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Scarcity in the Arctic: A Colonial Construct?
In European imagination the North Atlantic has been seen as a region on the far borders of civilization and marked by the contrasts of scarcity and plenty.
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Multimedia | film profile
The Last Catch
This film focuses on the struggle for survival faced both by European bluefin tuna and the fishermen who depend on them for their livelihoods.
Multimedia | book profile
Managing the Unknown: Essays on Environmental Ignorance
Managing the Unknown offers essays that show that deficient knowledge is a far more pervasive challenge in resource history than conventional readings suggest. Furthermore, environmental ignorance does not inevitably shrink with the march of scientific progress. This volume combines insights from different continents as well as the seas in between and thus sketches outlines of an emerging global resource history.
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"World War II and the 'Great Acceleration' of North Atlantic Fisheries"
This article analyzes how World War II impacted both the marine and the terrestrial environment of the North Atlantic, triggered major political and economic decisions with profound cultural implications, and eventually induced a change in ocean management.