Building resilient Arctic science amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Andrey N Petrov; Larry D Hinzman; Lars Kullerud; Tatiana S Degai; Liisa Holmberg; Allen Pope; Alona Yefimenko

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19923-2

Building resilient Arctic science amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Nat Commun. 2020 Dec 8;11(1):6278. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19923-2.

Authors

Andrey N Petrov¹, Larry D Hinzman², Lars Kullerud³, Tatiana S Degai⁴, Liisa Holmberg⁵, Allen Pope², Alona Yefimenko⁶

Affiliations

¹ International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA), 1227W 27th Street, Cedar Falls, IA, 50614, USA. andrey.petrov@uni.edu.
² International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), Borgir, Norðurslóð 600, Akureyri, Iceland.
³ University of the Arctic (UArctic), UArctic President Office, GRID-Arendal, 4802, Arendal, Norway.
⁴ Council of Itelmens of Kamchatka "Tkhsanom". ARCTICenter 348 ITTC University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, 50614, USA.
⁵ International Sámi Film Institute, 9521, Guovdageaidnu, Norway.
⁶ Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat, Fram Centre, 9296, Tromsø, Norway.

Abstract

Arctic research faces unprecedented disruptions due to COVID-19. This ‘pause’ gives an opportunity to reflect on the current state and the future of Arctic science and move towards a more resilient, thus equitable, coordinated, safe and locally-embedded Arctic research enterprise. Arctic science has been greatly affected by COVID-19. This comment looks forward to how Arctic science could be conducted in the future.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Arctic Regions
COVID-19*
Environmental Science
Geography
Humans
Science
Social Sciences
Societies, Scientific*