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Information
· “...uses storytelling and live performance to foster dialogue about our global climate crisis, create
an empowering vision of the future, and inspire people to take action.”
News & periodicals
Eye on the Arctic @ Radio Canada International
Land conservation
Pleistocene Park [Siberia, Russia]
Institutions ~ International & governmental
· An intergovernmental panel that serves as a means of communication and cooperation
among 8 Arctic states, 6 indigenous communities as "permanent participants," and 6 Working &
expert groups, and observers.
· The 1991 Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS) was the predecessor to the Arctic
Council (see Wikipedia article).
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
International Code For Ships Operating In Polar Waters (polar Code)
NOAA [US]
Institutions ~ Indigenous
Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC)
Institutions ~ Networks
· “...the largest network of international dialogue and cooperation on the future of the Arctic
and our Planet. It is an open democratic platform with participation from governments,
organizations, corporations, universities, think tanks, environmental associations, indigenous
communities, concerned citizens, and others. It is nonprofit and nonpartisan.”
Institutions ~ Research
Arctic Center @ University of Lapland
Arctic Initiative @ Harvard Belfer Center
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP)
· Provides maps and graphics keeping up with the warming of the Arctic as well as problematic
areas needing extra attention. It also provides regular news updates on the status of the Arctic,
as well as on important legislation issues surrounding the Arctic.
Arctic Governance Project
· Link defunct; see here.
ICESCAPE Arctic Sea Ice Mission
· Archived site for "Impacts of Climate on Ecosystems and Chemistry of the Arctic Pacific Environment"
Insitute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
International Arctic Research Center
Water and Environmental Research Center @ University of Alaska at Fairbanks
Institutions ~ NGOs
Photography
Randall Hyman's Arctic Oracles
The Arctic
Contents of this page:
· Information
· News & periodicals
· Land conservation
~ International & governmental
~ Indigenous
~ Networks
~ Research
~ NGOs
For information on the Alaska-Yukon Arctic border region, see the Canada-USA transborder page.
