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• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Original Title
• Original Copyright
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Colour Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Preface
• Foreword
• Map
• Introduction
• Part 1 The Physical Structure and Processes of the Arctic
• 1. The geological development of the Arctic Maurits Lindström
• 2. Glaciology
• 3. Permafrost and hydrology
• 4. Arctic oceanography, sea ice and climate
• 5. Upper atmosphere physics and chemistry
• 6. The weather and climate of the Arctic
• Part 2 Life Sciences in the Arctic
• 7. Marine biology: Biomass productivity distributions and their variability in the Barents and Bering Seas
• 8. Ecology of Arctic lakes and rivers
• 9. Biodiversity of terrestrial ecosystems
• 10. Arctic terrestrial ecosystems and ecosystem function
• 11. Arctic medical science
• 12. Physical anthropology of the Arctic
• Part 3 Social and Political Dimensions of the Arctic
• 13. Indigenous peoples, self-determination and the Arctic environment
• 14. The social anthropology of the Russian Far North
• 15. Arctic geopolitics then and now
• 16. The population of the circumpolar north
• 17. The political economy of renewable resource management in the Arctic
• Part 4 Anthropogenic Impacts on the Arctic Environment: Regional and Global Consequences and Policy Responses
• 18. Integrated global change impact assessments
• 19. Ozone depletion and UV-B radiation
• 20. Local and transboundary pollution
• 21. International co-operation in the Arctic environment
• 22. Indigenous peoples’ organisations and Arctic environmental co-operation
• Index