Part I: The United States and Canada have a long-standing dispute over the legal status of the waters of the Northwest Passage between Davis Strait/Baffin Bay and the Beaufort Sea. In September 1985 Canada, concerned about their fragile arctic ecosystem, established straight baselines connecting the outermost edges of all of its Arctic islands (see attached map). Are these straight baselines consistent with the Law of the Sea Convention? Why or why not?
Part II: Assuming that Canada may not draw these straight baselines, may they prohibit foreign warships and ships carrying hazardous cargoes from transiting the Northwest Passage?
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