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Journal of Military and Strategic Studies
Journal of Military and Strategic Studies
The Northwest Passage Shipping Channel: Sovereignty First and Foremost and Sovereignty to the Side
By Andrea Charron
Abstract
In the 1940s, Canada's attention was brusquely turned to the Arctic Archipelago. The nuclear age focused attention on the Arctic: Canada's undefended north and its proximity to the Soviet Union meant that the Canadian government had to abandon its laissez-faire attitude of the 1930s and pursue a policy of active monitoring and intervention.
Today, Canada's claim to the Northwest Passage is still not recognized by the United States. But now, because of the findings of a group of international scientists studying the effects of global warming, Canada's attention has turned to its North once more.