Fifteen papers from a workshop on the Soviet Maritime Arctic held at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, in 1987, covering legal and military aspects, sovereignty, the Northern Sea Route and shipping, science and technology and resource development.

The issues surrounding the regimes of ice-covered areas, international straits, and passage rights of State vessels are analysed for the purpose of assessing the status of law and State practice in Russian Arctic waters.

This collection of 17 papers on the Soviet North includes exploration, sea ice, petroleum resources, the Northern Sea Route and commercial shipping, strategic, defence and sovereignty issues, international cooperation and Soviet policies in the Arctic and Antarctic. Includes appendices of policy announcements and decrees, international agreements and participation in international arrangements.