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Lettre à un Inuit de 2022 : Un regard angoissé sur le destin d’un peuple

A letter from a Frenchman who has made the Arctic his home for 60 years to convince the Inuit, the Greenlanders and the 26 nationalities of northern Siberia to withstand the temptations of the current system and to establish an ecological humanism in order to live in a healthy, unpolluted environment. (Jean Malaurie, Paris, Fayard, 2015, 157 p.)

Subjects: Ecology, Greenland, Inuit

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Nitinikiau innusi : I keep the land alive

A collection of Innu environmental activist Tshaukuesh Elizabeth Penashue’s diary entries. (Tshaukuesh Elizabeth Penashue, Winnipeg, University of Manitoba Press, 2019, 244 p.)

Subjects: Environment, Indigenous authors, Innu

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The Arctic guide : Wildlife of the Far North

Sharon Chester

Guide to over 800 species of plants, fish, butterflies, birds and mammals of the circumpolar Arctic, including many colour photographs. (Sharon Chester, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2016, 542 p.)

Subjects: Arctic fauna, Arctic flora, Circumpolar Arctic

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The big thaw : Adventures in the vanishing Arctic

Ed Struzik, Etobicoke, Wiley & Sons Canada

A story by veteran Arctic journalist Ed Struzik of eleven trips to document the rapid and profound transformation of this northern territories of Canada due to climate change. (Ed Struzik, Etobicoke, Wiley & Sons Canada, 2011, 278 p.)

Subjects: Climate change, Environmental changes, Inuit, Northern Canada

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The new Northwest Passage : A voyage to the front line of climate change

Cameron Dueck

Exploration story by Canadian journalist Cameron Dueck during his expedition through the Northwest Passage in 2009, for which the crossing is now possible in summer due to climate change. (Cameron Dueck, Winnipeg, Great Plains Publications, 2012, 256 p.)

Subjects: Northwest Passage, Climate change, Exploration, Inuit

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The right to be cold : One woman’s story of protecting her culture, the Arctic and the whole planet

Sheila Watt-Cloutier

Climate change disrupts and threatens the Inuit way of life, their culture and their economic autonomy. Biographical story of an environmental activist (Sheila Watt-Cloutier, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007) who wants to make climate change a human rights issue. Also available in French under the title “Le droit au froid : le combat d’une femme pour protéger sa culture, l’Arctique et notre planète” (2019). (Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Toronto, Allen Lane, 2015, 356 p.)

Subjects: Climate change, Indigenous affairs, Indigenous authors, Inuit, Law

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