书名：Arctic: culture and climate

作者：Amber Lincoln, Jago Cooper, Jan Peter Laurens Loovers

出版：Thames & Hudson，44105

装帧：平装，320页

语种：英文

开本：22×25cm

从北极的起源到当代北极生活，本书是对人类在一个相对不为世界所知地域所取得成就的一次有趣调查。25000多年来，北极地区的居民以多样、创新的方式在冰雪生态系统中建立了温暖好客的家园。然而在其漫长的历史中，北极社区第一次面临着他们生活方式的基础——海冰和永久冻土即将消失的可能性。

本书配合大英博物馆的一场大型展览而出版，通过气候和天气视角呈现了北极历史，并展示了各种迷人的物品，其中许多是首次出版，包括海豹皮独木舟、萨满教徒使用的鼓、传统服装和当代艺术。

书中探讨了北极先民的起源，早期不同文化群体间的贸易关系，以及他们与动物、天气和环境的关系。本书还研究了原住民用来应对欧洲探险队和殖民政府带来的快速转变的策略，并揭示了当今如何利用这些相同的策略来缓解全球气候变化的影响。书中汇集了土著和非土著的跨学科学者研究，对北极居民的生活方式和物质文化进行了引人瞩目的洞察。

The Arctic, often imagined as one of the most inhospitable places on earth, has been inhabited for nearly 30,000 years. The various communities that call the region home have found ingenious ways to harness and celebrate their environment, and to co-exist with its wildlife. Today, man-made climate change is transforming the region at an unprecedented rate, bringing with it a new set of challenges. Arctic: culture and climate explores the history of the Circumpolar North and its peoples through the lens of climate change and weather, drawing on a wealth of objects, artworks and voices – from past and present – to show how Arctic Peoples and their cultural traditions have continued to thrive amid both social and environmental change