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Arctic Yearbook 2012
Heininen, Lassi. (Ed.). (2012).
Arctic Yearbook 2012.
Akureyri, Iceland: Northern Research
Forum. Available from http://www.arcticyearbook.com
This publication is available under limited copyright protection. You may download,
distribute, photocopy, cite or excerpt this document provided it is properly and fully credited
and not used for commercial purposes.
Editor:
Lassi Heininen, University of Lapland [lassi.heininen@ulapland.fi]
Managing Editors:
Heather Exner-Pirot, University of Saskatchewan [heather.exner@usask.ca];
Joël Plouffe, University of Québec at Montreal (UQAM) [plouffe.joel@uqam.ca]
Editorial Board:
Dr. Lawson Brigham (Distinguished Professor of Geography & Arctic Policy, University of
Alaska Fairbanks; Senior Fellow, Institute of the North, United States)
Dr. Robert Corell (Principal and Professor II, Global Environment & Technology
Foundation; Chair of Global Science Associates; University of Tromsø & University
of the Arctic, Norway)
Dr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (Honorable President of Iceland)
Dr. Yang Jian (Vice-President of Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, China)
Dr. Kari Laine (Director of the Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Finland)
Dr. Gustaf Lind (Arctic Council SAO Chair, Sweden)
Dr. Steven E. Miller (Director of the International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief of
International Security, Harvard University, United States)
Dr. Alexander Pelyasov (Russian Academy of Sciences; Director of the Center of
Northern and Arctic Economics; Ministry of Economic Development & Trade,
Russia)
Ms. Diana Wallis (MEP & Former Vice-President of the EU Parliament, United Kingdom)