After the ice : life, death, and geopolitics in the new Arctic / Alun Anderson.
2009
GE160.A694 A53 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
After the ice : life, death, and geopolitics in the new Arctic / Alun Anderson.
Author
Anderson, Alun M.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780061579073 (alk. paper)
0061579076 (alk. paper)
0061579076 (alk. paper)
Imprint
New York : Smithsonian Books, c2009.
Language
English
Description
298 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
GE160.A694 A53 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
909/.0913083
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.--From publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Smithsonian Institution.
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Table of 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.
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.