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04/08/2024

Located in the NorthEast , between Scotland and Iceland are the , a self-governing nation under the external sovereignty of

Read here Hallbera Fríða West's latest paper, "Faroese self-government:development over time and effects of critical junctures" published in The Polar Journal. This research conducts a comparative case study of two previous critical juncture events and time-periods for the Faroe Islands, one in 1948 and the other in 2005. With the increase tension and focus on the region, there is a sense of 'Deja-Vu' feeling considering the previous historical critical junctures presented in this article, and that there again might be time for change in the institutional settings for Faroese self-government.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2154896X.2024.2342118
📸2024 Føroya landsstýri.

30/07/2024

Despite the growing interest in the in the last decades, there has been little scholarly attention to the similaritries and differences between the sub-state autonomy structures within the Arctic states from a political science perspective.
The latest issue of The Polar Journal asks what are the differences of these self-governing units? how did they evolve into their current form? and what about their distinct Arctic Indigenous character?
You can read more in the introduction to the , written by guest editors Uffe Jakobsen, Henrik Larsen and Emma Stewart

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2154896X.2024.2342116

30/07/2024

📢The latest issue of The Polar Journal is now out!
Volume 14, (1) 2024 is a Special Issue on Indigenous Self-Governance in the , with Guest Editors: Uffe Jakobsen & Henrik Larsen (Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen) and Emma J. Stewart (Lincoln University) .

Throughout the next posts, we will feature all papers from this latest publication. But if you can't wait, you can read it online here:

Indigenous Self-Governance in the Arctic; Guest editors: Uffe Jakobsen, Henrik Larsen and Emma J. Stewart. Volume 14, Issue 1 of The Polar Journal

27/05/2024

The annual Consultative Meeting is being held in . Among the many discussions, Parties must beging working on the development of a Comprehensive and Consistent Framework for the Regulation of Tourism and other Non-Governmental Activities. exponential growth & diversification over the last few decades requires robust policies and effective management. Here is the timely paper from Yousra Makanse titled 'Contextualising Antarctic tourism diversification: tourim management implications from multinational policy debates", recently published in our
Wageningen University & Research
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2154896X.2024.2342113

24/04/2024

Iceland's dam and power station opened in 2007 to provide hydro-energy for the aluminum smelter. This was (and currently continues to be) the largest industrial project undertaken in the history of . It was a locally contested and politically divisive project.
The authors of this paper, Rachael Lorna Johnstone (Háskólinn á Akureyri) and Karin Buhmann (Syddansk Universitet – University of Southern Denmark), discuss the learnings from this , and highlight the importance of robust public participation processes when harnessing natural resources.
"Megaprojects on ice: lessons from the Kárahnjúkar hydropower project for a Just Transition". You can find it here 👇
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2154896X.2023.2269691
📸credit: Visit Austurland

18/04/2024

Read here Romain Chuffart and colleagues' paper on the complex interactions between sea ice governance, geoengineering and the rights of
"Old Sea, New Ice: sea ice geoengineering and indigenous rights in Arctic Ocean governance".

Durham University The Arctic Institute

This comprehensive paper explores the complex interplay between Arctic sea ice governance, geoengineering, and the rights of Indigenous peoples. It raises critical questions about the feasibility o...

16/04/2024

Have you read our latest Special Issue, Vol.13, issue 2 (2023): "Just Transition in the Arctic", edited by Guest Editor Daria Shapovalova (University of Aberdeen)? It contains some outstanding scholarly contributions inspired by the project ‘Just Energy Transition in Scotland and the : Managing Environmental and Social Impacts of Low-Carbon Energy Projects’. Scholars from Scotland, Iceland, Greenland, Norway, Finland and Canada take an interdisciplinary approach to the concept of just transition and discuss the challenges presented within their Northern jurisdictions
Take a look here:

Just Transition in the Arctic; Guest Editor: Daria Shapovalova. Volume 13, Issue 2 of The Polar Journal

02/07/2023

As the season is in full swing, researchers from Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences discuss sustainable Tourism in the High -
Read it in our latest issue here:

What makes an experience sustainable? Can polar cruise tourism in the High Arctic ever be sustainable? If so, under what conditions? These questions guide this report as it explores tensions embedd...

27/06/2023

At SCAR Humanities & Social Sciences conference held in , Susie Pottier from SAGE Université de Strasbourg, presented the paper "Multiple identities of an Antarctic station through the appropriation of the inhabited space". You can read it online in our latest articles!
From Nov2019 to Jan2021 Potter did an anthropological study at Dumont d’Urville Station for 15 months with 24 winter over staff and summer (summer staff) polaire français Paul-Émile Victor
in 🇦🇶

This paper presents an anthropological study of the Dumont d’Urville Station, Antarctica, and its objective is related to the recognition of identities through an ethnographic method. As human acti...

20/06/2023

Hot off the press!
Read here the latest article by Natalia Eremina, on UK-Russia relations and common interests in the in pre & post- crisis times.

This study examines the UK-Russian relations in the Arctic in the post-Ukraine crisis era. More specifically, this paper provides a comparative analysis of Russian and British strategic documents o...

05/06/2023

The 45th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting is currently taking place in . It’s timely to read Marcus Haward & Andrew Jackson’s latest paper published in The Polar Journal which reminds us of the Treaty System’s resilience and adaptability over the last 6 decades.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2154896X.2023.2205237
University of Tasmania Ulkoministeriö - utrikesministeriet

The success of the Antarctic Treaty regime over more than 60 years provides the opportunity to assess the relationship between the maintenance of national interests and cooperation between Antarcti...

13/09/2022

📣 Call for submissions for reports on !

We are seeking reports of polar academic conferences attended in 2022, to be published in the upcoming issue of December'22.
Direct submissions for this article type should be sent to Elizabeth Buchanan and Jan Jakub Solski, Conference Report editors. Please send your submissions to the editors now, see instructions here: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=rpol20

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29/08/2022

While the geopolitical game in the is about power and access to resources, what more could the world lose as the war in continues? "knowledge will be lost if it is not shared and protected", say concerned scientists.
https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/important-arctic-research-could-be-lost-wake-russias-war

It is not only the ice that is disappearing in the Arctic while the war in Ukraine rages on. Climate scientists also believe that knowledge will be lost if it is not shared and protected. "The research suffers and it will take time to recover," says the Secretary General of the Norwegian Scientific....

29/08/2022

Congratulations to Dr Rebecca Pincus for your new role as Director Polar Institute
Dr Pincus is expert on geopolitics, national and international security in the Arctic, and follows on the legacy of former director Dr Mike Sfraga.
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/wilson-center-names-dr-rebecca-pincus-new-director-polar-institute

Washington—The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars has named Dr. Rebecca Pincus as the new Director of its Polar Institute. An expert on Arctic geopolitics and national and international security in the Arctic, Dr. Pincus has a particular focus on US Arctic security strategy and polic...

10/07/2022

Staff working in are looking forward to longer days after celebrating solstice. What are the inhabitation strategies in the for overwintering crew? what is their role in the transmission of historical and cultural heritage at the research station? Read Susie Pottier's anthropological study at Dumont d’Urville Station (Institut polaire français Paul-Émile Victor) here: "Multiple identities of an Antarctic station through the appropriation of the inhabited space"
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2154896X.2022.2084914?src=

This paper presents an anthropological study of the Dumont d’Urville Station, Antarctica, and its objective is related to the recognition of identities through an ethnographic method. As human acti...

22/05/2022

Journalist Tiara Walters writes on this impactful article, "The war is not being fought south of 60 degrees latitude, the Southern Ocean border encircling the ice-bound Antarctic. But how, among other diplomatic migraines, are treaty officials meant to address a landmark war by a rogue, power-crazed signatory who likes to suggest the Antarctic is its to lose?"
It includes great contributions from scholars and contributors to our Journal, such as Alan Hemmings, Yelena Yermakova, Don Rothwell and Patrick Flamm
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-05-18-russian-polar-vessel-arrives-in-cape-town-as-pact-aims-to-quell-tensions/

Testing the Antarctic Treaty’s conflict-averse culture, the Kremlin’s grotesque invasion of Ukraine may be the peace and science agreement’s biggest challenge yet, say polar analysts. Some have asked why Russia, whose icebreaker nosed into Table Bay on Wednesday morning, may enjoy its seat at ...

21/04/2022

📣New paper out!
What role do youth-led groups play in today&future matters of ? Read Juan Francisco Salazar & Elizabeth Leane and collagues paper on the & the importance of engaging youth & in - "The Antarctic youth coalition: an experiment in citizen participation and south–south cultural diplomacy"

GabrielaRoldan, Elías Andrés Barticevic Katia Macías Díaz Caleb Fraser Chloe Marine Flor Garro Rudzi Silima Antarctic Legacy of South Africa
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2154896X.2022.2062560

(2022). The Antarctic youth coalition: an experiment in citizen participation and south–south cultural diplomacy. The Polar Journal. Ahead of Print.

20/04/2022

"...working with Russia in the Arctic is even more important now than it was before the invasion. From a global security perspective, it is essential that the hot war in Europe be prevented from spilling over into the Arctic and one of the world’s last wildernesses.", writes Gabriella Gricius for The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/why-freezing-the-arctic-council-is-bad-news-for-global-security-181467

The Arctic Council was the world’s primary forum for cooperation among the eight Arctic nations and a channel for diplomacy – until Russia launched a war.

14/04/2022

Catching up on academic reading over the long weekend? Then, don't miss the latest from Billy Van Uitregt Te Herenga Waka—Wellington Uni & colleagues!
"Negotiating greater Māori participation in Antarctic and Southern Ocean research, policy, and governance"
in
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2154896X.2022.2058222?src=

(2022). Negotiating greater Māori participation in Antarctic and Southern Ocean research, policy, and governance. The Polar Journal. Ahead of Print.

14/04/2022

The news article by (in Spanish) is a good summary of strategies for setting up a colony in . We recommend reading Nelson Llanos "Housewives at the end of the world. Chilean women living in Antarctica" published in 2019 for a critical view of Chile's human settlement project in 🇦🇶
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2154896X.2019.1685175

RECOMENDADO💡❄️| Trineos tirados por perros, año 1978 y seis familias viajaron a vivir a la Antártica 🇦🇶 es el artículo de La Prensa Austral "La colonización de la Antártica con familias chilenas y la instalación de la Escuela Villa Las Estrellas" ¿Sabías que hasta 2018 hubo una escuela?
👉Lee el artículo completo aquí https://bit.ly/3jy55P8

13/04/2022

(2022). China’s rise and the Arctic region up to 2049 – three scenarios for regional futures in an era of climate change and power transition. The Polar Journal. Ahead of Print.

11/04/2022

"The [UK] Royal Navy has completed its largest defence exercise in the Arctic since the Cold War"
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61053401

More than 3,000 personnel took part in the Nato deployment in Norway in temperatures as low as -30C.

11/04/2022

Global NGO World Wildlife Foundation_Arctic is calling for a review of the 5 years on since adoption. Among it's limitations, argues the code doesn't address environmental risks such as air pollution, underwater noise and ships' greywater discharge (e.g sinks).
https://arcticwwf.org/newsroom/stories/improving-the-polar-code-to-better-protect-arctic-waters/

06/04/2022

Fresh off the press!
Our June 2022 issue is out now, available online here: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpol20/current

We'll be sharing the content throughout this week, see 👇
Follow us, 👍 & don't miss out on the latest academic contributions to The Polar Journal!

04/04/2022

📣 Call for papers and peeps 🐧🇦🇶🐻‍❄️

That's right! we are accepting papers for December 2022 issue of our Journal. & no submission charges.
Integrating the Humanities into Antarctic Studies SCAR Humanities & Social Sciences University of Canterbury
See here for details: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=rpol20

30/03/2022

."An exodus of money, technology, and buyers from Russian energy projects may offer an opportunity for China to embed itself deeper in the Arctic"
https://thediplomat.com/2022/03/what-does-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-mean-for-china-in-the-arctic/

An exodus of money, technology, and buyers from Russian energy projects may offer an opportunity for China to embed itself deeper in the Arctic.

22/03/2022

New Zealand has suspended plans to acquire an and patrol vessel as a consequence of the costs incurred related to the pandemic.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/new-zealand-suspends-antarctic-patrol-ship-project-cites-covid-19-budget-impact

It did not have a timeframe for when or if the project would be resumed. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

19/03/2022

An opinion piece from , "A new course for the Arctic Council in uncertain times
The other seven Arctic states must find a way to collaborate without Russia — and without closing the door to future rapprochement."

https://www.arctictoday.com/a-new-course-for-the-arctic-council-in-uncertain-times/

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had tremendous impact on international relations globally. While the Arctic has generally been immune from external political pressures, the shocking developments in Ukraine led the seven states other than Russia that are members of the Arctic Council on March 3, 2...

17/03/2022

The summer season is coming to an end. For many scientists & support staff, it is time to go home and reunite with their loved ones. For Ukrainian scientists, it means going back to a changed country and possible being homeless.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/16/nowhere-to-return-ukrainian-scientist-in-antarctica-watches-war-unfold-from-afar

Yan Bakhmat’s assignment to Ukraine’s only research base in Antarctica is almost over, but the home he left has been destroyed

11/03/2022

The shipwreck found deep under the Weddell Sea in is protected under Historic Sites & Monuments. It is a timely reminder of what the has achieved (or not) for 🇦🇶 cultural heritage management. Read here this paper by heritage expert Susan Barr, "Twenty years of protection of historic values in Antarctica under the Madrid Protocol". https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2154896X.2018.1541547

(2018). Twenty years of protection of historic values in Antarctica under the Madrid Protocol. The Polar Journal: Vol. 8, The 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the Madrid Protocol, pp. 241-264.