Modern Cartographers Breaking Arctic Ice – gCaptain
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Modern day explorers from Arctic nations are setting their sights north to map the seabed and establish sovereign rights to resources in an icy area that just over a decade ago was virtually inaccessible.
Coastal nations have sovereign rights to ocean resources that extend 300 miles past the country’s coastline. Under the Law of the Sea treaty, coastal nations may also claim resources discovered if the extended continental shelf (ECS) of the nation extends past the 300-mile exclusive economic zone.
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