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{"title":"Permafrost conditions of the Subpolar Urals based on studies of lateral moraine peatlands","authors":"S. Iglovsky, E. Yakovlev, Anna Druzhinina, Igor Tokarev","doi":"10.1080/1088937x.2023.2290013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1088937x.2023.2290013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46164,"journal":{"name":"Polar Geography","volume":"82 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138590535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Climate services in a rapidly changing environment: an evaluation of the Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook (SIWO)","authors":"N. Kettle, Amy Hendricks, Lisa Sheffield Guy, Olivia Lee, Vera Metcalf, Davin Holen","doi":"10.1080/1088937x.2023.2286383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1088937x.2023.2286383","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46164,"journal":{"name":"Polar Geography","volume":"33 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138600507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Arctic cooperation between Norway and Russia in healthcare delivery and emergency preparedness on Svalbard: barriers and facilitators","authors":"Turid Austin Wæhler","doi":"10.1080/1088937x.2023.2264893","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1088937x.2023.2264893","url":null,"abstract":"This interdisciplinary study explores whether increased cooperation in healthcare delivery and emergency preparedness between Norway and Russia on the Arctic archipelago Svalbard may increase the quality of these services and whether cooperation is desired.","PeriodicalId":46164,"journal":{"name":"Polar Geography","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135743728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Navigating maps in the Arctic: tracing more-than-human interactions of mapping practices in Norwegian rescue services","authors":"Virginija Popovaitė","doi":"10.1080/1088937X.2023.2283223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2023.2283223","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT When responding to an incident, Norwegian rescue services in the Arctic have to consider weather conditions, surface features, infrastructure scarcity, and technological availability. To some extent, safe navigation is based on the use of digital maps. In this article, I analyze how maps are assembled for their role as navigation tools and how this interlinks with the capacity for timely incident response in the Arctic context. My study is based on new materialism, which pays attention to interactions. I investigate maps as processes, focusing on how they are constituted through practices. Therefore, I follow heterogeneous entanglements of more-than-human actors. In this article, I focus on localities related to the Svalbard archipelago, including incident response on land, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, and information support services. I explore the assemblages of maps through three aspects: institutional mapping of Svalbard, avalanche observations around Longyearbyen, and mapping practices of the local rescue services on land. I argue that safe navigation, and consequently a timely incident response, is embedded in more-than-human networks and depends on their flexibility and durability. Divergence of mapping practices between those in Svalbard and on the mainland further highlights the need for an analysis of socio-technological entanglements in the Arctic.","PeriodicalId":46164,"journal":{"name":"Polar Geography","volume":"17 1","pages":"190 - 205"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139324399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Future Arctic regulatory interventions: discussing the impact of banning the use of heavy fuel oil","authors":"D. Dalaklis, M. Drewniak, A. Christodoulou, Rebecca Sheehan, Angelos Dalaklis, Antonios Andreadakis","doi":"10.1080/1088937X.2023.2238794","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2023.2238794","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The on-going reduction of sea-ice in the Arctic is now facilitating maritime activities in areas previously considered inaccessible. Numerous statistics indicate that fishing and tourism are clearly gaining momentum within the wider region under discussion. Furthermore, a certain number of private companies and state-affiliated actors are setting into motion plans for promoting the use of the so-called arctic passages, while certain interesting business projects are already underway; the Yamal LNG Project is for example clearly standing out. As human presence and operations are expected to intensify within that inherently risky region, the first aim of this paper is to qualitatively identify certain business opportunities associated with the Arctic and then highlight their interrelation with the prevailing patterns of maritime traffic. Additionally, on the basis of the report titled ‘Arctic Shipping Status Report – Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) Use by Ships in the Arctic 2019' (ASSR #2) that was released during October 2020 by the Arctic Council's Working Group on the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME), it explains the use of the various types of fuels in the region under discussion and highlights certain environmental risks. Finally, it briefly assesses the overall effectiveness of a (proposed) regulatory intervention of completely banning the use of HFO in the Arctic. This initiative can indeed have a positive contribution to protecting the region's pristine environment, but any regulations of this type must also consider the issue of fishing vessels, which are not covered under the scope of International Maritime Organization's (IMO) International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL).","PeriodicalId":46164,"journal":{"name":"Polar Geography","volume":"36 1","pages":"75 - 94"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72969941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"E-procurement and Arctic infrastructural geography: challenges of e-governance in the Russian Arctic","authors":"A. Karaseva, K. Gavrilova, V. Vasilyeva, Elena Veretennik","doi":"10.1080/1088937X.2023.2238795","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2023.2238795","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Everyday life in the Arctic has become increasingly digitalized. The academic discussion around it focuses on three aspects: digital infrastructures and access; digital promises; and digitalization risks and challenges to human security. The existing critical research on e-governance in the Arctic has been done in the North American and European Arctic, while digital governance in the Russian Arctic has mostly remained beyond the scope of research. In this article, we aim to fill the gap by demonstrating how Russian Arctic infrastructural geography affects digital governance in the region. To achieve this goal, we used a mixed methods approach. First, to grasp the structural differences between Arctic and non-Arctic Russia, we analyzed open data from the Russian e-procurement system concerning the share of contracts with local suppliers, the percentage of terminated contracts, and indicators of contract time sensitivity. Second, to explore the mechanics of e-procurement in the Arctic, we gathered interviews with procurers working in state organizations in three remote settlements in different parts of the Russian Arctic: The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Krasnoyarsk Krai, and Arkhangelsk region. By combining these data, we produce a detailed picture of e-procurement across the differentiated Russian Arctic infrastructural geography.","PeriodicalId":46164,"journal":{"name":"Polar Geography","volume":"142 1","pages":"120 - 138"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77952335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A comparison of remoteness indices","authors":"Tom Stringer, Hou Sang Cheng, Amy M. Kim","doi":"10.1080/1088937X.2023.2238792","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2023.2238792","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT No existing remoteness index can be considered to be truly universal. Remoteness has been defined in many different ways by scholars from a variety of areas of study, and indices that measure remoteness are vital in guiding policy decisions in remote regions. However, index methodologies vary greatly from one another by the input variables included, how the index is constructed using these variables, and thus ultimately, their results. This paper compiles the scores of three well-known remoteness indices for each of 32 localities in Canada’s Northwest Territories. We compare these scores using statistical tests, use k-means clustering to outline new remoteness categories, and assess the strengths and weaknesses of each index. We find that the choice of input variables ultimately determines how remoteness is defined and that different indices should be used to different ends based on this choice. Our findings can guide researchers and policymakers in choosing the most appropriate method to measure remoteness based on objective factors or designing a remoteness index, while also exploring how remoteness can be defined.","PeriodicalId":46164,"journal":{"name":"Polar Geography","volume":"245 1","pages":"95 - 119"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83491948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hunting a ‘good life’: young lifestyle migrants in Finnish Lapland","authors":"Adams Ria-Maria","doi":"10.1080/1088937X.2023.2182383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2023.2182383","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article focuses on young lifestyle migrants in Arctic Finland, individuals who can be described as active agents of their own fate in having made a conscious choice to move to a place they consider worth living in. Drawing on long-term ethnographic research, the study brings to light newcomers’ motivations for migrating to a geographically remote area and discusses structural conditions that support the process of moving to Finnish Lapland. The search for personal wellbeing and a desire to construct “authentic” lifestyles in rural environments emerged as driving factors for young people who consider moving to the Arctic. While access to nature and nature-based leisure activities proved to be the most attractive feature of the region, opportunities to work in the tourism industry, well-connected transport infrastructures and educational opportunities also figured significantly in the migrants’ decisions. Social media channels play a pivotal role as a platform promoting their lifestyle. In engaging regularly with young people who have moved to the Arctic, where they pursue their chosen lifestyle in a harsh climate with high living costs, the research challenges the prevailing argument in the lifestyle migration debate whereby middle-class people move to places with lower living costs and sunny climates.","PeriodicalId":46164,"journal":{"name":"Polar Geography","volume":"11 1","pages":"139 - 156"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88343631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Arctic region: analysis of cruise products, network structure, and popular routes","authors":"Yui-yip Lau, Maneerat Kanrak, A. Ng, Xavier Ling","doi":"10.1080/1088937X.2023.2182381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2023.2182381","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Cruise tourism in the Arctic has expanded due to an increase in ice melting. This can provide cruise services covering the growing demand for cruise shipping. This study analyzes the network structure and popular routes of Arctic cruise shipping in order to identify popular cruise ports and routes. An analysis conducted, using degree centrality and the weight of a link, identified that a small number of ports have high connections to others, while many ports have low connectivity. Akureyri-Isafjordur was found to be the most popular route for cruise shipping in this region. The study’s findings are drawn useful implications for the cruise industry and other business sectors in the future.","PeriodicalId":46164,"journal":{"name":"Polar Geography","volume":"21 1","pages":"157 - 169"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81489169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editor’s Introduction Part II: new lenses on the role of education and knowledge sharing in support of sustainable development in the Arctic","authors":"D. Hirshberg","doi":"10.1080/1088937X.2023.2229139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2023.2229139","url":null,"abstract":"In this second half of the special issue of Polar Geography on Education and Sustainable Development, we feature four more articles that provide different lenses about the role education plays in supporting sustainable development efforts and around how best to engage in research addressing this and related topics. Through what he identifies as a decolonial auto-ethnography, Datta explores Inuit land-based education as a means for transforming environmental science education. In it, he offers a compelling argument for land-based education as a key component in education about sustainability and education that is in itself sustainable. Sergunin and Gutenev guide readers through the state of education on sustainable development in the Russian universities that train Russian Arctic specialists. They explore both the successes and problems in how this content area is taught across institutions. While they found gains in sustainability education in general, they found inconsistencies in how different institutions interpreted the concept of sustainable development and few examples of an integrated concept across environmental, economic, and social components of sustainability. Their analyses and critiques could be applied to Western institutions and could help strengthen how sustainable development is taught across the Arctic. Speca describes the challenges facing Arctic educators and learners as they try to make sense of the idea of sustainable development in ways that are relevant in their Arctic contexts. He argues for using diplomatic simulations, especially Model Arctic Council exercises, to engage students in experiential learning that both meets these challenges of educating on sustainable development while achieving other valuable learning outcomes. Finally, Lauter offers a thought piece on how researchers can better engage with Indigenous community members in the co-production of knowledge. She describes the challenges in gaining access and trust and especially in recognizing and addressing the imbalance of power between researchers and community partners and then offers ways to build relationships as an outsider entering a community. In particular, shemodels how to involve Indigenous collaborators not only in the research itself but in reflecting critically on the process of engaging in research, fromentering the community to completing thefinal product. Thiswork offers important insights to those from outside the Arctic looking to explore sustainable development in the North. As I noted in the first part of this special issue, education often is overlooked in discussions about sustainable development generally, and the ways education and knowledge transfer are defined and discussed in these discussions tend to be very narrow. This volume, along with the first, shows there are many ways to understand the role education plays in supporting sustainable development in the Arctic. But, it is not enough to simply look at these processes. It is als","PeriodicalId":46164,"journal":{"name":"Polar Geography","volume":"35 1","pages":"1 - 2"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86962119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}