Society and Culture

Arctic Melt – Turning Resource Extraction Into Human Development

Globalization, urbanization, and demographic shifts present Arctic stakeholders with the opportunity to reinvent

The Future of Arctic Research: Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinary Approaches

State-of-the-art Arctic research from all disciplines is invaluable and forms the very basis for fruitful

Report on the IASC Social and Human Sciences Working Group (SHWG) Meeting

This report on the recent meeting of the IASC social and human sciences working group provides a brief overview of the

Planned Undersea Fiber-Optic Cable Projects in Arctic as Allegory for Changing Region

In the past few years, at least three companies have outlined plans for projects to lay undersea fiber optic cables

Arctic Winter Games 2012 Continue in Whitehorse, Canada

The Arctic Winter Games began this past Sunday in Whitehorse. This year, more than 2,000 athletes will compete in over

Holy Grail or Next Cold War? Metaphors for Describing the Arctic

Authors of newspaper have made great use of metaphorical tools to describe the state of the changing Arctic as venue of

The Shadow of Historic Polar Exploration on Contemporary Arctic Affairs

It is critical to recognize the ways in which history casts shadow on the present, as obvious when discussing the

Proposed Cuts to Funding Threaten Arctic Research in U.S. and Canada

Both Canada and the United States are looking for ways to trim their budgets which could negatively affect national

Search For Sovereignty: Historic Shipwrecks in the Canadian Arctic

The latest search for the shipwrecks of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror are also a search for Canadian Arctic