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Engaging with the Arctic

Cara Nine (UCC): Claiming the Arctic: Principles for Acquiring Territory from the Commons. Klaus Dodds (London): Anticipating the Arctic and the Arctic Council: Pre-emption, Precaution and Preparedness. Klaus Dodds (London) and Valur Ingimundarson (Iceland): Territorial Nationalism and Arctic Geopolitics: Iceland as an Arctic Coastal State. Ashley Barnes and Christopher P.M. Waters (Windsor): The Arctic Environment and International Humanitarian Law. Can national interest supersede global interest? Bharti Lakkad and Vijaylakshmi Choudhary on the North pole controversy. Arctic coastlines hitting ecological tipping point (and more). From Popular Mechanics, Jerry Beilinson on America's Arctic challenge. Form Current Intelligence, Matthew Ford on engaging with the Arctic. Polar melting signals end of “Pax Arctica”: A largely ice-free Arctic will bring a new, porous border to a continent that has long had the best borders of them all. Where penguins live, and other reasons why the Antarctic is not the Arctic. Frozen Truths: What Antarctica can tell us about the world. Antarctic trees surprise scientists.