"If the world were an orange with 18 segments meeting at the top (the North Pole), roughly 8 of them would be in Russia, Canada would have 4, Denmark 2, and Norway, Sweden, and the U.S. just one apiece. Only a sliver of Alaska, on the Beaufort Sea, lies above the Arctic Circle."
Alex Shoumatoff is an American journalist and author known for long-form reporting in major publications, including Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. He has written multiple books on environmental and social subjects. He was born on November 4, 1946.