Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress

Creator

  • Author: O'Rourke, Ronald
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Specialist in Naval Affairs

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2012-02-07

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This report gives an overview of the situation in the Arctic region. The diminishment of Arctic sea ice has led to increased human activities in the Arctic, and has heightened interest in, and concerns about, the region's future. The United States, by virtue of Alaska, is an Arctic country and has substantial interests in the region. The Arctic has increasingly become a subject of discussion among political leaders of the nations in the region. In varying degrees, the Arctic coastal states have indicated a willingness to establish and maintain a military presence in the high north. U.S. military forces, particularly the Navy and Coast Guard, have begun to pay more attention to the region.
  • Physical Description: 88 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Environmental protection
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Animals
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Natural resources
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Endangered species - Arctic regions
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: International law
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Sovereignty - Arctic regions
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Energy
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Petroleum
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Natural gas
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Minerals
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Mines and mineral resources
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Defense policy
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Military operations - Arctic regions

Primary Source

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Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: R41153
  • Accession or Local Control No: R41153_2012Feb07
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc87154
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