The Arctic and sub-Arctic are places where communities already live, produce knowledge and self-govern. Yet recent geopolitical and economic involvement are bringing renewed interest in the region.
Since the 1990s, research output about the Arctic has doubled, with approximately 11,000 Arctic-focused publications now produced annually. Global Arctic funding likely exceeds US$1 billion each year, based on summing expenditures reported by the United States, Canada, and Nordic and European countries. How these research investments are oriented is an important question, but one that comes loaded with colonial baggage.
