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Today, no Arctic-science events are schedule.
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Science Chief Breezes Through Democrats' Grilling. House Democrats pressed the head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy about what they described as a pattern of undermining scientific research within the Trump administration. But OSTP Director Kelvin Droegemeier, who affirmed his belief in climate science, managed to get through a yesterday hearing mostly unscathed. E&E News How Geopolitics Make the US Navy's Plans for Major Arctic Operations so Complicated. In response to new Russian rules on the Northern Sea Route, the U.S. Navy plans to undertake significant operations in the Arctic this summer, perhaps even a freedom of navigation, or FONOPS, exercise - though the exact nature of those operations remains unclear. But whatever form those operations take, they will be constrained by a complicated - and sometimes contradictory - set of geopolitical factors at work in the Arctic. Arctic Today Trans Arctic Expedition's Final Stage Starts from Vladivostok. The Trans Arctic 2019 expedition's final stage began as the Professor Multanovsky left the port of Vladivostok on Thursday, the local government's press service said. "On Thursday, July 25, the Professor Multanovsky left the port of Vladivostok to begin the final stage of the Trans Arctic 2019 marine expedition," the statement of the press service reads. "The voyage ... will continue for 90 days." TASS Cutter Healy Gets Underway for Month-Long Arctic Patrol. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20) departed for a months-long deployment to the Arctic Ocean on July 22, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a release. The cutter will support multiple science missions as well as Operation Arctic Shield, the service's annual operation to execute Coast Guard missions, enhance maritime domain awareness, strengthen partnerships and build preparedness, prevention, and response capabilities across the Arctic domain. Seapower Magazine Expanding the Knowledge of Arctic Ocean Bathymetry. Scientists from DTU Space, Denmark's national space research institute, have published a paper that reveals the first Arctic bathymetry map using marine gravity. The knowledge of the depth and shape of the Arctic Ocean floor - its bathymetry - is insufficient. Owing to year-round sea-ice coverage and the cost of research in this remote region, much of the Arctic Ocean's bathymetry has remained a mystery, until now, according to a recent publication of the European Space Agency. Bathymetry maps are crucial for studying ocean dynamics, currents and tides, as well as for ship safety. Several campaigns to map seafloor bathymetry through ship soundings have been proposed, but only small fractions of the Arctic Ocean have ever been covered. Hydro International NORAD Warns of New Cruise Missile Threat as Arctic Opens Up. The commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command, Air Force Gen. Terrence O'Shaughnessy, warned Tuesday that the United States faces an unaddressed threat from potential cruise missile attacks originating in Arctic latitudes. The general has previously noted that the Russian Navy has been deploying warships with cruise missiles on Arctic sea lanes, along with regular military aircraft patrols above the North Pole and "up to the edge of U.S. and Canadian airspace." Maritime Executive
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Future Events
2019 Sea Ice Symposium, August 18-23, 2019 (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada). IGS co-hosts a sea ice symposium every 5 years. The Centre for Earth Observation Science (University of Manitoba) is excited to be hosting the first IGS event to be held in Canada. The symposium will include oral and poster sessions, and will provide a friendly and intellectually stimulating environment to facilitate face-to-face interactions and networking. Additional activities will include an opening reception, a banquet dinner and a mid-symposium afternoon excursion.
Bridging Science, Art, and Community in the New Arctic, Sept. 23-25, 2019, (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia USA).The University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, VA, is hosting a conference and workshop entitled "Bridging Science, Art, and Community in the New Arctic" from Sept. 23-25, 2019, sponsored by the National Science Foundation Navigating the New Arctic program, with additional support from UVA's Institute for Humanities and Global Cultures, and Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation. The UVA Environmental Resilience Institute's Arctic CoLab is organizing the event, with assistance from the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS).
EU Arctic Forum, October 3-4, 2019 (Umeå, Sweden). The European Commission, the European External Action Service, and the Government of Sweden will jointly organize a high-level EU Arctic Forum. The EU Arctic Forum will bring together key Arctic players and stakeholders to assess recent developments in the region and to discuss the new challenges ahead.The EU Arctic Forum will include several keynote addresses and two high-level panel sessions on the morning of 3 October. Foreign ministers from EU member states as well as the Arctic Council will be invited to participate.
2019 Arctic Circle Assembly, October 10-13, 2019 (Reykjavík, Iceland). The annual Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest annual international gathering on the Arctic, attended by more than 2000 participants from 60 countries. It is attended by heads of states and governments, ministers, members of parliaments, officials, experts, scientists, entrepreneurs, business leaders, indigenous representatives, environmentalists, students, activists and others from the growing international community of partners and participants interested in the future of the Arctic. Registration now open...
Large-scale Volcanism in the Arctic: The Role of the Mantle and Tectonics, October 13-18, 2019 (Selfoss, Iceland). The American Geophysical Union (AGU) Chapman Conference will focus on the diversity of Arctic magmatism and tectonics from the Paleozoic to present-day. The conveners are Owen Anfinson, Bernard Coakley, Carmen Gaina, and Grace Shephard. The program will focus on five themes including: Theme I: pre-breakup and rifting;Theme II: seafloor spreading;Theme III: mantle-derived heterogeneity (including plumes and large-igneous provinces);Theme IV: subduction related volcanism, and, Theme V: HALIP and environmental effects. The website (link above) is open for abstract submission until June 19th and for meeting registration until September 9th. Funding is available for travel support, particularly for early career scientists. Travel support will be awarded on the basis of submitted abstracts and to promote diversity among attendees.
IX International Forum "Arctic: Today and the Future," December 5-7, 2019 (St. Petersburg, Russia). Save the date for Arctic: Today and the Future. More information to follow.
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