A History of the Arctic: Nature, Exploration, and Exploitation

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A History of the Arctic: Nature, Exploration, and Exploitation

Cold and isolated, yet home to some 4 million people; harsh and unyielding, yet disintegrating with every passing year: the Arctic defies definition. In the modern mind it represents the quintessentially timeless â€“ its landscape imagined both as a realm of crystalline purity and as a frozen kingdom of dread and death. A unique ecosystem that hosts such beloved creatures as the polar bear and the narwhal and serves as the homeland for some of the worldâ€™s most robust peoples, the Arctic domain has fascinated and unsettled outsiders throughout history. For all its renown the Arctic remains far from perfectly understood, and today it stands at the epicentre of an unprecedented environmental crisis.
In A History of the Arctic, award-winning polar historian John McCannon provides a far-reaching overview of the region from the Stone Age to the present, examining all of its major aspects from a global perspective. Devoting attention to every Arctic nation â€“ from North America and Greenland to Scandinavia and Russia â€“ this vividly drawn account weaves together topics as diverse as polar exploration and science, Arctic nation-building, the northern environment and the role of indigenous peoples in Arctic history. McCannon details the centuries-long attempts to navigate and develop the Northwest and Northeast passages, as well as the conflicting claims to each waterway engendered by the rapid melting of Arctic ice today. He also reviews the resources found in the Arctic â€“ oil, natural gas, minerals, sea mammals and fish â€“ describing the importance these hold as such reserves are depleted elsewhere, and the challenges faced in extracting them.
With Arctic territorial claims and resource extraction assuming ever-greater importance in the twenty-first century, this book includes a timely assessment of the current diplomatic and environmental realities of the region, exposing the increasingly dire risks it is likely to face in the near future. A History of the Arctic is an engagingly written, detail-rich and thoroughly engrossing survey of this region at the top of the world.

Country	USA
Author	John McCannon
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781780230764
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Reaktion Books
Manufacturer	Reaktion Books
NumberOfPages	357
PublicationDate	2012-11-06
Publisher	Reaktion Books
ReleaseDate	2012-11-06
Studio	Reaktion Books

A History of the Arctic: Nature, Exploration, and Exploitation

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