The Security of Iceland and the Arctic 2030: A Recommendation for Increased Geopolitical Stability, by Robert P. Wheelersburg
2023; Arctic Institute of North America; Volume: 76; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.14430/arctic77921
ISSN1923-1245
Autores Tópico(s)Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
ResumoREVIEWS • 235of the sledge, only to realise that a sundial cannot work on a revolving piece of ice.He treats the ice floe as territory, pacing the perimeter and patrolling the boundaries against the seals, but as Sedna's emissary the walrus informs him, "ice is a gray zone" (p.282), neither Sedna's dominion nor that of the humans.His hallucinatory conversations with the sea creatures signal his increasing insanity, but also a growing realisation that the floe is a shared habitat where the rights and needs of seals count as much as the survival chances of the human.Compass is an impressive debut by a writer who knows his material well.The novel is an extraordinary combination of farce, dark comedy, tragedy, and character study, informed by the geography and culture of the traditional Inuit community in Naujaat, Nunavut, where Murray Lee has served as a fly-in doctor for fifteen years.It is exceptionally well-edited, the only flaw a confusion of "lying" with "laying" (p.207), and attractively typeset and bound.Compass wears its philosophical messages lightly and uses humour and absurdity to convey lessons about Arctic history, exploitation, tourism, bumbling overconfidence, and human defeat.
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