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Rethinking the Top of the World: Arctic Security Public Opinion Survey
Get PDFIncreasingly, issues of Arctic security are the focus of public attention and debate. Whether it is media attention to Russian bombers, the recent announcement of moving forward on the Mackenzie Pipeline, or the increasing body of scholarly work suggesting that we are in the midst of a new cold war, the Arctic is receiving unprecedented attention from political leaders, policy makers, media and academics. Amidst this new prominence, there is a growing need to understand the preferences and priorities of the citizens whose countries include Arctic regions and from Arctic inhabitants themselves. The current study provides a timely empirical perspective on one of the salient emerging issues of the 21st century. How do various publics understand the issue of Arctic security? How does the public understand and frame Arctic issues? What guidance would the public offer decision makers as to their preferences and priorities, and what would they emphasize for consideration in policy making?e
Virtual Learning Tools (VLT)
No full textThe Virtual Learning Tools (VLT) addresses the issue of limited educational opportunities in sparsely populated areas in the Arctic. The aim of the project is to provide inexpensive and flexible educational and networking solution for the Arctic, building on modern technology and growth in Internet connectivity within the circumpolar region. The VLT project approaches distance learning with a new methodology, offering both regional and global users a wide variety of online educational tools to acquire knowledge about the Arctic region. In addition, VLT offers access to the most recent information and material openly released by a number of research initiatives in the north, such as the IPY, SAON and the University of Arctic.
The Virtual Learning Tools is a cooperation between the University of the Arctic, Arctic Portal, APECS, ICR and the University Centre of the West fjord. The main product of the VLT project is an open source educational web portal, which concentrates on providing innovative learning tools and access to a wide range of information sources focusing on scientific Arctic research material
Russian Institutional Framework for International Environmental Cooperation in the Arctic.
No full textMikhail Kalentchenko, Modern Academy of the Humanities, Russia
Arctic sea ice associated biodiversity: importance and challenges.
Get PDFMr. Tom Barry, CAFF – Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna, at the NRF 6th open Assembly in Hveragerði, Iceland. September 2011
Sustainable Planning of Megaprojects in the Circumpolar North - broadening the horizon, gaining insight empowering local stakeholders
Get PDFThis report is prepared for the partial fulfilment of the project “Mega-project planning in the Circumpolar North - broadening the horizon, gaining insight, empowering local stakeholders” which commenced in the spring of 2010.
The aim of the project was to assess the planning processes of Arctic mega-projects in the light of sustainable development. It assessed the potential social, economic and environmental impacts of mega-projects in the Circumpolar North and provides insight and lessons learnt as regards sustainable planning of mega-projects for the benefit of decision-makers and the general public. To this end, the project compared two case studies: the construction of Kárahnjúkar hydro project and an Alcoa aluminium smelter in East Iceland and the development of the Kearl Oil Sands near Wood Buffalo, in Alberta, Canada
Social adaptation of the indigenous peoples of the Russian North to the changing ice environment.
No full textDr. Ludmila Gashiliva Head of the Institute of the Peoples of the North, and Tatiana Bulgakova, Professor of the Institute of the Peoples of the North, Russian State Pedagogical University talk here in the NRF 6th open assembly in Hveragerði, Iceland, in September of 2011.
The sessions name is Humanity, communities, Minds, Perceptions and Knowledge on Ice.
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Arctic Portal
No full textMr. Halldór Jóhannsson from Arctic Portal, Akureyri, Iceland, introduces Arctic Portal when he talks here in the NRF 6th open assembly in Hveragerði, Iceland, in September of 2011.
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Heat-induced temperature enhancement in the polar summer ionosphere
Get PDFObservation data recorded by the European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association in Tromsø, Norway in August 2009 were analyzed to determine the heating effects in polar summer ionospheric modification experiments. There are two types of increases in electron temperature: large relative increases in a narrow range near 150 km and greater absolute increases in a wider range at 150–400 km. The percentage increase in temperature linearly increases with heating power, but the rate of increase decreases with increasing pump frequency. A clear two-dimensional distribution was found for the measurement made on August 15, and the heating effects are greater closer to the direction of the geomagnetic field. The heating effects obviously depend on the angle between the heating beam and geomagnetic field; as the angle increases, the heating effect decreases
Summer freshwater content variability of the upper ocean in the Canada Basin during recent sea ice rapid retreat
Get PDFFreshwater content (FWC) in the Arctic Ocean has changed rapidly in recent years, in response to significant decreases in sea ice extent. Research on freshwater content variability in the Canada Basin, the main storage area of fresh water is very important to understand the input-output freshwater in the Arctic Ocean. The FWC in the Canada Basin was calculated using data from the Chinese National Arctic Research Expeditions of 2003 and 2008, and from expeditions of the Canadian icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent (LSSL) from 2004 to 2007. Results show that the upper ocean in the Canada Basin became continuously fresher from 2003 to 2008, except during 2006. The FWC increased at a rate of more than 1 m¢a¡1, and the maximum increase, 7 m, was in the central basin compared between 2003 and 2008. Variability of the FWC was almost entirely limited to the layer above the winter Bering Sea Water (wBSW), below which the FWC remained around 3 m during the study period. Contributors to the FWC increase are generally considered to be net precipitation, runoff changes, Pacific water inflow through the Bering Strait, sea ice extent, and the Arctic Oscillation(AO). However, we determined that the first three contributors did not have apparent impact on the FWC changes. Therefore, this paper focuses on analysis of the latter two factors and the results indicate that they were the major contributors to the FWC variability in the basin