Flag planting and finger pointing: The Law of the Sea, the Arctic and the political geographies of the outer continental shelf

Political Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 63-73

  Dodds, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic; Law of the Sea; Outer continental shelf; Polar geopolitics; Territory

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOPOLITICS; LAW OF THE SEA; POLAR REGION; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TERRITORIAL DELIMITATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; NORWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 77951622124     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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