Eskimo and the Oil Man The Battle at the Top of the World for America's Future

Name: Eskimo and the Oil Man The Battle at the Top of the World for America's Future
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ISBN: 9781455525249

ISBN-10: 1455525243

ISBN-13: 9781455525249

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Authors: Bob Reiss

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The Arctic century is upon us. A great jockeying for power and influence has erupted among nations in the high north. At stake are trillions of dollars in profit or loss, US security, geopolitical influence and the fate of a fragile environment as well as the region's traditional people. As the ice melts and oil companies venture north, the polar regions may become the next Panama Canal, the next Arabian Peninsula-places on earth that remain relatively unknown in one century and become pivotal in the next. Now Shell oil plans to sink exploratory wells in the pristine waters off the North Slope of Alaska-a site that the company believes contains three times as much oil as the Gulf of…

Book details

List price: $47.00
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication date: 5/15/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English




The Argument, April 2010



The Big Thaw, May



Edward's Dilemma, June



Pete Slaiby's Challenge, July



Aboard Coast Guard Icebreaker Healy, August



The Arctic Opens for Business, September



Alaska, Washington and Big Oil, September



Russia Moves In, October



Caught in the Middle, November



The Frustration Mounts, December



Winter in Barrow, January 2011



What Norway Can Teach the US, January



A Bittersweet Goodbye, February


Conclusion: The Real Enemy


Acknowledgments


Maps


Index


About the Author