The goal of PhD candidate Ekaterina Antsygina’s research is to define maritime boundaries of countries that border on the North Pole that will reflect an equitable solution for Canada, Russia and Denmark. How these boundaries are defined will have an impact on how these Arctic states cooperate on environmental issues, science and infrastructure projects.
Beneath the North Pole’s icy surface lies a hotbed for coastal states to claim political power. Setting limits for each nation’s sovereign rights is the topic of Ekaterina Antsygina’s doctoral thesis.
