Antarcticness: inspirations and imaginaries

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Polar Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI:10.1080/2154896X.2022.2073643

Rebecca Priestley

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Abstract

Arctic approaches. It is understandable, however, that the short length requires some compromises in content, and the book still fulfils its role, often signposting to topics dealt with only briefly so that engaged readers can delve further. The authors begin their concluding paragraph by saying ‘distinguishing between global geopolitical dynamics and local regional realities in the Arctic is crucial. We need to be wary of assuming that the Arctic is a singular region’ (142), and in this they have fulfilled what they set out to do. No reader could finish this book and remain unaware of the plurality and complexity of the Arctic. This book will be of significant use to students and publics new to the Arctic. The authors have achieved exactly what is suggested by the title: a short but detailed introduction to the Arctic. Accessible and concise but comprehensive, tackling both physical and human Arctic worlds, The Arctic is a strong and necessary addition to the Very Short Introduction series.

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南极:灵感和想象

北极的方法。然而，可以理解的是，篇幅较短需要在内容上做出一些妥协，而这本书仍然履行了它的角色，通常只是简单地说明了一些主题，以便有兴趣的读者可以深入研究。作者在结束语中说，区分全球地缘政治动态和北极地区的局部地区现实至关重要。我们需要警惕北极是一个单一地区的假设”(142)，在这一点上，他们已经完成了他们的目标。读完这本书，没有人会不知道北极的多样性和复杂性。这本书对刚接触北极的学生和公众有很大的用处。作者们确实做到了书名所暗示的那样:对北极进行了简短而详细的介绍。《北极》通俗易懂、简明扼要，但内容全面，既涉及北极的自然世界，也涉及北极的人类世界。《北极》是《非常短的介绍》系列的一个强有力的、必要的补充。

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Polar Journal Arts and Humanities-Arts and Humanities (all)

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2.80

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期刊介绍： Antarctica and the Arctic are of crucial importance to global security. Their governance and the patterns of human interactions there are increasingly contentious; mining, tourism, bioprospecting, and fishing are but a few of the many issues of contention, while environmental concerns such as melting ice sheets have a global impact. The Polar Journal is a forum for the scholarly discussion of polar issues from a social science and humanities perspective and brings together the considerable number of specialists and policy makers working on these crucial regions across multiple disciplines. The journal welcomes papers on polar affairs from all fields of the social sciences and the humanities and is especially interested in publishing policy-relevant research. Each issue of the journal either features articles from different disciplines on polar affairs or is a topical theme from a range of scholarly approaches. Topics include: • Polar governance and policy • Polar history, heritage, and culture • Polar economics • Polar politics • Music, art, and literature of the polar regions • Polar tourism • Polar geography and geopolitics • Polar psychology • Polar archaeology Manuscript types accepted: • Regular articles • Research reports • Opinion pieces • Book Reviews • Conference Reports.