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In June 2021, the National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored the Crevasse Risk Management and Safety Workshop. In continuing the conversations of this workshop, the NSF Office of Polar Programs is hosting a four-part webinar series on using technology to increase the ability to detect crevasses, an essential need while doing fieldwork in rapidly changing, ice-laden landscapes.

There is no need to register in advance.

Panelists

• Leigh Stearns, University of Kansas
• Eli Deeb, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
• Oliver Marsh, British Antarctic Survey
• Dan Price, University of Canterbury

The Mathematics on Ice Forum meet once a month to discuss mathematical aspects of ice dynamics and bring together the community in an informal online atmosphere.

In each meeting there are two presentations and time for discussions and ice-breaking in small sub-groups. The format is intended to stem from your contributions – give a talk, join the discussions, and invite further participants. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to contribute. The organizers would like to encourage in particular PhD students to present their research.

Theme: Multiphase flow

Natalie Wolfenbarger (Stanford)
"Geochemical constraints on the multiphase behaviour of ice"

Adrian Moure (Caltech)
"Multiphase models for snow hydrology"

The 52nd International Arctic Workshop is being held at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, 19-23 April 2023.

The International Arctic Workshop is a friendly, informal, and relaxed conference open to all students and professionals interested in the Arctic. Originally starting at INSTAAR at the University of Colorado Boulder, the Arctic Workshop alternates between INSTAAR and an international host. This year, University of Massachusetts with the department of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences & Climate System Research center will be hosting.

Abstracts are being accepted for poster presentations and talks. Abstracts can be uploaded during the registration process.

• The abstract submission deadline is March 31, 2023.
• Registration deadline is 5 April 2023.

The Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland invites researchers at any level to submit proposals for the first Critical Arctic Studies Symposium on the theme “Post-Human Dialogues: Rethinking Human-Nature Relations in and through the Arctic” to be held in Rovaniemi, Finland, from 10 to 12 October 2023.

We live in the age of polycrisis (or permacrisis), characterised by the combination of long-term, complex and intertwined risks related, inter alia, to health, energy, climate change and economic shocks. New imaginaries, practices and knowledge are necessary to cope with this situation. Although the Arctic is often viewed as a showcase of ongoing global change, research on Arctic politics and governance tends to be very state-centric, and it often overlooks how non-state actors and non-human agents shape those processes. To challenge traditional approaches, this symposium invites critical, interdisciplinary perspectives that seek to expand our understanding of human-nature relations in and through the Arctic. The Symposium aims to reflect on and explore novel notions and approaches to the human-nature relationship from various onto-epistemological, normative, and methodological perspectives. We welcome papers discussing post-human approaches to Arctic politics from the perspective of social sciences, humanities, law, geography, and related fields.

Important Dates

• Submission of abstracts: until 31 March 2023.
• Notification regarding abstract acceptance: 30 April 2023.
• Publication of the symposium program: 15 June 2023.
• Submission of full papers: until 1 October 2023.

The 15th International Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Ice (PCI-2022) will take place 4 to 8 September 2023 at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan.

Note: This conference was originally planned for 5-10 September, 2022, but was postponed to September 2023 as a precaution due to COVID-19 uncertainty.

This conference will cover a wide range of topics related to physical, chemical, biological, geological, and environmental aspects of ice. The topics will range from fundamental to applied research, and will include laboratory, field, modeling, and computational work. The organizers expect to have interdisciplinary discussions of ice.

Session topics include:

• Surfaces and interfaces of ice
• Mechanical, dielectric, and optical properties of ice
• Ice phases, amorphous ice, and glass transition
• Ice and life
• Reactions on/in ice
• Ice and snow in the cryosphere
• Ice in space
• Clathrate hydrates
• Others

English is the official language of this conference.

Important Dates

• Registration and accommodation are available from 16 January to 10 August 2023.
• Abstract submission is available from 16 January to 31 March 2023.

Join an exclusive virtual tour of an Arctic research facility studying a frozen environment over 40,000 years old but seldom opened to the public.

Excavated from 1963–1969 for the study of permafrost, geology, ice science, mining, and construction techniques specific to permafrost environments, the Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility is one of the nation's unique, natural research facilities. Located just outside Fairbanks, Alaska, the facility was recently expanded.

Join Tom Douglas with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Patrick Druckenmiller with the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Anna Liljedahl from Woodwell Climate Research Center for a virtual tour of the facility and learn about some of the exciting research happening. This program will showcase tools developed by the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center using content collected by the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

The audience will be invited to ask questions throughout the program. Individuals as well as classes are invited to join.

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The Arctic Encounter announces its 2023 flagship North America convening 29-31 March 2023 in Anchorage, Alaska.

Join 1,000+ leading government officials, politicians, business executives and investors, indigenous leaders, scientists, military officials, and quests from 15+ countries at the 2023 Arctic Encounter. Proudly hosted in Anchorage, this world-class event is North America's largest Arctic policy and business convening.

On Tuesday March 28th and Wednesday March 29th of 2023, organizers will host a two-day workshop on ice-sheet model initialisation at Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

A significant part of the spread in projections of future ice-sheet retreat is attributed to uncertainties in their present state, and the way this state is represented in ice-sheet models. Modelling groups across the world tackle this initialisation problem utilising a variety of approaches, each with its own advantages and shortcomings. This workshop will explore this topic from both a physical and a modelling perspective, and exchange insights about the practical implementation of different approaches in ice sheet models, enabling more comprehensive intercomparison exercises in the future.

The program for both days will consist of invited talks in the morning, covering topics such as general model initialisation, physical uncertainties in the ice-sheet system, inversion techniques, basal sliding, and basal melt. In the afternoon, there will be room for submitted presentations and posters, and a session dedicated to sharing model code related to different aspects of model initialisation.

There are no participation fees, but participants are expected to cover their own expenses. Due to venue considerations, the number of attendees will be limited to around 50, with a particular focus on early career researchers.

Participants can apply, with or without an abstract, through the Google form.

Deadline for application: Friday 24 February 2023, 23:59.

In June 2021, the National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored the Crevasse Risk Management and Safety Workshop. In continuing the conversations of this workshop, the NSF Office of Polar Programs is hosting a four-part webinar series on using technology to increase the ability to detect crevasses, an essential need while doing fieldwork in rapidly changing, ice-laden landscapes.

There is no need to register in advance.

Panelists

• Austin Lines, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
• Laurent Mingo, Blue System Integration Ltd.
• Seth Campbell, University of Maine

The first event in the Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO)’s 2023 Arctic Event Series has been released.

This will be a panel discussion on how to build an inclusive fieldwork environment and equip yourself for navigating potential power imbalances prior to heading to the Arctic this summer. Learn from an array of panelists who have ‘been there, done that’ and learned a lot along the way about what contributes to a positive fieldwork experience, and how to work towards that prior to stepping foot in the Arctic.

Panelists

• Darcy Peter
• Matthew Shupe
• Melissa Ward Jones