Book review: The Polar regions: an environmental history by Adrian Howkins

• Main Author: Warren, Michael
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science 2016
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences; GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography; Arctic; Howkins; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/66844/; http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/66844/1/LSE%20RB%20Review%20Adrian%20Howkins,%20The%20Polar%20Regions%20An%20Environmental%20History,%20reviewed%20by%20Michael%20Warren.pdf; http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/

In The Polar Regions: An Environmental History, Adrian Howkins offers a concise but thoughtful history of the changing Polar regions, tracing the similarities, contrasts and contradictions that have shaped the landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctica – both at times viewed as wild and untamed, yet ripe for regular exploration; both subjected to devastating environmental degradation, but also protective measures. This digestible work captures the transforming identities and interconnected destinies of the Poles, and uses history to offer a sense of hope pointedly laced with an admission of human vulnerability, writes Michael Warren.