After the ice : life, death, and geopolitics in the new Arctic /

After the ice : life, death, and geopolitics in the new Arctic /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Anderson, Alun M.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Smithsonian Books, c2009.
Description:	298 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Sea ice -- Arctic regions. Geopolitics -- Arctic regions. Ecology. Geopolitics. Sea ice. Strategic aspects of individual places. Travel. Arctic regions -- Environmental conditions. Arctic regions -- Strategic aspects. Arctic regions -- Description and travel. Arctic Regions.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7904839

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ISBN:	9780061579073 (alk. paper) 0061579076 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Bear on the Beach
1. Turn the World on Its Side
People
2. In an Inuit Land
3. Nomads of the Yamal
Ice
4. Adrift on the Ice
5. The View from Below
6. The Lethal Mix
Borders
7. Who Owns the Arctic?
8. The Strange Case of Svalbard
Animals
9. Trouble at the Top
10. The Bottom of the Web
11. Invaders from the South
Oil And Ships
12. The Battle for Arctic Oil
13. How Far Can Oil Go?
14. Too Many Ships, Too Soon?
Finale
15. The Arctic's Revenge
16. Black and White
17. The Future of the Arctic
Sources
Notes
Index