A review of Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places by Bill Streever (and more and more and more). Here are ten differences between the north and south poles. A review of The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle by Sara Wheeler. From Wired, an article on hunting Arctic asteroid impact with hovercraft. The Melting Arctic: An article on maths and climate change. A new study finds Arctic land and seas account for up to 25 percent of world's carbon sink, has potential to alter Earth's climate. Change has come to the Arctic; Jess Worth visits an Alaskan village and finds lives being turned inexorably upside down. Life in a cold climate: How Sara Wheeler is shaking up Arctic exploration. One year on: How Iceland is coping with a broken economy (Icelandic architects are finding work in Canada). Is Iceland perhaps too small to be sustainable as a sovereign state? Undersized: Could Greenland be the new Iceland? Oil on ice: Will Greenland become the Nigeria of the Arctic? An article on Greenland as the suicide capital of the world. Blogger Olga Stefanova shows life in Antarctic wilderness. An article on the Russian Orthodox Trinity Church on King George Island in the Antarctic. Regional cooperation at the Third Pole: An article on the Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau and climate change. The thaw at the roof of the world: The slow-motion demise of Baishui Glacier No. 1 on the Tibetan Plateau will have far-reaching consequences. One damn peak after another: A review of Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes by Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver.
