The difference with Somalia is that the Northwest passage is bounded up, down, left, right, by Canada's territory and not only passing near it. https://upload.

The difference with Somalia is that the Northwest passage is bounded up, down, left, right, by Canada's territory and not only passing near it. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Northwest_passage.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Northwes... The northern islands have been part of the territory since 1880. Claiming the water in between them aren't part of Canada's territory seems odds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_Canad... Note: I'm no specialist in this domain and I've only done a cursory research to form this argument.