The Complex and Critically Important World of the Arctic with Dr. Victoria Herrmann

On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham speak with Dr. Victoria Herrmann, the President and Managing Director of the Arctic Institute, a Washington D.C.-based "think and do tank" that seeks to shape policy for a "secure, just, and sustainable Arctic through objective, multidisciplinary research". In addition to managing the Institute and Board of Directors, Dr. Herrmann's focuses her research and writing on climate change, community adaptation, resilient development, and migration. Victoria has testified before the U.S. Senate, served as the Alaska Review Editor for the Fourth National Climate Assessment, contributes to The Guardian and Scientific American on climate policy, and was named one of the most 100 influential people in climate policy worldwide in 2019 by Apolitical. Its our first trip to the Arctic on ASP, and we've got a perfect guide in Dr. Herrmann. Come along, only on ASPN!