Book ID: CBB001421143

Science, Geopolitics and Culture in the Polar Region: Norden beyond Borders (2013)

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Sörlin, Sverker (Editor)


Ashgate Publishing


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: 462 pp.; ill.; index
Language: English

Throughout the twentieth century, glaciologists and geophysicists from Denmark, Norway and Sweden made important scientific contributions across the Arctic and Antarctic. This research was of acute security and policy interest during the Cold War, as knowledge of the polar regions assumed military importance. But scientists also helped make the polar regions Nordic spaces in a cultural and political sense, with scientists from Norden punching far above their weight in terms of population, geographical size or economic activity. This volume presents an image of Norden that stretches far beyond its conventional limits, covering a vast area in the North Atlantic and the Arctic Sea, as well as parts of Antarctica. Rich in resources, scarce in population, but critically important in global and regional geopolitics, these spaces were contested by major powers such as Russia, the United States, Canada and, in the Antarctic, Argentina, Australia, South Africa and others. The empirical focus on Danish, Norwegian and Swedish influence in the polar regions during the twentieth century embraces a diverse array of themes, from the role of science in policy and diplomacy to the tensions between nationalism and internationalism, with clear relevance to the important role science plays in contemporary discussions about Nordic engagement with the polar regions.

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Review Heymann, Matthias (2014) Review of "Science, Geopolitics and Culture in the Polar Region: Norden beyond Borders". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (pp. 197-198). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Sörlin, Sverker (2013) Introduction: Polar Extensions---Nordic States and Their Polar Strategies. In: Science, Geopolitics and Culture in the Polar Region: Norden beyond Borders (p. 1). unapi

Chapter Sörlin, Sverker (2013) Ice Diplomacy and Climate Change: Hans Ahlmann and the Quest for a Nordic Region beyond Borders. In: Science, Geopolitics and Culture in the Polar Region: Norden beyond Borders (p. 23). unapi

Chapter Roberts, Peder (2013) Nordic or National? Post-War Visions of Polar Conflict and Cooperation. In: Science, Geopolitics and Culture in the Polar Region: Norden beyond Borders (p. 55). unapi

Chapter Dodds, Klaus; Roberts, Peder; van der Watt, Lize-Marie (2013) “But Why Do You Go There?”: Norway and South Africa in the Antarctic during the 1950s. In: Science, Geopolitics and Culture in the Polar Region: Norden beyond Borders (p. 79). unapi

Chapter Lajus, Julia (2013) Field Stations on the Coast of the Arctic Ocean in the European Part of Russia from the First to Second IPY. In: Science, Geopolitics and Culture in the Polar Region: Norden beyond Borders (p. 111). unapi

Chapter Bones, Stian (2013) Science In-Between: Norway, The European Arctic and the Soviet Union. In: Science, Geopolitics and Culture in the Polar Region: Norden beyond Borders (p. 143). unapi

Chapter Lajus, Julia (2013) Linking People through Fish: Science and Barents Sea Fish Resources in the Context of Russian-Scandinavian Relations. In: Science, Geopolitics and Culture in the Polar Region: Norden beyond Borders (p. 171). unapi

Chapter Wråkberg, Urban (2013) Science and Industry in Northern Russia from a Nordic Perspective. In: Science, Geopolitics and Culture in the Polar Region: Norden beyond Borders (p. 195). unapi

Chapter Thisted, Kirsten (2013) Discourses of Indigeneity: Branding Greenland in the Age of Self-Government and Climate Change. In: Science, Geopolitics and Culture in the Polar Region: Norden beyond Borders (p. 227). unapi

Chapter Houltz, Anders (2013) Displaying the Polar Nation: Nordic Museum Exhibits and Polar Ambitions. In: Science, Geopolitics and Culture in the Polar Region: Norden beyond Borders (p. 293). unapi

Chapter Elzinga, Aant (2013) The Nordic Nations in Polar Science: Expeditions, International Polar Years and Their Geopolitical Dimensions. In: Science, Geopolitics and Culture in the Polar Region: Norden beyond Borders (p. 357). unapi

Chapter Lewander, Lisbeth (2013) The Nordic Arctic Periphery: Fragments from Field Work. In: Science, Geopolitics and Culture in the Polar Region: Norden beyond Borders (p. 393). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Sörlin, Sverker
Nencioni, Giuseppe
Nielsen, May-Brith Ohman
Birkenmajer, Krzysztof Ludwik
van der Watt, Lize-Marie
Turchetti, Simone
Concepts
Travel; exploration
Science and politics
Cross-national interaction
Geography
Cold War
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
18th century
Places
Polar regions
Norway
Arctic regions
Antarctica
Sweden
Denmark
Institutions
International Business Machines Corporation
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