Polar Opposites
Arctic nations see opportunity in receding sea ice but the economic rewards may prove elusive December 2018
In April 2010, I was camped on a precarious ice floe close to where the magnetic North Pole once was before it continued to drift toward Russian territory. During the time I was there, the temperature never rose above -25 Celsius with the wind chill. Sleep did not come easy in a tent that was constantly flapping in the…