Connecting Atlantic and Pacific: Theorizing the Arctic

• Published in: Atlantic Studies
• Main Author: Waller, Nicole (Prof. Dr.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: ddc:810; Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Northwest Passage; Pacific; Pivot; inuit; Northwest passage
• Online Access: https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/54468; https://doi.org/10.1080/14788810.2017.1387467

This essay sets out to theorize the "new" Arctic Ocean as a pivot from which our standard map of the world is currently being reconceptualized. Drawing on theories from the fields of Atlantic and Pacific studies, I argue that the changing Arctic, characterized by melting ice and increased...