You are (not) here: On the ambiguity of flag planting and finger pointing in the Arctic

Political Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-84

  Steinberg, Philip E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Cartography; Critical geopolitics; Seabed; Sovereignty

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARTOGRAPHY; GEOPOLITICS; SEAFLOOR; SOVEREIGNTY; TERRITORIAL DISPUTE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 77951620609     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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