskirchen, 2/5/10]. cean_life/cost%20of%20warming%20arctic- FINAL%202%205%2010.pdf?n=4808 INSTARR Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research Linacre & Geerts, The Arctic: the ocean, sea ice, icebergs, and climate (1998) Macab, Ron, Submarine Elevations and Ridges: Wild Cards in the Poker Game of UNCLOS Article 76, in Ocean Development & International Law, Vol. 39, Issue 2, April 2008, pages

6 Maritime Doctrine of Russian Federation, 27 July Mayer, Larry, A. Armstrong and J. Gardner, Mapping in the Arctic Ocean in Support of a Potential Extended Continental Shelf _support_of_potential_ecs.pdf National Ice Center (NOAA) National Security Presidential Directive (NSPD 66) and Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD 25) [Bush, Jan. 9, 2009] U.S. Arctic Region Policy Nuclear Wastes in the Arctic: An Analysis of Arctic and Other Regional Impacts from Soviet Nuclear Contamination (1995) Open Passage Expedition, summer Opening the Arctic Seas Conference, 2008, UNH Radiological Assessment: Waste Disposal in the Arctic Seas (IAEA) Senior Arctic Official Report to Ministers (April 2009) l% pdf S.J. Resolution 17 (Arctic Fisheries): agreement for managing migratory and transboundary fish stocks in the Arctic Ocean. Signed by President Bush June 3, 2008: Became Public Law No: Svalbard Bibliography 6

7 Tromsø Declaration (4/29/09) U.S. Arctic Research Commission Selected Internet Resources U.S. Navy Arctic Roadmap (2009) Who Owns the Arctic? ADDITIONAL KEY OCEANS LAW RESOURCES Global Warming Art (charts, maps, etc.) Maritime Security Policy National Security Presidential Directive NSPD-41 (HSPD-13) Maritime Security Policy National Strategy for the Marine Transportation System (July 2008) National Strategy for the Marine Transportation System: Fact Sheet Resources on the International Maritime Security and ISPS Code (IMO) Truver, Scott, Lifeline of the Nation: the US Merchant Marine in the 21 st Century, (December, 2007) US National Strategy for Maritime Security, including the International Outreach & Coordination Strategy; National Plan to Achieve Maritime Domain Awareness; the Maritime Infrastructure Recovery Plan; the Maritime 7

8 Transportation System Security Recommendations; Domestic Outreach Plan; and the Maritime Commerce Security Plan US Cooperative Strategy for 21 st Century Seapower United States Northern Command Materials and Documents for the Law of the Sea Draft Cumulative Index to the multi-volume series United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982: A Commentary, Myron H. Nordquist, Editor-in- Chief, (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, ) ITLOS 2003 Select Bibliography (PICT) Documents and Reports: (1) UNCLOS & Related Documents: Official text of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, signed at Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 10 December 1982, and the Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the Convention, adopted by the UN General Assembly on 28 July 1994 [1982 Convention]; General Assembly Resolution 48/263 and Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI; Final Act of the Third UN Conference; List of signatories; Resolution 2749 (XXV) on Principles Governing the Seabed and the Ocean Floor, and the Subsoil Thereof, Beyond Limits of National Jurisdiction (2) Fish Stocks Agreement: Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. A/Conf. 164/37, 8 Sept [The UN Fish Stocks Agreement]; Statement of the Chairman, Satya N. Nandan; and Final Act of the UN Conference on the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks 8

9 (3) 2007 US Senate report on UNCLOS (Exec. Rpt ) (4) Current List of Parties to the Convention and the Related Agreements These above documents and reports as well as testimony, letters, and writings/opinions on UNCLOS are available at 9

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