Cambridge Launch: Studying Arctic Fields

The Polar Museum, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, UK
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Richard C. Powell will launch his new book Studying Arctic Fields: Cultures, Practices, and Environmental Sciences on Tuesday 9 October 2018 at The Polar Museum of the Scott Polar Research Institute at University of Cambridge. The event is sponsored by the Independent Social Research Foundation.

In recent years the circumpolar region has emerged as the key to understanding global climate change. The plight of the polar bear, resource extraction debates, indigenous self-determination, and competing definitions of sovereignty among Arctic nation-states have brought the northernmost part of the planet to the forefront of public consideration. Yet little is reported about the social world of environmental scientists in the Arctic. What happens at the isolated sites where experts seek to answer the most pressing questions facing the future of humanity?

Richard C. Powell is university lecturer in the Scott Polar Research Institute and Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge.

"Studying Arctic Fields is expertly researched, well-situated in the literature on the history and philosophy of science, and is engaging and well-written. There are no other works on a similar topic and it will engage a broad readership." David G. Anderson, University of Aberdeen