The Laboratory for Circumpolar Studies

The Laboratory for Circumpolar Studies serves as the program's facility for the teaching and study of human habitation in the Arctic. Its creation, officially designated by the Brown administration in 1980, was formal recognition of the Arctic research and teaching focus within the Department of Anthropology that began at Brown under Professor J.L. Giddings in 1956.

The facility is the repository for several important and unique Arctic archaeological collections from North Alaska, and in addition, houses an Arctic library, ethnographic materials, botanical and faunal research collections from across the North American Arctic. The facility (collections, equipment, library, etc.), much of which has been funded by research grants, is available to all faculty and graduate and undergraduate students with Arctic interests for their research and educational needs. In addition it is regularly utilized by other American and foreign Arctic specialists and students, who are provided work space and technical assistance at the laboratory.

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