By demonstrating the importance of communication among social scientists, scientists in the natural sciences and stakeholders living in the Arctic, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the region's rapidly changing physical and human dimensions. In response to the tremendous challenges and opportunities facing the Arctic it is an essential resource for all Arctic researchers and those developing multidisciplinary projects. Representing a state-of-the-art overview of key areas of Arctic research by renowned specialists in the field, each chapter forms a detailed, varied and accessible account of current knowledge. Each author introduces the subject to a non-specialist readership, while retaining intellectual integrity and relevance for specialists. Overall, the richness of the material presented in this volume reflects the ecological and cultural diversity of this vast and environmentally critical part of the globe.
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Geology is an appropriate background to the description and explanation of Arctic environments. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
actual census years, subpermafrost groundwater, suprapermafrost groundwater, discontinuous permafrost areas, circumpolar health, tundra subzone, high latitude lakes, nival regime, circumpolar populations, circumpolar north, ice thickness distribution, arctic issues, arctic residents, permafrost hydrology, zonal communities, southern tundra, arctic medical research, arctic biota, tundra zone, segregated ice, arctic terrestrial ecosystems, indigenous environmental knowledge, arctic marine environment, summer mesopause, permanent participants Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Barents Sea, Bering Sea, Arctic Council, North America, Arctic Ocean, New York, Canadian Arctic, North Atlantic, Northwest Territories, Toolik Lake, Inuit Circumpolar Conference, United States, Baltic Platform, European North, Soviet Union, Ellesmere Island, Canadian North, American Indians, Bering Strait, International Congress, United Nations, International Symposium, University of Alaska, Greenland Sea, Scandinavian North New!
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Geology is an appropriate background to the description and explanation of Arctic environments. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
actual census years, subpermafrost groundwater, suprapermafrost groundwater, discontinuous permafrost areas, circumpolar health, tundra subzone, high latitude lakes, nival regime, circumpolar populations, circumpolar north, ice thickness distribution, arctic issues, arctic residents, permafrost hydrology, zonal communities, southern tundra, arctic medical research, arctic biota, tundra zone, segregated ice, arctic terrestrial ecosystems, indigenous environmental knowledge, arctic marine environment, summer mesopause, permanent participants Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Barents Sea, Bering Sea, Arctic Council, North America, Arctic Ocean, New York, Canadian Arctic, North Atlantic, Northwest Territories, Toolik Lake, Inuit Circumpolar Conference, United States, Baltic Platform, European North, Soviet Union, Ellesmere Island, Canadian North, American Indians, Bering Strait, International Congress, United Nations, International Symposium, University of Alaska, Greenland Sea, Scandinavian North New!
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- Travelling Passions: Stefansson, the Arctic Explorer by Gisli Palsson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Islands of the Arctic by Julian Dowdeswell in Back Matter
- A Prehistory of the North: Human Settlement of the Higher Latitudes by John F. Hoffecker in Back Matter
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