Arc­tic Indige­nous For­eign Poli­cies
Inuit Cir­cum­po­lar Coun­cil. (28 April 2011). Cir­cum­po­lar Inuit dec­la­ra­tion on resource devel­op­ment prin­ci­ples in Inuit Nunaat.

Inuit Cir­cum­po­lar Coun­cil. (2009). Cir­cum­po­lar Inuit dec­la­ra­tion on sov­er­eignty in the Arc­tic.

Arc­tic Marine Assess­ments & Poli­cies
Arc­tic Coun­cil. (2009). Arc­tic Marine Ship­ping Assess­ment 2009 Report. (First com­pre­hen­sive assess­ment of Arc­tic marine shipping.)

Arc­tic Coun­cil. (24 Novem­ber 2004). Arc­tic Marine Strate­gic Plan. (Arc­tic Coun­cil strate­gies for pro­tect­ing the Arc­tic marine environment).

Ice­landic Gov­ern­ment. (March 2007). Break­ing the Ice: Arc­tic Devel­op­ment and Mar­itime Trans­port. (Report to inform the Arc­tic Marine Ship­ping Assess­ment 2009 Report.)

Inter­na­tional Polar Year Project #166. (2007–08). Sea Ice Knowl­edge and Use (SIKU): Assess­ing Arc­tic Envi­ron­men­tal and Social Change.

Inuit Cir­cum­po­lar Coun­cil. (March 2008). The Sea Ice is Our High­way: An Inuit Per­spec­tive on Trans­porta­tion in the Arc­tic. (Report to inform the Arc­tic Marine Ship­ping Assess­ment 2009 Report.)

Library of Par­lia­ment, Canada. (21 July 2011). Arc­tic Marine and Inter­modal Infra­struc­ture: Chal­lenges and the Gov­ern­ment of Canada’s Response.

Par­lia­ment of Canada. (24 Octo­ber 2008). The Arc­tic: Trans­porta­tion, Infra­struc­ture and Com­mu­ni­ca­tion (Report to Parliament)

Arc­tic Nation-State For­eign Poli­cies
Canada. Depart­ment of For­eign Affairs and Inter­na­tional Trade. (2010). State­ment on Canada’s Arc­tic for­eign pol­icy: Exer­cis­ing sov­er­eignty and pro­mot­ing Canada’s north­ern strat­egy abroad.

Den­mark. (24 August 2011). Min­istry of For­eign Affairs, Den­mark; Depart­ment of For­eign Affairs, Green­land; Min­istry of For­eign Affairs, Faroe Islands. Den­mark, Green­land and the Faroe Islands:King­dom of Den­mark Strat­egy for the Arc­tic 2011–2020.

Fin­land. Min­istry for For­eign Affairs. (August 2010). Finland’s strat­egy for the Arc­tic region.
Ice­land. Min­istry for For­eign Affairs (28 March 2011). A par­lia­men­tary res­o­lu­tion on Iceland’s Arc­tic pol­icy.

Nor­way. Min­istry of For­eign Affairs. (12 March 2009). New build­ing blocks in the north: The next step in the Government’s high north strat­egy.

Rus­sia. (18 Sep­tem­ber 2008). The Russ­ian Federation’s main state pol­icy in the Arc­tic until 2020 and beyond (Osnovy gosu­darstven­noi poli­tiki Rossi­isky Fed­er­at­sii v Ark­tike na period do 2020 goda i dal’neishuyu per­spek­tivu.). Rat­i­fied 18 Sep­tem­ber 2008.

Swe­den. Min­istry for For­eign Affairs. (12 May 2011). Sweden’s strat­egy for the Arc­tic region.

United States. National secu­rity Pres­i­den­tial direc­tive and home­land secu­rity, Pres­i­den­tial direc­tive. (9 Jan­u­ary 2009). Arc­tic region pol­icy (NSPD-66 / HSPD-25).

Legal Instru­ments
United Nations Con­ven­tion on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Dec­la­ra­tion on the Rights of Indige­nous Peoples