Studying Arctic Fields: Cultures, Practices, and Environmental Sciences Volume 92

by Richard C. Powell

In recent years the circumpolar region has emerged as the key to understanding global climate change. The plight of the polar bear, resource extraction debates, indigenous self-determination, and competing definitions of sovereignty among Arctic nation-states have brought the northernmost part of the planet to the forefront of public consideration. Yet little is reported about the social world of environmental scientists in the Arctic. What happens...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773551131
• ISBN13: 9780773551138
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"