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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 implementation of the plan.

The webinar will take place via Zoom. You do not need to preregister. Please follow the link above for more information.

International Glaciological Society Global Seminar:

Three shorter talks:

• Denis Felikson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center & USRA/GESTAR, "Seasonal tidewater glacier terminus oscillations bias multi-decadal projections of ice mass change"
• Thomas Hudson, University of Oxford, "Breaking the ice: Using icequakes to observe hydrofracture-induced crevassing"
• Rajashree (Tri) Datta, University of Colorado, Boulder, "Capturing Intense Melt Events on Ice Sheets and Ice Shelves"

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.

The 16th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Committee, will be held 1-4 June, 2021. Due to continued uncertainty and restrictions on travel associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, this conference will take place entirely virtually.

Papers are solicited on all aspects of polar meteorology and oceanography, including but not limited to:
- Climate variability and change in the polar regions
- Rapid environmental change in the polar regions
- Interactions among polar atmosphere-ocean-land-ice components
- Atmospheric, ocean, land ice, or sea ice physical processes
- High latitude atmospheric and oceanic dynamics
- Weather and climate modelling in the polar regions
- Connections of the polar regions with the tropics and mid-latitudes

Please submit your abstract electronically via the AMS conference website by March 5th 2021 (see the website for instructions). Authors of accepted presentations will be notified via email by mid April 2021.

The conference program will be optimized for a virtual platform. Sessions will take place during the same set of standard work hours for the contiguous United States (e.g., 12pm-5pm Eastern time / 11am-4pm Central time / 10am-3pm Mountain time / 9am-2pm Pacific time). Live oral and poster sessions will not overlap.

Submissions by students, early-career scientists, and underrepresented groups will be prioritized, and limited funds in the form of registration fee waivers are available to support participation. Application instructions will be provided when abstract acceptance notifications are sent.

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) is launching an international call for bids to host the International Directorate Office for the organization starting January 2022.

The deadline for bids is 31 May 2021.

APECS is the preeminent international and interdisciplinary organization for early career researchers with interests in Polar and Alpine regions and the wider Cryosphere. With the current funding agreements for the APECS International Directorate at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Potsdam coming to an end in January 2022, we are looking for a new host and potentially additional sponsor(s) starting 31 January 2022 or earlier.

The International Directorate of APECS serves as the main contact point for members and partners, coordinating the day-to-day management of the organization, providing support for APECS activities, projects, and committees while also providing continuity and institutional memory of the dynamic organization. It currently includes one full-time position of an Executive Director and a half-time position of an Administrative Assistant.

Please contact the current APECS Executive Director Dr. Josefine Lenz (info at apecs.is) to express your interest before 31 March 2021, as well as for any questions you might have.

The American Geophysical Union Cryosphere Sciences section is hosting a conversation between early career researchers and US funding
agency program officers, to be hosted on Zoom.

This will be a rather informal event, but we hope to give ECRs time to ask any questions of NSF and NASA program officers during this challenging time. Topics will include ECR-specific impacts relating to COVID-19, all of our ongoing work to build a more just, equal, and inclusive research community, and open question and answer. We will liberally define early career and welcome all those interested in participating.

Please register & complete the pre-event survey to aid in guiding discussion.

Confirmed participants (subject to change)

• Paul Cutler (NSF OPP) - Program Director, Glaciology, Ice Core Science, & Geomorphology
• Roberto Delgado (NSF OPP) - Program Director, Arctic Observing Network
• Thorsten Markus (NASA) - Cryospheric Science Program Manager
• Jennifer Mercer (NSF OPP) - Acting Section Head, Arctic Sciences
• Allen Pope (NSF OPP) - Program Director, Polar Cyberinfrastructure
• David Sutherland (NSF OPP) - Program Director, Oceans & Atmospheric Sciences

We also welcome additional program officers! Please contact Peter Neff (pneff at umn.edu) with any questions.

ARCUS invites registration for the next Arctic Research Seminar featuring Kaare Sikuaq Erickson. Sikuaq’s presentation, titled “Ingenious Indigenous Technology and Inuit History,” will be held via Zoom.

Registration is required for this event.

Abstract

This presentation will provide an introduction to the history of human settlement in northern Alaska as represented in archaeological resources and Inuit oral histories. Following the historical introduction, Sikuaq will focus on one piece of ingenious technology developed exclusively in the Arctic thousands of years ago, the toggling harpoon head. To this day, the toggling harpoon head is an extremely important piece of technology used by all Inuit hunters to retrieve large marine mammals (e.g. walrus, seals, whales, etc.) that would otherwise sink to the bottom of the ocean. Utilizing miniature fully-functional replica ivory harpoons and bananas (to replicate the marine mammal skin and blubber), Sikuaq will demonstrate how the harpoon works and why it is so unique and effective. This activity has been developed at UIC Science and has been shared with dozens of classrooms across Alaska.

Speaker Details

Kaare Sikuaq Erickson was raised in several villages in western and northern Alaska, and has family scattered from Unalakleet to Utqiaġvik. Sikuaq is very passionate about education and orientation, which includes both K-12 educational outreach as well as teaching scientists about the social, cultural, and historical contexts of the rural areas they work.

France will host the annual meeting of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties from June 14-24, 2021. At that meeting, key countries active in the Antarctic will discuss a range of issues related to environmental protection, climate change, polar science, tourism and governance. Please join us for a discussion with senior officials from key Antarctic Treaty states about current issues in Antarctic diplomacy and the future of the Antarctic Treaty System.

Introductory Remarks & Moderator

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

Evan T. Bloom
Senior Fellow, Polar Institute; Former Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries and Director for Ocean and Polar Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Distinguished Panelists

Ambassador Olivier Poivre d'Arvor
Ambassador for the Poles and Maritime Issues

Lisolomzi Fikizolo
Former Head of the South African Delegation to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting

Jana Newman
New Zealand Representative to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting

Máximo E. Gowland
National Director for Antarctic Foreign Policy, Argentina

Due to an uncertain opening of non-assigned personnel at HQ U.S. Coast Guard, ADAC will conduct the Center’s Program Year 7 Annual meeting, focused on U.S. Coast Guard Project Champions, key stakeholders and the community of Arctic science and technology researchers. Included in the Program Year 7 Annual meeting are planned guest speakers from HQ U.S. Coast Guard, DHS S&T and senior Arctic Research leadership in Washington D.C. Due to the success of ADAC’s Program Year 6 Virtual Annual meeting, ADAC will once again create an “Event Hub” that showcases each program and project review with videos and other materials sequenced to the Annual Meeting agenda.

International Glaciological Society Global Seminar:

Speaking: Mark Carey, Oregon University, "The Inequality of Ice Loss: Perspectives from a Social Scientist"

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.

This meeting was originally scheduled for 28th September - 2nd October 2020, but was postponed to 24-28 May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The new registration, abstract submission and fee payment deadline is 1st March, 2021.

The PalaeoArc is a network research programme aiming to further understand past and present environmental changes and processes in the Arctic. It is the successor of the previous network programmes of PONAM (Polar North Atlantic Margins), QUEEN (Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North), APEX (Arctic Palaeoclimate and its Extremes) and, most recently, PAST Gateways (Palaeo-Arctic Spatial and Temporal Gateways).

We welcome contributions on the overall theme of Arctic palaeo-environmental changes and modern processes and we invite contributions particularly on: Role and dynamics of polar ice sheets and ice caps; Role and dynamics of high latitude ocean and sea ice; Role and dynamics of terrestrial environment and landscape evolution; Climate response to, and interaction between, different parts of the Arctic System.

The conference will run for about four hours each day, from 14:00-18:15 CET, with a combination of live talks and discussions and potentially pre-recorded content relevant to the daily themes.