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Chapter 7: Frozen Ground Lead: Vladimir E. Romanovsky, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA Stephan Gruber, University of Zurich, Switzerland Arne Instanes, Opticonsult Consulting Engineers, Norway

Huijun Jin, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, China Sergei S. Marchenko, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA and Institute of Geography, Kazakhstan

Sharon L. Smith, Geological Survey of Canada, Canada Dario Trombotto, Ianigla - Cricyt – Conicet, Argentina Katey M. Walter, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA

Chapter 8: River and Lake Ice Lead: Terry D. Prowse, Water and Climate Impacts Research Centre, Environment Canada, University of Victoria, BC, Canada Barrie R. Bonsal, National Hydrology Research Centre, Environment Canada, Saskatoon, Canada Claude R. Duguay, Department of Geography, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

Dag O. Hessen, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Valery S. Vuglinsky, State Hydrologic Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

Chapter 9: Policy and Perspectives Lead: Joan Eamer, UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Arendal, Norway

Lead: Christian Lambrechts, Division of Early Warning and Assessment, UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya, Lead: Pål Prestrud, Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, Norway Lead: Oran Young, Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Patricia Cochran, Inuit Circumpolar Council and Alaska Native Science Commission, Anchorage, Alaska, USA Kunda Dixit, Nepali Times, Kathmandu Taito Nakalevu, Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Apia, Samoa Christian Nellemann, UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Arendal, Norway Caleb Pungowiyi, Kotzebue, Alaska

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