Arctic: A Very Short Introduction
Arctic: A Very Short Introduction Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringThe Arctic is demanding global attention. For communities that call the Arctic 'home' this is unwelcome. It is…
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Arctic: A Very Short Introduction
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringThe Arctic is demanding global attention. For communities that call the Arctic 'home' this is unwelcome. It is warming, melting, and thawing in a manner that threatens fundamental state-change.
For others, the disappearance of sea ice makes the Arctic appear more accessible and less remote. A warming Arctic brings with it the spectre of costly disruption and interference in indigenous lives and communal welfare. This also brings with it dangers such as the prospect of a new era of great power rivalries involving China, Russia, and the United States.
Submarine and long-range bomber patrolling are now commonplace. New terms such as 'global Arctic' are being used to capture the dynamic of change while others muse about the 'return of a Cold War'.The