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Contents below:

     · General information

       · News & periodicals

         · Photography

           · Institutions

                  ~ Indigenous

                  ~ International

                  ~ Governmental

                  ~ Networks

                  ~ Research

                  ~ NGOs  

             · Permafrost

               · Land conservation

                 · Biodiversity  

Also see Canada-USA transborder for information on the Alaska-Yukon Arctic border region

General information

Arctic Cycle

     · “...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.”

Arctic Portal

    · Arctic Portal Library

Arctic Report

BarentsWatch

     · Wikipedia entry

News & periodicals

Arctic Journal

Arctic Science

Arctic @ News Deeply

The Circle

Eye on the Arctic @ Radio Canada International

High North News

     Science

Photography

Randall Hyman's Arctic Oracles

Institutions

~ Indigenous ~

Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC)

~ International ~

Arctic Council

     · Intergovernmental panel for communication and cooperation amongst 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). 

     · Working groups:

          · Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)

          · Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME)

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

     International Code For Ships Operating In Polar Waters (polar Code)

~ US government ~

NOAA

     Arctic Program     

Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative

Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC)

~ Networks ~

Arctic Circle

     · “...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.”

Arctic NGO Forum

~ Research ~

Alfred Wegener Institute

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.

Fletcher Arctic Initiative

University of Lapland

     Arctic Center

Harvard Belfer Center

     Arctic Initiative

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

Melnikov Permafrost Institute

Polar Ocean Physics Group

Water and Environmental Research Center @ University of Alaska at Fairbanks

Woodwell Climate Research Center

     Arctic

~ NGOs ~

WWF Arctic Programme

     The Circle

Permafrost

Permafrost Carbon Network

Permafrost Community of Practice @ IARPC

Climate change indicators: Permafrost @ USEPA

Permafrost Pathways

Thawing permafrost @ Arctic Council

Land conservation

Pleistocene Park [Siberia, Russia]

Biodiversity

Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) @ Arctic Council