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How Spitsbergen Heats the World
The Arctic Warming 1919 -1939

1919
Spitsbergen:
Probably the greatest
 yet known temperature rise on earth.
B.J. Birkeland, 1930

1938
In recent years attention is being directed more  and more towards a problem  which may possibly prove  of great significance in human affairs, the rise of temperatures  in the northern hemisphere, and especially in the arctic regions.  C.E.P. Brooks, 1938.

 2009
The ice in the polar region is melting away at an unprecedented  speed during  the last decade. Is the Arctic screaming? Is a tipping point  reached? Is the ice melting apocalyptic? Indeed, during the last 150 years the sea ice retreat has never been as severe as in recent years. But, what is the cause? Was the current warming set in motion by the early Arctic warming which started since the late 1910s, and lasted from 1919 to 1939? The book will provide astonishing, but important answers.

 

How Spitsbergen Heats the World The Arctic Warming 1919 -1939

ISBN 9782810602896 € 19,80; Pages 116 Color pages ca. 44

Books on Demand GmbH, Norderstedt/Deutschland, & BoD, 75008 Paris, France, Dépôt légal: 03-2009

About the Book

          The ice in the polar region is melting away at an unprecedented speed during the last decade. Is the Arctic screaming? Is a tipping point reached? Is the ice melting apocalyptic? Indeed, during the last 150 years the sea ice retreat has never been as severe as in recent years. But, what is the cause? Was the current  warming set in motion by the early Arctic warming which started since the late 1910s, and lasted from 1919 to 1939? 

          The book will provide astonishing, but important answers. Actually, the extraordinary warming in the polar region, since 1919, was not an Arctic, but a Spitsbergen warming. The study shows that it is possible to set with precision the location and timing of the warming. Available information of the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, Iceland, North Europe, and Russia are analyzed in order to establish with accuracy, where and when the warming appeared, and by which magnitude. After all, the warming lasted for two decades and was in 1938 as high as currently. Thus, the investigation provides a unique picture on the knowledge about the Arctic impact on the climate

         Proper understanding of the early Arctic warming is not only a precondition to understand the reasons for the decreasing ice cover today, but to discuss the “why” of the previous event. At that time, precisely November 1919, World War I ended. For four years Europe was pound and shaken. The circumstances allow claiming an evident correlation between the naval war in Western Europe and the sudden warming at Spitsbergen

         This work elaborates historical and resent research papers comprehensively and discusses them in such detail that seems no longer possible to assume that the earlier Arctic warming is due to “natural variability”. Calling the ice melting an: “Apocalypse Now”, should be met with reservation, as long as the first Arctic warming from 1919 to 1939 is not thoroughly understood. With the material and information presented, the climate change debate will be enhanced with astonishing new aspects

         The author trained as seaman and served as ship master before becoming a jurist, lawyer, and an international consultant. The book theme related website is: www.arctic-warming.com.