More novel are the sections that ask questions about the «hidden Arctic,» as in «what we may find now that we have
access to new
areas, new technologies,» says Pfirman, «but also what we may lose
forever»; the «managed Arctic» of unprecedented expansion in the land and other resources available
to human inhabitants of the region; and the «undetermined Arctic» of uneven research funding, spotty monitoring tools, and other barriers that complicate efforts
to study and understand the changes.