Research projects

Alfred Wegener Institute
The German national centre for Polar and Marine research

AMAP Project Directory
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programmes project directory.

Antarctica from Malin Space Science Systems

ARCSS Projects
The ARCSS Project Listing is a directory of ARCSS components funded by the NSF's Office of Polar Programs.

Arctic Circumpolar Route
Caring for Arctic Heritage Resources and extending knowledge, the ACR is a long-term, holistic research project.
Existing projects which illustrate Arctic knowledge and practices are adopted by the ACR, and partnerships are formed between North and South. Each partnership presents a significant aspect or "exhibit" in the ACR's electronically-managed "museum without walls", incrementally leading to a more comprehensive understanding of the circumpolar world.

Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
An international project of the Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), to evaluate and synthesize knowledge on climate variability, climate change, and increased ultraviolet radiation and their consequences.

Arctic Long Term Ecological Research Site

Arctic Maps and graphics
presents a collection of interactive maps, as well as a comprehensive catalogue of illustrations, referenced by publication, theme, or geographic region. There are currently hundreds of graphics available in the database, and the service is continuously updated and revised.

Arctic monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Plan
Toward Prediction of the Arctic System: predicting future states of the arctic system on seasonal-to-century time scales by integrating observations, process research, modeling, and assessment.

ARCUS Projects

Bonanza Creek/ Caribou Poker Creek Research Watershed's Homepage
LongTerm Ecological Research

Canadian Polar Commission
Established in 1991 as the lead agency in the area of polar research, the Canadian Polar Commission has responsibility for: monitoring, promoting, and disseminating knowledge of the polar regions; contributing to public awareness of the importance of polar science to Canada

Circumpolar Comparison of Tundra Response to Temperature Manipulation

Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) is a Working Group of the Arctic Council. It mission is to conserve Arctic biodiversity and to ensure that the use of Arctic living resources is sustainable.

Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN)
Comprised of approximately 100 research and monitoring sites in Canada and is organized into 14 terrestrial Ecological Science Cooperatives

Environmental Monitoring of Svalbard and Jan Mayen - MOSJ (Norwegian - will be translated to English)
Miljøovervåkingen av Svalbard og Jan Mayen (MOSJ) skal: -Samle inn og bearbeide data om hva som påvirker miljøet og om tilstanden til naturen og kulturminnene. -Tolke dataene for å beskrive miljøets utvikling. -Gi råd til forvaltningen om behov for tiltak og for forsking eller forbedret overvåking

European Polar Board (EPB)
Europe’s principle forum for Science Policy Issues in the Arctic and Antarctic.

European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA)

Finnish Biodiversity Research Programme 1997 - 2002
A multidisciplinary six-year research programme focusing on biological, socio-economic and legal aspects of biodiversity.

Greenland Summit Ice Cores

Health Research in Greenland - a catalogue of ongoing projects
The catalogue contains descriptions of ongoing, planned or recently finished research projects on health, disease and health services research with relevance for Greenland.

HUDSON BAY PROJECT
Ecosystem Studies and Conservation of Coastal Arctic Tundra.

IASC's Arctic Funding Guide
This site contains a plethora of funding opportunities and information to be used as a resource for young researchers and scientists.

International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme: A Study of Global Change (IGBP)

International Tundra Experiment Data
Project database

Kola Ecogeochemistry
Regional mapping of heavy metals and radioactivity, pollution of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Life In Extreme Environments (LExEn)
Interdisciplinary, integrated research program by the Directorates for Biological Sciences, Engineering, Geosciences, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and the Office ofPolar Programs of the National Science Foundation.

Mackenzie Gas Project and the Hydrocarbon Impacts Database
Describes 5700 publications and research projects about the environmental impacts, socio-economic effects and regulation of hydrocarbon exploration, development and transportation in northern Canada

National Science Foundation - Polar Programs

NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
NOAA Paleoclimatology promotes worldwide sharing of scientific data and information regarding climatic and environmental variability.
Mission is to provide the paleoclimatic data and information needed to understand and model interannual to centennial scale environmental variability.

Northern Research Activity database
The Northern Research Activity database contains more than 10,500 records describing research projects conducted in Canada's three northern territories since1974. The database is a subset of the ASTIS database maintained by the Arctic Institute of North America at the University of Calgary.

Oil and gas transport, Russia - Europe, ARCOP
a research and development project supported by the European Union. The overall objective of ARCOP is to form an operational platform for the development of oil and gas transportation from the Russian Arctic (the Pechora and Kara Sea) to Europe.

Paleoclimates From Arctic Lakes And Estuaries

Polar Continental Shelf Project

Reindeer Management
This research project addresses fundamental questions regarding the future sustainable utilization of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in the subarctic/subalpine and boreal regions of Europe in order to enhance the quality of life of local human populations and the appropriate management of living resources.

Sedimentation and Contamination in the Mackenzie Delta (Northwest Territories, Canada)

Sustainable Reindeer Herding and Husbandry
The main goal for the project is to assess circumpolar reindeer herding and husbandry in relation to economic and social/cultural sustainability in the Arctic.

Tundra Degradation in the Russian Arctic (TUNDRA)

U.S. Global Change Research Program
EPA's Global Change Research Program is an assessment-oriented program with primary emphasis on understanding the potential consequences of climate variability and change on human health,ecosystems, and socioeconomic systems in the United States.

US Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Office
The US SCAR Office serves as a focal point for all US activities and participation in SCAR.

Working group on Arctic Glaciology - MAGICS
In the working group on Arctic Glaciology, scientists around the Arctic are trying to co-ordinate research concerning the state and the evolution of the Arctic ice masses and those of adjoining areas.

Worthington Glacier Project, Alaska
An investigation of the dynamics of glacier motion using Worthington Glacier, Alaska as a fieldlaboratory.