Dr AJ (Tony) Press1 1Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Hobart, Australia, 2Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, Australaia The Antarctic Treaty System consists of the Antarctic Treaty and the subsequent agreements made pursuant to the Treaty, and...

Mr Johnny Groneng Aase1 1Institute For Marine And Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Loddefjord, Norway The Polar Code came into force on Jan 1st, 2017. Chapter 10.2.1 establishes functional requirements for ship communications. Paragraph 4 states that “Appropriate communication equipment...

Mr Bipandeep Sharma1 1Panjab University, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India Rapidly transforming Arctic has led to rethink the concept of security in the region. The increasing global warming and opening up of Arctic, has brought multiple geopolitical issues before Arctic and non-Arctic...

Miss Mana Tugend1, Dr Dorothée Cambou2 1University of Akureyri, Akureyri, Iceland, 2University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland International law has evolved and increasingly emphasizes the obligation of the state to protect the environment in accordance with the right of indigenous peoples....

Mr. Romain Chuffart, Ms. Sakiko Hataya1, Dr. Osamu Inagaki, Ms. Lindsay Arthur 1Kobe University, Rokko-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo-ken, Japan Abstract  The Arctic is a web of multilevel, multi-purpose relations, but there is a lack of cohesion between achieving sustainable development...

Dr Jan Solski1 1K. G. Jebsen Centre For The Law Of The Sea, Tromso, Norway The regulation of foreign navigation in the Northern Sea Route (NSR) has been dominated by the rules of international law applicable to merchant ships only....

Mrs Daria Shvets1 1Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain The main purpose of the “ArCS” research project is the sustainable development of the Arctic. Among the directions of this development, one is the increase of submarine cables network considered as sustainable...

Dr Trevor Daya-winterbottom1 1University Of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand The Antarctic Treaty 1959 will have been in place for 60 years in 2019 and is regarded by informed commentators as one of the most successful multi-party international treaty systems. This...

Ms Yu Cao1 1Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, United States My paper explores Utqiaġvik community members’ reflections on oil companies’ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities within the region of North Slope, Alaska. My  research question is: how have the people of...

Ms Yuanyuan Ren1 1The University Of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, United States This paper examines the compatibility of China’s positions and practices in the Arctic Ocean and the South China Sea (SCS), particularly with respect to the application and interpretation...