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The Arctic Council is a high-level intergovernmental forum that addresses issues faced by the Arctic governments and the indigenous people of the Arctic region. At present, eight countries exercise so
Foreign Minister Timo Soini of Finland chairs the May 2019 ministerial meeting.
Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting, in Reykjavík, Iceland in 2021
Claims to the Arctic Seabed and Arctic Sea.
The Arctic consists of land, internal waters, territorial seas, exclusive economic zones and international waters above the Arctic Circle. All land, internal waters, territorial seas and EEZs in the A
MIR submersible
The cross-hatched wedge-shaped region in the east is claimed by both Canada and the United States
Northwest Passage routes