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Discovery Magazine <br> 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. <br> National Interest <br> Charles Emmerson's The Future History of the Arctic has the strongest narrative of the three [books on the Arctic] because his is most firmly grounded in a knowledge of the region's past. <br> E, the Environmental magazine <br> This new vision of the Arctic, as a site of exploitation and source of political conflict, is chilling indeed. <br> Spectator <br> Charles Emmerson has written a superb book, which seamlessly intertwines travelogue, history and jargon-free analysis... The Future History of the Arctic is 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.

"""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"" -- Joanna Kavenna Spectator ""An excellent primer to the economic issues of a region so recently and rudely thrust into the geopolitical limelight"" -- Sara Wheeler Financial Times ""It's rare to find books that treat [the Arctic] as something other than a chilly adventure playground or an excuse for reams of purple prose. Thank goodness, then, for Charles Emmerson... Ruthlessly efficient"" Scotland on Sunday ""A fascinating, personal and visionary book. Splendid"" -- Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, author of A Blueprint for a Safter Planet ""An expert on geopolitics, he writes with insight and authority"" Independent on Sunday"

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 -- Joanna Kavenna Spectator An excellent primer to the economic issues of a region so recently and rudely thrust into the geopolitical limelight -- Sara Wheeler Financial Times It's rare to find books that treat [the Arctic] as something other than a chilly adventure playground or an excuse for reams of purple prose. Thank goodness, then, for Charles Emmerson... Ruthlessly efficient Scotland on Sunday A fascinating, personal and visionary book. Splendid -- Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, Author Of A Blueprint For A Safter Planet An expert on geopolitics, he writes with insight and authority Independent on Sunday

CHARLES EMMERSON was born in Australia and grew up in London. After graduating top of his class in Modern History from Oxford University he took up an Entente Cordiale scholarship to study international relations and international public law in Paris. The author of 1913 : The World Before the Great War, he has also written numerous articles for a variety of newspapers, as well as speaking widely on geopolitics to university, literary, government and business audiences.He is a Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House (the Royal Institute for International Affairs).

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CHARLES EMMERSON was born in Australia and grew up in London. After graduating top of his class in Modern History from Oxford University he took up an Entente Cordiale scholarship to study international relations and international public law in Paris. The author of 1913 - The World Before the Great War, he has also written numerous articles for a variety of newspapers, as well as speaking widely on geopolitics to university, literary, government and business audiences.He is a Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House (the Royal Institute for International Affairs).

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