I think the Arctic Council are doing quite a good job. They're dealing with an onerous task because of the issues that are being faced in the Arctic now as to who owns what and who has responsibility over what. In my humble opinion, more teeth need to be put into this kind of committee so that this group has the ability to enforce what it sees as best practices.
The International Maritime Organization has been hammering at trying to come up with a widely accepted standard and guideline for ships operating in polar waters, known as the polar code. It's been quite a long process and a long task, and I think this group--and there is a group from Canada that is on that working committee at the IMO--should probably sit at the same table and bring over some of the results of the things the polar committee has been dealing with. I think the recommendations coming out of that committee should be requirements--for example, for ice navigation, for ships operating in ice, for search and rescue ability, for equipment on board, for date and time of entry, even to the establishment of some sort of permanent presence in the Arctic for search and rescue security.