Natural resources play a prominent role in the future development plans of many Arctic societies. The extraction of these resources is promoted as the foundation for future development and well-being. Arguments opposing envisioned resource developments are often rejected as emotional and irrational, which both downplays and underlines the weighty role that affects play in resource debates. It also masks the ways in which affects are not politically neutral but strategically encouraged, muted or overlooked. In this article, we focus on the sidelined affective dimension of resource debates through two cases from the Euro-Arctic region: planned energy development in the Barents Region and envisioned mining projects in Greenland. Through these cases and our engagement with the emerging literature on resource affects, we highlight the important role of emotions in (envisioned) resource extraction projects. Our discussion of the Barents Region's energy potential and independence-aspiring Greenland demonstrates the presence of versatile affective states – hope, expectation, prestige and redemption entangled with worry, fear and anxiety – that bear a great resemblance across different resource contexts. We draw attention to the diversity of emotions at play in development plans and to the ways affect can be exploited for political purposes.

自然资源在许多北极社会的未来发展计划中发挥着重要作用。促进对这些资源的提取，作为未来发展和福祉的基础。反对设想的资源开发的争论通常被认为是情绪化和非理性的，既淡化又强调影响资源辩论的重要作用。它还掩盖了情感在政治上不是中立的，而是在战略上受到鼓励，被忽略或被忽视的方式。在本文中，我们将通过两个来自欧洲北极地区的案例来关注资源辩论的负面影响：巴伦支地区的计划能源开发和格陵兰的采矿项目。通过这些案例，以及我们对资源影响方面的新兴文献的参与，我们强调了情绪在（预想的）资源提取项目中的重要作用。我们对巴伦支地区能源潜力和渴望独立的格陵兰岛的讨论表明，存在着充满情感，充满希望，恐惧和焦虑的多功能情感国家-希望，期望，声望和救赎，这些情感国家在不同的资源环境中极为相似。我们提请人们注意发展计划中所发挥的情感多样性以及为政治目的可以利用影响的方式。恐惧和焦虑–在不同的资源环境中非常相似。我们提请人们注意发展计划中所发挥的情感多样性以及为政治目的可以利用影响的方式。恐惧和焦虑–在不同的资源环境中非常相似。我们提请人们注意发展计划中所发挥的情感多样性以及为政治目的可以利用影响的方式。