02520nam 2200601 450 991078512490332120230721013437.01-282-87084-X97866128708421-4411-0216-7(CKB)2670000000051671(EBL)564259(OCoLC)676695818(SSID)ssj0000412065(PQKBManifestationID)11280582(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412065(PQKBWorkID)10365777(PQKB)11274704(MiAaPQ)EBC564259(MiAaPQ)EBC5309579(MiAaPQ)EBC3003027(Au-PeEL)EBL3003027(OCoLC)928191637(EXLCZ)99267000000005167120180315h20092009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Arctic gold rush the new race for tomorrow's natural resources /Roger HowardLondon, [England] ;New York, New York :Continuum,2009.©20091 online resource (272 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4411-8110-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Maps; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1: The Setting; Part 2: The Issues; Part 3: The Contestants; Notes; Bibliography; IndexOn 2 August 2007, a Russian submarine captured world headlines by making a dangerous journey to the bottom of the Arctic seabed and planting a metal, rust-free national flag more than 14,000 feet beneath the North Pole. The aim was to assert Russia's legal sovereignty over a region whose importance had only recently started to become apparent as its melting ice had made, or was expected to make, vast natural resources open to exploitation. The latest estimates are that the region holds around 13% of the world's undiscovered oil and as much as 30% of undiscovered natural gas reserves that wouldNatural resourcesArctic regionsArctic regionsForeign relationsArctic regionsPolitics and governmentArctic regionsEconomic conditionsNatural resources320.998Howard Roger1966-933325MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785124903321The Arctic gold rush3834229UNINA