Multimedia | interviews and talks
Shane McCorristine on "Dreamscapes of the Arctic"
Shane McCorristine, a Carson fellow from June to September 2010, talks about how the arctic regions were understood in the nineteenth century.
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Multimedia | book profile
I May Be Some Time: Ice and the English Imagination
Examines the cultural history of English explorations of Earth’s polar regions.
Exhibition chapter
Introduction | The Northwest Passage
A mere dream for centuries, the Northwest Passage has now become a place and a topic where scientific and traditional knowledge intersect. This is the introductory chapter of “The Northwest Passage: Myth, Environment, and Resources”—a virtual exhibition written by historian Elena Baldassarri.
Exhibition chapter
The Northwest Passage as a Voyage to Myth and Adventure | The Northwest Passage
Is the Arctic the last frontier? With text, audio, and video, historian Elena Baldassarri describes the historical struggle to find a passage through the perilous environments of the Far North. This is a chapter of the virtual exhibition “The Northwest Passage: Myth, Environment, and Resources.”
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The Northwest Passage as a Matter of National Security | The Northwest Passage
Once an environment in which the notion of nations was unheard of, the Arctic region is now a disputed space among superpowers. This is a chapter of the virtual exhibition “The Northwest Passage: Myth, Environment, and Resources”—written and curated by historian Elena Baldassarri.
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Natural Resources | The Northwest Passage
Apart from a diverse and previously unknown fauna, explorations and receding ice caps have uncovered a sought-after abundance of natural resources in the Arctic region. Historian Elena Baldassarri argues that the exploitation of these resources not only constitutes a threat to the non-human world, but also to the Inuit people. This is a chapter of the virtual exhibition “The Northwest Passage: Myth, Environment, and Resources.”
Multimedia | film profile
Black Ice: The Story of the Greenpeace Arctic 30
This film recounts the story of activists aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic 30. Protesting against the first oil drilling in the Arctic ocean, they were jailed by Russia and charged with piracy and hooliganism, sparking a bitter international dispute.
Multimedia | film profile
Tipping Point
On a journey through the Northwest Passage, this film examines the devastating effects of the Arctic’s disappearing sea ice on the planet’s climate and ecosystems.
Multimedia | book profile
About the Hearth: Perspectives on the Home, Hearth and Household in the Circumpolar North
Through interdisciplinary work in the circumpolar north, About the Hearth refocuses on issues of material culture and social organization in indigenous and local communities. In the process, it makes some compelling ethnographic and theoretical arguments.