James Dunn is a geographer who began exploring the Northwest Territories in 1977. He has an M.A. and Ph.D. in geography from the University of Colorado, and is currently the geographer for Britannica Educational Corporation. Dunn designed Arctic Field Research, a senior-level field geography course set in the Canadian Arctic, and taught from 1987 to 1993 through the University of Colorado. His research interests include the importance of field education in polar geography, the design of geography instructional materials, and world issues in geographic study. Dunn has co-authored a set of 20 books on world issues with a grant from the National Science Foundation and published by Brittanica.