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A Baker & Taylor Academic Essentials Title in Human Geography 'Science, geopolitics and culture in the polar region is an excellent reflection of the wide range of Nordic-Arctic interconnectedness and an enriching point of access for its many facets.' Polar Record '...the book is extremely detailed... the detailed descriptions of the diverse case studies highlight the close and changing interplay of science and politics and the ways in which research agendas and priorities reflect political situations and concerns and vice versa.' Barents Studies

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Sverker Sorlin is Professor in the Division of History of Science and Technology at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm and Senior Researcher at Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden. In 2004 his two-volume history of European science and ideas from 1492-1918 won the August [Strinberg] Prize for the best non-fiction book of the year. His most recent book in English is Nature's End: History and the Environment (with Paul Warde) (2009). Sverker Sorlin, Peder Roberts, Klaus Dodds Lize-Marie van der Watt, Julia Lajus, Stian Bones, Julia Lajus, Urban Wrakberg, Kirsten Thisted, Jessica M. Shadian, Anders Houltz, Dag Avango, Aant Elzinga, Lisbeth Lewander.

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