Strategic Frontiers, Age-old Conflicts: Everyone Wants a Piece of the Arctic - How We Got Here - TVP World

The Arctic. The land of ice, the subject of ancient legend, and now the site of a new gold rush.

As climate change has an increasingly severe impact on this region, the world’s powers are vying for its resources. Oil, natural gas, and various mineral deposits can all be found here. Is the race by the major powers for the Arctic resources worth it? The place is cold, inhospitable and desolate. But we could be missing something. Where we see costs others see opportunity. What does it cost to plant your flag in the Arctic?

Join Jan Darasz and his guest: Przemysław Piotr Damski Assistant Professor, Department of Theory and History of International Relations University of Łódź for “How we got here”