Natalia Magnani is Assistant Professor at the Department of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. She leads the Norwegian Research Council project “Arctic Silk Road” at UiT The Arctic University of Norway and is the author of Silent Knowledge: Reviving Embodied Practice in Sápmi (UBC Press, 2026).

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Imagining Unbuilt Infrastructures across the Circumpolar NorthNatalia Magnani and Matthew MagnaniChapter 1. Imagining the Arctic in Northeast China: Ethnic Minorities and the State along the Polar Silk RoadRichard FraserChapter 2. Vast Spaces and Inconsistent Anticipations in the Northeast Siberian ArcticFlorian Stammler, Aytalina Ivanova, and Piers VitebskyChapter 3. Economies of Ghost Infrastructures in Arctic NorwayNatalia Magnani and Matthew MagnaniChapter 4. Polar Silk Worlding: Imagination, Infrastructure, and Anticipation in Chinese Arctic TourismRia-Maria Adams and Mia M. BennettChapter 5. Anticipating Arctic Roads in Sápmi: From Finnish Nation Building to Global GeopoliticsVeli-Pekka LehtolaChapter 6. The Expansion of the Port of Prince Rupert:Between Economic Development and Alternative Life PathsGiuseppe AmatulliChapter 7. The Promises and Fears of Infrastructure: An Alaskan Port Expansion, Geopolitics, and Local (Dis-)EngagementOlga Povoroznyuk and Peter SchweitzerConclusion: The Resonance of the UnbuiltMatthew Magnani and Natalia Magnani

“I found this book to provide a novel and interesting take on the Silk Road concept, by relating and applying it to movements in the Arctic.” • Per Ditlef Fredriksen, University of Oslo