Northern Lights is a podcast from the Harvard Arctic Initiative Student Podcast Project showcasing fascinating and engaging stories from and about the Arctic. Series produced by Dr Sarah Mackie, Arctic Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School.
Policy and Social Innovation for the Changing Arctic: Other Ways of Knowing
Four students met with Anders Oskal, the Secretary General of the Association of World Reindeer Herders to discuss traditional indigenous knowledge and how it differs from, and can complement, Western scientific knowledge.
11 Jan 2022
Policy and Social Innovation for the Changing Arctic: Responsible Mining in the Arctic
In this guest podcast, students from Harvard Kennedy School discuss possible pathways for the countries in the Arctic to balance the potential economic benefits of mining with its negative impacts on the people and the nature in the region.
11 Jan 2022
Policy and Social Innovation for the Changing Arctic: Climate Change and the Arctic Food Web
Plankton is the foundation of the food system for Arctic marine life. However, rising sea temperatures in the Arctic are having an impact on various plankton species, leading to the risk of food insecurity for communities in the region.
4 Oct 2021
How Seals Became Climate Scientists by Felicity Spoors
From the icy Arctic Ocean to the warmth of university labs and libraries, this episode explores ways in which scientific research in the Arctic can be undertaken sustainably.
17 Sept 2021
Contemporary Arctic Music - Part 2 (Ft. Aasiva) by Vickie Rochon
In the second episode of a miniseries on the music scene in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Vickie Rochon talks with Inuk singer & songwriter Aasiva, from Pagnirtung, Nunavut, as she shares on throat singing, Inuit culture & musical talent and using music as a coping mechanism.
17 Sept 2021
Contemporary Arctic Music - Part 1 (Ft. Andrew Morrison) by Vickie Rochon
In the first episode of a miniseries on the music scene in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Vickie Rochon speaks with Andrew Morrison, lead singer & songwriter from Iqaluit-based band The Jerry Cans and co-founder of Aakuluk Music record label.
30 Jul 2021
The Year the Tourists Didn’t Come by Yu Cao
The challenges facing the Alaskan tourist industry in the post-pandemic era.
29 Jul 2021
The Sámi Pavilion by Allison Agsten
The creative expression of Norway, Sweden, and Finland 's Indigenous people has long been underrepresented in a contemporary art context, but that is all about to change.
28 Jul 2021
Stewards of the Forest by Chelsea Brown
OneTree Alaska is a program in Fairbanks that makes stewards of the forest and citizen scientists of anyone at any age through tree tapping and more.
27 Jul 2021
Hurt and Healing by Barbara Johnson [Age 16+]
Barbara Johnson brings us a story of hurt and healing as she discovers one way in which victims of domestic violence in Alaska are supporting each other in their recovery from abuse.
19 May 2021
Science from the Sea by Erik Liland
In the podcast episode we´ll get to meet a young entrepreneur who has established an innovative biotech company together with his family and get to know how the company focusing on the development and commercialization of natural health products from prawn byproducts.
17 May 2021
The Inuit Windsled by Thomas Viguier
Ramón Hernando de Larramendi and the Inuit Windsled: When Spain Builds the Arctic Bridge Between Traditional Knowledge & Innovation for a Sustainable Future
17 May 2021
From the Mediterranean to the Arctic by Thomas Viguier
An Interview with Spanish Polar Explorer Ramón Hernando de Larramendi
12 Apr 2021
A Harmless Eccentric? by Elliot Hunker
How do Arctic explorers from the past inform our present?
7 Apr 2021
Healing and the Alaska Native Heritage Center by Presley West [Age 16+]
The Alaska Native Heritage Center President and a traditional healer on staff discuss how the center is working to utilize Indigenous methods of healing to address mental health issues within the Alaska Native community.
31 Mar 2021
Greenland: Independence & Foreign and Security Policy by Jonas Bredal Juul
Can Greenland ever fully govern its foreign and security policies itself – and what would the consequences of this be?
17 Mar 2021
Measuring Walruses by Emily Becker
Measuring Walruses: A wildlife biologist collaborates with indigenous subsistence hunters to monitor the health of walruses in the Alaskan Arctic.
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