Henry P. Huntington

Henry P. Huntington lives with his wife in Eagle River, Alaska, where he works Arctic Science Director for Ocean Conservancy and as an independent researcher focusing on human-environment interactions in the Arctic. He has made long trips in the Arctic by dog team, open boat, and snowmobile. Huntington’s research activities include documenting Indigenous knowledge of Arctic marine mammals and sea ice, assessing the impacts of climate change on Arctic communities and Arctic marine mammals, and examining international relations concerning the Arctic. Huntington has been involved in a number of international research programs. He was co-chair of the National Academy of Sciences committee on emerging research questions in the Arctic and a member of the Council of Canadian Academies panel on the state of knowledge of food security in the North. Huntington has written many academic and popular articles, as well as two books.