LASHIPA : history of large scale resource exploitation in polar areas / edited by Louwrens Hacquebord.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Hacquebord, Louwrens, editor.

Conference Name:

LASHIPA Workshop (2009 : Saint Petersburg, Russia)

Series:

Circumpolar studies ; Volume 8.

Circumpolar Studies ; Volume 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arctic regions--Environmental conditions--Congresses.

Arctic regions.

Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--Economic aspects--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 p.)

Place of Publication:

Groningen, Netherlands : Barkhuis, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book contains most of the papers presented at the final LASHIPA workshop in St. Petersburg, Russia 2-4 November 2009. The workshop was organized to finalize the bilateral LASHIPA Russia-Netherlands project and to discuss possible future cooperation between the participants of the sub-project of the Eurocore Boreas project and the participants of the International Polar Year project Large Scale Historical Exploitation of Polar Areas (LASHIPA). LASHIPA and CEE/Boreas are linked together by different fields of expertise.

Contents:

Preface; Introduction; The Organization of Pomor Hunting Expeditions to Spitsbergen in the 18th Century; Productivity and Profitability of Russian Spitsbergen Hunting in the Late 18th Century; Perceptions of Polar Resources: a Comparison of the Animal Remains of the Russian Hunting Station Kokerineset and the Dutch Whaling Station Smeerenburg; In Search of Profit in the High Arctic.The Commercial Background of the Dutch Expedition to Spitsbergen in 1920; Spitsbergen-Imperialists beyond the British Empire

Winning Coal at 78 ̊ North: Mining, Contingency and the Chaîne Opératoire in Old Longyear CityBarentsburg:The Soviet Period in the History of the Mine; ""The Essence of the Adventure"":Narratives of Arctic Work and Engineering in the Early 20th Century; Heritage in Our Wake: A Review of Heritage Provisions Managing Svalbard's Industrial Past; A Science & Technology Studies (STS) Approach on the Evolution of the Modern Whaling Industry; The History of Exploration and Exploitation of the Atlantic Arctic and its Geopolitical Consequences

Cold Conflict: The Pentagon's Fascination with the Arctic (and Climate Change) in the Early Cold WarEuroarctic Strategies and Synergies

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

94-91431-60-9