Encyclopedia of the Arctic

(Please note that the appropriate diacritical marks and accents are provided throughout the book, but are not included in the below list. List is not final and is subject to change prior to publication.)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z

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Aiken, Susan. Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
Flora of the Tundra

Akasofu, Syun-Ichi. International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, Alaska
Space Weather

Aleinikov, Peter A. Center for Traditional Subsistence, Institute of Heritage, Moscow, Russia
Ainana, Lyudmila; Dog sledge in Northern Eurasia; Yupik Eskimo Society of Chukotka

Alia, Valerie. Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland, England
Aboriginal identities; Erasmus, Georges; Images of Indigenous Peoples; Kenojuak; Kuptana, Rosemarie; Media; Naming; Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation; Pitseolak, Peter; Radio Greenland (KNR); Simon, Mary

Anderson, David G. Department of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Reindeer pastoralism

Anderson, Douglas. Department of Anthropology, Brown University, Rhode Island
Arctic Woodland Culture; Birnirk Culture; Choris Culture; Giddings, Louis; Iyatayet

Anisimov, Oleg. Department of Climatology, State Hydrological Institute, St Petersburg, Russia
Ice jams; Permafrost

Aporta, Claudio. Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Navigation, indigenous

Appel, Igor. Independent scholar, Washington, D.C.
Polynyas; Transpolar Drift

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Barber, Valerie. Forest Sciences Department, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Land bridges and the Arctic continental shelf; Mount McKinley (Denali)

Barr, Susan. Directorate for Cultural Heritage, Oslo, Norway
Fiala, Anthony; Ingstad, Helge; Jan Mayen; Longyear, John; Nansen, Fridtjof; Sirius Patrol

Barr, William. Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary, Canada
Anzhu, Petr Fedorovich; Badigin, Konstantin Sergeyevich; Koldeway, Karl; Middendorff, Alexander; Middleton, Christopher; Muskox; Sedov, Georgiy Yakovlevich; Sverdrup, Otto; Tyrrell, Joseph Burr; Ushakov, Georgiy; Vil'kitskii, Boris Andreevich; Vize, Vladimir

Barry, Roger. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), University of Colorado, Boulder
Climate: Research Programs

Basinger, James. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Fossils: plant species

Baskin, Leonid. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Bilibino; Byrranga Mountains; Khanty-Mansiisk; Khlobystin, Leonid; Kolyma Range; Palana; Penzhina River; Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky; Sheep; Taymyr Lake; Tyumen'; Ural Mountains

Belkin, Igor. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett
Atlantic layer; Beaufort Gyre; Bering Sea; Gulf of Alaska; Gulf Stream; Ice islands; Icebergs; North Atlantic Drift; Ocean Fronts; Salinity anomalies; Subpolar gyres

Belolutskaia, Marina. Department of Biophysics, St. Petersburg Medical University, Russia
Alaska Treaty (Convention for the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America to the United States); Cherskii, Ivan; Kropotkin, Petr; Papanin, Ivan Dmitrievich; Russian American Company; Treshnikov, Aleksey Feodorovich; Zagoskin, Lavrentii Zagoskin

Belolyubskaya, Varvara Grigorievna. Office of International Programs, Sakha State University, Yakutsk, Russia
Literature, Russian

Bennett, John. Canadian Polar Commission, Ottawa, Canada
Canadian Polar Commission; Rowley, Graham

Bentley, Shannon. Attorney and Policy Analyst, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR); Declaration on the Protection of the Arctic Environment (1991); UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

Berge, Anna. Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Kleinschmidt, Samuel

Beringer, Jason. School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University, Australia
Seward Peninsula

Berteaux, Dominique. Canada Research Chair in Conservation of Northern Ecosystems, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada
Land mammals: research programmes

Bielawski, Ellen. Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary, Canada
Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN); Anchorage; Denbigh Flint Culture; Dogrib; Indigenous knowledge; Indigenous world-views; Somerset Island; VanStone, James

Bjerregaard, Peter. Statens Institut for Folkesundhed, Copenhagen, Denmark
Health and disease in the Arctic; Human population trends; International Union for Circumpolar Health; Medical science in the Arctic

Bocking, Stephen. Environmental and Resource Studies Program, Trent University, Ontario, Canada
Environmentalism

Bockstoce, John. Independent scholar, South Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Rainey, Froelich

Bogoslovskaya, Lyudmila. Department of Subsistence and Traditional Economies, Institute of Natural and Cultural Heritage of Russia, Moscow
Diamond mining

Bordin, Guy. Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, Paris, et
Laboratoire d'ethnologie et sociologie comparative, Université de Paris X-Nanterre, France
Van de Velde, Franz

Born, Erik W. Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
Vibe, Christian; Walrus

Bourcier, Andre. Yukon Native Language Centre, Yukon College, Whitehorse, Canada
Yukon Native Language Centre

Box, Jason. Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Sublimation

Boyakova, Sardana Iljinichna. Arctic Centre, Institute of Humanitarian Research, Yakutsk, Russia
Daurkin, Nikolay; Glavsevmorput (Chief Office for the Northern sea Route); Kobelev, Ivan; Kolchak, Alexander; Shmidt, Otto Yul'evich; Wrangell, Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von

Brandson, Lorraine E. Eskimo Museum, Churchill, Canada
Churchill

Breen, Katie. Département de chimie-biologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
Curley, Tagak; Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami; Microbial mats

Brigham, Lawson W. U.S. Arctic Research Commission, Anchorage, Alaska
Armstrong, Terence; East Siberian Sea; Icebreaker; Kara Sea; Lancaster Sound; North West Passage; Vilkitskii Strait

Bronshtein, Mikhail. State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, Russia
Arutyunov, Sergei

Bryce, Robert M. Head Librarian, Montgomery College, Maryland
Gilder, William Henry

Burykin, Alexis. Institute of Linguistics, St Petersburg, Russia
Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant; Charcot, Jean-Baptiste; Chukchi-Kamchadal languages; Ivanov, Sergei Vasil'evich; Levin, Maxim; Menovshchikov, Giorgyi; Okladnikov, Alexei; Vdovin, Innokentiy Stepanovich

Bykova, Olga. Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Great Stalin Railway; Igarka; Novyi Urengoi; Orochi; Salekhard; Sel'kup; Taymyr Peninsula

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Callaghan, Terry. Abisko Research Station, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Abisko, Sweden
Biodiversity: research programmes; Copse

Callaway, Donald G. National Park Service, Alaska Regional Office
National Parks and protected areas: Alaska

Capelotti, Peter. Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Penn State University Abington College, Pennsylvania
Andrée, Salomon August; Coal mining; Ellsworth, Lincoln; Leigh Smith, Benjamin; Petermann, August; Phipps, Constantine; Russian Civil War; Submarines in Arctic exploration; Trans-Arctic Air Route; Wellman, Walter

Capozza, Korey. Investigative reporter, San Francisco, California
Kangerlussuaq; Red Dog mine; Watt, Charlie

Castleden, Heather. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Health: Environmental initiatives; Universities and Higher Education Establishments, North America and Greenland

Chan, Laurie H. M. Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
Food use of wild species; Health: Research programmes

Chaturvedi, Sanjay. Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandrigarh, India
Geopolitics of the Arctic; Images of the Arctic

Chernova, Natalia V. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
Capelin; Cod; Herring; Redfish

Chiarenzelli, Jeffrey R. Department of Geology, State University of New York at Potsdam
Lichen

Christensen, Torben R. Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystems Analysis, University of Lund, Sweden
Biogeochemistry; Carbon cycling; Global change effects

Collignon, Beatrice. Institute of Geography, Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France
Housing; Inuvialuit; Place-names; Victoria Island

Colt, Stephen G. Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska-Anchorage
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA)

Conroy, James W. H. Celtic Environment Ltd., Environmental Consultants, Banchory, Scotland
Bruce, W.S.; North East Passage, exploration of

Corbett, Helen. Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary, Canada
North Pacific Fur Seal Convention; Pribilof Islands

Cowing, Charles O. Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society, New York
Kane, Elisha Kent

Cronenwett, Philip N. Office of Leadership Giving, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Bartlett, Robert; British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876; Encyclopaedia Arctica (1946); Markham, Sir Albert H.

Crump, John. Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples Secretariat, Copenhagen, Denmark
Canadian Arctic Resources Committee (CARC); Relocation

Cruwys, Liz. Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, England
Haven, Edwin J. De; Rasmussen, Knud

Csonka, Yvon. Department of Social and Cultural History, Ilisimatusarfik - The University of Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland
Ethnohistory

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Dallmann, Winfried. Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway
Chuvan; Nanai; Negidal; Nivkhi; Orok; Ulchi

Danks, Hugh. Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
Insect larvae; Insects; Mosquitoes

Derocher, Andrew. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears; Bears; Marine mammals; Narwhal; Polar bear

Desrosiers, Pierre M. Avataq Cultural Institute, Montreal, Canada, and Université Sorbonne, Paris, France
Baffin Island; Pre-Dorset Culture; Prince Patrick Island; Southampton Island; Umiak

Diamond, Beverley
Music (contemporary indigenous)

Dick, Lyle. Western Canada Service Centre, Parks Canada, Vancouver, Canada
Ellesmere Island; Peary, Robert E.; Race to the North Pole

Dickson, Graham. Independent scholar, Toronto, Canada
Floe Edge; Greenland Shark; Leads

Distad, N. Merrill. University of Alberta Library, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Baffin, William; Beechey, Frederick; Button, Sir Thomas; Davis, John; Foxe, Luke; Freuchen, Peter; Frobisher, Sir Martin; Mackenzie, Sir Alexander; MacMillan, Donald Baxter; Markham, Sir Clements R

Dixon, John C. Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Frost and frost phenomena; Gelifluction processes

Dorais, Louis-Jacques. Département d'Anthropologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Association Inuksiutit Katimajiit; Eskimo-Aleut languages; Groupe d'études inuit et circumpolaires.; Kuujjuaq; Petersen, Robert; Qumaq, Taamusi; Taqramiut Nipingat; Turner, Lucien M.

Dore, Jonathan. Writer and editor, British Columbia, Canada
Barrow, Sir John; Jackson, Frederick; Lyon, George Francis; Schwatka, Frederick

Dumond, Don E. Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene
Archaeology of the Arctic: Alaska and Beringia; Norton Culture

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Ebbin, Syma Alexi. Research Fellow, Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (IDGEC), and Eastern Connecticut State University
Fish; Food Webs, Marine; Salmon

Eberle, Jaelyn J. Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Colorado Museum, Boulder
Fossils: animal species

Edwards, Robert. Manager/Environmental Scientist, Mitretek Systems, San Antonio, Texas
King William Island; North West Company; Wolverine

Efimova, Elena G. School of Economics, St Petersburg State University, St Petersburg, Russia
Trans-Siberian Railway

Ehrlich, Alan. Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board, Yellowknife, Canada
Bioconcentration; Great Slave Lake

Einarsson, Arni. Institute of Biology, University of Iceland, Reykjavík
Mývatn Lake

Ekberg, Anna. Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystems Analysis, Lund University, Sweden
Peatlands and bogs; Soil respiration

Elias, Scott. Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder
Beringia; Environmental history of the Arctic

Elling, Henrik M. Arctic Environmental Secretariat, Danish Polar Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
DANCEA (Danish Cooperation for Environment in the Arctic)

Ellis, Richard. Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History, New York
Blue whale; Common (harbor) seal; Dolphins and porpoises; Fin whale; Gray whale; Grey seal; Hooded seal; Killer whale; Minke whale; Northern bottlenose whale; Northern fur seal; Pilot whale; Ribbon seal; Sea otter; Sei whale; Sperm whale; Spotted seal; Steller's sea lion

Espiritu, Aileen A. Faculty of History, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada
Ainu; Collectivization

Etzel, J. Brent. Thomas Tredway Library, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois
Amagoalik, John; Council for Yukon First Nations (CYFN ); Moses, James Kivetoruk

Evans, David J.A. Department of Geography and Geomatics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Eskers; Fjords; Glacial deposition; Glacial erosion; Glacial geomorphology; Glaciers; Ice sheets; Kames; Moraines; Nunataks

Evans, Michael Robert. School of Journalism, Indiana University, Bloomington
Handicrafts/tourist art; Inuit Broadcasting Corporation

Eveno, Stéphanie. Independent scholar, Montreal, Canada
Athapaskan; Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Fægteborg, Mads. Nature and Peoples of the North, Copenhagen, Denmark
Arctic Leaders' Summit; Brun, Eske; Greenland Home Rule Act; Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC); Inuit Party; Johansen, Lars Emil; Lynge, Aqqaluk; Lynge, Augo; Lynge, Finn; Motzfeldt, Jonathan; Rosing, Hans Pavia; Thule Air Base

Falk, Marvin W. Alaska & Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Dalton Highway; Krauss, Michael E.

Farynowski, Lise. Department of Economic Development, Yukon Territorial Government, Whitehorse, Canada
Josie, Edith; McLaughlin, Audrey

Fast, Phyllis. Department of Alaska Native Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Gwich'in; Hensley, Willie; Mallot, Byron

Filler, Dennis. NORTECH Environmental & Engineering Consultants, Fairbanks, Alaska
Prudhoe Bay

Fletcher, Chris. Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Adoption; Innu

Fondahl, Gail. Department of Geography, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada
Russian Federal Law Guaranteeing the Rights of Native Sparse Peoples of the Russian Federation; Russian Federal Law on Clan Communes (Obshchinas); Russian Federal Law on Territories of Traditional Nature Use

Forbes, Bruce. Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
Conservation; Environmental problems; Habitat loss; Polar steppe; Reindeer; Sedge meadows; Tundra; Vegetation distribution; Wet tundra; Wilderness; Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Forbes, Donald. Geological Survey of Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Canada
Coastal erosion

Forchhammer, Søren. The Danish Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Copenhagen, Denmark
Olsen, Jørgen; Olsen, Moses

Fox, Anthony. Department of Wildlife Ecology and Biodiversity, National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark
Alaska Native Science Commission; Brent geese; Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map; Divers or Loons; Eider; Fell-fields; Gulls; Herb slopes; Qeqertarsuaq; Swan; Waders

Fox, Stephanie Irlbacher. Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England.
Department of Northern Affairs Act (1953); Government of the Northwest Territories Legislation (1966-); Gwich'in Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement; Inuvik; Land claims; Northwest Territories; Self-government

Freeman, Milton. Canadian Circumpolar Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Egede, Ingmar; High North Alliance; International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling; International Whaling Commission (IWC); Marine mammal hunting; Watkins, Gino; World Council of Whalers

Fryer, Paul. Department of Geography, University of Joensuu, Finland
Herzen Institute; Kola Peninsula

Fuglei, Eva. Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway
Arctic fox

Funk, Dmitrij. Department of the North and Siberian Peoples, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Popov, Andrei; Sangi, Vladimir

Funston, Bernard. Northern Canada Consulting
Capacity building

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Gajewski, Konrad. Department of Geography, University of Ottawa, Canada
Holocene; Prince of Wales Island; Quaternary paleoclimatology; Treeline; Treeline dynamics

Gavrilo, Maria. Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St Petersburg, Russia
Auk; Fulmar; Guillemot; King Eider; Pechora Delta

Gibbons, Russell. The Frederick A. Cook Society, Pennsylvania
Henson, Matthew

Gilberg, Rolf. Department of Ethnography, National Museum of Denmark
Hendrik, Hans (Suersaq); Holtved, Erik; Mylius-Erichsen, Ludwig; Qaanaaq; Sacheuse, John

Giles, Audrey. Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Canada
Sporting and Cultural Events in Canada

Gilg, Olivier. University of Helsinki, Finland
Bylot Island; Gessain, Robert; Grebe; Kittiwake; Raptors; Seabirds; Tern; Victor, Paul-Emile

Gjertz, Ian. Zoological Museum, Oslo, Norway
Barentsburg; Bear Island; Hoel, Adolf; Longyearbyen

Glahder, Christian Martin. National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark
Barnacle goose; Ittoqqortoormiit (Scoresbysund); Pinkfooted goose; White-fronted goose

Glazov, Mikhail. Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Kolguyev Island; Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Gorham, Richard. United States Public Health Service (Retired)
Alaska Peninsula; Alaska Range; Boreal forest ecology; Brooks Range; Coniferous forests; Fairbanks; Freshwater ecosystems; Kenai Peninsula; Moose; North Slope; St Lawrence Island

Gosliner, Mike. Marine Mammal Commission, Bethesda, Maryland
Marine Mammal Protection Act

Gradinger, Rolf. School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fram Strait; Greenland Sea; Large marine ecosystems; Plankton; Wegener, Alfred

Gray, David Robert. Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
Alert; Arctic hare; Banks Island; Bathurst Island; Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913[-]1918; Coppermine River; Cornwallis Island; Dall's sheeep; Gray, David, Jr; Gray, David, Sr; Hazen, Lake; Mackenzie King Island; Melville Island; National Parks and protected areas: Canada; Old Crow Flats; Sachs Harbour; Snowshoe hare; Weasel; Wolf

Greene, Tammy R. Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Hrdlicka, Aleš; Kayak; Murdoch, John; Nelson, Edward

Grinev, Andrei. Department of History, St Petersburg Humanitarian University of Trade Unions, Russia
Second Kamchatka Expedition

Grønn, Jenny Fossum. Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority, Oslo, Norway
Aron from Kangeq

Guðmundsson, Ari Trausti. Línuhönnun, consulting engineers, Reykjavík, Iceland
Ice caps; Jökulhlaups; National Parks and protected areas: Iceland; Reykjavík; Stefansson Island; Volcanoes and volcanic activity

Gultepe, Ismail. Cloud Physics Research Division, Meteorological Service of Canada, Ontario
Polar fronts

Gunn, Anne. Recourse Wildlife and Economic Development, Government of the Northwest Territories, Canada
Caribou hunting

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Habeck, Joachim Otto. Siberian Studies Centre, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany
Pechora Basin; Tungus; Vasilevich, Glafira Makar'evna

Hacquebord, Louwrens. Director of the Arctic Centre of the University of Groningen
Barents, Willem; Bowhead (Greenland right) whale; Cartography; Vlamingh, Willem de; Whaling, historical

Häggman, Bertil. Director, Center for Research on Geopolitics, Sweden
Bering, Vitus; Ellef Ringnes Island; Lapland; Lappin lääni; Munk, Jens; Nordenskiöld, Adolf Erik; Norrbotten; Steller, Georg; Sweden

Håkon Hoel, Alf. Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Tromsø
Fisheries, Commercial

Halemba, Agnieszka Ewa. Siberian Studies Centre, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany
Pilsudski, Bronislaw Piotr; Sieroszewski, Waclaw Leopoldovich

Hancock, Lyn. Lyn Hancock Enterprises, British Columbia, Canada
Mackenzie delta; Mackenzie River; Yukon River

Hansen, Klaus Georg. Sisimiut Museum, Greenland
Graah, Wilhelm A.; Koch, Lauge; Sisimiut; Telecommunications

Hansen, Steffen Stummann. Danish Polar Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Archaeology of the Arctic: Scandinavian Settlement of the North Atlantic; Hatt, Gudmund; Nørlund, Poul; Roussell, Aage

Harington, C. Richard. Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
Pleistocene megafauna

Harper, Kenn. Researcher and writer, Iqaluit, Canada
Alphabets and writing, North America and Greenland; Bernier, Joseph-Elzear; Ebierbing, Hannah [Tookoolito] and Joe; Eenoolooapik; Minik; Peck, Edmund James; Pryde, Duncan; Qillarsuaq

Harrington, Fred H. Psychology Department, Mount Saint Vincent University, Nova Scotia, Canada
Caribou; Puffins; Razorbill

Harrison, Christopher. Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary
Geological history of the Arctic

Haukkala, Hiski. Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki, Finland
International Council for Exploration of the Sea (ICES); Northern Dimension (of the European Union

Hausner, Vera. Department of Biology, University of Tromsø, Norway
Birch forests; National Parks and protected areas: Norway

Haysom, Veryan. Lawyer and researcher, Mahone Bay, Canada
Labrador Inuit Association; Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement in Principle

Headland, Robert. Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, England
Herbert, Wally

Heckathorn, Ted. Author, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Amadeo, Luigi, Duke of Abruzzi; Amund Ringnes Island

Heginbottom, John Alan. Emeritus Scientist, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada
Arctic Pilot Project; Ground ice; Permafrost retreat; Pingos

Heijnen, Adriënne. Center for North Atlantic Studies, Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
Icelanders

Heinrichs, John. Department of Geosciences, Fort Hays State University, Kansas
Baffin Bay

Henderson, Ailsa. Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada
Happy Valley; Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit; Low level flight training; Norwegian Saami parliament

Heyne, Eric. English Department, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Literature, North American

Hodkinson, Ian D. School of Biological and Earth Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, England
Belcher, Sir Edward; Bellot, Joseph-Réné; Clavering, Douglas C.; Devon Island; Disko Island; Hearne, Samuel; James, Thomas; Simpson, Thomas

Hovelsrud-Broda, Grete K. North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission, Tromsø, Norway
North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO)

Huebert, Rob. Department of Political Science, University of Calgary, Canada
Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act (1971); Militarization of the Arctic in the West

Hugason, Hjalti. Faculty of Theology, University of Iceland, Reykjavík
Churches in Iceland and the Scandinavian Arctic, establishment of

Humlum, Ole. Department of Geology, The University Courses on Svalbard, Norway
Faroe Islands; Rock glaciers; Svalbard

Hund, Andrew J. Case Western Reserve University, Ohio
Daavi Suvva festival; Eyak; Radioactivity

Huntington, Henry. Huntington Consulting, Eagle River, Alaska
Alaska Beluga Whale Committee; Arctic Council; Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS); Barrow

Husebye, Sylvi Jane. Barents House, Kirkenes, Norway
Barents Council; Barents Region; Barents Regional Council

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Ignat'eva, Vanda Borisovna. Institute of Humanitarian Research, Yakutsk, Russia
Nikolaev, Mikhail E.

Il'inskii, Vladimir V. Biological Department, Moscow State University, Russia
Microbes; White Sea

Ingólfsson, Ólafur. Department of Geology, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
Fossil periglacial phenomena; Quaternary paleogeography; Quaternary period

Isherwood, William. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California (Retired)
North Magnetic Pole

Ivanov, Vasily Nikolaevich. Institute of Humanitarian Research, Yakutsk, Russia
Yakuts; Yasak

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Jacobs, Peter. Ecole d'Architecture de paysage, Université de Montréal, Canada
James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement; James Bay Hydroelectric Project; Kativik Environmental Quality Commission; Kativik Regional Government; Makivik Corporation; Nunavik; Nunavik Political Accord; Ragland Mining Project

Jakobsson, Sverrir. University of Iceland, Reykjavík
Akureyri; Arnasson, Ingolfur; Cod Wars; Eriksson, Leif; Finnbogadottir, Vigdis; Grímsey; Husavik; Norse and Icelandic Sagas; Oddsson, David; Sturluson, Snorri; Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands)

Jastrebski, Chris. Ecological Logistics & Research, Matheson, Canada
Great Bear Lake; Inuvialuit co-management bodies; Nunavut Wildlife Management Board; Sculpin

Jensen, Jens Fog. Institute of Archaeology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Dorset Culture; Independence Culture; Knuth, Eigil

Jessen, Mette-Astrid. Greenland Home Rule, Department of Environment and Nature, Nuuk, Greenland
National Parks and protected areas: Greenland

Jóhannesson, Guðni Th. Centre for Research in the Humanities, University of Iceland
Iceland

Johnson, Kenneth R. Cryofront Journal of Cold Region Technology, Alberta, Canada
Alaska Highway; Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line; Iqaluit; Nanisivik; Norman Wells; Trans-Alaska Pipeline; Tuktoyaktuk; Waste management

Johnston, Vicky. Canadian Wildlife Service, Yellowknife, Canada
Prince Charles Island

Jolles, Carol Zane. Anthropology Department, University of Washington, Seattle
Diomede Islands

Jonaitis, Aldona. University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks
Haida; Tlingit

Jones, E. Peter. Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Canada
Oceanography

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Kadas, Robert. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, Canada
Northern Dimension of Canada's Foreign Policy

Kafarowski, Joanna. Natural Resources and Environmental Studies program, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
MacLean, Edna Agheak; National Parks and protected areas: Finland; Watt-Cloutier, Sheila

Kallenborn, Roland. Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Norway
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Pollution: Environmental Initiatives; Pollution: research programmes; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Kaplan, Lawrence D. Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Languages of the Arctic

Karpoff, Jonathan. School of Business Administration, University of Washington, Seattle
Amundsen, Roald; Exxon Valdez; Hall, Charles F.; McClure, Sir Robert

Kassam, Karim-Aly. Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary, Canada
Human ecology; Hunting, subsistence

Kattsov, Vladimir. Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory, St Petersburg, Russia
General circulation modelling

Kazaev, Andrey Vasilievitch. Arctic Centre, Institute of Humanitarian Research, Yakutsk, Russia
Odulok, Tekki

Kazaryan, Pavel Levonovich. Institute of Humanitarian Research, Yakutsk, Russia
Kolyma Highway; Lena River; Verkhoyansk Range

Kennedy, Michael P.J. Department of English, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Alootook Ipellie; Sedna: The Sea Goddess

Kent, Neil. Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, England
Egede, Hans; Egede, Poul; Kiruna; Laxness, Haldor; Rovaniemi

Keskitalo, Carina. Department of Social Studies, University of Lapland, Finland
Sustainable development and human dimensions: environmental initiatives

Kevan, Peter G. Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Canada
Ecology and environment; Invertebrates, Terrestrial; Plant reproduction and pollination; Queen Elizabeth Islands; Trophic levels

Kingston, Deanna M. Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University
Inupiat; King Island; Masks; Music (traditional indigenous); Song duel

Kirkwood, Sheila. Atmospheric Research Programme, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Sweden
Upper atmosphere physics and chemistry

Klokov, Konstantin. Department of Social Geography, St Petersburg State University, Russia
Economic Inventory of the (Soviet) Polar North, 1926/27; Indigirka River

Koerbel, Hermann F. Arctic Research Consortium Austria
Payer, Julius; Weyprecht, Karl

Kovacs, Kit. Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway
Bearded seal; Beluga (white) whale; Harp seal; Ringed seal

Kowalik, Zygmunt. Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Tides

Krutak, Lars. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C
Repatriation; Tattooing

Kulchyski, Peter. Department of Native Studies, University of Manitoba, Canada
Boas, Franz; Colonization of the Arctic; Dene; Indigenous rights; Nunavut Final Agreement; Sahtu Land Claims Agreement

Kuzmin, Sergius L. Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Adaptation; Amphibians; Food chains; Marine biology; Reptiles

L
Lalonde, Christine. Associate Curator of Inuit Art, National Gallery of Canada
Ivory carving; Soper, J. Dewey

Lamoureux, Scott. Department of Geography, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
Cornwall Island

Lange, Manfred A. Institute for Geophysics, University of Münster, Germany
Climate change; Ice ages; Ice shelves; Pancake ice; Thermohaline circulation

Langgård, Karen. Department of Greenlandic Language and Literature, Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland
Literature, Greenlandic

Lantto, Patrik. Department of historical studies, Umeå university, Sweden
Saami

Lappo, Elena G. Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Skuas and Jaegers

Lappo, Georgy M. Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Arkhangel'sk

Lapteva, Elena. Institute of Biology, Komi Science Centre, Ural Division of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Ob' River

Laugrand, Frédéric. Faculté de Théologie et de Sciences Religieuses, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Churches in Greenland and the North American Arctic, establishment of; Elders; Mary-Rousseliere, Father Guy; Missionary activity; Mythology of the Inuit; Nomadism; Schneider, Lucien

Lebedintsev, Alexander I. Northeastern Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Far-Eastern Branch, Vladivostok, Russia
Old Kerek Culture; Tokarev Culture

Lee, Molly. University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks
Art and artists (indigenous); Nalukatak

Légaré, André. Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Canada
Bathurst Mandate; Gwich'in Renewable Resources Board; Gwich'in Settlement Area; Gwich'in Tribal Council; Nunavut; Sahtu Renewable Resouces Board; Sahtu Settlement Area

Legge, Scott S. Department of Anthropology, University of Kent, Canterbury, England
Nutrition and food; Physical Anthropology of the Arctic

Legros, Dominique. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Petitot, Father; Tutchone

Lehtola, Veli-Pekka. Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Finland
Nickul, Karl

Lévesque, Esther. Département de chimie-biologie, Université du Québec a Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
High Arctic

Lincoln, Amber. Independent scholar, Fairbanks, Alaska
Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC); Native corporations

Lincoln, Tamara. Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Labor camps

Lindsay, Ronald. Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle
Climate oscillations; Energy balance

Lindsey, Gillian. Writer and editor, New York
Barents Sea; Gas hydrates; Greenland halibut; Hopson, Eben; Ilulissat; Invertebrates, Aquatic; Molloy Deep; Nelson Island; Northern Sea Route; Nunivak Island; Primary Production, Marine; Protected areas; Tatshenshini/Alsek; University of the Arctic; Vaigach

Livingstone, Roxanne. News reporter and writer, Yukon, Canada
Adamson, Shirley

Lomagin, Nikita A. School of Economics, St Petersburg State University, Russia
Arms Control; Militarization of the Arctic in Russia; Murmansk Speech (1987)

Long, Maureen. Northern Research Institute, Yukon College, Whitehorse, Canada
Mowat, Farley; Service, Robert

Lyck, Lise. Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Air routes; Economic development; Economic policy; Greenland Technical Organization (GTO); Mining; Trade; Transport

M
Maas, David. Professor (Emeritus) of Political Science, University of Alaska Anchorage
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA); Alaska Native Review Commission

MacDonald, John. Igloolik Research Centre, Nunavut Research Institute, Canada
Igloolik; Piugaattuk, Noah

MacDonald, Robert. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada, the Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, British Columbia
Beaufort Sea

Machino, Yoichi. Independent researcher, Grenoble, France
Arctic char

MacPherson, Ian. British Columbia Institute for Co-operative Studies, University of Victoria, Canada
Co-operatives

Malcolm, David. University of Alberta, Canada
Canada

Martin, Cyd. National Park Service, Alaska
Clothing

Martin, Thibault. Department of Sociology, University of Winnipeg, Canada
Metis National Council; Québec

Maschner, Herbert D. G. Department of Anthropology, Idaho State University
Aleutian Tradition; Warfare, historical

Mason, Arthur. University of California, Berkeley
Gas exploration

Mazhitova, Galina. Institute of Biology, Komi Science Centre, Ural Division of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Komi Republic; Magadan; Soils; Syktyvkar; Vorkuta

Mazourov, Yuri. Heritage Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Arkhangel'skaya Oblast; Kamchatskaya Oblast'; Karelia; Magadanskaya Oblast; National Parks and protected areas: Russia; Russia

McCann, Doris. Athabasca University, and Nunavut Arctic College, Canada
Cournoyea, Nellie; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC); Inuvialuit Final Agreement; Nunavut Tunngavik Inc

McConnell, Joseph R. Hydrologic Sciences Division, Desert Research Institute, Nevada
Ice core record

McCormick, Floyd. Yukon Legislative Assembly, Whitehorse, Yukon, and Arts and Sciences Division, Yukon College, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Committee for Original Peoples' Entitlement (COPE); Council for Yukon Indians Umbrella Final Agreement; Mackenzie Valley pipeline; Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP); Schultz, Ed

McDonald, James Andrew. Department of Anthropology, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS); Tsimshian

McEwen, Donald. Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Aurora

McRoy, C. Peter. School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks
North Pacific

Meek, Chanda. Regional Resilience and Adaptation Program, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Political issues in resource management

Meyer-Rochow, Benno. School of Engineering and Science, International University Bremen, Germany
Finland; Hibernation; Mammoth; Noctilucent cloud formation; Snow house; Ultraviolet-B radiation

Mit'ko, Valery. Director on Science and Projects of Saint Petersburg State Organization, Secretariat of the Northern Forum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Alpha Ridge; Amundsen Basin; Arctic mid-ocean ridge; Canadian Basin; Chukchi Plateau; Chukchi Sea; Lomonosov Ridge; Nansen Basin; Pevek; Provideniya

Montgomerie, Robert. Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
Buntings and longspurs; Ptarmigan and grouse

Moore, Carol J. Sociology and Politics Department, Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge, England
Leadership

Morrow, Phyllis. Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Bladder ceremony; Messenger feast; Yupiit

Morton, Anne. Hudson's Bay Company Archives, Archives of Manitoba, Canada
Kennedy, William

Mousalimas, S.A. Oxford University, England
Archbishop Innocent (Ivan Veniaminov); Shamanism; Shirokogorov, Sergey Mikhailovich

Mueller, Derek. Département de biologie, Université Laval, Canada
Curley, Tagak; Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami; Microbial mats

Muir, Magdalena. Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary, Canada
Wildlife management: Environmental Initiatives

Mullington, David. Journalist, Ottawa Citizen, Canada (Retired)
Okalik, Paul

Murray, Tavi. School of Geography, University of Leeds, England
Glacial flow

Myarikyanova, Elvira Throfimovna. Arctic Research Center, Institute of Humanitarian Research, Yakutsk, Russia
Buryat Republic (Buryatiya); Dezhnev, Semyon

Myers, Heather. Department of International Studies, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
Animal-rights movements and renewable resources; Bourque, James W.; Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES); Dempster Highway; Seal Skin Directive; Trapping; Yellowknife

Myerson, Ralph M. Frederick A. Cook Society, Pennsylvania
Bering Strait; Boothia Peninsula; Davis Strait; De Long Islands; Hayes, Isaac I.; Labrador Sea; Lincoln Sea; Melville Bay; Norwegian Sea; Rae, John; Richardson, Sir John

N
Nagy, Murielle. Université Laval, Québec, Canada
International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA)

Naidu, A. Sathy. School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Heavy metals

Nesis, Kir N. P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
King crab; Molluscs; Pollock; Shrimp; Tanner crab

Neumann, Caryn E. Department of History, Ohio State University
Fisher, Alexander; Swaine, Charles

Newton, Jennifer I. M. Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Northern Land Use Research Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska
Fifth Thule Expedition; Ipiutak Culture; Laguna, Frederica de; Larsen, Helge; Mathiassen, Therkel; Old Bering Sea Culture; Saqqaq Culture; Thule Culture

Nielsen, Jens K. Danish Centre for Rural Research and Development, Denmark
Atassut; Industrial development; Information technology; Inuit Ataqatigiit; Nordic Council of Ministers; Self-determination; Siumut; Sustainable development; Urbanization; West Nordic Council

Nikitin, Valery Mefodievich. Sakha State University, Yakutsk, Russia
Gold mining

Nikolaev, Alexander Petrovich. Institute of Humanitarian Research, Yakutsk, Russia
Churches in the Russian Arctic, establishment of

Nord, Douglas. University Center for International Education, Wright University, Ohio
Circumpolar Universities Association; Demography and population

Novgorodov, Innokentij. Institute of Humanitarian Research, Yakutsk, Russia
Northern Altaic languages

Novikov, Anatoly Georgiyevich. Department of History, Yakutsk State University, Russia
Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

Nuttall, Mark. Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, Canada
Animals in the world-views of indigenous peoples; Arctic: definitions and boundaries; Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy; Eskimo; Greenland; Greenland Inuit; Indigenous peoples' organizations and Arctic environmental politics; International Polar Years; Inuit; Mitaarneq; Tourism; Whaling, subsistence

O
Odess, Dan. Curator of Archaeology Collection, University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks
Arctic Small Tool tradition

Ogden, Aynslie. Northern Research Institute, Yukon College, Whitehorse, Canada
Climate: Environmental Initiatives; Fens; Hudson Bay; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); Kettles; Loess; Mackenzie Basin; Marshes; Northern Climate ExChange; Northern Research Forum; Precipitation and moisture; Weather; Woodlands

Ogilvie, Astrid E. J. Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder
Eirík the Red

Ólafsson, Haraldur. University of Iceland, Reykjavík.
Stratus cloud

Olson, Rachel. Department of Sociology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC); Bureau of Land Management; Council of Tribal Athabascan Governments; Gwich'in Council International; Northwest Alaska Regional Corporation (NANA); Project Chariot

Ørbæk, Jon Børre. Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway
Arctic haze; Ozone depletion

Øverland, Indra. Department of Russian Studies, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo, Norway
Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat; International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA); Kola Science Centre; Lovozero; Murmanskaya Oblast'; Saami Council

P
Paci, Chris. Arctic Athabaskan Council, Yellowknife, Canada
Common property management; Hudson's Bay Company; Metis

Palmer, Andrew. Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, England
Oil exploration

Pálsson, Gísli. Institute of Anthropolgy, University of Iceland, Reykjavík
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur

Peter, Elisa. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Sweden
Forests: Environmental initiatives

Peters, Jochen. University of Tromsø, Norway
Finnmark; Nordland; Norway; Svalbard Treaty; Troms; Tromsø

Petersen, Robert. Independent scholar, Denmark
Thalbitzer, William

Petrov, Panteleimon. Department of History, Institute of Humanitarian Research, Yakutsk, Russia
Atlasov, Vladimir; Speranskii, Mikhail

Plumet, Patrick. Département des sciences de la terre et de l'atmosphère Université du Québec à Montréal
Migration (prehistory)

Pollard, Wayne. Department of Geography, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Axel Heiberg Island; Herschel Island; Patterned and Polygonal Ground; Periglacial environments; Polar desert; Thermokarst

Poppel, Birger. Statistics Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland
Birthplace criteria; G-50; G-60; Human dimensions: Research programmes

Potter, Ben A. Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Alaska Native Language Center; American Paleo-Arctic Tradition; Northern Archaic period

Potter, Russell A. Department of English, Rhode Island College, Providence
Franklin, Lady Jane; Franklin, Sir John; Open polar sea; Ross, Sir John

Powell, Richard C. Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, England
Polar Continental Shelf Project (PCSP); Resolute base

Pretes, Michael. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Alaska; Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA); London, Jack

Proppe, Hulda. Department of Anthropology, University of Iceland, Reykjavík
Gender

R
Radionov, Vladimir Fedorovich. International Arctic Research Centre, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Drifting stations

Rasmussen, Rasmus Ole. Department of Geography and International Development Studies, University of Roskilde, Denmark
Aasiaat; Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland; Fish farming; Greenland Hunters and Fishers Association (KNAPK); Greenland Seafishery and Export Association; Ivittut; Maarmorilik; Nanortalik; North Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO); Nuuk; Qaqortoq; Royal Greenland; Sheep farming; Tasiilaq; Upernavik; Uummannaq

Razzhivin, Volodya. Department of Vegetation of the Far North, Komarov Botanical Institute, St Petersburg, Russia
Anadyr River; Chukotskoya Range; Dry tundra; Dwarf-shrub heaths; Mesic tundra; Shrub tundra; Snow patches; Tussock tundra; Wrangel Island

Reedy-Maschner, Katherine. Department of Anthropology, Idaho State University
Aleut; Aleut Corporation; Aleut International Association; Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association

Rees, Gareth. Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, England
Albedo; Noril'sk; Satellite remote sensing; Snow; Windchill

Reiersen, Lars-Otto. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo, Norway
Local and transboundary pollution

Rethmann, Petra. Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Iokhel'son, Vladimir Il'ich; Koryak; Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON)

Rex, Markus. Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Potsdam, Germany
Polar stratospheric clouds; Polar vortex

Rice, Keren. Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto, Canada
Northern Athapaskan languages

Richling, Barnett. Sociology/Anthropology Department, Mount Saint Vincent University, Nova Scotia, Canada
Czaplicka, Marie Antoinette; Jenness, Diamond; Labrador Inuit; Newfoundland and Labrador; Settlers (Labrador)

Riffenburgh, Beau. Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, England
Bennett, James Gordon Jr; Exploration of the Arctic; Torrell, Otto

Rigor, Ignatius. Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle
Laptev Sea; Meteorological stations; Sea ice

Robinson, Deborah B. Institute of Arctic Studies, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
Alutiit; Cree; Fur trade; Grand Council of the Cree; Pullar, Gordon

Robinson, Michael. Central Connecticut State University
Cook, Frederick A.; Grinnell, Henry

Roepstorff, Andreas. Afdeling for Etnografi og Socialantropologi, Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
Birket-Smith, Kaj

Rogacheva, Helene V. Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Enets; Khatanga; Khatanga River; Yenisey River

Rogne, Odd. International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), Oslo, Norway
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)

Romanenko, Fedor. Department of Geography, Moscow State University Lomonosov, Russia
Arctic Ocean Hydrographical Expedition, 1909[-]1915; Geomorphology; New Siberian Islands; North Pole Air Expedition, 1937; Russian Polar Expedition, 1900[-]1901; Toll, Baron Edward von

Ross, William G. Department of Geography, Bishop's University, Quebec, Canada (Retired Faculty)
Comer, George; Low, Albert Peter; Penny, William

Rybakov, Felix F. Faculty of Economics, St Petersburg State University, Russia
Murmansk

S
Sannikova, Yana Mikhailovna. Institute of Humanitarian Research, Yakutsk, Russia
Northern Forum

Savchenko, Andrew. Independent scholar, Providence, Rhode Island
Sakhalin Island

Sawtell, Shirley. Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, England
Pond Inlet

Schledermann, Peter. Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary, Canada
Archaeology of the Arctic: Canada and Greenland; Mikkelsen, Ejnar; North West Passage, exploration of; Ross, Sir James; Skraeling Island

Schmidlin, Thomas W. Department of Geography, Kent State University, Ohio
Aleutian Range; Chugach Mountains; Dawson; Denmark Strait; Kodiak Island; Kuskokwim Mountains; Melville Peninsula; Nome

Schoenfuss, Heiko L. Department of Biological Sciences, St. Cloud State University, Minnesota
Marine mammals: Research programmes

Schweitzer, Peter. Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Bear ceremonialism; Bogoraz, Vladimir Germanovich; Collins, Henry B.; Dolgikh, Boris; Kinship; Russian "Old Settlers"; Russian Geographical Society; Siberian (Chukotkan) Yupik

Sergeyev, Igor. Archangel'skaya, Russia
Dikson; Pechora River; Severnaya Dvina

Shabaev, Yuri. Komi Science Centre, Syktyvkar, Russia
Khanty; Komi; Naryan-Mar; Northern Uralic languages

Shannon, Kerrie Ann. Department of Sociology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Dog sledge in Inuit Culture; Plant gathering

Shin, Kyung-Hoon. International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Freshwater hydrology; Oceanography: Research programmes

Shirina, Danara Antonovna. Institute of Humanitarian Research, Yakutsk, Russia
Billings, Joseph; Jesup North Pacific Expedition

Shishigina, Anna Nikolaevna. Institute of Humanitarian Research, Yakutsk, Russia
Chelyuskin, Semyon; Chirikov, Alexei; Laptev, Dmitriy; Laptev, Khariton

Sidorov, Boris Ignatievich. Department of Biology and Geography, Yakutsk State University, Russia
Raven

Sillanpää, Lennard. Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Arctic Research Policy Act; ILO Convention no. 107; ILO Convention no. 169; Nordic Saami Institute; Saami Parliaments

Sirina, Anna A. Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Evenki Autonomous Okrug; Kamchatka Peninsula; Kamchatka River; Koryak Autonomous Okrug; Shternberg, Lev Yakovlevich; Tofalars; Udege

Sittler, Benoît. Institut für Landespflege, Universität Freiburg, Germany
Microtines (lemmings, voles); Owl

Slobodin, Sergei B. Northeastern Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan, Russia
Bel'kachi Culture; Dikov, Nikolay; Dyuktai Culture; Old Itel'men Culture; Old Koryak Culture; Siberdik Culture; Sumnagin Culture; Syalakh Culture; Tarya Culture; Tein, Tasyan; Wrangel Paleo-Eskimo Culture; Ymyakhtakh Culture

Smith, Samantha. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International Arctic Programme, Oslo, Norway
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International Arctic Programme

Smyth, Steve. Department of Environment, Government of Yukon, and Yukon College, Canada
Whitehorse; Yukon Territory

Sørensen, Axel. History Department, Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
Bang, Jette; Chemnitz, Lars; Høegh, Erling; Rink, Hinrich Johannes; Royal Greenland Trade Company (KGH)

Stam, Deirdre C. New York Center for Books and Reading, Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Long Island University, New York
Inuit Art Foundation

Steele, Michael. Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle
Cold halocline

Steele, Peter. Author, Whitehorse, Canada
Back, Sir George

Stenbæk, Marianne. McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Birthplace criteria; Human dimensions: Research programmes

Stern, Harry L. Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle
Arctic Circle; Concentric spheres and polar voids, theory of; North Pole; United States of America

Stern, Pamela. Department of Anthropology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Collinson, Richard; Inuvialuit Settlement Region; Kroeber, Alfred

Stone, I. R. Author, Isle of Man, England
Inglefield, Edward A.; Sabine, Edward

Sutyrin, Sergei. Department of World Economy, St Petersburg State University, Russia
Globalization and the Arctic

Svoboda, Josef. Department of Biology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Primary production

Syroechkovski, Eugene E. Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Ket; Nganasan

T
Tammiksaar, Erki. Karl Ernst von Baer Museum of the Institute of Zoology and Botany, Estonian Agricultural University
Baer, Karl von; Bunge, Alexander von; Castren, Alexandr Mathias; Kotzebue, Otto von; Maak, Rikhard Karlovich

Teilmann, Jonas. National Environmental Research Institute, Roskilde, Denmark
Humpback whale

Tertitski, Grigori. Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Dudinka; Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug; Krasnoyarsk Kray; Solovetski Islands; Taymyr (Dolgan-Nenets) Autonomous Okrug; Taz River; Tyumen Oblast; Yamal Peninsula

Tester, Frank James. School of Social Work and Family Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Grise Fiord; Resolute Bay

Tews, Joerg. Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Germany
Back River; Biodiversity; Cassiope heaths; Empetrum heaths

Thomas, Robert H. EG&G Services, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia
Greenland ice sheet

Thompson, Niobe. Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, England
Chukchi Autonomous Okrug (Chukotka)

Thuesen, Søren. Department of Eskimology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Eskimology

Tinsley, Clayton. Stefansson Arctic Institute, Iceland
North Atlantic Biocultural Organization (NABO)

Traeger, Verena. Institut für Ethnologie, Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie, Universität Wien, Austria
Aasivik; Crantz, David; Ellis, Henry; Holm, Gustav; Klutschak, Henry Wenzel; Ny Herrnhut; Olearius, Adam; Qilakitsoq mummies; Rasmussen, Henriette; Tupilak

Turner, John. British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, England
Polar lows

V
Van der Wal, René. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Banchory, England
Plant-animal interactions

Vasil`eva, Maya Ivanovna. Institute of Humanitarian Research, Yakutsk, Russia
Dolgan; Evenki; Evens

Vasiliev, Vladimir. Northern Forum Academy, Sakha Republic, Russia
Arctic ground squirrel; Research stations; Tiksi; Yakutsk

Vasilieva, Nina Dmitrievna. Institute of Humanitarian Research, Yakutsk, Russia
Committee of the North; Sibiryakov, Alexander

Vaté, Virginie. Université Paris X-Nanterre, France
Anadyr; Chukchi; Itel'men; Rytkheu, Yuri

Veen, C.J. van der. Department of Geological Sciences, and Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University
Glacier ice; Glacier mass balance; Glaciology

Vick-Westgate, Ann. Author, Boston, Massachusetts
Education

Vikør, Lars Sigurdsson. University of Oslo, Norway
Alphabets and writing, Scandinavia and Iceland; Scandinavian languages

Vilhjálmsson, Hjálmar. Marine Research Institute, Iceland
Fisheries (commerical)

Vinokurova, Lilia. Institute of humanitarian research, Yakutsk, Russia
Institute for Northern Minorities' Problems; Institute of Peoples of the North; Universities and Higher Education Establishments, Russia

Vogel, Hal. College of Communication, Rowan University, New Jersey
Byrd, Richard; De Long, George Washington; Greely, Adolphus W.

Vorobieva, Irina V. Department of World Economy, St Petersburg State University, Russia
Globalization and the Arctic

Voronin, Vadim. Archive Department, Russian State Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic (RSMAA), St Petersburg, Russia
Kuchiev, Yuri Sergeevich; Voronin, Vladimir Ivanovich

W
Wadhams, Peter. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, England
Arctic Ocean; Sikussak

Walker, H. Jesse. Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University
Colville River; River and lake ice

Wallace, Birgitta. Archaeologist Emerita, Parks Canada
Vikings; Vinland

Wamsley, Doug. Independent scholar, Bergen County, New Jersey
Royal Geographical Society

Watson, Annette. Department of Geography, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Aleutian Islands; Commander Islands; Cook, James; Nuclear testing; Scoresby, William; Western Telegraph Expedition

Ween, Gro. Institute of Anthropology, University of Oslo, Norway
Alta/Kautokeino Demonstrations; Arctic Athabascan Council; Arctic Peoples' Conference; Association of World Reindeer Herders; Inuit Circumpolar Youth Council (ICYC); Magga, Ole Henrik

Welch, Harold. Freshwater Institute, Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Manitoba (Retired)
Secondary production

Weller, Gunter. Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Climate; Global warming; Greenhouse gas emissions; Impacts of climate change; Microclimates; Urban climates

Wenzel, George. Department of Geography, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Sharing

West, Janet. Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, England
Scrimshaw

Wheelersburg, Robert. Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania
Pastoralism

Willerslev, Rane. Department of Anthropology and Ethnography, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Fur trade, history in Russia; Yukagir

Williams, Meredith. Department of Geomatics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Franz Josef Land; Glacier growth and decay; Novaya Zemlya; Severnaya Zemlya

Wilson, John. Writer and researcher, Lantzville, Canada
Bylot, Robert; Crozier, Francis; Hudson, Henry; Weymouth, George

Wolken, Gabriel. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Little Ice Age

Woo, Ming-Ko. School of Geography and Geology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Permafrost Hydrology

Y
Yates, James. Department of English and Foreign Language, Northwestern Oklahoma State University
McClintock, Francis Leopold; Nobile, Umberto; Parry, Sir William Edward

Yurchenko, Alexei Y. Center for Environmental and Technological History, European University at St. Petersburg, Russia
Krasheninnikov, Stepan; Litke, Fedor; Pomor

Z
Zakharova, Veronika. Russian State Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic, St Petersburg, Russia
Cherevichny, Ivan Ivanovich; Somov, Mikhail Mikhailovich

Zeeb, Barbara. Environmental Sciences Group, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston
Contaminants; Hydrocarbon contamination; Ocean Dumping

Zen'ko, Alexey
Chernetsov, Valery; Mansi; Nenets; Rudenko, Sergei

Zhirkov, Innokenty. Geography Department, Sakha State University, Yakutsk, Russia
Kolyma River; Olenek River; Okhotsk, Sea of; Subarctic; Taiga; Yana River

Zhu, Lie. Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences, Utah State University
Substorms

Zhukova, Ludmila Nikolayevna. Department of Philology, Yakutsk State University, Russia
Alphabets and writing, Russia

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