Unfrozen

Unfrozen examines how rapid environmental change and intensifying geopolitical competition are transforming the Arctic into a contested and experimental frontier.

Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds trace the region's history, the politics of states like Russia, China, and the U.S.

, and the growing agency of Indigenous peoples demanding rights and recognition.

The book highlights key flashpoints, from the Bering Strait to Greenland, and explains how warming, sea-ice loss, permafrost thaw, and new shipping routes reshape strategic calculations.

It also explores novel arenas of Arctic activity, including research cooperation, resource extraction, and intersections with outer space technologies.

Offering both critical analysis and cautious hope, the authors argue that the Arctic's fate remains unsettled and may be increasingly shaped by Indigenous leadership and smaller-scale cooperation.