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Ice humanities is a path-breaking collection of essays that tackles the existential crisis posed by the loss or lack of ice. For hundreds of millions of people, often Indigenous and vulnerable communities around the world, ice is integral to water security, mobility, and access to food as well as providing a habitat for marine mammals. Our relationship to ice has evolved over millennia and the knowledge base ranges from oral testimony to technical-scientific expertise. Ice has not only been integral to back-casting past climates but also a vital accomplice for speculations concerning the earth's future. This collection develops the field of ice humanities in order to reveal the centrality of ice and the need to understand better why, where, and how it matters to both human and animal life.
