The Northwest Passage: Myth, Environment, and Resources. : The Northwest Passage: Myth, Environment, and Resources. Environment & Society Portal, Virtual Exhibitions 2017, no. 1.

This exhibition tells the story of the Northwest Passage from the pursuit of a myth to the exploitation of natural resources. Historian Elena Baldassarri takes readers on a multimedia tour of the Arctic, featuring interactive maps, photographs, videos, and interviews with experts, scholars, and elde...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baldassarri, Elena
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Munich, Germany 2017
Subjects:
infrastructure
landscape transformations
Arctic
explorations
ice
indigenous peoples
indigenous knowledge
oceans
transportation
ships
Nunavut
Canada
Northwest Passage
Cambridge Bay
Northwest passage
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5282/rcc/6254
http://www.environmentandsociety.org/node/6254
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Summary:This exhibition tells the story of the Northwest Passage from the pursuit of a myth to the exploitation of natural resources. Historian Elena Baldassarri takes readers on a multimedia tour of the Arctic, featuring interactive maps, photographs, videos, and interviews with experts, scholars, and elders of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada.

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