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This is the First Announcement for the 15th ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2019) to be held from 02 to 05 December 2019 at the Halifax Convention Centre, Nova Scotia, Canada.
As the largest annual Arctic research gathering held in Canada, the ArcticNet ASM is the ideal venue to present results from all fields of Arctic research and stimulate networking and partnership activities.
Building on the success of previous ASMs, the 2019 Meeting will welcome researchers, students, Inuit, Northerners, policy makers, stakeholders and the media to address the global challenges and opportunities brought by climate change and modernization in the Arctic.
Detailed information on the meeting, registration, call for abstracts and sponsor/exhibitor opportunities will be available on the ASM2019 website in July.
We hope to see you all in Halifax!
Mickaël Lemay, on behalf of the ASM2016 Organizing Committee
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As part of the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2019, the Pacific Arctic Group (PAG) 2019 Spring Meeting will be held on May 23, 2019 at Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Arkhangelsk, Russia.
Focused on “business” issues and an update on research plans for the coming field season, this meeting will provide country updates on 2019 filed activities and on the progress of PAG field activities, such as the Distributed Biological Observatory (DBO), Pacific Arctic Climate Ecosystem Observatory (PACEO) and Central Arctic Ocean (CAO), synthesis activities, and other ongoing Pacific Arctic pertinent activities.
If you plan to attend this meeting, Please send a confirmation and the following information to
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This confirmation is just for the purpose of checking the number of participants. For the registration and logistical support, please go to the ASSW2019 website https://en/assw2019.science/ for details. Please note that the registration deadline for ASSW2019 is May 15.
If you have any questions, please contact Na Li (
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Arctic Science Summit Week 2019 Arkhangelsk, Russia
Open Meeting, Sunday. May 26, 2019: 9:00-10:30 and 11:00-13:00 (coffee break 10:30-11:00)
The Synoptic Arctic Survey (SAS) is a bottom-up, researcher driven initiative that seeks to define the present state of the Arctic Ocean and understand the major ongoing transformations, with an emphasis on water masses, the marine ecosystems and the carbon cycle. We propose that it will not be possible to assess either the consequences or the range of the ongoing changes unless necessary empirical data are collected, analyzed and understood in concert with each other. The rapidly changing sea ice conditions and linkage to atmospheric and oceanographic components, accelerated opening of the Central Arctic Ocean for human use (e.g., transportation, potential fisheries) as well as the potential for cascading ecosystem changes in the high Arctic and girdling Arctic seas highlight the critical time to determine status and trends of the opening Arctic Ocean. IASC’s role in facilitating international science planning in a multi-disciplinary fashion for pan-Arctic scientific observations highlights its key role in the development of the SAS activities. Planning is underway for multi-ship operations from the shelves into the Arctic basin in 2020/2021. All interested participants are welcome to this open discussion period.
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Graduate School Scholarship, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University
Assistant Professor Eric Oliver (http://ecjoliver.weebly.com) is looking to fill a graduate school position on "Historical variability and drivers of sea ice along coastal Labrador".
Looking for a MSc student to work under the supervision of Eric Oliver (Oceanography) as part of a project funded in partnership with the Nunatsiavut Government of northern Labrador, to start in September 2019. This project will examine the climatology, variability and drivers of sea ice along the Nunatsiavut coast. The project will start with an an analysis of historical Canadian Ice Service charts, which have been digitised for the 1971-present period. These charts map ice concentration and thickness, including areas open water also known as polynyas, rattles or ingigganik. The project will identify polynyas that are seasonally recurrent as well as those that are less regular, occurring some years but not others and examine their predictability and large-scale climate drivers. The student will be based in the Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University, with regular workshop and planning trips to Nunatsiavut.
Prospective students should have a background in physics and/or mathematics.
If interested please send a CV and transcripts to
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The development of the Arctic’s transport infrastructure will be one of the main themes of the ‘Arctic: Territory of Dialogue’ 5th International Arctic Forum, which will be held in St. Petersburg on 9-10 April 2019.
The special session ‘The Northern Sea Route – The Key to the Development of the Russian Arctic’, which will be held during the Forum, will feature discussions of various approaches to the development of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) as a national-scale transport and logistics project. The session moderator will be Russia 24 TV channel host Dmitry Shchugorev. The meeting participants will discuss ways to achieve the NSR development target set by Russian President Vladimir Putin of increasing cargo shipments via the NSR to 80 million tonnes by 2024.
Rosatom State Corporation Director General Alexey Likhachev, whose organization was entrusted with the functions of the infrastructure operator of the NSR last year, will speak at the session. “In order to accomplish our goal, we at Rosatom are planning work in several areas all at once. There must be a powerful Arctic nuclear icebreaking group, and our plans include upgrading the icebreaker fleet, building new nuclear icebreakers (including with the use of mixed funding where only 50% of the required funds are allocated from the federal budget). The second major objective is to create new infrastructure in this region and modernize existing infrastructure. We plan to discuss all this with our partners”, he said.
Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Alexander Kozlov, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Konstantin Kosachev, Sovcomflot President and CEO Sergei Frank, and others are expected to attend the event.
The theme of developing Arctic logistics will also be discussed as part of the ‘Open Ocean’ pillar of the business programme with the session ‘Transport Connectivity: The Arctic, Far East, Siberia, and the Urals’. The establishment of a unified logistics system as a tool for regional integration, business, search and rescue services, research expeditions, and tourism is of great importance within the context of developing a common transport system in the region.
“According to the Strategy for the Development of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation and Ensuring National Security for the Period until 2020, which was approved by Vladimir Putin, there is a shortage of airplanes, aircraft equipment, and technological capabilities to study and use the Russian Arctic”, Advisor to the Russian President Anton Kobyakov said, underscoring the importance of this theme. “In this regard, we need to develop a programme to transition to an innovative path of expanding the industry’s capabilities in order to create a powerful development trend for the regional economy. I am certain that we will accomplish a lot in this regard during the relevant events of the International Arctic Forum 2019 business programme”.
A roundtable titled ‘Prospects for the Development of the Northern Sea Route’ will be held on board the 50 Let Pobedy nuclear icebreaker as a special offsite event on the sidelines of the Forum. The roundtable participants will discuss proposals to enhance the efficient organization of ship navigation, improve the monitoring of ice conditions and the provision of navigation and hydrographic support in the waters of the Northern Sea Route, develop seaport infrastructure as well as establish a cargo base and build an icebreaking fleet. The event will be organized with the support of Rosatom and will take place in real winter and spring navigation conditions in the Ob Bay of the Kara Sea. The roundtable will be moderated by Deputy Director of Rosatom State Corporation and Director of the Northern Sea Route Directorate Vyacheslav Ruksha.
Official website of the Forum: forumarctica.ru