Canada Acquires Subs To Chart Arctic Claims

The Canadian government has taken delivery of two remote-controlled submarines that will be used to document its territorial claims in the Arctic.

“Canada is the first country in the world to use this type of technology” to map the Arctic, John Weston, a member of parliament, said at a ceremony in Vancouver Tuesday marking the delivery.

The unmanned submersibles built by Submarine Engineering of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, will operate under the Arctic ice to gather data on the outer limits of Canada’s continental shelf.

Delineating the continental shelf in the Arctic is important because it would help Canada establish its rights under international law to natural resources in the Arctic ocean beyond the 200 nautical mile limit.

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