Ms Julia Gaunce1 1KG Jebsen Centre For The Law Of The Sea, Uit Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway This presentation sets out research on goal-based regulation as employed in the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters. The objectives of the...

Mrs Antje Neumann1 1Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands The protection of Antarctica’s wilderness values has been addressed by several Polar Law Symposia of the past. At the same time, the status quo of protecting these values has not been changed...

Sean Garber1, Matthew Zed2, Jan Flynn2, David Taylor1, Jarrod Dent1 1Baird Australia, Sydney Australia. 2Woodside Energy Limited, Perth Australia. This paper presents recent developments and validation of a wave transformation algorithm capable of accurately and efficiently computing shelf scale spectral...

Dr Indi Hodgson-Johnston1 1Integrated Marine Observing System, Battery Point, Australia The territorial status of Antarctica under the Antarctic Treaty is often described as ‘frozen’ or ‘suspended’. This research seeks to contribute a framework of analysis and discourse for the present,...

Ms Zsofia Korosy1 1University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney, Australia Does the Southern Ocean exist, and does the question matter? According to the 1953 3rd edition of the International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO)’s report, ‘Limits of Oceans and Seas’, there...

Dr Betsy Baker1 1North Pacific Research Board, Anchorage, United States Networking Arctic marine research initiatives can efficiently provide much of the science needed to launch the Joint Program of Scientific Research and Monitoring required under the 2018 Agreement to Prevent...

A/Prof. Marc Lanteigne1 1UiT: The Arctic University Of Norway, Tromsø, Norway In mid-2017, the Chinese government officially confirmed that it was seeking to add the Arctic Ocean region to its expanding roster of sea routes to be included in the...

Dr David VanderZwaag1 1Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada Out of sight, out of mind. Those words describe the level of political and public attention paid until recently to the central Arctic Ocean (CAO), the large “donut hole” of high seas lying...

Dr Arron Honniball1, Mr Valentin Schatz2 1Centre For International Law (CIL), National University Of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, 2Faculty of Law, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing represents a threat to global fisheries sustainability and maritime security,...

Dr Patrizia Vigni1 1University Of Siena, Siena, Italy Is art. IV AT still workable to protect the Antarctic seas in a world of competing interests? Art. VI AT safeguards States’ rights in high seas according to international law. However, the...