ИСТИНА

Male-dominated mining and oil and gas extraction, where women's engagement is low because of various informal and formal barriers, defines the economic backbone of most Arctic regions. Through a cross-national case study comparison of the American, Canadian and Russian Arctic based on statistical and qualitative analysis of the status of women in the mineral extraction industry, this paper illustrates the regional differences in trends and mechanisms for achieving gender equality in the mineral extraction industry and in the interaction of Workplace, Community, Country and Global scales that define gendered experiences in the Arctic. Women remain underrepresented in all three countries, though there are some promising trends in the U.S. and Canada.