Circumpolar Problems

Circumpolar Problems
Author: Gösta Berg
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1483156273

Circumpolar Problems: Habitat, Economy, and Social Relations in the Arctic contains papers presented at the Symposium on Circumpolar Problems, organized by the Nordic Council for Anthropological Research and held on September 14-21, 1969 in Lulea, Sweden and Tromso, Norway. Organized into 22 chapters, this book begins with some comparisons between Greenlanders and Lapps regarding their relationship to the inclusive society. Subsequent chapters discuss the urbanization, industrialization, and changes in the family in Greenland during the reform period since 1950; ""conservation"" and ""destruction"" of traditional culture; and socio-economical transformation and modern ethnical development of the inhabitants of the Siberian polar zones of the north-eastern regions. Other chapters explain the migrations from nomad to urban districts in Northern Sweden; division of the Lapps into tradition areas; variations of settlement pattern and hunting conditions in three districts of Greenland; cultural concept in the Arctic Stone Age; and transition from hunting to nomadic economy in Finnmark.

The Human Biology of Circumpolar Populations

The Human Biology of Circumpolar Populations
Author: F. A. Milan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 414
Release: 1980-02-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521222136

This study elucidates the biological and behavioural processes leading to the successful adaptation of circumpolar human populations.

Prehistoric Maritime Adaptations of the Circumpolar Zone

Prehistoric Maritime Adaptations of the Circumpolar Zone
Author: William Fitzhugh
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2011-06-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 311088044X

Papers examining the anthropology and archaeology of early cultures in Scandinavia, the North Pacific and Bering Sea, and the northwest Atlantic,with comparative studies of various aspects.

Globalization and the Circumpolar North

Globalization and the Circumpolar North
Author: Lassi Heininen
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2010-05-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1602231044

The circumpolar north has long been the subject of conflicting national aspirations and border disputes, and with the end of the cold war and the coming era of potential resource scarcity, its importance will only grow over the next several decades. Anticipating that renewed prominence, Globalization and the Circumpolar North brings together an array of scholars to explore the effects of this increased attention, from the new opportunities offered by globalization to the potential damage to long-isolated northern communities and peoples.

Circumpolar Health 81

Circumpolar Health 81
Author: J. P. Hart Hansen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 682
Release: 1982
Genre: Arctic medicine
ISBN:

The Circumpolar Health conferences represent an important source of information on Aboriginal Health. The fifth congress continues the previous four. Research is presented on various aspects of health in circumpolar regions, particularily as it relates to indigenous peoples.

Astronomical Problems

Astronomical Problems
Author: B. A. Vorontsov-Vel'Yaminov
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2017-01-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1483159507

Astronomical Problems: An Introductory Course in Astronomy covers astronomical problems, together with a summary of the theory and the formula to be exercised. The book discusses the types of problems solved with the help of the celestial globe and how to solve astronomical problems. The text tackles problems on interpolation, the celestial sphere, systems of celestial coordinates, and culmination. Problems about the rising and setting of a heavenly body, precession, planetary movement, and parallax and aberration are also considered. The book presents problems about refraction, the apparent motion of the sun, time and longitude, and the calendar. The text also demonstrates problems related to the moon, planets, stars, comets, meteors and meteorites, and the structure of the universe. Miscellaneous problems and problems of artificial celestial bodies are also examined. Teachers and students of astronomy will find the book useful.

Circumpolar Peoples

Circumpolar Peoples
Author: Nelson H. H. Graburn
Publisher: Pacific Palisades, Calif : Goodyear Publishing Company
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1973
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

An introduction to the cultures of northern peoples. Each chapter is followed by an annotated bibliography. Supplementary bibliography:p.218-26.