The book sheds light on how national and international law and politics impact on Arctic governance structures, patterns of communication and interaction, indigenous rights, and perceptions and experiences of the North in literature and the arts.

Contents: Keith Battarbee/John Erik Fossum: Contesting the Arctic. Territory and Politics – Douglas C. Nord: Responding to Change in the North. Comparing Recent Canadian and American Foreign Policies in the Arctic – David G. Haglund/Joseph T. Jockel: Asia as a Complicating Factor in Canada-US Northern Diplomacy – John Kennair: A Canadian Dire Strait. The Northwest Passage from a Legalist Perspective – Michael Byers: Cold Peace. Arctic Cooperation and Canadian Foreign Policy – Steffen Weber/Iulian Romanyshyn: Breaking the Ice. The European Union and the Arctic – Stéphane Roussel/Jean-François Payette: The Other Sovereignties. Québec and the Arctic – Keith Battarbee/John Erik Fossum: Living in the Arctic. Indigenous Perspectives and Issues – Donna Patrick: Inuit in Canada – Mary Simon: Canadian Inuit. Where we have been and where we are going – Else Grete Broderstad/Hans-Kristian Hernes: The Promises of Consultations? – Brian Ballantyne: Aboriginal Title. Bounds and Parcels of Aboriginal Lands in Canada and Norway – Keith Battarbee: Shifting Language Policy Priorities in Arctic North America. Pragmatism, Privilege, and Political Correctness – Keith Battarbee/John Erik Fossum: Experiencing the Arctic. Representations and Responses – Sherrill Grace: «We Stand on Guard». The «True North Strong and Free» War, the Arts, and the Canadian North – Janne Korkka: «Stillness destroys them». Northern Space and Movement in Rudy Wiebe’s Writing – Aritha Van Herk: North. Of Beauty, Of Love, and Of Stairways to Heaven.