Permafrost Politics: Toward a Relational Materiality and Design of Arctic Ground

• Published in: Landscape research Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 25 - 35
• Main Author: Cho, Leena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 02.01.2021
• Subjects: Alaska; arctic landscape; Arctic region; cold; engineering; frozen ground; landscape architecture; landscapes; Permafrost; politics; risk; science; Alaska; Arctic region

Permafrost-continuously frozen ground for more than two years-is one of the defining landscape elements in the Arctic. In the U.S., its development as an idea has parallelled mid-twentieth-century territorial struggles in Alaska and is inextricably linked to permafrost science and frontier engineeri...