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| Monastery on Solovki - photo by Abi Sutton |
In August, Network partners and invited specialists participated in a field trip to the Solovetskii Islands in the White Sea. These islands have a unique flora and fauna and have been inhabited since pre-history,
hosting, among others, a fishing community, an Orthodox monastery and the first Soviet
labour camp (gulag). The islands are designated as a UNESCO
World Heritage Site and offer rich materials to investigate the relationship between state,
society, culture, religion and nature, and the role of science and
technology, in Russia’s Arctic region.The programme for the trip, together with essays and photos by participants, can be found at:
www.york.ac.uk/history/research/majorprojects/russiasenvironmentalhistory/events/#tab-2
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