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Alumni Travel Reading Lists 2020: Arctic Expedition

Wildlife

Art and Film

Reindeer

Two young reindeer with small antlers on the tundra

Svalbard by Christopher Michel used under Creative Commons License: CC-BY 2.0 

History

Operation Arctic

Arctic seaside village with mountains in the background

Rough 21 by Destination Arctic Circle used under Creative Commons License CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0

A team travels to the edge of the Arctic - and beyond - to find out what life is like on top of the world. Discover the polar bears of Hudson Bay, in Canada, as they wait for the sea-ice to form so they can begin their winter hunt. Meet the citizens of the tiny town of Churchill, head to the oil-fields of Alaska, round up reindeer with the Swedish Sami, and reveal what it takes to keep a Russian icebreaker afloat. Find out more at BBC Earth.

Culture

Nature

Face of an arctic glacier in water with one gull flying by

Rough 06 by Destination Arctic Circle used under Creative Commons License: CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0 

Indigenous Culture

Spitsbergen, Svalbard

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