Circumpolar Maps

Please find below a collection of maps pertinent to circumpolar health research:

General Maps

  • Antarctic Region – Political 2005 (pdf)
  • Arctic Region – Political 2007 (pdf)

Time Zone Maps

  • World Time Zones (popup)
  • US/Canada Time Zones (popup)
  • Greenland Time Zones (popup)
  • European Time Zones (popup)
  • Russian Time Zones (popup)
  • Antarctic Time Zones (popup)

GRID-Arendal UNEP Collaborating CentrePolitical & Economic Maps

  • Definitions of the Arctic (link)
  • Arctic development hotspots (link)
  • Human impact on the Arctic environment 2002 (link)
  • States, organizations and strategical issues in the Arctic: People across borders (link)

Population Maps

  • Major and minor settlements in the circumpolar Arctic (link)
  • Population distribution in the circumpolar Arctic, by country including indigenous population (link)
  • Demography of indigenous peoples of the Arctic based on linguistic groups (link)
  • Total and indigenous populations of the Arctic: Alaska (link)
  • Greenland, indigenous population (link)
  • Population centres in the Barents Region (link)

Indicators

  • Infant mortality in selected regions of the Arctic (link)
  • Mercury levels in indigenous women (link)
  • PCBs in the blood of Arctic residents (link)
  • Pathways of contaminants to the Arctic (link)