04829nam 2200637 450 991079188750332120230725020030.00-85773-185-81-282-97878-097866129787841-4416-8450-60-85771-851-7(CKB)2560000000058518(EBL)676369(OCoLC)710975303(SSID)ssj0000467785(PQKBManifestationID)12140867(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467785(PQKBWorkID)10490957(PQKB)10673185(MiAaPQ)EBC676369(Au-PeEL)EBL676369(CaONFJC)MIL297878(EXLCZ)99256000000005851820151017h20102010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCold front conflict ahead in Arctic waters /David FairhallLondon, [England] ;New York, New York :I.B. Tauris,2010.©20101 online resource (253 p.)Includes index.1-84885-384-X Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; The Arctic Arena; Thickness matters; Coming in from the cold; An alarming opportunity; The barking dog; Tipping point; Frozen Assets; Russian company; Lamp oil and corsets; Cod wars; Striking it rich; A state within a state; Turning off the gas; A different ball game; The Law of the Sea; An altruistic tradition; Going to the ball; Within cannon shot; Rights of passage; On the shelf; Who owns the North Pole?; A Russian fist; Significant geology; Fishing for factsIce bears that go bump in the nightRights of access; Cold Warfare; 'The most valuable piece of real estate in NATO'; A helping hand; Island of the donkey's ears; The sailor Czar; Krushchev's herrings; A hint of violence; Wakening bear; The silent service; Polar snapshots; Coming up for air; East by North; 'As plausible as the English Channel'; Gin on the rocks; Wishful thinking; Spared the gallows; Logistical nightmare; Filling in the blanks; 'The man who ate his boots'; Dip circle; Creating a Victorian legend; Home from home; Ice trap; No English gentleman...; 'My mission on earth'Two skeletons, some chocolate and little teaGoing native; Short Cuts; First night; Canalside view; Second time unlucky; Bolsheviks in Cold Waters; With Stalin's compliments; Wonderland; Wishful thinking; 'Strength through joy' for Stakhanovites; The Bakayev plan; Arctic gateway; Atomic relations; Czar Bomba; Half-life; 'You get used to it'; Breaking the Ice; A nuclear pioneer; Out of the ordinary; A difficult birth; Atomic takeover; A polar giant; Back to front; Nuclear tourism; 'Water where it didn't use to be'; Ottawa's bribe; Polar attitudes; North-West Passage; Inuit know-howAn icebreaking leviathanArctic surgery; Pyrrhic victory; 'Inflamed nationalists'; The 'arctic exception'; 'Use it or lose it'; A political voice; Mackenzie's oil; What the whales will hear; Arctic bridge; Not just polar bears; North-East Passage; Baffling statistics; Ice cellar; Late developer; No need to queue; Second refusal; Practical doubts; Turn of the tide; Living on borrowed time; Eco-tourism; Conquest and assimilation; Great expectations; 'A resource base for the twenty-first century'; Ice shuttle; Mother of all icebreakers; Across the Top of the World; Changing course; Reality checkHidden beautyMeltdown; Alarm call; Abruptness; From meltdown to shutdown?; Possible Outcomes; Double negative; Dangerous waters; Shipping forecast; Northern Poll; A Chronology; IndexThe Arctic: land of ice and the midnight sun; irresistible goal for explorers and adventurers; enduring source of romance and mystery - and now also a poignant and imperative indicator of the impact of climate change. As the ice cap shrinks, the geography of the entire arctic region changes: clear shipping channels replace immovable ice and inaccessible oil resources become available._x000D__x000D_What are the long-term consequences of these cataclysmic changes - not only environmental but also political and social? How will the lives of those who depend on the natural resources of the ArcticGlobal warmingArctic regionsArctic regionsStrategic aspectsArctic regionsForeign relationsArctic regionsPolitics and governmentGlobal warming327.09113Fairhall David1486998MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791887503321Cold front3706687UNINA