So what about Canada’s Arctic continental shelf extension?

The process of establishing the limits of the continental shelves in the Arctic has been characterized much more by cooperation than by competition. Not by conflict.

The Arctic is not a wild frontier in which countries are engaged in a zero-sum struggle to grab as much of the Arctic seabed as possible before another state claims the spoils for itself. Not only are there rules and procedures to govern the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles, but they a...

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