Short documentary about the agency of ice in the Northwest Passage and Kalaallit Nunaat

3.11.2025 11:00
Documentary premiere ''about ice'' in Arktikum on Wednesday, 12 November.

Sohvi Kangasluoma is a researcher at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland and currently works in Rovaniemi and on the shores of the Bothnian Bay. Normally the home for Kangasluoma and her spouse Juho Karhu is on a sailboat in Arctic seas.

Kangasluoma’s research primarily focuses on the environmental, geopolitical, and societal changes in northern waters. The short documentary explores the role and agency of ice in shaping Arctic futures by following a sailboat journey through the Northwest Passage and an overwintering in Kalaallit Nunaat.

The documentary is part of the Planetocene2025 research project which proposes a new paradigm for world politics: the Planetocene, which emphasizes that all forms of life – including humankind – are dependent on the well-being of nature. The multidisciplinary project imagines how a fair shift toward the Planetocene could happen by 2050.

Before screening the documentary, four different perspectives on ice will be presented by Dr. Johanna Ikävalko, researcher and reindeer herder Viola Ukkola, Prof. Kamrul Hossain, and ice climber Markus Kumpula.

The creators of the film; Dr. Sohvi Kangasluoma, Mikko-Pekka Karlin, and Juho Karhu will also be present to discuss the making of the documentary.

Documentary premiere: about ice

Time: 12 November, 13:00–15:00
Place: Polarium Hall, Arktikum

Event is open for all, no prior registration needed.
Language of the event is English.

More information:

Sohvi Kangasluoma
Postdoctoral Researcher, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
0408667914
sohvi.kangasluoma@ulapland.fi

Read more about the research project: Rethinking International Relations in an Era of the Planetocene: Case Arctic Ocean Up to 2050