Jan Mayen is a volcanic island surrounded by the deep Greenland, Iceland and Norwegian Seas. This book addresses problems to raise an interest for doing research on this island and in its waters. It recommends how the international scientific community may gain access to this challenging arena for local, regional and Global research.

The book recommends how the international scientific community may gain access to this really challenging arena for local, regional and Global research. It is a blueprint for the logistics required for science to succeed in a very remote and physically demanding place on Earth.

NATO ARW Participants: Names and Addresses
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Research Operations on Jan Mayen Island: Feasibility Scope and Legitimacy
S. Skreslet, 2.Geology of Jan Mayen Island and Surroundings: An Overview
K. Birkenmajer, 3. The Potential of the Beerenberg Glaciers for Climate Studies
Jon O.M.Hagen, 4. Meteorological Observations on Jan Mayen
A . Hov, 5. North Atlantic Influence on Lithuanian Climate: Effects of Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation
G. Stankunavicius, 6. Northern Hemispheric Air Circulation
V. F. Romanov, 7. Natural and Anthropogenic Aerosols in the Arctic Areas
M. Vana, 8. On the Origin of Climatic Signals in the Nordic Seas
V. I. Byshev et al, 9. The Circulation of the Nordic Seas
J. Piechura, 10. Jan Mayen Island Ecology: Its Relation to the Arctic Mediterranean Ecosystem
S. Skreslet, 11. Sea Ice Export as an Indicator of Changing Arctic Ocean Ecology
I. A. Melnikov, 12. Zooplankton Habitats of the Greenland Sea: An ExperimentalLaboratory for Studies of Pelagic Ecology
H. Hirche, 13. Contiuous Plankton Recorder Observations: Extension of the System into the Nordic Seas
A. W. Walne and P. C. Reid, 14. Cyclic Variability of Climate and Fisheries Resources: Relevance for the Nordic Seas
L.B.Klyashtorin and A. A. Lyubushin,15. The Marine Sublittoral Fauna of Jan Mayen Island: Zoogeography and Succession on "New" Lava Grounds
B. Gulliksen et al, 16. The Marine Fauna of Arctic Islands as Bioindicators
J. M. Weslawski, 17. Seabird Research andMonitoring on Jan Mayen
G.W. Gabrielsen and H. Strom, 18. Dispersal of Plantsin Remote Arctic-Alpine Habitats: Modes and Time-Scales for Colonization
V. Kyyak, 19. Biological Premises for Management of an Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus) Population: The Demise and Future of the Hare-Footed Fox on Jan Mayen
K. Rouvinen-Watt, 20. Research Opportunities for Jan Mayen Using Stable Isotope Analyses: Long-Term Monitoring of Marine and Freshwater Foodwebs
K. A. Hobson, 21. The Jan Mayen Whaling Industry: ItsExploitation of the Greenland Right Whale and its Impact on the Marine Ecosystem
L. Hacquebord, 22. Past and Present Infrastructure of Jan Mayen as Historical Documents: The Fate of Anthropogenic Remains
S. Barr, 23. Research Operations in Remote Arctic Islands: The Model of the Polish Polar Station Hornsund in Spitsbergen
P. Glowacki, 24. Jan Mayen Island and its Waters as Potential Targets for European Arctic Research
G. Shimmield
25. The Scope for Norwegian Commitments Related to International Research on Jan Mayen Island
O. G. Skagestad, 26. Norwegian Protection of Arctic Islands: Restrictions and Consequences
J.-P. Huberth-Hansen, 27. Jan Mayen Infrastructure: Plans for the Future
L.K. Tviberg, 28. The Logistics of Past Scientific Research on Jan Mayen Island: How to Land, Exist and Work
S. Barr, 29. Logistics for Future Jan Mayen Island Research: Results from NATO Advanced Research Workshop
S. Skreslet et al, 30. Summary of NATO ARW: Blue-Print for Jan Mayen IslandResearch Development
S. Skreslet, and K. Birkenmajer, Index