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Author : Canadian Institute of International Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (733 download)
Download or read book The Arctic Frontier written by Canadian Institute of International Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Niobe Thompson
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774858427
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Download or read book Settlers on the Edge written by Niobe Thompson and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on extensive research in the Arctic Russian region of Chukotka, Settlers on the Edge is the first English-language account of settler life anywhere in the circumpolar north to appear since Robert Paine's The White Arctic (1977), and the first to explore the experiences of Soviet-era migrants to the far north. Niobe Thompson describes the remarkable transformation of a population once dedicated to establishing colonial power on a northern frontier into a rooted community of locals now resisting a renewed colonial project. He also provides unique insights into the future of identity politics in the Arctic, the role of resource capital and the oligarchs in the Russian provinces, and the fundamental human questions of belonging and transience.
Author : Janet R. Collins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780874223514
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (235 download)
Download or read book On the Arctic Frontier written by Janet R. Collins and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eager to investigate rumors of land north of Alaska, Ernest deKoven Leffingwell and Ejnar Mikkelsen organized the 1906 Anglo American Polar Expedition. Despite extreme conditions, they determined the edge of the continental shelf--a significant geographic discovery. Leffingwell remained behind, and with substantial assistance from his Inupiat neighbors, the driven young geologist explored, surveyed and documented geography along Alaska¿s north coast and what is now the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). On the North Slope of the Brooks Range, he pioneered research in ground ice (permafrost), observed birds, and collected wildlife specimens. His groundbreaking work still informs scientists and scholars.
Author : Kristina Spohr
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0999740687
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (997 download)
Download or read book The Arctic and World Order written by Kristina Spohr and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arctic, long described as the world’s last frontier, is quickly becoming our first frontier—the front line in a world of more diffuse power, sharper geopolitical competition, and deepening interdependencies between people and nature. A space of often-bitter cold, the Arctic is the fastest-warming place on earth. It is humanity’s canary in the coal mine—an early warning sign of the world’s climate crisis. The Arctic “regime” has pioneered many innovative means of governance among often-contentious state and non-state actors. Instead of being the “last white dot on the map,” the Arctic is where the contours of our rapidly evolving world may first be glimpsed. In this book, scholars and practitioners—from Anchorage to Moscow, from Nuuk to Hong Kong—explore the huge political, legal, social, economic, geostrategic and environmental challenges confronting the Arctic regime, and what this means for the future of world order.
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Author : R. St. J. (Ronald St. John) Macdonald
Publisher : [Newfoundland] : CNIB, [197-]
ISBN 13 : 9780598184122
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (841 download)
Download or read book The Arctic Frontier [sound Recording] written by R. St. J. (Ronald St. John) Macdonald and published by [Newfoundland] : CNIB, [197-]. This book was released on 1970 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Canadian Institute of International Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book The Arctic Frontier written by Canadian Institute of International Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven papers discussing Canada's place in the Arctic community. Covering sovereignty, administration, resources and defence.
Author : David Welky
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393254429
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)
Download or read book A Wretched and Precarious Situation: In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier written by David Welky and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Booklist Best Literary Travel Book (2017) and Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book (2016) “A penetrating study of human character in a challenging environment. . . . [David Welky’s] seamless narrative, chilling at times and always thought-provoking, transports the reader to a time when the Arctic was virtually as harsh and inaccessible a place as the Moon or Mars.” —Natural History From a snow-swept hill in the ice fields northwest of Greenland, famed Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary spots a line of mysterious peaks dotting the horizon. In 1906, he names that distant, uncharted territory “Crocker Land.” Years later, two of Peary’s disciples, George Borup and Donald MacMillan, take the brave steps Peary never did: with a team of amateur adventurers and intrepid native guides, they endeavor to reach this unknown land and fill in the last blank space on the globe. What follows is hardship and mishap the likes of which none of the explorers could possibly have imagined. From howling blizzards and desperate food shortages to crime and tragedy, the explorers experience a remarkable journey of endurance, courage, and hope. Set in one of the world’s most inhospitable places, A Wretched and Precarious Situation is an Arctic tale unlike any other.
Author : Ronald St. John MacDonald
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487586418
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)
Download or read book The Arctic Frontier written by Ronald St. John MacDonald and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1966-12-15 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of the Arctic Ocean as a mediterranean sea is a shock to those of us—and that includes most of us—who cannot shake ourselves free of the Mercatorean vision. Yet this theme is repeated by many of the eminent ocntributors to this volume: as Michael Marsden states, "IT is difficult to impress upon the public and industry at large that the most essential quality of the Arctic is not cold, or gold, or polar bears, but a central position in the world community." This book, then, is about the North as a frontier, and about Canada's relations with the world beyond that frontier. It is about the Arctic community of which Canada is one of the major members, along with the Soviet Union, the United States, Denmark, Iceland, and Norway. It is also an exercise in perspective. Canadians have long been aware of the significance of their Atlantic and Pacific frontiers and of the implications of their Southern frontier. This volume points out that Canada is not a three-sided country. While it does not neglect the military importance of the Arctic, it endeavours to widen the scope of interest. But it does not present the familiar arguments about the surpassing importance of the Arctic. It deflates as well as inflates. Its purpose is to assess as precisely as possible the implications of the Arctic frontier, not to induce either visions or nightmares. It is intended not only for Canadians but for all those who are interested in the polar regions or in the shape of the world at large. The papers in this volume were assembled in collaboration by the Canadian Institute of International Affairs and the Arctic Institute of North America.
Author : Thomas J Sims
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1681779161
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (817 download)
Download or read book On Call in the Arctic written by Thomas J Sims and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fish-out-of-water stories of Northern Exposure and Doc Martin meet the rough-and-rugged setting of the Discovery Channel’s Alaskan Bush People in Thomas J. Sims’s On Call in the Arctic, where the author relates his incredible experience saving lives in one of the most remote outposts in North America.Imagine a young doctor, trained in the latest medical knowledge and state-of-the-art equipment, suddenly transported back to one of the world’s most isolated and unforgiving environments—Nome, Alaska. Dr. Sims’ plans to become a pediatric surgeon drastically changed when, on the eve of being drafted into the Army to serve as a M.A.S.H. surgeon in Vietnam, he was offered a commission in the U.S. Public Health for assignment in Anchorage, Alaska.In order to do his job, Dr. Sims had to overcome racism, cultural prejudices, and hostility from those who would like to see him sent packing. On Call in the Arctic reveals the thrills and the terrors of frontier medicine, where Dr. Sims must rely upon his instincts, improvise, and persevere against all odds in order to help his patients on the icy shores of the Bering Sea.
Author : Kern Craig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781682733554
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (335 download)
Download or read book The Arctic Frontier in International Relations written by Kern Craig and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive report collates scattered information about the Arctic Region in general and the Arctic Ocean in particular. And logical conclusions are drawn given the factual evidence presented. Besides an introduction and conclusion, it consists of eight sections concerning: Arctic Nations, Claims and Agreements, International Law, Pending Claims, Arctic Warming, Arctic Business, Arctic Pollution, and Arctic Relations. Together this information serves as the basis for a college course on Arctic Affairs.
Author : Liz O'Connell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780967712666
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (126 download)
Download or read book Anna Across the Arctic written by Liz O'Connell and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John F. Richards
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520230750
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (37 download)
Download or read book The Unending Frontier written by John F. Richards and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-05-15 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John F.
Author : Elizabeth O'Connell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781578336807
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (368 download)
Download or read book The Adventures of Apun the Arctic Fox written by Elizabeth O'Connell and published by . This book was released on 2017-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jane Maufe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147293573X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book The Frozen Frontier written by Jane Maufe and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Northwest Passage proved so elusive for so long that many sailors and explorers believed it didn't actually exist. A sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Arctic archipelago, it wasn't until Roald Amundsen's 1903–06 voyage that the Northwest Passage's existence was finally proved, but the transit is treacherous and entirely dependent upon the ice giving up its grip for sufficient time to allow vessels through. This is not a journey undertaken by average sailors in small private boats. But David Scott Cowper, 73, is no ordinary sailor. There are seven possible routes through the Northwest Passage, and Cowper had sailed through six of them singlehanded. This is the account of the sixth and most northerly – from ocean to ocean through the McClure Strait, this time accompanied by Jane Maufe, his crew. The account of the voyage is written by Jane and she captures Cowper's steely determination, resourcefulness in the face of adversity and humility in the wake of great achievement. Theirs is an old-fashioned relationship, where each party expects to fulfil their stereotypical roles. But Jane is no push-over - she can steer a watch, haul sails, and leap ashore slippery pontoons with heavy ropes like the best of them. As well as a captivating story of adventurous sailing it provides a fascinating insight into the relationship between two serious and dedicated sailors, alone together in some of the most isolated and forbidding desolate wastes on earth. It is a relationship built on respect and high expectations, mutual ambition and also self-sacrifice, and the book is a uniquely revealing and charming account.
Author : Corine Wood-Donnelly
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351330675
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)
Download or read book Performing Arctic Sovereignty written by Corine Wood-Donnelly and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arctic is 5.5 million square miles and has been inhabited by humans for thousands of years, yet it is still a frontier of development. But who owns the Arctic? This book charts the history of performances of sovereignty over the Arctic in the policy and visual representations of the US, Canada and Russia. Focusing on narratives of the effective occupation of territory found in postage stamps, it offers a novel analysis of Arctic sovereignty. Issues such as climate change, plastics pollution and resource development continue to impact the future of this space centred around the North Pole. Who is responsible for the region? This book examines how countries have absorbed Arctic territory into their national consciousness, examining the choice of, and use of, symbols and images in postage stamps. It looks at the story of how these countries have represented their Arctic frontiers and territorial peripheries. The book argues that the performance of policy in these regions has caused relative sovereignty to become a reality. It provides an intriguing account of how these countries have, in their distinctive ways, established, legitimised and reinforced their political authority in these regions. This book will appeal to Geographers and is recommended supplementary reading for students in political history and regional studies of the North.
Author : G. E. Sherman
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781477559161
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (591 download)
Download or read book Forging North written by G. E. Sherman and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the close of the 19th century, the gold rush is in full swing. A determined young man has left Seattle behind to head north: With the lure of Alaska gold burning bright in his eyes, Thomas Thornton set out on a voyage to find fame and fortune. He left behind all that he had, with a promise to his girl he would return. Thomas soon learned that Alaska had other ideas about his future. With the grit and determination demanded by those that seek to tame Alaska, Thomas vows to see his dreams come true.
Author : David Ramseur
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1602233349
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Melting the Ice Curtain written by David Ramseur and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maps -- Prologue -- A call to arms -- Extending hands of friendship -- A Juneau peacenik in the Kremlin -- Swimming against the current -- Historic flight approved -- Friendship flight to tomorrow -- Dramatic reversal -- Soviets return the favor -- Breaking the ice -- Adventure diplomacy across the Strait -- Deception on Diomede -- From Uelen to Vladivostok -- Visa-free reunification -- Golden Samovar Service -- Open for business -- Beyond the coup -- University of Alaska teaches Capitalism 101 -- Oil in Sakhalin, flush toilets in Chukotka -- The thrill is gone -- Mercy mission to Magadan -- Always keep talking -- Detained in the Bering Strait -- A special Alaska-Russia affinity -- Appendix
