2000 All Arctic Visiting Speaker Tours
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2000 Tours
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Insights into plate tectonics in the Arctic Basin from seismic profiles, gravity data and bedrock cores
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Meeting with Russian members of the International Arctic Science Committee http://www.iasc.no/ (IASC) planning group for the arctic sediment compilation (an outgrowth of the International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean project).
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Visit and lecture at the Geological Department of St. Petersburg State University
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Dr. Schneider addressed the "Memory and History in Nunavut", a Community-University Research Alliance partnership among Groupe d'études inuit et circumpolaires (GÉTIC), Faculté des sciences sociales, Université Laval in Quebec.
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Participated in the "Memory and History in Nunavut" workshop in Iqaluit, including visits and meetings in the community.
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Title: "Why did the Inuit Occupy Arctic North America? A case study in the brief regretted life of Scientistic Archaeology."
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Visit to Circumpolar Laboratory, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
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Presentations focused on ecology of Arctic ungulates and the effects of petroleum development. Presented at a campus-wide seminar, a wildlife class, and at the student union luncheon.
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"On some problems in recent arctic and Antarctic research"
Other Activities:
- Participate in the International Arctic Research Center principal investigators' meeting
- Discussions with Russian-American Initiative on Shelf-Land Environments in the Arctic (RAISE) Science Management Office
Notes: In addition to being Vice-Chair of the Duma (Russian Parliament), Dr. Chilingharov is a scientist with substantial experience on Soviet-era arctic ice camps. Dr. Gruzinov is also a researcher and will act as translator.
Summary:
Presentations
"On some problems in recent arctic and Antarctic research"
Other Activities:
- Participate in the International Arctic Research Center principal investigators' meeting
- Discussions with Russian-American Initiative on Shelf-Land Environments in the Arctic (RAISE) Science Management Office
Notes: In addition to being Vice-Chair of the Duma (Russian Parliament), Dr. Chilingharov is a scientist with substantial experience on Soviet-era arctic ice camps. Dr. Gruzinov is also a researcher and will act as translator.