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  • Formaat: Hardback, 256 pages, kõrgus x laius: 216x138 mm, 9 bw integrated, 12 maps
  • Ilmumisaeg: 30-Oct-2010
  • Kirjastus: I.B. Tauris
  • ISBN-10: 184885384X
  • ISBN-13: 9781848853843
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 256 pages, kõrgus x laius: 216x138 mm, 9 bw integrated, 12 maps
  • Ilmumisaeg: 30-Oct-2010
  • Kirjastus: I.B. Tauris
  • ISBN-10: 184885384X
  • ISBN-13: 9781848853843
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Märksõnad:
The Arctic: land of ice and the six-month day; irresistible goal for explorers and adventurers; enduring source of romance and mystery - and now also a poignant and unavoidable 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. What will be the long-term consequences of these cataclysmic changes - not only environmental but also social and political? How will the lives of the many individuals who depend upon the natural resources of the Arctic be changed? And how will the global powers who wish to exploit the region's many assets respond? Cold Front is not just another attempt to predict the outcome of global warming. Instead it offers a clear-sighted and penetrating investigation of the Arctic's pivotal role in international relations, placing the polar region in its historical, political and legal context. The thawing of the ice-cap creates huge opportunities for trade and transport - and therefore also for conflict between the Arctic nations. This important and timely addition to the literature on the region will be essential reading for anyone interested in humanity's effect on the Arctic - or the Arctic's effect on humanity.

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'A masterful assessment of the fast-changing Arctic' - John Vidal, Environment Editor, the Guardian; 'Cold Front gets the story right! The story is not just about arctic sea ice retreat, but also about globalization and natural resource development driving future arctic marine transport' - Lawson Brigham, Professor of Geography and Arctic Policy, University of Alaska Fairbanks and Chair of the Arctic Council's Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (2005-09); 'Cold Front provides a fascinating and often intriguing account of the Arctic, both its history and its future. For anyone who wants to know more about the Arctic this well written and informative book provides both insight and answers.' - The Rt Hon Lord David Owen CH

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Cold Front is not just another attempt to predict the outcome of global warming. This important and timely addition to the literature on the region will be essential reading for anyone interested in humanity's effect on the Arctic - or the Arctic's effect on humanity.
List of Illustrations
x
List of Maps
xi
Acknowledgements xii
Foreword xv
Preface xvii
Introduction xx
The Arctic Arena
1(14)
Thickness matters
3(2)
Coming in from the cold
5(2)
An alarming opportunity
7(3)
The barking dog
10(2)
Tipping point
12(3)
Frozen Assets
15(12)
Russian company
16(1)
Lamp oil and corsets
17(1)
Cod wars
18(2)
Striking it rich
20(3)
A state within a state
23(1)
Turning off the gas
24(1)
A different ball game
25(2)
The Law of the Sea
27(20)
An altruistic tradition
28(1)
Going to the ball
29(2)
Within cannon shot
31(1)
Rights of passage
32(1)
On the shelf
32(1)
Who owns the North Pole?
33(4)
A Russian fist
37(2)
Significant geology
39(2)
Fishing for facts
41(1)
Ice bears that go bump in the night
42(2)
Rights of access
44(3)
Cold Warfare
47(16)
`The most valuable piece of real estate in NATO'
48(1)
A helping hand
49(1)
Island of the donkey's ears
50(1)
The sailor Czar
51(2)
Krushchev's herrings
53(2)
A hint of violence
55(1)
Wakening bear
56(2)
The silent service
58(2)
Polar snapshots
60(2)
Coming up for air
62(1)
East by North
63(24)
`As plausible as the English Channel'
63(1)
Gin on the rocks
64(3)
Wishful thinking
67(1)
Spared the gallows
68(2)
Logistical nightmare
70(2)
Filling in the blanks
72(2)
`The man who ate his boots'
74(1)
Dip circle
75(1)
Creating a Victorian legend
76(2)
Home from home
78(2)
Ice trap
80(1)
No English gentleman...
81(1)
`My mission on earth'
82(1)
Two skeletons, some chocolate and a little tea
83(1)
Going native
84(3)
Short Cuts
87(6)
First night
89(1)
Canalside view
90(1)
Second time unlucky
91(2)
Bolsheviks in Cold Waters
93(14)
With Stalin's compliments
96(1)
Wonderland
97(1)
Wishful thinking
98(1)
`Strength through joy' for Stakhanovites
99(1)
The Bakayev plan
100(1)
Arctic gateway
101(1)
Atomic relations
102(1)
Czar Bomba
103(1)
Half-life
104(1)
`You get used to it'
105(2)
Breaking the Ice
107(18)
A nuclear pioneer
109(1)
Out of the ordinary
110(2)
A difficult birth
112(1)
Atomic takeover
113(2)
A polar giant
115(1)
Back to front
116(2)
Nuclear tourism
118(1)
`Water where it didn't use to be'
119(2)
Ottawa's bribe
121(1)
Polar attitudes
122(3)
North-West Passage
125(16)
Inuit know-how
126(2)
An icebreaking leviathan
128(1)
Arctic surgery
129(1)
Pyrrhic victory
130(1)
`Inflamed nationalists'
131(1)
The `arctic exception'
132(2)
`Use it or lose it'
134(1)
A political voice
135(2)
Mackenzie's oil
137(1)
What the whales will hear
138(1)
Arctic bridge
139(1)
Not just polar bears
140(1)
North-East Passage
141(24)
Baffling statistics
143(2)
Ice cellar
145(1)
Late developer
146(1)
No need to queue
147(2)
Second refusal
149(2)
Practical doubts
151(1)
Turn of the tide
152(1)
Living on borrowed time
153(2)
Eco-tourism
155(2)
Conquest and assimilation
157(1)
Great expectations
158(1)
`A resource base for the twenty-first century'
159(2)
Ice shuttle
161(1)
Mother of all icebreakers
162(3)
Across the Top of the World
165(10)
Changing course
169(2)
Reality check
171(1)
Hidden beauty
172(3)
Meltdown
175(12)
Alarm call
178(4)
Abruptness
182(1)
From meltdown to shutdown?
183(4)
Possible Outcomes
187(10)
Double negative
188(2)
Dangerous waters
190(4)
Shipping forecast
194(3)
Northern Poll
197(8)
A Chronology 205(6)
Index 211
David Fairhall was the Guardian's Defence Correspondent throughout much of the 'Cold War' and has written extensively on maritime subjects. His previous books include 'Russia Looks to the Sea' (1971), 'Black Tide Rising: the Wreck of the Amoco Cadiz' (with Philip Jordan, 1980) and 'Common Ground: the Story of Greenham' (I.B.Tauris, 2006).