Current Membership (as of 14 September 2009)

Co-chairs

John A. Calder                  Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP)

David Hik                           International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)

National Representatives

Helen Joseph                    Canada         (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)

Anne B. Klitgaard              Denmark       (Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)

Jouni Pulliainen                  Finland          (Finnish Meteorological Insitute)

Lone Nukaaraq Møller       Greenland     (Home Rule Government)

Halldor Johansson            Iceland          (Arctic Portal)

Helgi Jensson                   Iceland          (Environment Agency of Iceland) - alternate

Ola Glesne                        Norway        (Norwegian Pollution Control Authority)

Igor Ashik                          Russia          (Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute)

Anders Clarhäll                 Sweden        (Swedish Research Council)

Martin Jeffries                   USA              (National Science Foundation)

Peter S. Murdoch              USA              (US Geological Survey) – alternate

Arctic Council Permanent Participants

Victoria Gofman                Aleut International Association

James Gamble                   Aleut International Association - alternate

Bridget Larocque              Gwich'in Council International

Eva Kruemmel                   Inuit Circumpolar Council

Rodio Sulyandziga            Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North

vacant                               The Saami Council

vacant Arctic Athabaskan Council

Arctic Council Working Groups

Aevar Petersen                    Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)

Tom Barry                             Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)

Mike Gill                                 Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CAFF)

Maria Holleran Rivera            Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR)

Marianne Lykke Thomsen     Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG)

Bernard Funston                   Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG)

World Meteorological Organization

David Grimes

SAON Secretariat

Volker Rachold                   International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)

Lars-Otto Reiersen             Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

Odd Rogne                          Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

Contact:         Odd Rogne ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Website:        www.arcticobserving.org