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A Farewell to Ice : A Report from the Arctic

Accessible presentation of the phenomenon of melting ice in the Arctic, which occurs in the context of climate change, and its major consequences for the planet. (Peter Wadhams, London, Penguin Books, 2016, 239 p.)

Subjects: Climate change, Ice, Pack ice

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Arctica : The vanishing North

Illustrated book showing the alarming degradation of the Arctic through a series of spectacular pictures, taken by photographer, journalist and activist Sebastian Copeland. (Sebastian Copeland, Kempen (Allemagne), teNeues, 2015, 302 p.)

Subjects: Arctic fauna, Environmental changes, Landscapes, Photographs

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Brave new Arctic : The untold story of the melting North

Scientific adventures by Arctic geographer and climatologist Mark C. Serreze demonstrating that the transformation of the Arctic is the harbinger of the global warming and its unprecedented consequences. (Mark C. Serreze, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2018, 255 p.)

Subjects: Climate change, Environmental changes, Geobotany

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Circling the midnight sun: Culture and change in the invisible Arctic

Over the course of three years, James Raffan circumnavigated the globe at 66.6 degrees latitude: the Arctic Circle. He set out to put a human face on climate change. In Circling the Midnight Sun, Raffan presents a warm-hearted, engaging portrait of the circumpolar world, but also a deeply affecting story of societies and landscapes in the throes of enormous change. (James Raffan, Toronto, HarperCollins Canada, 2014, 400 p.)

Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Climate change

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Floating coast : An environmental history of the Bering Strait

Documentary work on the history of peoples, animal species and environmental changes specific to the Bering Strait. The author notably explores the impact of the economy and the exploitation of natural resources on the delicate balance of this remote area. (Bathsheba Demuth, New York, Norton & Company, 2019, 416 p.)

Subjects: Bering Strait, Environmental changes, History, Politics, Natural Resources

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Le droit au froid : le combat d’une femme pour protéger sa culture, l’Arctique et notre planète

Climate change disrupts and threatens the Inuit way of life, their culture and their economic autonomy. Biographical story of an environmental activist (Sheila Watt-Cloutier, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007) who wants to make climate change a Human Rights issue. French version of “The right to be cold : One woman’s story of protecting her culture, the Arctic and the whole planet”. (Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Montréal, Écosociété, 2019, 356 p.)

Subjects: Climate change, Indigenous affairs, Indigenous authors, Inuit, Law

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Lettre à un Inuit de 2022 : Un regard angoissé sur le destin d’un peuple

A letter from a Frenchman who has made the Arctic his home for 60 years to convince the Inuit, the Greenlanders and the 26 nationalities of northern Siberia to withstand the temptations of the current system and to establish an ecological humanism in order to live in a healthy, unpolluted environment. (Jean Malaurie, Paris, Fayard, 2015, 157 p.)

Subjects: Ecology, Greenland, Inuit

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Nitinikiau innusi : I keep the land alive

A collection of Innu environmental activist Tshaukuesh Elizabeth Penashue’s diary entries. (Tshaukuesh Elizabeth Penashue, Winnipeg, University of Manitoba Press, 2019, 244 p.)

Subjects: Environment, Indigenous authors, Innu

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The Arctic guide : Wildlife of the Far North

Sharon Chester

Guide to over 800 species of plants, fish, butterflies, birds and mammals of the circumpolar Arctic, including many colour photographs. (Sharon Chester, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2016, 542 p.)

Subjects: Arctic fauna, Arctic flora, Circumpolar Arctic

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The big thaw : Adventures in the vanishing Arctic

Ed Struzik, Etobicoke, Wiley & Sons Canada

A story by veteran Arctic journalist Ed Struzik of eleven trips to document the rapid and profound transformation of this northern territories of Canada due to climate change. (Ed Struzik, Etobicoke, Wiley & Sons Canada, 2011, 278 p.)

Subjects: Climate change, Environmental changes, Inuit, Northern Canada

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The new Northwest Passage : A voyage to the front line of climate change

Cameron Dueck

Exploration story by Canadian journalist Cameron Dueck during his expedition through the Northwest Passage in 2009, for which the crossing is now possible in summer due to climate change. (Cameron Dueck, Winnipeg, Great Plains Publications, 2012, 256 p.)

Subjects: Climate change, Exploration, Inuit, Northwest Passage

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The right to be cold : One woman’s story of protecting her culture, the Arctic and the whole planet

Sheila Watt-Cloutier

Climate change disrupts and threatens the Inuit way of life, their culture and their economic autonomy. Biographical story of an environmental activist (Sheila Watt-Cloutier, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007) who wants to make climate change a human rights issue. Also available in French under the title “Le droit au froid : le combat d’une femme pour protéger sa culture, l’Arctique et notre planète” (2019). (Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Toronto, Allen Lane, 2015, 356 p.)

Subjects: Climate change, Indigenous affairs, Indigenous authors, Inuit, Law

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Unfreezing the Arctic: science, colonialism, and the transformation of Inuit lands

Andrew Stuhl

This book analyses the impacts of colonialism on the climate crisis in the Arctic. (Andrew Stuhl, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 2016, 232 p. )

Subjects: Climate change, Colonialism

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