Janice Cavell
Professor
Department of History
Carleton University
Canada
Biography
Janice Cavell works in the Historical Section, Global Affairs Canada, where she edits the series Documents on Canadian External Relations and does research on the history of Arctic sovereignty and other foreign policy issues. Her research interests also include the cultural history of Arctic exploration (with an emphasis on nineteenth-century print culture) and the role of women in polar exploration.
Research Interest
Historical Section, Global Affairs
Publications
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“Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Robert Bartlett, and the Karluk Disaster: A Reassessment.†Journal of the Hakluyt Society, January 2017
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Documents on Canadian External Relations: The Arctic, 1874-1949 (Ottawa: Global Affairs Canada, 2016)