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Beschreibung: Rapid Communication Arthur G. Credland, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Robert M. Bryce, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Nikolas Sellheim, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Klaus Dodds, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Minna T. Turunen, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Robert A. Perkins, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Nikolas Sellheim, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Nikolas Sellheim, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Rapid Communication Rip Bulkeley, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Nikolas Sellheim, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Ian R. Stone, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Hanna Lempinen, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Bernard Stonehouse, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles William Barr, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Karen May, Sarah Airriess, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Sara Statham, James Ford, Lea Berrang-Ford, Marie-Pierre Lardeau, William Gough, Rick Siewierski, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Ian R. Stone, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Frank Sowa, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Thomas Klügel, Kathrin Höppner, Reinhard Falk, Elke Kühmstedt, Christian Plötz, Andreas Reinhold, Axel Rülke, Reiner Wojdziak, Ulrich Balss, Erhard Diedrich, Michael Eineder, Hennes Henniger, Robert Metzig, Peter Steigenberger, Christoph Gisinger, Harald Schuh, Johannes Böhm, Roopesh Ojha, Matthias Kadler, Angelika Humbert, Matthias Braun, Jing Sun Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 21 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Nikolas Sellheim Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 2 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles J.R. Dudeney, J. Sheail, D.W.H. Walton Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 13 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Jing Qu, Arne Villumsen, Ole Villumsen Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 7 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Nikolas Sellheim Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 2 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Michael H. Rosove Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 13 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Rapid Communication Ken McGoogan Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 2 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews John R. Dudeney Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 1 page Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Rip Bulkeley, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Nikolas Sellheim Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 2 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Nikolas Sellheim Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 2 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Maria Ackrén, Uffe Jakobsen, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Maude C. Beaumier, James D. Ford, Shirley Tagalik, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Rapid Communication Ian R. Stone, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles David L. Harrowfield Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 23 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Kjell-G. Kjær Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 10 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Rapid Communication William Barr Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 1 page Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles K.J. Chwedorzewska, I. Giełwanowska, M. Olech, M.A. Molina-Montenegro, M. Wódkiewicz, H. Galera Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 7 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Morgan Moffitt Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 1 page Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Lance van Sittert Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 12 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Rapid Communication William Barr Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 2 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Rapid Communication William Barr Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 2 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Katherine Reedy, Herbert Maschner, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Pelle Tejsner, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Ingrid Lundestad, Øystein Tunsjø, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Emilie Mariat-Roy, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Franz Krause, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Vladimir Nikolaevich Davydov, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Davin Holen, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Rikke Becker Jacobsen, Jesper Raakjær, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Veronika V. Simonova, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Introduction Maria Nakhshina, Franz Krause, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Editorial Marianne Elisabeth Lien, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles C. Leah Devlin, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Pat Millar, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Obituaries Ann Savours, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Nikolas Sellheim Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 2 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Frédéric B. Laugrand, Jarich G. Oosten Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 17 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Florian Stammler, Lena Sidorova Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 14 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles P.J. Capelotti, M. Forsberg Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 13 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Ann Savours Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 2 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Ian R. Stone Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 1 page Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles O.V. Petrov, M. Smelror Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , 6 pages Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Aurélie Sarrabezoles, Frédéric Lasserre, Zebret Hagouagn’rin, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Nikolas Sellheim, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Sébastien Duyck, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Nikolas Sellheim, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Anna Lucas, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Reply Karen May, George Lewis, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Obituaries David L. Harrowfield, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Martha Dowsley, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles John-Erik Kocho-Schellenberg, Fikret Berkes, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Rapid Communication William Barr, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Rapid Communication Audrey Giles, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Tuija Hautala-Hirvioja, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Don Webster, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Book Reviews Frigga Kruse, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Tanya A. O'Neill, Megan R. Balks, Jerónimo López-Martínez, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: Research Articles Piers Vitebsky, Anatoly Alekseyev, Polar Record , FirstView Article(s) , Abstract

Beschreibung: An anadromous Arctic char (male) was recorded in southwestern Spitsbergen, in a very muddy glacial river, in August 2008. This is apparently the first specimen of this species observed in such an unfavourable habitat in Svalbard.

Beschreibung: When policies are adopted, it seems reasonable to assume that they address a certain issue and provide means to mitigate specific problems. This seems the case with the EU's regime on trade in seal products, but it becomes evident that the goal formulation in this case is blurry and unclear. Taking animal welfare, the so-called ‘Inuit exemption’, and internal market harmonisation into account, this article examines the goals of the seal products trade regime and how they are applied. It becomes clear that the attainment of goals bears consequences that are unprecedented due to conceptual and formulation difficulties. Given the indistinct goal formulation during the policy-shaping process and the goal formulation in the policy itself, it seems fair to say that the regime does not aim to improve animal welfare standards in the commercial seal hunt, but rather aims to shut down the commercial hunt completely. This, however, affects Inuit and non-Inuit seal hunters equally and is inconsistent with secondary goals that are formulated in the EU's documents relating to the Arctic. Therefore, the seal products trade regime has consequences that challenge the EU's ambitions in the north.

Beschreibung: This is a follow-up to the article ‘Could Captain Scott have been saved? Revisiting Scott's last expedition’, published in this journal in January 2012. Additional research in the expedition's primary documents reveals that there was a clear opportunity for One Ton depot to have been re-stocked with dog food in January 1912, preparatory to the final relief journey to meet the polar party that February, and that the dog driver Cecil Meares failed to follow Scott's relevant orders. The consequences will be examined in this article. All distances are given in geographical miles.

Beschreibung: Arctic sea routes have for long been of interest for shipping because of much shorter distances between the Atlantic and the Pacific. Sea ice prevented real development of significant traffic, but did not prevent research from trying to assess their economic viability. With the melting of sea ice in the Arctic, this effort at modeling the profitability of Arctic shipping routes has received a new impetus. However, the conclusions of these studies vary widely, depending on the parameters chosen and their value. What can be said of these models, from 1991 until 2013, and to what extent can a model be drawn, capitalising on twenty years of simulations?

Beschreibung: Many writers have presented Joseph Elzéar Bernier (1852–1934) as a hero whose key role in establishing Canada's sovereignty over the Arctic islands was unjustly downplayed by the government he served. According to this view, the sector claim that Bernier made on 1 July 1909 is the true foundation of Canada's title to the archipelago. This article draws on government files to assess civil servants’ attitude to his sovereignty-related activities. It also describes the role played by James White, whose more sophisticated and effective sector concept predated Bernier's and served as the basis for the official sector claim made in June 1925. The evidence indicates that government officials in the 1920s were well justified in their doubts about Bernier's pretensions. However, even though they rejected his version of the sector theory and resented the campaign of self-glorification on which he embarked after his retirement, their personal relations with him were good, and they took considerable trouble to ensure what they considered to be an appropriate degree of recognition for him. The article therefore clarifies the differences between Bernier's rhetoric and reality, particularly with regard to the sector principle.

Beschreibung: In 1898–1899, the first American polar expedition to Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa [Franz Josef Land], under the leadership of journalist Walter Wellman, added at least forty place names to the islands, of which many survive on modern charts. These include the main discovery of the expedition, the large island named for Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell, then president of the National Geographic Society, along with numerous smaller islands, capes and waterways. The origins of several of these names are now confirmed using recently discovered notes in the papers of Wellman's brother and business manager, Arthur Wellman. They demonstrate the close relationship between Walter Wellman and the political, financial and scientific elites of turn-of-the-century Chicago, Illinois, Washington, D.C., and the state of Ohio, associations derived from Wellman's profession as a Washington correspondent for Chicago newspapers.

Beschreibung: In December 1913 Sir Ernest Shackleton released a prospectus and announced The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. His goal was to undertake the first crossing of Antarctica from the Weddell Sea via the polar plateau to McMurdo Sound on the Ross Sea. The journey had already been attempted by Wilhelm Filchner whose shipDeutschland, had become beset in the Weddell Sea ice for nine months in 1912. Shackleton aimed ‘to make all possible scientific observations on [the Trans-Antarctic] journey; to carry on similar work by parties operating from the two bases on the Weddell and Ross Seas [and] to carry on scientific work, and travel unknown portions of the coastline, by the two ships of the expedition’(Shackleton 1913: 3). WithEndurancea continental crossing party of six led by Shackleton would begin from the Weddell Sea and a supporting depot laying party led byNimrodveteran Lieutenant Aeneas L.A. Mackintosh RNR, with the auxiliary barquentineAurorabased in McMurdo Sound. Unbeknown to each party, both experienced problems beyond their control.Endurancewas holed and sank in the Weddell Sea andAuroralocked in ice, although damaged, reached New Zealand. Here the ship was repaired and then undertook a relief expedition with Shackleton as a passenger, to McMurdo Sound. In spite of these major setbacks each party conducted valuable scientific observations.When Shackleton published his bookSouth(Shackleton 1919) on the expedition, compiled with New Zealand journalist and friend Edward Saunders, with exception of accounts on the Ross Sea party sledging and drift of the shipAurora, no recognition was given to work undertaken by the four Ross Sea party scientists and an assistant. Later publications have focused on the depot-laying, while books on Antarctic science have largely overlooked the science undertaken.The purpose of this paper is to make this better known, and to give credit to the four scientists involved. The science conducted although primarily concerned with meteorological observations, also covers limited glaciological observations including the ablation of lake ice, solution of glacier ice in salt water, tidal recordings, collection of zoological and other specimens, along with the use of improvised equipment to undertake observations. The science achieved was secondary to the field work. The Ross Sea party science was done however, under conditions not normally conducive for such field work with health issues a major contributing factor. A lack of funding, equipment, personality problems, concern forAuroraand crew, uncertainty of Shackleton's Antarctic crossing and their own relief, led to depression, sleeplessness and insomnia.

Beschreibung: The wreck discovered by the Victoria Strait expedition in early September (Barr 2014) has now been positively identified as that of HMS Erebus. This identification was based on a thorough analysis of the acoustic imagery (side-scan and multi-beam sonar),comparison with the plans for both Erebus and Terror from the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, visual measurements made during inspection dives by Parks Canada personnel on the site (particularly with regard to the 1845 modifications to the stern), as well as certain telling details which were captured with photo and video. The fact that Erebus was a longer and beamier vessel than Terror is readily discernible from the acoustic data. The locations of various deck fixtures such as the fore and main hatchways, forward suction pumps, bowsprit partners, deck illuminators, and ringbolts, as compared to the same fixtures shown on the plans, all offer very strong correlation with Erebus (and not Terror) (Ryan Harris, Parks Canada, personal communication, 3 November 2014).

Beschreibung: Arctic missionaries have been studied extensively as agents of change but the role of Inuit women in the adoption of Christianity has been largely overlooked. In this paper we discuss Inuit women who played an important role in the processes of evangelisation and conversion. We focus on the first converts in South Baffin Island as well as the cases of Teresikuluk, a young woman who tried to turn her relatives from shamanism to Christianity, and of Pelagie, the first Inuit nun, in the Kivalliq. The missionaries often presented these women as role models choosing the right path in contrast to other individuals who kept their ‘pagan’ that is shamanic traditions. For these Inuit women, Christianity was attractive as it freed them from many ritual restrictions, providing them with more freedom and power. Many women were among the first converts, but in most areas men took the leading roles as preachers and evangelists. It proved to be hard for women to pursue a religious career and here the constraints of their social roles played an important part.

Beschreibung: Polar history has historically been white history, nowhere more so than in South Africa, The recent attempt to imagine a post-apartheid deep south through the public recovery of a black boatman who drowned in the annexation of the Prince Edward Islands in 1948 has ironically left the white history largely intact. Re-reading the annexation not as ceremony and survey, but as labour calls the central claims of this white history into question; that the annexation was a triumph of white seamanship not black stevedoring; that Daniels’ death was a tragic accident not a result of racism; and that black labour was merely the manual appendage to white intellects. It reveals that the landing of 300 tons of cargo by black boatmen. was what enabled the ‘effective occupation’ of the islands. Daniels death was the avoidable result of an institutional racism that discounted the lives of black labour and exposed them at Marion Island to the dangerous work conditions of long hours in open boats in rough sea without adequate safety provisions; and that Daniels was a boatman, not an ‘unskilled labourer’, with a tradition of co-adventuring that valued an individual for their strength, skill and courage, not the colour of their skin and in which the individual was defined by their contribution to the group

Beschreibung: This article investigates recent reforms of the Greenland coastal fisheries in order to contribute to the general lessons on reform and policy networks in the context of a changing Arctic stakeholdership. It analyses participation in fisheries governance decision-making by examining the emergence of discourses and policy networks that come to define the very need for reform. A policy network is identified across state ministries, powerful officials, banks and large scale industry that defined the need for fisheries reform within a ‘grand reform’ discourse. But inertia characterised the actual decision-making process as reform according to this ‘grand reform’ discourse was blocked by a combination of small-scale fishers’ informal networks and the power of the parliamentary majority. After a parliamentary shift in power the new government implemented the ‘grand reform’ gradually whilst new patterns of participation and exclusion emerged. In this process, the identities of the participating participants were reinterpreted to fit the new patterns of influence and participation. The article argues that fishery reform does not necessarily start with the collective recognition of a problem in marine resource use and a power-neutral process of institutional learning. Instead, it argues that fishery reform is likely to be the ‘reform of somebody’ and that this ‘somebody’ is itself a changing identity.

Beschreibung: The flaws of the 20th century–type development ‘mega–projects’ in the circumpolar North prompt Arctic regions actively to search for alternative strategies of regional development that break away from resource–dependency and reconcile local (traditional) societies with the realities of post–Fordism and globalisation. This paper presents a study that focuses on the notion of creative capital (CC) and assesses its ability to foster economic development in Alaska. The findings suggest that some characteristics of the CC observed in Alaskan communities are similar to those found in southern regions, whereas others are distinct (but similar to those in the Canadian North). In Alaska, the synergy between cultural economy, entrepreneurship and leadership appear to be more important in characterising creative capacities than formal education. The geographical distribution of the CC is uneven and heavily clustered in economically, geographically and politically privileged northern urban centres. However, some remote regions also demonstrate considerable levels of creative potential, in particular associated with the aboriginal cultural capital (artists, crafters, etc.). A number of Alaskan regions, creative ‘hot spots’, could become places that can benefit from alternative strategies of regional development based on CC, knowledge–based and cultural economies.

Beschreibung: Scott's Northern Party, led by Victor Campbell, after almost a year at Cape Adare was moved south by Terra Nova. They landed at Evans Cove for five weeks’ sledging in the Wood Bay area. Bad ice-conditions prevented the vessel from returning. Campbell's party, stranded with little food and only summer equipment, faced the 1912 winter alone. For shelter they dug a snow-cave and there survived for seven months, living mainly on seals and penguins. Finally in early spring they sledged 230 miles back to Scott's party at Cape Evans. The small snow-cave provided little privacy. Authors have mentioned how Campbell divided the cave into two virtual messes, one for the ratings, the other for the officers, with the associated naval implications that conversations in one mess were not to be ‘paid attention to’ in the other. Still, at times, private exchanges were needed. Hooper describes one silent conversation between Campbell and Levick found in the latter's cave-diary, and mentions some others relating to health matters. This paper describes one drawing and nine new written conversations between Campbell, Levick and Priestley found in a field-notebook held in the Victor Campbell Collection at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. The conversations are transcribed, interpreted, and placed in the context of the life in the snow-cave. All were written during September, their last month there, and show that officers often needed to converse silently in writing and, furthermore, that the two-mess concept was not a satisfactory context for private conversations.

Beschreibung: Southern Bering Sea fishermen are vulnerable to losing access to key fisheries due largely to policy changes, permit loss, and the expense of fishing operations. Local residents generally do not have fishing rights in many of the high value commercial fisheries. They must continuously shape policy and explore alternative economies in order to stay fishermen. We were contracted by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to study the role of subsistence and commercial fisheries, land use, socioeconomics, and sharing networks in Alutiiq and Aleut/Unangan villages. Through an exploration of these data using innovative social network analysis that presents relationships, social stratification, commercialisation, and other dependencies in the maintenance of fisheries, sharing, trading, and revenue streams, this paper shows that in two of the most socioeconomically valuable fisheries, king crab (Paralithodes sp.andLithodes sp) and cod (Gadidae), local peoples have had to gain access to these foods by using means outside of what are academically perceived as their traditional subsistence and commercial allocation, resulting in adaptive networks of distribution. This work shows the range of networks surrounding these key foods and their associated vulnerabilities and resilience. Those sharing networks that demonstrate greater interconnectedness are much more stable and resilient.

Beschreibung: In Alaska, fishing provides important economic and socio-cultural benefits for rural communities. This paper presents some of the findings from a research project that investigated the role of commercial and subsistence fishing in the maintenance of economic and social viability, and the ways in which residents of rural communities in Alaska value fishing. Three rural fishing communities in Alaska served as case studies for this project: Chenega Bay in Prince William Sound, Kokhanok in Bristol Bay, and Tyonek in Cook Inlet. In all three communities, both old and young residents note that younger people are not participating in fishing as much as they did in the past, and there is concern that fishing traditions will not continue. However, research findings show how important fishing is as a social, cultural, and community activity for families. Residents noted fishing provided for a quality of life that included values associated with family, community, culture, and freedom.

Beschreibung: Sir Ian Gourlay had a distinguished career in the Royal Marines. He was born on 13 November 1920 and died on 17 July 2013, aged 92. During World War II, he took part in the landings in North Africa and fought in the Adriatic, in Italy and in Yugoslavia. He was appointed Commandant-General from 1971 to 1975, during which years he organised the change in training from jungle and desert warfare to the Arctic, in order to defend NATO's northern flank against possible Soviet aggression. He retired in 1975 from the Royal Marines, when he became Director General of the United World Colleges, at the request of Lord Mountbatten. During his fifteen years in office, this educational foundation for the world-wide development of international understanding expanded considerably. On its website on 30 September 2013, UWC's Executive Director recorded that the movement was transformed by Sir Ian, who proved to be an inspiration to very many people.

Beschreibung: This paper aims to show how the photography of Frederick A. Cook (1865–1940) played an important role in the making of his polar explorer-hero image. It considers portraits and Arctic and Antarctic photographs that Cook used in his own publications and illustrated lectures, and which he provided for press articles. The paper is underpinned by discourse analysis and the concept of the photograph as a representation of reality filtered through various lenses. The visual impact and discursive messages of the photographs were aimed at situating readers and audiences in responsive attitudes that would generate a public persona which he exploited to increase his fame and heroic reputation. In time, Cook's photography also played a critical part in the collapse of the hero image.

Beschreibung: During the post-Soviet period, fishery became one of the main sources of income for the inhabitants of Evenki villages in the northern Baikal region. When a number of villagers lost their official jobs, they managed to earn money by selling fish. Most people are required to fish during a particular season and to follow official quotas. Special indigenous Evenki quotas, however, are usually in excess of regular official guidelines and those who can use these quotas usually exceed them. This results in a tension between the way local Evenki people judge their own actions and the way their actions are judged by the official authorities. The law never covers all the areas of human activities, and in these gaps regular people manage to control certain institutions, knowledge and the use of landscapes themselves. In a discussion of the northern Baikal area, I employ the term ‘free spaces’, that describes the weakening of external control over the sphere of activities which are essential for local people's survival. This lessening of control has led people to regulate the fishing situation locally, resulting in many violations of fishing laws not being registered in official documents. The purpose of this paper is to to discuss a case of ‘free spaces’ in the post-Soviet Evenki village, with particular focus upon the village's non-compliance with official fishery regulations. This article investigates the reasons for, and the social mechanisms guiding, non-compliant behaviour in a northern Baikal Evenki village. It argues that non-compliance with fishery regulations should be interpreted within the context of local mechanisms of social control, market relations, reciprocity and cooperation.