Cold Rush
The Astonishing True Story of the New Quest for the Polar North
3rd Edition
Published on 12. September 2018
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-7735-5363-7 (ISBN)
Description
The heating Arctic has become a key issue in global politics. While Canada, China, Russia, and the United States increasingly send icebreakers, submarines, and other vessels to the Arctic, the ice itself continues to recede. Trade routes that kings and explorers have sought after for centuries are opening for the first time in human history, offering greater opportunities for human traffic, cultural exchange, science, the extraction of resources, and the transfer of goods from Asia to North America and Europe. With more Arctic land mass than any other country apart from Russia, Canada is a major player in the region, eagerly defending its sovereignty over its vast Arctic Archipelago.
Reviews / Votes
"Breum has the journalistic ability to remain objective yet share the perspectives of each nation's leaders and show the intricacies of their interactions. This provides a richness of insight that makes Cold Rush an uncommonly intriguing work of nonfiction." Foreword Reviews "This is an important and refreshing addition to literature on Arctic politics, seen through the journalistic eyes of Martin Breum. It is also one of the few contributions that has a particular focus on Denmark and Greenland which deserves attention in its own right. A highly readable book that I can recommend to anyone interested in Arctic affairs." Geir Honneland, director of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute and author of Russia and the Arctic "[Cold Rush] is an important reminder that Greenland is inhabited and is a political entity whose goals and ambitions are often unknown, or are even not considered, by the foreign scientists whose focus is on describing and understanding past and present environments. Extremely interesting and informative." Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine ResearchMore details
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
2 maps
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-5363-7 (9780773553637)
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Person
Martin Breum, a renowned Arctic expert, is lead correspondent for the Arctic Journal and a journalist for the Danish Broadcasting Association.