Directory of Arctic Researchers

Alaska Research Office - Fairbanks

Research interests include terrain suitability for permafrost degradation (including thermokarst) processes, regional-scale changes in permafrost- related ecological processes and land cover, and linking permafrost cryostructure and ground ice distribution with surficial geology, geomorphology, and vegetation. Impacts to ecology and infrastructure are considered. These topics are examined using spatial analysis, typically scaling results from local to regional scales using remote sensing, GIS, and spatial statistics.

Permafrost / Remote Sensing / Ecosystems / Spatial Analysis / GIS / Surficial Processes / Geophysics / Cryostratigraphy / Vegetation

Department of Paleontology Subdivision - Geological Survey of Canada

Natural Resources Canada

Carboniferous and Permian corals and biostratigraphy.

geology, paleontology

School of Geographical Sciences

University of Bristol

The present-day and future behavior of the Greenland ice sheet and smaller Arctic ice caps and glaciers. The impact of Greenland freshwater fluxes on ocean circulation and coastal currents.

glaciology, geophysics, remote sensing

Environment Canada

Canadian Ice Service

IcebergsNational Coordination of DFO Arctic Science Programs

climatology, oceanography, ice modeling

Department of Mining and Geological Engineering

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Design of mine ventilation systems for underground mines in the Arctic.Arctic mining.

mining, air pollution modeling, permafrost engineering

Shirshov Institute of Oceanology

Russian Academy of Sciences

Okhotsk Sea, Bering Sea (Komandorsky Basin), Northern Atlantic (Knipovich Ridge).Mechanisms of the complex climate-controlling system “Okhotsk Sea” and its influence on chemical distribution, chemical cycles, water mass formation, circulation, and climate.Strata formation on Russian arctic continental margins (2001-2003).The creation of the preserved stratigraphic record, the bedform formation, and modification on Russian Arctic Continental shelves as the product of geologic, biologic, cryologic, and oceanographic processes with both spatial and temporal heterogeneities.

marine geology, marine geophysics, geodynamics

Clayton H. Ridell Faculty of Environment, Earth and Resources

Centre of Earth Observation Science

Resolute Bay, Banks Island.SAR Remote Sensing.Geographic information systems.9/18/12:Canada Excellence Research Chairs, Lead Investigator IPY-CFL , ArcticNet

ice/structure interaction, climate change, marine environment

CEOS

University of Manitoba

communications, education

Department of Wildlife & Fisheries

Texas A&M University

Mineral nutrition of caribou, reindeer, and muskox.

nutrition, nutritional ecology, comparative physiology

Department of Geosciences/Climatology

University of Trier

Investigating interactions between hydrological cycle (terrestrial and atmospheric water balance) over the northern Siberian coastal regions and sea-ice processes in the Laptev and East Siberian seas.Investigating the atmospheric forcing of sea ice in the Laptev Sea from the high-resolution regional atmospheric climate model - HIRHAM.Determination of temporal and spatial sea-ice variability from passive microwave data for the Eurasian shelf seas.

air-sea-ice interactions, sea ice remote sensing, hydrology

Department of Geography

University of Lethbridge

Collection and comparison of paleomagnetic, biolithostratigraphic, and isotopic data in the reconstruction of late Cenozoic paleoclimates.Banks Island, Ellesmere Island, Meighen Island, Yukon, Alaska.Magnetostratigraphy and proxy records of large-scale climate variability.Magnetostratigraphy of gold-bearing gravels (reconstruction of river terrace chronosequences, flow directions, and provenance).Pole-to-pole secular variation study of the earth’s magnetic field during the past 5.0 Ma.Loess/paleosol/tephra magnetostratigraphy of the Yukon Territory and Alaska.

paleomagnetism, climate change, quaternary stratigraphy

Geological Institute

Russian Academy of Sciences

Studying the taxonomy and biogeography of Cenozoic marine mollusks of Beringian province.Participation in project: Documenting the age of the first opening of the Bering Strait.

paleontology, stratigraphy, biogeography

Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies

University of Arizona

Contemporary literature and folklore of thenorthern Pacific Rim peoples of Russia.

circumpolar cultures, Native studies

Denver Federal Center

U.S. Geological Survey

Basin modeling - thermal history and petroleum generation.Coal bed methane resources, North Slope, Alaska.Coal bed methane as a locally produced energy source for Antarctic research stations.

geochemistry, geothermal resources, geology

Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)

University of Colorado

GISP2 ice core: last 1000 years.Multidisciplinary approach to synoptic paleoclimatology.

stable isotopes, climate change

Coastal and Marine Geology Program

U.S. Geological Survey

Geologic mapping of Alaskan fisheries habitats.Role of sea and lake ice in coastal erosion.Transportation of sediment by sea ice in Arctic Ocean.

marine geology, sea ice, glacimarine processes

Institute of Arctic Biology

UAF

Molecular biology and genetics of hibernation in mammals. Overwintering strategies of arctic animals.

physiological ecology, zoology, endocrinology

NEPTUNE Canada

University of Victoria

Lower Paleozoic stratigraphy and conodont micropaleontology of Canadian Arctic Islands.

geology, paleontology, stratigraphy

Research Marine Physicist

California Environment
Earth through Space and Time
Energy and the Environment
Global Change
Global Environmental Monitoring
Ice and Climate
Instruments and Innovation
Modeling, Theory, and Computing

Center for Cross-Cultural Studies

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Systematic integration of indigenous and western scientific knowledge in education.

anthropology, Native education, Native issues

Arctic Institute of North America

University of Calgary

German arctic weather stations in World War IICaptain Richard Collinson and the voyage of HMS Enterprise 1850-55 The role of expatriate Canadian and Newfoundland icebreakers in the development of the Soviet Northern Sea Route.

exploration and travel, history of polar research, history of science

Directorate for Cultural Heritage

Cultural heritage work in the Arctic and Antarctic, particularly Norwegian territories and other Norwegian historical sites. Norwegian polar history research

history, history of polar research, archaeology

Renewable Energy Technologies

Natural Resources Canada

Renewable energy.

Department of Zoology

University of Tromsø Museum

Long-term examination of responses by seabirds in southern Barents Sea to changes in availability of prey fish.Breeding populations, adult survival, breeding success, food choice, etc.

seabirds, environmental monitoring, marine ecology

Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme

World Meteorological Organization

Arctic aerosols and climate. Northern and polar contaminants. Polar tropospheric ozone depletion. Polar tropospheric mercury depletion and deposition. Polar meteorology.

environmental chemistry, atmospheric chemistry, pollution