Arctic PRIZE

Arctic productivity in the seasonal ice zone

Lead Investigator

  • Professor Finlo Cottier

    Lead Investigator, Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)

    Finlo Cottier is a Senior Lecturer in Polar Oceanography at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), based in Oban on the Scottish West Coast.  He heads the “Marine Science with Arctic Studies” degree programme run jointly by SAMS and the University of the Highlands and Islands.

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