Lock, Stock, and Icebergs: A History of Canada's Arctic Maritime Sovereignty

by Adam Lajeunesse

In April 1988, after years of failed negotiations over the status of the Northwest Passage, Brian Mulroney gave Ronald Reagan a globe, pointed to the Arctic, and said "Ron that's ours. We own it lock, stock, and icebergs." A simple statement, it summed up Ottawa's official policy: Canada owns the icy waters that wind their way through the Arctic Archipelago. Behind the scenes, however, successive governments have spent over a century trying to figure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 077483109X
• ISBN13: 9780774831093
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 416 Pages