Fellows of the Arctic Institute of North America are elected in recognition of significant contributions to the knowledge of polar and/or sub-polar regions. The Institute currently has 146 Canadian Fellows, 108 American Fellows and 26 International Fellows.
The Fellows program was established in May, 1948, and by February, 1949, the Institute had elected 81 Fellows. Some of the names on that initial list of Fellows were: Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd, Dr. Diamond Jenness, Inspector Henry A. Larsen, Dr. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Dr. J.B. Tyrrell, Dr. A.L. Washburn and Sir Hubert Wilkins. Fellows are elected for life.
At this time we are NOT accepting applications for Fellows as the criteria for nominations are being revised.
Canadian Fellows
In the following list of Arctic Institute of North America Canadian Fellows, the year indicates when the person was elected a Fellow. Fellows who wish to have their e-mail or Web addresses included should send them to arctic@ucalgary.ca
| Mr. Pita Aatami, 2008 | Judge James Igloliorte, 1999 |
| Mr. Gunther Abrahamson*, 1983; | Prof. Jack D. Ives, 1966 |
| Dr. W. P. Adams, 1973 | Dr. C. Ian Jackson, 1967 |
| Mr. Joanasie Akumalik, 1999 | Dr. Robert Janes, 1984 |
| Mr. John Amagoalik, 1999 | Dr. J. P. Johnson, 1972 |
| Mr. Thomas D. Andrews, 1997 | Dr. Lionel Johnson, 1994 |
| Mr. D. C. Archibald, 1959 | Dr. Peter G. Johnson, 1998 |
| Dr. Charles Arnold, 1992; | Dr. Stephen R. Johnson, 1993 |
| Dr. A. W. F. Banfield*, 1956 | Mr. G. H. Johnston, 1966 |
| Ms. Barbara Barde, 1997 | Mr. T. B. Kilpatrick, 1963 |
| Ms. Claire Barnabe, 1997 | Mr. Zacharias Kunuk, 2004 |
| Dr. William Barr, 1978; | Mr. Jose Kusugak*, 1999 |
| Dr. Thomas W. Barry, 1976 | Mr. Michael Kusugak, 1999 |
| Mr. Tom Beck, 1978 | Dr. Antoni Lewkowicz, 1995 |
| Mr. John Kim Bell, 1999 | Dr. Olav H. Loken, 1964 |
| Mr. Michael H. Bell, 1974 | Mr. Jim Lotz, 1963 |
| Dr. Weston Blake, Jr.*, 1963 | Mr. Alan Loughrey, 1958 |
| Dr. Robert M. Bone, 1997 | Dr. Wayne Lynch, 1997 |
| Ms. Lorraine E. Brandson, 2008 | Dr. J. Ross Mackay*, 1956 |
| Dr. Guy R. Brassard, 1986 | Dr. A. H. Macpherson, 1957 |
| Mr. Fred Bruemmer, 1976 | Dr. A. W. Mansfield, 1960 |
| Dr. Angus A. Bruneau, 1976 | Mr. W. E. Markham, 1978 |
| Dr. C. R. Burn, 1996 | Dr. Phillip Marsh, 2002 |
| Dr. Garry K. C. Clarke, 1976 | Ms. Constance Martin, 2004; |
| Dr. Arthur E. Collin, 1963 | Dr. Karen McCullough, 1992; |
| Mrs. G. A. Cooke, 1989 | Dr. Robert J. McGhee, 1971 |
| Ms. Elizabeth Copland, 1999 | Mr. Frank L. Miller, 1990 |
| Mr. Tagak Curley, 1999 | Mr. A. R. Milne, 1964 |
| Mr. Kenneth De La Barre, 1986 | Mr. David A. Morrison, 1991 |
| Dr. Bill Doidge*, 2006 | Dr. Walter Nassichuk, 1983 |
| Dr. Louis-Jacques Dorais, 2004 | Mr. John H. Parker, 1976 |
| Dr. Marianne S. V. Douglas, 1998 | Dr. Wayne H. Pollard, 2001 |
| Mr. Lawrence K. Duffy, 2006 | Dr. Geoffrey Power, 1963 |
| Ms. Leannie Duffy, 1999 | Dr. Vernon N. Rampton, 1988 |
| Dr. Arthur S. Dyke, 1999 | Mr. Michael P. Robinson, 1999 |
| Mr. R. Michael Eaton, 1963 | Dr. Ernest F. Roots*, 1955 |
| Dr. John England, 1999 | Dr. Donald C. Rose, 1955 |
| Mr. Harald W. Finkler, 1993 | Ms. Monique Ross, 1999 |
| Ms. Maryantonett Flumian, 1999 | Dr. Wayne Rouse, 1999 |
| Mrs. Diana Fowler LeBlanc, 1999 | Mrs. Diana M. Rowley*, 1954 |
| Dr. J. A. Fraser, 1960 | Dr. Nathaniel W. Rutter, 1973 |
| Dr. J. Keith Fraser, 1960 | Dr. Bernard Saladin d'Anglure, 2004 |
| Dr. Milton M. Freeman, 1971 | Dr. James M. Savelle, 1993 |
| Dr. Hugh French*, 1984 | Mr. Donat Savoie, 1996 |
| Mr. Thomas Frisch, 1986 | Dr. P. Schledermann, 1978; |
| Dr. Konrad Gajewski, 2008 | Dr. Charles Schweger, 1989 |
| Mr. Elmer Ghostkeeper, 1997 | Ms. Mary Simon, 1999 |
| Dr. Robert Gilbert, 1999 | Dr. Thomas G. Smith, 1976 |
| Mr. W. M. Gilchrist, 1963 | Dr. John P. Smol, 1993 |
| Mr. David Gill, 1991 | Dr. Denis A. St-Onge, 1994 |
| Mr. C. Ross Goodwin, 2011 | Dr. John K. Stager, 1992 |
| Dr. Bryan C. Gordon, 1991 | Dr. I. Stirling, 1983 |
| Mr. F. C. Goulding Smith, 1983 | Dr. Patricia Sutherland, 2008 |
| Dr. E. H. Grainger, 1954 | Dr. Josef Svoboda, 1993 |
| Dr. David R. Gray, 1991 | Dr. E.J.E. Szathmary, 1989 |
| Dr. Anne Gunn, 1993 | Dr. John S. Tener, 1957 |
| Dr. Louis-Edmond Hamelin*, 1964 | Dr. John B. Theberge, 1980 |
| Ms. Ann Hanson, 1999 | Mr. Donald C. Thomas, 1997 |
| Dr. F. K. Hare*, 1955 | Mr. Gerald J. Thompson, 1978 |
| Dr. C. R. Harington, 1964 | Dr. Joan Townsend*, 1973 |
| Ms. Lois Harwood, 2004 | Dr. Robert O. van Everdingen, 2006 |
| Dr. James W. Helmer, 1995 | Ms. Sheila Watt-Cloutier, 2004 |
| Mr. R. A. Hemstock, 1973 | Dr. J. R. Weber, 1959 |
| Dr. Greg Henry, 1996 | Dr. Robert B. Weeden, 1967 |
| Dr. W. W. Heywood, 1960 | Dr. Norman J. Wilimovsky, 1957 |
| Mr. Richard Hill, 1973 | Mr. Andy Williams, 2007 |
| Dr. L. V. Hills*, 1980 | Dr. Cynthia Wilson, 1972 |
| Mr. George D. Hobson*, 1978 |
Dr. William C. Wonders*, 1972 |
| Mr. Stuart Hodgson*, 1986 |
Dr. Ming-ko Woo, 1994 |
| Dr. G. Holdsworth, 1995 | Mr. Harold Wright, 2014 |
| Mr. Nick Holowaychuk*, 1978 | Dr. Kathy Young, 2008 |
| Mr. Ben Hubert, 1984 | Dr. Morris Zaslow*, 1976 |
| Mr. W. S. Ziegler, 1976 | |
| Mr. John B. Zoe, 1997 |
American Fellows
In the following list of Arctic Institute of North America American Fellows, the year indicates when the person was elected a Fellow. Fellows who wish to have their e-mail or Web addresses included should send them to arctic@ucalgary.ca
| Dr. Knut Aagaard, 1973 | Dr. Dan Laursen, 1973 |
| Prof. Robert E. Ackerman, 1971 | Mr. Jack W. Lentfer, 1978 |
| Dr. Thomas F. Albert, 2000 | Dr. George A. Llano, 1958 |
| Dr. Douglas D. Anderson, 1997 | Mr. Lloyd F. Lowry, 1985 |
| Dr. John T. Andrews, 1972 | Dr. Edna A. MacLean, 1985 |
| Ms. Martha Andrews, 1999 | Dr. S. F. MacLean Jr., 1985 |
| Mr. Spencer Apollonio*, 1964 | Dr. Keith B. Mather*, 1968 |
| Mr. David F. Barnes*, 1961 | Dr. William G. Mattox, 1974 |
| Dr. Roger G. Barry, 1978 | Dr. Allen P. McCartney, 1976 |
| Dr. Thomas R. Bender, 1974 | Dr. Catharine McClellan, 1971 |
| Dr. Carl S. Benson, 1960 | Mr. Ronald K. McGregor, 1976 |
| Dr. Charles R. Bentley*, 1992 | Capt. Alfred S. McLaren, 1983 |
| Dr. Lawrence Bliss, 1972 | Dr. Mark F. Meier*, 1964 |
| Mr. John R. Bockstoce, 1992 | Dr. Charles F. Merbs, 1972 |
| Dr. R. Terry Bowyer, 2002 | Dr. Henry N. Michael*, 1964 |
| William L. Boyd, 1978 | Dr. Frederick A. Milan, 1979 |
| Prof. Raymond S. Bradley, 1994 | Dr. Maynard M. Miller, 1976 |
| Dr. Max C. Brewer*, 1957 | Dr. L. K. Miller, 1968 |
| Capt. Lawson W. Brigham, 1995 | Dr. William J. Mills, Jr., 1985 |
| Dr. N.W. Ten Brink, 1989 | Mr. Charles G. Mull, 1973 |
| Dr. Jerry Brown, 1976 | Dr. A. Sathy Naidu, 2000 |
| Dr. Ernest S. Burch, Jr.*, 1974 | Dr. David Norton, 1999 |
| Dr. William Burnham, 1998 | Mr. Patrick H. O'Neill, 1973 |
| Mr. John J. Burns, 1985 | Dr. N. A. Ostenso*, 1963 |
| Dr. Norman A. Chance, 1971 | Dr. Samuel I. Outcalt, 1979 |
| Dr. Paul A. Colinvaux, 1978 | Mr. Einar S. Pedersen, 1983 |
| Mr. T. Neil Davis, 1978 | Dr. Troy L. Pewe*, 1953 |
| Ms. Mary R. Dawson, 1978 | Mr. Richard H. Ragle*, 1963 |
| Mr. J. T. Dutro, 1978 | Col. Herbert H. Rasche, 1966 |
| Dr. Robert Elsner, 1985 | Dr. Robert L. Rausch*, 1953 |
| Mr. Robert C. Faylor, 1963 | Dr. Jack N. Rinker, 1967 |
| Dr. Oscar J. Ferrians, Jr., 1972 | Dr. William L. Ryan, 1976 |
| Dr. William W. Fitzhugh, 1971 | Mr. Donald M. Schell, 1985 |
| Ms. Lydia Fohn-Hansen*, 1956 | Mr. John F. Schindler, 1973 |
| Dr. G. E. Folk, Jr., 1978 | Dr. Ruth A.M. Schmidt*, 1985 |
| Dr. Robert Fortuine, 1987 | Mr. O. G. Simpson, 1977 |
| Ms. Kathryn J. Frost, 1985 | Mr. Walter S. Sullivan, Jr.*, 1959 |
| Dr. John Craighead George, 2016 | Dr. Robert S. Suydam, 2016 |
| Dr. Nelson Graburn, 2004 | Dr. J. C. Tedrow, 1978 |
| Dr. Donn K. Haglund*, 1968 | Mr. Lowell Thomas, Jr.*, 1974 |
| Dr. Edwin S. Hall, Jr., 1971 | Dr. Larry S. Underwood, 1974 |
| Dr. David M. Hopkins*, 1955 | Dr. Norbert Untersteiner*, 1968 |
| Dr. Rita A. Horner, 1978 | Dr. H. J. Walker, 1978 |
| Dr. Charles S. Houston, 1973 | Dr. Patrick J. Webber, 1978 |
| Dr. Charles C. Hughes, 1961 | Ms. Florence R. Weber, 1963 |
| Dr. Kenneth Hunkins*, 1973 | Dr. W.F. Weeks, 1974 |
| Dr. Keith M. Hussey, 1978 | Dr. George C. West, 1968 |
| Dr. Martin O. Jeffries, 1994 | Mr. Robert G. White, 1987 |
| Dr. M. W. Johnson, 1974 | Mr. Donald E. Wohlschlag, 1960 |
| Dr. John J. Kelley, 1978 | Dr. William R. Wood, 1964 |
| Dr. Brina Kessel, 1978 | Ms. Karen W. Workman, 1974 |
| Dr. David R. Klein, 1987 | Dr. Oran R. Young, 1995 |
| Mr. Austin Kovacs, 1994 | Mr. Steven B. Young, 1974 |
| Dr. Joseph H. Kravitz, 1976 | |
| Dr. Arthur H. Lachenbruch, 1961 | |
| Dr. Chester Langway, Jr., 1973 | |
| Dr. William S. Laughlin*, 1954 |
International Fellows
In the following list of Arctic Institute of North America International Fellows, the year indicates when the person was elected a Fellow. Fellows who wish to have their e-mail or Web addresses included should send them to arctic@ucalgary.ca
| Name | Country | Year Elected |
| Dr. Christian Vibe | Denmark | 1950 |
| Dr. Phil N. Nielsen | Denmark | 1950 |
| Mr. Paul-Emile Victor* | French Polynesia | 1953 |
| Col. N. A. C. Croft* | United Kingdom | 1954 |
| Dr. G. Hattersley-Smith* | United Kingdom | 1955 |
| Prof. Veikko Okko* | Finland | 1963 |
| Dr. Erkki Palosuo* | Finland | 1963 |
| Mr. Henrik Hoejmark | Denmark | 1966 |
| Mr. C. W. Swithinbank | United Kingdom | 1966 |
| Dr. Kou Kusunoki | Japan | 1973 |
| Dr. E. K. Fedorov | Russian Federation | 1976 |
| Dr. EvginiiI Tolstikov | Russian Federation | 1976 |
| Prof. A. F. Treshnikov | Russian Federation | 1976 |
| Dr. Boris Yurtsev | Russian Federation | 1977 |
| Dr. Gunter E. Weller | Australia | 1978 |
| Prof. Louis Rey | Switzerland | 1979 |
| Dr. Peter Wadhams | United Kingdom | 1983 |
| Dr. Adam Watson | United Kingdom | 1983 |
| Mr. Bent Fredskild | Denmark | 1986 |
| Prof. Atsumu Ohmura | Switzerland | 1989 |
| Dr. Gunnar Ostrem | Norway | 1991 |
| Dr. Hans Rothlisberger | Switzerland | 1992 |
| Dr. Matti Seppala | Finland | 1993 |
| Major Jan Erling Haugland | Sweden | 1997 |
| Mr. Leif Rantala | Finland | 1999 |
| Dr. Mark A. Nuttall | United Kingdom | 2002 |
* = Deceased