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SUMMARY:On Extinction: Natural and unnatural disappearances from the old w
 haling stations of Antarctica to the Inuit camps of the Arctic - Melanie C
 hallenger
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CONTACT:Ellen Bazeley-White
DESCRIPTION:Michaelmas Term Lecture 3 \n\nFrom our destruction of the natu
 ral world to the human cultures that are rapidly dying out\, Melanie Chall
 enger’s forthcoming book ‘On Extinction’ is an exploration of these 
 disappearances and why they should concern us. Challenger asks questions a
 bout how we’ve become destructive to our environment\, our emotional res
 ponses to extinctions\, and how these responses might shape our future rel
 ationship with nature. \nThe book narrates her travels to the abandoned wh
 aling stations of South Georgia\, the melting icescape of Antarctica\, and
  the Inuit camps of the Arctic\, where she traces the links between human 
 activities and environmental collapse.\n\nMelanie Challenger was Internati
 onal Fellow at the British Antarctic Survey for International Polar Year 2
 007–8 and studied the Inuit community of Pangnirtung under a British Cou
 ncil Darwin Award. ‘On Extinction’ is published in the UK by Granta Bo
 oks in October 2011.\n
LOCATION:SPRI Lecture Theatre\, Lensfield Road
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