Editors-in-Chief: Gudmundur Alfredsson and Timo Koivurova. Special Editor: Natalia Loukacheva.

"This reviewer has truly enjoyed this book and the narrative that spins through most articles: innovative and inclusive governance benefits both polar regions as regards security, stability and sustainability. (...) This book is a remarkable contribution to embedding the polar regions into a discourse of rule of law and good governance."Nikolas Sellheim, Faculty of Law, University of Lapland, Polar Record, Cambridge University Press 2013.

• Introduction Gudmundur Alfredsson and Timo Koivurova;The North: A New Academic Frontier An Opening Address by the President of Iceland ; Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson at the Second Akureyri Polar Law Symposium, University of Akureyri 10 September 2009;The Arctic – Navigational Issues under International Law of the Sea R. Douglas Brubaker;Governing Arctic Shipping: Finding a Role for the Arctic Council Timo Koivurova;International Governance in the Arctic: The Law of the Sea Convention with Special Focus on Offshore Oil and Gas Kamrul Hossain;Nationalizing the Arctic Maritime Commons: UNCLOS Article 76 and the Polar Sea Ron Macnab;The Increasing Complexity of Global and Regional Governance: New Context for Polar Law Louis W. Pauly;Potential Roles of NATO and the EU in High Northern Security Alyson JK Bailes;Resource Frontier or Extractive Periphery?: The Political Ecology of Oil and Gas in the North Mark Nuttall;The Southern and Arctic Oceans: Polar Opposites in Many Respects Ron Macnab;Indigenous Whaling, Protection of the Environment, Intergenerational Rights and Environmental Ethics Malgosia Fitzmaurice;Cooperation in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region in the Light of International Law Md. Waliul Hasanat;Recent Developments in Polar Law; Honorary Doctor Gudmundur Alfredsson;Arctic Dimensions in Law - Current Research and Education at the Faculty of Law, the University of Tromsø Christina Allard, Tore Henriksen, and Øyvind Ravna ;Polar Law Textbook Natalia Loukacheva;Northern Research Forum –Thematic Group on Legal Issues in the Arctic Natalia Loukacheva; Book Reviews:Robin Warner, 2009. Protecting the Oceans beyond National Jurisdiction: Strengthening the International Law Framework. By Neil Craik.Christina Voigt, 2009, Sustainable Development as a Principle of International Law: Resolving Conflicts between Climate Measures and WTO Law. By Meinhard Doelle.Eds., Aldo Chircop, Ted L. McDorman, and Susan J. Rolston. 2009. The Future of Ocean Regime-Building: Essays in Tribute to Douglas M. Johnston. By Erik Franckx.Eds. Jessica M. Shadian and Monica Tennberg, 2009. Legacies and Change in Polar Sciences: Historical, Legal and Political Reflections on the International Polar Year. By David Leary.Index

Editors-in-Chief: Gudmundur Alfredsson and Timo Koivurova. Special Editor: Natalia Loukacheva.

"This reviewer has truly enjoyed this book and the narrative that spins through most articles: innovative and inclusive governance benefits both polar regions as regards security, stability and sustainability. (...) This book is a remarkable contribution to embedding the polar regions into a discourse of rule of law and good governance."Nikolas Sellheim, Faculty of Law, University of Lapland, Polar Record, Cambridge University Press 2013.

• Introduction Gudmundur Alfredsson and Timo Koivurova;The North: A New Academic Frontier An Opening Address by the President of Iceland ; Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson at the Second Akureyri Polar Law Symposium, University of Akureyri 10 September 2009;The Arctic – Navigational Issues under International Law of the Sea R. Douglas Brubaker;Governing Arctic Shipping: Finding a Role for the Arctic Council Timo Koivurova;International Governance in the Arctic: The Law of the Sea Convention with Special Focus on Offshore Oil and Gas Kamrul Hossain;Nationalizing the Arctic Maritime Commons: UNCLOS Article 76 and the Polar Sea Ron Macnab;The Increasing Complexity of Global and Regional Governance: New Context for Polar Law Louis W. Pauly;Potential Roles of NATO and the EU in High Northern Security Alyson JK Bailes;Resource Frontier or Extractive Periphery?: The Political Ecology of Oil and Gas in the North Mark Nuttall;The Southern and Arctic Oceans: Polar Opposites in Many Respects Ron Macnab;Indigenous Whaling, Protection of the Environment, Intergenerational Rights and Environmental Ethics Malgosia Fitzmaurice;Cooperation in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region in the Light of International Law Md. Waliul Hasanat;Recent Developments in Polar Law; Honorary Doctor Gudmundur Alfredsson;Arctic Dimensions in Law - Current Research and Education at the Faculty of Law, the University of Tromsø Christina Allard, Tore Henriksen, and Øyvind Ravna ;Polar Law Textbook Natalia Loukacheva;Northern Research Forum –Thematic Group on Legal Issues in the Arctic Natalia Loukacheva; Book Reviews:Robin Warner, 2009. Protecting the Oceans beyond National Jurisdiction: Strengthening the International Law Framework. By Neil Craik.Christina Voigt, 2009, Sustainable Development as a Principle of International Law: Resolving Conflicts between Climate Measures and WTO Law. By Meinhard Doelle.Eds., Aldo Chircop, Ted L. McDorman, and Susan J. Rolston. 2009. The Future of Ocean Regime-Building: Essays in Tribute to Douglas M. Johnston. By Erik Franckx.Eds. Jessica M. Shadian and Monica Tennberg, 2009. Legacies and Change in Polar Sciences: Historical, Legal and Political Reflections on the International Polar Year. By David Leary.Index