1st Edition
Climate, Society and Subsurface Politics in Greenland Under the Great Ice
By Mark Nuttall
Copyright 2017
224 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
242 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Once imagined as a place on the very edge of the world, Greenland is now viewed as being at the epicentre of climate change. At the same time, international attention is focused on opportunities for oil and mineral development, seemingly made possible as the inland ice melts and sea ice disappears, revealing geological riches and making access to remote areas easier.
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Preface
Chapter 1: Making Resource Spaces
Chapter 2: Under the Great Ice
Chapter 3: Living in a World of Becoming
Chapter 4: Shifting Worlds and Changing Livelihoods
Chapter 5: An Exceptional Place
Chapter 6: Uncertain Weather and the Last Areas of Ice
Chapter 7: Seismic Lines in the Water
Afterword
Biography
Mark Nuttall is Professor and Henry Marshall Tory Chair of Anthropology at the University of Alberta. He also holds a visiting position as Professor of Climate and Society at the Greenland Climate Research Centre/Greenland Institute of Natural Resources and Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland, where he leads the Climate and Society Research Group.
