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