Table of Contents

1. Research Operations on Jan Mayen Island: Feasibility, Scope and Legitimacy.- 2. Geology of Jan Mayen Island and Surroundings: An Overview.- 3. The Potential of the Beerenberg Glaciers for Climate Studies.- 4. Meteorological Observations on Jan Mayen.- 5. North Atlantic Influence on Lithuanian Climate: Effects of Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation.- 6. Northern Hemispheric Air Circulation.- 7. Natural and Anthropogenic Aerosols in Arctic Areas.- 8. On the Origin of Climatic Signals in the Nordic Seas.- 9. The Circulation of the Nordic Seas.- 10. Jan Mayen Island Ecology: Its Relation to the Arctic Mediterranean Ecosystem.- 11. Sea Ice Export as an Indicator of Changing Arctic Ocean Ecology.- 12. Zooplankton Habitats of the Greenland Sea: An Experimental Laboratory for Studies of Pelagic Ecology.- 13. Continuous Plankton Recorder Observations: Extension of the System into the Nordic Seas.- 14. Cyclic Variability of Climate and Fisheries Resources: Relevance for the Nordic Seas.- 15. The Marine Sublittoral Fauna of Jan Mayen Island: Zoogeography and Succession on “New” Lava Grounds.- 16. The Marine Fauna of Arctic Islands as Bioindicators.- 17. Seabird Research and Monitoring on Jan Mayen.- 18. Dispersal of Plants in Remote Arctic-Alpine Habitats: Modes and Time-Scales for Colonization.- 19. Biological Premises for Management of an Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus) Population: The Demise and Future of the Hare-Footed Fox on Jan Mayen.- 20. Research Opportunities for Jan Mayen Using Stable Isotope Analyses: Long-Term Monitoring of Marine and Freshwater Foodwebs.- 21. The Jan Mayen Whaling Industry: Its Exploitation of the Greenland Right Whale and its Impact on the Marine Ecosystem.- 22. Past and Present Infrastructure of Jan Mayen as Historical Documents: The Fate ofAnthropogenic Remains.- 23. Research Operations in Remote Arctic Islands: The Model of the Polish Polar Station Hornsund in Spitsbergen.- 24. Jan Mayen Island and its Waters as Potential Targets for European Arctic Research.- 25. The Scope for Norwegian Commitments Related to International Research on Jan Mayen Island.- 26. Norwegian Protection of Arctic Islands: Restrictions and Consequences.- 27. Jan Mayen Infrastructure: Plans for the Future.- 28. The Logistics of Past Scientific Research on Jan Mayen Island: How to Land, Exist and Work.- 29. Logistics for Future Jan Mayen Island Research: Results from NATO Advanced Research Workshop.- 30. Summary of NATO ARW: Blue-Print for Jan Mayen Island Research Development.