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Anderson, Alun M.
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Geopolitics -- Arctic regions.
Sea ice -- Arctic regions.
Arctic regions -- Environmental conditions.
Arctic regions -- Strategic aspects.
Arctic regions -- Description and travel.
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Anderson, Alun M.
Geopolitics -- Arctic regions.
Sea ice -- Arctic regions.
Arctic regions -- Environmental conditions.
Arctic regions -- Strategic aspects.
Arctic regions -- Description and travel.
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After the ice : life, death, and
geopolitics
in the new
Arctic
/ Alun Anderson.
by
Anderson, Alun M.
Smithsonian Books, c2009.
Call #:
909.0913 A545a
Subjects
Geopolitics
--
Arctic
regions
.
Sea ice
--
Arctic
regions
.
Arctic
regions
--
Environmental conditions.
Arctic
regions
--
Strategic aspects.
Arctic
regions
--
Description and travel.
ISBN:
9780061579073 (alk. paper)
0061579076 (alk. paper)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
298 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-269) and index.
Contents:
The bear on the beach
--
Turn the world on its side
--
People: In an Inuit land
--
Nomads of the Yamal
--
Ice: Adrift on the ice
--
The view from below
--
The lethal mix
--
Borders: Who owns the
Arctic
?
--
The strange case of Svalbard
--
Animals: Trouble at the top
--
The bottom of the web
--
Invaders from the South
--
Oil and ships: The battle for
Arctic
oil
--
How far can oil go?
--
Too many ships, too soon?
--
Finale: The
Arctic
's revenge
--
Black and white
--
The future of the
Arctic
.
Summary:
The
Arctic
has reacted more quickly and dramatically to global warming than many had anticipated. Scientists are urgently trying to predict just how the
Arctic
will change and how those changes will in turn affect the rest of the planet. But plenty of other people, driven by profit rather than data, are interested as well. The riches of the world's last virgin territory have spurred the reawakening of old geopolitical rivalries. The United States, Canada, Russia, Norway, and Denmark all control areas around the
Arctic
Ocean. We face a new era of oil rigs and drill ships, of shipping shortcuts, and fights over the
Arctic
's treasures. Alongside the winners are the many losers, from nomadic reindeer herders to Inuit hunters. Other creatures that rely on the vast expanses of sea ice, including seals, birds, and whales, may disappear or be replaced. Combining science, business, politics, and adventure, Alun Anderson takes the reader to the ends of the earth in a narrative portrait of this rapidly changing land of unparalleled global significance.
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