Ice, Power, And Ambition: The Global Struggle For The Arctic

The world’s northernmost frontier has become a stage of transformation. Previously perceived as a frozen fixed point, the Arctic is now becoming dynamic, its evolving physics altering world politics in a manner that few people could have envisioned two decades ago. The warming rate in the region is almost 4 times as high as the global average, forcing thinning, younger sea ice, and more opening windows. The Arctic sea-ice minimum in September 2024 was the 7th-lowest since records began, and the past 18 years were the 18 lowest in the satellite record trends which enable seasonal access to be progressively…