Worth the energy? The geopolitics of Arctic oil and gas

• Main Author: Hough, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: CEJISS 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Spate; Climate change
• Online Access: https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/9345/; http://cejiss.org/issue/2012-volume-6-issue-1/worth-energy-geopolitics-arctic-oil-and-gas

Climate change is literally and metaphorically bringing the Arctic in from the cold in international affairs with new economic opportunities emerging with the retreat of the ice sheets. Prominent amongst these is the prospect of previously inaccessible oil and gas sources in the High North becoming...