Health Through the Space Lens

• Published in: Poljarnyj vestnik
• Main Author: Turid Austin Wæhler
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2022
• Subjects: Svalbard; coal mining; health; Literature (General); PN1-6790; Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languages; PG1-9665; Arctic; Longyearbyen; Sævareid
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/6.6572; https://doaj.org/article/8f438891ce424953b9f4dd838549a148

The article discusses cultural perceptions and interpretations of health and illness in a Svalbard context through the analysis of the novels Longyearbyen (2020) by the Norwegian writer Heidi Sævareid and The Arctic Novel (1964) by the Soviet writer Vladlen Anchishkin. Both novels use Svalbard of th...