• Preface


• Prologue: the Nature of the Place


• PART ONE: Ultima Thule


• Chapter One: Sea Lungs, Godly Commerce, and Projections


• Chapter Two:Frizadores for Cathay and Polar Bears


• Chapter Three: Fool's Gold, Hooch, and Mutiny


• PART TWO: The Myth of the Open Polar Sea


• Chapter Four: Connubial Fidelity and the Vicar of Wakefield


• Chapter Five: Open Seas and Closed Minds


• Chapter Six: Anything is Good that Don't Poison You


• PART THREE: Racing for the Pole


• Chapter Seven: Three Faces of Ambition


• Chapter Eight: Amateurs, Pros, and Cons


• Chapter Nine: From Polar Larks to Canary-Watching


• PART FOUR: The New Arctic


• Chapter Ten: Albedo, Winds, and Other Culprits


• Chapter Eleven: Animals: Changing the Guard


• Chapter Twelve: Boom and Bust on the New Frontier


• Chapter Thirteen: Who Owns the Arctic?


• Chapter Fourteen: Global Predictions

Charles Officer is Research Professor in the Earth Sciences Department and Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. Jake Page has written many books of fiction and nonfiction and hundreds of magazine articles and columns.

The second edition of A Fabulous Kingdom will explain the history of the arctic and describe the current scientific and environmental issues that threaten this fascinating region.