Probably an unpopular opinion, but...

[primroseburrows]

...my take on the whole LJ/Six Apart/SUP panic?

Alaska is melting. Oh, and Georgia is baking.

IMO, it's all about perspective. To quote the esteemed and precociously wise Linus Van Pelt, "Five hundred years from now, who'll know the difference?"

Now I'm going to bed. i_am_a_hannah is coming home tomorrow and I must get things ready before work. Must sleep

Comments

[aingeal8c]

Didn't Russia sell Alaska to the US? Not recently but originally?

[primroseburrows]

Yeah, it was called Seward's Folly at the time. And then all the white guys came and kicked around a few aboriginals, just like they did everyplace else they went.

[aingeal8c]

Ah I thought so. I wonder if Russia regret the sale...

[primroseburrows]

The Inuit probably regret everyone. And it's their homeland that's melting.

Speaking of which, if you want to read something completely amazing, pick up a copy of Ada Blackjack. It's about an Inuit woman from Alaska who was the sole survivor of a party of explorers stranded on a Russian-owned island. There's adventure, survival, and the US, Canada, Britain and Russia all bickering amongst themselves while these poor people waited for rescue. I couldn't put it down.

[aingeal8c]

Indeed they are the ones who've had the short deal throughout history.

That sounds a wonderful book. I shall be getting hold of a copy.

[primroseburrows]

It's available from independent sellers at Amazon UK, but I haven't looked to see where else. I found my copy completely randomly when I was browsing around Borders.

[aingeal8c]

I found a copy on Amazon itself and it is on its way apparently (though judging from the fact I am still waiting on two orders dispatched last week who knows when it will get here).

I am a sucker for historical non-fiction.