Latest edition of Witness the Arctic online

June 22, 2012

Marmian Grimes

The Spring 2012 issue of Witness the Arctic has been published.

Witness the Arctic provides information on current arctic research efforts and findings, significant research initiatives, national policy affecting arctic research, international activities, and profiles of institutions with major arctic research efforts. Witness serves an audience of arctic scientists, educators, agency personnel, and policy makers.

Articles in this issue include:

Interagency Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH)
- Community Input Into SEARCH 5-Year Goals and Objectives

- SEARCH Encourages Proposals to the Arctic Science, Engineering,
    and Education for Sustainability (ArcSEES) Opportunity

- 2012 Sea Ice Outlook and Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook Launched

- Early-Release Data on Ice Thickness, Snow Depth, and Ice
    Characteristics

- U.S. Arctic Observing Coordination Workshop Held in March

- Arctic Observing Network Design and Implementation Workshop
    Planned

Arctic Natural Sciences Program
- Alaskan North Slope Snow LiDAR Campaign: SnowSTAR-2012
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2012/2/article/19173

Arctic Social Sciences Program
- The Value of Ethnography in Times of Change: The Story of Emmonak

- Ice Age Child: Earliest Human Remains and Residential Structure in
    Northern North America

Arctic Research Support and Logistics
- EarthScope's Transportable Array Plans Deployment in Alaska
    Beginning Late 2013

Data Management
- Advanced Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Service (ACADIS)
    Update

Science Education News
- Arctic Visiting Speakers Program

Science Policy News
- Arctic Forum 2012

National Science Foundation News
- New Funding Opportunity Released: Arctic Science, Engineering, and
    Education for Sustainability (ArcSEES)

Interagency News
- Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Releases
    Draft Arctic Research Plan for Review and Comment

U.S. Arctic Research Commission
- U.S. and Canadian Arctic Commissions Establish Collaborative Path
    Forward

Polar Research Board
- Polar Research Board Releases Report on Lessons and Legacies of
    International Polar Year 2007-2008

International News
- International Polar Foundation Symposium Identifies Key Needs for
    the Arctic

A Note From the ARCUS Executive Director
- ARCUS Update

A Note from the ARCUS President
- The Age of the Arctic

The next issue of Witness the Arctic will be published in the fall of
2012. For further information or to submit an article idea for future
issues, please contact Betsy Turner-Bogren at ARCUS (betsy@arcus.org).