Bathsheba Demuth
@brdemuth.bsky.social
Writer & environmental historian of cold places, now writing about the Yukon River. Author of FLOATING COAST. Prof at Brown University. Post mostly about animals, Arctic things & books. Heart is on a dogsled. #envhist #naturewriting
That’s a great idea!
February 10, 2026 at 1:17 AM
That’s a great idea!
I would add that many European ventures into the poles failed due to an inanity to appreciate Indigenous technology. Amundsen took note and it kept him alive, from not using horses to the calories needed (a stick of butter in your hot coca)
January 19, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I would add that many European ventures into the poles failed due to an inanity to appreciate Indigenous technology. Amundsen took note and it kept him alive, from not using horses to the calories needed (a stick of butter in your hot coca)
Hmm good question! “The Worst Journey in the World” has some good stuff on Antarctica, and “A Wretched and Precarious Situation” on the Arctic. Those are focused on European expeditions which are often quite a bit different than Indigenous ways of Arctic travel — happy to provide cites for those too
January 19, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Hmm good question! “The Worst Journey in the World” has some good stuff on Antarctica, and “A Wretched and Precarious Situation” on the Arctic. Those are focused on European expeditions which are often quite a bit different than Indigenous ways of Arctic travel — happy to provide cites for those too
Gorgeous gorgeous cover!
January 18, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Gorgeous gorgeous cover!
Reposted by Bathsheba Demuth
@brdemuth.bsky.social's essay in @grantamag.bsky.social on time spent in the Yukon piecing together oral histories of the Russian empire. Read it to the end; no spoilers!
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Where the Language Changes
‘I am on the hunt for the Russian Empire, or what traces might still exist of its colonial enterprise.’ Bathsheba Demuth travels the Yukon river, following the history of the fur trade and the Nulato ...
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December 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
@brdemuth.bsky.social's essay in @grantamag.bsky.social on time spent in the Yukon piecing together oral histories of the Russian empire. Read it to the end; no spoilers!
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I’m glad it was helpful!
December 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I’m glad it was helpful!
Thank you Surekha! That means so much
December 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Thank you Surekha! That means so much
Thank you Tina—hard to comprehend this
December 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Thank you Tina—hard to comprehend this
I’m so glad she’s safe!
December 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I’m so glad she’s safe!
Interesting— I’d be curious how it reads this year, given the rise in the abundance discourse that Jeff mentions
December 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Interesting— I’d be curious how it reads this year, given the rise in the abundance discourse that Jeff mentions
Thank you for posting! And to my co-authors @parriblue.bsky.social and Ellen Wohl
December 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Thank you for posting! And to my co-authors @parriblue.bsky.social and Ellen Wohl
Oh this is excellent, thank you!
December 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Oh this is excellent, thank you!
Ooh great suggestion thank you!
December 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Ooh great suggestion thank you!
This looks terrific thank you!
December 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This looks terrific thank you!
Ooh I love the idea of putting Smell Detectives in this mix! And Dunaway is def going on the syllabus
December 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Ooh I love the idea of putting Smell Detectives in this mix! And Dunaway is def going on the syllabus
This looks terrific, thank you Fredrik!
December 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This looks terrific, thank you Fredrik!