The Arctic Ocean as a Global Commons - part one

What TWO opportunities are presented by the thawing of the Arctic Ccean?

• New places to go diving and fewer polar bears

• New trade travel routes and new tourist attractions

• New trade travel routes and access to natural resources

The Arctic nations are only those with an Arctic coastline?

• True

• False

What is the precentage of indigenous groups in the Arctic?

• 10%

• 40%

• 15%

• 30%

What is the biggest difference between the Arctic and Antarctica?

• Antarctica is an ocean surrounded by land, the Arctic is a land masssurrounded by ocean

• There are multiple indigenous groups living in Antarctica but none live in the Arctic

• The Arctic is an ocean surrounded by land, Antarctica is a land mass surrounded by ocean

• There are no natural resources in the Arctic but planty of resrouces in Antarctica

Russia, Canada, Norway, United States (Alaska), Denmark (Greenland), Sweden, Finland and Iceland are

• The Arctic Five

• the only ones who control the Arctic Ocean

• all part of the Antarctica Council

• The Eight Arctic Nations

The Arctic ___ ___ keeps the region cool during winter and helps moderate the global climate.

In Northern ______alone, there are 41 different groups of indigenous peoples.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which governs the Arctic Ocean is called _____

Any country that borders any of the world’s oceans has an ___ that stretches from its shore out to sea 200 nautical miles.

The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) is the mechanism through which countries exntand their EEZ based on their Continental Shelf.

• True

• False