| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 443 pages) |
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Nordic experience ; 2 |
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Nordic experience (Ashgate (Firm))
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Contributors; Series Preface; Series Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Polar Extensions -- Nordic States and their Polar Strategies; Part I Bipolar Extensions: The Geopolitics of Nordic Presence in the Arctic and Antarctica; 2 Ice Diplomacy and Climate Change: Hans Ahlmann and the Quest for a Nordic Region beyond Borders; 3 Nordic or National? Post-war Visions of Polar Conflict and Cooperation; 4 'But Why Do You Go There?' Norway and South Africa in the Antarctic during the 1950s; Part II Eastward Extensions: Russia and the Nordic Nations |
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5 Field Stations on the Coast of the Arctic Ocean in the European Part of Russia from the First to Second IPY6 Science In-between: Norway, the European Arctic and the Soviet Union; 7 Linking People through Fish: Science and Barents Sea Fish Resources in the Context of Russian-Scandinavian Relations; 8 Science and Industry in Northern Russia from a Nordic Perspective; Part III Westward Extensions: Greenland and the Ambiguities of Sovereignty; 9 Discourses of Indigeneity: Branding Greenland in the Age of Self-Government and Climate Change |
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10 The Arctic Gaze: Redefining the Boundaries of the Nordic RegionPart IV Cultural Extensions: Ideas and Institutions; 11 Displaying the Polar Nation: Nordic Museum Exhibits and Polar Ambitions; 12 Heritage in Action: Historical Remains in Polar Conflicts; 13 The Nordic Nations in Polar Science: Expeditions, International Polar Years and their Geopolitical Dimensions; 14 The Nordic Arctic Periphery: Fragments from Fieldwork; Index |
| Summary |
Throughout the twentieth century, glaciologists and geophysicists in Norway and Sweden, as well as Danish geoscientists and ice core scientists in Greenland, made important contributions to polar field science. It is in the polar regions, especially in the Arctic, where Norden has a strong presence and a geopolitical significance that punches far above its weight in terms of population, geographical size, or economic activity. This volume explores the critical issues related to the significance of an 'Arctic Norden'. Empirically the contributors focus on science relations between Sweden and No |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Geopolitics -- Arctic regions
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Political geography.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Geophysics.
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Geopolitics
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International cooperation
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International law
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Political geography
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Strategic aspects of individual places
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Arctic regions -- Strategic aspects.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006964
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Arctic regions -- International status
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Arctic regions -- International cooperation
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| Subject |
Arctic Regions
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sörlin, Sverker.
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| ISBN |
9781472409706 |
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1472409701 |
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1472409698 |
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9781472409690 |
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147240971X |
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9781472409713 |
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