Notes

1. Current information about the research supported by ARCSS can be found on the ARCSS home page: http://nsidc.colorado.edu/ARCSS/

2. Current information on scientific contributions from GISP2 may be found on the GISP2 home page: http://nsidc.colorado.edu/ARCSS/index.html

3. Current information on OAII research may be found on the OAII home page: http://arcssoaii.ccpo.odu.edu/

4. For more information on FWS marine mammal research, please contact David McGillivary at (907) 786-3800.

5. For more information on FWS fisheries research, please contact Steve Klein at (907) 786-3548.

6. For more information on CAFF, please contact Janet Hohn at (907) 786-3544 or e-mail: janet_hohn@mail.fws.gov

7. A complete description of the HAARP facility is available at http://w3.itd.nrl.navy.mil/haarp.html

8. Further information on ONR's High Latitude Program can be obtained from the World Wide Web site and associated links: http://www.onr.navy.mil/sci_tech/ocean/onrpgahl.htm

9. Further information on BS FOCI can be obtained by contacting NOAA Coastal Ocean Program (NCOP), 1315 East-West Highway, Room 15140, Silver Spring, MD, 20910; 301-713-3338; http://hpcc.noaa.gov/cop/cop-home.html or NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Bldg. 3, Seattle, WA 98115-0070; 206-526-6798; http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/bering

10. Further information on SEBSCC may be obtained by contacting NOAA Coastal Ocean Program (NCOP), 1315 East-West Highway, Room 15140, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 301-713-3338; http://hpcc.noaa.gov/cop/cop-home.html or NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Bldg. 3, Seattle, WA 98115-0070; 206-526-6798; http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/bering

11. Further information on C-CAP may be obtained by contacting NOAA Coastal Ocean Program (NCOP), 1315 East-West Highway, Room 15140, Silver Spring, MD 20910; 301-713-3338; http://hpcc.noaa.gov/cop/cop-home.html or NOAA Coastal Services Center - C-CAP Program, 2234 South Hobson Ave., Charleston, SC 29405; 803-974-6233; or NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Auke Bay Laboratory, 11305 Glacier Highway, Juneau, AK 99801; 907-789-6000.

12. Further information Alaska coastal monitoring may be obtained by contacting NOAA Coastal Ocean Program (NCOP), 1315 East-West Highway, Room 15140, Silver Spring, MD 20910; 301-713-3338; http://hpcc.noaa.gov/cop/cop-home.html or NOAA NESDIS Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution, Federal Building 4, Room 0122, 4401 Suitland Road, Suitland, MD 20233; 301-457-5120.

13. NSIDC's data products, documentation and publications can be viewed or requested through NSIDC's User Services pages on the World Wide Web (WWW) using URL http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu or by calling 303-492-6199.

14. Copies of the Proceedings of the International Meeting on Permafrost Affected Soils published in 1995 are still available and may be obtained by writing to John M. Kimble, NSSC-NRCS-USDA, Federal Building, Room 152, MS 33, 100 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, NE 68508-3866 (email jkimble@gw.nssc.nrcs.usda.gov). This publication contains the papers that were presented at the meeting in 1993.

15. For more information about NSA/AAO, visit the web at http://www.arm.gov/docs/sites/nsa/nsaaao.html

16. The general point of contact for the ARM program is Wanda R. Ferrell, Manager, Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program, Environmental Sciences Division, ER-74, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585; 301-903-0043.

17. For the North Slope of Alaska/Adjacent Arctic Ocean CART site, the points of contact are Bernard Zak, North Slope of Alaska/Adjacent Arctic Ocean CART Site Program Manager, Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0755; 505-845-8631, and Knut Stamnes, North Slope of Alaska/Adjacent Arctic Ocean CART Onsite Scientist, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775-0800; 907-474-7368.

18. The point of contact for the Carbon Dioxide Program is Roger Dahlman, Environmental Sciences Division, ER-74, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585; 301-903-4951.

19. The point of contact for information on Organic Contaminants in the Alaskan Arctic is Matthew Monetti, Environmental Sciences Division, U.S. Department of Energy, Environmental Measurements Laboratory, 201 Varick Street, NY, NY 10014; 212-620-3625.

20. For the Global Measurements of Radionuclides in the Atmosphere and Deposition projects, the points of contact are John Kada and Matthew Monetti, Environmental Sciences Division, U.S. Department of Energy, Environmental Measurements Laboratory, 201 Varick Street, NY, NY 10014; 212-620-3524 and 212-620-3625.

21. For the DOE Collaboration in ONR's Arctic Waste Assessment Program, the point of contact is Thomas Beasley, U.S. Department of Energy, Environmental Measurements Laboratory, 201 Varick Street, NY, NY 10014; 212-620-3636.

22. Prepared by the National Science Foundation for the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee

23. Committee Members and Agency Representatives Present: Neal Lane (Chair), Charles Myers and Tom Pyle, National Science Foundation; George Newton, Jr., and Garret Brass, Arctic Research Commission; Robert Houtman, Department of Defense; Ari Patrinos and Merrill Heit, Department of Energy; Peter Hartsock, Department of Health and Human Services; Bonnie McGregor and John Haugh, Department of the Interior; Robert Senseney and Tucker Scully, Department of State; Richard Rooth, Department of Transportation; Joseph Alexander and Sidney Draggan, Environmental Protection Agency; Prasad Gogineni, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Alan Thomas and Renee Tatusko, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Igor Krupnik and Robert Hoffman, Smithsonian Institution; Barbara Weber and Richard Cline, U.S. Department of Agriculture; and Douglas Posson, U.S. Geological Survey.