5 November, 2001

NIFL Polar Science Site / Arctic Logistics Info / 70South / Northern Review

Susan Cowles has been helping to develop a Web site for the Science and Numeracy Special Collection of the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL). Check out http://literacynet.org/polar/ . The special collection provides online science and numeracy resources and curricular materials for teachers, tutors, learners, and others who are interested in adult literacy and numeracy programs. This parcticular Web component of the special collection focuses on Polar Science.

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Arctic Logistics Information And Support Web Site

For more information about the Arctic Logistics Information And Support (ALIAS) web site, contact ARCUS at arcus@arcus.org, or ALIAS Project Manager, Josh Klauder, at josh@arcus.org, or see the ALIAS web site at http://www.arcus.org/alias

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The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) announces the availability of the ALIAS (Arctic Logistics Information And Support) web site for use by the arctic research community, at http://www.arcus.org/alias. This project, funded by the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs, provides an online source of logistics information for research in the circumpolar Arctic and a portal for additional information resources. ALIAS now contains information about many field sites in the Arctic, including key contacts, logistics support providers, permitting requirements, access issues, and links to other resources. As ARCUS continues to develop ALIAS, the site will help researchers to assess the feasibility of working in a specific area, plan the conduct of research, view current research in a given area, including maps and publications, and make useful scientific and logistics support contacts.

While the ALIAS web site is by no means complete, construction is well underway, and the research community is encouraged and invited to visit the site and become aware of its presence as a growing online resource.

We encourage you to support the continued growth of this resource by helping in the compilation of what will be a vast amount of logistics and resource details. In the near future, ALIAS will include an online survey through which you may send specific new or updated information about research sites in the Arctic. This information will submit to the ALIAS database and, after review, will be used to populate and update the web site pages. In addition to the surveys, the ALIAS project team welcomes submissions of information and comments at any time.

Visit the ALIAS web site at: http://www.arcus.org/alias

Send information and comments to the project manager:

Josh Klauder, ALIAS Project Manager

josh@arcus.org

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The Human Dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC) Announces SMO and Online Workshops

The web site for the Science Management Office (SMO) for the National Science Foundation's Human Dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC) research initiative is now online at: http://www.arcus.org/harc/index.html

Join the first HARC online workshop to discuss impacts of changing arctic weather: 5-9 November 2001 moderated by John Walsh and Henry Huntington.

Visit the HARC web site or contact Henry Huntington at hph@alaska.net or phone: 907/696-3564 for more information.

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The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) is hosting a Science Management Office (SMO), directed by Henry Huntington, to support development of the Human Dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC) initiative. The SMO coordinates research planning and distributes information about the HARC initiative to the arctic research community to help stimulate the development of HARC proposals. HARC is part of the Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Program and supports research that examines the ways in which humans affect and are affected by the arctic system.

The HARC SMO web site is at:

http://www.arcus.org/harc/index.html

Through this web site and three planned online workshops, the SMO hopes to familiarize the broad community of arctic researchers with the objectives of HARC and to facilitate professional collaborations that will lead to proposals to the HARC initiative.

The first online workshop for the HARC initiative, "Arctic Weather: Implications of changing weather patterns in the Arctic" will take place 5-9 November 2001. John Walsh and Henry Huntington will be moderating discussions through a forum and will synthesize materials from the discussions following the online workshop. Please register and learn more about this and the following two online workshops at the HARC web site.

The HARC web site contains information about the HARC initiative, currently funded projects, relevant web links, and three online workshops planned for fall 2001 to discuss current research and social implications of changes in arctic weather, northern treeline, and sea ice. These workshops will be open to anyone who wishes to take part. Workshop announcements and information will be disseminated through the HARC web site, Arctic Info, and other email distribution lists. We expect that the web workshops will foster creative discussions across national, cultural, and disciplinary boundaries, bringing expertise from many perspectives to bear on the critical research questions HARC was developed to address.

Please visit the HARC web site at http://www.arcus.org/harc/index.html for more information about HARC and the online workshops or contact Henry P. Huntington in Eagle River, Alaska (phone: 907/696-3564; fax: 907/696-3565; email: hph@alaska.net).

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New publication available through ARCUS:

"The Hydrologic Cycle and its Role in Arctic and Global Environmental Change: A Rationale and Strategy for Synthesis Study"

Dear Arctic Colleague,

The report "The Hydrologic Cycle and its Role in Arctic and Global Environmental Change: A Rationale and Strategy for Synthesis Study" is now available. This publication is available on request through ARCUS: Phone: 907/474-1600, Fax: 907/474-1604, e-mail: arcus@arcus.org, fill out an on-line request form, or download an electronic copy at: http://www.arcus.org/ARCSS/hydro/

In September 2000, a workshop was convened to identify several notable gaps in our current level of understanding of arctic hydrological systems. Rapidly emerging data sets, technologies, and modeling resources provide an unprecedented opportunity to move forward. The report defines three major research and synthesis challenges and provides recommendations for critical and strategic investments in arctic system science.

Also available is a collection of extended abstracts of presentations made at the workshop. This is titled "NSF-ARCSS Workshop on Arctic System Hydrology: Meeting White Papers" and is being distributed as an electronic file only at: http://www.arcus.org/ARCSS/hydro/white_papers.html

Drafts of "The Hydrologic Cycle and its Role in Arctic and Global Environmental Change" were circulated for broad community review during the development process. The editors thank all who contributed to this report for their suggestions and parcticipation in this important arctic research community effort.

Sincerely,

Larry Hinzman, Co-chair, ffldh@aurora.alaska.edu, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Charles Vorosmarty, Co-chair, charles.vorosmarty@unh.edu, University of New Hampshire

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The Northern Review #22 published - Winter 2000

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Different Lives, Common Threads: Introduction

Amanda Graham 13

>From Kangiqsualujjuaq to Copenhagen: A Personal Journey

Mary Simon 17

The Circumpolar Women's Conference: A View from the South

Kathryn Bennett 22

Sacred Smokes in Circumboreal Countries: An Ethnobotanical Exploration Marie-Françoise Guédon 29

Human Activity Versus Sustainable Environment

Ekaterina Ruth 42

Northern Women as International Actors in Circumpolar Science: The Northern Forum Academy

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The Role of Northern Women in Globalization

Natalia Okhlopkova 50

The Role and Place of Ethno-Pedagogical Values in Childhood Education in the North: Alaska and Yakutia Compared

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Establishment of a Social Support Network for Civil Initiatives in Reindeer Breeding

Maria P. Pogodayeva 54

Becoming Aboriginal: Experiences of a European Woman in Kamchatka's Wilderness

Victoria Churikova 58

Sustainable Development of National Communities in the Southern Region of Kamchatka, Russia

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Alaas Khotun: Association of Rural Women of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Isabella P. Matveyeva 65

League of Women Scientists of Yakutia

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Women, Society and the Media in North-Eastern Siberia

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Analysis of Gender Differences in the Structure of Values of Students in the Republic of Sakha: The Case of Yakutsk State University

Nadezhda M. Melnikova 70

Women and Ecological Moral Education in Yakut Literature

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The Health of Yakut Women

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Totems and Amulets in the Nanaian Spiritual Culture

Olga Beldiy 86

Northern Peoples: Traditions and Customs Among the Even

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Traditional Birth Rituals Among Even Women, 19th and 20th Centuries: Past and Present Sardana

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Shamanic Cosmology Among the Tungus People of Eastern Siberia, Russia Sardana A. Alexeyeva and Anatoliy A. Alexeyev 95

The Functions of a Shaman's Assistant

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Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Native Peoples

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International Colloquium on the North, Edmonton, Alberta, May 2000

International Colloquium on the North: Introduction

Peter Johnson 105

The North: New Challenges for Creative Research

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland 107

Canada's Renewed Commitment to Northern Issues Through Policy Development and Partnership-building

Mary May Simon, Canada's Circumpolar Ambassador and Ambassador to The Kingdom of Denmark 115

Traditional Knowledge and Governance in the North: Session Report Birgitta Wallace 120

Building Capacity: The University of the Arctic and its Northern Canadian Context

Aron Senkpiel 126

Reversing Polarity: Perspectives on the Development of Post-Secondary Education in the Canadian North

Ken Coates 138

Canada, the Arctic Council and Antarctica

Peter Adams, MP (Canada) 149

Setting Priorities for Research in the North of Canada

Peter Johnson 156

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