Overview: In social science terms, the `Arctic‘ is a relative, not anabsolute concept, relating to several dimensions, such asconstitutional and geographic status, remoteness, socioeconomicstatus, and demographic/anthropological factors. There is only onesovereign state with all its territory situated in the Arctic(Iceland), but many other areas of the globe have sharedcharacteristics (Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, areas ofNorway, Sweden and Finland north of the Polar Circle, Greenland, theFaroes). Remoteness has to do with distance from the centre as well asaccessibility, transportati
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