本书资料丰富，文字生动，描绘了复杂的不断变化的地理和独特的社会文化环境极地丝绸之路（PSR）沿线地区。它还详细阐述了PSR的现状和发展前景。在全球气候变化的背景下，本书提出了一项应对战略，中方与各方共建PSR。对于那些寻求了解中国，这本精彩的著作解读了中国的与北极的关系，跟上当下时代的发展需要。

秦大河，地理学家，中国科学院院士，发展中国家科学院院士。现任中国科学院学术委员会主任、亚洲地理学会主席。长期从事冰冻圈和气候变化及可持续发展研究。主持“中国气象事业发展战略研究”项目，提出“公共气象、安全气象、资源气象”新理念。参与和领导了联合国政府间气候变化专业委员会第三、第四和第五次评估报告，领衔中国气候与环境、中国极端天气气候事件与灾害风险管理等评估报告，为发展气候变化科学作出重要贡献。

Preface
Chapter Ⅰ From the Belt and Road to the Polar Silk Road
Proposal and Deepening of the BRI
Proposal of the PSR
Chapter Ⅱ Geographic Environment of the Polar Silk Road
Natural Environment of the PSR
Cultural Environment of the PSR
Chapter Ⅲ Early Exploration and Development of the Polar Silk Road3s
Early Development of the PSR
History of International Scientific Exploration of the PSR
China's Scientific Exploration Activities along the PSR
Chapter Ⅳ Impacts of Global Climate Change on the Arctic
Climate Change in the Arctic
Cryosphere Evolution in the Arctic
How Climate Change Impacts the Polar Silk Road
Chapter Ⅴ Development of Shipping Routes along the Polar Silk Road
Current Status of the PSR Shipping Route
Prospects for the Development of the PSR Shipping Route
China's Exploration of the PSR Shipping Route
Chapter Ⅵ Cultural Exchange and Preservation of the Polar Silk Road
Indigenous Peoples along the PSR and Their Cultural Preservation
China's Participation in the Cultural Preservation of Indigenous Peoples along the PSR
Chapter Ⅶ International Cooperation in Building the Polar Silk Road
Awareness and Demands of Related Countries Regarding the PSR
China's Arctic Cooperation with Major Countries
Legal and Institutional Guarantee for International Cooperation on the PSR
Chapter Ⅷ China's Solution to the Development of the Polar Silk Road
China's Positioning
Development Path of the PSR
Jointly Building the PSR and a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind