2019-09-01_National_Geographic_Interactive

BY NEIL SHEA

PHOTOGRAPHS BY LOUIE PALU

AS THE ARCTIC

THAWS, NATIONS

ARE RACING

TO CONTROL

RESOURCES AND

SHIPPING

ROUTES BURIED

BENEATH THE

ICE. HERE’S HOW

CLIMATE CHANGE

IS SETTING THE

STAGE FOR

CONFLICT AT THE

TOP OF THE

WORLD.