Circumpolar Special Issue: Human Health at the Ends of the Earth
The genesis of this special issue ‘Human Health at the ends of the earth ’ was stimulated by the reinvigorated interest in promoting circumpolar health during the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007–2008. The IPY occurs approximately every 50 years and is a major international polar research program...
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.622.1642 http://www.rrh.org.au/publishedarticles/article_print_1534.pdf |
| Summary: | The genesis of this special issue ‘Human Health at the ends of the earth ’ was stimulated by the reinvigorated interest in promoting circumpolar health during the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007–2008. The IPY occurs approximately every 50 years and is a major international polar research program intended to expand the boundaries of our understanding of the Polar Regions. However unlike previous polar years (1882–1883, 1932–1933 & 1957–1958) the 4th Polar Year, for the first time, focused significant attention to the human dimension of Arctic research, and in particular circumpolar health and wellbeing. The circumpolar regions of the world include the areas in and around the Arctic and Antarctic circles. In the north, countries that touch the Arctic Circle include the USA |
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