Survey reveals the polarized public perceptions of the Polar regions
A fascinating new academic study suggests that peoples’ political orientation affects their perceptions and knowledge regarding basic facts about the North and South Poles. Writing in Polar Geography , Lawrence Hamilton, Senior Fellow at the Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire, examines the results of a series of New Hampshire state surveys conducted from 2011 to 2015 that tracked public knowledge of some basic polar facts. Hamilton’s analysis indicates that these facts subjectively fall into