Geopolitics of Science and Resource Extraction in the Polar Regions
Our projects in the Geopolitics of Science and Resource Extraction in the Polar Regions explores, among other things, legacies of mining, arctic resource extraction and environmental concerns in the polar regions today through historical studies.
Pyramiden, a Soviet/Russian mining settlement closed in 1998. Today the mining company that owns it, and the tourism industry at Longyearbyen, are making money by selling it to tourists as an authentic experience of the Soviet past. Photo: Dag Avango 2016. Photo and text taken from www.rexsac.org
The Esperanza base and remains of a hut, Swedish-Argentine research expedition CHAQ 2020. Division researchers Kati Lindström and Dag Avango (also at LTU) took part of the expedition. Photo: Kati Lindström
