Arctic Circle

Welcome to the Portal Page for the Arctic Circle Alternate Timeline.



This timeline explores the future of the world in alternate timeline, where the rise of global temperatures creates a new geopolitical battle arena that is the Arctic Circle, and it's passageways.

This is also a collaborative timeline, produced by a team of contributors. If you want to join us in developing this world, we welcome your additions. But before you edit, please read the sign your name here.

Introduction
Since the mid-20th Century, humans have had an unprecedented impact on Earth's climate system and have caused change on a global scale. From the temperature rise on land, leading to desert expansion, causing more intense storms and weather extremes, more common heat waves and wildfires, the melting of permafrost, the glacial retreat and sea ice loss; to the humanitarian, social, economic threat that threatens people with food insecurity, water scarcity, flooding, infectious diseases, extreme heat, economic losses, and displacement.

But despite this, a new opportunity has arisen in this world, this opportunity is the Arctic Circle and it's passageway, which despite having the Sun above the horizon for 24 continuous hours at least once per year (and therefore visible at midnight) and below the horizon for 24 continuous hours at least once per year (and therefore not visible at noon), becomes an important geopolitical battle arena, between the Russians, Europeans, Americans, and even Canadians.

Russia, has already begun interfering in commerce and shipping in the area, ramming and even boarding and commandeering ships passing through.

Europe, and the Nordic countries specifically, have created a new defense force to defend their shipping from Russian aggression.

While America and Canada remain allied to defend their shared interest and influence in the area.

But the question still remains, who will win this battle?

Contributors

 * Khalif Ali Husain2