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[Artum]

Hello

I'm not a cartographer, however I am researching about the Arctic Ocean territory dispute, partially due to gas and oil reserves. I'd like to create a complimentary map showing the Arctic Ocean and its surrounding countries.

I'm only able to use what's avaliable on our lab computers, I have access to Interactive Album of Map Projections and we have flexprojector. Can any assist me and my limited experience with cartography and these programs?

[frax]

Artum, what exactly is that you want to show? You would need a polar projection (centered on the pole) not a world map projection - these are commonly polar stereographic or lambert azimuthal equal-area projections.

Do you have any map software handy?

I think you should first see what you can find of maps on this case (there are plenty), and if you want to do something special - and you don't have access to map/gis software - then I would look into what you can get from e.g. stock photo/clipart repositories. - if you can get a basemap that way.

[Michael Schmeling]

I have a polar map available on Fotosearch:

Polar map

I can also modify it if you need something different.