A Danish Perspective Rear Admiral Niels Olsen GAME CHANGER 37 34 42 It could lead to massive increase in traffic volume in the Arctic and a complete transformation of sea transportation ID: 688942
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The Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations –
A Danish Perspective
Rear Admiral Niels OlsenSlide2
GAME CHANGERSlide3
– 37%
– 34%
– 42%Slide4
It could lead to
massive increase in
traffic
volume in the
Arctic, and a complete transformation of sea transportation
If just some of this
head
North?Slide5
A very simple extrapolation
Arctic Icecap
Human activity
Cruise ships
Merchant traffic
Extraction
of
resources
DevelopmentSlide6
A very simple extrapolation
Arctic Icecap
H
uman activity
Cruise ships
Merchant traffic
Extraction
of
resources
Development
One thing is certain: It will
happen – and it is happeningSlide7
Might not be linear
Might
be happening very quickly
Might outpace our capabilities to copeWe better scale up!
More surveillance
More presence
More
survey capacity
More search and rescue resources
More emergency response resourcesSlide8
National
responsibility will increase, as will our common responsibility. So what are we doing?
Air & Ground
Surveillance
Arctic Response Force
Naval presence
SAR
MH-60R SEAHAWK
LYNXSlide9
And not least:
More cooperation
Cooperation is critical
and a prerequisite in
addressing the challenges
Real problems
need
Real solutions
Real solutions
need
Real cooperation
Arctic security
forces Roundtable
NORAD
Arctic Council
USA
Canada
Iceland
Norway
(Russia)
Sweden
Finland
Kingdom of
Denmark
NATO
EU
Arctic Council
Permanent
Observers
Spain
France
Poland
Baltic States
Germany
Netherlands
UK
Italy
Northern Group
India
Japan
China
Singapore
Republic of KoreaSlide10
Thank you for your attention
I stand ready
to answer any questions