Preface

Abstract

This number of Polar Research contains papers arising from the Human Role in Reindeer/Caribou Systems Workshop, held in Rovaniemi, Finland, from 10 to 14February 1999. Following on the heels of last year’s Polar Aspects of Global Change Symposium proceedings issue, this set of papers is also multi-disciplinary. And it, too, grapples with questions concerning change, though extending much further into the realm of socio-cultural inquiry. As enthusiastic as we at Polar Research were to publish these papers, some of which depart rather significantly from our usual fare, we would like to assure our regular readers that the next issue will contain a more typical collection of articles on diverse subjects.