Health Through the Space Lens: Fictional Representations of Health and Illness in Svalbard's Mining Towns in the 1950s

• Published in: Poljarnyj vestnik
• Main Author: Wæhler, Turid Austin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2022
• Subjects: Svalbard; coal mining; health; Шпицбербен; горное дело; здравохранение; Arctic; Longyearbyen; Sævareid
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/vestnik/article/view/6572; https://doi.org/10.7557/6.6572

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...