Monthly Archives: October 2013

A new visiting researcher at the Arctic Centre

Posted on October 30, 2013 by

As a new arrival at the Arctic Centre, allow me to introduce myself. My name is William Davies, a PhD research postgraduate from the Sustainability Research Institute at the University of Leeds (UK) who will be based at the centre … Continue reading →

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Willem Barentsz and cranberries on the island of Terschelling

Posted on October 14, 2013 by

Terschelling is a municipality and an island in the northern Netherlands. It is one of the four West Frisian Islands with population 4,830 people. Before my trip to Terschelling I had never heard about this island and I had no … Continue reading →

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“Before the Snow” – A documentary about Siberian people published online

Posted on October 13, 2013 by

The film by Christian Vagt features three important indigenous leaders and story tellers from the Khanty and Forest Nenets communities of Western Siberia – Josif Kechimov, Yuri Vella and Agrafena Pesikova. It is a short documentary filmed in 2007 in … Continue reading →

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