Pinon Carlarne (Moritz): Arctic Dreams and Geoengineering Wishes: The Collateral Damage of Climate Change. Elizabeth Burleson (LSE): Polar Law and Good Governance. Who owns the North Pole? Staking your claim at the top of the world is a messy and complicated science. Cinnamon Arctic Fever: In the far north of Alaska, the fragile food web that supports polar bears and humans alike may be starting to unravel. As Russia stakes a claim, the race to control the Arctic heats up. Greenland has been the majestic canvas on which domesticated Denmark could project its national dreams of greatness — even if they came with a serious risk of frostbite. Did climate change cause Greenland's ancient Viking community to collapse? Josh Rothman on the Arctic's mythic past. Global warming is set to bring the Arctic into play as a key strategic region for the US, China and Russia; can a stable set of rules be crafted? An exceptional wildfire in northern Alaska in 2007 put as much carbon into the air as the entire Arctic tundra absorbs in a year. From The Spectator, a review essay on the Heroes of the Ice Age. A look at how the thawing Arctic opens up new shipping routes on the "roof of the world", but Arctic resource wealth poses dilemma for indigenous communities. The physical changes from global warming are visible in the Arctic almost in real time — and they are a warning for those of us who live in more comfortable latitudes. From Geographicus, an article on speculative polar cartography, then and now. When Greenland's ice melts, where does the water go? Arctic ozone hole breaks all records: Earlier this year ozone loss over the Arctic was comparable to that over the Antarctic. Envisioning a new Antarctica: The Book of Ice explores the art, science and politics behind the stateless continent. Cryo Scoop: Ice islands and a new Antarctic map.
