1. Acknowledgement to referees

   Acknowledgments Pages: 683 - 683

2. Summer diet of seabirds feeding in sea-ice-covered waters near Svalbard

   • O. J. Lønne
   • G. W. Gabrielsen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 685 - 692

3. Ice formation in the freeze-tolerant eutardigrades Adorybiotus coronifer and Amphibolus nebulosus studied by differential scanning calorimetry

   • Peter Westh
   • Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 693 - 699

4. Variation in summer cold-hardiness of the Antarctic oribatid mite Alaskozetes antarcticus from contrasting habitats on King George Island

   • Kimio Shimada
   • Cenxuan Pan
   • Yoshikuni Ohyama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 701 - 706

5. Denning behaviour and activity of arctic fox Alopex lagopus pups: Implications of food availability

   • Karl Frafjord

   OriginalPaper Pages: 707 - 712

6. Diving behaviour and diet of the blue-eyed shag at South Georgia

   • S. Wanless
   • M. P. Harris
   • J. A. Morris

   OriginalPaper Pages: 713 - 719

7. Induction of mixed function oxidase (MFO) system in two species of antarctic fish from Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea)

   • S. Focardi
   • C. Fossi
   • S. Casini

   OriginalPaper Pages: 721 - 725

8. On the structure and development of Arctic pack ice communities in Fram Strait: a multivariate approach

   • R. Gradinger
   • M. Spindler
   • J. Weissenberger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 727 - 733

9. Age structure of Chionodraco hamatus (Teleostei, Channichthyidae) samples caught in Terra Nova Bay, East Antarctica

   • M. Vacchi
   • M. Romanelli
   • M. La Mesa

   Short Note Pages: 735 - 738

10. The parasite fauna of cod (Gadus morhua L.) in Balsfjord, North Norway

    • Willy Hemmingsen
    • Nora Lile
    • Odd Halvorsen

    Short Note Pages: 739 - 742