Past Events

The workshop is organized with support of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) and is the first step to prepare for the
in-person meeting at the ASSW 2022 that will be held in Tromsø, Norway on 26 - 31 March 2022.

Through this intercultural and interdisciplinary collaboration, we want to draw attention to local and Indigenous knowledge and arts as important components of transdisciplinary scientific research. Through such collaboration and hands-on experience exchange, we want to enhance our understanding of sustainability in the Arctic and transformations that are taking place in diverse areas of life of the Arctic residents.

This workshop is planned in the form of a virtual talking circle combined with a visioning session where the speakers will share their visions of existing and possible collaboration at the intersection of arts, science, local and Indigenous knowledge systems.

We are pleased to announce a virtual hosting of the 2020 meeting that had been scheduled to take place in September 2020 at the University of Edinburgh.

We welcome contributions from ALL areas of Antarctic and Antarctic-related research, and contributions are not limited to UK researchers!

The meeting will take place from Monday 22 - Thursday 25 March, 13:00-17:00 GMT each afternoon. We anticipate sessions of 3-4x 15-minute talks interspersed with regular breakout sessions to get everyone mixing. We will also host a virtual poster session or two in cyberspace.

As part of the meeting, we will also host a scoping session for future Antarctic science priorities hosted by the UK National Committee for Antarctic Research, and there will be some activities organised through the UK Polar Network. These will hopefully include an informal panel event where ECRs have the opportunity to socialise with and get career advice from experienced Antarctic researchers, as well as some short talks/workshops.

The deadline for abstract submission is Friday 5 March, 2021 and the deadline for registration is Monday 15 March, 2021.

Registration is free, but for setting up a secure list for the meeting you MUST register by the deadline.

IARPC has released a draft of the next five-year Arctic Research Plan, which will span from 2022-2026. We are now asking the public to comment on the draft plan by June 11, 2021. To provide additional information about the draft plan contents and development, we are hosting a series of one-hour information sessions.

Each information session will provide an overview of IARPC, the timeline for developing the Arctic Research Plan 2022-2026, the contents of the draft plan, and how to submit comments on the draft. In addition to this information, each webinar will provide a deeper dive into one of the plan priority areas or the foundational activities. This webinar will focus on the foundational activities. The foundational activities are: Co-Production of Knowledge and Indigenous-Led Research; Data Management; Education; Monitoring, Observing, Modeling, and Prediction; and Technology Innovation and Application.

The webinar will take place via Zoom. You do not need to preregister.

Join a listening session to share your story, experiences or data and hear from others in the region. These two-hour listening sessions will start with four, short presentations from people who live and work in the region with time for questions. Then small group discussions to hear from participants on what they have or are experiencing in terms of unusual dryness in the region and how they have prepared for future drought.

Please follow the link above to register.

Purpose of the workshop:

Initiating dialogue and developing networks that facilitate access for international scientists to national research facilities and infrastructure in the Arctic (also referred to as “transnational” or “cross-border” access): Identifying challenges, best practices, and next steps.

Physical access to research infrastructure in the Arctic – polar research vessels, stations, and aircraft - is essential for polar science. Knowledge about the availability and services of existing platforms is key to selecting the appropriate research site and experimental design for projects. In practice, this means that operators and managers of infrastructure need to cultivate a strong communications effort with the scientific community. Communication is also paramount in outlining each platform’s guidelines, which ensures well-prepared and efficient visitors. Facilitating this exchange of information and available space for international access is challenging at the national level. Adding an international dimension to operations makes it even more challenging, especially since funding mechanisms need to be in place to implement links between scientists and infrastructure.

These topics will be explored through a series of presentations and interactive break-out sessions to identify major challenges, best practices, and next steps for matching scientists and infrastructure, providing international access, and sharing knowledge. Questions that will be explored include:

• What are the most urgent logistical needs and locations for polar research in the next 10 years?
• What are the scientific and logistical possibilities and challenges for implementing shared international access?
• What mechanisms or exchange modes can be envisaged to coordinate networks of polar research infrastructure (e.g. vessels, stations, aircraft) at an international level? Will these mechanisms provide access to all researchers while continuing to recognize respective research infrastructures as national assets?

Facilitator:

Forum of Arctic Research Operators (FARO)

Participants:

Users and operators of Arctic infrastructure platforms, including but not limited to
ARICE, INTERACT, APECS, the EPB, Isaaffik, SIOS, PAG and others.

Registration via https://assw2021.pt

Participants are kindly asked also to register in advance by e-mail to: faro-arctic [at] bios.au.dk
Please indicate in your email whether you will join the marine- or land-based breakout groups.

Output:
Workshop report highlighting major challenges, best practices, and next steps/recommendations.

This IASC funded workshop in collaboration with EU PolarNet, organised by Saami Council and a researchers from a broad variety of disciplines will discuss experiences of the development of co-creating research projects, with a special focus on the Indigenous perspectives.

This workshop will discuss experiences of the development of co-creating research projects, with a special focus on the Indigenous perspectives. What are their experiences in the co-creation process of the development of research projects? How can this process be improved and who needs to be involved in this (Indigenous communities and organisations, research organisations, funding agencies etc.)? Or do we need a paradigm change e.g. develop a way how the science community together with funders could be partners with the indigenous communities in order to support these communities in developing their own research needs?

The Amundsen Science Outreach Workshop will take place on 23 March. Join us for this open event to learn about the history of the Amundsen, its role as a National Research Facility and get involved in the future of the infrastructure.

Speakers include: Alexandre Forest, Anissa Merzouk, David Barber, Canadian Coast Guard, Jean-Éric Tremblay, Marcel Babin, Marlon Lewis and Martin Fortier.

International Glaciological Society Global Seminar:

Speaking: Dustin Schroeder, Stanford, "Paths Forward in Radioglaciology"

Please register in advance for the seminars. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the seminar.

The seminar will also be available afterwards on the Friends of the International Glaciological Society Facebook page so that you can watch it there if technology fails or you can't make it.

Speakers:

• Martin Visbeck (GEOMAR, Kiel Germany)
• Isabel Sousa Pinto (CIIMAR, Porto Portugal)
• Sandra Ketelhake (KDM, Brussels office, Belgium)
• Ann-Christine Zinkann (NOAA, USA)

The first of the Bermuda to Bear Island (B2BI) North Atlantic-Arctic Ocean Science Seminar Series will feature a presentation on AtlantOS, an EU Horizon 2020 program/project that is designed to develop and implement an Atlantic Basin Scale Implementation of the Global Ocean Observing System.

AtlantOS envisions a basin-scale observing system, sustainably resourced and efficiently operated to realize the ambition of a broad set of stakeholders and their need for ocean information. Specifically, it will connect scientists, policy makers, the private sector and civil society to articulate a fit-for-purpose system that delivers critical ocean information in a value-added context to address the range from data capture to end products and services.

For more information, please follow the link above.

Since the Alpine Glaciology Meeting had to be cancelled due to pandemic reasons in 2020, we now joined forces to organise a virtual AGM 2021 by Italy and Germany.

The AGM 2021 will be fully virtual, because the situation at the moment does not allow us to plan on a physical gathering, neither South nor North of the Alps. Therefore, we would like to invite all interested people in joining us for two days of scientific exchange.

The meeting aims on presenting and discussing recent advances in the investigation of mountain glaciers in their environment, no matter in which region of the world. Young scientists and students are encouraged to present their work in a very informal and friendly atmosphere. But also the older generation is highly welcome to contribute with their findings to a successful meeting. We maintain the usual structure of oral sessions, but posters are also welcome within a special “virtual poster room”. The oral presentations are expected to take 15 Minutes followed by 5 Minutes of questions and discussion. For the posters, a short five-minute presentation is planned with a follow-up discussion. In order to allow enough time to review the abstracts and produce a meeting schedule and programme, we ask to submit abstracts until 9 March 2021 (extended deadline) to the following email: AGM24.2021 at gmail.com

Update: Advancing Collaboration in Canada-US Regional Security II (ACCUSARS II for short) has been postponed to March 25-26 (original dates were February 25-26).

ADAC and NAADSN (The North American and Arctic Defense and Security Network at Trent University, Peterborough Ontario), kindly invite participants to join us in a follow-up meeting from the Advancing Collaboration in Canada-U.S. Arctic Regional Security (ACCUSARS) conference in September 2020.

The purpose of ACCUSARS II is to create a subset Strategic Foresight Assessment (SFA) for the North American Arctic, by specifically focusing on Alaska and Western Canada.

ACCUSARS I provided an initial SFA for the Canadian Arctic, which provided an initial baseline to be further developed. We plan to conduct ACCUSARS II as a virtual meeting and kindly invite Canadian and American participants from ACCUSARS I to rejoin us for the meeting. Note, later in 2021, ADAC and NAADSN plan to conduct “ACCUSARS III” focusing on Eastern Canada and Greenland to complete a comprehensive Analysis to North American Arctic Security.

ADAC will post the conference connections on the first week of February 2021.

The Permafrost Carbon Feedback (PCF) Intervention Roadmap Dialogues, hosted by the PCF Action Group, is a four-part Series, and we very much look forward to having you participate.

• March 4: Opening Dialogue: Why Permafrost Carbon Matters
• March 11: Dialogue 2: Avoiding Permafrost Thaw: Managing Temperature
• March 18: Dialogue 3: Managing Emissions from Permafrost Thaw
• March 25: Dialogue 4: Permafrost Carbon Feedback: Priorities for Research, Policy and Investment

Please register for as many sessions as you’d like to attend, using the link above.

ARCUS co-organized a session, through support to Olivia Lee, at the 2021 Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) conference on "Experiences in Sustaining Collaborative Arctic Research Teams” (funding provided by NSF grant PLR-1928794).

This webpage now includes discussion summary notes, recommendations, as well as links and resources shared by participants during the Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 conference session which took place 25 March 2021. We hope these materials will support continued conversations around building and sustaining collaborative Arctic research networks.

This event focuses on the re-utilization of marine resources in the Arctic with a focus on the concept of “waste to value.” Innovators have found ways to use byproducts of the fishing industry in products that range from advanced biotechnology to nutrition, clothing and cosmetics. Sea resources are crucial in the Arctic, and tissues such as fins, heads, skin and viscera have historically been discarded back into the sea. Companies have shown that such waste could be re-used to produce innovative, competitive, and sustainable products.

The discussion brings together representatives of the private industry sector, policymakers, academia, and nongovernmental organizations to jointly discuss possibilities, innovative ideas, best practices in re-using sea-waste for innovative, competitive, and sustainable products. The event highlights also the appeal of the waste-to-value model for investors seeking environmentally sustainable ventures and for policymakers seeking to promote laws and regulations that promote the reuse of fishing byproducts.

This is a hybrid event. It will thus take place both on site in the Nordic House in Reykjavík, with a limited audience (link to registration will be added shortly) as well as here online. For participation via zoom-webinar, make sure to register at the link above.

COVID has highlighted and further exacerbated the challenges faced by Indigenous communities everywhere, particularly in Alaska. The 49th state is the largest and least densely populated in the United States. Self-sufficiency and the ability to hunt and fish are critical, especially considering the harsh winters and remoteness of many Alaska Native villages. Regardless of challenges, Alaska Native people are proud of their traditions and ways of life.

Please join us for a discussion with multiple generations of Alaska Native voices who will share their stories of life in Alaska, and how their communities and villages have prospered despite the many barriers they face. As part of the "Alaska Native Corporations in Context" series, the event will explore the unique role Alaska Native Corporations, created by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, play in providing critical services, resources, and economic benefits to Indigenous communities throughout the state.

Moderators:

Michael Sfraga
Director, Polar Institute; Director, Global Risk and Resilience Program

Nathan McCowan
President & CEO, St. George Tanaq Corporation

Panelists:

Shauna Hegna
President, Koniag

William L. Iggiagaruk Hensley
Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage

Patuk Glenn
Executive Director, Arctic Slope Community Foundation

Polar Educators International 5th Global Conference - PEI 2021: Hofn, Iceland, is postponed to Spring 2022 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Read PEI Iceland postponement announcement.

The first workshop of the Inter-Commission Committee on Geodesy for Climate Research (ICCC) of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) will take place as an online event.

The growing data record from numerous geodetic observation techniques (GNSS station observations, satellite radio occultation and reflectometry, satellite gravimetry, satellite altimetry, InSAR, VLBI, GNSS controlled tide gauges, etc) provides a new quantitative view on various variables that are relevant for climate research, such as tropospheric water vapor, thermospheric neutral density, terrestrial water storage, ice sheet and glacier mass, sea level, sea surface winds, ocean waves, subsurface and surface currents, and sea ice extent and thickness. Geodetic observables are often compared with geophysical models, which helps to explain observations, and may potentially be used to evaluate and improve simulations through techniques such as data assimilation.

This workshop intends to:

1) Highlight the potential of geodesy for climate research by showcasing and discussing climate-related studies making use of geodetic observations.
2) Bring together geodetic and climate communities to facilitate exchange of their experience and possibly establish a mutual cooperation.

We welcome presentations on all aspects related to using geodesy for climate research.

The Arctic system is experiencing the effects of global change, especially atmospheric warming, to a degree equal to or greater than that in any other region on the planet. Arctic water and energy cycles are embedded deeply into these changes and in defining both the Arctic and Earth system response. A broad spectrum of observational evidence suggests a potentially intensified high latitude water cycle and significant changes in different components of Arctic hydrology, including changes in river flow and river biogeochemistry, permafrost degradation and melting of glaciers, lengthened 
ice-free period in lakes and rivers, disappearance of 
lakes, and reductions in snow cover and river/lake ice thickness. This Special Issue invites papers focusing on the quantification of contemporary changes in various components of the Arctic hydrological system and on assessment of the potential causes of these changes through analysis of various data (ground, field, remote sensing) and/or numerical modeling. We also invite publications discussing and analyzing future changes in Arctic hydrological processes in different scales from local to regional and continental.

Dr. Alexander Shiklomanov
Guest Editor

International Glaciological Society Global Seminar:

Speaking: Drew Christ, University of Vermont, "A Multi-Million-Year-Old Record of Greenland Vegetation and Glacial History Preserved in Sediment Beneath 1.4 KM of Ice at Camp Century"

Please register in advance for the seminars. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the seminar.

The seminar will also be available afterwards on the Friends of the International Glaciological Society Facebook page so that you can watch it there if technology fails or you can't make it.

IARPC has released a draft of the next five-year Arctic Research Plan, which will span from 2022-2026. IARPC is now asking the public to comment on the draft plan by June 11, 2021. To provide additional information about the draft plan contents and development, IARPC is hosting a series of one-hour information sessions.

Each information session will provide an overview of IARPC, the timeline for developing the Arctic Research Plan 2022-2026, the contents of the draft plan, and how to submit comments on the draft. In addition to this information, each webinar will provide a deeper dive into one of the plan priority areas or the foundational activities. This webinar will focus on priority areas 1 (Community Resilience & Health) and 3 (Sustainable Economies & Livelihoods).

The webinar will take place via Zoom. You do not need to preregister.