Scramble for the Arctic: Ownership, Exploitation and Conflict in the Far North - Hardcover

Richard Sale; Eugene Potapov

 
9780711230408: Scramble for the Arctic: Ownership, Exploitation and Conflict in the Far North
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0711230404 ISBN 13: 9780711230408
Verlag: Frances Lincoln, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

In August 2007, the world reacted with consternation as Russia planted a flag beneath the ice of the North Pole, symbolizing the Kremlin's claim to the Arctic with its vast mineral resources, and firing the starting gun on the world's last colonial scramble. The Scramble for the Arctic, which includes color and black-and-white photographs, examines the history of the region and its exploration, the current state of ownership, the likely outcomes of today's power plays, and what is at stake both politically and ecologically. With the map literally being redrawn by global warming, the ownership of the Arctic will be one of the defining issues of the next decade. Amid much propaganda and obfuscation, this informed and clear-sighted account of the competing interests of nations, corporations, and indeed species will prove an invaluable resource.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Richard Sale is one of the world's leading Arctic scholars and explorers and a professional glaciologist. He has written widely on Polar history, exploration and wildlife and is the author of many books, including To the Ends of the Earth: The History of Polar Exploration which was the 2003 UK Outdoor Writers Guild Best Book on an Outdoor Theme, and The Gyrfalcon (Popatov and Sale), which was the US Wildlife Society's Book of the Year for 2006.

Eugene Potapov is a world renowned specialist on arctic wildlife. He has been travelling in the Arctic for the last 25 years and written extensively on the biology of its birdlife, primarily birds of prey. He obtained his doctorate from Oxford University on Arctic birds. He is now a professor at Bryn Athyn College, Pennsylvania, USA. In 2006 Potapov and Sale were awarded the US Wildlife Society's Book of the Year for their joint publication The Gyrfalcon.

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Verlag
Frances Lincoln
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0711230404
ISBN 13 
9780711230408
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Anzahl der Seiten
232
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