Polar Geography Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) was officially formed in 2012. The goal of the PGSG is to provide a forum for exchange and collaboration for polar scientists from different disciplines. PGSG holds annual meetings in conjunction with the AAG Annual Meeting, as well as co-sponsored other events. Membership is open to researchers from all countries. PGSG is headquartered at ARCTICenter.
Polar Geography SG Board
| Past-Chair, ex-officio Andrey N. Petrov Department of Geography University of Northern Iowa andrey.petrov[at]uni.edu |
Chair Jessica Graybill Department of Geography Colgate University jgraybill[at]colgate.edu |
| Vice-Chair Scott Stephenson Department of Geography University of Connecticut stephenson[at]uconn.edu |
Member-at-large |
| Member-at-large | Member-at-large |
| Student member | Student member |
| Treasurer |
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Honorary Polar Geographer Award
The Honorary Polar Geographer Award is administered by PGSG to outstanding individuals in recognition of their contributions to the geographical inquiry and exploration of the Polar Regions.
Mead Treadwell, 11th Lt. Governor of Alaska, receives 2015 Honorary Polar Geographer Award
Polar Geography Journal
Polar Geography is a PGSG partner and a leading interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal of polar research that offers a venue for scholarly research on the physical and human aspects of the Polar Regions. The journal emphasizes the interplay of the natural systems, the complex historical, political, economic, cultural, diplomatic, and security issues, and the interchange amongst them. The journal welcomes comparative approaches, critical scholarship, and alternative and disparate perspectives.