Maps matter because ... near shore—not subject to continental shelf claims because it is within the 200 nautical miles nations already control. The race for the Arctic may be about oil, but ...

Polar science and polar cartography are all about tracing change. Laura has just finished making a exquisite new printed sheet map (1:4,000,000) of Greenland. The detail is a delight - from the ...

Though it had little scientific significance, the stunt infuriated other Arctic nations and kicked the international rush to map out claims ... called the “extended continental shelf ...

Maps are being updated as global warming melts ice across the Arctic. Gumrf.ru Marina Migunova (file pic) is now a scientist in the Russian navy The islands found by Ms Migunova range in size from ...

All the maps are based on quantitative geophysical or topographic information: paleomagnetic pole positions, ocean floor magnetic anomalies, and best fits of the continental margins. Cylindrical ...

MacNab, and B.Coakley, New grid of Arctic bathymetry aids scientists and map makers ... by upwelling and diapycnal mixing over the continental margin, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32(18), L18609 (2005c).

the United Nations Commission on the Limit of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) regarding their overlapping claims to the Lomonosov Ridge under the Arctic Ocean. The CLCS made non-binding ...

He pointed out that claims to an extended offshore continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean have become a ... which contained a new extended map of the continental shelf over which Washington is ...

After the warmest winter on record last year, the upcoming winter could be another mild one for much of the nation.

In Antarctica, a March heatwave saw temperatures nearly 40C above normal in the eastern part of the continent. Arctic sea ice currently is on the ... including record-setting heatwaves in both poles.

“polar” and “Arctic.” Putting the two-part naming convention together, a continental polar air mass will bring colder temperatures and drier air to Houston. But a continental Arctic air ...