The delimitation process in the central Arctic seabed: Sovereign rights or a condominium or res communis omnium?

This chapter focuses on the positions and practices of the Arctic coastal states within the ongoing process of delineation of the outer limits of their continental shelves in the Arctic seabed. It starts witha brief analysis of the “Arctic question” and the applicable law thereto; it then proceeds to study the current work of the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf on the Arctic seabed, and concludes with some final reflections