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Ch onicles o he A c ic Sys em Science Resea ch P og am Au umn 1997, Volume 5 Numbe 2
Resea che s and Residen s Celeb a e Long Collabo a ion
by Glenn Sheehan
The men o he i s scien i ic expedi-
ion o Poin Ba ow spen wo yea s
ying o dig a hole o he bo om o he
pe ma os in 1881-1883. Se gean
Mu doch, who was asked a ha ime
wi h lea ning abou Eskimo ma e ial
cul u e, began by buying e e y hing he
U qiag ikmiu b ough o him. He
obse ed, howe e , ha people we e sell-
ing him ash, beach deb is, and an as ic
conglome a ions o bi s and pieces sewn
oge he . The ea e , awa e ha he did no
ye ha e he expe ise o ell when people
we e misunde s anding o ying o ool
him, Mu doch bough only one o any
gi en ype o a i ac .
Since hen, No h Slope Na i es and
scien is s ha e lea ned a g ea deal mo e
abou he pe ma os —and abou coope -
a ing. Much o his has come abou hanks
o he p esence o he Na al A c ic
Resea ch Labo a o y (NARL). Founded
by he Na y in 1947, NARL has been
o mally owned and ope a ed since 1989
by he Ba ow illage co po a ion,
Ukpeag ik Iñupia Co po a ion (UIC).
In Augus 1997, he 50 h Anni e sa y
Celeb a ion o NARL b ough oge he
old NARL hands om a ound he Uni ed
S a es and he No h Slope o scien i ic
pape s, eunions, and documen a ion o
accomplishmen s.
The celeb a ion was sponso ed by he
Ba ow A c ic Science Conso ium
(BASC), a local no - o -p o i o ganiza ion
ounded in 1996 o b ing scien is s and
he communi y oge he (see box page 2).
The celeb a ion’s heme, “Science in he
Communi y,” highligh ed he ac ha
much o he esea ch s aged ou o NARL
has been success ul speci ically because o
collabo a ion be ween Na i e esiden s
and scien is s.
Fo me NARL Science Di ec o Max
B ewe old o a esupply plane ha an
o he unway on an ice island esea ch
s a ion suppo ed ou o NARL. Ba ow
Elde and o me NARL Ou side and
Equipmen Fo eman Kenne h Too ak had
li le ime o ge he plane back on he
unway, and help was no a ailable. He
commen ed ha he had ne e done any-
hing like his be o e. “T ea he plane as i
i we e a whale,” he was old. Wi h ha in
mind, he hi ched up he plane and go i
back on he unway and eady o go.
Too ak, hono a y co-chai o he
NARL celeb a ion, a i med ha mu ual
espec and bene i s ha e been p esen
h oughou he yea s. Ba ow esiden s
looked o NARL o cash incomes; hey
go scien i ic and echnical educa ions a
he same ime, along wi h iendships ha
con inue oday. Scien is s we e looking o
help and ound ha hey, oo, gained
iends, colleagues, and educa ions. Some-
imes hei li es we e sa ed, hanks o he
adi ional skills and knowledge o hei
Na i e coho s.
John Kelley once ied o con ince
Too ak o ake a boa om NARL o he
ip o Poin Ba ow. Al hough he wea he
seemed a o able, Too ak old Kelley o
NSF Di ec o Neal Lane (le ) speaks wi h o me NARL Science Di ec o Max B ewe (cen e ) and Ba ow esiden
and o me ice s a ion mechanic F ankie Akpik ( igh ) du ing he NARL 50 h Anni e sa y celeb a ion. B ewe was
hono a y co-chai o he celeb a ion (pho o by Duncan Adams @ The A c ic Sounde 1997).
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Ba ow’s Iñupia Eskimos a e he only Na i es ha ha e e e dedica ed land speci ically o scien i ic esea ch. In 1992,
he Ba ow illage co po a ion, Ukpeag ik Iñupia Co po a ion (UIC), es ablished he 7,466-ac e Ba ow En i onmen al
Obse a o y (BEO). UIC has asked he Ba ow A c ic Science Conso ium (BASC) o manage he si e.
The BEO has been a ac i e o esea che s in pa because he immedia e egion has been he subjec o esea ch o 50 yea s.
Fo ins ance, pe ma os s udies based ou o NARL (see ea u e) in he 1970s ga e he i s inkling ha global wa ming migh
be aking place. A hu Lachenb uch and associa es lowe ed he mis o s down abandoned es bo e holes in he Na al Pe oleum
Rese e—Alaska (NPR-A); he esul ing da a s imula ed much o he cu en clima e esea ch h oughou he wo ld. Cu en
p ojec s on o adjacen o he BEO include:
• he Clima e Moni o ing and Diagnos ics Labo a o y (CMDL) o he Na ional Oceanog aphic and A mosphe ic Adminis a ion,
• he A mosphe ic and Radia ion Measu emen (ARM) p ojec o he U.S. Depa men o Ene gy (see Wi ness Sp ing 1997),
• he In e na ional Tund a Expe imen (ITEX, see page 5),
• he annual BEO Snow Su ey, and
• he Spec o adiome e Ne wo k (Ul a iole Spec opho ome e G ound S a ion).
Local, s a e, and ede al wildli e-managemen en i ies a e conduc ing esea ch on lands and wa e s adjacen o he BEO, and single-
season scien i ic p ojec s ha ake place h oughou he yea ha e included ac i i ies om he Uni ed S a es, Japan, and China.
BASC was ounded in 1996 o b ing scien is s and he communi y oge he . Acco dingly, BASC P esiden Richa d Glenn
chai ed he NARL 50 h anni e sa y celeb a ion, “Science in he Communi y.” In addi ion o supplying echnicians, s uden s,
and olun ee s o esea ch p ojec s, BASC akes scien is s in o he communi y. BASC is also wo king wi h he local public adio
s a ion KBRW o de elop a science se ies o s a ewide and na ional syndica ion.
To acili a e BEO esea ch, BASC is ecap u ing and making a ailable scien i ic da a gene a ed by p e ious in es iga ions.
Wi h assis ance and a g an om he No h Slope Bo ough, he Conso ium is p o iding Geog aphic In o ma ion Sys em (GIS)
mapping and o e lay da a o he BEO and icini y. BASC p o ides logis ics suppo (e.g., labo a o y space, cold and wa m
s o age, compu e hookups, all- e ain ehicles and snow mobiles, expe ienced guides, and echnical assis an s). BASC also p o ides
backg ound in o ma ion o esea che s who a e in he p oposal-w i ing s age.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac Glenn Sheehan (888/NARL-SCI o 907/852-4881; ax 907/852-4882; [email p o ec ed]).
Fea u e A icle
wai . When Kelley pe sis ed, Too ak said,
“I you go, you go alone, and don’ hink
anyone can come o look o you.” Tha
dampened Kelley’s i es jus long enough
o a majo s o m o a i e.
NARL ai o ce, g ound ehicles, and
boa s, o en unde Too ak’s di ec ion,
ha e ca ied ou many escue missions.
The spi i o wo king oge he has
pe sis ed o e ime. Almos all elde s and
middle-aged esiden s h oughou he
No h Slope ha e wo ked wi h science
p ojec s and expedi ions. Almos o a pe -
son, hey s a e ha hey alue and lea ned
om he expe ience o wo king wi h
esea che s, and hey wan oday’s young
people o ha e ha expe ience as well.
The NARL celeb a ion a i med ha
UIC-NARL is an excellen pla o m om
which o s age and suppo oday’s A c ic
esea ch p ojec s. To emphasize he poin ,
NSF Di ec o Neal Lane announced he
signing o a h ee-yea Coope a i e Ag ee-
men wi h he Ba ow A c ic Science
Conso ium (see page 12). The ag eemen
Ba ow’s En i onmen al Obse a o y and A c ic Science Conso ium
is designed o help BASC be e acili a e
A c ic science, speci ically by suppo ing
he Ba ow En i onmen al Obse a o y
(BEO), he only long- e m ecological
The 7,466-ac e Ba ow En i onmen al Obse a o y
(BEO) eas o Ba ow, Alaska has been iden i ied by he
Ukpeag ik Iñupia Co po a ion as a pe manen ly
p o ec ed a ea in o de o p o ide long- e m access o
e es ial esea ch pu poses and moni o ing (see box).
The p elimina y BEO a ea is ende ed in blue (image
cou esy o he No h Slope Bo ough/GIS 1994).
esea ch s a ion e e es ablished by Na i e
illage s o scien i ic esea ch (see box).
A o me Na y commande o NARL,
B ian Shoemake , add essed UIC saying,
“You a e main aining a i s - a e scien i ic
acili y and doing a be e job [ han when
he Na y an NARL].”
P oceedings o he NARL 50 h a e
en a i ely scheduled o publica ion.
BASC plans o make b oadcas -quali y
ideo apes o each alk, many in e iews,
and an o e iew a ailable o he public.
Audio apes o he p oceedings will o m
he basis o a syndica ed science show o
b ie spo s o be p oduced by KBRW, he
No h Slope’s public (and only) adio
s a ion, in collabo a ion wi h BASC.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac
Glenn Sheehan a UIC-NARL in Ba ow
(888/NARL-SCI o 907/852-4881;
ax 907/852-4882; [email p o ec ed]).
Glenn Sheehan is Execu i e Di ec o o he Ba ow
A c ic Science Conso ium. He ecen ly comple ed ield
wo k a Pingusug uk, Poin F anklin on a h ee-yea ,
NSF- unded a chaeological p ojec .
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A c ic esea che s in he Uni ed S a es and Russia e iewed and submi ed
commen s on he d a p ospec us o he Russian-Ame ican Ini ia i e on
Shel -Land En i onmen s in he A c ic (RAISE) in Ap il-June 1997. To p omo e
bi-na ional e alua ion o he ini ia i e, colleagues a he A c ic and An a c ic Resea ch
Ins i u e, in S . Pe e sbu g ansla ed he d a in o Russian. The documen will se e
as a guide o Ame ican and Russian scien is s o p opose collabo a i e esea ch o
NSF and he Russia Founda ion o Basic Resea ch, espec i ely.
RAISE has been es ablished o acili a e collabo a i e esea ch be ween Russian
and Ame ican scien is s in o de o unde s and p ocesses and e en s in e es ial,
shel , and ocean en i onmen s in no he n Eu asia. The p og am ocuses on he
dynamics o he coupled A c ic land-shel sys em in esponse o ex e nal o cing and
in e nal a iabili y on a a ie y o empo al and spa ial scales.
Resea che s aim o ob ain new insigh s in o he pas and u u e ole and esponse
o he Eu asian A c ic o global change. They will be unded o collec da a, analyze
en i onmen al esponses ac oss he land-shel sys em, and de elop models o
p edic ing u u e change. The e ised RAISE p ospec us is now a ailable h ough
ARCUS (In e ne and ha d copy).
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac S e e Fo man in Chicago, IL (312/413-9404;
ax 312/413-2279; [email p o ec ed]) o isi he Uni e si y o Illinois a Chicago
Depa men o Ea h and En i onmen al Sciences Web si e (h p://www.uic.edu/
dep s/geos/).
The NSF A c ic Sys em Science
(ARCSS) P og am suppo s mos ly
la ge, long- e m p ojec s; i is especially
impo an o his p og am o plan o he
u u e. The ARCSS Commi ee (AC) has
as pa o i s cha ge o ad ise he ARCSS
P og am abou con inua ion o old and
de elopmen o new p ojec s in o de o
ensu e long- e m ele ance and iabili y o
he p og am. The AC will mee 3-4 Oc o-
be 1997 in Sea le, Washing on o c ea e
an agenda o ac ion o e he nex se e al
yea s and o e iew science p io i ies.
The AC will ocus on science issues
ha span p og ams and p ojec s and ha
suppo syn hesis and in eg a ion. The
commi ee will iden i y science p io i ies
and unding s a egies, sha e hese ecom-
menda ions wi h he b oade communi y,
and ake communi y ideas in o accoun in
ecommenda ions made o NSF. Fou
hemes s a ed in he ARCSS science plan
(now in d a ) will guide he iden i ica ion
o p io i ies:
• A c ic clima e sys em and i s a iabili y,
• he ole o he A c ic in global bio-
geochemical cycling,
• s uc u e and s abili y o A c ic
ecosys ems, and
• links be ween en i onmen al change
and human ac i i y.
A he Oc obe 1997 mee ing, each
majo p og am o ARCSS will p esen
in o ma ion abou p edic ed budge
equi emen s (including logis ics needs),
ele ance o p oposed esea ch o unde -
s anding he A c ic sys em, and he
p oposed s a and du a ion o each
p ojec . AC membe s will ecommend he
phasing o new e o s wi hin cu en bud-
ge eali ies and assess he o e all p io i ies
in he con ex o ARCSS P og am goals.
The ollowing key issues will p o ide
an addi ional amewo k o discussions:
• Planning esea ch on con empo a y
p ocesses o ele ance o bo h OAII and
LAII (e.g., egional clima e changes,
la ge i e uno ).
• Planning addi ional esea ch o gain a
comp ehensi e unde s anding o pas
en i onmen al a iabili y, including
egional a iabili y, in he A c ic.
• Ex apola ing global en i onmen al
changes (e.g., combined land-ocean
eedbacks o global clima e, including
in eg a ion o A c ic p ocesses in global
clima e models).
• Coupling paleoclima e and mode n
obse a ional eco ds o imp o e quan i-
a i e econs uc ions o pas condi ions.
Calib a ion o models wi h obse a ions
o pas clima e changes and wi h s udies
o p ocesses ha ha e la ge e ec s on
clima e eedbacks.
• De eloping sha ed amewo ks o in e-
g a ed assessmen s o e ec s o en i on-
men al changes on A c ic peoples (e.g.,
combined e ec s o ma ine and e es-
ial changes on local ood supplies).
• Re lec ing global changes o he han
clima e in p edic ions o A c ic en i on-
men al changes (e.g., esou ce de elop-
men , bioaccumula ion o pe sis en
o ganic compounds, ishing).
• Linking policy al e na i es o A c ic
en i onmen al changes (e.g., common
scena ios o CO2 change, ene gy cos s).
• Including Na i e peoples in science
planning, implemen a ion, and in e p e-
a ion (e.g., Alaska Na i e Science
Commission [see page 19], egional
Na i e popula ions).
• Dissemina ing esea ch esul s o
policy and unding communi ies.
• Assessing implica ions o esea ch
esul s o ARCSS p io i ies.
• Coo dina ing iming o p og am
ini ia i es o minimize compe ing
budge demands.
The new plan, Towa d P edic ion o he
A c ic Sys em, will be pos ed o e iew
a e he mee ing and will be published
sho ly he ea e .
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac ARCSS
P og am Di ec o Mike Ledbe e (703/
306-1029; ax 703/306-0648; mledbe @
ns .go ) o AC Chai Jack K use (413/
367-2240; ax 413/367-0092; jk use@geo.
umass.edu), o see he ARCSS Web si e
(h p://a css.colo ado.edu) o he ARCUS
Web si e (h p://a cus.pola ne .com).
ARCSS P og am Upda es
ARCSS Resea ch Opens New A eas o Inqui y
Russian and Ame ican Resea che s
D a Guide o A c ic Shel -Land S udies
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• Hyd ologic Cycle o he A c ic,
• P oduc i i y and Biogeochemical
Cycles,
• Coupled Ocean-A mosphe e-Ice
Modeling, and
• Paleoceanog aphy o he A c ic.
Each wo king g oup was cha ged wi h:
• iden i ying pas accomplishmen s,
• de e mining he op wo o h ee
impo an issues in hei ield, and
• ou lining a s a egy o add essing
hese issues.
The g oups we e also encou aged
o come up wi h possible collabo a i e
e o s wi h o he OAII, ARCSS, and
in e na ional esea ch p og ams.
The mee ing epo is nea comple ion;
i s a ailabili y will be announced a he
OAII Web si e (h p://www.ccpo.odu.
edu~a css/).
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac
Lou Codispo i a he OAII Science
Managemen O ice (757/683-5770;
ax 757/683-5550; [email p o ec ed])
o OAII Science S ee ing Commi ee
Chai Jackie G ebmeie (423/974-2592;
ax 423/974-3067; [email p o ec ed]).
ARCSS P og am Upda es
Majo ac i i ies o he Ocean/A mo-
sphe e/Ice In e ac ions (OAII)
p og am du ing he las se e al mon hs
include ini ia ion o Su ace Hea Budge
o he A c ic Ocean (SHEBA) Phase II
ield wo k and collabo a i e p ojec s,
and he i s OAII All Hands Mee ing
and Planning Wo kshop.
Su ace Hea Budge o he A c ic Ocean
(SHEBA) Phase II
In Sep embe 1997, OAII will launch
he SHEBA ield expe imen by moo ing
he Canadian hea y iceb eake Des
G oseillie s in o he pack ice o he
Beau o Sea (see Wi ness Sp ing 1997).
The ship will d i wi h he ice h ough
Oc obe 1998, collec ing a se ies o key
measu emen s. Au oma ic da a buoys,
sa elli es, and obse a ions om he U.S.
Na y Subma ine A c ic Science C uise
(SCICEX) p og am (see Wi ness Sp ing
1996) and esea ch ai c a will p o ide
addi ional da a. The Canadian iceb eake
Louis S . Lau en will esco Des G oseillie s
and will p o ide helicop e suppo du ing
es ablishmen o he ice s a ion.
The ongoing SHEBA p og am is
designed o enhance unde s anding o
he he modynamic coupling be ween
he a mosphe e, sea ice, and ocean.
The p og am is ocusing on key p ocesses
ha de e mine ice albedo and cloud
adia ion eedback, and applying his
knowledge o imp o e clima e modeling.
The planned a ay o measu emen s
ep esen s he la ges coo dina ed ield
expe imen conce ning he sea ice, he
unde lying ocean, and he a mosphe e.
The esul ing da a will be analyzed ini ially
by indi idual p incipal in es iga o s and
eams o in es iga o s, and will be
o ganized in o a coo dina ed SHEBA
da a se .
SHEBA has c ea ed impo an pa ne -
ships wi h o he o ganiza ions including:
• he Depa men o Ene gy’s
A mosphe ic Radia ion Measu emen
P og am (see Wi ness Au umn 1994),
• he Na ional Ae onau ics and Space
Adminis a ion’s Fi s ISCCP Regional
Expe imen Phase III (FIRE-III) P o-
g am (see Wi ness Au umn 1994),
• he O ice o Na al Resea ch SCICEX
P og am (see Wi ness Sp ing 1996),
• he NASA RADARSAT Geophysical
P ocesso Sys em (RGPS),
• he Japan Ma ine Science and
Technology Cen e (JAMSTEC), and
• he Canadian Depa men o Fishe ies
and Oceans.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, including
upda es om he ield expe imen , isi
he SHEBA P ojec O ice Web si e
(h p://sheba.apl.washing on.edu).
All Hands Mee ing
App oxima ely 100 esea che s om
as a away as Japan pa icipa ed in he
OAII All Hands Mee ing in Vi ginia
Beach in May 1997. OAII p og ess was
summa ized in 12 plena y alks, and
esea ch esul s om OAII and o he
A c ic p og ams we e p esen ed in mo e
han 50 pos e p esen a ions. Wo king
g oups ha planned o u u e esea ch
unde he OAII aegis include:
• Su ace Hea Budge , A mosphe ic
Radia ion and Clouds,
• Ci cula ion o he A c ic Ocean,
P ojec ed ice d i om Oc obe 1997-1998. This igu e shows he p ojec ed d i o he SHEBA camp (75
°
N, 143
°
W)
using da a om he A c ic Buoy P og am om 1979-1996. The black do s show he mean d i o he camp om
1 Oc obe 1997 o 31 Oc obe 1998. T ajec o ies show he in e annual a iabili y o ice mo ion. I he camp had
been deployed in any yea om 1979 h ough 1995, he camp would ha e ollowed one o hese ajec o ies ( igu e
by Kay Runciman).
400 nm
Ope a ions a ea o SCICEX Sub
P udhoe
Ba ow
300 nm
♦♦
OAII Launches he Yea -Long SHEBA Field Expe imen
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plan esou ces o he Alaskan Coas al
Plain, o clima e wa ming.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac Pa ick
Webbe in E. Lansing, MI (517/355-1284;
ax 517/432-2150; [email p o ec ed]).
ARCSS P og am Upda es
Access o he ITEX chambe s in he Ba ow En i onmen al Obse a o y (see page 2) is designed o minimize any possible
dis u bance by he p esence o esea che s. The subs an ial boa dwalk, buil in Augus 1997, is necessi a ed by he hea y
daily a ic o scien is s, he e y long- e m na u e o he expe imen , and he sensi i i y o he und a o ampling
(pho o by Bob Hollis e ).
In June 1997, NSF awa ded LAII
unding o esea che s pa icipa ing
in he In e na ional Tund a Expe imen
(ITEX) o con inue moni o ing he
esponse o und a ege a ion on he
Alaska Coas al Plain o clima e wa ming.
The p ojec con inues and expands a
und a-wa ming expe imen in he Ba ow
En i onmen al Obse a o y (BEO),
loca ed on he A c ic coas line jus eas o
Ba ow (see page 2), and a A qasuk, 60
miles sou hwes o Ba ow. This expe i-
men has been in place in he BEO o
h ee yea s and a A qasuk o one yea .
The new g an unds he esea ch a
Ba ow and A qasuk o an addi ional
i e yea s, capi alizing on pe manen plo s
es ablished he e 25 and 27 yea s ago.
The long da a eco d a ailable om hese
Alaskan si es makes ongoing moni o ing
a highly aluable con ibu ion o he
in e na ional e o o de ec long- e m
clima e change.
ITEX si es a e loca ed a 26 si es in 11
coun ies including all he A c ic na ions
(see Wi ness Sp ing 1997). ITEX seeks o
quan i y and imp o e he unde s anding
o sho - e m and long- e m esponses o
und a ege a ion o annual a ia ion o
and inc ease in empe a u e. The da a
gene a ed will be used o imp o e p edic-
ion o he esponse o A c ic lo a and
ege a ion, including some impo an
ITEX Ex ends Long-Te m Resea ch in he BEO
• Pas and u u e changes wi hin
he A c ic sys em.
• Sus ainabili y o he A c ic sys em
unde global change.
P oposals we e due 15 Sep embe
1997. One subp og am, he In e na ional
Tund a Expe imen (ITEX), is cu en ly
suppo ed (see a icle his page) and was
no a pa o his compe i ion.
A new documen a y highligh ing LAII
esea ch, The Changing A c ic, has jus
been comple ed by he Public B oadcas ing
Se ice a ilia e KUAC-TV in Fai banks.
NSF unded ilming du ing he 1995
ield season.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac Pa icia
Ande son in Fai banks, AK (907/474-
5698; ax 907/474-6722; pa icia@
gi.alaska.edu) o isi he LAII Web si e
(h p://www-cgc.ua adm.alaska.edu/laii/).
A he Land/A mosphe e/Ice In e -
ac ions (LAII) Syn hesis Wo kshop
held in June 1997 on O cas Island in
Washing on, 25 LAII in es iga o s
wo ked o in eg a e and consolida e
LAII esul s o da e.
W i ing sessions, discussions, and
deba es illed in de ails o d a pape s,
p epa ed in ad ance by key au ho s, on
opics ha had been de e mined a he
Ma ch 1997 LAII Science Wo kshop held
in Sea le. Pape s based on he e ised
d a s will be submi ed o publica ion
be o e he end o he yea .
The LAII syn hesis pape s a e lis ed
on heLAII Web si e (see add ess below).
A second, la e phase o he syn hesis
e o will u he consolida e he pape s.
The new LAII Plan o Ac ion, pub-
lished in Ma ch 1997, is a ailable on
LAII Resea che s Syn hesizing Insigh s and Resul s
he LAII Websi e. The plan se s ou
he signi ican esea ch p io i ies and
o e all LAII goal— o enhance ou unde -
s anding o he land, a mosphe e, and ice
in e ac ions in he A c ic sys em, he ole
ha hese p ocesses play in he whole
ea h sys em, and he e ec ha global
change may ha e on he A c ic. The new
plan aims o ad ance LAII as a mo e
in eg a ed esea ch p og am in he u u e
(see Wi ness Au umn 1996).
Towa d ha end, NSF dissemina ed a
new LAII Announcemen o Oppo uni y
in June 1997 add essing he ou in e -
disciplina y hemes o LAII:
• De ec ion and analysis o global
change.
• Ci cumpola ex apola ion o clima e
eedbacks om A c ic e es ial
sys ems.

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he glaciological communi y is now
conside ing o he si es o ice-co e eco ds.
GISP2 ep esen a i es o he ARCSS
Commi ee (see page 3) will submi a
p oposal a he Oc obe 1997 mee ing o
change he name “GISP2” o “A c ic Ice
Co es,” o be e ep esen he u u e
in e es o he glaciological communi y.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, see he GISP2
Web si e (h p://www.gisp2.s .umh.edu/
GISP2) o con ac Ma k Twickle ,
Associa e Di ec o o he GISP2 Science
Managemen O ice in Du ham, NH
(603/862-1991; ax 603/862-2124;
[email p o ec ed]).
S a es, Canada, and Russia. The pu pose
o he wo kshop is o examine and
syn hesize he cu en s a e o knowledge
o la e-Cenozoic paleoen i onmen s o
Be ingia. These indings will be used o
sugges an agenda o u u e Be ingian
esea ch, ocusing on he sui abili y o new
echniques o answe ongoing esea ch
ques ions, and pinpoin ing po en ially
impo an aspec s o esea ch ha ha e
been lacking o unde - ep esen ed in
Be ingia. P oceedings will be published
in a special issue o Qua e na y
Science Re iews.
Fo mo e in o ma ion abou he
wo kshop, con ac Sco Elias in Boulde ,
CO (303/492-5158; ax 303/492-6388;
[email p o ec ed]) o Julie
B igham-G e e in Amhe s , MA
(413/545-4840; ax 413/545-1200;
[email p o ec ed]).
The annual PALE p incipal in es iga-
o s mee ing will be held in ea ly Feb ua y
1998 in Boulde , Colo ado.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, isi he PALE
Web si e (h p://www.ngdc.noaa.go /
paleo/pale/index.h ml), o con ac Randy
M ugala a he PALE Science Manage-
men O ice (303/492-0246; ax 303/492-
6388; [email p o ec ed]).
ARCSS P og am Upda es
PALE Con ibu es o Ci cumpola Da a Se s
GISP2 Communi y Se s Sigh s on New A c ic Co es
In Decembe 1996, he G eenland Ice
Shee P ojec 2 (GISP2) held i s inal
o mal GISP2 wo kshop in Napa, Cali o -
nia. This mee ing b ough oge he
in es iga o s who ha e been wo king on
he GISP2 p ojec since he i s d illing
season in 1989 (see Wi ness Sp ing 1997).
Mo e han 130 scien i ic pape s ha e been
published as a esul o GISP2.
Al hough he GISP2 ield p ojec is
winding down, in es iga o s a e con inu-
ing o sample he ice co e a he Na ional
Ice Co e Labo a o y in Den e . Mo e han
5,000 samples ha e been analyzed in he
pas yea and se e al p ojec s ha e been
unded o u he in es iga ion o he
GISP2 co e o enhance ou unde s anding
o he clima e sys em.
In No embe 1997, he Join Jou nal
o Geophysical Resea ch (JGR)-A mosphe e/
Oceans Special Issue on he G eenland Ice
Co es will be published. This issue will
con ain 47 a icles on GISP2 and he
Eu opean G eenland Ice Co e P ojec
(GRIP). A he elease o he JGR Special
Issue, he Na ional Snow and Ice Da a
Cen e (NSIDC) and he Na ional
Geophysical Da a Cen e (NGDC), along
wi h GISP2 and GRIP, will be eleasing
a CD-ROM con aining da a and in o ma-
ion abou he wo d illing p ojec s.
Wi h GISP2 nea ing comple ion,
Fo he pas se e al yea s, Paleoclima es
om A c ic Lakes and Es ua ies
(PALE) has ocused i s ield p og ams
in wo p ima y egions: Be ingia and
he no hwes A lan ic Ocean. PALE has
a ge ed he land, con inen al shel es, and
ma ginal seas in hese wo egions in o de
o de elop a densi y o si es adequa e o
enable meaning ul da a-model compa i-
sons. A he same ime, da abase and mod-
eling e o s ha e ad anced o capi alize on
he new si e-speci ic da a being p oduced.
To e alua e he ole o he en i e A c ic
in he global clima e sys em, PALE joined
o ces wi h he in e na ional A c ic paleo-
science communi y o c ea e Ci cum-
A c ic PaleoEn i onmen s (CAPE) in
1995 (see Wi ness Au umn 1996). CAPE’s
pilo p ojec , he in e ac i e Paleoen i on-
men al A las o Be ingia, became a ailable
o use on he In e ne in Sp ing 1997
(h p://www.ngdc.noaa.go /paleo/pale/
a las.h ml) (see Wi ness Sp ing 1997).
An upda ed and mo e comple e e sion
is due in Win e 1998.
CAPE is cu en ly examining he
spa ial and empo al pa e ns o en i on-
men al change in he A c ic du ing he
Holocene. This wo k began in Lammi,
Finland in Ap il 1997 a he i s mee ing
o he CAPE Holocene P ojec . Nea ly 40
A c ic esea che s om Canada, Denma k,
Finland, Ge many, Iceland, No way,
Russia, Sweden, Uni ed Kingdom, and
he Uni ed S a es a ended he mee ing.
The g oup e alua ed he spa ial
pa e ns o ege a ion econs uc ions and
in e ed summe empe a u es in 1,000-
yea ime slices, concen a ing on 6,000
and 10,000 yea s ago. Compa able ma ine
econs uc ions we e hampe ed by he
limi ed dis ibu ion o well da ed co es,
he di e si y o he p oxies used, and he
di icul y in di e en ia ing pola wa e
masses ou side he a ea o A lan ic
wa e in luence.
Colo maps indica ing ela i e magni-
ude and di ec ions o change in summe
empe a u es a 6,000 and 10,000 yea s
ago we e compiled om app oxima ely
400 si es. S ong spa ial pa e ns eme ged
ha a e la gely conco dan wi h ends
desc ibed by he AGCM simula ions.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, isi he CAPE
Web si e (h p://www.ngdc.noaa.go /
paleo/cape/TOC.h m).
PALE and he NSF O ice o Pola
P og ams a e sponso ing a wo kshop on
Paleoen i onmen s o Be ingia, 20-23
Sep embe 1997 in Flo issan , Colo ado.
The in e disciplina y mee ing in ol es
geologis s, biologis s, clima ologis s, pale-
on ologis s, a chaeologis s, paleoecologis s,
and paleoceanog aphe s om he Uni ed
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by acqui ing om he U.S. Na y
equipmen su icien o suppo ou o
i e emo e camps o up o 20 people
(e.g., Wea he po buildings, hea e s,
gene a o s, snow machines, sleds). The
equipmen was used by he Na y o
suppo ice camps; i will now be used o
suppo NSF- unded e es ial/icecap
ield p og ams. Pa o he equipmen is
being used by he Su ace Hea Budge o
he A c ic Ocean (SHEBA, see page 4)
p og am. PICO adminis e s he
equipmen pool wi h guidance om NSF.
NSF has also collabo a ed wi h he
O ice o Na al Resea ch (ONR) o lease
a s o age, main enance, and s aging acili y
a TAB. NSF has eques ed addi ional
buildings he e o o ice and
labo a o y space.
These ecen de elopmen s a Thule,
oge he wi h NSF’s long-s anding
coope a ion wi h he Ai Na ional Gua d
o hea y ai li and he PICO base a he
KISS acili y, a e designed o p o ide a
solid base o suppo o A c ic esea ch
in G eenland.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac Simona
Gilbe a NSF (703/306-1029; ax 703/
306-0648; [email p o ec ed]).
Na ional Science Founda ion News
NSF Acquisi ions Suppo Yea -Round Access in G eenland
In July 1997, NSF acqui ed equipmen
and building space a Thule Ai Base in
no hwes G eenland. The mo e upg ades
he si e so ha i can se e as a solid
logis ic cen e o yea - ound, high-A c ic
s udies in no he n G eenland and on he
A c ic Ocean ice cap. NSF will main ain
he new capabili y a Thule only i he
A c ic esea ch communi y can make
good use o he in es men .
Thule Ai Base
Thule Ai Base (TAB) is a ela i ely
la ge mili a y ins alla ion on he no hwes
coas o G eenland (77°N) wi h ex ensi e
yea - ound housing and s o age acili ies.
A la ge oad ne wo k suppo s he old
missile launch si es le o e om he
Cold Wa . Logis ical and echnical
suppo is a ailable om con ac o s,
a helicop e , he Pola Ice Co ing O ice
(PICO), and G eenland Ai .
TAB is loca ed on a peninsula be ween
Ba in Bay and he G eenland Ice Shee .
La ge ac s o he su ounding landscape
a e undis u bed pola dese , semi-dese ,
species- ich pola oases, and we sedge
ecosys ems adjacen o eshwa e lakes.
NSF would like o hea abou po en ial
applica ions o he Thule logis ics hub, so
ha a decision can be made whe he o
main ain suppo a his no he n si e,
o o ans e equipmen o he PICO
logis ics acili y in sou he n G eenland.
PICO p o ides adminis a i e, enginee -
ing, and logis ics suppo o ice-co ing
p ojec s wo ldwide. I s U.S. o ices a e
loca ed in Lincoln, Neb aska; i s logis ics
acili y is based a he Kange lussuaq
In e na ional Science Suppo acili y
(KISS, see Wi ness Sp ing 1997),
o me ly he Sondes om Ai Base,
in sou he n G eenland.
G eenland as an A c ic Resea ch Base
The pe ennially ozen and seasonally
ice- ee egions o G eenland and i s
neighbo ing seas ha e a ac ed g owing
a en ion as a p ime base o s udy o he
ea h’s biological, geophysical, chemical,
and sociocul u al p ocesses and he
in e ac ions o ocean, land, a mosphe ic,
biological, and human sys ems.
G eenland and i s seas a e cha ac e is i-
cally ei he pe manen ly ozen o
signi ican ly chilled by he cu en s ha
link he A c ic o he No h A lan ic
Oceans. The ice-co e ed inland a ea,
whe e he ice eaches hicknesses o up o
wo miles, s e ches 1500 miles no h- o-
sou h and 600 miles eas - o-wes . The ice-
ee coas al egion, which is a imes as
wide as 120 miles, spans 131,900 squa e
miles. This egion is in e sec ed by deep
jo ds ha connec he inland ice a ea
wi h he sea.
Enhancing Logis ical Suppo
Since i s es ablishmen in 1979,
he G eenland Home Rule Go e nmen
has wo ked wi h he Commission o
Scien i ic Resea ch in G eenland, g an ing
U.S. scien is s pe mission o conduc
esea ch in many a eas in G eenland
(see Wi ness Sp ing 1997). In ea ly June
1997, ep esen a i es o he G eenland
Home Rule Go e nmen , Danish Pola
Cen e , and NSF me o discuss cu en
p ojec s and u u e scien i ic collabo a ion
in G eenland.
Encou aged by hese discussions, NSF
mo ed o imp o e logis ical suppo o
scien i ic esea ch in no he n G eenland
and on he d i ing ice o he A c ic Ocean
NSF A c ic Sys em Science P og am Di ec o Mike Ledbe e and Iman s Vi snieks o he Space and Na al Wa a e
Sys ems Command du ing he ans e o equipmen and building space a Thule Ai Base in G eenland (pho o by
Tom Pyle).
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A mosphe ic Adminis a ion (NOAA)
and he Na ional Ae onau ics and Space
Adminis a ion (NASA), as well as NSF.
Da a collec ed h ough GLOBE a e
a ailable o he public. GLOBE also o e s
aining o eache s and eache - aine s
in implemen ing his p og am, aking
i s measu emen s, and using he lea ning
ac i i ies ha complemen he hands-on
p ocess o collec ing he measu emen s.
In o ma ion esou ces a ailable on-line
include g aphic displays o some da a and
GLOBEMail, a web-based mail sys em
ha allows p og am pa icipan s a ound
he wo ld o communica e wi h
one ano he .
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac
GLOBE ([email p o ec ed];
h p://www.globe.go ) o isi NSF’s
online in o ma ion se ice (h p://www.
ns .go /cgi-bin/ge pub?ns 97129).
Na ional Science Founda ion News
In ea ly Sep embe 1997, John B. Hun became Ac ing Di ec o o he O ice o Pola P og ams
(OPP). He comes o his in e im posi ion om he Di ec o a e o Ma hema ical and Physical
Sciences (MPS) a NSF, whe e he has held posi ions o inc easing esponsibili y as P og am
Di ec o , Execu i e O ice o MPS, Execu i e O ice o he Di ision o Chemis y (1990-1995),
Ac ing Di ision Di ec o (1993-1994), and Ac ing Assis an Di ec o o MPS (1996-1997).
P io o joining he NSF Chemis y Di ision as a isi ing scien is in 1983, Hun was
P o esso o Chemis y a he Ca holic Uni e si y o Ame ica, whe e he had se ed as a acul y
membe since 1962. His esea ch a Ca holic Uni e si y deal la gely wi h mechanisms o
eac ions o ansi ion me al complexes. Following a sabba ical a he Na ional Ins i u es o
Heal h (NIH) in 1971-72, Hun also collabo a ed wi h NIH esea che s on me al ion-p o ein
in e ac ions. The mos ecen pape om his collabo a ion, published in 1990, deal wi h zinc
ion binding o he egula o y subuni o aspa a e ansca bamoylase.
Hun se ed as a consul an o he Elec ochemis y Di ision o he Na al O dinance
Labo a o y om 1966-1972 in he a ea o used sal ba e ies. He was a consul an o he Red
C oss Blood Se ices Labo a o y om 1973-1983 on esea ch ela ed o blood pla ele s. Fo se en
yea s, he was a membe o he Boa d o Di ec o s o he Ma ine Science Conso ium a Wallops
Island, Vi ginia, whe e he also augh cou ses in chemical oceanog aphy. Hun has also se ed as a
membe o he S a egic Ad iso y Commi ee o he Council o Chemical Resea ch.
Hun ecei ed his unde g adua e educa ion a Tulane Uni e si y (B.S. in Chemis y, 1955), an M.S. deg ee in ino ganic
chemis y om Geo ge own Uni e si y (1960), and a Ph.D. in ino ganic chemis y om he Uni e si y o Chicago (1962).
His ou yea s as a na al o ice included wo yea s on he USS Iowa and wo yea s eaching chemis y a he U.S. Na al Academy.
Hun can be eached a NSF/OPP in A ling on, VA (703/306-1030; ax 703/306-0645; [email p o ec ed]).
NSF Seeks GLOBE P oposals Engaging S uden s in Science
NSF is seeking p oposals om
scien is -educa o eams o
pa icipa e in he Global Lea ning and
Obse a ions o Bene i he En i onmen
(GLOBE) p og am. P oposals a e due by
15 Oc obe 1997.
The GLOBE p og am suppo s
p ojec s designed o inc ease:
• scien i ic unde s anding o he ea h,
• s uden achie emen in science and
ma hema ics, and
• en i onmen al awa eness.
The p og am cu en ly in ol es K-12
s uden s a o e 1,500 schools who make
en i onmen al obse a ions ollowing
es ablished esea ch p o ocols and hen
epo hei da a ia he In e ne o he
GLOBE S uden Da a A chi e.
As i s name sugges s, GLOBE is
designed o und collabo a ion a ound
he wo ld. U.S. ins i u ions, esea che s,
educa o s, and s uden s a e encou aged
o o m eams wi h hei coun e pa s in
John Hun Becomes Ac ing Di ec o
o NSF O ice o Pola P og ams
o he coun ies. NSF will und he
pa icipa ing U.S. ins i u ions o up o
ou yea s beginning in May 1998.
Fo scien i ic in ol emen in GLOBE,
eams mus p opose o:
• conduc en i onmen al esea ch using
GLOBE s uden da a, and
• assume esponsibili y o one o mo e
exis ing o new GLOBE measu emen
p o ocols.
Teams will be expec ed o help main-
ain and imp o e he science, educa ion,
and e alua ion ac i i ies o he p og am.
P oposals should include objec i es o:
• de elop lea ning ac i i ies in suppo
o GLOBE measu emen s,
• de elop U.S. s uden -assessmen ools
o op ional use by eache s,
• de elop and in eg a e educa ional
ma e ials, and
• e alua e he p og am.
GLOBE is an in e agency p og am
in ol ing he Na ional Oceanic and
John B. Hun
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• To wha ex en will i enhance he
in as uc u e o esea ch and educa-
ion, such as acili ies, ins umen a ion,
ne wo ks, and pa ne ships?
• Will he esul s be dissemina ed b oadly
o enhance scien i ic and echnological
unde s anding?
• Wha may be he bene i s o he
p oposed ac i i y o socie y?
Re iewe s will now be asked o:
• add ess a gi en p oposal’s s eng hs
and weaknesses as hey ela e o any
o all o he conside a ions lis ed unde
each c i e ion,
• p o ide an o e all a ing, and
• p o ide a b ie summa y s a emen
ha includes commen s on he ela i e
impo ance o he wo c i e ia o
hei a ing.
Addi ional backg ound in o ma ion abou
his change, including he NSB’s esolu-
ion and he epo on which i is based,
can be ound a (h p://www.ns .go /
home/nsb/documen .h m).
P oposals ecei ed by he NSF
P oposal P ocessing Uni a e assigned o
he app op ia e NSF p og am o acknow-
ledgmen . All p oposals ha mee NSF
equi emen s a e ca e ully e iewed by a
scien is , enginee , o educa o se ing as
an NSF P og am O ice , and usually by
h ee o en o he pe sons ou side NSF
who a e expe s in he pa icula ield
ep esen ed by he p oposal.
P opose s a e in i ed o sugges names
o pe sons hey belie e a e especially well
quali ied o e iew he p oposal o pe sons
whom hey would p e e no e iew he
p oposal. These sugges ions may se e as
one sou ce in he e iewe -selec ion
p ocess a he P og am O ice ’s
disc e ion. P og am O ice s may ob ain
commen s om assembled e iew panels
o om si e isi s be o e ecommending
inal ac ion on p oposals. Recommenda-
ions o awa ds a e u he e iewed by
senio NSF s a .
Fo mo e in o ma ion, consul he
NSF Web si e (h p://www.ns .go /)
o con ac he app op ia e A c ic Sec ion
p og am manage in A ling on, VA
(703/306-1029; ax 703/306-0648;
[email p o ec ed]).
In Augus 1997, NSF announced publica ion o an upda ed G an P oposal Guide
(GPG) and P oposal Fo ms Ki ha inco po a e changes in he p oposal- e iew
c i e ia (see a icle his page, and Publica ions page 23). The new e sion o he GPG
becomes e ec i e 1 Oc obe 1997. The comple e ex , including all o ms, is a ailable
a he NSF web si e (h p://www.ns .go ).
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac he NSF Policy O ice, Di ision o Con ac s,
Policy and O e sigh (703/306-1243; ax 703/306-0280; [email p o ec ed]).
New Da es o
A c ic P og am P oposals
The ecen ly e ised Guidelines o Submission o P oposals o he A c ic Science
P og am has no ye been o icially app o ed o elease. When i appea s, i
will con ain new a ge da es o p oposals: 1 Feb ua y and 1 Augus . Du ing he
1997-98 ansi ion, gene al a ge da es will be 15 Decembe 1997 and 1 Feb ua y
1998; he Social Sciences P og am, howe e , will no ha e a Feb ua y 1998 a ge .
The change is being made o accommoda e imp o ed A c ic logis ics capabili ies
(see pages 7 and 14) and o be e coo dina e wi h o he NSF p og ams. P opose s
should mee he Feb ua y a ge da e o he yea be o e he p oposed ield wo k,
i hey a e eques ing:
• ship ime on Uni e si y-Na ional Oceanog aphic Labo a o y Sys em
(UNOLS) ships,
• ship ime on he new esea ch iceb eake USCGC Healy, o
• access o G eenland si es needing hea y ai li capabili y o he Ai
Na ional Gua d.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac he app op ia e A c ic Sec ion p og am manage
in A ling on, VA (703/306-1029; ax 703/306-0648; [email p o ec ed]).
Na ional Science Founda ion News
New NSF P oposal Guidelines Published
NSF Adop s New P oposal-Re iew C i e ia
In Ma ch 1997, he Na ional Science
Boa d (NSB) app o ed new c i e ia o
e iewing p oposals o NSF, e ec i e
1 Oc obe 1997. The NSB adop ed he
ollowing wo c i e ia in place o he ou
c i e ia ha we e used be o e:
(1)Wha is he in ellec ual me i o he
p oposed ac i i y?
• How impo an is he p oposed ac i i y
o ad ancing knowledge and unde -
s anding wi hin i s own ield and ac oss
di e en ields?
• How well quali ied is he p opose
(indi idual o eam) o conduc he
p ojec ? (I app op ia e, please commen
on he quali y o p io wo k.)
• To wha ex en does he p oposed
ac i i y sugges and explo e c ea i e
and o iginal concep s?
• How well concei ed and o ganized
is he p oposed ac i i y?
• Is he e su icien access o esou ces?
(2)Wha a e he b oade impac s o he
p oposed ac i i y?
• How well does he ac i i y ad ance
disco e y and unde s anding while
p omo ing eaching, aining, and
lea ning?
• How well does he p oposed ac i i y
b oaden he pa icipa ion o
unde ep esen ed g oups (e.g., gende ,
e hnici y, geog aphic)?
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• people a e p oud o he esul s and
he e o e own hem; and
• e alua ion indings a e being used in
local heal h-se ice managemen and
policy decisions.
These e alua ion echniques can be
used by o he esea che s wo king o
inc ease pa icipa ion o se ice ecipien s
in emo e, cul u ally dis inc communi ies.
The o de ly, quali a i e p ocess engages
illage s as ac i e pa icipan s in he
e alua ion. Thei pe cep ions can hen be
used o assess he eliabili y and alidi y o
quan i a i e e alua ion echniques.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac B ian
Saylo a he Ins i u e o Ci cumpola
Heal h S udies, Uni e si y o Alaska
Ancho age (907/786-4024; ax 907/786-
4019; [email p o ec ed]) o Joan
Hamil on a Chemical Misuse T ea men
and Reco e y Se ices in Be hel, AK
(907/543-6760 o 800/450-2822;
ax 907/543-6712).
he A c ic Ocean basin, including he
ec onic de elopmen o he egion.
The da a- elease plan, ecen ly
app o ed by he Chie o Na al
Ope a ions (CNO), is he p oduc o a
coope a i e e o by he U.S. Depa men
o S a e, he Di ec o o he Subma ine
Wa a e Di ision, he Oceanog aphe
o he Na y on he CNO’s s a , and
he USARC.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac Ga y
B ass a he USARC in A ling on, VA
(703/525-0111; ax 703/525-0114;
[email p o ec ed]) o Lieu enan Joe
Walke a he U.S. Na y O ice o
In o ma ion a he Pen agon in A ling on,
VA (703/697-5342; ax 703/695-5318).
Recipien s as Resea che s: Village s E alua e Se ices
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25 Yea s o A c ic Sub Ba hyme ic Da a Declassi ied
In Augus 1997, he U.S. Na y and
he U.S. A c ic Resea ch Commission
(USARC, see page 11) announced an
ag eemen o declassi y he la ges quan i y
o A c ic Ocean ba hyme ic da a in
his o y. The new in o ma ion will inc ease
by en- old he da a a ailable o ci ilian
esea che s and he public wo ldwide
ega ding he opog aphy o he ice-
co e ed A c ic Basin.
The da a se s o o e 120,000 nau ical
miles o ack in he 5.5 million-squa e-
mile A c ic Ocean we e collec ed by U.S.
Na y nuclea subma ines om 1957-1982
du ing ou ine ope a ions in he A c ic.
Subma ines, unde way con inuously,
cons i u e an ideal pla o m o collec ing
his aluable eco d. The da a include:
• wa e dep h,
• la i ude and longi ude,
• gene al ime ame,
• ype o bo om sounde , and
• na iga ion sys em used.
Con igu ing he i s ba ch o
declassi ied da a in o a o ma ha can be
used by he scien i ic communi y will ake
app oxima ely six mon hs. When eleased,
he da a will help answe a numbe o
signi ican ques ions. I will be use ul o :
• imp o ing he accu acy o
hyd og aphic cha s,
• e ining models o A c ic Ocean
ci cula ion,
• enhancing he unde s anding o
global clima e, and
• p edic ing he anspo o
con aminan s.
The da a will assis scien is s in unde -
s anding he geological s uc u e o
he A c ic and he geologic his o y o
Residen s in he sou hwes Alaskan
communi ies o Hoope Bay,
Scammon Bay, and Che ak ha e been
engaged in a new p ocess o e alua ing
se ices a ailable in hei illages. They
ha e pa icipa ed in a quali a i e e alua-
ion o he accessibili y, accep abili y, and
quali y o subs ance-abuse ea men using
a p ocess de eloped by esea che s a he
Uni e si y o Alaska Ancho age’s Ins i u e
o Ci cumpola Heal h S udies.
Residen s we e asked o help e alua e a
pilo p og am ha selec ed and ained six
illage s in 1994 o p o ide subs ance-
abuse ea men se ices in he h ee u al
communi ies. The illage s we e ained
o p o ide se ices based on adi ional
Yup’ik and Cup’ik Eskimo cus oms
and p ac ices a he han hose based
exclusi ely on Wes e n subs ance-abuse
ea men app oaches. Each local p og am
elies hea ily on he ad ice o local policy
s ee ing commi ees.
Tha pilo p og am has been suppo ed
by g an unds om he ede al Cen e o
Subs ance Abuse T ea men in Rock ille,
Ma yland and sponso ed by he egional
Yukon-Kuskokwim Heal h Co po a ion
headqua e ed in he sou hwes Alaska hub
communi y o Be hel.
Residen s o he h ee illages ha e
now suppo ed a igo ous e alua ion o he
se ices ecei ed unde his demons a ion
g an . The p ocedu e de eloped o his
e alua ion includes:
• ocus g oups designed o answe
ques ions o majo in e es o bo h he
illage s and ede al unding agencies;
• ideo aped in e iews eques ed on
he basis o insigh s om ocusg oups;
• p oduc ion o a 50-minu e ideo ape
desc ibing in he se ice ecipien s’
own wo ds how he p og am is
being ecei ed.
Feedback om p og am pa icipan s
sugges s ha :
• quali a i e e alua ion me hods
de eloped o his p ojec con o m o
Yup’ik and Cup’ik cul u al expec a ions
and cus oms;
• pa icipa ing communi ies do no eel
in aded by esea che s;
• illage s eel ha hei oice is being
hea d in hei assessmen o he
accessibili y, accep abili y, and quali y
o he p og ams p o ided;

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G ea B i ain, made a i e-yea , hal -
billion-dolla challenge g an o Ame ican
public schools ( he Annenbe g Challenge).
He subsequen ly es ablished ano he
$50,000,000 und, known as he Annen-
be g Ru al Challenge, in ligh o compel-
ling e idence ha a na ional school e o m
e o , o be e ec i e, mus include u al
schools. One hi d o he na ion’s schools
a e u al, and a qua e o he na ion’s
s uden s and eache s mee in u al
schools. The Ru al Challenge unded
AKRSI as pa o a na ional ne wo k com-
mi ed o ans o ming u al educa ion.
The AKRSI is dedica ed o sys emic
e o m h ough he in eg a ion o Alaska
Na i e and Wes e n scien i ic knowledge
in o educa ional sys ems h oughou
Alaska. AKRSI has de eloped he Alaska
Na i e Knowledge Ne wo k (ANKN) o
help compile and exchange in o ma ion
ela ed o knowledge sys ems and ways o
knowing ha Alaska Na i es ha e acqui ed
h ough cumula i e expe ience o e
Science News
In Sp ing 1997, he A c ic scien i ic
communi y ep esen ed by ARCUS,
and he Alaska Na i e communi y
ep esen ed by he Alaska Fede a ion o
Na i es (AFN) and i s Ru al Sys emic
Ini ia i e (AKRSI), launched a pa ne -
ship o coo dina e science-educa ion
ini ia i es. ARCUS and AFN a e
collabo a ing h ough a Memo andum o
Ag eemen in a p ojec o imp o e access
o locally p oduced cu iculum esou ces
o u al schools in Alaska. Sean Topkok
assumed he posi ion o Indigenous
Cu iculum Specialis wi h ARCUS in
Ap il 1997 and began o compile, ca alog,
and dissemina e he olume o ma e ial
ha has been p oduced o e ime.
The AKRSI is a i e-yea p ojec
unded in 1994 (see Wi ness Sp ing 1995),
in pa by he NSF Educa ional Sys em
Re o m P og ams, and in pa by he
Annenbe g Ru al Challenge.
In 1993, he Hono able Wal e A.
Annenbe g, o me U.S. ambassado o
millennia. ANKN in ends o make such
in o ma ion a ailable o Na i e people,
go e nmen agencies, educa o s, and he
gene al public.
A da abase o cu iculum esou ces
compiled by he Indigenous Cu iculum
p ojec since Ap il 1997 is now a ailable
a he ANKN Web si e lis ed below.
The cu iculum esou ces included in
he da abase illus a e ways in which indig-
enous and Wes e n knowledge sys ems can
be applied in schools h ough a balanced,
comp ehensi e, and cul u ally aligned
cu iculum amewo k adap able o local
ci cums ances. The esou ces will help
eache s and s uden s connec he knowl-
edge, skills, and ways o knowing necessa y
o a illage li elihood wi h hose e lec ed
in he school cu iculum.
The da abase esou ces a e ca aloged
by aspec s o li e in u al Alaska a ound
which school cu icula can be o ganized.
The wel e hemes a e:
• Family,
• Language/Communica ion,
• Cul u al Exp ession,
• T ibe/Communi y,
• Heal h/Wellness,
• Li ing in Place,
• Ou doo Su i al,
• Subsis ence,
• Alaska Na i e Claims Se lemen Ac ,
• Applied Technology,
• Ene gy/Ecology, and
• Explo ing Ho izons.
AKRSI also is de eloping cul u al
s anda ds—guidelines o ela ing class-
oom lea ning o s uden s’ expe iences
in he cul u al and physical en i onmen
ou side o school. D a cul u al s anda ds
pe ain o:
• lea ning expe iences o he s uden ,
• composi ion o he cu iculum,
• p ac ices o he eache , and
• con ex o he school i sel .
The s anda ds a e being dis ibu ed o
e iew and will be p oposed o adop ion
a a con e ence o Na i e educa o s in Feb-
ua y 1998. The d a cul u al s anda ds
a e a ailable on he ANKN Web si e
(h p://www.ua .edu/ankn) and om Sean
Topkok a ANKN (907/474-5897; ax
907/474-5615; [email p o ec ed]).
Ba ow Hos s Science Educa ion Assembly
O e 30 scien is s, educa o s, pa en s, and No h Slope communi y membe s
ga he ed in Ba ow, Alaska in Augus 1997 o e lec on he impo ance o
science educa ion in he A c ic. The A c ic Science Educa ion Con e ence, sponso ed
by Ilisag ik College and he Alaska Ru al Sys emic Ini ia i e (see a icle his page),
was held in conjunc ion wi h “Science in he Communi y,” he 50 h anni e sa y
o he Na al A c ic Resea ch Labo a o y (NARL, see ea u e).
The goal o he Con e ence—˝ o de elop speci ic ecommenda ions, guidelines,
and echniques o educa ing No h Slope s uden s in he sciences in o he 21s cen u y
while main aining a sensi i i y o he cul u al he i age o he Iñupia li es yle˝—
was emphasized by Alaska No h Slope Bo ough (NSB) Mayo Ben Nageak
in his opening add ess on he alue o science educa ion o he Bo ough.
P esen a ions, ep esen ing many oices, included in o ma ion on:
• science educa ion om a Na i e Ame ican pe spec i e;
• s anda ds-based educa ion and Alaska s a e educa ion ini ia i es;
• new de elopmen s in A c ic science educa ion om a scien i ic pe spec i e; and
• cu iculum esou ces o A c ic science educa ion.
Pa icipan s discussed he kinds o science educa ion cu en ly a ailable and wha
hey would like o see in hei espec i e communi ies. The day closed wi h a dis illa-
ion o salien poin s om h ee pa icipan s—a Ba ow esiden and business leade ,
he head o he NSB Depa men o Wildli e Managemen , and a leading scien is . A
planned epo will p o ide guidelines o u u e A c ic science educa ion endea o s.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac F ank Willingham, Ilisag ik College, (907/852-
9176; ax 907/852-1146; [email p o ec ed]).
Pa ne ship Fo med o De elop Indigenous Cu icula
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o he science plan, hey will e iew:
• p io i ies o he exis ing p og am,
• goals and objec i es se o h in A c ic
Social Science: An Agenda o Ac ion,
• ecommenda ions om he wo kshop
on T adi ional Knowledge Sys ems in he
A c ic con ened by ANSC in Ma ch
1997 (see Wi ness Sp ing 1997), and
• o he ecommenda ions o he
conduc o A c ic social science.
The new plan is en isioned o be a
se o dynamic ecommenda ions subjec
o con inuing e olu ion as esea ch is
conduc ed, new ques ions eme ge, and
p io i ies shi o add ess changing needs.
ARCUS has been asked by NSF o
con ene he Oc obe 1997 wo kshop and
coo dina e publica ion o he science plan.
The d a plan will be pos ed on he
ARCUS Web si e o communi y e iew
and commen p io o publica ion.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac
A c ic Social Sciences P og am Manage
Fae Ko smo (see box his page) o ARCUS
(907/474-1600; ax 907/474-1604;
[email p o ec ed]; h p://
a cus.pola ne .com).
Fae L. Ko smo will become he new A c ic Social Sciences P og am Manage a
NSF beginning 1 Oc obe 1997. Ko smo comes o he new posi ion om he
Uni e si y o Alaska Fai banks (UAF), whe e she has been Associa e P o esso and
Chai o he Poli ical Science Depa men .
Ko smo’s esea ch in e es s ha e in ol ed compa a i e indigenous igh s in he
ci cumpola No h, ocusing on cons i u ional issues and land claims. Ongoing
esea ch includes he in luence o he In e na ional Geophysical Yea (1957-58)
on in e na ional ela ions and domes ic poli ics in he A c ic. Ano he opic o
con inuing esea ch encompasses he human dimensions o global change.
Fo he pas yea , Ko smo has o ganized and di ec ed he Social Science Resea ch
G oup a UAF, wi h he pu pose o encou aging in e disciplina y esea ch and
cu iculum de elopmen . She plans o os e in e disciplina y app oaches a NSF,
in eg a ing social science and educa ional elemen s wi h he na u al and physical
sciences. He goals also include s eng hening ela ionships be ween esea ch
communi ies and local popula ions.
Ko smo can be eached in Washing on, DC (703/306-1029; ax 703/306-0648;
[email p o ec ed]; a e 1 Oc obe 1997, [email p o ec ed]).
A c ic Social Sciences Wo kshop o De elop Science Plan
Ko smo Becomes New A c ic Social Sciences
P og am Manage a NSF
Science News
A pp oxima ely 25 in i ed pa icipan s
will mee in la e Oc obe 1997 a
an NSF- unded wo kshop in Sea le,
Washing on o p epa e a comp ehensi e
science plan o he O ice o Pola
P og ams A c ic Social Sciences P og am.
The A c ic Social Sciences P og am
was ini ia ed by NSF in 1990 in esponse
o A c ic Social Science: An Agenda o
Ac ion, published by he Na ional
Resea ch Council in 1989 and ela ing
o all ede al agencies. Tha epo
sugges ed ha esea ch was necessa y in
h ee majo a eas:
• apid social change,
• communi y iabili y, and
• human/en i onmen in e ac ions.
The mul idisciplina y and in e disci-
plina y p og am ha de eloped acco ding
o he epo ’s ecommenda ions encom-
passes all social sciences suppo ed by
NSF, including an h opology, a chaeol-
ogy, economics, geog aphy, linguis ics,
poli ical science, psychology, sociology,
and ela ed subjec s.
The p og am has been success ul in
many a eas, suppo ing p ojec s ha ha e
p oduced signi ican and much needed
knowledge abou he p ehis o y o he
A c ic and he cul u al li e o indigenous
peoples. Many o hese s udies a e impo -
an in unde s anding en i onmen al and
clima e change, and help make p edic ions
abou u u e global change (see Wi ness
Au umn 1994 and Au umn 1995).
The A c ic Social Sciences P og am
has also suppo ed impo an collabo a-
ions and pa ne ships, including coope a-
ion be ween U.S. and in e na ional
scien is s, esea che s and indigenous
peoples, social and na u al scien is s,
and social scien is s and schools.
In addi ion, he p og am has unded
non- esea ch ac i i ies ha g ea ly impac
he conduc o social science in he A c ic.
Fo example, suppo p o ided o he
es ablishmen o he Alaska Na i e
Science Commission (ANSC, see page 19)
has helped o s eng hen connec ions and
communica ions be ween scien is s and
Na i e communi ies and g oups.
An In e na ional Di ec o y o A c ic
Social Scien is s published in Sp ing 1997
(see Publica ions page 23) has al eady
p o en in aluable in helping esea che s
om a ious social science disciplines,
and na u al and social scien is s, o m
collabo a i e ela ionships.
A g owing awa eness o needs ha a e,
as ye , inadequa ely add essed is p omp ing
a call o addi ional esea ch. A en ion o
cu en poli ical, social, economic, and
en i onmen al issues could con ibu e
insigh s highly ele an o he immedia e
u u e o hose li ing in he A c ic.
Acco dingly, he p io i ies o he
1989 Agenda o Ac ion will be e isi ed by
wo kshop pa icipan s in Oc obe 1997.
The wo kshop planning p ocess will
add ess he di e si y o social science
disciplines and esea che s suppo ed by
he p og am. In i ed pa icipan s ep esen
a b oad a ay o pe spec i es and a a ie y
o disciplines, including hose ha ypi y
he p og am’s signi ican accomplishmen s
and impo an gaps in unde s anding.
Pa icipan s ha e been asked o d a a
comp ehensi e science plan ha will p o-
ide a amewo k o ongoing de elopmen
o he social science esea ch p og am.
In o de o de elop ecommenda ions
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execu i e di ec o o many non-p o i
o ganiza ions; P esiden o Calis a
Co po a ion, a Na i e egional co po a-
ion; and P esiden o ESCA Co po a ion,
an ea h-science and emo e sensing
consul ing company.
Michael Pede son, an Iñupia Eskimo
om Ba ow, holds he Na u al Resou ces
sea . He wo ks as he Na u al Resou ces
Specialis o he A c ic Slope Na i e
Associa ion. He is a membe o Eugene
B owe ’s whaling c ew, has wo ked wi h
he Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission,
and has pa icipa ed in mee ings o he
In e na ional Whaling Commission.
Pede son is also in ol ed in cul u al
esou ce issues, including epa ia ion o
human emains and a i ac s.
Anne M. Walke ills he Heal h sea
on he Commission. Bo n in Ko zebue,
Walke ea ned he M.A. in Public Heal h
Science in 1981 and became Execu i e
Di ec o o he Alaska Na i e Heal h
Boa d in 1990.
ANSC is cu en ly adminis e ing he
ollowing p ojec s:
• Social T ansi ion in he No h,
• Con amina ion o Subsis ence
Foods Ha es , and
• wo kshops on T adi ional Knowledge
Sys ems in he A c ic.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac Pa icia
Longley Coch an (907/786-7704; ax
907/786-7739; [email p o ec ed]).
Science News
Alaska Na i e Science Commission Ins alls Se en
In June 1997, he Alaska Na i e Science
Commission (ANSC) o icially ins alled
se en commissione s a a public ecep ion
in Ancho age, Alaska.
ANSC was c ea ed in 1994 o b ing
esea ch and science in o pa ne ship wi h
Alaska’s Na i e communi y. The commu-
ni y mobilized a e Sena o Mu kowski’s
May 1993 keyno e add ess a he A c ic
Con amina ion Con e ence e iewed
decades o Cold Wa esea ch including
P ojec Cha io (see Wi ness Win e 1993)
and iodine expe imen s on Na i e esi-
den s (see Wi ness Sp ing 1996). In ligh
o Mu kowski’s alk, Alaskan Na i es
esol ed o become ac i ely in ol ed in
scien i ic esea ch, o become awa e and
in o med o science in es iga ing Na i e
li es and en i onmen , and o ensu e ha
science conduc ed in Alaska occu s wi h
he knowledge, coope a ion, and
unde s anding o he Na i e communi y.
In 1994, NSF p o ided a po ion o
he unding ha es ablished ANSC. The
o ganiza ion’s mission is “ o endo se and
suppo esea ch ha enhances and
pe pe ua es Alaska Na i e cul u es, and
ensu es he p o ec ion o indigenous
cul u es and in ellec ual p ope y.”
Following is a b ie in oduc ion o he
indi iduals who ill he se en ANSC sea s.
Elaine Ab aham holds he Teache sea
on he Commission. She is a esiden o
Yaku a , whe e she was bo n and aised in
he adi ional Tlingi manne . Ab aham
has a nu sing deg ee; an M.A. in Teach-
ing; and addi ional deg ees in human
esou ces de elopmen , Na i e linguis ics,
and an h opology. She o ganized he
sou heas Alaska p og am ha became
he model o he s a ewide Alaska Na i e
Heal h Aide P og am, and has played a
key ole in many o he ini ia i es. Be ween
1976 and 1996, Ab aham se ed as Vice-
P esiden o Ru al Educa ion A ai s,
Coo dina o o Na i e S uden Se ices,
and Associa e P o esso a he Uni e si y
o Alaska (UA).
Dolo es “Dolly” Ga za holds he
Scien is sea . She is Associa e P o esso o
he UA Ma ine Ad iso y P og am. She has
applied he knowledge o subsis ence p ac-
ices, he cul u al skills and alues, and he
academic aining (including a Ph.D. in
Ma ine Policy) o subsis ence manage-
men , ma ine mammal managemen ,
and ma ine sa e y wo k in wes e n and
sou heas Alaska.
Richa d Glenn ills he A c ic Science
sea . Glenn is P esiden o he Ba ow
A c ic Science Conso ium (see page 2);
an ARCUS boa d membe ; and a membe
o he Ilisag ik College Boa d o T us ees,
he Na i e Ame ican Science Educa ion
Commission, and he U.S. A c ic Resea ch
Commission (see page 11). Glenn holds
an M.A. in Geology om he Uni e si y
o Alaska Fai banks (UAF) and has
ex ensi e p o essional ield expe ience.
Paul John holds he Elde ’s sea on he
Commission. A Na i e o Toksook Bay,
he is dis inguished by his i s -hand
knowledge o na u al science om a
Yup’ik wo ld iew and his e ec i e educa-
ional wo k wi h bo h he young and old.
John has wo ked wi h egional leade s o
inco po a e local pe spec i e and
wo ld iew in o managemen plans ha
a ec he esou ces upon which he and his
communi y depend.
Osca Kawagley ills he Educa ion
sea . A Na i e o Be hel whose i s
language is Yup’ik, Kawagley ea ned a
Ph.D. om he Uni e si y o B i ish
Columbia and is now an Associa e
P o esso o Educa ion a UAF. His long
his o y o leade ship includes se ice as
ANSC ins alled i s i s Commissione s in June 1997. They a e (second om le o igh ) Michael Pede son, Dolly
Ga za, Anne Walke , and Osca Kawagley; (sea ed) Paul John and Elaine Ab aham; (missing) Richa d Glenn. They
a e joined in his pho o by ( a le ) Uni e si y o Alaska Chancello Lee Go such; and ( a igh ) Alaska Fede a ion o
Na i es Vice-P esiden Do o hy La son, o me NSF A c ic Social Sciences P og am Di ec o Ca ole Sey i , and ANSC
Execu i e Di ec o Pa icia Longley Coch an (pho o cou esy o ANSC).
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• e ec s o clima e change on ecosys ems.
IARC esea ch p io i ies ha e jus been
made a ailable o e iew (see page 22).
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac Pa icia
Ande son (907/474-5698; ax 907/474-
6722; [email p o ec ed]) o Gun e
Welle (907/474-7371; ax 907/474-7290;
[email p o ec ed]).
The Na ional Oceanic and A mo-
sphe ic Adminis a ion (NOAA)
expec s o con inue unding i s A c ic
Resea ch Ini ia i e (ARI) in 1998 a he
le el o $1-1.5 million. The Coope a i e
Ins i u e o A c ic Resea ch (CIFAR) a
he Uni e si y o Alaska Fai banks will
con inue o adminis e he p og am o
NOAA (see Wi ness Sp ing 1997).
CIFAR plans o elease he new
announcemen o oppo uni y in Oc obe
1997. De ails o esea ch conduc ed since
he Ini ia i e was launched in 1997, and
u u e plans will be discussed a a mee ing
in Sea le on 9-10 Oc obe 1997 (see
Calenda page 23). P oposals will be due
in Decembe 1997; unds will be alloca ed
in Ma ch 1998.
The o e all goal o he ARI is o
add ess he ollowing na ional A c ic
policy objec i es:
• p o ec he A c ic en i onmen and
conse e i s biological esou ces,
• assu e ha na u al esou ce managemen
and economic de elopmen a e
en i onmen ally sus ainable,
• s eng hen ins i u ions o in e na ional
coope a ion, and
• in ol e he egion’s indigenous people
in decisions ha a ec hem.
In iscal yea 1997, he ARI p og am
ocused on he heal h o he Be ing Sea/
Wes e n A c ic ecosys em, in pa icula :
(1)Na u al a iabili y o he Be ing Sea/
Wes e n A c ic ecosys em
• p ocesses and ecosys em p oduc ion
in he Be ing Sea g een bel ;
• a mosphe e-ice p ocesses ha
in luence ecosys em a iabili y; and
• a mosphe ic, cloud, and bounda y-
laye p ocesses.
(2)An h opogenic in luences on he
Be ing Sea/Wes e n A c ic ecosys em
• A c ic haze, ozone, and UV lux;
• con aminan sou ces, a e, and e ec s
on he ecosys em.
The 1998 p og am is expec ed o be
somewha mo e ambi ious in objec i e
and scope. In addi ion o add essing
he scien i ic a eas iden i ied in 1997,
he Ini ia i e will s i e o emb ace
esea ch needs iden i ied in science
planning o he A c ic Moni o ing and
Assessmen P og am (AMAP, see page 9)
and o he In e na ional A c ic Resea ch
Cen e (see page 22). AMAP esea ch
needs all in o h ee a eas:
• moni o ing, da a collec ion, exchange
o da a on he impac s and assessmen
o con aminan s and hei pa hways;
• inc eased UV-B adia ion due o
s a osphe ic ozone deple ion; and
NOAA A c ic Resea ch Ini ia i e Ex ends in o 1998
Science News
The second o 18 egional wo kshops
designed o colla e in o ma ion and
conce ns ega ding clima e change and i s
consequences o he Uni ed S a es ook
place in Alaska in June 1997. The wo k-
shop on Impac s o Global Change on he
Wes e n A c ic/Be ing Sea Region
(Mackenzie Ri e o Lena Ri e ) b ough
oge he app oxima ely 100 esea che s
and s akeholde s om Canada, Japan,
Russia, and he Uni ed S a es.
The esul ing assessmen will
con ibu e o h ee la ge assessmen s:
• a na ional scien i ic assessmen called o
in he Global Change Resea ch Ac o
1990 and sponso ed by he U.S. Global
Change Resea ch P og am (USGCRP),
• a ci cum-A c ic assessmen sponso ed by
he In e na ional A c ic Science Com-
mi ee (see Wi ness Au umn 1996), and
• a global assessmen conduc ed by he
In e go e nmen al Panel on Clima e
Change (IPCC).
The na ional assessmen , due o be com-
ple ed in 1999, will con ibu e a summa y
o an icipa ed consequences o he Uni ed
S a es o he global assessmen .
The USGCRP was es ablished in 1989
“ o inc ease unde s anding o he Ea h
sys em and, hus, p o ide a sound scien-
i ic basis o na ional and in e na ional
decisionmaking on global change issues.”
The p og am is cu en ly ocused on:
• clima e a iabili y (seasonal-in e annual);
• clima e change (decades-cen u ies);
• changes in ozone, UV adia ion,
and a mosphe ic chemis y; and
• changes in land co e and e es ial
and aqua ic ecosys ems.
The egional wo kshops a e designed
o examine he ulne abili y o a ious
egions o he Uni ed S a es o long- e m
change, pa icula ly clima e a iabili y and
clima e change. The wo kshops a e:
• e iewing and upda ing coa se impac
assessmen s compiled om p e ious
wo kshops;
• educa ing s akeholde s;
• solici ing s akeholde s’ conce ns abou
he possible impac s o global change
in he egion;
• de ining a esea ch agenda o u he
imp o e he impac assessmen s; and
• de eloping suppo o s a egies o
cope wi h any ad e se impac s.
A na ional o um on Clima e Change
Impac s 12-13 No embe 1997 in Wash-
ing on, DC will conside inpu om he
se en egional assessmen s conduc ed in
1997 and ocus on iden i ying c oss-
cu ing ques ions.
The Wes e n A c ic/Be ing Sea wo k-
shop was unded by NSF and he U.S.
Depa men o he In e io as pa o he
ci cum-A c ic s udy (see Wi ness Au umn
1996). Fo mo e in o ma ion, see he
Be ing Sea Impac S udy (BESIS) Web
si e (h p://www-cgc.ua adm.alaska.edu/
besis) o con ac Gun e Welle , Di ec o
o he Cen e o Global Change and
A c ic Sys em Resea ch in Fai banks, AK
(907/474-7371; ax 907/474-6722;
[email p o ec ed]).
Fo mo e in o ma ion abou he
na ional science assessmen , con ac
he USGCRP Coo dina ion O ice in
Washing on, DC (202/488-8650; ax
202/488-8681; egional.wo kshops@
usgc p.go ; h p://www.usgc p.go ).
Regional Su eys Assess Change
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Change and Ca ying Capaci y P og am
(CCCC), Be ing Sea Impac s S udy
(see Wi ness Au umn 1996),
•na ional s udies—Be ing Sea Fishe ies-
Oceanog aphy Coo dina ed In es iga-
ions (FOCI), Sou heas Be ing Sea
Ca ying Capaci y, Be ing Sea Ecosys-
em S udy (see Wi ness Au umn 1996),
•in e na ional s udies—PICES/GLOBEC,
Japanese and Russian p og ams.
All o hese p og ams ha e ield-da a
collec ion componen s and a e in a
posi ion o con ibu e o, and bene i
om, he me ada abase.
Fo mo e in o ma ion o o con ibu e
da a, egis e a he Me ada abase Web si e
(h p://www.pmel.noaa.go /be ing/mdb/),
o con ac Be n Meg ey a NOAA/Alaska
Fishe ies Science Cen e in Sea le, WA
(206/526-4147; ax 206/526-6723;
[email p o ec ed]) o Allen Macklin
a NOAA/PMEL in Sea le (206/526-
6798; ax 206/526-6485; macklin@pmel.
noaa.go ).
Ci cumpola peoples ha e u ged he
science communi y o conduc esea ch
adhe ing o he highes s anda ds o
(1) p o essional esponsibili y and
(2) accoun abili y o hose a ec ed by
his esea ch. Resea ch conduc ed in his
manne becomes a pa o communi y
de elopmen and communi y ac ion.
This is in acco dance wi h IASSA’s
Guiding P inciples o E hics o he Conduc
o Resea ch, guidelines o de eloping
esea ch pa ne ships based on he p in-
ciples o in o med consen , accoun abili y,
and mu ual espec . The In e na ional
A c ic Social Sciences Associa ion (IASSA)
has, hus, s essed he signi icance o
including ep esen a i es o use
communi ies in he con e ence.
Sugges ions o sessions a e welcome
be o e 1 Oc obe 1997, and abs ac s
be o e 15 Feb ua y 1998.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac
F ank Seje sen a he IASSA Sec e a ia
in Copenhagen (+45 32 88 01 67; ax
+45 32 88 01 61; [email p o ec ed]).
In e na ional Ac i i ies
Con e ence o Focus on Cul u e, E hics, Sel -De e mina ion
Fo millennia, ci cumpola socie ies
ha e adap ed and esponded o en i-
onmen al and social changes and shown
g ea esiliency. The pace and in ensi y o
his change has inc eased d ama ically du -
ing he 20 h cen u y. Ci cumpola peoples
ha e esponded in complica ed and a ied
ways. They ha e also ini ia ed cul u al,
social, and economic changes o imp o e
li elihoods and c ea e new possibili ies o
p esen and u u e gene a ions. Such
sel -ini ia ed changes pe ade he local,
na ional, and in e na ional communi ies.
Changes in he Ci cumpola No h—
Cul u e, E hics, and Sel -De e mina ion
will be he subjec o he Thi d In e na-
ional Cong ess o A c ic Social Sciences
(ICASS III). The Con e ence con enes
21-23 May 1998 in Copenhagen,
Denma k (see Calenda page 23).
Th ee majo sessions a e planned:
• Indigenous and Local Knowledge,
• Social Viabili y and Cul u al
Con inui y, and
• Poli ical Dynamics, Go e nance,
and Sel -De e mina ion.
In 1996, he Na ional Resea ch
Council’s Repo on he Be ing Sea
Ecosys em lagged he lack o a comp ehen-
si e da abase as he majo impedimen o
s udying he Be ing Sea (see Wi ness
Au umn 1996).
To add ess his de iciency, he
Na ional Oceanic and A mosphe ic
Adminis a ion’s (NOAA’s) En i onmen-
al Se ices Da a In o ma ion Manage-
men has unded Be na d Meg ey (NOAA
Alaska Fishe ies Science Cen e ) and Allen
Macklin (NOAA Paci ic Ma ine
En i onmen al Labo a o y) o compile a
Be ing Sea Ecosys em Me ada abase.
The in en o y will include physical
and biological da a ha will help esea ch-
e s, manage s, s uden s, ishe men, and
he gene al public in es iga e and unde -
s and he complex ecosys em o he Be ing
Sea. Da a will be a ailable h ough a ious
mechanisms, including he In e ne .
Physical and biological da a ha
al eady ha e been collec ed include:
NOAA Funds Comp ehensi e Be ing Sea Da abase
• single-poin and g idded ime se ies,
• epe i i e obse a ions om ea h-
o bi ing sa elli es,
• ocean su eys o physical and biological
oceanog aphic signi icance,
• specimen collec ions, and
• his o ical eco ds o animal
popula ion changes.
While some da a each back h ough he
las cen u y, he Be ing Sea has been he
subjec o much close sc u iny du ing he
las wo decades by such majo esea ch
p og ams as he Ou e Con inen al Shel
En i onmen al Assessmen P og am
(OCSEAP) and P ocesses and Resou ces
o he Be ing Sea Shel (PROBES). E en
mo e ecen ly, he egion’s economic and
biological signi icance has p o ided
impe us o he p oli e a ion o a numbe
o ac i e esea ch e o s including:
• egional s udies—No h Paci ic Ma ine
Science O ganiza ion (PICES)/Global
Ocean Ecosys ems Dynamics Resea ch
(GLOBEC) In e na ional Clima e
In May 1997, he In e na ional A c ic Science Commi ee (IASC) elec ed Da id J.
D ew y as i s new P esiden . D ew y, a glaciologis , is Di ec o o Resea ch and
Technology a he Na u al En i onmen Resea ch Council, Uni ed Kingdom. He
has p e iously been Di ec o o he Sco Pola Resea ch Ins i u e and he B i ish
An a c ic Su ey, bo h in he Uni ed Kingdom.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, con ac Odd Rogne a he IASC Sec e a ia in Oslo,
No way (+47-22959600; ax +47-22959601; [email p o ec ed]).
New IASC Di ec o

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In e na ional
P og am
in
Global
Change
P edic ion Opens
A he beginning o 1997, Japan
c ea ed he F on ie P og am, o
he s udy o global change p edic ion.
Unde he F on ie P og am, he Japanese
Go e nmen will cons uc i e esea ch
cen e s— h ee in Japan and wo in he
Uni ed S a es. One o he U.S. cen e s,
he In e na ional Paci ic Resea ch Cen e
in Hawaii, will concen a e on clima e
issues in he wes e n Paci ic egion, espe-
cially on he El Niño-Sou he n Oscilla ion
and he Asia-Paci ic monsoon. The o he
cen e , he In e na ional A c ic Resea ch
Cen e (IARC), is housed a he Uni e -
si y o Alaska Fai banks (UAF). These
U.S.-based cen e s will be join ly planned
and implemen ed by he Japanese and
U.S. go e nmen s.
De elopmen o he F on ie P og am
ma ks he beginning o scien i ic planning
o IARC ac i i ies ha will combine U.S.
and Japanese A c ic esea ch esou ces
and in e es s.
In e na ional A c ic Resea ch Cen e
IARC is designed o se e as headqua -
e s in which expe s can sha e knowledge
abou a a ie y o na u al phenomena ha
occu in he A c ic, pa icula ly wi hin he
con ex o clima e change.
C ea ion o he 100,000 squa e- oo
building a UAF began in 1994 wi h a
p oposal om he Uni e si y o Alaska
(UA) o he Japanese Go e nmen o
pa icipa e in he cons uc ion and use
o A c ic esea ch acili ies in Alaska
(see Wi ness Sp ing 1996). This p oposal
led o he cons uc ion o Building I
(“I” o In e na ional) a UAF. The i s
phase o he cons uc ion p ojec ook
place du ing he summe o 1995;
he scheduled comple ion da e is
Decembe 1998.
The $30 million p ojec is unded by
he Go e nmen o Japan, he S a e o
Alaska, he Ci y o No h Pole, UAF
bond sales, and p i a e dona ions.
Scien is s plan o occupy he building
in ea ly 1999. Among he i s o mo e
in o he building will be he Fai banks
Fo ecas O ice o he Na ional Wea he
Se ice; and he Geophysical Ins i u e’s
Kei h B. Ma he Lib a y, A mosphe ic
In e na ional Ac i i ies
Science G oup, GeoDa a Cen e , and
Map O ice.
Japanese agencies scheduled o occupy
he building include he Na ional
Resea ch Ins i u e o Ea h Science and
Disas e P e en ion.
Ini ia i es o be add essed a he IARC
will include:
• A c ic Clima e,
• A c ic Hyd ologic Cycle,
• Global Wa ming,
• A mosphe ic Compounds,
• A c ic Ecosys ems,
• Tec onic Haza ds in he A c ic Region,
• Socio-Economic Impac s o Global
Change in he A c ic, and
• Middle and Uppe A mosphe e.
The d a IARC Science Plan is
a ailable a he Web si e lis ed below.
In e na ional Adminis a ion
IARC is an o ganiza ion wi hin UAF
wi h i s own di ec o and in e nal UAF
ad iso y commi ee. In e agency o e sigh
will be ca ied ou by he IARC Imple-
men a ion Commi ee (IARC-IC) which
consis s o ep esen a i es om he
U.S. and Japanese go e nmen agencies
sponso ing esea ch a he Cen e . The IC
is chai ed by Ga y B ass o he U.S.
A c ic Resea ch Commission (USARC,
see page 11) and Eiichi Mu o o he
Japanese Science and Technology
Agency (STA).
A Scien i ic Ad iso y Commi ee
(SAC) o Japanese, U.S., and o he
in e na ional expe scien is s will se e as
scien i ic ad iso s o he IARC and he IC;
his commi ee will also e iew he annual
science plan submi ed o he IC by
he Cen e .
The IARC-IC in u n epo s o he
Join Council on Global Change (JC)
chai ed by Bob Co ell, Assis an Di ec o
o NSF’s Geosciences Di ec o a e, and
Tsuyoshi Ma uyama, Di ec o o Ocean
and Ea h Di ision o STA.
Fo mo e in o ma ion, see he Cen e
o Global Change and A c ic Sys em
Resea ch Web si e (h p://www~cgc.
ua adm.alaska.edu/ia c) o con ac Ga y
B ass a he USARC in A ling on, VA
(800/287-6722 o 703/525-0111;
ax 703/525-0114; [email p o ec ed]).
The lags o Japan and he Uni ed S a es moun ed high on he building’s s uc u al amewo k signi y he collabo a ion
aking place, as cons uc ion p oceeds on he new In e na ional A c ic Resea ch Cen e (IARC) a he Uni e si y o
Alaska Fai banks in July 1997. IARC will be physically a ached o he Geophysical Ins i u e building on he igh
(pho o by Syun Akaso u).
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A c ic Pollu ion Issues: A S a e o he A c ic En i onmen Repo . June 1997. AMAP. Oslo,
No way. 188 p. (+47 22 57 36 36; ax +47 22 67 67 06; h p://www.g ida.no/amap).
In e na ional Di ec o y o A c ic Social Scien is s. Ma ch 1997. NSF. Washing on, DC.
221 p. (703/306-1029; ax 703/306-0648; h p://www.ns .go ).
Logis ics Recommenda ions o an Imp o ed U.S. A c ic Resea ch Capabili y. July 1997.
ARCUS. Fai banks, AK. 88 p. (907/474-1600; ax 907/474-1604;
[email p o ec ed]; h p://a cus.pola ne .com).
NSF G an P oposal Guidelines and P oposal Fo ms Ki . Augus 1997. NSF. Washing-
on, DC. (703/306-1243; ax 703/306-0280; [email p o ec ed]; h p://www.ns .go ).
People and he A c ic—A P ospec us o Resea ch on he Human Dimensions o he A c ic
Sys em. May 1997. ARCUS. Fai banks, AK. 75 p.
Publica ions
ARCUS
600 Uni e si y A enue, Sui e 1
Fai banks, Alaska 99709 USA
Phone: 907/474-1600
Fax: 907/474-1604
[email p o ec ed]
h p://a cus.pola ne .com
Execu i e O ice
Wendy K. Wa nick
ARCUS is a nonp o i o ganiza ion
consis ing o ins i u ions o ganized
and ope a ed o educa ional,
p o essional, o scien i ic pu poses.
ARCUS was es ablished by i s
membe ins i u ions in 1988 wi h
he p ima y mission o s eng hening
A c ic esea ch o mee na ional needs.
ARCUS ac i i ies a e unded h ough
a coope a i e ag eemen wi h NSF;
by DOE, USARC, AFN; and by
membe ship dues.
Wi ness he A c ic is published
biannually by ARCUS. Any opinions,
indings, conclusions, o ecommen-
da ions exp essed in his publica ion
do no necessa ily e lec he iews o
NSF. Submi ideas o he Sp ing
1998 newsle e by 1 Feb ua y 1998.
Con ibu o s: D. Adams, K. Ahgeak,
S. Akaso u, P.A. Ande son, P.M. Ande son,
L. Ay es, R. Ba nha d , R.Bou ke, G. B ass,
L. B igham, J. B igham-G e e, A. Ca e ,
P. Longley Coch an, L. Codispo i,
T. DeLaca, C. El ing, N. Flande s,
S. Fo man, S. Gilbe , R. Glenn,
J. G ebmeie , R.Hollis e , J. Hun ,
F. Ko smo, M. MacC acken, A.Macklin,
G. Mille , J.Mo ison, R. M ugala, N. Lane,
T. Pyle, O. Rogne, K. Runciman, B. Saylo ,
F. Seje sen, C. Sey i , G.Sheehan, A. and
S. Topkok, W. Tucke , M. Twickle ,
I. Vi snieks, P. Webbe , G.Welle .
Managing Edi o : Wendy Wa nick
Edi o /Designe : Ma y Peale
Technical Suppo : Michael Sha p
Copy Edi o : Diane Wallace
wi .ness (wi nis) n. 1.a. One who has hea d
o seen some hing. b. One who u nishes
e idence. 2. Any hing ha se es as
e idence; a sign. 3. An a es a ion o a ac ,
s a emen , o e en . —- . . 1. To be
p esen a o ha e pe sonal knowledge o . 2.
To p o ide o se e as e idence o . 3. To
es i y o; bea wi ness. —-in . To u nish
o se e as e idence; es i y. [Middle English
wi nes(se), Old English wi nes, wi ness,
knowledge, om wi , knowledge, wi .]
Sep embe 24-27, 1997 48 h Annual AAAS A c ic Science Con e ence. Valdez, Alaska.
Con ac Linda Ba ke a he Uni e si y o Alaska Fai banks (907/474-7531; ax 907/
474-5863; [email p o ec ed]).
Oc obe 9-10, 1997 A c ic Resea ch Ini ia i e (ARI) Mee ing. Sea le, Washing on.
Na ional Oceanic and A mosphe ic Adminis a ion (NOAA). Con ac Pa icia A.
Ande son a he Coope a i e Ins i u e o A c ic Resea ch (CIFAR) in Fai banks, Alaska
(907/474-5698; ax 907/474-6722; [email p o ec ed]).
Oc obe 27-31, 1997 Fi s In e na ional Con e ence on Re-Analyses. Sil e Sp ing,
Ma yland. Con ac he In e na ional GEWEX P ojec O ice in Sil e Sp ing, Ma yland
(301/427-2089 ex . 33; ax 301/427-2222; [email p o ec ed]).
No embe 3-6, 1997 Con e ence on Pola P ocesses and Global Clima e. O cas Island,
Washing on. A c ic Clima e Sys em S udy (ACSYS) o he WCRP. Con ac To dis
Villinge in Oslo, No way (+47 22 95 73; ax +47 22 95 96 01; [email p o ec ed]).
No embe 7-8, 1997 Communi y De elopmen F om he Inside Ou . Calga y, Albe a,
Canada. Con ac Heidi Hoe nig a No he n Planning and De elopmen S udies, The
A c ic Ins i u e o No h Ame ica, Uni e si y o Calga y (403/220-4051; ax 403/282-
4609; [email p o ec ed]).
No embe 10-12, 1997 S udy o A c ic Change. Sea le, Washing on. A c ic Sys ems
Science (ARCSS) sec ion o he NSF O ice o Pola P og ams. Con ac Peggy Ha man
a he Pola Science Cen e in Sea le (206/543-6613; ax 206/543-3521;
[email p o ec ed]) and copy Jamie Mo ison (206/543-1394; ax 206/543-
3521; [email p o ec ed]).
No embe 15-16, 1997 OAII Science S ee ing Commi ee Fall Mee ing (open o he
communi y, ou side o he execu i e session pe iods). Knox ille, Tennessee. See he
OAII Web si e (h p://www.a css-oaii.ccpo.odu.edu) o con ac Jackie G ebmeie
(423/974-2592; ax 423/974-3067; [email p o ec ed]).
Decembe 8-12, 1997 The Ame ican Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Mee ing. San
F ancisco, Cali o nia. Con ac AGU Mee ings Depa men (202/462-6910, ex . 291 o
800/966-2481; ax 202/328-0566; [email p o ec ed]; h p://www.agu.o g).
Ap il 19-23, 1998 Pas Global Changes and Thei Signi icance o he Fu u e. London,
England. Con ac F ank Old ield, Execu i e Di ec o , a he IGBP PAGES In e na-
ional P ojec O ice in Be n, Swi ze land (+41 31 312 3133; ax +41 31 312 3168;
[email p o ec ed]; h p://www.pages.unibe.ch/pages.h ml).
May 21-23, 1998 Changes in he Ci cumpola No h: Cul u e, E hics and Sel -
De e mina ion. Copenhagen, Denma k. Thi d In e na ional Cong ess o A c ic Social
Sciences (ICASS III). Con ac F ank Seje sen a he IASSA Sec e a ia in Copenhagen
(+45 32 88 01 67; ax +45 32 88 01 61; [email p o ec ed]).
Check he ARCUS Web si e Calenda (h p://a cus.pola ne .com) o mo e...
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Fai banks, AK
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A c ic
Resea ch
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o he
Uni ed S a es
600 Uni e si y
A enue,
Sui e 1
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Inside
Fea u e 1
ARCSS P og am Upda es 3
NSF News 7
U.S. A c ic Resea ch Commission11
Pola Resea ch Boa d 11
Capi ol Upda es 12
A c ic Policy News 13
Science News 14
In e na ional Ac i i ies 21
Calenda & Publica ions 23
Some yea s ago, I was doing esea ch a
he Na ional A chi es in Washing on,
DC. As I was wai ing o my ma e ial,
I s uck up a con e sa ion wi h he pe son
s anding in on o me. He asked abou
my opic. I old him ha i was ede al
policy owa d p e-Wo ld Wa II A c ic
Alaska. “My,” he said, “wha an
obscu e opic.”
Wi hin ARCUS, we equen ly discuss
how o aise he na ional policy p o ile o
A c ic esea ch. All oo o en, we hea ha
i is an obscu e opic. Public unding o
science canno be buil en i ely on he
logic o scien i ic disco e y. Publicly
unded science mus —a leas occasionally
—show esul s ha he public can unde -
s and. Examples come h ough he news
o exis ing disco e ies ha cap u e public
a en ion. One is emp ed o seek such
a en ion o A c ic esea ch. One can
spend conside able ime ying o igu e
ou wha s o ies will cap u e he
media’s imagina ion.
The dange is, howe e , in c ea ing
sensa ional s o ies buil on shaky science.
Examples ha e a isen whe e he p obabili-
ies associa ed wi h each link in a chain o
a gumen make he conclusions—and he
newswo hy s o y— hin. The weakes link
can be be ween media in e es and ac ual
impo ance o people’s li es. Do we eally
need o know ha li e migh —migh —
ha e exis ed on Ma s a he han such
hings as whe he ou plane will be able
o suppo li e in he u u e? Publici y can
di ec in es iga ions owa d u he hin
esul s a he han s eng hening less
in e es ing links.
Mos obus esul s equi e yeoman
se ice o scien i ic wo k. Science is an
accumula ion o knowledge buil -up o e
gene a ions. GISP2 has been an excellen
example o pola esea ch ha can d aw
public a en ion, bu do so on a ame o
solid science. In u h, he A c ic science
communi y will no ind many oppo uni-
ies like he G eenland Ice Shee . In e es -
ing esul s ake a g ea e wo k. Each link
in he chain needs o be suppo ed.
Mos in he scien i ic communi y,
and many in he p ess, unde s and he
need o bo h exci ing esul s and obscu e
bu essen ial wo k. We can ne e know
be o ehand wha we need o know.
Conce n a ises when go e nmen o i-
cials, om sena o s o p og am manage s,
alk abou he need o exci ing esul s.
A c ic esea ch needs o ollow he logic o
scien i ic disco e y. Decisionmake s need
o see he impo ance o no mal science—
e en when i seems expensi e bu obscu e.
The con inuing end is owa d in e -
disciplina y esea ch wi hin he A c ic,
esea ch ha can a leas d aw immedia e
connec ions o la ge sys ems and,
possibly, human a ai s. We can show
he ex ao dina y in he no mal.
ARCSS Add esses Au umn 1997
Published by he A c ic Resea ch Conso ium o he Uni ed S a es • 600 Uni e si y A enue • Sui e 1 • Fai banks, AK 99709
ARCSS Commi ee
Jack K use, Chai
Ins i u e o Social and Economic Resea ch
Uni e si y o Alaska Ancho age
117 N. Le e e Road
Le e e , MA 01054
Phone: 413/367-2240 • Fax: 413/367-0092
[email p o ec ed]
OAII Rep esen a i es
Knu Aagaa d, ARCSS PI
Pola Science Cen e -APL
Uni e si y o Washing on
1013 NE 40 h S ee
Sea le, WA 98105-6698
Phone: 206/543-8942 • Fax: 206/543-3521
[email p o ec ed]
John Wea he ly, Non-ARCSS Resea che
Clima e and Global Dynamics Di ision
Na ional Co po a ion o A mosphe ic
Resea ch
PO Box 3000
Boulde , CO 80307-3000
Phone: 303/497-1706 • Fax: 303/497-1348
[email p o ec ed]
James P. Ba y, Al e na e
Mon e ey Bay Aqua ium Resea ch Ins i u e
PO Box 628
7700 Sandhold Road
Moss Landing, CA 95039
Phone: 408/775-1726 • Fax: 408/775-1620
[email p o ec ed]
LAII Rep esen a i es
John E. Hobbie, ARCSS PI
The Ecosys ems Cen e
Ma ine Biological Labo a o y
167 Wa e S ee
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Phone: 508/548-6704 • Fax: 508/457-1548
[email p o ec ed]
Da id R. Klein, Non-ARCSS Resea che
Alaska Coope a i e Fish and Wildli e
Resea ch Uni
Uni e si y o Alaska Fai banks
209 I ing I Building
PO Box 757020
Fai banks, AK 99775-7020
Phone: 907/474-6674 • Fax: 907/474-6967
[email p o ec ed]
Pa ick J. Webbe , Al e na e
Depa men o Bo any and Plan Pa hology
Michigan S a e Uni e si y
100 N. Kedzie Hall
Eas Lansing, MI 48824-1031
Phone: 517/355-1284 • Fax: 517/432-2150
[email p o ec ed]
GISP2 Rep esen a i es
Deb a Meese, ARCSS PI
Cold Regions Resea ch and Enginee ing
Labo a o y
72 Lyme Road
Hano e , NH 03755-1290
Phone: 603/646-4594 • Fax: 603/646-4644
[email p o ec ed]
Lloyd D. Keigwin, Non-ARCSS Resea che
Depa men o Geology and Geophysics
Woods Hole Oceanog aphic Ins i u ion
McLean Labo a o y, M/S 8
360 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Phone: 508/289-2784 • Fax: 508/457-2183
[email p o ec ed]
PALE Rep esen a i es
Pa icia M. Ande son, ARCSS PI
Qua e na y Resea ch Cen e
Uni e si y o Washing on
PO Box 351360
19 Johnson Hall
Sea le, WA 98195-1360
Phone: 206/543-0569 • Fax: 206/543-3836
[email p o ec ed]
Da ell S. Kau man, Non-ARCSS Resea che
Depa men o Geology
U ah S a e Uni e si y
Logan, UT 84322-4505
Phone: 801/797-2813 • Fax: 801/797-1588
[email p o ec ed]
HARC Rep esen a i es
Susan A. Kaplan, ARCSS PI
Associa e Dean o Academic A ai s
Bowdoin College
5800 College S a ion
B unswick, ME 04011-8449
Phone: 207/725-3290 • Fax: 207/725-3499
[email p o ec ed]
Leslie A. King
En i onmen al S udies
Uni e si y o Ve mon
150 S. P ospec S ee
Bu ling on, VT 05401
Phone: 802/656-8167 • Fax: 802/656-8015
[email p o ec ed]
Thomas McGo e n, Al e na e
Depa men o An h opology
Bioa chaeological Labo a o y
Hun e College, CUNY
695 Pa k A enue
New Yo k, NY 10021
Phone: 212/772-5410 • Fax: 212/772-5423
[email p o ec ed]
Syn hesis, In eg a ion, and Modeling
Rep esen a i es
F. S ua (Te y) Chapin, Co-chai
Depa men o In eg a i e Biology
Uni e si y o Cali o nia
Valley Li e Sciences Building, Room 3060
Be keley, CA 94720-3140
Phone: 510/642-1003 • Fax: 510/643-6264
[email p o ec ed]
Amanda Lynch, Co-chai
Coope a i e Ins i u e o Resea ch
in En i onmen al Sciences/PAOS
Uni e si y o Colo ado
Campus Box 216
Boulde , CO 80309-0216
Phone: 303/492-5847 • Fax: 303/492-1149
[email p o ec ed]
Da a Managemen Rep esen a i e
Ma hew C oss
Coope a i e Ins i u e o Resea ch
in En i onmen al Sciences
Na ional Snow and Ice Da a Cen e
Uni e si y o Colo ado
Campus Box 449
Boulde , CO 80309-0449
Phone: 303/492-5532 • Fax: 303/492-2468
[email p o ec ed]
ARCUS Boa d Liaison
Nicholas E. Flande s
Ins i u e o A c ic S udies
Da mou h College
6214 S eele Hall, Room 407B
Hano e , NH 03755-3577
Phone: 603/646-1278 • Fax: 603/646-1279
[email p o ec ed]
ARCUS Add esses Au umn 1997
ARCUS • 907/474-1600 • Fax 907/474-1604 • [email p o ec ed] • h p://a cus.pola ne .com
In e na ional A ilia es
Associa ion o Canadian Uni e si ies o
No he n S udies (ACUNS)
h p://www.geog.mcgill.ca:80/no he n/
acunhome.h ml
Jill Oakes
Depa men o Na i e S udies
Uni e si y o Mani oba
Fle che A gue Building, Room 532
Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V5 Canada
Phone: 204/474-7352 • Fax: 204/261-0333
[email p o ec ed]
Gilles Gau hie
Depa emen de biologie
Uni e si e La al
Ci e Uni e si ai e
Quebec, QC G1K 7P4 Canada
Phone: 418/656-5507 • Fax: 418/656-2043
[email p o ec ed]
ARCUS Membe Ins i u ions, Rep esen a i es, and Al e na es (
con inued
)
GEOMAR Resea ch Cen e
o Ma ine Geosciences
h p://www.geoma .de
Joe n Thiede
Resea ch Cen e o Ma ine Geosciences
GEOMAR
Wischho s asse 1-3
Kiel, D-24148 Ge many
Phone: +49/431-600-2215
Fax: +49/431-600-2925
[email p o ec ed]
Heidi Kassens
Resea ch Cen e o Ma ine Geosciences
GEOMAR
add ess same as abo e
Phone: +49/431-600-2850
Fax: +49/431-600-2941
[email p o ec ed]
McGill Uni e si y
h p://www.mcgill.ca
Ma ianne S enbaek
Cen e o No he n S udies and Resea ch
McGill Uni e si y
805 She b ooke S ee W.
Mon eal, PQ H3A 2K6 Canada
Phone: 514/398-6052 • Fax: 514/398-8364
[email p o ec ed]
Uni e si y o No he n B i ish Columbia
h p://www.unbc.ca
Gail A. Fondahl
NRES/Geog aphy
Uni e si y o No he n B i ish Columbia
3333 Uni e si y Way
P ince Geo ge, BC V2N 4Z9 Canada
Phone: 250/960-5856 • Fax: 250/960-5539
[email p o ec ed]
ARCUS Logis ics Wo king G oup
Pe e Schlosse , Co-chai
Lamon -Dohe y Ea h Obse a o y
Columbia Uni e si y
Box 1000 Rou e 9 W.
Palisades, NY 10964-8000
Phone: 914/365-8707 • Fax: 914/365-8155
[email p o ec ed]
Wal e Tucke III, Co-chai
Snow and Ice Di ision
Cold Regions Resea ch and Enginee ing
Labo a o y
72 Lyme Road
Hano e , NH 03755-1290
Phone: 603/646-4268 • Fax: 603/646-4644
[email p o ec ed]
Richa d B. Alley
Ea h Sys em Science Cen e
Pennsyl ania S a e Uni e si y
306 Deike Building
Uni e si y Pa k, PA 16802
Phone: 814/863-1700 • Fax: 814/865-3191
[email p o ec ed]
Randy Bo ys
A mosphe ic Sciences Cen e
Dese Resea ch Ins i u e
PO Box 60220
Reno, NV 89506
Phone: 702/677-3122 • Fax: 702/677-3157
[email p o ec ed]
Julie B igham-G e e
Depa men o Geosciences
Uni e si y o Massachuse s
Campus Box 35820
Amhe s , MA 01003-5820
Phone: 413/545-4840 • Fax: 413/545-1200
[email p o ec ed]
Ted DeLaca
O ice o A c ic Resea ch
Uni e si y o Alaska Fai banks
Box 757560
Fai banks, AK 99775-7560
Phone: 907/474-7314 • Fax: 907/474-7225
[email p o ec ed]
Nicholas E. Flande s
Ins i u e o A c ic S udies
Da mou h College
6214 S eele Hall, Room 407B
Hano e , NH 03755-3577
Phone: 603/646-1278 • Fax: 603/646-1279
[email p o ec ed]
Richa d K. Glenn
Depa men o Ene gy Managemen
No h Slope Bo ough
PO Box 1120
Ba ow, AK 99723
Phone: 907/852-0395 • Fax: 907/852-8971
[email p o ec ed]
John E. Hobbie
The Ecosys ems Cen e
Ma ine Biological Labo a o y
167 Wa e S ee
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Phone: 508/548-6704 • Fax: 508/457-1548
[email p o ec ed]
Ka l C. Kui inen
Snow and Ice Resea ch G oup
Uni e si y o Neb aska-Lincoln
2255 W. S ee , Sui e 101
Lincoln, NE 68583-0850
Phone: 402/472-9833 • Fax: 402/472-9832
[email p o ec ed]
Jamie Mo ison
Pola Science Cen e -APL
Uni e si y o Washing on
Sea le, WA 98105-6698
Phone: 206/543-1394 • Fax: 206/543-3521
[email p o ec ed]
Glenn W. Sheehan
Ba ow A c ic Science Conso ium
PO Box 577
Ba ow, AK 99723
Phone: 907/852-4881 • Fax: 907/852-4882
[email p o ec ed]
Iman s J. Vi snieks
O ice o Pola P og ams
Na ional Science Founda ion
4201 Wilson Boule a d, Room 755
A ling on, VA 22230
Phone: 703/306-1029 • Fax: 703/306-0139
[email p o ec ed]
Ex-o icio:
Ga e B ass
U.S. A c ic Resea ch Commission
4350 N. Fai ax D i e Sui e 630
The Ellipse Building
A ling on, VA 22203
Phone: 800/au o ab • Fax: 703/525-0114
[email p o ec ed]
Tom Pyle
O ice o Pola P og ams
Na ional Science Founda ion
4201 Wilson Boule a d, Room 740
A ling on, VA 22230
Phone: 703/306-1030 • Fax: 703/306-0648
[email p o ec ed]