Ships operating in the icy waters around the north and south poles will be subject to special regulations for the first time, after a Polar Code was adopted last week. The rules come in the wake of ...

A new International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters, better known as the Polar Code, will officially come into effect on January 1st. The Code — an international regime that was agreed upon ...

Arctic Review on Law and Politics, Vol. 11 (2020), pp. 47-69 (23 pages) In 2017, the The International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code) – a set of function-based regulations ...