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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

What is Inuit Traditional Knowledge? How is it relevant to the contemporary world and to decolonialization? The Roundtable will begin with the traditional lighting of the Qulliq by Aaju Peter. Inuit and non-Inuit speakers will present innovative and contemporary applications of Traditional Knowledge as a central aspect of decolonialization and our common future. The Roundtable will finish with a presentation by Provost Manfredi and Art Curator, Isabelle Laurier, exploring how Inuit art bridges Traditional Knowledge and contemporary research.

It is often thought that Inuit Traditional Knowledge is something which was useful long ago but not anymore. It is equally important today and is becoming ever more important in Inuit regions, as part of a cultural, educational, political and scientific resurgence. It is also important to researchers and anyone interested in Inuit Nunaat.

The Roundtable explores how Inuit Traditional Knowledge, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) is relevant to contemporary society, both for Inuit and non-Inuit. It is central to decolonialization, as this is knowledge created by Inuit, on their own premises, not imposed by outsiders. Maybe also a step towards reconciliation?

Session I - 9:00-10:30 (EDT)
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: We Believed in the Words of our Elders.
Lucienne Ukaliannuk, an elder from Igloolik, spoke these words which introduce presentations about the importance of Traditional Knowledge, as a component of Inuit cultural heritage and life.

Session II - 10:45-12:30 (EDT)
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: Our Past, Our Present, Our Future.
Presentations on media, photography, music, literature, young people. Special presentation on Human Rights.

Session III - 13:30-15:30 (EDT)
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: Honoring the Timeless Creative Genius of the Inuit. A uniquely Canadian example of Traditional Knowledge in action. Professor Christopher Manfredi, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) and Isabelle Laurier, Senior Project Manager and Art Curator, EVOQ Architecture, present the project “Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: Art, Architecture, and Traditional Knowledge”. This exhibit tells the story of how Inuit artists were commissioned to produce artworks that would convey their version of IQ and its relationship to modern sciences. The artworks are permanently installed, built into the very architecture of the Canadian High Arctic Research Station in Iqaluktuutiaq, Nunavut. Their participation occurs within the context of the Provost’s Task Force on Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Education.