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Multiple Resources Available

  1. New Book Available
    A Historical and Legal Study of Sovereignty in the Canadian North
    Terrestrial Sovereignty, 1870-1939
    University of Calgary Press

  2. Call for Contributions
    The Himalayas: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture
    ABC-CLIO/Greenwood-Praeger

  3. New Website Available
    Northern Alaska Sea Ice Project Jukebox
    University of Alaska Fairbanks

  4. New Book Available
    Future Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge
    Island Press

  1. New Book Available
    A Historical and Legal Study of Sovereignty in the Canadian North
    Terrestrial Sovereignty, 1870-1939
    University of Calgary Press

The University of Calgary Press announces the availability of a new book
entitled "A Historical and Legal Study of Sovereignty in the Canadian
North: Terrestrial Sovereignty, 1870-1939." Written by Gordon W. Smith
and edited by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, this volume provides comprehensive
documentation on the post-Confederation history of Canadian sovereignty
in the north.

Smith dedicated much of his life to researching Canada's sovereignty in
the Arctic. Researched and written over three decades, this thoroughly
documented study offers important insights into evolving understandings
of Canada's sovereignty from the original transfers of the northern
territories to the young dominion through to the start of the Second
World War. With Arctic issues once again at the forefront of public
debate, this invaluable resource--available to researchers outside of
government for the first time--explains how Canada laid the historical
and legal foundation to support its longstanding, well-established
sovereignty over Arctic lands.

For further information, please go to:
http://uofcpress.com/books/9781552387207.

  1. Call for Contributions
    The Himalayas: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture
    ABC-CLIO/Greenwood-Praeger

Contributions are invited for a publication entitled "The Himalayas: An
Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture." Published by
ABC-CLIO/Greenwood-Praeger, the book will be a one-volume publication
geared toward a target audience of high school and early college
students with little background knowledge of the Himalayas.

Editors are soliciting contributors for 10 thematic essays and 160
original entries relating to the Himalayas, with a particular focus on
Mount Everest. Entries also focus on key concepts relating to various
regions, important figures, findings, gods and deities, folklore/legends
as well as historic and contemporary topics, such as biodiversity loss,
climate change on the region, geology, climbing disasters, hill
stations, territorial concerns and disputes, religions and spirituality,
indigenous groups, major expeditions and explorations, mammals, birds,
important landmarks and locations, major river systems, and more.
Thematic essays are 3,000 words in length and entries vary in length
between 500-2,500 words, with a number of sidebars (around 200 words).

Anyone interested in contributing should send their full name, title,
institutional affiliation, mailing address, email, and two-page
curriculum vitae to editor Andrew Hund (himalayaencyc [at] gmail.com). All
contributors get their name in the contributor list and associated with
their article, two years of ebook and website access, and compensation
in the form of book credit toward ABC-CLIO/Greenwood-Praeger books based
on total word count.

For further information, please contact:
Andrew Hund
Email: himalayaencyc [at] gmail.com

  1. New Website Available
    Northern Alaska Sea Ice Project Jukebox
    University of Alaska Fairbanks

The Oral History Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is proud
to announce the completion of the Northern Alaska Sea Ice Project
Jukebox, available online at: http://www.jukebox.uaf.edu/seaice.

Website visitors can access oral history recordings that offer a rich
understanding of sea ice and changing conditions in the north. This
project highlights conversations with 26 residents of the North Slope of
Alaska recorded between 1978 and 2013. The talks focus on sea ice
conditions, observations over time, and changes that are occurring. The
goal has been to offer long-term observations about sea ice in northern
Alaska in order to inform the scientific community's understanding of
sea ice and climate change over a longer timeframe and through a broader
lens, and to help the Inupiaq community share traditional knowledge
between generations.

This project was supported by funding from the North Pacific Research
Board.

For more information, please contact:
Karen Brewster
Email: karen.brewster [at] alaska.edu
Phone: 907-474-6672

Leslie McCartney
Email: lmccartney [at] alaska.edu
Phone: 907-474-7737

  1. New Book Available
    Future Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge
    Island Press

Island Press announces the availability of a new book, entitled "Future
Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge." Written by journalist and
explorer Edward Struzik, the text offers a clear-eyed look at the
rapidly shifting dynamics in the Arctic region.

In one hundred years, or even fifty, the Arctic will look dramatically
different than it does today. As polar ice retreats and animals and
plants migrate northward, the Arctic landscape is morphing into
something new and very different from what it once was. While these
changes may seem remote, they will have a profound impact on a host of
global issues, from international politics to animal migrations. Struzik
offers a unique combination of extensive on-the-ground research,
compelling storytelling, and policy analysis; a new look at the changes
occurring in this remote, mysterious region and their far-reaching
effects.

For further information, including purchasing, please go to:
http://www.islandpress.org/future-arctic.

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