“We have even broken the shackles of the Earth’s gravity. In our newly globalised world we can use that technology to give us all an opportunity in the Arctic. We can overcome the rapacious side of our nature, and get… — Tim Marshall Copy Share Image
“The word ‘arctic’ comes from the Greek artikos, which means ‘near the bear’, and is a reference to the Ursa Major constellation whose last two stars point towards the North Star. The Arctic Ocean is 5.4 million square miles; this… — Tim Marshall Copy Share Image
“The routine expression of hatred for others is so common in the Arab world that it barely draws comment other than from the region’s… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“We have even broken the shackles of the Earth’s gravity. In our newly globalised world we can use that technology to give us all… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“Because it is located so far south, and the coastal plain quickly rises into high land, South Africa is one of the very few… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“Look again at the standard Mercator map and you see that Greenland appears to be the same size as Africa, and yet Africa is… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“The countries of northern Europe have been richer than those of the south for several centuries. The north industrialised earlier than the south and… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“What is now the EU was set up so that France and Germany could hug each other so tightly in a loving embrace that… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“Baltic and the North Sea are still there. In his book Of Paradise and Power the historian Robert Kagan argues that Western Europeans” — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“Equally important, anyone stupid enough to contemplate invading America would soon reflect on the fact that it contains hundreds of millions of guns, which… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“When we are reaching for the stars, the challenges ahead are such that we will perhaps have to come together to meet them: to… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma,” but few go on to complete the sentence, which ends “but perhaps there… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“The word ‘arctic’ comes from the Greek artikos, which means ‘near the bear’, and is a reference to the Ursa Major constellation whose last… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“All the sovereignty issues [in the Arctic region] stem from the same desires and fears -- the desire to safeguard routes for military and… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
“To this day most people still live close to the coastal areas, despite the dramatic decision made in the late 1950s to move the… — Tim Marshall Copy Share
