This review article discusses the recent publications Studying Arctic Fields by Richard C Powell and The Technocratic Antarctic by Jessica O’Reilly. Both books are ethnographic accounts of scientists working in the Polar Regions that analyse interactions at the science–policy interface. Studying Arctic Fields is a detailed story of Canada’s Resolute research station, based on immersive ethnographic observation and communicated through an engaging narrative of colourful stories from Powell’s two summers among the scientists and support staff there. The Technocratic Antarctic treads new ground in its examination of Antarctic social science, presenting the findings of a wide-ranging and thorough research project that engages with the themes of territory, security, processes, practice, problems and science communication. Both publications make valuable contributions to Polar social science and will also appeal to many beyond this.

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极地政策制定：极地科学家与极地治理和政策互动的两个民族志描述

这篇评论文章讨论了理查德 C 鲍威尔最近出版的研究北极场和杰西卡奥莱利的技术专家南极。这两本书都是对在极地地区工作的科学家的民族志描述，这些科学家在科学-政策界面分析相互作用。Studying Arctic Fields 是加拿大 Resolute 研究站的详细故事，基于身临其境的人种学观察，并通过鲍威尔两个夏天在那里的科学家和支持人员之间的丰富多彩的故事进行了引人入胜的叙述。Technocratic南极在考察南极社会科学方面开辟了新天地，展示了涉及领土、安全、过程、实践、问题和科学传播等主题的广泛而深入的研究项目的结果。