I am a PhD candidate in International Relations at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. My research intends to present developments in the Arctic region through scenarios considering the period 2023-2035 that will help Portugal to consider the Arctic region and place itself in the Atlantic taking into account the upcoming connection of the North Atlantic … Continue reading Céline Rodrigues
Fishing for Success – Seal Celebration
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
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.
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

