就多边协议的制定而言，北极海域的法律制度长期以来一直处于次要地位。 北极恶劣的气候为人类活动创造了天然屏障，并限制了现有技术的实用性。 然而，目前，气候变化似乎不仅是北极的自然环境明显升温，而且是该地区适用的确切法律制度的政治紧张局势的原因。
The legal regime of the Arctic maritime areas has long remained on the backburner as far as the creation of multilateral agreements is concerned. The Arctic's inhospitable climate created natural barriers for the activities of man and limited the usefulness of available technology. At present, however, climate change seems to be responsible for a marked heating up, not only of the physical environment of the Arctic, but of the political tensions concerning the exact legal regime to be applied in the region.
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