Canada, US to Negotiate Beaufort Sea Boundary Dispute

Canada, US to Negotiate Beaufort Sea Boundary Dispute
Ice is broken up by the passing of the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as it sails through the Beaufort Sea off the coast of Alaska in a file photo on July 16, 2017. The Canadian Press/AP/David Goldman
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Canada and the United States say they have created a task force to negotiate a boundary dispute in the Arctic.

The two countries have a long-standing dispute over a section of the Beaufort Sea, disagreeing over a treaty dating from 1825.