The Pandemic, the Arctic and Me: A Levels of Analysis Discussion of Arctic Security Focusing on the 2020 Global Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic hit the world during the winter 2020. Still on-going, it impacts everyone’s everyday life on a great scale. While the pandemic is considered as a global challenge, it has particular effects in the Arctic due to local parameters, such as remoteness, need of communication, other...

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Published in:Nordicum-Mediterraneum
Main Author: Soazic Dacal
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The University of Akureyri 2021
Subjects:
arctic
covid-19
cyber-education
domestic responses
health
pandemic
resilience
Social sciences (General)
H1-99
Human ecology. Anthropogeography
GF1-900
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.33112/nm.16.2.1
https://doaj.org/article/4e9cea27fa0047c68151ce08eaed7031
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Summary:The Covid-19 pandemic hit the world during the winter 2020. Still on-going, it impacts everyone’s everyday life on a great scale. While the pandemic is considered as a global challenge, it has particular effects in the Arctic due to local parameters, such as remoteness, need of communication, other health challenges, presence of indigenous communities, etc. Using the author’s personal experience as a starting point, this paper aims to provide a broad and objective analysis in order to identify and discuss major stakes of the pandemic as well as the opportunities it provides.

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