RUSSIAN-GERMAN COLLABORATION IN THE ARCTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2011-4-3-85-113
Abstract
About the Authors
Yelena PolyakovaRussian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Heidemarie Kassens
Germany
Leibniz Institute of Marine Geosciences, Kiel University
Jörn Thiede
Germany
German Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Literature/Faculty of Geography, St.-Petersburg State University
Alexander Lisitzin
Russian Federation
P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS
Ivan Frolov
Russian Federation
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Leonid Timokhov
Russian Federation
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Henning Bauch
Germany
Leibniz Institute of Marine Geosciences, Kiel University (IFM-GEOMAR)/German Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Literature
Igor Dmitrenko
Russian Federation
Leibniz Institute of Marine Geosciences, Kiel University (IFM-GEOMAR)
Dorothea Bauch
Russian Federation
Leibniz Institute of Marine Geosciences, Kiel University (IFM-GEOMAR)
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Polyakova Ye., Kassens H., Thiede J., Lisitzin A., Frolov I., Timokhov L., Bauch H., Dmitrenko I., Bauch D. RUSSIAN-GERMAN COLLABORATION IN THE ARCTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY. 2011;4(3):85-113. https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2011-4-3-85-113