Battle for the Ends of the Earth: The Coming Conflict in the Arctic, Greenland, and Antarctica

A riveting account of stealth moves by the world’s superpowers to establish control of trillion-dollar resource finds in the polar regions—from the author of the iconic national-security bestseller The Puzzle Palace.

The Arctic holds 13% of the world’s undiscovered oil and 30% of the world’s hidden gas reserves, and has become a critical frontier for rare earth elements. And it's never been neutral. The war for the region has been largely hidden, but the battle for control of the North Pole ...