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7 Cards in this Set
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Changes In Arctic Sea Ice Population and regions danger of decline |
4 million bordering the Arctic Ocean Indigenous population (Inuit, Chukchi) These people still hunt and fish, seals & walrus Sustainable farming of this wildlife at risk due to melting of sea ice and changing weather patterns |
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Geopolitics - Who, Why |
USA & Russia closely linked Canadian & European interests Arctic Ocean 280km beyond EEZ Oil, Gas, Minerals on the seabed |
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Military and conflicts of interest |
Extension of continental shelf Militarisation of Arctic operation equipment |
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Minerals, future projects |
Reserves being revealed by the melting of ice 90million barrels of oil 4.7billion m3 of natural gas It is a long term investment to eventually begin extraction |
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Transport Routeso |
2014 First cargo ship travels through (NWP)
The (NSR) across Siberia
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Shipping Companies |
- Shipping companies can reduce costs significantly due to shorter journey times
- Greater fuel consumption for arctic conditions
- Expensive training of crew for arctic conditions
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New shipping point created |
- Russian Yamal liquid natural gas plant will be a new shipping point for the next few years Sea ice melting by 2025, 300 ships will operate in the Arctic Ocean |
