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The Useless Arctic: Exploiting Nature in the Arctic in the 1870s
Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur, 2015 What is the discursive genealogy of an ecological approach to the Arctic? Building on distinctions suggested by Francis Spufford and Gísli Pálsson, this article examines a specific juncture in the history of European–Arctic interaction – the reception of
Ulrike Spring, Johan Schimanski
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Economic development of a region with a unique ecological system [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 The article considers the possibility of developing the economy of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, taking into account the preservation of the ecological system of the region and the national and cultural characteristics of the indigenous ...
Desfonteines Larisa +2 more
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Des Suds vers le Grand Nord : recomposition des mobilités et des identités urbaines post-soviétiques
Espace populations sociétés, 2021 The Russian Arctic accounts for about 40% of the world’s Arctic population and indigenous peoples now account for only 5% of its total population. Russia is the most advanced in terms of urbanization of the whole Arctic.
Sophie Hohmann
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The Evolving Arctic in the World-System
Journal of World-Systems Research, 2021 Global climate change’s continuing effect on the Arctic has brought about a fundamental shift in the region’s identity as it becomes an ever more active area in the world-system. Economic opportunities such as new shipping routes and a bounty of natural
Zachary Lavengood
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Features of local identity of single-industry town residents (the case of the Murmansk Oblast) [PDF]
Арктика и Север, 2019 The article presents an analysis of the local identity of single-industry town residents in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF) in the case of the Murmansk Oblast, which has half the single-industry towns of the Arctic zone.
Elena V. NEDOSEKA, Galina V. ZHIGUNOVA
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Current efforts on microplastic monitoring in Arctic fish and how to proceed
Arctic Science, 2023 In this review, we investigated published data on the occurrence of microplastic in Arctic fish, and the suitability of the data and species for risk assessment and monitoring. As of 11 November 2021, we found nine studies in the peer-reviewed literature,
Tanja Kögel +7 more
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Constructing the “New” Arctic: The Future of the Circumpolar North in a Changing Global Order
Контуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право, 2019 Like all spatially delimited regions in international society, the Arctic is socially constructed. Political and economic considerations play prominent roles as determinants of the region’s boundaries, the identity of those states regarded as Arctic ...
O. R. Young
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Wrangel Island as Actant in the Historical Geography of the Russian Arctic through a Mi’kmaw Lens
Арктика и Север, 2020 Wrangel Island is the largest island in the Russian Eastern Arctic and is now a protected place with international recognition. One of only five UNESCO world heritage sites in the Arctic, Wrangel Island is uniquely varied in its flora and fauna for an ...
Maura HANRAHAN
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Risk Representations and Confrontational Actions in the Arctic
Journal of Strategic Security, 2019 The Arctic is undergoing rapid changes and gaining geopolitical attention. The effects of climate change in the region lead to both potential and hopes for new resources, new or shorter transit routes, and other opportunities.
Sybille Reinke de Buitrago
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NATO’s Securitisation of Climate Change in the Arctic
Güvenlik Stratejileri DergisiThis study analyses how and why the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) securitises climate change in the Arctic. The study recognises that climate change has not only endangered the environmental security of the Arctic but has also intensified ...
Sevgi Balkan Şahin, Özge Çetiner
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