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Aaron Spitzer

@aaronjohnspitzer.bsky.social
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Professor of Arctic Governance, University of Bergen. Misadventurer. Own worst enemy. Devoted to a life below zero.

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Aaron Spitzer @aaronjohnspitzer.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Thomas Jefferson invented the federal "territory" as a jurisdictional tool to domesticate "frontiers," transforming Indigenous homelands into settler colonies. Here's why, and how, today's remaining territories still experience a similar dynamic: rb.gy/pdv3p9
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Contested Frontiers: Indigenous Power, Settler Rights and the Re-Constitution of Federal Territories | Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique | Cambridge Core
Contested Frontiers: Indigenous Power, Settler Rights and the Re-Constitution of Federal Territories
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Aaron Spitzer @aaronjohnspitzer.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Yes, her claim insults Inuit culture and history. It *also* insults geography, and the hundreds if not thousands of other tourists who've traversed this route. Qik to Pang crosses one small *corner* of Baffin Island, and is Nunavut's most popular long-distance hike. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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British woman apologizes for claims she set a record in Nunavut | CBC News
Many media outlets around the world reported Camilla Hempleman-Adams as the first woman to trek solo across Baffin Island, causing outrage among some Nunavummiut.
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Aaron Spitzer @aaronjohnspitzer.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
For those who nerd out about this stuff, here's a blog by perhaps the most respected Franklin searcher, David Woodward, reflecting on the latest evidence regarding whether the Erebus and Terror were remanned after the initial abandonment. www.aglooka.ca/anchors-and-...
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Anchors and Propellers - Aglooka - The Creative Works of David C. Woodman
Anchors and Propellers @ David C. Woodman 2025 It's been over a decade since the wreck of HMS Erebus was found, largely intact, under the waters of the Canadian Arctic Ocean, followed by the discovery...
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Aaron Spitzer @aaronjohnspitzer.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
A fascinating story about how Greenland's turn toward the US has been arrested by Trump's turn toward Greenland. www.highnorthnews.com/en/greenland...
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Greenland’s Previously Strong Focus Toward the US Is up for Change Moving Forward
Bodø (High North News): With strained relations with the US, the Greenlandic government may be revisiting relationships with alternative international partners—likely looking back east to Europe and o...
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Aaron Spitzer @aaronjohnspitzer.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Gr...
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2025 Greenlandic general election - Wikipedia
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Aaron Spitzer @aaronjohnspitzer.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
www.uarctic.org/about-us/mee...
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UArctic Assembly 2025
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✨🪐💫 @deepspace999.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
saddest selfie ever taken
a screenshot from Scott of the Antarctic (1948, dir. Charles Frend) depicting Scott and his team taking a picture of themselves at the South Pole
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rhi @rhi.party · 30/03/2025
Stan Rogers, driving a car across Saskatchewan: "I'm literally Sir John Franklin" Sir John Franklin:
Painting of the Franklin expedition ship beached on some ice by Lt. S. Gurney Creswell, 1854.
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Aaron Spitzer @aaronjohnspitzer.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Sending this from "happy" Norway. Just saying. The World Happiness Report Is a Sham open.substack.com/pub/yaschamo...
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The World Happiness Report Is a Sham
A case study in elite misinformation.
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Aaron Spitzer @aaronjohnspitzer.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Very excited for the release of this book. Chris was in my cohort in the University of Alaska Northern Studies MA program. In fact this book was sparked by his MA thesis. Even then it was clear his research was groundbreaking. uofmpress.ca/books/in-the...
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In the Footsteps of the Traveller
In the Footsteps of the Traveller, the first in-depth study on Northern Dene astronomy, reveals the significance of the sky and its contents to Northern Dene life, language, and culture through collab...
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Aaron Spitzer @aaronjohnspitzer.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Our Hamiltonian Moment www.persuasion.community/p/our-hamilt...
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Our Hamiltonian Moment
Progressives need to build, baby, build.
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Aaron Spitzer @aaronjohnspitzer.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
As an American-turned-Canadian, nearly everything about Canada feels blessedly sane and sensible right now. But it still baffles me that Canadians allow public money to fund religious schools. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Principal of Whitehorse Catholic school steps down alleging bullying, interference by local bishop | CBC News
The principal of a Whitehorse Catholic school has stepped down from her position, alleging that the local bishop — whom she describes as “dangerous” — frequently oversteps his authority while the educ...
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Aaron Spitzer @aaronjohnspitzer.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
FYI journalists who'd like to do a stint in Tromso, Norway: iasc.info/news/arctic-...
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Job opportunity: Head of Communication at Arctic the Council Secretariat - International Arctic Science Committee
The International Arctic Science Committee, is a non governmental organisation that aims to encourage, facilitate and promote cooperation in all aspects of arctic research in all countries engaged in ...
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Aaron Spitzer @aaronjohnspitzer.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Actual shirt being marketed by the Trump/Vance National Committeed.
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Aaron Spitzer @aaronjohnspitzer.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Apply! philevents.org/event/show/1...
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Contested frontiers: Exploring fights over ‘constitutive principles’ in settler-state peripheries
Between Indigenous self-determination and settler colonization lie contested frontiers – places like New Caledonia in the French Pacific, Guam in the U.S. Pacific, the Yukon Territory in Canada,...
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Aaron Spitzer @aaronjohnspitzer.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Hear me out: Mark Carney was born & raised in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. He's the frontrunner for the Liberal leadership. But he needs a riding to run in. How about the Northwest Territories? He would be the first Liberal leader -- and potentially the first PM -- from a Canadian territory.
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Eyeing leadership bid, Carney namedrops Fort Smith on Daily Show
Widely expected to run for the Liberal leadership, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney used his NWT hometown to make a point on Jon Stewart’s Daily Show.
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European Polar Board @europeanpolarboard.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
📢 Come and work with us! 🤝 We are looking for an Officer for the European Polar Coordination Office (#EPCO). 📍 Based in: Umeå, Sweden 📅 Application deadline: 31 January 2025 at 23:59 CET ➡️ More information: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
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Department of Comparative Politics UiB @sampol.bsky.social · 12/12/2023
🌟 Postdoc position available! 🇳🇴 Department of Comparative Politics, Univ of Bergen 🔍  ERC project: Contested frontiers of settler states. Understanding the constitutional politics of settler-state peripheries 🗓️ 4 years 👩‍🏫 75 % research / 25 % teaching ⏳ 7 Feb 2024 🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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