About this book
Summary
The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth—and in the process, it is quietly rewriting the rules of power, law, and security. The Thaw explores how melting ice transforms the far north from a frozen barrier into an active frontier, exposing shipping lanes, shifting borders, and intensifying global competition. But this is not a story about polar bears or distant ice sheets. It is a story about governance under stress—what happens when laws written for a stable planet collide with a world that won’t stay still. Blending climate science, international law, economics, and security strategy, The Thaw reveals why what happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay there—and why the choices made at the top of the world may shape the rest of the century.Book information
Genre
Science and Nature
Length
2 hrs 10 mins
Publish date
Jan 18, 2026
Language
English
About the Author
Justin Z. Martinez
Table of Contents
1INTRODUCTION — Why the Arctic, Why Now
13Chapter 12 — The People Who Were Never Frozen Out
2PART I — BEFORE THE ICE MOVED How the Arctic worked when it didn’t move at all Chapter 1 — The Arctic as a Wall
14PART V — SECURITY AFTER THE ICE
3Chapter 2 — Cold War Under Ice
15Chapter 14 — Greenland and the Strategic Triangle
4Chapter 3 — Laws Written for a World That Stayed Frozen
16Chapter 15 — Lawful Competition, Dangerous Proximity
5PART II — THE PHYSICS THAT CHANGED THE GAME Why the Arctic is warming faster — and why that speed matters Chapter 4 — Why the Arctic Is Heating Up First
17PART VI — WHO WINS, WHO LOSES, AND WHAT COMES NEXT
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