Arctic Quote by Alex Shoumatoff

The Arctic and the Antarctic are melting quickly. We may have waited too long to get started. But this is a day for optimism…

— Bill McKibben

The Arctic is a place that historically, during all preceding human history, has largely been an icy realm with an impact on ocean currents.…

— Sylvia Earle

A less icy Arctic is coming, and generally speaking, that's not a good thing. Climate change is warming this region twice as fast as…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

In the Arctic, things are already getting freaky. Temperatures have warmed three times faster than the global average.

— Jeff Goodell

Russia's increased Arctic presence. The Arctic has vast natural resources and security value, and Russia is drastically increasing its footprint in the region.

— Don Young

Cargo shipping, cruising, mining, oil drilling, fishing - all these industrial activities could expand to the Arctic, one of the last remaining wild places,…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

“The retreat of the Arctic sea ice, the warming of the oceans, the rapid shrinking of the glaciers, the redistribution of species, the thawing…

— Elizabeth Kolbert

It is important that we understand the importance of the Arctic, stop the process of destruction, and protect it.

— Ludovico Einaudi

I can see now a vision emerging how Canada is going to profit in the future from our Arctic resources without destroying the environment…

— Brian Mulroney

New discoveries and production of resources like shale oil and gas are dramatically altering our energy supply outlook and the entire global geopolitical landscape.…

— Fred Upton

Climate change is due to the use of energy for industrial growth, which has been and is overwhelmingly based on fossil fuels.

— Graciela Chichilnisky

With 1 million square miles of the Arctic melting unexpectedly this summer, these are warning signs that we have to act and act now.…

— Jay Inslee