The work provides, in chapters by different authors, an in-depth review of the outstanding environmental, technological, political, economic, social and legal issues associated with arctic resource use, development and management.
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Acknowledgements; Part 1. Perspectives on the problem; 1. The northwest passage: a contrast of visions; 2. The environment of the northwest passage Hal Mills; 3. The development of northern ocean industries Carlyle Mitchell; 4. Arctic marine transport and ancillary technologies Ernst Frankel; 5. Canadian arctic marine transportation: present status and future requirements William J. H. Stuart and Cynthia Lamson; 6. Northern decision making: a drifting net in a restless sea David L. VanderZwaag and Cynthia Lamson; 7. Constitutional development in the northwest territories Fielding Sherwood; Part II. Paradigms and prospects; 8. The designing of a transit management system Douglas M. Johnston; Appendix; Contributors.
