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The second task has been to solicit brief ‘reflection’ pieces from workshop participants. As the
project website notes:
Participants were asked to submit 500-1000 word reflections on the mismatch between, on
the one hand, the assumed division of the world into solid land and liquid water and, on the
other hand, space as it is experienced and produced in polar regions. Participants were asked
to reflect on the opportunities that this mismatch provides for:
a) Understanding historic and potential relationships between the perceived physicality
of the earth and notions/practices of territory, and/or
b) Developing legal/regulatory mechanisms that are suited to address the challenges
that the physicality of the region poses to actors there (Ice Law Project 2014).
Thirteen participants have provided ‘Reflection’ pieces that continue the conversation beyond the
confines of the meeting room.2
Thirdly, the different foci and priorities that emerged during the project suggested that the best
route forward was to continue a conversation among diverse individuals stimulated by overlapping
questions and perspectives rather than by working toward a single scholarly or practical product.
To this end, discussion during the final day of the workshop identified four coherent themes where
more research was needed regarding the challenges and disjuncture ́ѡ