The social history of the Arctic region

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• The history in general of the polar regions

Dozens of Words for Snow, None for Pollution

By Marla Cone, Mother Jones, January–February 2004. Perched atop the Arctic food chain, the people of the Far North face an impossible choice: abandon their traditional foods, or ingest the rest of the world's poisons with every bite.