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with both national and international organizations concerned with 

 the Arctic environment including the: 



U.S. Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee; 

 Gore /Chernomyrdin Commission Environment Committee; 

 NATO Committee for Challenges in Modern Society; 

 Norwegian bilateral cooperations; 

 International Arctic Seas Assessment Program; 

 Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy; 

 Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program; and 

 U.S. State Department, Department of Energy, and 

 Environmental Protection Agency. 



Ten percent of the funds have gone to Russian institutions 

 for research or logistical support, with over $1 million dollars 

 committed in FY1995. Russian collaboration includes: 



exchange of data; 



radionuclide source term characterization; 

 a monitoring feasibility study; 



a radiological dose assessment to large animals; 

 cooperative surveys of the Kara, Laptev, and East 

 Siberian Seas, the Ob and Yenisey Rivers; 

 • a human health study in the Tamyr region. 



CAPITALIZING ON OUR RESEARCH BASE 



Mr. Chairman and distinguished members, before outlining 

 some ANWAP accomplishments and addressing your interests in a 

 future research agenda, I want to emphasize the tremendous 

 leverage this Program has enjoyed. The results achieved to date 

 in addressing an acute problem of national concern would never 

 have been possible in three short years without the prior decades 

 of basic research investment by ONR in the Arctic. A high quality 

 pool of scientists with high latitude expertise, reliable and 

 accurate field instruments, and powerful numerical models were 

 all available when we needed them. This technology base grew 

 from our sustained commitment to research in the Arctic. The $30 

 million dollars ANWAP effort has capitalized on well more than 

 $500 million dollars of effort for over 30 years. This is a good 

 example of how wise investment in science and technology pays 

 dividends for national security in a world where threats may come 

 in unexpected forms. 



RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 



The 70 different projects in ANWAP include field surveys, 

 laboratory experiments, modeling studies and archival data 

 analysis. Over 120 investigators from academic institutions, 

 government laboratories and agencies, foreign institutions, and 

 industry are participating. Surveys provide the necessary 



