The Northwest Passage in Transit

• Published in: International journal (Toronto) Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 189 - 202
• Main Author: Griffiths, Franklyn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England Canadian Institute of International Affairs 01.04.1999; SAGE Publications; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Archipelagos; Canada; Change; Essays; Freedom; Government; International aspects; International law; International relations; International Relations (Northwest Passage); Jurisdiction; Nation states; Navigation; Sea water; Seas; Sovereignty; Canada; Northwest Passage; Arctic region

A CONSTRUCTION OF SOUTHERN MINDS, the Northwest Passage has long been the site of exploration in reality and in imagination. This article is an exercise in the imagination. For gritty detail on navigation in polar waters you will have to look elsewhere. What I am about to consider is not the Northwe...