Queen Elizabeth Islands on the east, Parry Channel on the south and the Arctic Ocean to the north and west. Most are uninhabited although the Natural Resources Canada's Climate Change Geoscience Program Earth Sciences Sector (ESS), has monitors on the islands. In 1969 Panarctic Oils, now part of Suncor began operating exploration oil wells in the Sverdrup and Franklinian basins and planned on establishing its resource base in the Queen Elizabeth Islands. It ceased production in the 1970s. At the 2013 GeoConvention the Arctic Islands region were called Canada's perpetual "last petroleum exploration frontier". Hogg and Enachescu argued that the development and implementation
HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) attached on 14 March 2013; the aft island was attached in June 2013. The ski jump was added in November 2013, leaving just the elevators and radar to be lifted into place. By September 2013 "Queen Elizabeth" was 80% complete internally. She is two and a half times the size of the "Invincible"-class, and has the ability to carry approximately three times as many aircraft. Despite this, "Queen Elizabeth" has marginally fewer crew than the "Invincible"-class. She is approximately three times as large as . The ship has two superstructures, or islands, one for navigation and ship's operations and the