The\u00a0Future of Ice<\/i>\u00a0lecture series continued on January 16, 2014 as Tony Penikett presented his talk, \u201cArtic Insecurities: Arctic Population, Northern Security Issues, and Emerging Forms of Governance.\u201d Penikett is the 2013-14 UW Fulbright Canada Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies and taught a course with the same title fall quarter.<\/p>\n
Penikett described himself as more of a \u201cpractitioner than a scholar\u201d and drew on his vast experience in the Canadian Arctic to discuss everything from indigenous land rights, to how pop culture depictions of the Arctic influence law makers, to who decides how and how much northerners can benefit from natural resources.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Future of Ice<\/i>\u00a0lecture series featured talents and special guests of all fields and studies. James Balog, photographer and founder of Extreme Ice Survey, presented the previous lecture before Penikett\u2019s, \u201cWhen Mountains Move,\u201d on January 8. The lecture after Penikett\u2019s was presented by Jody W. Deming, Walters endowed professor in the UW\u2019s School of Oceanography, on February 6, 2014. Dr. Deming presented her talk, \u201cLiving in Sea Ice\u2014It\u2019s a Wonderful Life!\u201d and examined the significance of microscopic life forms that live inside the ice and discuss what these organisms mean for life on other planets.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0<\/i>Future of Ice\u00a0lecture series is sponsored by The Graduate School, UW Almuni Association, College of the Environment, Canadian Studies Center at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Polar Science Center at the Applied Physic Laboratory, Quaternary Research Center, Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity, Department of American Indian Studies, Department of Communication, and School of Art Photomedia Department.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The\u00a0Future of Ice\u00a0lecture series continued on January 16, 2014 as Tony Penikett presented his talk, \u201cArtic Insecurities: Arctic Population, Northern Security Issues, and Emerging Forms of Governance.\u201d Penikett is the 2013-14 UW Fulbright Canada Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies and taught a course with the same title fall quarter. Penikett described himself as more of<\/p>\n