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An Inuit Critique of Canadian Arctic Research

Arctic research continues to operate in a colonial framework and with an academic mindset that largely privileges the interests of southern institutions and fails to address Northern societal needs and issues, in particular those experienced in Inuit communities. We have seen research principles go from research on Inuit to research with Inuit, but it is high time we witnessed research by Inuit for Inuit. If research informs policy, and policy arguably leads to change, Inuit need to have a say in how research in Inuit Nunangat (Inuit homelands) is governed to better their lives. This piece filters such matters through the eyes of an Inuk, offering insights into current Arctic research governance, and maps out some of the solutions and opportunities for altering it in the interests of Inuit communities. (Pfeifer, P. (2019). “An Inuit Critique of Canadian Arctic Research.” Arctic Focus. [originally published by Northern Public Affairs, 2018])

Subjects: Canadian arctic, Inuit, Research ethics, Research methodologies, Research with Indigenous peoples, Research by Indigenous peoples

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Arctic labyrinth : The quest for the Northwest Passage

Documentary work describing the many attempts of maritime expeditions to discover a passage leading from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. (Glyndwr Williams, Toronto, Viking Canada, 2009, 440 p.)

Subjects: Exploration, History, John Franklin, Navigation, Northwest Passage

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Arctique, l’histoire secrète : de Pythéas à Poutine, une lutte de 2500 ans

History of the conquest of the Arctic, from the first explorers to the present day. (Dominique Le Brun Paris, Omnibus, 2018, 662 p.)

Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Exploration

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Dead reckoning : the untold story of the Northwest passage

Documentary work on the discovery and exploration of the Arctic, from the 16th century to the present day, and emphasizing the little-known characters, including several natives, who took part in the expeditions. (Ken McGoogan, Toronto, HarperCollins Canada, 2017, 438 p.)

Subjects: Circumpolar North, Exploration, History, Indigenous peoples, John Franklin

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Finding Franklin : The untold story of a 165-year search

Account of the many research projects that have tried to unravel the mystery of the greatest enigma in the history of polar exploration, the Franklin’s lost expedition. (Russell A. Potter, Montréal, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2016, 262 p.)

Subjects: Exploration, John Franklin

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L’appel de l’Arctique

In this travelogue with a preface by Jean Malaurie, Jean-Marc Huguet, Doctor of Education, travels through the territories of the Great North, the lands of Ellesmere, Baffin, Greenland and Svalbard, regions that compel the traveller to cast his gaze far and wide. (Jean-Marc Huguet, Paris, Harmattan, 2010, 167 p.)

Subjects: Culture, Exploration

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Narrative of a voyage to Hudson’s Bay in His Majesty’s ship Rosamond containing some account of the north-eastern coast of America and of the tribes inhabiting that remote region

An account of British Lieutenant Edward Chappell’s journey to Hudson Bay, published in 1817 and containing maps and illustrations. (Edward Chappell, London, J. Mawman, 1817, 279 p.)

Subjects: British expeditions, Exploration, History, Hudson Bay

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Polar circus : les explorations polaires à la française

Non-fiction book on the history of the exploration of the circumpolar north by France, between the 17th and 20th centuries. (Stéphane Dugast, Paris, Éditions du Trésor, 2019, 233 p.)

Subjects: Circumpolar North, Exploration, French expeditions, History

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The Arctic grail : The quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole (1818-1909)

Pierre Berton

Documentary work on the many explorations of the Arctic during the 19th and early 20th centuries, in order to discover both the North Pole, but also a passage connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. (Pierre Berton, Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1988, 672 p.)

Subjects: Exploration, History, Northwest Passage

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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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