Britain and the Arctic

Addresses the growing social science interest in Arctic Studies and Regional Geopolitics

Provides the first book-length examination of the UK's geopolitical interests in the Arctic for more than two decades

Includes more than five years of research by a scholar with uniquely close links to the British government polar policy officials

Autorentext
Duncan Depledge is the director of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Polar Regions Secretariat in Westminster. He previously held an academic position at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Inhalt
Preface.- Acknowledgements.List of Abbreviations.-1: Introduction: Britain and the Arctic.-2: Britain: the forgotten Arctic state?.-3: The Circumpolar Arctic.-4: Britain in the Arctic today.-5: To strategise in the Arctic, or not?.-6: Conclusions.