2008 Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum | Student Travel Scholarship

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The 2008 Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum Student Travel Scholarship competition was open internationally to Masters and PhD students working in a field related to arctic science or education. These scholarships included airfare, lodging, and per diem.

The successful applicants, listed below, will present a poster at the Arctic Forum.

• Ruth Adler, Ohio State University, USA

  Millennial-scale Paleoceanographic Variability in the Central Arctic Ocean Exemplified by a Late Quaternary Sedimentary Record from the Mendeleev Ridge
  Abstract
  Advisor: Leonid Polyak

• Nicholas Balascio, University of Massachusetts, USA

  Lake Sediment Records of Holocene Climate Variability from the Lofoten Islands, Arctic Norway
  Abstract
  Advisor: Raymond S. Bradley.

• Elena Bondareva, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Russia

  Nutrients Budgets Investigation on the Chukchi Sea Shelf
  Abstract
  Advisor: Vitalii Mikhailovich Smagin

• Laura Brosius, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA

  Determining Organic Matter Sources for Methane Production and Bubbling from Alaskan Lakes Using Stable Isotopes and Radiocarbon Ages
  Abstract
  Advisor: Katey M. Walter

• Xuehua Cui, University of Tennessee, USA

  Effects of Environmental Variations on Spatial Distribution of Groundfish in the Northern Bering Sea
  Abstract
  Advisor: Jackie M. Grebmeier

• Md. Waliul Hasanat, University of Lapland, Finland

  The Future of the Arctic Council in View of the Incoming Climate Change
  Abstract
  Advisor: Timo Koivurova

• Timo Kumpula, University of Joensuu, Finland

  Landscape change in the Russian Arctic: Ecological Implications of Petroleum Industry to Nenets Reindeer Herding in Yamal Peninsula
  Abstract
  Advisor: Bruce Forbes

• Jordan Lewis, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA

  The Role of Alaska Native Elders in the Cultural Resilience of Native Communities
  Abstract
  Advisor: Gerald Mohatt

• Elizabeth Nelson, University of Toronto, Canada

  Climate Change in High-latitude Forests: Effect of Global Warming and CO₂ Fertilization on Natural Populations of Black and White Spruce
  Abstract
  Advisor: Sean C. Thomas

• Ethan Roth, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA

  A Baseline Study for Long-Term Acoustic Monitoring in the Arctic Ocean: Ambient Noise Measurements, Environmental Correlates, and Bioacoustics North of Barrow, Alaska
  Abstract
  Advisor: John Hildebrand

• Qin Yu, University of Virginia, USA

  Modeling of Arctic Tundra System Responses to Grazing Disturbances
  Abstract
  Advisor: Howard Epstein

For further information, please contact: Tina Buxbaum at tina@arcus.org.

The ARCUS student travel scholarship program was co-sponsored by:

Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS)
North Pacific Research Board (NPRB)
International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (IARC)
Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS)
University of Lapland Arctic Centre
University of Virginia