Experts to explore Arctic Sovereignty at Southwestern Symposium
August 19, 2008
August 19, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19 -- Southwestern Law School issued the following news release:
With the Arctic ice melting, anticipated increases in Arctic shipping, tourism and economic activity, Russia's flag-planting at the North Pole last summer, and the recent Greenland summit, there has been tremendous attention given to the "race to the Arctic." For the United States, the legal issues related to the Arctic and the Northwest Passage have recently taken on increased import . . .
With the Arctic ice melting, anticipated increases in Arctic shipping, tourism and economic activity, Russia's flag-planting at the North Pole last summer, and the recent Greenland summit, there has been tremendous attention given to the "race to the Arctic." For the United States, the legal issues related to the Arctic and the Northwest Passage have recently taken on increased import . . .