Lawson Brigham

DepartmentOrganizationEmailPhoneAddressEagle River , Alaska 99775United StatesBioLawson Brigham is a Global Fellow in the Wilson Center's Polar Institute. He is a researcher at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a Fellow at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's Center for Arctic Study & Policy. Captain Brigham was a career Coast Guard officer and commanded four cutters including the icebreaker Polar Sea on Arctic & Antarctic expeditions. During 2004-09 he was chair of the Arctic Council's Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment. He is a graduate of the Coast Guard Academy and earned his PhD at Cambridge University. Dr. Brigham is a member of the National Academies Polar Research Board and is a Council on Foreign Relations member. His research interests have focused on the Russian maritime Arctic, environmental change, polar marine transportation, and polar geopolitics.

Interests

Sea Ice

Science Specialties

arctic policy, oceanography, sea ice

Current Research

Chair, Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment of the Arctic Council.Research on arctic sea ice and changing marine access in the Arctic Ocean.Research on sea ice and ocean processes in the Russian Arctic.Studies on the future of the Northern Sea Route.Development of arctic scenarios or plausible futures.