Filling an Arctic Gap: Legal and Regulatory Possibilities for Canadian-U.S. Cooperation in the Beaufort Sea

This article proposes that the model used for joint seabed mapping—Canadian–U.S. scientific cooperation in accord with international law and institutions including the law of the sea—can also apply to the use of areas such as the Beaufort Sea, in which the two countries have shared interests but disagree as to the relevant maritime boundaries.