International Law and Politics of the Arctic Ocean: Essays in Honor of Donat Pharand is a collection of essays by leading international authorities on the current and future legal, political and geographical issues that an expanded use of the Arctic Ocean will raise.

Suzanne Lalonde, Ph.D. (1997), Cambridge University, is Professor of International Law at the Université de Montréal. She has published in both French and English, within Canada and abroad and her research focuses on core international legal principles, especially those pertaining to sovereignty, territory and the determination of boundaries on land and at sea.
Ted L. McDorman, LL.M. (1982), Dalhousie University, is a Professor of Law at the University of Victoria and the author of Salt Water Neighbors: International Ocean Law Relations Between the United States and Canada (Oxford University Press, 2009). He has written widely on ocean law and policy issues including on maritime boundary delimitation and the continental shelf having published over 120 articles and chapters.