Canada and the US Move Forward With Negotiations on the Beaufort Sea Boundary Canada and the US will create a joint task force to undertake negotiations on the maritime boundary in the Beaufort Sea, including their overlapping continental shelf claims in the central Arctic Ocean. Law of the Sea expert Tore Henriksen comments on the US possibly determining the outer limit of its shelf without having ratified UNCLOS.
The U.S. Initiates Extended Continental Shelf Claims Tuesday, the U.S. Department of State announced plans to move forward with extended continental shelf claims in the Arctic.
Canada Makes Substantial Step in Arctic Territory Delimitation, Submits Claim Which Includes North Pole After years of research, the Canadian government submitted a 2100-page report to the United Nations regarding its Arctic continental shelf delimitation.
