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Climate change, energy production, and Arctic tourism: A case study analysis of northern Alaska Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Elizabeth Nyman, Jenna A. Lamphere
Historically, there have been two kinds of economic activities in northern Alaska. The first and oldest is the subsistence lifestyle of the Indigenous peoples. The second and more recent is the development of the oil and gas industry, which began in earnest in 1977 with the competition of the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline and construction of a new road, the Dalton Highway. Although first used only by commercial
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Phasing out coal on Svalbard: From a conflict of interest to a contest over symbolic capital Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Tiril Vold Hansen
In 2021, the decision to close the last Norwegian coal mine on Svalbard was made, and with that, the Norwegian coal adventure on the archipelago came to an end. This was a result of a political process, which is the focus of this article. Drawing on fieldwork conducted during the fall of 2022, I argue that the political process of phasing out coal changed from a conflict over interests to a contest
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A tale of two species: Pringlea antiscorbutica and Azorella polaris, sub-Antarctic scurvy remedies Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Karri Horton Hartley, Paul L. Guy, Janice M. Lord
Pringlea antiscorbutica (Brassicaceae) and Azorella polaris (syn. Stilbocarpa polaris, Apiaceae) are endemic sub-Antarctic flowering plants of significant ecological and historical importance. Pringlea antiscorbutica occurs on Îles Kerguelen and Crozet, Prince Edward, and the Heard and MacDonald Islands; A. polaris on Auckland, Campbell, and Macquarie Islands. We examine the use of these unrelated
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Franklin’s “Cemented Tomb”: The Jamme Report of 1928 Revisited Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Russell S. Taichman
Few details are known about the fate of the Franklin Expedition after it departed England in 1845. What we do know is derived from the archaeological record, Inuit testimony and brief communications written in 1847 and 1848 from the Expedition. During the 1860s, Charles Francis Hall went to the Arctic in search of survivors, papers, and relics. During Hall’s second expedition, two Inuit testimonies
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Collaring nature: The use of foxes to find and rescue the members of the lost Franklin expedition Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Robert M. Peck
The mysterious disappearance of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror while searching for the Northwest Passage under the leadership of Sir John Franklin in the 1840s led to more than thirty different expeditions seeking to find the lost ships and their 129-man crews. It also fostered the first and only use of wild animals as a means of communication in such a rescue operation. Since covering the vast search areas
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The art of Inuit administration: Post-war Canada, cultural diplomacy and northern administration Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Pamela Stern, Ece Arslan
In this paper, we expand on existing studies of Canadian Inuit art in the international arena by examining ways in which this new art served domestic purposes, focusing primarily on the 1950s and 1960s. The Canadian government developed and promoted Inuit art as part of its project to transform Inuit from semi-independent hunters into modern Canadian citizens. In this effort, Canada took up and assimilated
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How Jean-Baptiste Charcot came to embrace fear but not anger. Emotions of polar exploration and their communication to the public in the 1900s Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Alexandre Simon-Ekeland
This article makes the case for applying recent developments in the history of emotions, and in particular the concept of “emotional arena”, to the study of past polar expeditions. It focuses on the first Antarctic expedition of Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1903–1905), showing how, despite a lack of ideal sources, attention to the role of emotions in his expedition, and in the way it was communicated to
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Fishy windows to an Arctic city: Urban (in)visibilities of global fisheries in Tromsø Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Auni Haapala
Although “urban” and “fisheries” are not commonly paired in the analyses of either urbanism or fisheries governance, today’s large-scale fisheries are often closely organised in connection with cities. In this paper, I build on a feminist perspective and urban studies to examine the makings of a city through contemporary fisheries. Drawing upon observations and interviews conducted in Tromsø, Norway
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Soft institutions in Arctic governance—who does what? Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Beate Steinveg, Svein Vigeland Rottem, Serafima Andreeva
The linkages between the Arctic and the rest of the world have become more profound and the region is increasingly attracting attention, also from non-Arctic state actors. Parallel to this development, the discussion about the future Arctic is taking place in various arenas, forums and among an increasing number of actors with interest in the region. At a time of high tension in international relations
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Science diplomacy and Asian states: Transforming the governance landscape in the Arctic Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Gabriela Argüello, Vonintsoa Rafaly
As ice recedes, the governance of the Arctic is undergoing a significant change. What was once considered a frozen desert with little relevance to the legal system, the Arctic has gradually become a global object of governance. Furthermore, the growing political salience of the Arctic Ocean has generated interest in its governance beyond Arctic states, particularly Asian states such as China, India
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Victorian prescience: The Lancet medical journal and the loss of the Franklin expedition, 1845–1859 Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Keith Millar
The loss of Sir John Franklin’s Arctic expedition has provoked speculation about the cause of the fatal outcome from the expedition’s departure in 1845 to the present day. This study describes how The Lancet, first published in 1823 and now one of the world’s leading medical journals, drew conclusions at the time of the expedition’s loss, which closely parallel those of today’s most recent research
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Logbooks and Antarctic sealing. Approaching early- and late-19th-century exploitation strategies and their archaeological footprint Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Melisa A. Salerno, María Jimena Cruz
In the 19th century, sealing vessels visited the South Shetland Islands to exploit animal resources for the global skin and oil markets. The captains or mates of these vessels were responsible for keeping a logbook in which they recorded daily observations of weather conditions, hunting activities, etc. Despite the value of these documents as a source of information, archaeologists studying Antarctic
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Thomas Blanky (1804–1848/51?) Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Frank M. Schuster
Much has been written about the so-called Franklin expedition (1845–), but not about the master mariners, who joined as “Greenland pilots,” as experienced whaling masters on Royal Navy expeditions were usually called in the 19th century. Having been on Royal Navy expeditions to the Arctic before, Thomas Blanky, the ice master of HMS Terror, was mentioned here and there in contemporary sources. But
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Thamnolecania yunusii (Ramalinaceae) – A new species of lichenised fungus from Horseshoe Island (Antarctic Peninsula) Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Mehmet Gökhan Halici, Mithat Güllü, Ekrem Bölükbaşi, Merve Kahraman Yiğit
The new terricolous lichen species Thamnolecania yunusii Halıcı, Güllü, Bölükbaşı & Kahraman, which is characterised by its cream to greyish brown granulose-crustose thallus without vegetative propagules, is described from Horseshoe Island in the South-West Antarctic Peninsula region. All Thamnolecania species are known only from the Antarctic. The only species of the genus with a crustose thallus
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Managing plastic pollution in the Arctic ocean: An integrated quantitative flux estimate and policy study Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Sarah Dewey, Sarah Mackie
Plastic pollution in the Arctic marine system is sparsely quantified, and few enforceable policies are in place to ameliorate the issue. With an inflow-outflow budget for the Arctic Ocean, we identify gateways through which plastic enters and exits the Arctic marine system. While estimating the flux of plastic through rivers, sea ice, and ocean, we also quantify marine plastic pollution from Arctic
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Research on the implementation and practice of the CCAMLR System of Inspection Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Chong Feng
The CCAMLR System of Inspection has been in place for more than 30 years, but its implementation and impact have yet to be summarised and analysed. The purpose of the research is to clarify the legal basis, analyse the implementation and make suggestions for further improvements. By analysing the CAMLR Convention and historical files, the System of Inspection has been further improved and many details
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Can China change the Arctic regime? Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Mariia Kobzeva, Andrey Todorov
China’s role in the Arctic regime remains a debatable topic in the expert discourse on the High North. Currently, in view of the aggravated conflicts in other regions that include Russia as the largest Arctic state, and China as its strategic partner, the Arctic regimes are experiencing salient disturbances. Against this backdrop, an understanding of China’s opportunities to affect Arctic affairs is
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Russia’s Arctic policy: Upcoming change? Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Jørgen Staun
Russia’s Arctic policy since 2008 has been influenced by two competing foreign policy lines (discourses): the “Arctic as a resource base” and the “sovereignty discourse”. The “Arctic as a resource base” has been the dominant one since the first Russian Arctic Strategy in 2008. It is primarily about exploiting the vast oil and gas resources estimated to be located there, as well as turn the Northern
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Sŭ-pung-er’s pillar: The recent significant discovery of a relic related to the Franklin Expedition Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Russell S. Taichman
In 1866, Charles F. Hall recorded testimony from a Pelly Bay native named Sŭ-pung-er who reported that together with his uncle, they had visited the Northwest coast of King William Island 4 years prior in search of materials abandoned by the Franklin Expedition. Sŭ-pung-er told Hall that he had identified a site which Hall believed was a “vault” which might contain documents and speculated that it
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Arctic adventure cruise shipping network: Itinerary characteristics and spatial structure Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Zukun Long, Xiaoyun Ren, Xumao Li
The frigid geographical environment in the Arctic has shaped the exploration attribute of the polar cruise shipping network. In this study, the typical characteristics and special structure of the Arctic adventure cruise shipping network are investigated by using the network analysis method based on the data of 172 adventure cruise itineraries in the Arctic. It is found that the Arctic adventure cruise
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S. A. Andrée’s understanding of Arctic ice drift during his 1897 balloon expedition Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Björn Lantz
The tragic Andrée balloon expedition of 1897 serves as a haunting reminder of the dangers posed by ice drift during polar exploration. This paper examines Andrée’s initial decision after his balloon flight to march towards Cape Flora in Franz Josef Land, despite its much greater distance compared to the Sjuøyane archipelago. The rationale behind this choice remains unclear, but potential factors include
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International interdisciplinary Arctic research: Case study of the Russian Arctic biomonitoring mega-grant project Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Tatiana Yu Sorokina, Lyubov Zarubina, Maxim Gutenev, Elena Kudryashova
The Arctic region is commonly seen as a territory of international dialogue and cooperation. This perception is largely due to the science diplomacy efforts that are largely being contributed by universities, scientific centres, research teams and individual scholars. This paper discusses the Arctic science diplomacy initiatives proposed by Russia’s northernmost federal university. Of particular interest
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James Reid (1795?–1850?) Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Frank M. Schuster
Much has been written about the so-called Franklin expedition (1845–52?), but not about the master mariners, who joined as “Greenland pilots,” as experienced whaling masters on Royal Navy expeditions were usually called in the 19th century. Having been on no Royal Navy expeditions before, next to nothing was known about Scottish whaling master James Reid, the ice master of HMS Erebus in Franklin’s
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Sámi agency in economic development processes in the Norwegian High North Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Elisabeth Angell, Sveinung Eikeland, Per Selle
The emergence of the Sámi Parliament has lifted Norwegian Sámi politics into an international discourse on indigenous peoples. The clearest imprints of the new Sámi political space are found in the High North region of Norway, where the Sámi account for a significant proportion of the population. The article shows to what extent and how Sámi agency affects governance structures and business development
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Arctic science diplomacy in new geopolitical conditions: From “soft” power to “hard” dialogue? Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Yulia Zaika, Maria Lagutina
Recent years have shown that international science dialogue exists at the edge of turbulence and is disturbed by different geopolitical events. The notion of science diplomacy has taken the critical discourse to different levels of actors. Such a discourse exposes the epistemological ambivalence and methodological imbalance of both science and diplomacy in this phenomenon. Current geopolitical conditions
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Participatory action research with Inuit societies: A scoping review Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Caroline Hervé, Pascale Laneuville, Luc Lapointe
Participatory methods have become essential for research with Indigenous Arctic peoples. To understand how researchers use such methods, we conducted a scoping review of participatory action research (PAR)—a classic qualitative methodology—with Inuit communities. Although other systematic reviews exist on participatory methodologies in the Arctic, our scoping review is the only one focusing only on
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The DIMA Network: Bridging boundaries via shared scientific interests Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Maarten van Hardenbroek, Mary Edwards, Tatiana Blyakharchuk, Anatoly Lozhkin, Elena Bezrukova, Anna Grenaderova, Natalia Ryabogina, Tatiana Antipina, Marina Cherepanova, Patricia Anderson
The DIMA Network (Developing Innovative Multi-proxy Analyses – in Siberia and the Russian Far East (SRFE)) started from a small nucleus of palaeoenvironmental researchers in the UK and SRFE at a workshop in 2008 and currently includes researchers from over 25 institutions. The mutual interest in creating long-term records of environmental change was rekindled during workshops in Magadan (2018), Tomsk
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Antonio de la Roche and the discovery of South Georgia Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-09 Gordon Campbell
This article seeks to investigate the claim that South Georgia may have been first discovered in April 1675 by an English merchant called Antonio de la Roche. There are two unresolved questions: whether La Roche was the first to see the island, and whether the island that he saw was South Georgia. I introduce a third uncertainly by questioning whether Antonio de la Roche ever existed. He does not appear
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The figure of the guide: arctic nature guiding as productive behaviour on Svalbard Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Eva la Cour
Drawing from ethnographic participation in a ski excursion among a group of Arctic Nature Guide students on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, this paper explores guiding as a model of practice embedded in relations – material encounters, discursive frictions and collaborative efforts. The article pays attention to practical negotiations and navigations of these relations while making use of historical
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Spatio-temporal monitoring of the iceberg D28 using SCATSAT-1 data Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Khoisnam Nanaoba Singh, Mamata Maisnam, Rajkumar Kamaljit Singh, Jayaprasad Pallipad, Arundhati Misra, Saroj Maity
The study of the icebergs and their movements is one of many applications of scatterometer data in the study of the ecosystems of polar regions. SCATSAT-1 is the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO’s) Ku-band (13.515625 GHz) scatterometer. Using enhanced resolution Gamma0H (horizontally polarised incidence angle normalised backscattering coefficient) data of SCATSAT-1, we observed the movement
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Norwegian and Russian settlements on Svalbard: An analysis of demographic and socio-economic trends Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Alexandra Middleton
The Svalbard archipelago is a centre of global research on climate change and also an example of a rapidly changing Arctic area with tourism replacing the traditional mining industry. We compared the different development paths of the Norwegian (Longyearbyen and Ny-Ålesund) and Russian settlements (Barentsburg and Pyramida) on Spitsbergen as part of the Svalbard archipelago using demographic and socio-economic
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After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022: Can we still cooperate with Russia in the Arctic? Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Timo Koivurova, Akiho Shibata
Russia’s war against Ukraine in February 2022 was the end of the Arctic cooperation between states and others as we knew it, despite the fact that Russia’s illegal actions are not occurring in the Arctic region. Russia’s attack on Ukraine caused pronounced security fears and responses, particularly from the European and North American countries, including the other Arctic states. This naturally affected
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The Possession Islands Ross Sea Antarctica: A history of exploration and scientific endeavour at a Ross Sea archipelago since the first landing in 1841 Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-27 D. L. Harrowfield, M. C. G. Mabin
Possession Island was one of the first landing places in the Antarctic region, now more than 180 years ago, yet there is little scientific knowledge of this island archipelago in the western Ross Sea. Although the islands are often passed and have been landed on for a few brief hours a number of times, the area is a challenging environment to visit or work in, as weather, sea and ice conditions can
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Portugal in Antarctic History Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Robert Keith Headland
Approximately five centuries of the involvement of Portugal in Antarctic regions is described. Discoveries, the sealing and whaling industries, and modern developments are discussed.
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Between an archipelago and an ice floe: The know-where of Arctic governance expertise Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Merje Kuus
This paper examines the production of Arctic governance expertise, understood here as the specialised knowledge through which international cooperation is regulated in the region. Instead of presuming that such expertise is created primarily in the capitals of Arctic states, I ask a more open-ended question: where specifically does that process take place? I argue that Arctic governance expertise increasingly
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To be or not to be like Iceland? (Ontological) Politics of comparison in Greenlandic tourism development Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Carina Ren, Gunnar Thór Jóhannesson
In this article, we introduce the concept of politics of comparison in tourism development, looking at how comparison contributes to shaping and making sense of tourism development in Greenland. Decision makers and operators in Greenland foresee tourism growth as new transatlantic airports are set to open by 2024. To navigate an uncertain tourism future, many look towards neighbouring Iceland, who
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Global interest in the Arctic region: Naval operations impacting scientific-commercial activities Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Ekaterina Uryupova
The Arctic region is rapidly changing as a result of climate alteration, political tensions and ambitions of the Arctic and non-Arctic states. Is the existing governance considered to be adequate for effective international security cooperation in the region? On the one hand, we look optimistic at the evolution of international relations in the areas of science and technology, conservation, search
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The Svalbard treaty and identity of place: Impacts and implications for Longyearbyen, Svalbard Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-30 Dina Brode-Roger
The Svalbard Treaty established Norway’s full and absolute sovereignty over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. At the same time, it also established special territorial status for the archipelago, providing nationals of all signatory nations equal access to its resources. During fieldwork in Longyearbyen, conducted as part of a bottom-up exploration of place in 2018, several recurring issues came
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The balance between critical thinking and paradigm thinking in the Arctic: Scientific cooperation across theoretical divides Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-30 Michaela Louise Coote
Kuhnian’ paradigms are a commonly used method of explaining the structure of knowledge production within the social sciences; however, in some ways, they are also in opposition with Popperian’ critical thinking. The opposing approaches surmount to a comparative analytic method – Kuhn advocates undertaking science that is incommensurable, discipline-specific and ideologically and metaphysically fixed
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“It would be a lot easier to hunt whales if they didn’t move.” Addressing marine baseline information challenges in Nunavut’s impact assessment process Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-24 Nicole Peletz, Kevin Hanna, Bram Noble
Despite advances in impact assessment (IA) practice in Arctic regions, persistent challenges remain. This article examines how baseline information needs and associated uncertainties are presented and understood in the regulatory context of IA. The focus is on marine-related information needs in the Nunavut IA process. The method used a document review of operational IA reports and focus groups with
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The Central Arctic Ocean fisheries moratorium: A rare example of the precautionary principle in fisheries management Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-16 Cayla Calderwood, Frances Ann Ulmer
On 25 June 2021, a historic fisheries Agreement entered into force: The Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO). Nine countries and the European Union agreed to refrain from any commercial fishing in the CAO and to jointly undertake a scientific effort to understand ecosystem dynamics, including fish populations. This was the first multilateral Agreement
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Bilateral collaboration between the Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) and United States Research Communities – from a vision to everyday practice Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-12-23 Jennifer L. Mercer, Josephine Nymand, Lauren E. Culler, Rebecca Lynge, Sten Lund, Bo Gregersen, Brett Makens, Ross A. Virginia, Kristian G. Moore
Each year, hundreds of international researchers enter Greenland to conduct scientific fieldwork. Historically, they have had little interaction with local communities and scientists at Greenland research institutes. Recognising that collaboration between Greenland and the United States can yield better research, consider more diverse perspectives, articulate the benefits of research to Greenland society
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The question of Icebergs: a cryo-history of Arctic submarine cables Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-12-16 Mette Simonsen Abildgaard
“The Question of Icebergs” is a cryo-history (Sörlin, 2015) of Arctic infrastructures: How has ice and snow shaped communication infrastructures in the Arctic by both drawing in and deterring interest in travelling through, connecting with and building in the region? This study follows the case of the 160-year-old plans for “The Northern Route,” a transatlantic telegraph which would have placed Greenland
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Mining tourism in abandoned and existing mines in the Swedish Far North Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-12-12 Joakim Byström
The Swedish North is sometimes described as a resource periphery, while others choose to label it a pleasure periphery. Regardless of the terms used, the region is characterised by problems such as out-migration and demographic issues. This study investigates why there are such different perceptions of the same area, and whether there is any contradiction between extractive resource industries and
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The “Rediscovery” of Reginald Ford and his New Zealand Antarctic Lectures, 1905 to 1926 Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-24 Michael Roche
Reginald Ford, steward on Scott’s Discovery expedition, settled in New Zealand in 1905 and over the next two decades gave public lectures about his Antarctic experiences. Hitherto unrelated biographical details of Ford’s early life are assembled, and something of the character of his lantern slide lectures are reconstructed from various sources. The means by which Ford established his authority as
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Towards customised sovereignty: West Nordic societies in the new great power rivalry Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-03 Mariia Kobzeva
Two factors historically played a decisive role in the West Nordic region’s affairs: its strategic location and small societies’ long struggle for independence. The current power balance shift challenges the progress of Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland towards strengthening their independence and sovereignty. The research suggests a theoretical contemplation of the West Nordic region’s shifting
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Three decades of remote sensing subarctic vegetation in northern Russia: A case study in science diplomacy Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-10-19 W.G. Rees, O.V. Tutubalina, A. Medvedev, G.J. Marshall, E.I. Golubeva, N. Telnova, M. Zimin, P. Mikhaylykova, A. Terskaia, E. Sklyar, J.A. Tomaney
The vegetation at and beyond the northern edge of the world’s boreal forest plays an important though imperfectly understood role in the climate system. This is particularly true within Russia, where only a small proportion of the boreal land area has been studied in depth, and little is known about its recent evolution over time. We describe a long-term collaboration between institutions in Russia
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The trouble with local community in Longyearbyen, Svalbard: How big politics and lack of fellesskap hinder a not-yet-decided future Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-10-06 Zdenka Sokolíčková
Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork data, this article argues there is tension between how Longyearbyen’s residents wish to perform as a community and hindrances the town inherited from its past and accepts as demarcation lines of Norway’s Svalbard politics. The population of Longyearbyen has undergone considerable change since the 1990s, turning from a predominantly Norwegian mining community
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Mapping Antarctic and Arctic Women: An exploration of polar women’s experiences and contributions through place names Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-09-29 Carol Devine
In this commentary, I investigate the Poles differently, and in situ, rather than only as stereotypically barren uninhabited expansive places on a globe or maps. The human stories are behind the relatively white space on which few place names are marked. But the more visible ones are made and told through a male-dominated, colonial narrator and mapmaker, until more recently. Cartography, like history
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Keeping it in the family: Relationships between Polar medallists Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-09-28 Herbert J. G. Dartnall
During the 19th century, members of British Arctic expeditions received one of two silver Arctic medals. In 1904, the British Polar Medal was established in both silver and bronze to returning members of the British National Antarctic Expedition. Subsequently awarded to members of both Arctic and Antarctic expeditions, the medal in silver is still awarded today. This paper explores the family links
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Tourism worlding: Collective becoming in East Greenland Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-09-12 Daniela Chimirri, Carina Ren
In this article, we explore tourism development as an ongoing becoming-with and in the world. We draw on Haraway’s concept of worlding to describe the coming together of tourism not as a solitary or industry-related endeavour, but as entangled. We introduce the analytical concepts of frictions, companions and string figures to exemplify and discuss what this looks like when stepping closer to the tinkering
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Roald Amundsen’s route across the polar plateau in 1911–1912 Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-09-02 Björn Lantz
Roald Amundsen’s exact route from the top of the Axel Heiberg glacier to the South Pole and back in 1911–1912 has always been somewhat unclear because he never observed his longitude during his southern journey. His approach was simply to steer approximately in a true southerly direction by magnetic compass as long as obstacles did not force him to deviate. The fact that he only knew approximately
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International access to research infrastructure in the Arctic Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Kate Ruck, Marie Frost Arndal, Nicole Biebow, Justiina Dahl, Stig Flått, Mats Granskog, Svenja Holste, Josefine Lenz, Jennifer Mercer, Franziska Pausch, Anna-Maria Perttu, Morten Rasch, Maria Samuelsson, Arild Sundfjord, Femi Anna Thomas, Elmer Topp-Jørgensen, Veronica Willmott
Reliable access to Arctic research infrastructure is critical to the future of polar science. In cultivating proposals, it is essential that researchers have a deep understanding of existing platforms when selecting the appropriate research site and experimental design for projects. However, Arctic infrastructure platforms are often funded as national assets, and choices for what would be the best
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Physical and feasible: Climate change adaptation in Longyearbyen, Svalbard Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Alexandra Meyer
Longyearbyen, Svalbard, has become showcase of Arctic climate change. However, we know little about how these changes are dealt with locally. This article aims to fill this gap by examining climate change impacts and adaptation in a non-Indigenous “community of experts” and sets out to 1) describe observed changes and perceived societal impacts of climate change and 2) discuss adaptation measures and
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Indigenous peoples in Russian Arctic labour market Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Maria Pitukhina, Gurtov Valery
The article is dealing with indigenous peoples’ sustainability issues in Russian Arctic labour market. There we surveyed 74 indigenous communities and 32 municipal unitary enterprises in the Arctic. Obtained data helped to identify demanded occupations for indigenous peoples in the Russian Arctic for the period of 2035. It turned out that 75% of respondents continue working in occupations that are
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Is it real? Science diplomacy in the Arctic states’ strategies Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-17 Karen Everett, Barbora Halašková
Dominant geopolitical narratives on the Arctic argue that the region is either edging towards conflict or international law is respected and peace is maintained through cooperation to address shared concerns. While both of these narratives are present in the Arctic states’ strategies, most of them tend to support collaborative efforts. Science diplomacy (SD) is a useful mechanism in this regard as
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Knowledge, innovation and the race to the South Pole Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-16 Ronald Savitt, Cornelia Lüdecke
The present article extends recent studies that ask what might else have been considered by Scott and Amundsen in planning their sledging operations to reach the South Pole during the southern summer of 1911/12. Both were on the cusp of changes in exploration methods and had at hand significant knowledge from past expeditions. Scott’s preparations were based on British Arctic experiences using several
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Finding “Harry Peglar”: Re-examining the discovery of a Franklin expedition sailor’s skeleton by the 1859 McClintock search expedition Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-10 Douglas R. Stenton
A review of historical documents concerning the 1859 discovery of the skeleton of a member of the 1845 Franklin expedition on southern King William Island revealed a significant but previously unrecognized geographical error about the site’s reported and mapped location. Archeological investigations conducted in 2019 established the site’s correct location and the fact that it had unwittingly been
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A note relating to the birth date of Captain Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier R.N., F.R.S., F.R.A.S. Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-10 Alison Long
Prior to 2009, it had been generally accepted that Captain Crozier was born in September 1796 and most likely on the 17th of that month. Further research, published in this Journal, then suggested that upon a fresh scrutiny of the evidence the alternative date of 16 August 1796 was more probable. This note proposes that whilst the date of 16 August was of significance to Captain Crozier, that significance
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Changing Svalbard: Tracing interrelated socio-economic and environmental change in remote Arctic settlements Polar Rec. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-10 Zdenka Sokolickova, Alexandra Meyer, Andrian Viktorovich Vlakhov
The archipelago of Svalbard is a good example of an Arctic locale undergoing rapid changes on multiple levels. This contribution is a joint effort of three anthropologists with up-to-date ethnographic data from Svalbard (mostly Longyearbyen and Barentsburg) to frame and interpret interconnected changes. The processes impacting Svalbard are related to issues such as geopolitical interests, and increasing