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Arctic Yearbook 2015
in the local and sub-national polities of the circumpolar north. Irina Barakaeva, Natalia Batugina, and
Vladimir Gavrilov examine in significant detail the costs and challenges to importing fuel energy to
the polar regions of Chukotka and Sakha, and the perhaps unintended consequences of devolving, or
downloading, responsibilities from the Russian federal to regional governments of the Arctic. Energy
security here has an entirely different meaning, and many local and sub-national governments be able
to relate.
Leah Beveridge, Mélanie Fournier and Ronald Pelot share their visualization tool and concept to better
engage and address the needs of the multiple marine stakeholders in the Canadian Arctic. This marks
a progression to an era of addressing the practical challenges of using the Northwest Passage, a
transition from when discussions and assessments were very hypothetical, or at best siloed.
Adrienne Davidson provides a much welcomed comparative review of self-government arrangements
in the North American Arctic. The article provides insight into the ways that political and practical
considerations result in different outcomes, and provides the reader with an appreciation of the
significant and fascinating variations between even neighbouring self-governance models and
institutions.
Erica Dingman examines how a particular nation-state, in this case the United States, implements
Arctic Council environmental