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Notes
1.
Russia ratified UNCLOS in 1997, while Canada did so in 2003.
2.
Arctic shipping, particularly along the NSR, is increasing, with 46 vessels transiting the entire
route in 2012 compared to a mere four in 2010 (Pettersen, 2013).
3.
The Canadian Parliament did, however, vote to rename the NWP the ―Canadian Northwest
Passage‖ in 2009 (Lasserre & Pelletier, 2011).
4.
For an in-depth discussion of Quttinirpaaq National Park, see Langlais (1995).
5.
The Ministry of Natural Resources became the Ministry of Natural Resources and the
Environment in 2008.
6.
In 1990 former President George H.W. Bush and Premier Mikhail Gorbachev together
discussed creating a transborder Beringia National Park between Alaska and Chutkota.
Although the plans fell apart with the collapse of the USSR (Liskin, 2010), in September 2012,
the U.S. and Russia issued a Joint Statement on Pursuing a Transboundary Area of Shared
Beringian Heritage (U.S. Department of State, 2012), suggesting renewed efforts to promote a
common culture and environment. The two countries, however, still shy away from jointly
managing the territory.
7.
The memorandum was translated from Russian to English using a combination of Google
Translate and the author‘s interpretation.
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