Devolution and Withdrawal: Denmark and the North Atlantic, 1800–2100

Bertelsen, Rasmus Gjedssø

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“…Turf – slabs of peat – has been used as material for constructing mounds, buildings, and longhouses in Scandinavia since the Neolithic period (Bertelsen and Lamb, 1993; Mook and Bertelsen, 2007). Peat harvesting was done by digging out ditches, both to extract suitable pieces of peat, but also to dry out the surrounding bog.…”

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Intensified Late-Holocene aeolian activity in Vesterålen, northern Norway – increased storminess or human impact?

Nielsen,

Dahl,

Prestegård

et al. 2024

The Holocene

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This study reconstructs Mid- to Late-Holocene aeolian activity based on lacustrine sediments from a small pond, Nøkktjønna, situated ~1.5 km northeast from the coast, and stratigraphical investigations of coastal dunes at Fjærvoll, Langøya in Vesterålen, northern Norway. Several methods have been used to reconstruct catchment processes from the lacustrine record, including analyses of lithostratigraphy, organic content, magnetic susceptibility, and grain size, combined with high-resolution X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and Computed Tomography (CT) scanning. The content of coarse mineral grains (>125 μm) has been quantified throughout the lacustrine core by manual wet sieving and by conducting threshold analysis from the high-resolution CT-scans. Considering the setting of the drainage basin of Nøkktjønna, the mineral grains (>125 μm) in the sediment core are suggested to have been deposited by aeolian transportation from the nearby aeolian dunes and beach sand during storm events. Five periods of intensified aeolian influx (defined here as influx values above the 90th percentile) are identified. These periods occurred around ~6950, ~6500, ~6100–6000, 5800–5750 and ~350–20 cal. yr BP cal. yr BP, with the last period being the most intense. The increased influx in aeolian sand to Nøkktjønna is suggested to be associated with a combination of changes in the storm track pattern, sea-level fluctuations, conditions of snow cover/frozen surface and increased anthropogenic influence. The highest influx rates are recorded between CE 1600 and 1930, corresponding to the ‘Little Ice Age’ (LIA), which is a well-known period of high storminess in the North Atlantic region.

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Intensified Late-Holocene aeolian activity in Vesterålen, northern Norway – increased storminess or human impact?

Nielsen,

Dahl,

Prestegård

et al. 2024

The Holocene

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“…Third, the current lack of integrated ecologicaleconomic knowledge for marine species in the Arctic was confirmed by the relative lack of marine oriented case studies underway for the Arctic Resilience Report [31] and placed in the context of needing greater understanding of the resilience of Arctic ecosystems for both natural and economic processes. Finally, the broader context of international relations and the historical development of marine governance added necessary perspective by describing the evolution of formal and informal international relations within Arctic marine communities [32,33].…”

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Greenland and the Faroe Islands: Denmark’s autonomous territories from postcolonial perspectives

Kočí

Baar

2021

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography

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In July 2021 Greenlanders will be commemorating the 300th anniversary of Danish colonization. The anniversary has come at a time when the world is facing a wave of reflections on the injustices of colonialism. The article aims to contribute to this discussion and frame the history of Greenlandic dependence on Denmark, considering contemporary political development. For comparison, the authors refer to the Faroe Islands as an additional autonomous territory of the Danish realm. Greenland was a colony until 1953 and acquired autonomy in 1979, while the Faroe Islands have never been considered a colony and gained autonomy more than 30 years earlier (1948). To find further similarities and differences in the postcolonial realities in Greenland and the Faroe Islands, the authors compare both countries, using concepts from literature on postcolonialism. Their findings reveal that the number of differences between Greenlandic and Faroese postcolonial realities outweigh the discussed similarities. The authors conclude that the consequences of coloniality are more serious in Greenland. Furthermore, given Greenland's important strategic location in the Arctic region, Greenlanders should be more wary of world powers exploiting their country for economic profit.

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Devolution and Withdrawal: Denmark and the North Atlantic, 1800–2100

Cited by 3 publications

References 4 publications

Intensified Late-Holocene aeolian activity in Vesterålen, northern Norway – increased storminess or human impact?

Intensified Late-Holocene aeolian activity in Vesterålen, northern Norway – increased storminess or human impact?

Spatial issues in Arctic marine resource governance workshop summary and comment

Greenland and the Faroe Islands: Denmark’s autonomous territories from postcolonial perspectives

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