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In 2022, the federal government provided two strategies for the future US Arctic. The National Strategy for the Arctic Region prioritizes a peaceful, prosperous Arctic. Secondly, the current Arctic Research Plan highlights specific research goals through 2026. Please join Larry to learn about these new strategies that apply to the Bering Strait region and share your thoughts.

Dr. Larry Hinzman is the Asst. Dir. for Polar Sciences at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Executive Director of the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee.

At its 26th edition, the Alpine Glaciology Meeting is an annual, community-building gathering addressing researchers that are active in the field of glaciology. While the meeting is held on a 5-year cycle in Switzerland, France, Austria, Italy, and Germany, it welcomes glacier-interested researchers from around the world. Similarly, the contributions presented in form of oral talks or poster presentations are not limited to Alpine glaciology, but encompass other glacierized regions on Earth and other cryospheric disciplines.

The meeting nurses an informal and friendly atmosphere, meant to facilitate scientific exchange between researchers of all career stages.

The possibility for submitting an abstract and registering will remain open until 09 January 2023.

What does maritime deterrence look like in the High North? What is the right balance to deter Russia without escalating? What lessons can be learned and applied from recent Navy and Allied exercises and operations? These questions inform how the US and its Allies characterize, prioritize, and implement naval strategy in the High North, and are of utmost importance during ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Please join the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute and the Center for Maritime Strategy for an event exploring these questions and more. “Deterring Russia at Sea in the High North” will dive into strategic and operational considerations in achieving naval deterrence. The first panel will explore the challenges posed by Russia in the High North, and the strategic interests involved, and the second panel will feature senior leaders’ perspectives on developing and implementing strategy and operations.

Introduction

Ambassador Mark Green
President, Director, & CEO, Wilson Center

Opening Remarks

Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Dean, Center for Maritime Strategy

Panelists

Admiral Daryl Caudle
Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, United States Navy

Vice Admiral Daniel Dwyer
Commander, SECOND Fleet/ Commander, Joint Forces Command Norfolk

Rear Admiral Anthony Rimington
Director of Strategy and Policy, Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff, Royal Navy

CAPT (N) Egil Vasstrand
Naval and Assistant Defense Attaché, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington

Michael Petersen, Ph.D.
Director, Russia Maritime Studies Institute, US Naval War College

Mathieu Boulègue
Research Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House

Chris Kofron
Director for Russia, National Security Council

Moderators

Dr. Rebecca Pincus
Director, Polar Institute

CDR Rachael Gosnell
Doctoral Candidate, University of Maryland

The annual NERC Arctic Research Station event will be hosted at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge and online. If you are a current user of the NERC station in Ny-Ålesund, or if you are considering applying to use the station in the future or just interested in finding out more about the Station, then the organizers strongly recommend attending this event, which will aim to inform on the Station, including information on all the science kit that has been recently purchased, along with information on how to apply to access the station and funding opportunities.

There will also be a series of quick-fire science talks from recent users of the Station. Please register to attend this FREE event either in-person or online.

Join the US Permafrost Association (USPA) to learn more about best practices of working in local northern communities with speakers Dr. Charleen Fisher and Kaare Siquak Erickson. USPA Members and non-members are welcome. The event will be held on Zoom only with a recording archived on the USPA website after the event ends.

Paul A. Bernhardt will present, “Detecting Space-Debris Bullets.”

NASA tracks over 27,000 pieces of space debris in low Earth orbit, but there are millions more pieces of space junk too small to track and which travel at speeds up to 15,000 miles per hour. An impact of even a tiny piece of orbital debris with a spacecraft, also traveling at the same high speed, could create significant problems.

Satellites in low Earth orbit, 300 to 500 miles above the planet, are also at risk. That’s a potential problem for Alaskans and others living at high latitudes because Starlink and other multi-satellite constellations are proposed for remote internet links to those regions.

Now, for the first time, scientists from the University of Alaska and the University of Calgary have devised a new technique for identifying the location of space junk by measuring the electric fields that surround them while in motion.

Talks are free and for the public. All ages are encouraged to attend.

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: Tipping points

Ann Kristin Klose (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)
"Role of timescale differences on (cascade) tipping in the climate system"

Emily Hill and Ronja Reese (Northumbria)
"Exploring the present and future stability of Antarctic grounding lines"

Are you interested in applying for an NSF grant soon? Or thinking about how to apply for NSF grants n the future? Unsure of what to write or nervous about what to expect? Want to learn more from those who have experience of handling grant applications?

The Earth Science Women's Network is once again hosting a webinar all about Navigating NSF. This event will feature a panel discussion featuring NSF Program Officers and Directors and a talk all about NSF, and to help set you up for application success!

This event is free. All parts of this workshop (except the breakout rooms) will be recorded. A link will be made available to participants after the webinar.

This workshop will focus on the latest developments in remote sensing of land ice and snow. Presentations are encouraged on all fields of research and applications with the focus on snow and ice as proxy for a changing cryosphere, methods for retrieving cryospheric parameters from various types of remote sensing data, theoretical basis of inversion methods and their application, state of the art of retrieval algorithms including deep learning, data assimilation of remote sensing data and in situ observations in process models, and current and planned sensors for snow and ice. Half of a day will be dedicated to the activities from ESA (CCI+) and EUMETSAT.

Papers will be presented orally and as posters. Contributions must comply with one of the workshop topics specified below. Please indicate under which session topic your contribution shall be presented.

Preliminary session topics:

• Glaciers and Ice Caps
• Snow cover (regional to global scale)
• Snow and permafrost
• Snow hydrology
• Albedo of the cryosphere
• Cryosphere and climate
• Cryospheric modelling and data assimilation
• Airborne and ground-based observation methods
• New technologies (sensors/methods)
• ESA CCI+ snow
• EUMETSAT operational services

Important Dates

• Abstract submission extended deadline: 20 October 2022
• Authors notification: 15 November 2022
• Preliminary program: 15 December 2022
• Early bird registration with reduced fees closes: 22 December 2022

The organizers of the 6th European Conference on Permafrost are pleased to welcome you 18-22 June 2023 in Puigcerdà, at the heart of the Eastern Pyrenees for three exciting days of plenary lectures, oral presentations and posters, combined with several local field trips across the eastern Pyrenees (Cerdanya, Núria, Andorra, etc). Two 3-day-long regional field trips across the Pyrenees will be organized before and at the end of the conference.

The organizing committee is fully committed to organizing an on-site conference to have the possibility to meet in-person, although they are also considering a hybrid format including online attendance depending on the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Important dates

• The call for session proposals extended to 8 May 2022
• Abstract submission extended deadline is 5 February 2023
• Decision on abstracts (orals/posters) in February 2023
• Early bird registration until 15 March 2023