By Edward Struzik
Future Arctic finds the interior tale of the way politics and weather swap are changing the polar global in a fashion that may have profound results on economics, tradition, and the surroundings as we all know it. Struzik takes readers up mountains and cliffs, and alongside for the trip on snowmobiles and helicopters, sailboats and icebreakers. His shuttle partners, from natural world scientists to army strategists to indigenous peoples, proportion diversified insights into the technology, tradition and geopolitical tensions of this desirable position. With their support, Struzik starts off piecing jointly an environmental puzzle: How may the land’s such a lot iconic species—caribou, polar bears, narwhal—survive? the place will migrating birds flock to? How will ocean currents shift? And what primary alterations will oil and gasoline exploration have on economies and ecosystems? How will giant unclaimed areas of the Arctic be divided?
a distinct blend of intensive on-the-ground learn, compelling storytelling, and coverage research, Future Arctic bargains a brand new examine the adjustments taking place during this distant, mysterious quarter and their far-reaching effects.
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