Open AccessThe Legal Protection of Sea Ice Areas and the Triple Bottom Line Approach to Mining Management in the Arctic
Author(s) -
Pavel Tkach
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nordicum-mediterraneum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1670-6242
DOI - 10.33112/nm.16.3.4
Subject(s) - oceanography , arctic ice pack , fell , arctic , geology , ice sheet , ice shelf , antarctic sea ice , the arctic , iceberg , sea ice , physical geography , ice caps , climatology , cryosphere , geography , geomorphology , paleontology , glacier
2020 is the year when 40% of the 4,000-year-old Milne Ice Shelf, located on the north-western edge of Ellesmere Island, caved into the sea. 2020 is the year when the Greenland Ice Sheet has already passed the point of no return. 2020 is the year when human presence in the Arctic Ocean fell dramatically due …