Unfrozen Sea 
Michael Byers sails the Northwest Passage
‘Where has all the ice gone?’ Joe Immaroitok asked. It was 24 October last year, and he was staring at Foxe Basin. A shallow expanse of ocean the size of England, the basin usually freezes over by early October, enabling the Inuit to travel across to Baffin Island to hunt caribou. This winter, the local council in Igloolik was considering chartering a plane to take the hunters across the unfrozen sea.
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Michael Byers holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
Other articles by this contributor:
The Laws of War, US-Style · No Way to Fight a War
Back to the Cold War? · Missile Treaties
Woken up in Seattle · WTO woes
Jumping the Gun · Against Pre-Emption
In Pursuit of Pinochet · Michael Byers discusses the legal implications of the arrest of Augusto Pinochet in London in October 1998
On Thinning Ice · When the Ice Melts
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