The Future History of the Arctic
Discovery Magazine“As the Arctic thaws, nations around the globe are jockeying for access to its mineral resources and potentially lucrative new shipping routes.  With considerable on-site reporting, Emmerson surveys the environmental and geopolitical changes under way.”National Interest“Charles Emmerson’sThe Future History of the Arctichas the strongest narrative of the three [books on the Arctic] because his is most firmly grounded in a knowledge of the region’s past.”E, the Environmental magazine“This new vision of the Arctic, as a site of exploitation and source of political conflict, is chilling indeed.”Spectator“Charles Emmerson has written a superb book, which seamlessly intertwines travelogue, history  and jargon-free analysis…The Future History of the Arcticis as reviving as a blast of polar air, bringing the Arctic into wonderfully clear focus; one of the most impressive accounts of the contemporary Arctic I’ve read.”The Financial Times