Arctic Visiting Speakers Series | 2000 Visiting Speaker Tours

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Patricia Cochran addresses students at a Texas elementary school.

Listed below are completed tours from the year 2000. The most recently completed are at the top.

If you have any questions regarding these tours, please contact avs@arcus.org.

Arctic Visiting Speakers' Tours 2000
Dates: December 18th - December 22nd 2000
Hosts: Garrik Grikurov: grikurov@mail.lanck.net Host institution: All-Russia Research Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the World Ocean (VNIIOkeangeologia), St. Petersburg, Russia				Visiting Speaker: Arthur Grantz, Consulting Professor, Stanford University and Scientist Emeritus, U.S. Geological Survey agrantz@mojave.wr.usgs.gov Title: "Insights into plate tectonics in the Arctic Basin from seismic profiles, gravity data and bedrock cores" Other Activities: -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). -Visit and lecture at the Geological Department of St. Petersburg State University
Dates: November 12th - November 20th 2000
Host: François Trudel: Francois.Trudel@fss.ulaval.ca Host institution: "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, http://www.fss.ulaval.ca/, Quebec, Canada, Nunavut Arctic College, and Iqaluit Elders' Society				Visiting Speaker: William Schneider, Oral History Curator and Professor, Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks ffwss@uaf.edu Title: Dr. Schneider will address the GÉTIC group in Quebec (title to be arranged) Other Activities: Participate in the "Memory and History in Nunavut" workshop in Iqaluit, including visits and meetings in the community.
Dates: November 2nd - November 4th 2000
Host: Donald Holly Jr.: Donald_Holly@brown.edu Host institution: Department of Anthropology, Brown University				Visiting Speaker: Robert McGhee, Curator of Arctic Archaeology, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Quebec, Canada maslowsk@ucar.edu Title: "Why did the Inuit Occupy Arctic North America? A case study in the brief regretted life of Scientistic Archaeology." Other Activities: Visit to Circumpolar Laboratory, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/Haffenreffer/
Dates: October 23 - October 24th 2000
Host: John S. Barclay: john.barclay@uconn.edu Host institution: Wildlife Conservation Research Center, Department of Natural Resource Management and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut http://www.canr.uconn.edu/nrme/				Visiting Speaker: David Klein; Professor Emeritus, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska ffdrk@uaf.edu Presentation(s): 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.
Dates: October 21st - October 26th 2000
Hosts: Vladimir Romanovsky: ffver@uaf.edu Syun Akasofu: sakasofu@iarc.uaf.edu Host institution: University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center: http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/ University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/,				Visiting Speaker: Artur Chilingarov, Vice Chairman Vladimir Gruzinov, Assistant Vice Chairman Parliament of the Russian Federation Title: "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.