这本书系统阐述了“冰上丝绸之路”的内涵、沿线的自然人文环境以及中国政府的应对之策。作者以详实的数据资料和生动的语言风格，介绍了“冰上丝绸之路”的重大意义，描绘了沿线地区复杂多变的自然地理环境和独具一格的社会人文环境，论述了“冰上丝绸之路”建设的现状与发展前景，提出了全球气候变化背景下中国与各方共建“冰上丝绸之路”的应对之策，前瞻时代发展的大势。这本书紧跟时代发展需要，解读中国与北极，不失为一部读懂中国的佳作。

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 Road
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