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Ahtna Inc.
Website: |
www.ahtna-inc.com |
Address: |
PO Box 649, Glennallen, AK 99588 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-274-7662 |
Fax: |
+1-907-822-3495. Anchorage address: Suite 204, 406 W. Fireweed, Anchorage, AK 99503 |
Year of foundation: |
1972 |
Activities: |
Native Corporation set up following Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act (1971) comprising eight villages: Cantwell, Chistochina, Chitina, Copper Center, Gakona, Gulkana, Mentasta and Tazlina. Business activities include logging, construction, catering, real estate, security and pipeline maintenance. See also Copper River Native Association. |

Alaska Anthropological Association
Website: |
www.alaska.net/~oha/aaa/ |
Address: |
PO Box 230032, Anchorage, AK 99523 |
Year of foundation: |
1973 |
Activities: |
Association for all those interested or active in anthropological study. Promotes public awareness of anthropological research and fosters appreciation of past and present cultures of Alaskan peoples. Encourages participation of Alaskan native peoples in the elucidation of their cultures. Holds an annual conference; awards graduate and undergraduate scholarships. |
Publications: |
Alaska Anthropological Association Newsletter (1975-, 4pa); Aurora monograph series (1986-) |

Alaska Biological Science Center
Website: |
www.absc.usgs.gov |
Address: |
US Geological Survey, 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-786-3512 |
Fax: |
+1-907-786-3636 |
Activities: |
Ecology and population dynamics of Pacific walrus, polar bears, seabirds, and sea ducks; quantifying the environmental impacts of oil and gas exploration and development on fish and wildlife in marine and terrestrial Arctic and subarctic ecosystems of Alaska; development and testing of inventory and monitoring protocols for fish and wildlife in Arctic and subarctic ecosystems; impacts of global change on terrestrial wildlife, seabirds, and anadromous fish. |

Alaska Eskimo Walrus Commission
Address: |
c/o Kawerak Inc., PO Box 948, Nome, AK 99762. |
Telephone: |
+1-907-443-5231 |

Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC)
Address: |
PO Box 570, Barrow, AK 99723 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-852-2392 |
Fax: |
+1-907-852-2303 |
Year of foundation: |
1977 |
Activities: |
Manages subsistence harvest of bowhead whales and represents whaling interests of ten villages: Little Diomede, Gambell, Savoonga, Wales, Kivalina, Point Hope, Wainwright, Barrow, Nuigsut and Barter Island. Also seeks to protect the habitat of the bowhead whale, enhance Inupiat culture, and undertakes research and education activities related to bowheads. |

Alaska Geographic Society
Address: |
639 West International Airport Rd., Unit 38, PO Box 93370, Anchorage, AK 99518. |
E-mail: |
akgeo@anc.ak.net |
Telephone: |
+1-907-562-0164 |
Fax: |
+1-907-562-0479 |
Year of foundation: |
1968 |
Activities: |
Non-profit educational organization dedicated to improving geographical understanding of Alaska and the North, putting geography back in the classroom, and exploring new ways of teaching and learning. |
Publications: |
Alaska Geographic (1972-, 4pa) |

Alaska Historical Society
Address: |
PO Box 100299, Anchorage, AK 99510 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-276-1956 |
Year of foundation: |
In 1967 re-formed as the final action of Alaska Centennial Commission. |
Activities: |
Association for all those interested in the history of Alaska. Annual conference. |
Publications: |
Alaska History News (1970-, 4pa); Alaska History (1984-, 2pa) |

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (AMNWR)
Website: |
www.r7.fws.gov/nwr/akmnwr/ |
Address: |
2355 Kachemak Bay Dr., Suite 101, Homer, AK 99603 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-235-6546 |
Fax: |
+1-907-235-7783 |
Year of foundation: |
1980 |
Activities: |
Set up by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act which created a 4.9 million-acre refuge encompassing most of Alaska's seabird nesting habitat. Carries out ornithological research particularly in the Alleutian Islands. |
Publications: |
AMNWR Reports |

Alaska Miners Association
Website: |
www.alaskaminers.org |
Address: |
501 Northern Lights Blvd., Suite 203, Anchorage, AK 99503 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-276-0347 |
Activities: |
Provides mining information for the State of Alaska. |
Publications: |
Alaska Miner (1973-, 12pa) |

Alaska Native Medical Center
Address: |
255 Gambell St., Anchorage, AK 99501. |
Telephone: |
+1-907-279-6661 |
Fax: |
+1-907-257-1038 |
Year of foundation: |
1955 |
Activities: |
140-bed referral hospital for Alaska native population and operated by the US Government Indian Health Service. Sponsors and participates in a variety of clinical research projects involving Alaska natives. |

Alaska Native Plant Society
Address: |
PO Box 141613, Anchorage, AK 99514 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-333-8212 |
Fax: |
+1-907-333-4989 |
Year of foundation: |
1982 |
Activities: |
Educational lectures held monthly October to May. Field trips. |
Publications: |
Borealis (1982-, 8pa) |

Alaska Oil & Gas Association
Website: |
www.aoga.org |
Address: |
121 West Fireweed, Suite 207, Anchorage, AK 99503 |

Alaska Science and Technology Foundation
Website: |
www.astf.org |
Address: |
4500 Diplomacy Dr., Suite 515,Anchorage, AK 99508 |

Alaska State Medical Association, 4107 Laurel St., Anchorage, AK 99508.
Telephone: |
+1-907-562-2662 |
Fax: |
+1-907-561-2063 |
Year of foundation: |
1947 |
Activities: |
Tracks health legislation before State legislature and lobbies for worthwhile bills. Committees for accreditation of medical courses; assistance in review of malpractice cases; assistance and monitoring of substance abusing physicians; and mediation of grievances between patients and physicians. |
Publications: |
Alaska Medicine (1959-, 4pa); Hearbeat (c. 6pa); Medical Directory (annual) |

Alaska Wilderness Recreation and Tourism Association
Website: |
www.awrta.org |
Address: |
(AWRTA) 2207 Spenard Road, Suite 201, Anchorage, AK 9950 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-258-3171 |
Fax: |
+1-907-258-3851. E-mail: info@awrta.or |
Activities: |
Non-profit, membership-driven trade association formed to be a collective voice for wilderness-dependent businesses. AWRTA advocates the sustainability of Alaska's natural and cultural resources, responsible tourism, and tourism planning for communities. |

Alaska. Department of Fish and Game, Division of Subsistence
Website: |
www.adfg.state.ak.us |
Address: |
PO Box 25526, Juneau, AK 99802 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-465-4147 |
Fax: |
+1-907-465-2066 |
Year of foundation: |
1978 |
Activities: |
Carries out research on all aspects of the role of subsistence hunting and fishing in the lives of Alaskan residents. Maintains a Community Profile Database as a central repository of information on contemporary subsistence uses within Alaskan communities. |
Publications: |
Technical Paper Series (1982-) |

Alaska. Department of Labor, Research and Analysis Section
Website: |
www.labor.state.ak.us |
Address: |
PO Box 25501, Juneau, AK 99802 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-465-4500 |
Fax: |
+1-907-465-2101 |
Activities: |
Collects and analyzes statistical information on Alaska's population, employment, unemployment, wages, occupations and careers. Also prepares and analyzes data on occupational injuries, unemployment insurance and special projects. |
Publications: |
Alaska Economic Trends (1981-, 12pa); Employment and Earnings Report (1990-, annual) [continues Statistical Quarterly (1959-89)]; and other statistical series and reports. |

Alaska. Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
Website: |
wwwdggs.dnr.state.ak.us |
Address: |
3601 C St., Pouch 7-28, Anchorage, AK 99510 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-762-2261 |
Fax: |
+1-907-762-2236 |
Activities: |
State mapping agency. |
Publications: |
Alaska's Mineral Industry (1982-, annual) |

Alaska/Yukon Society of Professional Soil Scientists (AYSPSS)
Address: |
PO Box 202761, Anchorage, AK 99520 |

Aleut Corporation
Website: |
www.aleutcorp.com |
Address: |
4000 Old Seward Highway, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK 99503 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-561-4300 |
Activities: |
Native Corporation set up following Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act (1971). See also Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association Inc. |
Publications: |
Aleutian Current (1972-, 4pa); Annual Report (1972-). |

Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association Inc.
Address: |
1689 C St., Anchorage, AK 99501. |
Telephone: |
+1-907-276-2700 |
Activities: |
Non-profit wing of Aleut Corporation. |
Publications: |
Aang Angagin, Aang Angaginas (?-, 6pa); Aleut art: Unangam Aguqaadangin / Unangan of the Aleutian archipelago (Black, 1982); Annual Report |

American Association for the Advancement of Science
Website: |
www.aaas.org |
Address: |
PO Box 80271, Fairbanks, AK 99708 |
E-mail: |
patricia@gi.alaska.edu |
Telephone: |
+1-907-474-5698 |
Fax: |
+1-907-474-6722 |
Year of foundation: |
1950 |
Activities: |
Addresses issues concerning Alaska, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and other Arctic regions, and provides a forum for networking and sharing of information among researchers by means of the annual Arctic Science Conference and other activities. |
Publications: |
Arctic Science Conference. Proceedings (1984-, annual) [continues Alaskan Science Conference. Proceedings (1950-83)] |

American Association of Avalanche Professionals
Website: |
www.avalanche.org/~aaap |
Address: |
PO Box 34004, Truckee, CA 96160 |
Telephone: |
+1-916-587-3653 |
Fax: |
+1-916-587-4313 |
Publications: |
Avalanche Review (1982-, 12pa) |

American Avalanche Institute
Address: |
PO Box 308, Wilson, WY 83014 |
Telephone: |
+1-307-733-3315 |
Activities: |
Training and educational programme. |

American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Website: |
www.agu.org |
Address: |
2000 Florida Av., N.W., Washington, DC 20009 |
E-mail: |
cust-ser@kosmos.agu.org |
Telephone: |
+1-800-966-2481 |
Fax: |
+1-202-328-0566 |
Year of foundation: |
1919 |
Publications: |
Antarctic Research Series (1964-); Eos (1919-, 52pa); Geophysical Monographs (1956-); Geophysical Research Letters (1974-, 26pa); Global Biogeochemical Cycles (1987-, 4pa); Journal of Geophysical Research (1896-). [Since 1977, sub-divided into. A: Space Physics, B: Solid Earth, C: Oceans, D: Atmospheres, E. Planets]; Reviews of Geophysics (1963-, 4pa); Tectonics (1982-, 6pa); Transactions (1920-68?) [last issue in NIPR is no. 49]; Water Resources Research (1965-, 12pa) |

American Institute for Exploration
Website: |
www.ife.org |
Address: |
1809 Nichols Rd., Kalamazoo MI 49007 |
Telephone: |
+1-616-381-8237 |

American Meteorological Society (AMS)
Website: |
www.ametsoc.org |
Address: |
45 Beacon St., Boston, MA 02108 |
E-mail: |
amspubs@aip.org |
Telephone: |
+1-617-227-2425 |
Fax: |
+1-617-742-8718 |
Year of foundation: |
1919 |
Activities: |
Organizes scientific meetings and conferences, and other activities serving the research and operational communities in the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences. |
Publications: |
Bulletin (1920-, 12pa); Journal of Applied Meteorology (1962-, 12pa); Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology (1984-, 6pa); Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (1962-) [continues Journal of Meteorology (1944-61)]; Journal of Climate (1986-, 12pa) [continues Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology (1983-87)]; Journal of Physical Oceanography (1971-, 12pa); Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts (1950-, 12pa) [continues Meteorological Abstracts and Bibliography (1950-59)]; Monthly Weather Review; Weather and Forecasting |

American Polar Society
Address: |
PO Box 692, Reedsport, OR 97467 |
Telephone: |
+1-503-759-3589 |
Fax: |
+1-503-759-3403 |
Year of foundation: |
1934 |
Activities: |
Provides a forum for people involved or interested in polar exploration and research. Particularly concerned with the preservation of the American heritage of polar exploration and research instruments and currently advocates saving the South Pole dome and its re-erection in the USA to house a polar museum. Carries out oral history interviews and educational activities. |
Publications: |
Polar Times (1935-87, 1993-, 2pa) [continues Little America Times (1933-35)] |

American Society for Circumpolar Health (ASCH)
Address: |
Institute of Circumpolar Health Studies, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508. |
E-mail: |
icch@epi.hss.state.ak.us |
Telephone: |
+1-907-786-4746 |
Fax: |
+1-907-786-1000 |

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Website: |
www.astm.org |
Address: |
Sub-Committee (D18-19) Frozen Soil and Rock, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia, PA 1910 |
Activities: |
Develops standards on pile load testing, frost susceptibility and creep testing. |

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Website: |
www.asce.org |
Address: |
Technical Council on Cold Regions Engineering (TCCRE), PO Box 831, Somerset, NJ 0887 |
Year of foundation: |
1977 |
Activities: |
Seeks to identify, assess and report effects of the cold region environment on engineering design, construction and operations and to make recommendations for the advancement of scientific knowledge and practice in the engineering solution of cold regions problems. Organizes workshops, Cold Regions Specialty conferences (biennial). Publishes handbooks on cold region processes for practising engineers. |
Publications: |
Cold Regions Engineering: Proceedings of the ... International Conference; Journal of Cold Regions Engineering (1986-, 4pa); Technical Council on Cold Regions Monograph Series |

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Website: |
www.asme.org |
Address: |
Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE) Division, 345 East 47th St., New York, NY 1001 |
Activities: |
Organizes the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (1981-). |
Publications: |
Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (1987-, 4pa); Proceedings (?-, annual) |

American Society of Polar Philatelists
Website: |
www.south-pole.com/aspp.htm |
Address: |
Secretary, S.H. Jacobson, PO Box 945, Skokie, IL 60077 |
Telephone: |
+1-609-871-0887 |
Year of foundation: |
1956 |
Activities: |
Polar history and polar postal history. |
Publications: |
Ice Cap News (1956-, 4pa) |

Antarctic Development Squadron Six
Activities: |
provides air support to US Antarctic Program. |

Antarctica Project
Website: |
www.asoc.org |
Address: |
408 C St. NE, PO Box 76920, Washington, DC 20013 |
E-mail: |
antarctica@igc.apc.org |
Telephone: |
+1-202-544-0236 |
Fax: |
+1-202-544-8483 |
Activities: |
Environmental NGO concerned with conservation issues affecting Antarctica and South Ocean. The northern hemisphere secretariat for ASOC. |
Publications: |
The Antarctica Project (1992-, 4pa) |

Antarctican Society
Address: |
905 North Jacksonville St., Arlington, VA 22205. |
Telephone: |
+1-703-522-290 |
Year of foundation: |
1959 |
Activities: |
Non-profit educational and cultural organization whose membership is open to all with Antarctic interests. Sponsors lectures and holds an annual dinner meeting at which an annual Memorial Lecture is delivered by a distinguished scientist. |
Publications: |
The Antarctican Society newsletter (1969-, 6pa) |

Arctic Applications Inc.
Address: |
1705 14th St., Suite 126, Boulder, CO 80302 |

Arctic Energies Ltd., 511 Heavitree Lane, Severna Park, MD 21146.
Telephone: |
+1-301-987-5454 |

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
Website: |
http://arctic.fws.gov |
Address: |
US Fish and Wildlife Service, 101 12th Av., PO Box 20, Fairbanks, AK 99701 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-456-0250 |
Fax: |
+1-907-456-0428 |
Year of foundation: |
1960 [until 1980, Arctic National Wildlife Range] |

Arctic Network
Address: |
PO Box 102252, Anchorage, AK 99510 |
E-mail: |
arcnet@igc.apc.org |
Telephone: |
+1-907-272-2452 |
Fax: |
+1-907-272-2453 |
Activities: |
Grouping with native, environmental and health organization membership. Seeks to influence official positions adopted in Arctic Council/Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy and to raise the importance of the Arctic among policy-makers. See also Arctic Network Russia. |
Publications: |
Leads (?-, ?) |

Arctic Perspectives Fund
Address: |
PO Box 75503, St. Paul, MN 55175. |
Telephone: |
+1-612-227-3573 |
Fax: |
+1-612-227-4811 |

Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS)
Website: |
www.arcus.org |
Address: |
3535 College Road, Suite 101, Fairbanks, AK 99709 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-474-1600 |
Fax: |
+1-907-474-1604 |
Year of foundation: |
1988 |
Activities: |
Association of many US universities. Main goals are to produce identifiable improvements in US Arctic science, to build Arctic research communities of scientists and scholars, and to open avenues of interdisciplinary approaches by the introduction of new techniques. |
Publications: |
Arctic information and data: a guide to selected resources; Witness the Arctic (1993-, 2pa) [continues ARCUS Actions (1989-92)]. |

Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
Address: |
PO Box 129, Barrow, AK 99723 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-852-8633 |
Activities: |
Native Corporation set up following Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act (1971). The major villages are Anaktuvuk Pass, Atkasoock, Barrow, Kaktovik, Nuiqsut, Point Hope, Point Lay, and Wainwright. |
Publications: |
Annual Report (1972-); Uqalugaanich Newsletter (1973-, 4pa). |
Notes: |
Anchorage address: 313 E. St., Suite 5, Anchorage, AK 99501; tel: +1-907-276-1552 |

Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Data Coordination Center (ADCC)

Association of Village Council Presidents
Address: |
PO Box 219, Bethel, AK 99559 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-543-3521 |
Fax: |
+1-907-543-3596 |
Year of foundation: |
1964 |
Activities: |
Non-profit organization representing the interests of the Yup'ik Eskimo living in ca. 50 villages in the Yukon/Kuskokwim Delta, Southwest Alaska and as such involved in every facet of resource management and developmental issues facing the Yup'ik, and in ongoing efforts to protect and ensure the longterm stability and viability of their traditional subsistence lifestyle. |

Barrow Arctic Science Consortium (BASC)
Address: |
PO Box 577, Barrow, AK 99723 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-852-4881 |
Fax: |
+1-907-852-488 |
Year of foundation: |
1991 |
Activities: |
Provides a common forum for Americans and Russians interested in northern seabird resources to promote, facilitate and co-ordinate research, management and conservation activities of mutual concern. |
Publications: |
Beringian Seabird Bulletin (1993-, annual) |

Bering Sea Fishermen's Association
Address: |
632 Christensen Dr., Anchorage, AK 99501. |
Telephone: |
907-279-6519 |

Bering Straits Native Corporation
Address: |
PO Box 1008, Nome, AK 99762 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-443-5252 |
Activities: |
Native Corporation set up following Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act (1971). The major villages are Gambell, Nome, Savoonga, Shishmaref, Stebbins, Teller, St. Michael and Unalakleet. See also Kawerak Inc. |
Publications: |
Annual Report (1973-); Bering Straits Agluktuk (1973-, 6pa). |

Bristol Bay Native Association
Website: |
www.bbna.com |
Address: |
PO Box 189, Dillingham, AK 99576 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-842-5257 |
Activities: |
Non-profit wing of Bristol Bay Native Corporation. |
Publications: |
Annual Report (1985-); Newsletter (?-, ?) |

Bristol Bay Native Corporation
Website: |
www.bbnc.net |
Address: |
PO Box 198, Dillingham, AK 99576 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-278-3602 |
Activities: |
Native Corporation set up following Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act (1971). See also Bristol Bay Native Association. |
Publications: |
Annual Report (1972-); Newsletter (1972-, 6pa) |

Bureau of the Census
Website: |
www.census.gov |
Address: |
Washington, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 2041 |
Publications: |
Historical statistics of the United States: colonial times to 1970 (1976); Statistical Abstract of the United States (1878-, annual); and other statistical series and reports. |

Center for Northern Studies
Website: |
www.together.net/~cnsnorth |
Address: |
479 Crossroads, Wolcott, VT 05680 |
E-mail: |
steven.b.young@dartmouth.edu |
Telephone: |
+1-802-888-4331 |
Fax: |
+1-802-888-3969 |
Year of foundation: |
1971 |
Activities: |
Provides college-level multidisciplinary courses on northern circumpolar environments, cultures and issues. The academic years includes fall and spring, 4-month semesters, augmented by field studies in Newfoundland, Labrador, Quebec, Maine, Vermont and Scotland, and a 1-month semester in January dedicated solely to a Winter Ecology course concentrating on the study of the immediate area of the Center. The herbarium includes plant specimens from Alaska, the Northwest Territories and Antarctica. Library. |
Publications: |
Northern Raven (1974/75-) [continues Raven (1972-74)] |

Columbia University
Website: |
www.columbia.edu |
Address: |
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, Rt. 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 |
Telephone: |
+1-914-359-2900 |
Fax: |
+1-914-365-2312 |
Year of foundation: |
1949 |
Activities: |
Geophysical research institute active in the polar regions and elsewhere. Core Laboratory houses the world's largest collection of deep-ocean sediment cores, many taken from polar seas. Operates the research vessel Maurice Ewing. |
Publications: |
LDEO-News (?-, 3pa) |

Cook Inlet Historical Society
Address: |
121 West 7th St., Anchorage, AK 99501. |
Telephone: |
+1-907-343-4326 |
Fax: |
+1-907-343-6149 |
Year of foundation: |
1955 |

Cook Inlet Native Association
Address: |
670 West Fireweed Lane, Anchorage, AK 99503 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-278-4641 |
Activities: |
Non-profit wing of native corporation Cook Inlet Region Inc. |
Publications: |
Annual Report (?-) |

Cook Inlet Region Inc. (CIRI)
Address: |
PO Drawer 4-N, Anchorage, AK 99509; 2525 C St., Anchorage, AK 99501. |
Telephone: |
+1-907-274-8638 |
Activities: |
Native Corporation set up following Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act (1971) centred on Anchorage. See also Cook Inlet Native Association. |
Publications: |
Annual Report; CIRI Newsletter (1973-, 12pa) |

Copper River Native Association
Address: |
Drawer H, Copper Center, AK 99573 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-822-5241 |
Activities: |
Non-profit wing of native corporation Ahtna Inc.. |
Publications: |
Copper River Native Association News (AT-NA'T'AENE NENE') (?-, 12pa); Copper Valley Senior Citizen Newsletter (1985-, 4pa); Annual Report (1985-) |

Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering
Address: |
Cold Regions Science, Hanover, NH 03755 |
Telephone: |
+1-603-646-2888 |
Activities: |
includes Ice Research Laboratory |

Doyon Ltd.
Address: |
201 First Av., Suite 200, or PO Box 74240, Fairbanks, AK 99701. |
Telephone: |
+1-907-452-4755 |
Activities: |
Native Corporation set up following Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act (1971) centred on Fairbanks. See also Tanana Chiefs. |
Publications: |
Annual Report (1972-); Newsletter (1972-, 6pa) |

Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society
Address: |
530 E. 86th St., New York, NY 10028. |
E-mail: |
75557.312@CompuServe.com |

Explorers Club
Website: |
www.explorers.org |
Address: |
46th East 70th St., New York, NY 10021 |
Telephone: |
+1-212-628-8383 |
Fax: |
+1-212-288-4449 |
Year of foundation: |
1905 |
Activities: |
The James B. Ford Library includes collections donated by Peary's son and daughter, by Wilkins' widow, and by Ted Bank. The archives include records of the Arctic Club, the Peary Arctic Club and the Explorers Club. |
Publications: |
Explorers Journal (1921-, 4pa) |

Florida State University
Website: |
www.fsu.edu |
Address: |
Department of Geology, Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility, 108 Carraway Bldg., Tallahassee, FL 32306 |
E-mail: |
curator@geomag.gly.fsu.edu |
Telephone: |
+1-904-644-2407 |
Fax: |
+1-904-644-4214 |
Activities: |
Maintains the US collection of rock and core samples from the following expeditions: Dry Valley Drilling Project, Ross Ice Shelf Project, Eastern Taylor Valley Project, Project CIROS (Cenozoic Investigations in the Western Ross Sea), International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expeditions, Operation Deep Freeze, USNS Eltanin/ARA Islas Orcadas Circumpolar Survey, Antarctic Peninsula and Ross Sea operations aboard R/V Polar Duke and Nathaniel B. Palmer, and from miscellaneous other vessels operating in the Southern Ocean. |
Publications: |
Sediment description volumes for cores obtained by the following ships: USNS Eltanin/ARA Islas Orcadas, R/V Polar Duke, R/V Nathaniel Palmer, USCGC Glacier and from Deep Freeze and IWSOE operations. |

Florida State University, Polar Desert Research Center
Address: |
Tallahassee, FL 32306 |

Foresta Institute for Ocean and Mountain Studies
Address: |
6205 Franktown Rd., Carson City, NV 89701 |
Activities: |
Antarctic Laboratory. Library has good holdings for Antarctic life science and whaling. |
Publications: |
A history and atlas of the fishes of the Antarctic Ocean (1993) |

Foundation for Glacier and Environmental Research Inc. (FGER)
Address: |
c/o Pacific Science Center, 200 Second Av. North, Seattle, WA 98109 and 541 East 1st St., Moscow, ID 83843. |
Telephone: |
+1-208-885-6392 or +1-6382-882-1237 |
Fax: |
+1-208-882-1237. field office: 4470 No. Douglas Hwy, Juneau, AK 9980 |
Year of foundation: |
1955 |
Activities: |
Non-profit organization providing education and field training in scientific technique and methodology in the earth and environmental sciences on the Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP). Also monitors glaciers in the Cascade Mountains in Washington and British Columbia. A library containing 15,000 books, scientific reports and periodicals is located at University of Idaho, Glaciological and Arctic Sciences Institute. |
Publications: |
JIRP Newsletter (annual); Reports and publications pertinent to the Juneau Icefield Research Program, Alaska and allied research projects in other geographic areas 1946-1995 (1995) |

Frederick A. Cook Society
Website: |
www.cookpolar.org |
Address: |
Sullivan County Historical Museum, PO Box 247, Hurleyville, NY 12747 |
Telephone: |
+1-914-434-8044 |
Activities: |
Champions Cook's claim to have been first to climb Mt McKinley (1906) and to reach the North Pole (1907). |
Publications: |
Polar Priorities (1990-, annual) [continues Newsletter (1974-89)] |

Geological Society of America (GSA)
Website: |
www.geosociety.org |
Address: |
PO Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301 |
Telephone: |
+1-303-447-2020 |
Fax: |
+1-303-447-1133 |
Year of foundation: |
1888 |
Activities: |
Promotes scientific information to the geologic community through meetings, publications, etc. |
Publications: |
Bathymetry of the Arctic Ocean (1986); Bulletin (1888-, 12pa); Geology (1973-, 12pa); Geology of North America (1989- multivol. series); Memoirs (1934-); Special Papers (1973-) |

Glacier Society
Website: |
www.glaciersociety.org |
Activities: |
Non-profit 501-(c)3 Educational Foundation based in Bridgeport, CT, dedicated to uniting polar interests around the globe through the restoration and operation of the USS/USCGC <i>Glacier</i>, the largest icebreaker of her time. Once restored, the <i>Glacier</i> will return to public service as a fully operational platform for scientific and environmental education and research. |

Goddard Space Flight Center

Institute of Arctic Studies and of International Environmental Governance, Dartmouth College
Website: |
www.dartmouth.edu/~arctic |
Address: |
6214 Steele Hall, Hanover, NH 03755 |
E-mail: |
arctic@dartmouth.edu |
Telephone: |
+1-603-646-1278 |
Fax: |
+1-603-646-1279 |
Activities: |
Primarily social science and policy studies research institute forming part of the John Sloan Dickey Endowment for International Understanding. Seeks to promote international cooperation via three programmes - Arctic Peace and Cooperation, US/Russia Arctic Collaboration, and Arctic Indigenous Peoples. |
Publications: |
Northern Notes (1989-) [continues Polar Notes (1959-75)] |

Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC)
Website: |
www.nsf.gov/od/opp/arctic/iarpc/start.htm |
Address: |
National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230 |
Year of foundation: |
Established in 1984 under the Arctic Research Policy Act. |
Activities: |
Seeks to improve the coordination of Arctic research carried out by Federal, State and local agencies. Works with the US Arctic Research Commission to develop an integrated national Arctic research policy to guide Federal agencies in the development of their Arctic research programmes. |
Publications: |
Arctic Research of the United States (1987-, 2pa); Principles for the conduct of research in the Arctic |

International Arctic Research Center (IARC)

International Design for Extreme Environments Association of the United States of America
Address: |
Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture (SISCA), College of Architecture, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204 |
Publications: |
Network News Briefs (?-, ?). |

Kawerak, Inc.
Website: |
www.kawerak.org |
Address: |
PO Box 948, Nome, AK 99762 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-443-5231 |
Activities: |
Non-profit wing of Bering Straits Native Corporation. |
Publications: |
Kawerak Nipliksuk (?-, ?). |

Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA)
Website: |
www.codetalk.fed.us/planet/spirit.html |
Address: |
402 Center St., Kodiak, AK 99615 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-486-5725 |
Activities: |
Non-profit wing of Koniag Inc.. |
Publications: |
Annual Report (?-); KANA Kasitaq Newsletter (1976-) |

Koniag Inc.
Website: |
www.koniag.com |
Address: |
PO Box 746, Kodiak, AK 99615 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-486-4147 |
Activities: |
Native Corporation set up following Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act (1971) centred on Kodiak. See also Kodiak Area Native Association. |
Publications: |
Annual Report (1972-); Koniag Nation (?-, 4pa). |

Maniilaq Association
Website: |
www.maniilaq.org |
Address: |
PO Box 256, Kotzebue, AK 99752 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-442-3311 |
Year of foundation: |
Founded in 1966 as the Northwest Alaska Native Association (NANA), becoming the Mauneluk Association in 1972, and adopting its present title in 1981. |
Activities: |
Community organization serving 11 Alaskan Eskimo villages forming the Northwest Arctic Borough. Seeks to promote health and welfare; Eskimo culture, arts and language; economic activity; and social understanding between natives and non-natives. See also NANA Corporation. |
Publications: |
Annual Report (1972-); Maniilaq Directory (?-, annual); Northwest Arctic NUNA (1980-, 6pa) |

Marine Mammals Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Address: |
1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503. |
Telephone: |
+1-800-362-514 |

Michigan Technical University, Snow Research Institute
Address: |
Houghton, MI 49931 |
Telephone: |
+1-906-487-2750 |

Migratory Bird Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Address: |
1011 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99503. |
Telephone: |
+1-907-786-344 |

Minerals Management Service
Website: |
www.mms.gov |
Address: |
Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region, 949 East 36th Av., Rm. 110, Anchorage, AK 99508 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-271-4010 |
Fax: |
+1-907-271-6805 |
Year of foundation: |
1982 |
Activities: |
Carries out resource evaluation and classification, environmental review, leasing activities, lease management, and inspection and enforcement programmes for Outer Continental Shelf Lands. |
Publications: |
OCS Studies (?-) |

Museums Alaska

NANA Corporation
Address: |
PO Box 49, Kotzebue, AK 99752 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-248-3030 |
Activities: |
Native Corporation set up following Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act (1971) centred on Kotzebue. See also Maniilaq Association. |
Publications: |
Newsletter (1973-) - since 1984, published quarterly in Tundra Times. |

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

National Center for Atmospheric Research
Website: |
www.acd.ucar.edu |
Address: |
PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307 |
Fax: |
+1-303-497-1348 |

National Centers for Environmental Prediction
Website: |
www.ncep.noaa.gov |
Address: |
Suite 209 5200 Auth Rd., Camp Springs, MD 2746 |
Telephone: |
+1-301-763-8000 |
Fax: |
+1-301-763-854 |
Activities: |
The <a href="http://polar.wwb.noaa.gov/">Ocean Modeling Branch</a> is active in polar work, including sea ice remote sensing and modeling, vessel icing prediction, and fog and visibility studies in high latitudes. |

National Geographic Society
Website: |
www.nationalgeographic.com |
Address: |
17th and M Sts. N.W., Washington, DC 20036 |
Fax: |
+1-292-429-5731 |
Activities: |
The library includes A.W. Greely's collection and contains reports and other material relating to the Peary, Byrd, Macmillan, Ziegler, and US Navy expeditions. |
Publications: |
National Geographic (1882-, 12pa); National Geographic index, 1888-1988 (1989); The National Geographic Society: 100 years of adventure and discovery (Bryan, 1987) |

National Ice Center (NIC)
Website: |
www.natice.noaa.gov |
Address: |
4251 Suitland Rd. FOB#4, Washington, DC 20395 |
Telephone: |
+1-301-457-5306 |
Fax: |
+1-301-457-5300 |
Year of foundation: |
1993 [formerly Joint Ice Center] |
Activities: |
Cooperative, interagency organization of US Federal Government, responsible for performing analyses and forecasting of global sea ice and Antarctic icebergs. The NIC includes the Naval Ice Center (NAVICEN), the US Coast Guard, and several line organizations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. |
Publications: |
Guide to environmental services (1995); ice distribution and forecast charts available for many polar areas using autopolling system. |

National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL)
Address: |
US Geological Survey, MS 975, PO Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 |
E-mail: |
nicl@sedproc.cr.usgs.gov |
Telephone: |
+1-303-236-3703 |
Year of foundation: |
1994 |
Activities: |
National facility for storing, curating, and studying ice cores from the polar regions, operated jointly by the National Science Foundation, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research and US Geological Survey. |

National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
Website: |
www.nima.mil |
Address: |
Washington, DC 20305. Fax. +1-314-260-1236 |
E-mail: |
chdesk@nima.mil |
Year of foundation: |
1972 |
Activities: |
Responsible for survey and mapping work carried out for defense purposes, but some products are available for public distribution. Note that aeronautical maps are available from the Defense Mapping Agency Aeronautical Chart Distribution Center, located at the National Ocean Service. |
Publications: |
Country gazetteers compiled by the US Board on Geographic Names [Antarctica (1969), Finland (1962), Iceland (1961), Norway (1963), Sweden (1963), USSR (1970)]; Notice to Mariners (?-, 52pa); Sailing directions (planning guide) and (enroute) for Antarctica (1985) |

National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML)
Website: |
http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov |
Address: |
Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E. Bldg. 4, Seattle, WA 98115 |
E-mail: |
branam@afsc.noaa.gov |
Telephone: |
+1-206-526-4045. Fax. +1-206-526-6615 |
Year of foundation: |
1978 |
Activities: |
Research branch of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service responsible for fisheries research in the coastal oceans off Alaska and the west coast of the United States. |

National Ocean Service (NOS)
Website: |
www.nos.noaa.gov |
Address: |
NOAA, Office of Oceanography and Marine Assessment, Riverdale, MD 2073 |
Activities: |
Carries out hydrographic surveys and mapping in both polar regions. Aeronautical charts in the GPC, JNC, ONC and TPC series are available from the Defense Mapping Agency Aeronautical Chart Distribution Center sited here. |

National Park Service, Alaska Regional Office
Address: |
2525 Gambell St., Rm. 107, Anchorage, AK 99503 |

National Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Polar Programs
Website: |
www.nsf.gov/od/opp/start.htm |
Address: |
4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230 |
E-mail: |
dfriscic@nsf.gov |
Telephone: |
+1-703-292-8030 |
Fax: |
+1-703-292-9081 |
Activities: |
Responsible for the planning and management of programs covering all areas of research within both polar regions. Exercises Antarctic responsibilities under the Antarctic Treaty (1959) and Arctic responsibilities under the Arctic Research and Policy Act (1984). Awards grants to US scientists for polar research and maintains operational capabilities for field support of this research. Encourages co-operation with scientists of other nations. Library. |
Publications: |
Antarctic Journal of the United States (1966-, 5pa); Antarctic News Clips (1981?-, annual); Arctic Research of the United States (1987-, 2pa). |
Notes: |
Logistics centre: C/- Air Post Office (APO), Christchurch, New Zealand; tel: +64-3-358-8139; fax: +64-3-358-9060 |

National Snow and Ice Data Center

North Pacific Rim Native Association
Address: |
611 East 12th Av., Suite 102, Anchorage, AK 99501. |
Telephone: |
+1-907-276-2121 |
Activities: |
Non-profit wing of native corporation Chugach Alaska Corporation. |
Publications: |
Around the Rim (?-). |

North Slope Borough, Commission on Inupiat History
Address: |
Language and Culture, PO Box 69, Barrow, AK 99723 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-852-2611 ext. 270 |
Activities: |
Responsible for developing a common writing system for the Inupiaq language, for the translation of relevant documents into Inupiaq, and for the general promotion of Inupiaq and of Inupiat history and culture. |

North Slope Science Initiative
Website: |
www.northslope.org |
Address: |
222 West 7th Avenue, #13
Anchorage, Alaska 99513 |
E-mail: |
jpayne@blm.gov, jpayne@ak.net |
Telephone: |
1.907.271.3431 |
Fax: |
1.907.271.4596 |
Year of foundation: |
2005 |
Activities: |
Scope, Mission and Vision of the North Slope Science Initiative - The North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI) was developed by federal, state and local governments with trust responsibilities for land and ocean management, to facilitate and improve collection and dissemination of ecosystem information pertaining to the Alaskan North Slope region, including coastal and offshore regions. The mission of the NSSI is to improve scientific and regulatory understanding of terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystems for consideration in the context of resource development activities and climate change. The vision of the NSSI is to identify those data and information needs management agencies and governments will need in the future to develop management scenarios using the best information and mitigation to conserve the environments of the North Slope. The NSSI adopts a strategic framework to provide resource managers with the data and analyses they need to help evaluate multiple simultaneous goals and objectives related to each agency’s mission on the North Slope. The NSSI uses and complements the information produced under other North Slope science programs, both internal and external. The NSSI also facilitates information sharing among agencies, non-governmental organizations, industry, academia, international programs and members of the public to increase communication and reduce redundancy among science programs. |
Publications: |
Emerging Issue Summaries 2009
Connectivity Paper 2011 (in press) |

Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Centre
Website: |
www.afsc.noaa.gov |
Address: |
NOAA, 7500 Sand Point Way NE, Building 4, Seattle, WA 98115 |

Oceanites
Address: |
2378 Route 97, Cooksville, MD 21723 |
E-mail: |
oceanites@aol.com |
Telephone: |
+1-301-854-6262 |
Publications: |
Antarctic Century (1988-) |

Ohio State University
Website: |
www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu |
Address: |
Byrd Polar Research Center (BPRC), 1090 Carmack Rd., Columbus, OH 43210 |
Telephone: |
+1-614-292-6531 |
Fax: |
+1-614-292-4697 |
Year of foundation: |
1960 (previous to 1987, known as the Institute of Polar Studies). |
Activities: |
Multidisciplinary center established to promote research in the polar and alpine regions. Field work focuses primarily on Antarctica but work is also carried out in the Andes, Greenland, Alaska, China and Siberia. Library. The papers of the explorers Byrd and Wilkins are housed in Ohio State University Archives. |
Publications: |
BPRC Reports 1987-) [continues Institute of Polar Studies. Reports (1969-84)]; Register of the Sir George Hubert Wilkins Papers, Record Group 56.6 (Grossi 1991) |

Pacific Science Center
Website: |
www.pacsci.org |
Address: |
Glacier Research Foundation, 200 2nd Av. North, Seattle, WA 98109 |
Telephone: |
+1-208-882-1237 |

Polar Associates Inc. (PAI)
Address: |
100 Burns Place, Goleta, CA 93117. |
Telephone: |
+1-805-683-7674 |
Fax: |
+1-805-683-3309 |
Year of foundation: |
1988 |
Activities: |
Provides advice, training and full logistic support to Arctic expeditions. Manufacture and modification of equipment for Arctic environments, e.g. Nansen-type and heavy cargo sleds, hot water hole melter, generator sleds and survival kits. |

Polar Ice Coring Office (PICO)
Website: |
www.pico.unl.edu |
Address: |
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NB 6858 |
Year of foundation: |
1974 [moved here from University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1995] |
Activities: |
Provides administrative, engineering, and logistics support services for worldwide ice coring projects. |
Publications: |
Bulletin (1989-), Operational Report (?-, ?); Technical Note (?-); Technical Report (?-). |

Polar Research Board (PRB)
Website: |
www.nationalacademies.org/prb |
Address: |
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Av. NW, Rm HA454, Washington, DC 20418 |
Telephone: |
+1-202-334-3479 |
Fax: |
+1-202-334-1477 |
Year of foundation: |
1958 |
Activities: |
Advises federal government on matters of science and technology affecting public policy on environmental quality, natural resources, and other issues in both polar regions. Assists federal agencies in the development and maintenance of strong programmes of polar research that respond to national interests and international opportunities in the Arctic and Antarctic. National Member of SCAR and IASC. |

PolarArt Productions - Arctic 4K Media
Website: |
www.polarartproductions.com |
Address: |
Barter Island, Arctic Ocean
Box 96
Kaktovik, Alaska
99747 |
E-mail: |
info@polarartproductions.com |
Fax: |
n/a |
Year of foundation: |
2008 |
Activities: |
Based on-location in the Alaskan arctic since 2004, PolarArt creates media for documentary, outreach, education, and archival purposes. We work region-wide.
Examples of our products include:
• films • broadcast programs • TV commercials • “mini-docs” • multimedia exhibits/installations • project DVDs • live satellite uplinks from field sites • web streaming • PSAs.
Full-service, theatrical quality ultra-HD (4K resolution) media production for arctic researchers, expeditions, and service-providers. Exclusive stock footage & natural sound library, specializing in arctic natural history content. |
Publications: |
Content provider for PBS "Nature," National Geographic, and Discovery Channel. Multimedia installation at Burke Museum of Natural History (Seattle). Award-winning documentary film "Ice Bears of the Beaufort." DVD "Polar Bears of Arctic Alaska." "Heaven's Shore," DVD produced for City of Kaktovik, Alaska, at the mayor's invitation. |
Notes: |
Camera package: RED ONE ultra-HD (4K resolution) camera; O'Connor 2575d fluid head tripod; Leica & Nikon lenses. On-site Final Cut Pro edit suite.
Filmmaker Arthur C. Smith III is a member of the Visiting Speakers Program coordinated by the Arctic Research Consortium of the US (ARCUS). For more information, see:
http://bit.ly/arctic_filmmaker_visit |

Raytheon Technical Services Company, Polar Services
Website: |
www.rpsc.raytheon.com |
Address: |
61 Inverness Dr. East, Suite 300, Englewood, CO 80112 |
Telephone: |
+1-303-790-8606 |
Fax: |
+1-303-790-9130 |
Year of foundation: |
1990 |
Activities: |
Provides logistical support to 3 permanent and numerous temporary research facilities and operates 2 research vessels including the icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer under contract to the National Science Foundation for the US Antarctic Program. |

Sealaska Corporation
Website: |
www.sealaska.com |
Address: |
1 Sealaska Plaza, Juneau, AK 99801 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-206-8400 |
Activities: |
Native Corporation set up following Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act (1971). |
Publications: |
Annual Report (1973-); Sealaska Shareholder (1977-, 6pa) |

Sealaska Heritage Foundation
Address: |
1 Sealaska Plaza, Suite 201, Juneau, AK 99801 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-463-4844 |

Snowmetrics
Address: |
PO Box 52, Wilson, WY 83014 |
E-mail: |
kelly@icess.vcsb.edu |
Telephone: |
+1-307-739-0848 |
Fax: |
+1-307-739-9458 |
Year of foundation: |
1986 |
Activities: |
Manufacturer of snow density measuring equipment for new snow, snowpacks and glacier surveys; snow strength measuring equipment (rammsonde) etc.; snow research kits for field or laboratory applications in snow hydrology, avalanche forecasting, glacier mass balance studies. Consulting services. |

Society for Marine Mammalogy
Address: |
PO Box 362, Lawrence, KS 66044 |
Publications: |
The bowhead whale (Burns et al, 1993); Marine Mammal Science (1985-, 4pa); Special Publications |

State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources
Website: |
www.dnr.state.ak.us |
Address: |
Public Information Center, 550 W 7th Ave. Suite 1260, Anchorage, AK 99501 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-269-8400 |
Activities: |
Maintains public information service providing information on subjects such as land status, gold panning and prospecting, and remote cabin reservations within State of Alaska. |

State University of New York
Website: |
www.suny.edu |
Address: |
Ice Core Laboratory, 4240 Ridge Lea Rd., Amherst, NY 14226 |
Telephone: |
+1-716-831-3054 |

Tanana Chiefs
Website: |
www.tananachiefs.org |
Address: |
201 First Av., Fairbanks, AK 99701 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-452-8251 |
Activities: |
Non-profit wing of native corporation Doyon Ltd.. |
Publications: |
The Council (1976-, 12pa); Hunik Zoo (1980-, 12pa) |

Thirteenth Regional Corporation
Address: |
13256 Northrup Way, Suite 12, Bellevue, WA 98005 |
Telephone: |
+1-206-641-6162 |
Activities: |
Native Corporation set up following Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act (1971) for all Alaska Natives residing outside Alaska. |
Publications: |
Annual Report (?-); Newsletter (1982-, 4pa) |

Toolik Field Station
Website: |
www.uaf.edu/toolik |
Address: |
Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 757000, Fairbanks, AK 9977 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-474-5063 |
Fax: |
+1-907-474-551 |

Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Website: |
www.trb.org |
Address: |
National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Av. NW, Washington, DC 20418 |
Activities: |
Committee on Frost Action meets annually (75th meeting, 1996). |

Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation-National Arctic Research Laboratory (UIC-NARL)
Address: |
PO Box UIC-NARL, Barrow, AK 99723 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-852-7800 |
Fax: |
+1-907-852-9183 |
Year of foundation: |
Formerly US Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (1947-80) and site of IBP Tundra Biome, 1969-74. |
Activities: |
Provides logistics services in support of scientific research, education and industrial development. The Department of Wildlife Management of the North Slope Borough is also located here. |

University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska State Climate Center (ASCC)
Address: |
707 A St., Anchorage, AK 99501. Tel +1-907-257-2737. |
E-mail: |
auclima@acad2.alaska.edu |
Fax: |
+1-907-276-6847 |
Activities: |
Provides current and historical climatic data for Alaska. Part of the Arctic and Environmental Data Center. |
Publications: |
Alaska Climate Summaries (?-) |

University of Alaska Anchorage, Center for High Latitude Health Research
Address: |
Anchorage, AK 99501 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-786-1267 |
Fax: |
+1-907-786-1247 |

University of Alaska Anchorage, Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies
Address: |
Anchorage, AK 99501 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-786-4746 |
Fax: |
+1-907-786-1000 |

University of Alaska Anchorage, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
Address: |
3211 Providence Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508. |
Telephone: |
+1-907-786-7710 |
Year of foundation: |
1961 [formerly Institute of Social, Economic and Government Research (ISEGR)] |
Activities: |
Teaches classes in public administration, survey research and economics. Carries out research into issues relating to Alaskan public policy. |
Publications: |
Alaska Review of Social and Economic Conditions (1964-, 4pa); Annual Review (?-); Fiscal Policy Papers (1989-); Occasional Papers (1970-); Reports (1965?-); Research Summaries (1979-); Working Papers (1985?-). |

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES)
Address: |
School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management, PO Box 757140, Fairbanks, AK 99775 |
E-mail: |
fnclw@acad3.alaska.edu |
Telephone: |
+1-907-474-7083 |
Fax: |
+1-907-474-6567 |
Activities: |
Research in agriculture and forestry at high latitudes. |
Publications: |
Agroborealis (1969-); Experiment Station Bulletin (1906-); Experiment Station Circular (1906-); Forest Sciences Notes (1995-); Georgeson Botanical Garden Review (1982-); Miscellaneous Publications (1948-); Natural Resources News (1994-); Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences Notes (1995); Resource Management Notes (1995-) |

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Native Language Center (ANLC)
Address: |
218 Eielson Bldg., PO Box 757680, Fairbanks, AK 99775. |
E-mail: |
fyanlp@aurora.alaska.edu |
Telephone: |
+1-907-474-7874 |
Fax: |
+1-907-474-6586 |
Year of foundation: |
1972 |
Activities: |
Teaching and research centre for the study of all languages spoken by Alaskan native peoples. The library contains a comprehensive collection of publications written in or about these languages, including those shared with native peoples living in Canada and the Russian Federation. |
Publications: |
Research Papers (1979-); maps - Native peoples and languages of Alaska (Krauss, 1982); Inuit-Yupik-Aleut-world (1995); monograph series |

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Quaternary Center (AQC)
Address: |
University of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Dr., Fairbanks, AK 99775. |
E-mail: |
fyaqc@aurora.alaska.edu |
Telephone: |
+1-907-474-7817 |
Fax: |
+1-907-474-5469 |
Year of foundation: |
1983 [formerly Office of Quaternary Studies] |
Activities: |
Carries out teaching and research on all Quaternary topics, including palaeoecology, permafrost and periglacial activities. |
Publications: |
Journal of Northern Sciences (1987-?); Newsletter (?-, 3-6pa) |

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Cooperative Institute of Arctic Research (CIFAR)
Address: |
Research Center for Global Change and Arctic Systems, 203 Eielson Bldg., Fairbanks, AK 99775 |
Year of foundation: |
1994 |
Activities: |
Funded by US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out research on the atmosphere, environmental assessment, tsunami prediction, fisheries and sea ice, climate dynamics, and numerical modelling. |

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Anthropology
Address: |
310 Eielson Bldg., PO Box 757720, Fairbanks, AK 99775. |
Telephone: |
+1-907-474-7288 |
Fax: |
+1-907-474-7453 |
Year of foundation: |
1930s |
Activities: |
The only department in an American university offering a specialised PhD. degree in the anthropology of the North. |
Publications: |
Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska (1952-) |

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Northern Studies
Address: |
PO Box 756420, Fairbanks, AK 99775 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-474-5266 |
Activities: |
Runs MA and PhD interdisciplinary programmes in northern studies. |

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute
Website: |
www.gi.alaska.edu |
Address: |
Fairbanks, AK 99775 |
E-mail: |
fygipub@aurora.alaska.edu |
Telephone: |
+1-907-474-7558 |
Fax: |
+1-907-474-7290 |
Year of foundation: |
1946 |
Activities: |
Carries out research into upper atmospheric physics, meteorology, physics and solid earth studies in both polar regions. Research facilities include: Poker Flat Research Range; the Alaska Climate Research Center; the Alaska Volcano Observatory; the Alaska Earthquake Information Center; the Alaska Synthetic Aperture Radar Facility; snow, ice and permafrost laboratories; and many field stations. Also houses the GeoData Center which maintains a variety of geophysical data collections, principally covering Alaska and the Arctic. This data includes Landsat quick-look imagery, AVHRR data, colour infrared and black and white aerial photography, together with numerous smaller collections. The series UAG-R consists of Scientific Reports, Technical Reports and Final Reports issued by the Geophysical Institute on all contracts and grants. Provides an aurora forecasting service. Library. |
Publications: |
Contributions. Series A and B (1950-); Quarterly (1982-); UAG-R (1975-) |

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB)
Address: |
309 Irving Bldg., Fairbanks, AK 99775. |
Telephone: |
+1-907-474-7640 |
Fax: |
+1-907-474-6967 |
Year of foundation: |
1963 |
Activities: |
IAB has operated Toolik Lake Field Station (68 ø 38'N; 149 ø 38'W) since 1975, one of 18 Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites in the USA and Antarctica designed to develop an ecological baseline for the polar regions. Library. |
Publications: |
Biological Papers of the University of Alaska (1955-); Biological Papers of the University of Alaska. Special Reports (1975-); Occasional Papers (?-) |

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science
Address: |
905 Koyukuk Av. North, Fairbanks, AK 99701 |
Year of foundation: |
1960 |
Activities: |
Library. |

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Northern Engineering
Address: |
539A Duckering Bldg., Fairbanks, AK 99775. |
Telephone: |
+1-907-474-7775 |
Fax: |
+1-907-474-6087 |
Publications: |
Northern Engineer (1968-92); Northwater (1974-, 2pa) |

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Northern Forestry
Address: |
308 Tanana Dr., Fairbanks, AK 99775. |
Telephone: |
+1-907-474-7449 |
Fax: |
+1-907-474-3350 |

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Northern Studies Program
Address: |
College of Liberal Arts, 601A Gruening Bldg., Fairbanks, AK 99775. |
E-mail: |
ffjsk@aurora.alaska.edu |
Telephone: |
+1-907-474-5266 |
Fax: |
+1-907-474-5187 |
Activities: |
Runs the Northern Studies Graduate Program, including the M.A. in Northern Studies, and undergraduate and Ph.D. programmes. |

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Research Center for Global Change and Arctic Systems
Address: |
203 Eielson Bldg., Fairbanks, AK 99775. |
Telephone: |
+1-907-474-5698 |
Fax: |
+1-907-474-6722 |
Year of foundation: |
1990 |
Activities: |
Serves as university's focal point for developing, coordinating and implementing research and education related to the role of the Arctic and sub-Arctic in the Earth system, and to stimulate and facilitate global change research in this region. |

University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Website: |
www.sio.ucsd.edu |
Address: |
Mail Code 0233B, La Jolla, CA 92093 |
Telephone: |
+1-619-534-3624 |
Fax: |
+1-619-534-5306 |
Year of foundation: |
1903 |
Activities: |
Major centre for global science research including biological, physical, chemical, geological, geophysical, and atmospheric studies of the earth as a system. Operates fleet of four research vessels for worldwide exploration and two research platforms. |
Publications: |
Explorations (1994-, 4pa) |

University of Chicago, Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (CARA)
Address: |
Yerkes Observatory, PO Box 258, Williams Bay, WI 53191 |
Publications: |
Antarctic Astrophysics (1992-, 2pa) |

University of Colorado, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
Address: |
Division of Cryospheric and Polar Processes, Boulder, CO 80303 |

University of Colorado, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
Website: |
http://instaar.colorado.edu |
Address: |
1560 30th St., Campus Box 450, Boulder, CO 80309 |
Telephone: |
+1-303-492-6387 |
Fax: |
+1-303-492-6388 |
Year of foundation: |
1951 |
Activities: |
INSTAAR develops scientific knowledge of physical and biogeochemical environmental processes at local, regional and global scales, and applies this knowledge to improve society's awareness and understanding of natural and anthropogenic environmental change. Our traditional focus has been on polar and alpine regions, where effects of global change are especially pronounced. In recent decades, our research has broadened to include environmental challenges that span local, regional, and global scales. Research topics vary widely and include Quaternary and modern environments, human and ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, landscape evolution, hydrology, oceanography, and climate. Operates the Mountain Research Station at 2910 m in the Rocky Mountains (41.01'N; 105.32'W). Library. |
Publications: |
Arctic and Alpine Research (1969-, 4pa); Occasional Papers (1971-) |

University of Idaho
Website: |
www.juneauicefield.org |
Address: |
Glaciological and Arctic Sciences Institute, College of Mines and Earth Resources, 226-N020, Moscow, ID 83843 |
Telephone: |
+1-208-885-6195 |
Activities: |
Teaching and research centre. Has run Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) since 1946 (since 1955, with the Foundation for Glacier and Environmental Research). The FGER library is located here. |

University of Maine
Website: |
www.umcs.maine.edu |
Address: |
Institute for Quaternary Studies, 5711 Boardman Hall, Orono, ME 04469 |
Fax: |
+1-207-581-1203 |

University of Minnesota
Website: |
www.umn.edu/twincities |
Address: |
Cold Climate Building Research, 89 Curch St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 |
Telephone: |
+1-612-626-7866 |

University of New Hampshire
Website: |
www.unh.edu |
Address: |
Oceans & Space, 940 North 17th St., Durham, NH 03824 |
E-mail: |
grg@unh.edu |
Telephone: |
+1-603-862-1991 |
Fax: |
+1-603-862-2124 |
Year of foundation: |
1978 |
Activities: |
Specializes in the recovery, analysis and interpretation of chemical records available from air, snow and ice. GRG is developing a series of such records from atmospherically teleconnected high latitude (e.g. Antarctic & Greenland) and high altitude, low to middle latitude sites (e.g. Asia and N. America) in order to investigate a variety of global change problems. |

University of Washington, Polar Science Center (PSC)
Website: |
http://psc.apl.washington.edu |
Address: |
Applied Physics Laboratory, 1013 NE 40th St., Seattle, WA 98105 |
E-mail: |
peggy@apl.washington.edu and huney@apl.washington.edu |
Telephone: |
+1-206-543-6613 |
Fax: |
+1-206-543-3521 |
Year of foundation: |
1978 |
Activities: |
Research focuses on remote sensing, sea ice dynamics, and polar oceanography particularly with regard to the relationship between polar regions and the global climate system. Provides comprehensive logistics and support for numerous polar field experiments. |

University of Washington, Quaternary Research Center
Address: |
AK-60, Seattle, WA 98195 |
Fax: |
+1-206-543-3836 |
Activities: |
Facilities include Periglacial Laboratory. |

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Geophysical and Polar Research Center (GPRC)
Address: |
Department of Geology and Geophysics, 104 Weeks Hall, 1215 West Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706. |
Telephone: |
+1-608-262-1921 |
Fax: |
+1-608-262-0693 |
Year of foundation: |
1960 |
Activities: |
Geophysical and glaciological research particularly in the Antarctic. |
Publications: |
Research report (1961-) |

US Arctic Network
Address: |
PO Box 102252, Anchorage, AK 99510 |
E-mail: |
arcnet@igc.dpc.org |
Telephone: |
+1-907-2722452 |
Fax: |
+1-907-2722453 |
Activities: |
Non-governmental organization representing native, environmental and health organizations with the intention of influencing government policy with regard to the Arctic in general and the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy and Arctic Council in particular. |
Publications: |
Arctic Observer (1993-); Leads (1994-, 5pa) |

US Arctic Research Commission
Website: |
www.arctic.gov |
Address: |
4350 North Fai |
Telephone: |
+1-907-257-2738 |
Fax: |
+1-907-257-2707 |
Year of foundation: |
1984 |
Activities: |
Advisory body appointed by the President to work with the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee to develop an integrated national Arctic research policy guiding Federal agencies in the development of their Arctic research programmes. Established under the Arctic Research and Policy Act (1984). |
Publications: |
Annual Reports to the President and the Congress (1986-); Background and Reports (1990-); Findings and Recommendations (1988-); National needs and Arctic research: a framework for action (1986) |

US Army, Arctic Medical Research Laboratory (USARIEM)
Address: |
Alaska, Fort Wainwright, AK 99703 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-353-4201 |
Year of foundation: |
1967 [formerly US Air Force. Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory] |

US Army, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL)
Website: |
www.crrel.usace.army.mil |
Address: |
72 Lyme Rd., Hanover, NH 01290 |
E-mail: |
nliston@hanover-crrel.army.mil |
Telephone: |
+1-603-646-4712 |
Fax: |
+1-603-646-4712 |
Year of foundation: |
1951 [until 1961, known as the US Army Snow, Ice and Permafrost Establishment (SIPRE) before combination with the Arctic Construction and Frost Effect Laboratory to form CRREL] |
Activities: |
Mission is to study and understand the characteristics of cold regions in order to solve cold-related problems of the US Army and United States in general. CRREL's Arctic-related research focuses on snow, ice, frozen ground, and cold-weather engineering. CRREL also maintains a substantial library and information centre (housed in the Technical Information Analysis Center) and funds production of the Bibliography on Cold Regions Science and Technology, a major component of the COLD database. |
Publications: |
Benchnotes (1976-); Bibliography on Cold Regions Science and Technology (1951-, annual); Cold Regions Technical Digest (1981-); Monographs (1981-) [continues Cold Regions Science and Engineering Monographs (1961-75)]; Reports (1976-) [continues Research Reports (1953-75) and Technical Reports (1950-75)]; Special Reports (1949-) |

US Army, Cold Regions Test Activity (CRTA)
Website: |
http://crta-www.army.mil |
Address: |
Fort Greely, Alaska. [address: 501 Second St., #3110, APO AP 96508-3110] |
E-mail: |
stecr@crta-emh1.army.mil |
Telephone: |
+1-907-873-4215 |
Fax: |
+1-907-873-1990 |
Year of foundation: |
1949 |
Activities: |
Performs cold regions environment developmental tests and evaluations for the US Army Material Command. All types of equipment are tested including vehicles, weapons, clothing and individual equipment. |

US Army, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM)
Address: |
Natick, MA 01760 |
Telephone: |
+1-508-651-4865 |
Activities: |
Carries out research into the effects on humans of work in environmental extremes. Subjects studied include how performance is affected by cold, and the design of training and treatment programmes to prevent and treat cold-related injuries. |

US Board on Geographic Names
Address: |
523 National Center, Reston, VA 22092 |
Year of foundation: |
1947 |
Activities: |
Responsible for coordinating geographical naming activities within the United States. Maintains the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) database. |
Publications: |
Country gazetteer series (1955-) [Antarctica (1969), Finland (1962), Iceland (1961), Norway (1963), Sweden (1963), USSR (1970)]; Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States (?-, ?); Foreign Names Decisions of the US Board on Geographic Names (?-, ?); Gazetteer of the Antarctic (1989) |

US Bureau of Indian Affairs
Website: |
www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html |
Address: |
ANCSA Office, 1675 "C" St., Anchorage, AK 99501 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-271-3695 |
Fax: |
+1-907-271-4083 |
Year of foundation: |
1977 |
Activities: |
Responsible for investigating the eligibility of historical places and cemetery sites selected by the Alaska Native regional corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), 1971. |

US Bureau of Land Management
Website: |
www.blm.gov/gis |
Address: |
Arctic District Office, 1150 University Av., Fairbanks, AK 9970 |

US Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publications: |
Pacific and Arctic coasts: Alaska, Cape Spences to Beaufort Sea (1964). (United States Coast Pilot 9) |

US Coast Guard (USCG)
Website: |
www.uscg.mil |
Address: |
2100 Second St. SW, Washington, DC 20593 |
Telephone: |
+1-202-267-1450 |
Fax: |
+1-202-267-4425 |
Activities: |
The <a href="http://www.uscg.mil/hq/atcmobil/popdiv/">Ice Operations Division</a> is responsible for managing the US Coast Guard's icebreaking facilities, oceanographic programmes, and the International Ice Patrol (IIP). Coast Guard icebreakers support US government and non-government research in the polar regions and assist with the annual resupply of Thule AFB Greenland. Iceberg data collected by the IIP is archived at National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). |
Publications: |
Guide to U.S. polar icebreaker cruise reports (1985) |

US Department of State, Division of Polar Affairs OES/OA/PA
Address: |
Rm. 5801, 2201 C St. NW, Washington, DC 20520. |
Telephone: |
+1-202-647-3262 |
Fax: |
+1-202-647-1106 |
Activities: |
Responsible for coordinating US international policy in the Arctic and Antarctic. |

US Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior.
Website: |
www.dos.state.pa.us |
Year of foundation: |
1879 |
Activities: |
Principal federal mapping agency, carrying out topographic as well as geological and resource mapping. The National Antarctic mapping centre is located at Reston. Publishes four main Antarctic topographic series at 1:50 000, 1:250 000, 1:500 000, and 1:1m. |
Publications: |
Bulletin (1883-); Circular (1933-); Dictionary of Alaska place names; New Publications of the US Geological Survey (?-, 12pa); Professional Papers (1974-); Water Resources Investigations (?-); Water Supply Papers (1896-) |
Notes: |
Divisions and offices: - Alaska Biological Science Center; <a href="http://www.absc.usgs.gov/">website: www.absc.usgs.gov</a>. - Alaska Office-Earth Science Information Centre (ESIC), 4230 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508; tel: +1-907-786-7011; fax: +1-907-786-7050. - Earth Science Information Centre, 507 National Center, Reston, VA 22092; tel: +1-703-648-6045; fax: +1-703-648-5548; e-mail: esicmail@usgs.gov . - Information Services, PO Box 25286, Bldg. 810, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225; tel: +1-303-202-4700; fax: +1-303-202-4693. - National Mapping Division, 516 National Center, Reston, VA 22092. |

US Navy, Antarctic Support Unit (NASU)
Address: |
PSC 467 Box 291, FRO AP 96531-2000 logistics centre: Operation Deep Freeze, Private Bag, Christchurch International Airport, Christchurch, New Zealand |
E-mail: |
nasu002.usap@iac.org.nz |
Telephone: |
+64-3-358-1402 |
Fax: |
+64-3-358-1409 |
Activities: |
Provides communications support for US stations in Antarctica, contracts and stores supplies, and offers other logistical support to US Navy and National Science Foundation Antarctic programmes. |

US Navy, Arctic Submarine Laboratory
Website: |
www.csp.navy.mil/asl |
Address: |
Officer in Charge, SUBDEVRON FIVE DET ASL, 140 Sylvester Road, San Diego, CA 92106 |
E-mail: |
asl@nosc.mil |
Telephone: |
+1-619-553-0190 |
Fax: |
+1-619-553-097 |
Activities: |
A detachment of Submarine Development Squadron Five. Supports the deployment of US and British Royal Navy submarines to the Arctic. Provides Arctic-specific equipment installation, training, operational and underway support. Maintains an archive of environmental data collected by US submarines during Arctic deployments. Periodically establishes ice camps to support submarine deployments, classified and unclassified research. |

US Navy, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
Website: |
www.nrl.navy.mil |
Address: |
Polar Oceanography Branch, 72 Lyme Rd., Hanover, NH 03755 |
Telephone: |
+1-603-646-4593 |
Activities: |
Carries out research focusing on the remote sensing of sea ice, including the characterising of sea ice and studies of the physics of the snow/ice interface. Also carries out oceanographic and meteorological research in the polar regions, tactical and coastal oceanographic research, and research into engineering aspects of under-ice acoustics and naval systems performance in cold regions. |

US Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Website: |
www.onr.navy.mil |
Address: |
1800 North Quincy St., 1125 Arlington, VA 2221 |

Utah Avalanche Forecast Center, PO Box 526246, Salt Lake City, UT 84152.
Telephone: |
+1-801-524-4030 |

VECO Polar Resources (VPR)
Website: |
www.vecopolar.com |
Activities: |
Logistics support provider to the National Science Foundation's Arctic Research Program. |

Wilderness Society
Website: |
www.wilderness.org |
Address: |
430 West 7th Av., Anchorage, AK 99501 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-272-9453 |
Fax: |
+1-907-272-1670 |
Year of foundation: |
1935 |
Activities: |
Non-profit membership organization devoted to preserving wilderness and wildlife, protecting America's prime forests, parks, rivers, deserts and shorelands, and fostering an American ethic. |
Publications: |
Wilderness (1935-, 4pa) |

Wildlife Society
Website: |
www.wildlife.org |
Address: |
5410 Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda, MD 2081 |
Publications: |
Bulletin (?-, 4pa); Journal of Wildlife Management (1937-, 4pa); Wildlife Monographs (1958-) |

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
Website: |
www.whoi.edu |
Address: |
Woods Hole, MA 02543 |
Telephone: |
+1-508-457-2000 |
Year of foundation: |
1930 |
Publications: |
Oceanus (1952-, 2pa); Technical Report (?-) |

Yugtun Qaneryaramek Calivik [University of Alaska Fairbanks, Yup'ik Language Center (YLC)]
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[University of Alaska Fairbanks, Yup'ik Language Center (YLC)] |
Address: |
Kuskokwim Campus, PO Box 368, Bethel, AK 99559 |
Telephone: |
+1-907-543-4555 |
Fax: |
+1-907-543-4527 |
Year of foundation: |
1969 [until 1978 named the Eskimo Language Workshop] |
Activities: |
Teaching and research centre dedicated to the study, preservation and cultivation of the Central Yup'ik language. |
