Learn more about the community based non-profit Fishing for Success, based in Petty Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, and their work raising awareness about traditional fishing practices and cultural and economic legacies, such as the legacy of the seal fishery for Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities in the Arctic and sub-Arctic.
Irene Quaile
I am a journalist and blogger specializing in polar issues since the International Polar Year in 2007. My fascination for ice and snow goes back to my first experiences of hiking in the Alps in the 1970s. Later, as an environment journalist with Deutsche Welle, I had my first opportunity to visit the Arctic in … Continue reading Irene Quaile
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Interview with Silke Reeploeg: Arctic Research and ‘Unthinking Historical Thinking’
Dr. Silke Reeploeg is an Associate Professor of History at Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland researching intercultural links in cultural and social history, Nordic studies and critical methodologies. Her current research focuses on how coloniality shapes Arctic histories and cultures.
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Jessica Houston
I am a visual artist based in Montréal, Canada. My research-based, collaborative practice includes poets, penguins, scientists, and philosophers to reveal geographies of resistance in the Canadian Arctic, Antarctica, and Iceland—where the agency of ice is paramount. I received my BA in Fine Art from the State University of New York at Albany and studied … Continue reading Jessica Houston
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Armina Soleymani
I am a PhD student at the University of Waterloo in Systems Design Engineering. I started my program in 2019 focusing on estimating sea ice concentration and sea ice edge using passive microwave retrieval algorithms over the Arctic. My main interest is to analyze the performance of such sea ice algorithms and develop a method … Continue reading Armina Soleymani
Women in the Arctic and Antarctic 