Скачать или смотреть Know It Now: How Climate Change Heats Up Conflict in the Arctic

Snow dragons and a Polar Silk Road . . . while these may sound like they could come out of Game of Thrones, they’re actually icebreaking ships and a new Arctic cargo route being developed by China. As ice melts due to climate change, the Arctic region is opening up to new shipping routes and making deeply frozen resources more accessible. Other countries are also competing to gain a strategic presence over this new and potentially valuable frontier, with the United States, Canada, and six European countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden) controlling land in the Arctic Circle.

Teachers -- have your students step into policymakers’ shoes with our simulation, U.S. Arctic Policy, to navigate how melting sea ice in the Arctic is making the region more accessible, creating new opportunities and risks for trade and national security.

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