Year: 1991
Type: article
Abstract: I would like to comment about two inappropriate terms which have, in my experience, unfortunately come into common use.They are eastern Arctic and western Arctic (see for instance Renzoni and Norstrom, Polar Record 26 :326-28).They are improper, geocentric terms which lack real reference.To a Soviet, the eastern and western Arctic regions denote exactly the opposite of what those terms mean to a Canadian.Though perhaps unwieldy, it is necessary to include appropriate modifiers such as eastern Canadian Arctic, or eastern, Soviet Arctic.
Source: Polar Record
Author: John J. Burns
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2141767002