Arctic: culture and climate
Resource type
Book
Creator (person)
Lincoln, Amber
Cooper, Jago
Laurens Loovers, Jan Peter
Date published
2020
Abstract
Often imaged as one of the most inhospitable places on Earth, the Arctic has in fact been inhabited for nearly 30,000 years. The various communities that call the region home have found ingenious ways to harness and celebrate the environment, and to co-exist with its wildlife. Today, man-made climate change is transforming the region at an unprecedented rate, bringing with it a new set of challenges. Arctic: culture and climate explores the history of the Circumpolar North and its peoples through the lens of climate change and weather, drawing on a wealth of objects, artworks and voices from past and present, to show how Arctic Peoples and their cultural traditions have continued to thrive amid both social and environmental change.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson and the British Museum
Place of publication
London
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