Figures | ||
1.1 | Geographic scope of application of the AWPPA, NORDREG and the Polar Code | 7 |
1.2 | Inuit Nunangat | 8 |
1.3 | Canadian Arctic coastal communities | 9 |
2.1 | Selected place names between the communities of Arctic Bay and Pond Inlet, Nunavut, with a view from the north towards the south | 24 |
2.2 | Traditional Inuit trails around Killiniq, at the crossroads of Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut | 25 |
5.1 | Extension of Arctic sea ice at its summer minimum, 2010, 2016, 2018 and 2021 | 80 |
14.1 | Condensed outline of passenger vessel permit process | 333 |
15.1 | Map of marine regions in Arctic Canada | 353 |
15.2 | Total annual voyage counts and unique ship counts in the Canadian Arctic between 1990 and 2019 (left) and total number of ship voyages for vessels with different levels of ice strengthening (right) | 356 |
15.3 | Low-impact shipping corridors in Arctic Canada | 361 |
15.4 | ACNV community mapping workshop | 365 |
15.5 | Culturally significant marine areas | 367 |
15.6 | Culturally significant marine areas (CSMAs) and ecologically and biologically significant areas (EBSAs) locations (left) and CSMAs and EBSAs inside identified low-impact shipping corridors (right) | 367 |
16.1 | Overview of IAA process for designated projects | 383 |
16.2 | Map identifying the boundaries of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region | 391 |
Tables | ||
5.1 | Vessel movements in the Canadian Arctic, number of voyages, NORDREG zone | 81 |
5.2 | Vessel movements in Northern Sea Route waters, number of voyages | 83 |
5.3 | Transit traffic along the Northwest Passage, 2006–2021 | 87 |
5.4 | Transit traffic along the Northern Sea Route, 2006–2021 | 88 |
5.5 | Share of voyages performed by commercial vessels operated by foreign companies in Russian Arctic waters | 91 |
Share of voyages performed by commercial vessels operated by foreign companies in Canadian Arctic waters | 92 | |
7.1 | Examples of issues along the conflict continuum | 130 |
7.2 | Total number of SAR cases north of 55 degrees | 132 |
14.1 | Comparison of Canada, Russia and Svalbard passenger vessel permitting | 339 |
15.1 | Main vessel types (ASMA class) found in the NORDREG zone | 355 |
15.2 | Summary of identified strengths and weaknesses of the low-impact shipping corridors framework | 368 |