Multimedia | interviews and talks
Ingo Heidbrink on "An Environmental History of Greenland"
Ingo Heidbrink, Carson Fellow from June 2011 to December 2011, talks about his environmental history of Greenland.
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Multimedia | interviews and talks
Diamond, Jared, "Why do Societies Collapse?"
Jared Diamond investigates why cultures prosper or decline.
Multimedia | image
Broadsheet: “Presenting Wild Animals: Two Sea Lions, a White Whale-bear and a Long-tailed Monkey,” June 1754
The graphic reproduction shows the icebear hunt in Greenland, several sailing ships and boats from that time, the long-tailed monkey mentioned in the title, and even a whale in the background.
Multimedia | film profile
Chasing Ice
This film follows photographer James Balog’s multi-year record of the impacts of climate change on the Arctic.
Multimedia | film profile
Silent Snow. The Invisible Poisoning of the World
This film documents the effect of chemical and pesticide residuals on the Inuit community of Greenland, where they are carried by oceans and snow. It also examines the situations of those around the globe who must use these pesticides to survive.
Multimedia | image
Photograph: Alfred Wegener's propeller sled Schneespatz, 1930
Franz Kebl photographed the propeller sled Schneespatz, used in Alfred Wegener’s 1930 Greenland expedition.
Multimedia | journal article
"Ice Cores and the Temporalities of the Global Environment"
Alessandro Antonello and Mark Carey examine how the practices involved in drilling, analyzing, discussing, and using ice cores for both science and broader climate or environmental policies and cultures take part in constituting the temporalities of the global environment.