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

From the acclaimed author of such news-making bestsellers as The Puzzle Palace and Body of Secrets, a riveting account of stealth moves by superpowers in the polar regions—bold gambits that are intended to establish control of multi-trillion-dollar resource finds.

The Arctic has never been neutral. Since before the Cold War, the world’s superpowers have vied for ownership, and the stakes are high: the Arctic holds 13% of the world’s undiscovered oil and 30% of the world’s hidden gas reserves...