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The Scramble for the Poles (Paperback)
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The Scramble for the Poles (Paperback)
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Loot Price R570
Discovery Miles 5 700
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In August 2007 a Russian flag was planted under the North Pole
during a scientific expedition triggering speculation about a new
scramble for resources beneath the thawing ice. But is there really
a global grab for Polar territory and resources? Or are these
activities vastly exaggerated? In this rich and wide-ranging book,
Klaus Dodds and Mark Nuttall look behind the headlines and
hyperbole to reveal a complex picture of the so-called scramble for
the poles. Whilst anxieties over the potential for conflict and the
destruction of what is often perceived as the world's last
wildernesses have come to dominate Polar debates and are, to some
extent, justified, their study also highlights longer historical
and geographical patterns and processes of human activity in these
remote territories. Over the past century, Polar landscapes have
been probed, drilled, fished, tested on and dug up, as their
indigenous populations have struggled to protect their rights and
interests. No longer remote places, or themselves 'poles apart'
from one another, the contemporary geopolitics of the Polar regions
has lessons for us all as we confront a warming world where access
to resources is a concern for states, big and small.
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