Directory of Arctic Researchers

Organization: Japan Meteorological Agency

Department: Hakodate Marine Observatory

Specialties: atmospheric chemistry, spectroscopy, global change

Current Research: Global change;Global warming.

Organization: Takushoku University

Department: Faculty of Engineering

Title: Professor, Doctor

Specialties: space physics, solar physics, geomagnetism

Current Research: Upper atmosphere phenomena due to the radiation belt particle precipitation in geomagnetic anomaly region.

Organization: Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of Roshydromet

Title: Research Professor

Specialties: air-sea-ice interactions, atmospheric physics, climatology

Current Research: Creation of new historical data sets of meteorological observations in the Arctic.Dynamic-thermodynamic sea-ice models.Physics of the atmospheric boundary layer.Climatology of polar cloudiness.

Organization: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Title: Associate Scientist, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering

Specialties: sea ice modeling, sea ice thermodynamics, sea ice remote sensing

Current Research: Modelling of the marginal ice zoneSmall scale processes in sea ice and snow

Organization: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences

Department: Centre d’études arctiques

Title: Director

Specialties: Alaska Native corporations, Alaska public policy, Alaska/Russian relations

Current Research: Inuit and Yup’ik culture.History.Development.Greenland, Arctic Canada, Alaska, Northern Siberia.Arctic geography.

Organization: University of Alberta

Department: Canadian Circumpolar Institute

Title: Director - Ph.D., CMC

Specialties: mass transfer, global change, environmental impact assessment

Current Research: Fluid dynamics and thermodynamics of river flow and ice formation, especially the instability regimes, which result in waves or ripples on the underside of the river ice with consequent effects on its load-bearing capacity.Climate change impacts and adaptation in remote northern communities.

Organization: Earth Cryosphere Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch

Department: Institute of the North Industrial Ecology Problems

Title: Scientific Researcher

Specialties: aquatic chemistry, biogeochemistry, geochemistry

Current Research: Environmental impact assessment from mining enterprises.

Title: Director

Specialties: physical oceanography, meteorology, climate change

Current Research: European Union, Variability of Exchanges in the Northern Seas (EU/VEINS) (programme for 1997-2000 within the mAST III funding, 18 participating institutes).

Organization: Self

Title: Industrial-Mfg-Home Design

Specialties: air-sea-ice interactions, coastal engineering, heat transfer

Current Research: The continued loss of Arctic sea-ice albedo is a significant short-term gain in direct planetary heating, the quip that heat-gain over pre-industrial worth 25-years of USA power thus a source of radiant heat to the atmosphere. Observing where the sea-ice melts first and fills last in the Eastern Arctic Basin it's Bering Straits and seeing the need to preserve and forestall further loss needs a solution not dependent upon emissions, something direct. Current flow carries 10-Tw/winter, 20-Tw/summer of heat into the basin with freshwater flow from the Pacific, considered an "insulator" to warmer, deeper Atlantic water it yet melts the ice from below degrading the ice further. By reducing flow through Bering Strait 1/100th can allow this, shipping confined to shorelines only leveed off from the open sea as they lead melting, shipping can't be allowed in the open sea, it's critical to leave what ice is there alone. Then, in the process of damming it creating "ice-polders" using levees and such to prevent currents and winds from clearing the ice to stratify the confined water to -2C thus able to refreeze the bottom. The dam construction methods when that works are to create artificial atolls surrounding the methane flares now emerging on a large scale. These will circulate the cold down the sides unlike the ice-polders and cool the bottom with a convection current physically caused by the bubbles rising. Those are the timely goals using Dutch & open-sea dredge-n-place modified to 50m. known technologies to customize to the needs. The need for such a solution well known, this is an attempt to using geotechnical, coastal engineering with dam and levee building to create an ice rrefuge. That's the project oriented to global thermal awareness and the key issue to create ice earlier and keep it longer significantly to the formation again of multi-year ice in the Beaufort the metric,

Organization: Environment and Climate Change Canada

Department: Canadian Wildlife Service

Title: Habitat Biologist

Specialties: avian biology, avian ecology, animal behavior

Current Research: Habitat assessment and mapping of sanctuaries and national wildlife areas.Traditional knowledge studies on endangered species.Migration and philopatry of sea ducks.

Organization: Natural History Museum of Kopavogur

Department: Náttúrufræðistofa Kópavogs

Title: Curator (Ph.D.)

Specialties: aquatic ecology, freshwater fish, environmental assessment

Current Research: Arctic freshwater ecosystems along climate and land-use gradients (NORLAKE project). Evolutionary ecology and population monitoring of Arctic charr.

Organization: Georgetown University

Department: Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies

Specialties: cultural anthropology, Native rights, ethnohistory

Current Research: Ethnic Interaction in West Siberia and the Sakha Republic (Yakutia).Shamanism and cultural revival.Siberian-American interconnections.

Organization: Russian State Hydrometeorological University

Department: Department of Economics and Social Sciences

Title: Associated Professor

Specialties: sustainable development, education

Current Research: Socio-ecological approach to natural resources and environmental management in the Circumpolar North.Sustainable development of Russian Siberia through deliberate water management (oil and ice aspects).Elaborating ecological methods of environmental control relevant to oil port building in St. Petersburg area.Circumpolar Arctic: coastal zone of northern seas, including catchment area.White Baltic and Kara seas with their basins.

Organization: University of Bergen

Department: Department of Geology

Specialties: quaternary stratigraphy, glacial geology, paleoclimatology

Current Research: Arctic Russia.Svalbard.

Organization: University of Colorado Boulder

Department: INSTAAR

Title: Research Associate

Specialties: geographic information systems, glacial geology, coastal erosion

Current Research: GIS, remote sensing, and spatial analysis; geomorphology, glacial geology, and paleoclimatology; coastal erosion; icefield archeology; and high-latitude environmental change.

Organization: Middlebury College

Department: Department of Geology

Title: Visiting Professor

Specialties: physical oceanography, limnology, air-sea-ice interactions

Current Research: GINS Seas.Arctic Ocean.U.S.-Russian Atlas.Ocean Variability.Mesoscale Processes.

Organization: Western EcoSystems Technology

Title: Statistician

Specialties: biostatistics, computer modeling, environmental monitoring

Current Research: Working on methods for estimating numbers of Pacific walrus.

Organization: Parks Canada

Department: Department of Ecosystem Services

Specialties: population ecology, caribou, landscape ecology

Current Research: Population ecology of Peary caribou and Muskox on northern Ellesmere Island.Structure of the Cree knowledge system around landscape terminology.Use of landscape ecology in the management and establishment of protected areas.Modeling of caribou movement at the landscape scale.

Organization: Alutiiq Museum

Title: Office Manager/Programs Coordinator

Specialties: folklore, cultural anthropology, museum studies

Current Research: Traditional art.Filipinos/Asian American history and folklife.

Organization: Office of Naval Research

Department: Ocean Battlespace Sensing

Specialties: program managment, physical oceanography, numerical modeling

Current Research: Managing Navy science and technology basic and early applied research programs in environmental science.

Organization: Ohio State University

Department: Geography

Title: Professor Emeritus of Geography

Specialties: geographic information systems, transportation, geography

Current Research: Linking the inputs and outputs of large spatio-temporal environmental models to GIS technology.Development of Model Curricula in the areas of geographic information science (GIScience) and GIS technology.Development of measures of accessibility in the context of natural terrain.

Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Department: Water Research Division

Title: Glaciologist

Specialties: glaciology, global change, mapping

Current Research: Long-term glacier/climate studies

Organization: University of Rouen

Department: Département de Géographie

Title: Maître de Conférences

Specialties: remote sensing, pollution, landscape ecology

Current Research: Oil and gas pipeline monitoring by remote sensing approach.

Organization: University Centre in Svalbard

Department: Arctic Technology

Specialties: sea ice navigation

Current Research: Since 2008 I worked for a UNIS researcher for PetroArctic project on Task 8 "Collection of ice pilot experiences." I carried out historical and geographical review and described when, why and how Russians sailed in the Arctic, what troubles with ice condition seamen had and how they managed it. I concentrated on accidents in the Arctic caused by the action of ice. Now, I am finalizing the project by monograph with a draft title of "EXPERIENCES of RUSSIAN ARCTIC NAVIGATION." It will consist of INTRODUCTION (Common features of Russian seas and the main stages of northern sea navigation and vessels development) and the MAIN PART devoted to four Russian Arctic Seas (Kara, Laptev, East-Siberian, Chukchi Seas). There will be 5 chapters for each sea. These are GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTIC, PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, SEA ICE, NAVIGATION, AND ACCIDENTS. The most original part of study is the set of maps of accident locations according to accident classification. There will be photos and pictures from different sources in monograph.

Organization: University Centre in Svalbard

Department: Arctic Techonology

Title: Professor, Doctor of Science

Specialties: sea ice modeling, physical oceanography, ocean engineering

Current Research: -Dynamics and thermodynamics of sea ice ridges: field studies and numerical simulations-Shape instability of water-ice interfaces-Monitoring and modeling of icebergs drift in the Barents Sea-Iceberg towing-Tides and sea current in shallow water below the ice-Formations of ice bustles on quay piers: field studies and numerical simulations-Ice-steel friction-Ice piles build up near offshore structures: field studies and numerical simulations-Formation of internal stresses in sea ice in Svalbard fjords-Ice gouging on Kara Sea shelf-Structure and evolution of melt ponds-Ice conditions on northern sea routes-Turbulent heat fluxes to the ice bottom in the Barents Sea and Svalbard fjords