ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts covered in this book. The book explains the rules of territorial sovereignty that have come to place the geography of the Arctic within the ownership of specific states. Complementary to this explanation is the narrative of how the US, Canada and Russia responded to changes in the rules of territorial sovereignty as they engaged with the Arctic. This has included responding to changes such as the expansion of maritime sovereignty, the rise of environmental concerns and indigenous rights as well as the ways in which technology impacted how man interfaces with the Arctic. To make evolution of territorial authority in the Arctic more complex, the sovereignty in the Arctic has two different geographic compositions, land and sea. The establishment of Arctic sovereignty is an ongoing and lengthy process that responds to normative changes in the international system.
