Authors, and graduate students about their research. This interview is about 20 minutes. Your upcoming book, what is the premise behind it . The idea is that roosevelt expanded American Power to the polar regions. Prior to 1933, when roosevelt took office, the polar regions were seen as very distant because they werent very accessible. As a result of a number of factors, it becomes very geopolitically significant. Why did fdr realize that this was such an important part of the world . There are three factors that led to this kind of change in the full region. The first was technological. Prior to the interwar. , airports have a difficult time getting to the polar regions. They were it easily accessible. When anyone went to the polar regions, it was a track. Dogsled, fingers and toes lost. It was hard to get the United States to the polar regions. , thereirplanes developed was an easier access to the United States. Lets talk about iceland and greenland and some history behind the saving