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Overview
As the ice cap shrinks, the geography of the entire Arctic region changes—clear shipping channels replace immovable ice and inaccessible oil resources become available. What will be the long–term consequences of these cataclysmic changes, not only environmentally but also socially and politically? How will the lives of the many individuals who depend upon the natural resources of the Arctic be changed? And how will the global powers that wish to exploit the region's many assets respond?
Cold Front is not just another attempt to predict the outcome of global warming. It offers a clear–sighted and penetrating investigation of the Arctic's pivotal role in international relations, placing the polar region in its historical, political, and legal context. The thawing of the ice cap creates huge opportunities for trade and transport—and therefore also for conflict between Arctic nations. This beautifully written investigation provides insight, answers, and hope for the future of the region.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781619020580 |
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Publisher: | Catapult |
Publication date: | 11/27/2012 |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 252 |
Product dimensions: | 8.60(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.70(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
List of illustrations X
List of Maps xi
Acknowledgements xii
Foreword XV
Preface xvii
Introduction XX
The Arctic Arena 1
Thickness matters 3
Coming in from the cold 5
An alarming opportunity 7
The barking dog 10
Tipping point 12
Frozen Assets 15
Russian company 16
Lamp oil and corsets 17
Cod wars 18
Striking it rich 20
A state within a state 23
Turning off the gas 24
A different ball game 25
The Law of the Sea 27
An altruistic tradition 28
Going to the ball 29
Within cannon shot 31
Rights of passage 32
On the shelf 32
Who owns the North Pole? 33
A Russian fist 37
Significant geology 39
Fishing for facts 41
Ice bears that go bump in the night 42
Rights of access 44
Cold Warfare 47
The most valuable piece of real estate in NATO' 48
A helping hand 49
Island of the donkey's ears 50
The sailor Czar 51
Krushchev's herrings 53
A hint of violence 55
Wakening bear 56
The silent service 58
Polar snapshots 60
Coming up for air 62
East by North 63
As plausible as the English Channel' 63
Gin on the rocks 64
Wishful thinking 67
Spared the gallows 68
Logistical nightmare 70
Filling in the blanks 72
'The man who ate his boots' 74
Dip circle 75
Creating a Victorian legend 76
Home from home 78
Ice trap 80
No English gentleman... 81
'My mission on earth' 82
Two skeletons, some chocolate and a little tea 83
Going native 84
Short Cuts 87
First night 89
Canalside view 90
Second time unlucky 91
Bolsheviks in Cold Waters 93
With Stalin's compliments 96
Wonderland 97
Wishful thinking 98
'Strength through joy' for Stakhanovites 99
The Bakayev plan 100
Arctic gateway 101
Atomic relations 102
Czar Bomba 103
Half-life 104
'You get used to it' 105
Breaking the Ice 107
A nuclear pioneer 109
Out of the ordinary 110
A difficult birth 112
Atomic takeover 113 A polar giant 115
Back to front 116 Nuclear tourism 118
'Water where it didn't use to be' 119
Ottawa's bribe 121
Polar attitudes 122
North-West Passage 125
Inuit know-how 126
An icebreaking leviathan 128
Arctic surgery 129
Pyrrhic victory 130
'Inflamed nationalists' 131
The 'arctic exception' 132
'Use it or lose it' 134
A political voice 135
Mackenzie's oil 137
What the whales will hear 138
Arctic bridge 139
Not just polar bears 140
North-East Passage 141
Baffling statistics 143
Ice cellar 145
Late developer 146
No need to queue 147
Second refusal 149
Practical doubts 151
Turn of the tide 152
Living on borrowed time 153
Eco-tourism 155
Conquest and assimilation 157
Great expectations 158
'A resource base for the twenty-first century' 159
Ice shuttle 161
Mother of all icebreakers 162
Across the Top of the World 165
Changing course 169
Reality check 171
Hidden beauty 172
Meltdown 175
Alarm call 178
Abruptness 182
From meltdown to shutdown? 183
Possible Outcomes 187
Double negative 188
Dangerous waters 190
Shipping forecast 194
Northern Poll 197
A Chronology 205
Index 211