scholarly journals The Arctic Council: a Brief History, its Partnership with Indigenous Groups of the Arctic, and its Role in Uncovering and Addressing Health Issues in the Far North

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Murray
Keyword(s):  
The Arctic ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Arctic Council ◽  
Far North ◽  
Indigenous Groups

scholarly journals Circumpolar Indigeneity in Canada, Russia, and the United States (Alaska): Do Differences Result in Representational Challenges for the Arctic Council?

ARCTIC ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evgeniia Sidorova
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Council ◽  
Far North ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
Indigenous Organizations ◽  
Definition Of

This article investigates differences in circumpolar indigeneities in three major Arctic nations: Russia, Canada, and the United States (Alaska). Russia has different ways of recognizing indigeneity in law, and that definition of indigeneity excludes larger Indigenous groups of the Far North (Sakha, Komi), rather than seeing them as ethnic (titular) minorities. This study reveals that: 1) not all Indigenous peoples are represented in the Arctic Council; 2) there are historical explanations for this underrepresentation; 3) the Arctic Council should include more Indigenous groups as Permanent Participants. The equal representation of Indigenous organizations as Permanent Participants in the Arctic Council is important because all Indigenous groups in the Arctic should be heard.

scholarly journals Douglas C Nord, The Arctic Council: Governance within the Far North (London: Routledge, 2016)

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachael L. Johnstone
Keyword(s):  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Council ◽  
Far North ◽  
North London

Book review of: Douglas C Nord, The Arctic Council: Governance within the Far North (London: Routledge, 2016), pp 124, 140 USD (hardback); 58.80 USD (kindle ebook); ISBN: 9781138799202 (hardback); ISBN: 9781315756196 (ebook)

scholarly journals The Paradoxical Discourse of Language and Silence in Some Contemporary North-American Texts on the Arctic

Nordlit ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Fredrik Chr. Brøgger
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Life World ◽  
Far North ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
Barry Lopez ◽  
Indigenous Voices

The Arctic has often been regarded (its various indigenous groups notwithstanding) as a desolate and silent void to be explored and defined by Euro-westerners, usuallyin terms of a masculine competitive ethos and an ethnocentric rhetoric of WesternEnlightenment and progress. Surprisingly, even many Norwegian arctic expeditionsof our own time tend to embody similar narratives of conquest and athletic prowess.Among contemporary North-American writers, however, this kind of discourse isprofoundly questioned, particularly by focusing on the problematic function oflanguage itself in our constructions of the Arctic. This article focuses on three North-American books in which the issue of the Euro-western linguistic appropriation ofthe Arctic, its natural environment as well as its peoples, is a major concern; they areall reflections on the issues of writing and silence with reference to the far north. Thethree books are: Barry Lopez' Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a NorthernLandscape (1987), Aritha van Herk's Places Far from Ellesmere (1990), and JohnMoss' Enduring Dreams: An Exploration of Arctic Landscape (1996). Central in allof them is the following issue: how to make the wordless landscape or the alienculture speak from under, as it were, the enormous compilation of centuries of Eurowesterntext. The article discusses four major strategies by which these three booksattempt to counteract and subvert earlier Euro-western ethnocentric and monologicnarratives of the Arctic: by the inclusion of feminine and indigenous voices; by thelegitimation of the sensuous life-world of the Arctic itself; by the self-reflexivesubversion of the authority of the language of their own texts; and by the use of astyle of paradox and contradiction. By way of such techniques, the books above try to create more open, dialogic and pluralistic readings of the Arctic.

The Arctic Council: governance within the Far North

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-368
Author(s):  
Sebastian Knecht
Keyword(s):  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Council ◽  
Far North

Changing the Arctic Paradigm from Cold War to Cooperation: How Canada’s Indigenous Leaders Shaped the Arctic Council

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas S. Axworthy ◽  
Ryan Dean
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Council ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada ◽  
Foreign Ministers ◽  
Early Indication ◽  
Skilled Group

Abstract Between 1987 and 1997, through an impressive coalition of Nordic governments, the Government of Canada, scientists, environmentalists, foundations and Indigenous groups, the world witnessed the creation of a new body, the Arctic Council, a breakthrough in co-operative Arctic governance. Impressive for the relative speed of its creation, the Council – made up of eight states, six Permanent Participants and several observers – has continued to evolve at a steady pace, and recently became the primary forum for negotiating an Arctic search and rescue treaty. Many contributed to the creation of the Arctic Council, but insofar as a Canadian contribution, one of the leading drivers of the effort was a skilled group of Indigenous leaders. Aboriginal leaders like Mary Simon, supported by foundations, became the advocates of an Arctic Council that gave unprecedented status to Indigenous representatives to sit at the same table as foreign ministers through the innovation of a Permanent Participant category. This victory for the Indigenous community in the creation of the Arctic Council was an early indication of the growing presence and sophistication of the world’s Indigenous populations. Their current importance, as highlighted by the U.N. Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007, has as a precedent the invention of the Permanent Participant membership category of the Arctic Council a decade earlier.

scholarly journals New comers of the Arctic Council open the Far North

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 80-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Antyushina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Council ◽  
Far North

Nuclear icebreaker fleet and power supply on the basis of floating power units

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 110-113
Author(s):  
V. A. Tupchienko ◽  
H. G. Imanova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Power Supply ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Far North ◽  
The Arctic Region

The article deals with the problem of the development of the domestic nuclear icebreaker fleet in the context of the implementation of nuclear logistics in the Arctic. The paper analyzes the key achievements of the Russian nuclear industry, highlights the key areas of development of the nuclear sector in the Far North, and identifies aspects of the development of mechanisms to ensure access to energy on the basis of floating nuclear power units. It is found that Russia is currently a leader in the implementation of the nuclear aspect of foreign policy and in providing energy to the Arctic region.

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