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Russian Arctic Seas: Navigational conditions and accidents

Bilingual (Russian–English) accounts of activities in the Russian Arctic seas that have resulted in accidents. Specifically, the physical environment and navigation issues in the Kara, Laptev, East Siberian, and Chukchi Seas. Half of the book is devoted to detailed descriptions of nearly 100 accidents caused by heavy ice conditions since 1900. The accidents are categorized according to type and cause, e.g., shipwrecks, forced drift (ice jets in one particular case), overwintering, and various types of vessel damage.

Sanaaq : an Inuit novel

This novel by Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk (transliterated and translated from Inuktitut to English) recounts the fortunes and misfortunes of Sanaaq before and after the arrival of the first whites in Inuit country. Mitiarjuk allows the reader to discover, as no Westerner anthropologist has yet been able to do it, the life and psychology of the Inuit confronted with extreme nature, the need for sharing and the invasion of their territory by white people and their civilization.

Saqiyuq: stories from the lives of three Inuit women

Through the stories of three Inuit women over three generations, Saqiyuq discusses the colonization of the North and the Inuit communities’ struggles to maintain and reclaim traditional knowledge and practices. (Nancy Wachowich ; in collaboration with Apphia Agalakti Awa, Rhoda Kaukjak Katsak, and Sandra Pikujak Katsak, Montreal, McGill Queen’s University Press, 1999, 309 p.)

Scopus

Database containing citations for over 69 million articles, chapters, and conference proceedings, primarily in natural sciences, but also in the humanities and social sciences. Features significant coverage of northern and Arctic studies. Contains over 12,000 author profiles and significant coverage of publications in languages other than English.

Stories in a new skin: approaches to Inuit literature

Stories in a new skin encourages decolonization through literature. Author Keavy Martin discusses Inuit literary traditions through various forms and genres as a way of educating a diverse audience about Inuit texts, cultures, and traditions. (Keavy Martin, Winnipeg, University of Winnipeg Press, 2012, 180 p.)

The Arctic : what everyone needs to know

Klaus Dodds, Mark Nuttall

Non-fiction book seeking to answer the main questions of importance on the circumpolar North in relation with its history and the glacial environment of this region, the indigenous peoples who live there, the climate change effects, the natural resources development and the political issues involved. (Klaus Dodds & Mark Nuttall, New York, Oxford University Press, 2019)

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.)

The Arctic in the Anthropocene : emerging research questions

National Research Council

Reference work addressing the challenges and emerging questions of northern research in earth sciences and environmental studies. (National Research Council (U.S.), Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2014. 224 p.)

The court of better fiction : three trials, two executions, and Arctic sovereignty

Debra Komar

Covering the wrongful conviction and execution of two Inuit men by the Canadian government in 1921, this book discusses how the court case established Canada’s relationship with the Inuit and served to bolster the government’s push for Arctic sovereignty. (Debra Komar, Toronto, Dundrum, 2019, 194 p. )

The Eastern Arctic Seas Encyclopedia

I S Zonn, A G Kostianoĭ, Aleksandr V Semenov

Contains over 1,500 terms related to the physical and human geography, biology, transport communications, history, and protection of the Laptev, East Siberian, and Chukchi Seas.

The future history of the Arctic

Charles Emmerson

Geopolitical history of the Arctic that focuses on the major political, economic, scientific and social actors on this territory. (Charles Emmerson, New York, Public Affaires, 2010, 442 p.)

The iconic north: cultural constructions of Aboriginal life in postwar Canada

Joan Sangster

This book analyses the dominant perceptions of northern Indigenous communities and peoples in settler-Canadian textual and visual materials. It argues that these dominant narratives are both tools and products of colonial oppression and consolidation. (Joan Sangster, Vancouver, UBC Press, 2016, 391 p. )

The Inuit and Northern experience

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

A report from the TRC discussing Inuit and other Northern Indigenous peoples’ experiences in the Residential School system. (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Montreal, Kingston, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2016, 260 p.)

The last imaginary place : a human history of the Arctic world

Robert McGhee

A history of the Arctic, from the post-Ice Age to today, and from Siberia to Baffin Island, that takes a scientific approach to archaeology and anthropology. Also available in French under the title “Une histoire du monde arctique : le dernier territoire imaginaire”. (Robert McGhee, Toronto, Key Porter Books, 2004, 296 p.)

The new Arctic

Birgitta Evengård, Joan Nymand Larsen, Øyvind Paasche

Provides a multidisciplinary perspective of Arctic science today, with texts related to Indigenous studies, tourism, economics, natural resources, and governance. (Birgitta Evengård et al. [dir.], Cham (Suisse) : Springer, 2015, 352 p.)

The politics of arctic sovereignty: oil, ice, and Inuit governance

Jessica M. Shadian

This book analyses and provides an account of the political history of Arctic sovereignty and the Inuit Circumpolar Council, from early explorations and colonization to present day issues. (Jessica M. Shadian, New York, Routledge/ Taylor & Francis Group, 2014, 252 p.)

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.)

The settler colonial present

Lorenzo Veracini

This book discusses settler colonialism as a present issue that has continuing effect on Indigenous peoples. (Lorenzo Veracini, New York, Palgrave MacMillan, 2015, 160 p. )

The Western Arctic Seas Encyclopedia

An encyclopedia designed to accumulate and systematize knowledge about three unique natural water areas—the Barents, White, and Kara Seas—and their rich features, the events that have taken place on their waters and shores, and the remarkable people whose lives were, and are, closely intertwined with these seas.