Acting Chief Editor
Dr. Bjorn Gunnarsson
Managing Director
Centre of High North Logistics (CHNL)
Kirkenes, Norway
Topics: Transportation Research; Arctic Sea Routes; Arctic Policies and Governance.
Themes: Arctic Transport Research Programs; Navigation on the NWP; History of Arctic Marine Transport.
Theme Editor: Dr. Lawson W. Brigham
Distinguished Professor of Geography and Arctic Policy
UA Geography Program
University of Alaska Fairbanks, www.ungp.uaf.edu
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Topic: Arctic Policies & Governance
Themes: Arctic Policies of Arctic States; UN Law of the Sea – UNCLOS III.
Theme Editor: Dr. Willy Østreng
President
Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research, www.polar-academy.com
c/o UNIS/University Centre in Svalbard
Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
Topic: People, Industries & Institutions
Theme: Marine Transportation Industries
Theme Editor: Mr. Felix H. Tschudi
Chairman of the Board and Owner
Tschudi Shipping Company, www.tschudishipping.com
Lysaker (Oslo), Norway
Topic: Marine Transport & Logistics
Theme: Technical Requirements for Ships
Theme Editor: Mr. Morten Mejlænder-Larsen
Director, Arctic Operations & Technology
Technical Advisory Ship and Offshore
Det Norske Veritas AS (DNV), www.dnv.com
Høvik, Norway
Topic: Arctic Sea Routes
Theme: Cost Comparison – Arctic Routes and Suez/Cape
Theme Editor: Mr. Henrik Falck
Project Manager
Tschudi Shipping Company, www.tschudishipping.com
Lysaker (Oslo), Norway
Topic: Arctic Energy & Mineral Resources
Theme: Transport Volumes of Natural Resources
Theme Editor: Mr. Alexei Bambulyak
Senior Advisor
Akvaplan-niva AS, www.akvaplan.niva.no
Tromsø, Norway
Topics: Arctic Energy & Mineral Resources; Maps & Charts.
Themes: Location & Types of Hydrocarbon Resources; Energy Infrastructure & Transport;
Maps of Hydrocarbon Resources.
Theme Editor: Dr. Mikahil Grigoriev
Director of GECON Consulting, www.gecon.ru, St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia
Former Director of Institute of Geology and Development of Fossil Fuels
Ministry of Fuel & Energy of the Russian Federation
Topic: Marine Transport & Logistics
Theme: Icebreaker Assistance
Theme Editor: Mr. Mikhail Belkin
Assistant to General Director
FSUE Rosatomflot, www.rosatomflot.ru
Murmansk, Russia
Topic: Transportation Research
Theme: Ports and Terminals - Marine Transport Infrastructure Research
Theme Editor: Dr. Alfred J. Baird
Professor of Maritime Business
Transport Research Institute
Edinburg Napier University, www.tri-napier.org
Edinburg, Scotland, UK
Topics: Marine Transport & Logistics; Maps & Charts.
Themes: Communication and Navigational Systems; Crew Competence Requirements; Navigational Charts.
Theme Editor: Dr. Vladimir Kuzmin
Senior Lecturer
Navigation Department
Admiral Makarov State Marine Academy, www.spbuwc.ru
St. Petersburg, Russia
Topic: Transportation Research
Theme: Impact of Climate Change on Arctic Transportation and Infrastructure
Theme Editor: Dr. Laurence C. Smith
Professor of Geography
Earth and Space Sciences
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), www.ucla.edu
California, Los Angeles, USA
Topics: Marine Transport & Logistics; Arctic Sea Routes
Themes: Russian Arctic Ports; Statistics on NSR Transit Voyages
Theme Editor: Mr. Sergey Balmasov
Head
NSR Information Office
Centre for High North Logistics (CHNL), www.arctic-lio.com and www.chnl.no
Murmansk, Russia
Topic: Transportation Research
Theme: Research and Development Trends for Arctic Ship Design
Theme Editor: Dr. Søren Ehlers
Professor of Sustainable Arctic Sea Transport
Department of Marine Technology
Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU), www.ntnu.no
Trondheim, Norway
Topic: Transportation Research
Theme: INSROP Project 1993-1999
Theme Editor: Dr. Hiromitsu Kitagawa
Research Fellow Emeritus
Ocean Policy Research Foundation (OPRF), www.sof.or.jp
Tokyo, Japan
Topic: Marine Transport and Logistics
Theme: Types of Vessels in the Arctic
Theme Editor: Mr. Ulf Hagen
Director
Tschudi Arctic Transit AS, www.tschudishipping.com
Lysaker (Oslo), Norway
Topic: People, Industries & Institutions
Theme: Research and University Institutions
Theme Editor: Dr. Frode Mellemvik
Professor and Director
High North Center of Bodø Graduate School of Business
University of Nordland, www.uin.no
Bodø, Norway
Topic: Marine Transport & Logistics
Theme: US Arctic Ports
Theme Editor: Mr. Nils Andreassen
Managing Director
Institute of the North, www.institutenorth.org
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Topic: Arctic Energy & Mineral Resources
Theme: Mining Infrastructure and Transport
Theme Editor: Ms. Susanne M. Naevermo-Sand
Chairman of the Board
Mineral Cluster North, www.mineralclusternorth.no
Norway
Topic: Arctic Sea Ice & Climatology
Theme: Arctic Sea Ice
Theme Editor: Mr. David Jackson
Marine and Ice Services Division
Environment Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Topic: Marine Transport & Logistics
Theme: Arctic Oil Spill Preparedness & Response
Theme Editor: Dr. Nicola Beer
Technical Advisor
ITOPF Ltd. (International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Limited)
London, UK
Topic: Arctic Policies and Governance
Theme: Arctic Policies of Non-Arctic States
Theme Editor: Dr. Njord Wegge
Researcher
Fridtjof Nansen Institute, www.fni.no
Lysaker (Oslo), Norway
Topics: Arctic Energy & Mineral Resources; Maps & Charts
Themes: Location & Types of Mineral Resources; Maps of Mineral Resources
Theme Editor: Dr. Tom Heldal
Director of Geo-Resources
Geological Survey of Norway, www.ngu.no
Trondheim, Norway
Topic: People, Industries & Institutions
Theme: Oil & Gas Industries
Theme Editor: Dr. Anatoly Zolotukhin
Professor and Deputy Chancellor, International Affairs
Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, www.gubkin.ru/en/
Moscow, Russia
Topic: Arctic Sea Ice and Climatology
Theme: Arctic Climatology and Climate Change
Theme Editor: Dr. Robert W. Corell
Principal
Global Environment and Technology Foundation (GETF) and its
Center for Energy and Climate Solutions (C2ES)
www.getf.org; www.c2es.org Arlington, VA, United States
Topic: Marine Transport and Logistics
Theme: Norwegian Arctic Ports
Theme Editor: Mr. Rune Arnøy
Port Director
Port of Narvik www.narvikhavn.no
Narvik, Norway
Topic: Arctic Sea Ice and Climatology
Theme: Arctic Sea Ice Predictions
Theme Editor: Dr. Julienne Stroeve
Research Scientist III
National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) www.nsidc.org
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO, United States