Witness the Arctic | Spring 2000

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• Native Observations Capture Impacts of Sea Ice Changes

• Research Support and Logistics Group Updates Priorities
• U.S. and Norway Sign Agreement to Promote Joint Polar Research
• Stephenson Named Arctic Research Support and Logistics Program Manager
• Nothernmost Community Focusses on Research Support

• ARCSS Committee Encourages Information Exchange
• SEARCH Gains Interagencey and International Recognition
• OAII Researchers Visit USCGC Healy and Plan Research
  1. Shelf Basin Interactions (SBI)
  2. Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean Program (SHEBA)
     
• LAII Prepares for the 2000 Field Season
  1. ITEX Plans
  2. LAII Science Workshop
• PARCS Projects Faciliate Synthesis and Dating
• LAII Research Moves West
• RAISE Spnsors Arctic Coastal Dynamics Workshop
• Workshop on Whaling Compares Past with Present

• An Introduction to the Arctic Social Sciences Program
• Project Documents Inuit Knowledge of Climate Change
• Genetic Analysis Investigates Aleut Prehistory
• Stable Isotopes Reveal Early Diets
• Gender Roles Shed Light on Ancient Subsistence Cultures

• An Introduction to the Arctic Natural Sciences Program
• Arctic Marine Microbes are Efficient Diet Despite Cold
• Team Explores Effects of Arctic Sunrise on Ozone
• New AUV Project will Access Arctic Seafloor Sites
• Bering Sea Frontal Zone Supports Complex Trophic Webs

• ILogistics Survey Responses will Update Advice to NSF
• Toolik Field Station Upgrades Labs
• OPP Will Support Innovations in Arctic Instrumentation
• OPP Funds Improvements for Long-Term Observatories
  • Funded Projects 1999

• NSF Plans Infrastructure to Support Biological Research
• NSF Inaugurates Automated North Pole Observatory

• House Approves Small Increases for NSF Budget

Arctic Policy

• Arctic Council Meets in Alaska to Review Progress

• President Names Three Members to the USARC

• Polar Research Board Begins Four New Studies

• Canadian Polar Commission Raises Profile of the Arctic
• IASC Hosts Arctic Science Summit
• Arctic Council Prepares Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
• Initiative Will Coordinate Measurement of Ocean Fluxes
• International Effort Generates Chart of the Arctic Ocean
• TUNDRA Studies Arctic Feedbacks in Russian Watershed
• Circumpolar Social Science Ph.D.s Will Meet in Alaska
• U.S. and Norway Plan for Joint Research

• USCGC Healy Trial Procees to Cold Waters in Baffin Bay
• AICC Advocates Scinece Support
• High-Latitude Research Requires New Mid-Sized Vessels
• UNOLS Research Vessels
• U.S. Global Change Assessment Open for Comment

• Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative Assesses First Five Years