Arctic 96
Personal memories of 2 postgraduate students from the University College Dublin who spent 6 weeks on research icebreakers.

Arctic Glossary
Basic definitions for hundreds of terms used in polar research.

Arctic Climatology Project
This site has extensive scientific data from the Russian-American Environmental Working Group.

Arctic Long Term Ecological Research Site
The goal of the project, based at Toolik Lake, Alaska (68° 38'N, 149° 43'W), is to understand the functioning of the ecosystem and to predict how climate change will affect it.

Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
Based in Oslo, AMAP was established to conduct research on pollution in the Arctic, which is briefly summarized on the site.

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement
This research station at Barrow, Alaska is one of 3 ARM sites studying the effects of sunlight, radiant energy, and clouds on temperatures, weather, and climate.

BALTEX
The Baltic Sea Experiment is studying the hydrological cycle and the exchange of energy between the atmosphere and the surface of the Earth.

The BOREAS Project
The Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study is an international project studying the boreal forests of northern Canada, particularly their interaction with the climate, and the effects of climate change on the forests.

Cambridge Arctic Canada Expedition, 1961
A lengthy article with some great photos of this project, during which research was conducted in physiology and geology near Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories.

CAPER
From NASA, a comprehensive article on the Cleft Accelerated Plasma Experimental Rocket, launched to study a 'fountain' blowing ions into space north of Norway.

Coring the Ocean Floor
An introduction to deep-sea coring, on a research voyage from Iceland to Massachusetts.

Greenland Ice Core Project
An extensive list of papers (with abstracts) produced as a result of this 6-year project (1989-1995).

HAARP
The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, based at Gakona, Alaska, is studying the ionosphere and its affect on military and civilian communication and navigation systems.

Inquiry After Polar Bears Shot
Sometimes, all the planning in the world doesn't help.

Kodiak Launch Complex
On November 5, 1998, the first rocket was launched from this new commercial facility on Kodiak Island, Alaska.

Mackenzie Basin Impact Study
The complete text of the Final Report of this 6-year study (1991-1996) of the effects of climate change on high-latitude ecosystems.

Mackenzie GEWEX Study
An excellent description of this component of the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment, whose aim is to understand and model the interaction between high latitude water and energy cycles and the climate system.

Measuring Glacier Volume
A brief description and photo of a project using airborne laser altimetry.

Mjølnir Crater
In 1998, an meteor impact crater 40 km in diameter was discovered in the Barents Sea at 73° 40' N, 20° 40' E.

Migratory Moose
This beautifully-illustrated site describes a study, started in 1995, which discovered where Alaska's Brooks Range moose go in the summer.

North Greenland Ice Core Project
This multinational research program, sponsored by the Danish Research Council, is drilling and analyzing a 3080 m long ice core.

North Pole Environmental Observatory
Each year since 2000, the University of Washington sends a team to the North Pole to assess the health of the top of the world.

PENN Fossil Forest Project
The University of Pennsylvania is studying the remains of a 45 million year old forest on eastern Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut.

Polar Spacecraft
This NASA project is studying the characteristics of the magnetosphere at high latitudes - the huge Web site goes into very technical detail.

Porcupine Caribou Herd Satellite Collar Project
At nicely illustrated site, you can follow the movements of individual caribou across northern Yukon and Alaska.

The Swedish Arctic Fox Project
An excellent presentation of this study of the behavioural ecology, population dynamics and conservation issues of Alopex lagopus.

Toponymic Research Projects in Canada
A listing of 42 geographic name projects being undertaken in the Yukon and Northwest Territories.

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