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SUMMARY:Offshore oil\, unruly icebergs\, and the war against unpredictabil
 ity in the North Atlantic Ocean - Professor Mark Carey\, University of Ore
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CONTACT:Mike Hulme
DESCRIPTION:We usually hear about icebergs as majestic scenery or climate 
 change icons -- not as enemies that should be bombed\, towed\, smothered\,
  covered\, melted\, and tracked under high-tech surveillance in the ocean.
  But this is the story of icebergs in the North Atlantic. Oil companies ha
 ve been towing icebergs for 50 years\, and the International Ice Patrol sp
 ent previous decades literally bombing bergs. Meanwhile\, the media has of
 fered narratives and storylines that glorify heroic men armed with the new
 est technologies\,\nbattling against enemy icebergs. It's all part of a lo
 ngstanding quest to physically and discursively control ice in the ocean\,
  which has similarities (and differences) from the classic quest to study\
 , understand\, and control unpredictable 'frontier' spaces. While offering
  a new view of icebergs and trying to give the ocean some nuanced spatial 
 and temporal dimensions\, this talk on the quest to control icebergs grapp
 les with the blue humanities\, STS\, marine environmental history\, GeoHum
 anities\, and climate justice.
LOCATION:Small Lecture Theatre\, Department of Geography
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