LEADER 04829nam 2200637 450 001 9910807236703321 005 20230725020030.0 010 $a0-85773-185-8 010 $a1-282-97878-0 010 $a9786612978784 010 $a1-4416-8450-6 010 $a0-85771-851-7 035 $a(CKB)2560000000058518 035 $a(EBL)676369 035 $a(OCoLC)710975303 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000467785 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12140867 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467785 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10490957 035 $a(PQKB)10673185 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC676369 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL676369 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL297878 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000058518 100 $a20151017h20102010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCold front $econflict ahead in Arctic waters /$fDavid Fairhall 210 1$aLondon, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cI.B. Tauris,$d2010. 210 4$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-84885-384-X 327 $aCover; 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 facts 327 $aIce 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' 327 $aTwo 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-how 327 $aAn 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 check 327 $aHidden beautyMeltdown; Alarm call; Abruptness; From meltdown to shutdown?; Possible Outcomes; Double negative; Dangerous waters; Shipping forecast; Northern Poll; A Chronology; Index 330 $aThe 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 Arctic 606 $aGlobal warming$zArctic regions 607 $aArctic regions$xStrategic aspects 607 $aArctic regions$xForeign relations 607 $aArctic regions$xPolitics and government 615 0$aGlobal warming 676 $a327.09113 700 $aFairhall$b David$01723155 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807236703321 996 $aCold front$94124168 997 $aUNINA