2001 All Arctic Visiting Speaker Tours
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2001 Tours
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Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover over the Past Century
This was a seminar at the IARC.
Developing a blended snow cover database
This was presented to general public at Geophysical Institute.
Know your data: Gathering climatic information of the highest quality
Presentation to faculty and students at the Water and Environmental Research Center.
Other Activities
He was interviewed by the University press.
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Contaminants in the Arctic – Native Knowledge and Perspectives
This was a lecture held at the Geochemical and Environmental Research Group. About 32 graduate students, scientists, and staff attended.
Traditional knowledge in science and policy
This was presented to general public.
Other Activities
- Meeting w/ Native American students (students)
- Anthropology class (undergraduates)
- Advisory Council meeting for Sustainable Coastal Margins (faculty, research scientists, and graduate students)
- Bush School Seminar (graduate students)
- Neal Elementary School (1st –5th graders and teachers)
- Cypress Grove Middle School (6th graders and teachers)
- Geography Department Seminar (graduates, faculty and scientists)
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Culture and Language projects from NSB
This presentation was given at the Memory and History of the North conference and in a working group.
Other Activities
She also met with and discussed her work at GÉTIC, Anthropology, Sociology, and Political Science Departments, and Faculté de théologie et de sciences religieuses of Université Laval and the Multilingual E-Data Solutions. She met with graduate students and staff.
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Key note speaker at school district (K-12) inservice. His presentation was on Arctic research and progression of environmental and climate change.
Notes: This inservice was for teachers that were preparing to participate in the national education program called, “Jason Project.” This year’s focus in the Jason Project was the Arctic. Steve was invited to provide background to the teachers so they could launch this project in their classrooms.
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The Archeology of Historic Exploration in the Arctic and Antarctic
This presentation was given at the American Folklore Society conference.
Research Ethics
This presentation was at the conference.
Other Activities
Participated in a radio interview and high school lecture on Arctic Archeology in Talkeetna, Alaska
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The Image of a Spiritual Midwife in Contemporary Russian Urban Folklore
This presentation was given at the American Folklore Society Conference.
Medieval Russian
This presentation was at the UAA geography department to undergraduates.
Homebirth and Woman’s Issues in Russia
This presentation was at the UAA Languages and Woman Studies Departments to graduates.
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The Arctic Ocean, Article 76, and Alaskan Resources: The Significance of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and its Anticipated Effect on Resource Jurisdiction North of Alaska
This presentation was held for Minerals Management Service staff, Industry (BP/Phillips), and general public.
Enlarging Seward's Icebox: How Changes in Climate and International Law Could Offer Alaskans a Greater Share of the Arctic Ocean's Resources
This presentation was held at the Loussac Public Library as a general public slideshow and presentation.
Notes: Dr. Macnab’s trip to Alaska was a joint application with U.S. Minerals Management Service. He shared presentations with Dr. Garrik Grikurov and focused on international laws and the Arctic Ocean.
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Preliminary results of the Russian earth science research conducted in the 2000 in the high Arctic
This presentation was held at the University in Fairbanks for graduate students and professors.
Tectonic Structure and Evolution of Sedimentary Basins on the Continental Margin of Northern Eurasia
This presentation was held for Minerals Management Service staff, Industry (BP/Phillips), and general public, in Anchorage.
The Work of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Arctic and Antarctic
This presentation was held at the Loussac Public Library, in Anchorage, as a general public slideshow and presentation.
Notes: Dr. Grikurov's trip to Alaska was a joint application between U.S. Minerals Management Service and University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute. He shared presentations with Dr. Ron Macnab. His presentations were geological in nature.
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Endangered languages in the North: technical and emotional issues in reversing language shift
This presentation was given at the IASSA conference.
Endangered languages in the North
This presentation was given to staff and students in the sociolinguistics department and Laval University.
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Ways of Knowing Science: An Alaska Native Perspective
These two experts on the effects of environmental change on arctic subsistence lifestyles contributed their perspectives to this cooperative K-12 science education program. The speakers gave classroom presentations at elementary, middle, and high schools in the Port Aransas School District. Topics of discussion were based on themes from the Study of Arctic Change program selected by teachers at the different grade levels.
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* Study of Arctic Change: An Interactive Program Linking Researchers with K-12 Students is a collaboration between the Marine Science Institute, University of Texas and Port Aransas, Texas, School District
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Ways of Knowing Science: An Alaska Native Perspective
These two experts on the effects of environmental change on arctic subsistence lifestyles contributed their perspectives to this cooperative K-12 science education program. The speakers gave classroom presentations at elementary, middle, and high schools in the Port Aransas School District. Topics of discussion were based on themes from the Study of Arctic Change program selected by teachers at the different grade levels.
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* Study of Arctic Change: An Interactive Program Linking Researchers with K-12 Students is a collaboration between the Marine Science Institute, University of Texas and Port Aransas, Texas, School District
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