Living and Working With Snow, Ice and Seasons in the Modern Arctic: Everyday Perspectives (1st ed. 2023) (Arctic Encounters)

By: Hannah Strauss-Mazzullo and Monica Tennberg

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Synopsis: This book describes everyday practices of life in changing Arctic winter conditions. The authors explore the contemporary and situated outdoor practices in different work settings in Finnish Lapland and investigate how, for example, tourism, reindeer herding, cattle breeding and urban snow management adapt to the physically limiting or enabling features of cold temperatures, snow and ice. The book also highlights individual and societal adjustments to such harsh conditions and their seasonal changes in mobility, including winter cycling, use of snow mobiles and walking with studded shoes. The impact of a warming climate is a great concern for those utilising the enabling qualities of winter weather. The need, then, for continuous adaptation in everyday practices of work and mobility will increase in the future.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783031364457
Related ISBNs:: 9783031364440
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 10/02/23
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Technology, Social Studies, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Hannah Strauss-Mazzullo
Edited by:: Monica Tennberg