These histories of cold places provide valuable contributions to environmental history, the history of science, and Cold War history. For scholars of Russia and the Soviet Union, it is worth pointing out that the three chapters concentrating on this region are especially rich and insightful. Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas
The advantage of the volume is that it transcends the geographical boundaries of the circumpolar areas, which are often associated with cold and extreme. As can be seen from the description, apart from Antarctica, Greenland and the Soviet Arctic, the geography of the collection covers the European Alps and mountain systems of Central Asia. The extended geographic focus allows to see the links between polar and non-polar regions in the history of science and technology and, therefore, to detach extreme cold environment from the poles. Karaseva
A strong feature of this collection is its detailed research, which serves as the basis for the narratives: several chapters use a microhistorical (as well as a microgeographical) approach and tell us about largely unknown places Hopefully, this innovative book will invigorate other researchers, including those who study Russian and east European history to further develop a genre of cryo-historythat is so relevant in todays world of accelerated Arctic melting. Slavic Review
The focus of this very well written volumes, which in parts reads like single-authored, is in most contributions on the systemic competition, be it in the military, winter sports, technology or especially in research. H-Soz-Kult
Collectively, the geographically diverse case studies in Ice and Snow in the Cold War address a topic that is important but relatively understudied. The book moves both environmental history and Cold War studies in intriguing new directions. Matthew Farish, University of Toronto
