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The Polar Explorer

The Polar Explorer

Documentary film on the exploration of the Arctic aboard the icebreaker Admunsen which, during the three weeks crossing the Northwest Passage, highlights the effects of climate change on this area. (Mark Terry, PBS, 2012, 60 min.)

Subjects: Climate change, Exploration, Films, Northwest Passage

  • Kind
    • Free - BAnQ Subscribers
  • Access
    • BAnQ Subscribers
  • Domain
    • Natural Sciences
The right to be cold : One woman’s story of protecting her culture, the Arctic and the whole planet

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

  • Kind
    • Printed document
    • Reserved Access
  • Access
    • Reserved Access
    • Print Document
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
Unfreezing the Arctic: science, colonialism, and the transformation of Inuit lands

Unfreezing the Arctic: science, colonialism, and the transformation of Inuit lands

Andrew Stuhl

This book analyses the impacts of colonialism on the climate crisis in the Arctic. (Andrew Stuhl, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 2016, 232 p. )

Subjects: Colonialism, Climate change

  • Kind
    • Printed document
  • Access
    • Print Document
    • Reserved Access
  • Domain
    • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Natural Sciences
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