Cover for The Arctic Yearbook, an academic journal

This is what a business in Canada was looking for in their graphic design

I need a cover (front and back) designed for the 2022 version of the Arctic Yearbook. This year's theme is "The Russian Arctic: Economics, Politics & Peoples".
Because of how reactions have deteriorated with Russia in the Arctic, I am interested in a cover that makes Russia appears isolated from the others. I am open to whether this is literal, e.g. with a map of the top of the world with Russia somehow separated or different from the rest of the region; or implied, for example an individual who is clearly Russian (maybe with a flag or cyrillics or Russian-specific dress) off in the distance, alone, isolated.
The feeling I want to convey is that we are now apart - the Russian Arctic has been cut off from us and it's hard to understand what is happening there anymore.

The title should be prominent: The Russian Arctic: Economics, Politics & Peoples. The authors should be listed: Lassi Heininen, Heather Exner-Pirot and Justin Barnes. The Arctic Yearbook 2022 log… Read more