Second AMAP International Symposium on Environmental Pollution
of the Arctic
Rovaniemi, Finland, 1 - 4 October, 2002

Programme

Monday, September 30
15:00-18:00

Registration at Hotel Pohjanhovi

18:00-21:00 Riverside Party, Rovaniemi Research Station (METLA)
 
Tuesday, October 1
08:00-10:00 Registration at Lappia Hall
10:00-11:00 Opening of the Symposium
Jouni Backman, Minister of the Environment, Finland
Peter Stenlund, Chair of the Arctic Council’s Senior Arctic Officials
Yuri Tsaturov, First Deputy Head of Roshydromet, Russian Federation
Anne Nuorgam, President of the Saami Council
Pavel Solyandziga, Vice-Chair of RAIPON
Helgi Jensson, Chair of AMAP
John Derome, METLA (local organization)
11:00-12:30 Results of the AMAP 2002 Assessments
The Human Health Programme during Phase 2 of AMAP
Jens C. Hansen
Pathways, Trends and Effects of Heavy Metals in the Arctic
Suzanne K. Marcy (on behalf of the AMAP Heavy Metals Team)
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Results of the AMAP 2002 Assessments
Radioactivity - a threat to the Arctic environment?
Per Strand, Yuri Tsaturov, Brenda Howard, Vince McClelland, Mike Bewers, Henning Dahlgaard, Hans P. Joensen, Alexander Nikitin, Sigurdur E. Palsson, Kristina Rissanen
Levels, Trends and Effects of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Arctic Environment
Cynthia A. de Wit, Aaron T. Fisk, Karen E. Hobbs and Derek C.G. Muir
15:30-16:00 Coffee
16:00-16:40 General Discussion
16:40-18:00 Sources and Pathways of Contaminants in the Arctic
Sources of heavy metals, inventories, and future scenarios
Jozef M. Pacyna & Elisabeth G. Pacyna
Sources, Pathways, and Mass Balance of Organochlorine Pesticides in the Arctic
Yi-Fan Li
Sources of radioactivity in the Arctic
Yu. Tsaturov, P. Strand, V. McClelland, H. Dahlgaard, K. Rissanen, A.Nikitin
Atmospheric Pollution in North Greenland: Transport and Trends
Niels Z. Heidam, Peter Wåhlin, Jesper H. Christensen, Henrik Skov
Monitoring of POPs in Arctic Ambient Air: Initial Results from Amderma (Russia) and Preliminary Assessment
A. Konoplev, P. Fellin, H. Li, P. Blanchard, H. Hung, D. Samsonov, G. Stern
19:00 Evening Reception, Arktikum, Arctic Centre (hosted by the University of Lapland, the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Ministry of the Environment, and the Ministry of Education. Opportunity to view the exhibitions of the Arctic Centre and the Provincial Museum of Lapland)
 
Wednesday, October 2
09:00-10:20 Heavy Metals in the Arctic
Atmospheric Mercury in the High Arctic from 1995-2002
Alexandra Steffen & William Schroeder
Production of Reactive Gaseous Mercury and Formation of Particulate Mercury; Links with Temperature and Solar UV-B
Steve Brooks, Steve Lindberg, Mike Goodsite, Henrik Skov, Michael Larsen, Bob Stevens, Matt Landis, Karen Scott, Tilden Meyers, Jerry Lin, Glen McConville
Studying the atmospheric transport of mercury into the Arctic by using the Danish Eulerian Hemispheric Model
Jesper H. Christensen, Michael Goodsite, Niels Z. Heidam, Henrik Skov
The Danish Arctic Tropospheric Mercury and Ozone Monitoring Program
Michael E. Goodsite, Henrik Skov, Jesper H. Christensen, Niels Z. Heidam, Bjarne Jensen, Gerald Geernaert, Steve Brooks
Fate of Heavy Metals in Estuarine Zones of the Russian Arctic Rivers
Viacheslav V. Gordeev
10:20-10:50 Coffee
10:50-12:30 Heavy Metals in the Arctic
Contaminant Landscapes of Arctic Alaska and Siberia
J. Ford, D. Muir, B. K. Lasorsa, J. Sericano, E. Crecelius, D.H. Landers
Distribution of Heavy Metals in Minerogenic and Organogenic Surficial Deposits and Surface Waters in Arctic and Subarctic Regions of Northeast Europe
R. Salminen
Temporal trends of trace metals in the Arctic: an assessment of the global data
Anders Bignert, Birgit Braune, Peter Outridge, Frank Riget, Simon Wilson
Trace Elements in Forest Ecosystems in the Kola Peninsula
Vyacheslav V. Nikonov, Natalya V. Lukina, Eiliv Steinnes,Tamara T. Gorbacheva, Marina V. Frontasyeva
Fish of Subarctic Freshwater Systems as Bioindicators of Pollution
N.A. Kashulin
12:30-14:00 Lunch (hosted by the Speaker of the Parliament of Finland, Mrs Riitta Uosukainen)
14:00-15:20 Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Arctic
Trends and levels of persistent organic contaminants in the Arctic atmosphere
Roland Kallenborn, Pierette Blanchard, Hayley Hung, Derek Muir, Kristin Olafsdottir, Eva Brorström-Lundén, Sirkka Leppänen, Stein Manø
New Persistent Chemicals in the Arctic: PCNs and Coplanar PCBs in Air, Beluga Whale, and Ringed Seal
Paul A. Helm, Liisa. M. Jantunen, Gary A. Stern, Krystyna Koczanski, Terry F. Bidleman
Do Arctic ice fauna and zooplankton differ in organochlorine concentrations?
Katrine Borgå, Michael Poltermann, Geir Wing Gabrielsen, Janneche Utne Skaare
Chlorobornanes, polybrominated diphenylethers and polychlorinated naphthalenes in freshwater and marine food-chains on/near Bjørnøya (Bear Island), Norway
Anita Evenset, Guttorm N. Christensen, Trond Skotvold, Roland Kallenborn, Martin Schlabach, Geir W. Gabrielsen
15:20-15:50 Coffee
15:50-17:45 Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Arctic
Trends in Concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Eggs from Alaskan Murre Colonies
Stacy S. Vander Pol, Paul R. Becker, John R. Kucklick, Rebecca S. Pugh, David G. Roseneau, Kristin Simac, Geoff W. York
Temporal-trends of organochlorine contamination in Black Guillemots in Iceland from 1976-1996
Kristín Ólafsdóttir, Ævar Petersen, Elín V. Magnúsdóttir, Thorvaldur Björnsson, Torkell Jóhannesson
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of HCH Isomers in the Arctic Environment
Birgit M. Braune, Aaron T. Fisk, Derek C.G. Muir, Terry F. Bidleman
Pollution of East Greenland polar bear around the millennium change
R. Dietz, F. Riget, C. Sonne-Hansen, D. Muir, L. Hyldstrup, R. Letcher, G. Asmund, M. Kierkegaard
Do POPs impair the infection resistance of polar bears (Ursus maritimus)?
Elisabeth Lie, Hans Jørgen S. Larsen, Andrew E. Derocher, Nick Lunn, Ross Norstrom, Øystein Wiig, Janneche Utne Skaare
Persistent Toxic Substances, Food Security and Indigenous Peoples of the Russian North
V. Kimstach, L.-O. Reiersen, L. Abryutina, J.-Ø. Odland, V. Chashchin, Y. Tsarurov, S. Melnikov
17:45-19:00 Short Oral Presentations of Posters (parallel sessions A and B)
19:30- Symposium Dinner, Lappia Hall
 
Thursday, October 3
09:00-10:20 Human Health and Pollution of the Arctic
Health Status of Arctic Residents
James Berner & Peter Bjerregaard
The AMAP Ring Test : An Update
Jean-Philippe Weber & Ivan Burkow
Comparison of maternal contaminant levels in Circumpolar countries
J. Van Oostdam, S. Donaldson, J. Hansen, B. Deutch, A. Gilman, J. Odland, V. Klopov, K. Olafsodottir, V. Chashchine, J. Berner, L. Soinenen, P. Bjerregaard, P. Weihe, T. Messner, E. Dewailly
Dietary composition, plasma fatty acids and POPs
Bente Deutch
Lifestyle Factors as Determinants of Health with Emphasize on Pregnant Women and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome in Arctic Communities
Jon Øjvind Odland
10:20-10:50 Coffee
10:50-12:30 Human Health and Pollution of the Arctic
Mercury and POPs and Public Health Concern in the Arctic
Pál M. Weihe & Eric Dewailly
The AMAP Human Health Effects Monitoring Programme: New data
Eva Cecilie Bonefeld-Jørgensen
Persistent Toxic Substances (PTS) and Human Health in the Russian Arctic (ongoing study)
V.P. Chashchin, J.-Ø. Odland, A. Dudarev, I. Romanovich, M. Chashchin, A. Konoplev, D. Sedenkov, A. Kuzmin
Predicted Health Impacts and Future Directions for Human Health Research in the Arctic
Andrew P. Gilman
12:30-14:00 Lunch (hosted by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Unit for the Northern Dimension)
14:00-15:20 Radioactivity in the Arctic
Protection of the environment from ionising radiation: A new challenge in radioecology
Deborah Oughton
Radioactive Contamination and Vulnerability in the Arctic: Aquatic Ecosystems
M. Sickel, B. J. Howard, K. Rissanen, H. Dahlgaard, H. P. Joensen, S. Pálsson, A. Nikitin
Radioactive Contamination and Vulnerability in the Arctic: Terrestrial Ecosystems
B.J. Howard, M. Sickel, K. Rissanen, H.P. Joensen, S.E. Palsson, R. Bergman, V.Golikov, D. Dasher
Indigenous People's Exposure to Radiation
K. Rissanen & T. Rahola
Consequences of Potential Accidents at the Kola Nuclear Power Plant
Lavrans Skuterud, Brenda J. Howard, Britt Salbu, Simon Wright, Tone D. Bergan
15:20-15:50 Coffee
15:50-17:30 Other Issues of Concern for the Arctic Environment
The Effects of Climate Change on the Arctic. The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA): Status and Challenges
R.W. Corell (on behalf of the ACIA Steering Committee)
The Arctic Vulnerability Study and Environmental Pollutants: A Strategy for Future Research and Analysis
Noelle Eckley & Henrik Selin
Future and Past Interactions Between Climate, Ozone and UV Radiation in the Arctic
P. Taalas
Climate Change issues in the Russian Arctic identified on the base of indigenous peoples observations and traditional knowledge: the methodology and methods of interviewing
Tatiana K.Vlassova & Pavel V.Sulyandziga
Indigenous population lands as impact zones of environmental hot-spots in the Russian Arctic
Tatiana M.Krasovskaya & Pavel V.Sulandziga
Features of tree growth beyond the Arctic Circle
O.I. Shumilov, E.A. Kasatkina, V.A. Dergachev, E. Turunen, E. Kyro, G. Jacoby, O.M. Raspopov, R. Kivi
17:30-19:15 Short Oral Presentations of Posters (parallel sessions C and D)
 
Friday, October 4
08:30-09:00 Results of the AMAP 2002 Assessments
Pathways of Contaminants into the Arctic and the Potential Influence of Climate Change
R.W. Macdonald, T. Harner, J. Fyfe, H. Loeng, T. Weingartner
09:00-10:15 Mitigating Actions in the Arctic
Actions Underway on Abatement of Priority Substances in North Western Russia
Husamuddin Ahmadzai
Arctic Council Action Plan (ACAP) Project on PCB in Russia: Follow-up on the 1997 AMAP Assessment
Y.A. Treger, V.N. Rozanov, S.E. Tikhnov, V.A. Rezepov, V.A. Kimstach, L.-O. Reiersen
A Joint Effort for Reducing Risks at the Kola Nuclear Power Plant
Ole Harbitz & Erlend Larsen
Co-operation between the Municipality of Karasjok and Lovozero Region about Construction of a New Drinking Purification Plant in the Settlement of Lovozero in Murmansk County
Jan Terje Nedrejord
10:15-10:30 Coffee
10:30-12:30 Panel Discussion
Lars-Erik Liljelund, convener, Director General of the Swedish EPA
Harro Pitkänen, Director of NEFCO
Sheila Watt-Cloutier, President of ICC
Stanley Morris, European Union, Joint Research Centre
Vladimir Moslabojev, Director of INEP, Russia
Karen Perdue, Vice President, University of Alaska, USA
Andrew Gilman, Health Canada and AMAP Assessment Steering Group
Samantha Smith, Director of WWF Arctic Office
12:30-13:00 Message from the Symposium
13:00 Closing of the Symposium
13:00-13:30 Press Conference
 
Saturday, October 5
Day Excursions
 
 
Short Oral Poster Presentations - Sessions A and B
Wednesday 2 October 17:45-19:00
Session A: POPS + other Session B: Climate change/UV + other
 
Evidence for “Recycled” POPs in the Arctic Atmosphere
Terry Bidleman, Liisa Jantunen, Paul Helm, Eva Brorström-Lundén, Sirkka Juntto, Anders Södergren, Cecilia Backe
Arctic Air Pollution Measurements from The NOAA Barrow, Alaska, Baseline Station: 1973-2002
Russell C. Schnell
Modeling the Transport of PCBs to the Arctic
Sunling Gong & Ping Huang
Ozone and temperature profiles at Sodankylä in the period 1989-2001
Rigel Kivi, Esko Kyrö, Timo Turunen
Hemispheric modelling of Arctic pollution by Hg, PCBs, γ-HCH
Alexey V. Gusev, Oleg U. Travnikov, Victor E. Shatalov
Polar stratospheric cloud and ozone observations in northern Finland during the recent winters
Rigel Kivi, Esko Kyrö, Andreas Dörnbrack
Recent Findings on Atmospheric Persistent Organic Pollutants under the Canadian Arctic Network
Hayley Hung, Pierrette Blanchard, Henrik Li, Phil Fellin, Bruno Rosenberg, Sheri Friesen, Gary Stern, Leonard A. Barrie
Surface Ozone Variations Induced by UV Radiation in Polluted Atmosphere
V.C.Roldugin, S.A.Rumyantsev, A.Yu.Karpechko, M.I.Beloglazov
Persistent Organic and Trace Element Pollutants in the Atmosphere at Barrow, Alaska
G. Patton, C. Cahill, G. Stern, P. Fellin, E. Crecelius, L. Barrie
Solar UV-B irradiance of the Kola Peninsula and total ozone during 1998-2001
N.S.Ivanova, M.I.Beloglazov, V.C.Roldugin
Persistent organic contaminant levels in atmospheric samples from Bjørnøya (Bear island) and the Zeppelin Mountain research station (Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard)
Roland Kallenborn, Martin Schlabach, Guttorm Christensen, Trond Skotvold, Stein Manø
Measurement activities of UV radiation in Sodankylä, Finland
Kaisa Lakkala, Esko Kyrö, Heli Kinnunen, Minna Turunen
Persistent organic contaminant levels in precipitation and fog on Bjørnøya (Bear Island), Norway
Guttorm N. Christensen, Trond Skotvold, Roland Kallenborn, Martin Schlabach, Anita Evenset
Response of Subarctic Tree seedlings to Solar UV radiation
Minna Turunen, Marja-Liisa Sutinen, Kirsti Derome, Yrjö Norokorpi, Kaisa Lakkala
Factors Accounting for High POPs Concentrations in the Aquatic Food Chain of Lake Ellasjoen, Bear Island, Norway
N. Gandhi, S. Gewurtz, D. Gregor, M. Diamond, T. Skotvold
Reindeer Summer Pastures and Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation
Päivi Soppela, Minna Turunen, Ulla Heiskari, Bruce Forbes, Pekka Aikio, Hannu Magga, Marja-Liisa Sutinen, Birgitta Åhman, Timo Helle, Mauri Nieminen, Esko Kyrö, Kaisa Lakkala, Satu Huttunen, Christian Uhlig
Hydrophilic Organic Pollutants – A Threat to the Arctic?
S. Weigel, U. Berger, H. Hühnerfuss, E. Jensen, R. Kallenborn, H. Thoresen
Remote sensing analysis of tundra vegetation changes around Vorkuta, North-European Russia
Kari Mikkola, Tarmo Virtanen, Elena Patova, Ari Nikula
Organochlorines in the Eurasian Arctic: transport and uptake into ice-associated ecosystems
K. Olsson, R. Kallenborn, K. Borgå, J.-O. Thörngren
Geocryological-geoecological problems of urbanised territories under technogenic pollution conditions in industrial centres of the North
Valery. I. Grebenets & Sergey. N. Titkov
The presence of technical PCB-mixtures in sediments in Lakes and shallow ponds in North Norway and North East Russia
Trond Skotvold and Vladimir M. Savinov
Environmenal Pollution and Severe Winter Hydrological Hazard and their Effect on Greenland Seal White Sea Population: Results of Comprehensive Study
Kirill Ya. Kondratyev, Alexander A. Startsev, Vladimir I. Chernook, Vladimir V. Melentyev
PAHs in bottom sediments from Svalbard and Franz Josef Land archipelagos
Salve Dahle, Vladimir M. Savinov, Gennady G. Matishov, Kristoffer Næs, Kristina Olsson, Vera I. Petrova
Solar-Terrestrial Effects in Northern Environment and Their Current Monitoring
P.A. Kashulin, N.V. Kalacheva, G.D. Katayev
Comparison of Organochlorine Contaminant Concentrations and Patterns in Ringed Seals (Phoca hispida) from Nome and Barrow, Alaska
John R. Kucklick, Margaret M. Krahn, Paul R. Becker, Barbara J. Porter, Michele M. Schantz, Geoffrey W. York, Todd M. O’Hara
Fluctuations in Plant Physiological Responses Caused by Cosmophysical Factors in the Auroral Zone (Kola Peninsula) and within the Polar Cap (Svalbard)
P.A. Kashulin, O.I. Shumilov, E.A. Kasatkina, A.G. Struev
PBDE in long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) from the Faroe Islands
Maria Dam, Bert van Bavel, Gunilla Lindström
Temporal Correlations between Remote Terrestrial Sites in some Long-Term Biological Processes may be Underlained by Exogenous Driving Factors
P.A. Kashulin, N.V. Kalacheva, G. D. Katayev
Concentration of environmental pollutants in fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) from the Faroe Islands
Maria Dam, Bjørg Mikkelsen, Jens-Kjeld Jensen, Jákup Reinert
Rapid Transport of Pollutants in Drift Ice to Melt-down Regions near Atlantic Inflows - A NARP Network
Thomas A. McClimans (for The NARP Team)
Persistent halogenated compounds in black guillemots (Cepphus grylle) from Greenland
Katrin Vorkamp, Jan H. Christensen, Marianne Glasius, Frank F. Riget
Monitoring the Atlantic Inflow Toward the Arctic - A Project Status for MAIA
Thomas A. McClimans (for the MAIA Team)
Is the Golden Eagle particularly sensitive to persistent organic pollutants?
Torgeir Nygård & Jan Ove Gjershaug
The Circumpolar PhD Network in Arctic Environmental Studies - Approach and activities
Päivi Soppela, Ekaterina Ruth, Yvon Csonka, Jan-Åge Riseth, Olga Sumina, Birgitta Åhman
Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and possible changes in microbial communities in tundra soil samples on Svalbard caused by snow mobile driving
Per Johan Brandvik & Lise Øvreås
Diffusion of Explosives Through Snow and Sand
M. Albert, J. Cragin, F. Perron
The use of seaweed (Laminaria saccharina) for monitoring spreading and identifying local sources for heavy metals from Acid Mine Drainage in Isfjorden on Svalbard
Per Johan Brandvik & Ola Magne Sæther
State of bottom biocenoses of the Arctic rivers under oil contamination
Olga A. Loskutova
Comparison of maternal contaminant levels in Circumpolar countries: Additional data
S. Donaldson, J. Van Oostdam, J. Hansen, B. Deutch, A. Gilman, J. Odland, V. Klopov, K. Olafsodottir, V. Chashchine, J. Berner, L. Soinenen, P. Bjerregaard, P. Weihe, T. Messner, E. Dewailly
Nutrient influxes in the Laptev Sea
Miroslav Nitishinsky

Nutrient Variability in the Kara Sea
A. Novikhin
 
 
Short Oral Poster Presentations - Sessions C and D
Thursday 3 October 17:30-19:15
Session C: Human health, Indigenous issues + other Session D: Radioactivity, Heavy metals
 
The Canadian Arctic Contaminants Assessment Report II : 5 Years of Research
Russel G. Shearer
Hot Particles in the Ground-level Air in Finland After the Chernobyl Accident - Autoradiography of Archived Air Filter Samples
Veijo Aaltonen, Jussi Paatero, Juha Hatakka, Yrjö Viisanen
The AMAP Human Health Program for Greenland 1999- 2001: Organic pollutants, lifestyle, dietary composition and blood lipids
Bente Deutch, Henning Sloth Pedersen, Eva Bonefeld-Jørgensen, Jens Hansen
Deposition of Total Beta Activity in Finnish Lapland 1963-2000
Jussi Paatero, Juha Hatakka, Yrjö Viisanen
The Physiological Background of Human Health and Effect of Nowadays Diet Style in Different Social and Ethnical Groups of Russian European North Inhabitances
Evgeny R. Bojko
Radiating Monitoring of Geological Objects Kola Region
N.A. Melnik
Infectious and Parasite Diseases of Indigenous Population of Chukotka: 1991-2000 Years
Eduard P. Petrenko & Oleg D. Tregubov
Radiation studies in landscapes of the near impact zone of the Krasnoyarsk Mining Chemical Combine
V.G. Linnik, V.N. Potapov, V.V. Surkov, E.M. Korobova, A.G. Volosov, S. Borghuis, J. Brown, A.V. Sokolov, Yu.V. Savitski
Contaminants in local human diet items in Greenland
Poul Johansen, Derek Muir, Gert Asmund, Maja Kirkegaard
Natural and artificial gamma-emitting radionuclides in the flood plain and terrace landscapes of the lower Yenisey
E.M. Korobova, N.G. Ukraintseva, V.V. Surkov, S.S. Kirov
Diet patterns in indigenous people of Pechora Basin and other Northern regions of Russia
Maxim Chashchin, Andrey Apycin, Oleg Batmanov, Ivan Romanovich, Dmitry Sedenkov, Alexey Kuzmin
An Assessment of a Methodology to Evaluate the Vulnerability of Alaskan Communities to Nuclear Accidents Occurring in or Near the Arctic
D. Dasher & J. Kelley
Change in human plasma levels of persistent organic pollutants after consumption of Mølje (cod, cod liver, cod liver oil and hard roe) – a traditional Northern Norwegian fish dish
Torkjel Sandanger, Magritt Brustad, Eiliv Lund, Ivan C. Burkow, Jon Øyvind Odland
Bioaccumulation of radiocaesium in Arctic seals
JoLynn Carroll, Hans Wolkers, Magnus Andersen, Kristina Rissanen
Different types of pollutants and their influence to indigenous people’s health in Kamchatka
Peter Bekkerev & Victoria Churikova
Radiation dose to lynx as an effect of predation on reindeer
Birgitta Åhman & Rolf Falk
PCDD/PCDFs Monitoring in Environmental Objects and Biological Samples from the Region of North Urals – the Republic of Komi, Russia
Zarema K. Amirova, Edward A. Kruglov
Dependence of the formation of the human internal exposure on the dietary habits of the population living in the Russian Arctic
I.G.Travnikova, G.Ya Bruk, V.N.Shutov, M.I. Balonov, V.Ju.Golikov, P.Strand
Urinary Arsenic concentration of Lappish Pregnant Women and Newborns. Do we need a follow up?
L. Soininen, H. Mussalo-Rauhamaa, S. Hyvönen
Internal exposure of the population due to 137Cs and 90Sr in different regions in the North-West of Russia
V.N. Shutov, G.Ya Bruk, I.G. Travnikova, V.Ju. Golikov, M.I. Balonov, P. Strand
Measurements of the actual concerted action of biomarkers: Dioxin and estrogenic activities in human samples as effect markers of organochlorine bioaccumulation
Eva Cecilie Bonefeld-Jørgensen & Manhai Long
Effect of Saline Groundwater (Cryopegs) on Environmentally Save Disposal of Nuclear and Toxic Waste in the Permafrost Region
Irina D. Streletskaya & Anna A. Kolokolova
Extremal Reactions of Human Organism on Heliogeophysical Activity at the Polar Regions
S. Chernouss, A. Vinogradov, V. Roldugin, A. Ronkko, O. Antonenko
Mercury depletion events at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, 2002
T. Berg, J. Sommar, I. Wängberg, K. Gårdfeldt, J. Munthe, A. Urba, W. H. Schroeder , A. Steffen , K. Kvietkus
The Contribution of Geocosmical Agents into Sensitivity of Human Organism to Pollutants at the Polar Regions
N.K. Belisheva
Stepping Back in Time: Analysis of Arctic Aerosols Collected from Northern Finland Between 1964 and 1978
Tarja Yli-Tuomi, Lisa Venditte, Philip K. Hopke, M. Shamsuzzoha Basunia, Sheldon Landsberger, Yrjö Viisanen, Jussi Paatero, Pentti Paatero
Immunological Reactivity in General Refrigerating Conditions with High Cortisol Concentration in Blood
L.K. Dobrodeeva, L. Senkova, A.V. Tkachev
Distribution patterns of air-born heavy metals pollutants in the Eurasian Arctic sector
Alexander V.Yevseev & Tatiana M.Krasovskaya
Immuno-depressive Effect of Suspension Components in the Water of the Northern Dvina River
L.K. Dobrodeeva & A.V. Tkachev
The Results of Investigation of Contamination of Atmospheric Air of the Open Areas of the Barents and White Seas with Heavy Metals
N. Golubeva, L. Burtseva, S. Gromov, M. Felitsin
A Community Based Wildlife Health Survey in Nunavut, Canada
S. Sang, G. Balch & C. Metcalfe
Lead, Cadmium and Zinc Concentrations in Arctic Surface Snow [1993-1996]
R. Koerner, J. Bourgeois, C. Zdanowicz and J. Zheng, G. Lawson, W. Strachan, V. Cheam, L. Savatyugin
The Principle of Eco-Adequacy as Reflected in the Traditions, Language and Culture of the Indigenous Peoples of Siberia
Z.S. Kamaletdinova & N.V. Kolkova
Trace Metal Concentrations in Snow and Moss from the Yukon River Basin, Alaska and Canada
B. Wang, L. Gough, T. Hinkley, J. Garbarino, P. Lamothe
Geochemistry of the Habitat and Human Health in the Arctic Zone of Yakutia
Vladimir Makarov
Heavy Metal Deposition in the Finnish Arctic ― Status and Trends
Tuija Ruoho-Airola & Timo Salmi
Forming of Labor Collectives in Complex Ethnic Environment of Oil Extraction Zone in Northern Russia: Identification and Analysis of Migration Causes
M. Sredin
Atmospheric heavy metal and trace element deposition in the vicinity of Monchegorsk, Kola Peninsula, NW Russia based on regional moss and humus sampling
Ahti Mäkinen & Valery Barcan
Establishing Indigenous Settlement System and Traditional Land Using in Russian Arctic Oil and Gas Extraction Zone
T. Gorokhova
Assessment of Cu and Ni bioavailability and toxicity on the distance gradient from ‘Severonickel’ smelter, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Ekaterina Ruth, Graeme Paton, Julian Dawson, Lars Gunneriusson, Allan Holmgren, Mike Wilson
Ecological state of marine bottom ecosystems in marginal seas of the Russian Arctic
Denis K. Alexeev
Heavy metals in soils of the landslide-affected Taimyr coast of the Yenisey Bay
N.G Ukraintseva, E.M. Korobova, E.M. Sizov, A.A. Kolokolova
Monitoring of the State of Northern Ecosystems on the Base of Environmental Factor Dependent Flavonoids Accumulation in Plants
Peter A. Kashulin, Natalya V. Kalacheva, Peter M. Zhiboedov
Ecological danger of the gold-mining enterprises for biodiversity of Yakutia (Russia)
Jury Ph.Rozhkov
Impacts of environmental pollution on some nothern Russian regions (Norilsk area, Lake Baikal)
Yuri A. Anokhin
Monitoring of a microelement compound of lichens on Ardalin oil-field (Nenets autonomous okrug, Russia)
Alexander Batalov & Elena Shavrina
Natural Biogeochemical Anomalies: Harmful or Useful Influence?
Oleg D. Tregubov & Vladimir Yu. Razzhivin
Mercury and organochlorine contaminants in freshwater fish in Lapland, Finland
Jaakko Mannio, Anna-Mari Suortti, Markku Örn
Integral biochemical index as a tool for the estimation of fish response to environmental pollution in the North aquatic ecosystems
Nina N. Nemova, Viktor S. Sidorov, Rimma U. Vysotskaya
Contaminants in the common shrew (Sorex araneus) in northern Fennoscandia in relation to humus deposits
Heikki Henttonen, Juha-Pekka Hirvi, Claire N. Gower, Nigel G.Yoccoz
Ecological state of marine bottom ecosystems in marginal seas of the Russian Arctic
Denis K. Alexeev
Lead contamination of Greenland seabirds hunted with lead shot
Poul Johansen, Gert Asmund, Frank Riget, Maja Kirkegaard
 
 
Additional Posters (not presented in oral sessions)
Global Anthropogenic Emissions of Mercury in 1995
J.M. Pacyna, E.G. Pacyna, F. Steenhuisen, S. Wilson
Atmospheric Pathways for the Introduction of Mercury into the Arctic Environment / Biosphere
William H. Schroeder, Meng-Dawn Cheng, Che-Jen Lin, Alexandra Steffen
Barrow Atmospheric Chemical Conversion and Speciation of Atmospheric Mercury Pollution
Steve Brooks, Steve Lindberg, Mike Goodsite, Henrik Skov, Michael Larsen, Karen Scott, George Southworth, Tilden Meyers, Glen McConville
Atmospheric Mercury in Sweden and Northern Finland; Atmospheric mercury concentrations and mercury wet deposition trends during the period 1995 to 2001
Ingvar Wängberg, Sirkka Leppänen and John Munthe
Processes Cleaning the Arctic Atmosphere
Anna A. Vinogradova & Larisa P. Burova
Using GIS in AMAP: Comparing results of models estimating lead deposition in the Arctic
Simon Wilson & Frits Steenhuisen
Source Apportionment of Atmospheric Heavy Metals at Pallas, Northern Fennoscandia
Sirkka Leppänen
Regional Variations in Atmospheric Deposition and Sources of Anthropogenic Lead in Lake Sediments Across the Canadian Arctic
P.M. Outridge, M.H. Hermanson, W.L. Lockhart
Heavy Metals in the Russian Arctic: 10-Year Averaged Air Concentrations and Depositions onto the Surface
Anna A. Vinogradova
The Atmospheric Aerosol Contribution to Water Pollution of the Laptev Sea
Vladimir P. Shevchenko, Anna A. Vinogradova, Tatiana Ya. Ponomareva, Alexey A. Klyuvitkin
Barents Ecogeochemistry - A Large Geochemical Baseline Study of Heavy Metals and Other Elements in Surficial Deposits, NW-Russia and Finland
Reijo Salminen, Igor Bogatyrev, Victor Chekushin, Sergey P. Glavatskikh, Olga. Tomilina, Markku Tenhola
Heavy Metal Concentration of Precipitation and their Seasonal Variation at Thirty Monitoring Stations in the Barents Region in NW Russia and Finland
Reijo Salminen, Nikita Vernigora, Alla Polischuok, Marina Chestyakova, Olga Tomilina
Heavy Metals and Nutrients in Soil and Plants in the Border Area Between Russia and Norway
Natalya V. Lukina, Vyacheslav V. Nikonov, Henning Jensen, Tor Erik Finne, Nigel G. Yoccoz
Influence of Air Pollution by Cu-Ni Smelter "Severonickel" on Species Diversity of Aphyllophoraceous Fungi
L.G. Isaeva
Regional Distribution of Au, Pd and Pt from Cu/Ni –Smelters in Kola Peninsula Revealed by Humus, Moss and Soil Samples
Heikki Niskavaara, Esko Kontas, Viktor Chekushin, Clemens Reimann
Changes in Al-Fe-Humus Podzol Acidity in the Process of Pollution-Induced Succession of Forest Ecosystems
Natalya V.Lukina, Tamara T. Gorbacheva, Vyacheslav V.Nikonov, Maria A.Orlova
Migration forms of elements in Al-Fe-humus podzol waters in the Kola Peninsula
Tamara T. Gorbacheva & Natalya V.Lukina
Heavy Metals in Subarctic Forest Ecosystems: Soil Pollution and Impacts on Plant Diversity
S. Koptsik, G. Koptsik, L. Eruslankina
Heavy metals of lake sediments of Northeast Fennoscandia
Vladimir Dauvalter
Element migration in subarctic lake under influence of mining-metallurgical activity
Vladimir Dauvalter
Heavy Metals in Sediments of Pechora River Basin: The Preliminary Results of Investigation in Frame of SPICE Project
Vladimir Dauvalter
Heavy metals in marine sediments and biota of Spitzbergen
Janusz Pempkowiak
Long-term experiments addressing effects of pollutants in the subarctic
Seppo Neuvonen
Factors affecting mercury concentrations in predatory fish in the Mackenzie River Basin, NWT, Canada
M.S. Evans, L. Lockhart, G. Low, D. Muir, K. Kidd, G. Stern, J. Delaronde, M. Whittle, D. Haffner
Trends in Concentrations of Mercury in Eggs from Alaskan Murre Colonies
Stacy S. Vander Pol, Steven J. Christopher, Russell Day, Rebecca S. Pugh, Paul R. Becker, David G. Roseneau, Kristin Simac, Geoff W. York
Bulk Deposition of PAHs, PCBs and HCHs in Finland during Sommer Seasons 1993-2001
M. Korhonen, A. Kiviranta, J. Mannio
Persistent chlorinated hydrocarbons in the Barents Sea water
Natalia F. Plotitsyna
Persistent Organic Pollutants in Sediments of the Pechora River System: The Preliminary Results of Investigation in Frame of SPICE Project
Vladimir Dauvalter
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Bottom Sediments of the Kandalaksha Gulf (White Sea)
A.V. Kursheva & V.I. Petrova
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Bottom Sediments of the Russian Arctic Shelf
V. Petrova & G. Batova
Spatial and temporal trends of organochlorines in Greenland
Frank Riget, Katrin Vorkamp, Marianne Glasius, Derek Muir
PCBs and Organochlorine Pesticide Levels in Ringed Seals from the White Sea (Russia), 2001
Tatiana Savinova, Derek Muir, Vladimir Savinov, Lyudmila Alexeeva, Olga Svetocheva, Vitaly Prischemikhin, Alexander P.Golikov
Radiation State of the Environment and Biota on the Murmansk Fishing Ground in the Sunken Nuclear Submarine “Kursk” Area
D.G. Matishov & G.G. Matishov
A ‘weighted’ 137Cs inventory calculation of Reservoir 11, Mayak P.A., Russia with the novel use of remotely sensed information and sample data in a GIS
A.M. Borghuis, F. Steenhuisen, J.E. Brown1, M. Sickel
Legacy of Amchitka Island, Alaska, Underground Nuclear Test Site an Aleut Native Assessment Scenario
R. Patrick
Meiobenthic Communities as Influenced by Nuclear Testing and Radioactive Waste Disposal off Novaya Zemlya (Barents and Kara Seas)
V. Galtsova & V. Pogrebov
The Impact of Radioactive Contamination Upon Processes of Propagation of Tundra Voles
L.A.Bashlykova, O.V.Raskosha, O.V.Ermakova
Structural and Functional Indices of Thyroid Gland and Ovaries of Tundra Voles Depending on Duration of Exposure to Ionizing Radiation
O.V. Raskosha & O.V. Ermakova
Using Hidrolitic Lignin for Rehabilitation of Technogenic-Contaminated Podzolic Soils
N.G. Rachkova & I.I. Shuktomova
Dietary composition, plasma fatty acids and POPs
Bente Deutch
Environment and respiratory morbidity in Karelia
N.V. Dorshakova, T.A. Karapetian, M.S. Degtiareva
Environmental Pollution and Food Security in the Arctic
Gérard Duhaime, Nick Bernard, Alexandre Morin
Athabascan Traditional Foods Contaminant Assessment Program (FOODCAP) in Interior Alaska: Addressing Tribal Concerns on Environmental and Human Health
R. Stimmelmayer & J. Simon
Temporal changes of PCBs and Chlorinated Pesticides in Human Milk from Murmansk, Russia
A. Polder, T.N. Savinova, J.U. Skaare
Comparison of cancer incidence in Norway and Arkhangelsk Oblast’ in Northern Russia
A. Vaktskjold, E. Lebedintseva, D. Korotov, T. Podjakova, A. Tkatsjev, E. Lund
Arctic Network for the Support of the Indigenous Peoples of the Russian Arctic (ANSIPRA)
Winfried K. Dallmann
Technogenic Influence on Traditional Nature’s Management of Indigenous Peoples of Taimyr
Leonid A. Kolpashchikov
State of Environment of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago and New Factors of Risk
Yuri L. Mazourov
Heritage Sites of the Arctic Indigeneous Peoples: Conservation and Preservation
Yuri L. Mazourov
Nonspecific Resistance in the Adapting for Indigenous People of Yakutia, Russia
M. Tyaptirgianov
Test of geophysics for monitoring frozen ground - A case from the southern limit of discontinuous permafrost in Finnish Lapland
Heikki Vanhala & Petri Lintinen
The Various Screenplays of Climate Change and Cold Stress in the North of Russia
Vera V. Vinogradova
NORNET - The New Profile of Environmental Co-operation in Northern Finland
J. Inkeröinen & E. Alasaarela
Technogenic Icesheet Formation and Environmental Pollution of Settlements in Chukotka (Case Study in Anadyr City)
Anatoly N. Kotov & Oleg D. Tregubov
Approaches to Rehabilitation of Lands Subjected to Air Pollution in the Kola Peninsula
Natalya V. Lukina, Vyacheslav V. Nikonov, Svetlana N. Ganicheva, Elena A. Belova
Effect of Timber Industry Pollution on Soil invertebrates of Pine Forests
Elena B. Kupriyanova, Alla A. Kolesnikova, Olga A. Uzhakina
Physico-Chemical Modelling of Water Composition of Uranium-Vanadium Deposit
Svetlana I. Mazukhina & Galina S. Borodulina
Abandoned Mining Exploration Sites in Nunavik (Canada). Inventory of an Inherited Pollution Problem
G. Duhaime, N. Bernard, A. Morin
Zooplankton in Oil-Contaminated Water Ecosystems of the European North-East
Elena B. Fefilova
Experimental study of transportation and accumulation of oil pollutants into freezing and frozen soils
Evgeny M. Chuvilin & Evgeniya S. Miklayeva
Intracellular proteinases in fish as indicators of environmental load
Nina N. Nemova, Elena I. Kaivarainen, Marina Ju. Krupnova, Lyudmila A. Bondareva
Long term trends in particle deposition in NE Greenland as assessed by a passive aerosol sampling technique
Eckart Schultz & Benoit Sittler
Impact of Norilsk metallurgical industry on the contamination of the Taymyr peninsula Arctic ecosystems
Alexander Zhulidov, Dmitriy Pavlov, Juha Kämäri, Jarmo Meriläinen