This book approaches the challenges the Arctic has faced and is facing through a lens of
opportunity. Through pinpointed examples from and dealing with the Circumpolar North the
Arctic is depicted as a region where people and peoples have managed to endure despite
significant challenges at hand. This book treats the ¿Arctic of disasters¿ as an innovated
narrative and asks how the ¿disaster pieces¿ of Arctic discourse interact with the ability of
Arctic peoples communities and regions to counter disaster adversity and doom. While not
neglecting the scientifically established challenges associated with climate change and other
(potentially) disastrous processes in the north this book calls for a paradigm shift from
perceiving the ¿Arctic of disasters¿ to an ¿Arctic of triumph¿. Particular attention is
therefore given to selected Arctic achievements that underline ¿triumphant¿ developments in the
north even when Arctic triumph and disaster intersect.
