The White Desert : The Secret War for the Ends of the Earth Kindle Edition

The Arctic is melting — and the world's greatest powers are moving in.As Russia and China forge a $300 billion alliance to seize the Northern Sea Route, NATO scrambles to close a capability gap thirty years in the making. In Greenland, a trillion dollars in rare earth minerals sits beneath the ice, coveted by Washington, Beijing, and an indigenous people with their own vision of the future. In Antarctica, "research stations" bristle with satellite arrays that have nothing to do with science.The White Desert is the definitive account of the defining strategic competition of our century — happening right now, at the ends of the Earth, while most of us aren't watching. Read more