Arctic Warfare

• Main Author: Lajeunesse, Adam
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Oxford University Press 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Norway; Sutherland; North Finland; Russian North; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780199791279-0014

Warfare in the Arctic has, for the most part, been a historical oddity. The region boasts few significant cities to capture, small populations, a harsh environment, and little transportation infrastructure. As R. J. Sutherland states in his “Strategic Significance of the Canadian Arctic,” the Arctic...