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Note: CONTENTS: Flight plan 1996. - C130 schedule. - NGRIP 1996 Schedule. - Overview of 1996 schedule. - Camp Layout. - Buildings. - Number of field participants. - NGRIP 1996 Sub programs. - CARDS Radar test. - KMS Elevation measurements. - SITREP. - Terms of Reference during the field operation. - Accidents and Illness. - Mail to NGRIP participants. - Cargo shipments to Greenland. - Personnel transport 1996. - Booze and drugs. - Vacation in Greenland. - Shipping boxes. - Welcome to the NGRIP camp. - List of participants. - NGRIP camp load. - Kangerlussuaq and Surrounding Area. - Thule Air Base, Greenland, Base Operations. - Other useful information for Thule passengers. - Uplift 1996. - Typical specs for LC-130 and Twin Otter. - Useful data. - Coordination of C-130 in Kangerlussuaq. - Aviation weather reports. - Typical communication plan. - Summary of frequencies used in Greenland. - Phonetic alphabet. - Personal field equipment. - Map of GRIP camp. - NGRIP, Maps of one and two line set up. - NGRIP trenches. - Map of Greenland. - Map of north Greenland. - Map of ice divide north of GRIP. - Map of magnetic declination in Greenland. - Positions in Greenland. - Relevant distances and directions. - 1996 Twin Otter hours. - List of NGRIP addresses.

Note: Contents Observed Climatic Variability: Time Dependence / J. M. WALLACE Observed Climatic Variability: Spatial Structure / J. M. WALLACE Predictability of the Atmosphere and Oceans: From Days to Decades / T. N. PALMER Mechanisms for Decadal-to-Centennial Climate Variability / E. S. SARACHIK, M. WINTON and F. L. YIN Long-Term Coordinated Changesin the Convective Activity of the North Atlantic / R. DICKSON, J. LAZIER, J. MEINCKE and P. RHINES Mechanism for Decadal Climate Variability / M. LATIF, A. GROTZNER, M. MUNNICH, E. MAIER-REIMER, S. VENZKE and T. P. BARNETTA The Climate Response to the Changing Greenhouse Gas Concentration in the Atmosphere / L. BENGTSSON Analysis of Thermohaline Feedbacks / J. MAROTZKE An Overview of Century Time-Scale Variability in the Climate System: Observations and Models / T. F. STOCKER Steady States and Variability in Oceanic Zonal Flows / D. OLBERS and C. VOLKER Spectral Methods: What They Can and Cannot Do for Climatic Time Series / M. GHIL and P. Yiou Subject Index List of Participants

Note: Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1 Falsche Propheten. - 2 Wetter jeder Art - wie wird das Wetter?. - 2.1 Erst Diagnose - dann Prognose. - 3 Voraussetzung für die Wettervorhersage - Beobachten und Messen. - 3.1 Meteorologische Größenordnungen (Scales). - 3.2 Messen der Wetterelemente in Bodennähe - eine Wetterstation. - 3.3 Messen der Wetterelemente in der Atmosphäre - die 3. Dimension. - Geschichtliches: Meßverfahren für die ganze Atmosphäre. - Vom Boden aus wird die dritte Dimension erschlossen. - Flächenhafte Messung aus der Ferne - vom Satelliten aus. - Meßgeräte der neuen Generation. - 3.4 Meßnetze. - 4 Nowcasting - die ersten zwei Stunden. - 4.1 Großer Aufwand für Nowcasting - Wetterüberwachung (Monitoring). - 4.2 Wann löst sich der Nebel auf? Wie gefährlich wird das Gewitter?. - 4.3 Nutzung empirischer Verfahren. - 5 Meilensteine der modernen Wettervorhersage. - 5.1 Die Suche nach dem wahren Zustand der Atmosphäre. - 5.2 Die geniale Idee des Breslauer Physikers Brandes. - 5.3 Ist der Krieg doch "der Vater aller Dinge"?. - 5.4 Wetterdienste in Aktion - Warum Deutschland Schlußlicht war. - 5.5 Das Bjerknes-Programm - die Geburtsstunde der modernen Wettervorhersage. - 5.6 Richardson - der Rückschlag und die Konsequenzen. - 5.7 Charney und Neumann - der Durchbruch. - 5.8 Hinkelmann - der deutsche Aufbruch. - 6 Grundlagen und Besonderheiten der mittelfristigen Wettervorhersage. - 6.1 Das EZMW-Modell näher betrachtet. - 6.2 Das Prognosemodell. - 6.3 Datenassimilation. - 6.4 Noch einmal zum Maßstabsproblem. - 6.5 Instabilitäten wohin man schaut. - 6.6 Unvermeidliche Fehlerquellen. - 7 Aktuelle Herausforderungen und erste Antworten. - 7.1 Die Entdeckung der Grenzen in der Vorhersage. - 7.2 Die Antwort heißt: Stochastik. - 7.3 EPS - der gesteuerte Zufall. - Steigerung der Vorhersagegüte. - Quantifizierung der Unbestimmtheit. - 7.4 Muß das EPS erweitert werden?. - 7.5 Die Automatisierung der Wettervorhersage. - AFREG. - 7.6 Die MIX-Philosophie. - 8 Prognosenprüfung - Wie gut oder schlecht sind Wettervorhersagen?. - 8.1 Verifikation tut not. - 8.2 Wozu Prognosenprüfung?. - 8.3 Interessen contra Objektivität. - 8.4 Wie erkennt man Blindlingsprognosen?. - Was heißen nun Persistenz und Klimaerwartung?. - 8.5 Die Geister scheiden sich. - 8.6 Zahlen statt Begriffe - die Wende. - 8.7 Maßzahlen der Güte. - Wirtschaftsprognosen - ist da etwas dran?. - Bewertung von Alternativprognosen. - 8.8 Zur aktuellen Güte der Wettervorhersage. - 1. Schwankt die Prognosegüte im Laufe eines Jahres?. - 2. In welchem Monat sind die Wettervorhersagen am genauesten?. - 3. Wie gut werden Niederschläge vorhergesagt?. - 4. Wie verhalten sich Mensch und Maschine bei der Vorhersage anderer Wetterelemente?. - 5. Wie gut sind mittelfristige Wettervorhersagen?. - 6. Wo liegt gegenwärtig die zeitliche Grenze der Vorhersagbarkeit?. - 7. Zum Trend der Prognosengüte. - 8. Wird der Fortschritt anhalten?. - 9 Wettervorhersage - Einblick und Ausblick. - 9.1 Das Mensch-Maschine-Problem in der Wettervorhersage. - 9.2 Die Zukunft der Wettervorhersage. - 10 Langfristvorhersage. - 10.1 Einige historische Anmerkungen zu Langfristvorhersagen. - 10.2 Gegenwärtiger Stand der Langfristvorhersage. - Extratropische Langfristvorhersagen. - 11 Klimaprognosen. - 11.1 Der Klimabegriff. - 11.2 Komponenten unseres Klimasystems. - Wenigstens auf die Sonne ist Verlaß. - Die Atmosphäre - ein warmer Mantel. - Der Mantel ist vielschichtig. - Es wird noch komplexer!. - Der Kohlenstoffkreisl. als Schlüssel zum Verständnis unseres Klimas. - Physikalischer Kohlenstoffkreislauf. - Der organische Kohlenstoffkreislauf - Ozeane als Schlüsselfaktor. - 11.3 Mögliche Ursachen von Klimaänderungen. - Historische und prähistorische Klimaänderungen. - Historische Aufzeichnungen. - Laminierte Sedimente (Warven). - Ablagerungen in Großtagebauen. - Kohlenstoffisotope von Bäumen als Klimaindikatoren. - Untersuchungen der Eisbohrkerne auf Grönland. - Klimabedingungen aus Rattenkot. - Samen- und Pollenanalysen. - Wo ist das CO2 der Uratmosphäre geblieben und warum gibt es überhaupt noch CO2?. - Einige Eiszeittheorien. - 11.4 Methoden der Klimaprognose. - Statistische Modelle. - Boxmodelle. - Zirkulationsmodelle. - 11.5 Regionalisierung von großräumigen Klimaprognosen. - 1. Regionale Klimamodelle. - 2. Statistische Verfahren. - 3. Gekoppelte dynamische und statistische Verfahren. - 11.6 Ergebnisse von Klimaprognosen. - Werden wir den CO2-Ausstoß wirklich weltweit reduzieren?. - Literatur. - Glossar. - Index.

Note: CONTENTS: Flight plan 1996. - C130 schedule. - NGRIP 1996 Schedule. - Overview of 1996 schedule. - Camp Layout. - Buildings. - Number of field participants. - NGRIP 1996 Sub programs. - CARDS Radar test. - KMS Elevation measurements. - SITREP. - Terms of Reference during the field operation. - Accidents and Illness. - Mail to NGRIP participants. - Cargo shipments to Greenland. - Personnel transport 1996. - Booze and drugs. - Vacation in Greenland. - Shipping boxes. - Welcome to the NGRIP camp. - List of participants. - NGRIP camp load. - Kangerlussuaq and Surrounding Area. - Thule Air Base, Greenland, Base Operations. - Other useful information for Thule passengers. - Uplift 1996. - Typical specs for LC-130 and Twin Otter. - Useful data. - Coordination of C-130 in Kangerlussuaq. - Aviation weather reports. - Typical communication plan. - Summary of frequencies used in Greenland. - Phonetic alphabet. - Personal field equipment. - Map of GRIP camp. - NGRIP, Maps of one and two line set up. - NGRIP trenches. - Map of Greenland. - Map of north Greenland. - Map of ice divide north of GRIP. - Map of magnetic declination in Greenland. - Positions in Greenland. - Relevant distances and directions. - 1996 Twin Otter hours. - List of NGRIP addresses.

Note: CONTENTS: Flight plan 1997. - C130 schedule. - NGRIP 1997 schedule. - Overview of 1997 schedule. - Camp layout. - Quartering and buildings. - Number of field participants. - NGRIP 1997 sub programs. - CARDS Radar test. - KMS elevation measurements. - SITREP. - Terms of reference during the field operation. - Accidents and illness. - Mail to NGRIP participants. - Cargo shipments to Greenland. - Personnel transport 1997. - Booze and drugs. - Vacation in Greenland. - Shipping boxes. - Welcome to the NGRIP camp. - List of participants. - NGRIP camp load. - Kangerlussuaq and the surrounding area. - Thule Air Base, Greenland, Base Operations. - Other useful information for Thule passengers. - Uplift 1997. - Typical specifications for LC-130 and Twin Otter. - Useful data. - Coordination of C-130 in Kangerlussuaq. - Aviation weather reports. - Typical communication plan. - Summary of frequencies used in Greenland. - Phonetic alphabet. - Personal field equipment. - Map of NGRIP camp. - NGRIP, Central Camp. - NGRIP trenches. - Map of NGRIP area. - Map of Greenland. - Map of the ice divide north of GRIP. - Map of the magnetic declination in Greenland. - Positions in Greenland. - Relevant distances and directions. - 1997 Twin Otter hours. - List of NGRIP addresses.

Note: CONTENTS: Flight plan 1998. - C130 schedule. - NGRIP 1998 schedule. - Overview of 1998 schedule. - Camp setup. - Quartering and buildings. - Number of field participants. - NGRIP 1998 sub programs. - SITREP. - Term of reference for the NG RIP field work. - Accidents and illness. - Mail to NGRIP participants. - Cargo shipments to Greenland. - Personnel transport 1998. - Booze and drugs. - Vacation in Greenland. - Shipping boxes. - Welcome to the NGRIP camp. - List of participants. - NGRIP camp load. - Kangerlussuaq and the surrounding area. - Thule Air Base, Greenland, Base Operations. - Other useful information for Thule passengers. - Uplift 1998. - Typical specifications for LC-130 and Twin Otter. - Useful data. - Coordination of C-130 in Kangerlussuaq. - Aviation weather reports. - Typical communication plan. - Summary of frequencies used in Greenland. - Phonetic alphabet. - Personal field equipment. - Operation of NERA lnmarsat M terminal. - Map of NGRIP camp. - NGRIP trenches. - Map of NGRIP area. - Map of Greenland. - Map of the ice divide north of GRIP. - Map of the magnetic declination in Greenland. - Density vs temperature of hole liquid. - Surface measurements near NGRIP. - Positions in Greenland. - Relevant distances and directions. - List of NGRIP addresses.

Note: CONTENTS: Flight plan 1999. - LC130 schedule. - NGRIP 1999 schedule. - Overview of 1999 schedule. - lnfo for August1998 meeting. - Quartering and buildings. - Number of field participants. - NGRIP 1999 sub programs. - SITREP. - Term of reference for the NGRIP field work. - Accidents and illness. - Mail to NGRIP participants. - Cargo shipments to Greenland. - Personnel transport 1999. - Booze and drugs. - Vacation in Greenland. - Shipping boxes. - Welcome to the NGRIP camp. - List of participants. - NG RIP camp load. - Kangerlussuaq and the surrounding area. - Thule Air Base, Greenland, Base Operations. - Uplift 1998. - Typical specifications for LC-130 and Twin Otter. - Useful data. - Coordination of C-130 in Kangerlussuaq. - Aviation weather reports. - Typical communication plan and frequencies used. - Phonetic alphabet. - Personal field equipment. - Operation of Thrane & Thrane STDC telex terminal. - Operation of NERA lnmarsat M terminal. - Map of NGRIP camp. - NGRIP inclined pit and trenches. - Map of NGRIP Region. - Map of Greenland and North Greenland. - Map of skiway. - Ice divide North of NGRIP. - Map of the magnetic declination in Greenland. - Glycol specification. - Density vs temperature of hole liquid. - Positions in Greenland, distances and directions. - List of NGRIP addresses.

Note: Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1 Auf Spurensuche vor unserer Haustür. - 2 Rund um den Gletscher. - Wie Gletscher entstehen. - Gletscher, Glacier, Ghiaccia, Jökull. - Gletschertypen. - Aufbau und Eigenschaften eines Gletschers. - Gletschereis fließt. - Gletscher wachsen an und schmelzen ab. - Gletscherschwankungen und ihre Ursachen. - 3 Verbreitung des Eises und der kalten Regionen. - 4 Vereisungen während der geologischen Vergangenheit. - Präquartäre Kaltzeiten. - Quartäre Kaltzeiten. - Die Schlüssel zur Vergangenheit. - Pleistozän (Kaltzeitalter). - Europa im Pleistozän. - 5 Gletscher formen Landschaften. - Kräfte und Prozesse im Überblick. - Der glaziale Formenschatz. - Glaziale Abtragungsformen. - Glaziale Ablagerungsformen. - Moränen in Nordmitteleuropa. - Moränen im Gebirge und Gebirgsrandbereich. - Weitere Glazialformen. - 6 Der Einfluß des Gletscherschmelzwassers. - Kräfte und Prozesse im Überblick. - Fluvioglaziale Abtragungsformen. - Fluvioglaziale Ablagerungsformen. - Formengesellschaften glazialer und fluvioglazialer Entstehung. - Formenvielfalt auf engstem Raum - ein Beispiel. - Formengesellschaft im Modell - die glaziale Serie. - 7 Formengestaltung abseits von vergletscherten Gebieten. - Kräfte und Prozesse im Überblick. - Die regionale Verbreitung der Periglazialgebiete. - Der periglaziale Formenschatz. - Wind: Äolische Prozesse und Formen. - Schwerkraft: Gravitative Prozesse und Formen. - Frost: Kryogene Prozesse und Formen. - 8 Gletscher und Meeresspiegel. - Das geophysikalische Prinzip isostatischer Bewegungen. - Eustatische Meeresspiegelschwankungen. - Isostasie und Eustasie wirken zusammen. - Der Einfluß auf die Küstenlandschaften. - 9 Die nächste Kaltzeit kommt bestimmt. - Globale Entwicklungen. - Atmosphäre und Klima. - Anthropogene Eingriffe. - Natürliche Klimaschwankungen. - Astronomische Einflüsse. - Irdische Einflüsse. - Das Greenland Icecore Project - eine Eisbohrung bringt überraschende Erkenntnisse. - Meeresströme steuern das Klima. - Kann es eine überzeugende Klimaprognose geben. - Literaturverzeichnis. - Glossar. - Abbildungsnachweis. - Sachverzeichnis.

Note: Table of Contents: SECTION A: MODERN OCEAN AND SEA-ICE PROCESSES. - Features of Seasonal and Interannual Variability of the Sea Level and Water Circulation in the Laptev Sea / V. K. Pavlov and P. V. Pavlov. - Numerical Modelling of Storm Surges in the Laptev Sea Based on the Finite Element Method / I. Ashik and A. Novakov. - Large-Scale Variations of Sea Level in the Laptev Sea / G. N. Voinov and E. A. Zakharchuk. - Extreme Oscillations of the Sea Level in the Laptev Sea / I. Ashik, Y. Dvorkin and Y. Vanda. - Internal Waves in the Laptev Sea / E. A. Zakharchuk. - The Composition of the Coarse Fraction of Aerosols in the Marine Boundary Layer over the Laptev, Kara and Barents Seas / V. P. Shevchenko, A. P. Lisitzin, R. Stein, V. V. Serova, A. B. Isaeva and N. V. Politova. - New Data on Sea-Ice Albedo in the Laptev and Barents Seas / B. V. Ivanov. - Possible Causes of Radioactive Contamination in the Laptev Sea / V. K. Pavlov, V. V. Stanovoy and A. I. Nikitin. - Oceanographic Causes for Transarctic Ice Transport of River Discharge / I. Dmitrenko, P. Golovin, V. Gribanov and H. Kassens. - Step-Like Vertical Structure Formation Due to Turbulent Mixing of Initially Continuous Density Gradients / A. Zatsepin, S. Dikarev, S. Poyarkov, N. Sheremet, I. Dmitrenko, P. Golovin and H. Kassens. - Dissolved and Paniculate Major and Trace Elements in Newly Formed Ice from the Laptev Sea (Transdrift III, October 1995) / J. A. Hölemann, M. Schirmacher and A. Prange. - Particle Entrainment into Newly Forming Sea Ice - Freeze-Up Studies in October 1995 / F. Lindemann, J. A. Holemann, A. Korablev and A. Zachek. - Frazil Ice Formation during the Spring Flood and its Role in Transport of Sediments to the Ice Cover / P. Golovin, I. Dmitrenko, H. Kassens and J. A. Hölemann. - SECTION B: THE MARINE ECOSYSTEM. - Pelagic-Benthic Coupling in the Laptev Sea Affected by Ice Cover / C. Grahl, A. Boetius and E.-M. Nöthig. - Chlorophyll a Distribution in Water Column and Sea Ice during the Laptev Sea Freeze-Up Study in Autumn 1995 / K. v. Juterzenka and K. Knickmeier. - Composition, Abundance and Population Structure of Spring-Time Zooplankton in the Shelf-Zone of Laptev Sea / E. N. Abramova. - Macrobenthos Distribution in the Laptev Sea in Relation to Hydrology / V. V. Petryashov, B. I. Sirenko, A. A. Golikov, A. V. Novozhilov, E. Rachor, D. Piepenburg and M. K. Schmid. - Carepoctus solidus sp.n., a New Species of Liparid Fish (Scorpaeniformes, Liparidae) from the Lower Bathyal of the Polar Basin / N. V. Chernova. - Spring Stopover of Birds on the Laptev Sea Polynya / D. V. Solovieva. - SECTION C: LAND-OCEAN INTERACTIONS AND PATHWAYS. - Major, Trace and Rare Earth Element Geochemistry of Suspended Particulate Material of East Siberian Rivers Draining to the Arctic Ocean / V. Rachold. - Carbon Isotope Composition of Particulate Organic Material in East Siberian Rivers / V. Rachold and H.-W. Hubberten. - Distribution of River Water and Suspended Sediment Loads in the Deltas of Rivers in the Basins of The Laptev and East-Siberian Seas / V. V. Ivanov and A. A. Piskun. - Dissolved Oxygen, Silicon, Phosphorous and Suspended Matter Concentrations During the Spring Breakup of The Lena River / S. V. Pivovarov, J. A. Hölemann, H. Kassens, M. Antonow and I. Dmitrenko. - Distribution Patterns of Heavy Minerals in Siberian Rivers, the Laptev Sea and the eastern Arctic Ocean: An Approach to Identify Sources, Transport and Pathways of Terrigenous Matter / M. Behrends, E. Hoops and B. Peregovich. - The Role of Coastal Retreat for Sedimentation in the Laptev Sea / F. E. Are. - SECTION D: TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT - PAST AND PRESENT. - Seasonal Changes in Hydrology, Energy Balance and Chemistry in the Active Layers of Arctic Tundra Soils in Taymyr Peninsula, Russia / J. Boike and P. P. Overduin. - The Landscape and Geobotanical Characteristics of the Levinson-Lessing Lake Basin, Byrranga Mountains, Central Taimyr / M. A. Anisimov and I. N. Pospelov. - Studies of Methane Production and Emission in Relation to the Microrelief of a Polygonal Tundra in Northern Siberia / V. A. Samarkin, A. Gundelwein and E.-M. Pfeiffer. - Carbon Dioxide and Methane Emmissions at Arctic Tundra Sites in North Siberia / M. Sommerkom, A. Gundelwein, E.-M. Pfeiffer and M. Bolter. - The Features of the Hydrological Regime of the Lake-River Systems of the Byrranga Mountains (by the Example of the Levinson-Lessing Lake) / V. P. Zimichev, D. Yu. Bolschyanov, V. G. Mesheryakov and D. Gintz. - Lead-210 Dating and Heavy Metal Concentration in Recent Sediments of Lama Lake (Norilsk Area, Siberia) / B. Hagedorn, S. Harwart, M. M. R. van der Loeff and M. Melles. - Late Weichselian to Holocene Diatom Succession in a Sediment Core from Lama Lake, Siberia and Presumed Ecological Implications / U. Kienel. - Climate and Vegetation History of the Taymyr Peninsula since Middle Weichselian Time - Palynological Evidence from Lake Sediments / J. Hahne and M. Melles. - Laminated Sediments from Levinson-Lessing Lake, Northern Central Siberia - A 30,000 Year Record of Environmental History? / T. Ebel, M. Melles and F. Niessen. - High-Resolution Seismic Stratigraphy of Lake Sediments on the Taymyr Peninsula, Central Siberia / F. Niessen, T. Ebel, C. Kopsch and G. B. Fedorov. - Archaeological Survey in Central Taymyr / V. V. Pitul'ko. - Marine Pleistocene Deposits of the Taymyr Peninsula and their Age from ESR Dating / D. Bolshiyanov and A. Molodkov. - Paleoclimatic Indicators from Permafrost Sequences in the Eastern Taymyr Lowland / C. Siegert, A. Yu. Derevyagin, G.N. Shilova, W.-D. Hermichen and A. Hiller. - SECTION E: MARINE DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT - PAST AND PRESENT. - Stable Oxygen Isotope Ratios in Benthic Carbonate Shells of Ostracoda, Foraminifera, and Bivalvia from Surface Sediments of the Laptev Sea, Summer 1993 and 1994 / H. Erlenkeuser and U. von Grafenstein. - Determination of Depositional Beryllium-10 Fluxes in the Area of the Laptev Sea and Beryllium-10 Concentrations in Water Samples of High Northern Latitudes / C. Strobl, V. Schulz, S. Vogler, S. Baumann, H. Kassens, P. W. Kubik, M. Suter and A. Mangini. - Spatial Distribution of Diatom Surface Sediment Assemblages on the Laptev Sea Shelf (Russian Arctic) / H. Cremer. - Diatoms from Surface Sediments of the Saint Anna Trough (Kara Sea) / R. N. Djinoridze, G. I. Ivanov, E. N. Djinoridze, and R. F. Spielhagen. - Distribution of Aquatic Palynomorphs in Surface Sediments from the Laptev Sea, Eastern Arctic Ocean / M. Kunz-Pirrung. - Distribution of Pollen and Spores in Surface Sediments of the Laptev Sea / O. D. Naidina and H. A. Bauch. - Clay Mineral Distribution in Surface Sediments of the Laptev Sea: Indicator for Sediment Provinces, Dynamics and Sources / B. T. Rossak, H. Kassens, H. Lange and J. Thiede. - Planktic Foraminifera in Holocene Sediments from the Laptev Sea and the Central Arctic Ocean: Species Distribution and Paleobiogeographical Implication / H. A. Bauch. - Holocene Diatom Stratigraphy and Paleoceanography of the Eurasian Arctic Seas / Y. Polyakova. - Late Quaternary Organic Carbon and Biomarker Records from the Laptev Sea Continental Margin (Arctic Ocean): Implications for Organic Carbon Flux and Composition / R. Stein, K. Fahl, F. Niessen and M. Siebold. - Late Pleistocene Paleoriver Channels on the Laptev Sea Shelf - Implications from Sub-Bottom Profiling / H. P. Kleiber and F. Niessen. - Main Structural Elements of Eastern Russian Arctic Continental Margin Derived from Satellite Gravity and Multichannel Seismic Reflection Data / S. S. Drachev, G. L. Johnson, S. W. Laxon, D. C. McAdoo and H. Kassens. - High Resolution Seismic Studies in the Laptev Sea Shelf: First Results and Future Needs / B. Kim, G. Grikurov and V. Soloviev. - SECTION F: SUMMARY. - Dynamics and History of the Laptev Sea and its Continental Hinterland: A Summary / J. Thiede, L. Timokhov, H. A. Bauch, D. Bolshiyanov, I. Dmitrenko