Date

Witness the Arctic
Online Issue Available
Spring 2011, Volume 15 Number 2

To view articles or to download a PDF file of this issue, please go to:
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic

For further information, please contact:
Betsy Turner-Bogren
Email: betsy [at] arcus.org


The Spring 2011 issue of Witness the Arctic has been published online
and is available at: http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic.

The feature article is entitled "Linking Inuit Knowledge and Scientific
Understanding of Environmental Change: A Case Study in Wind
Observations." It highlights National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
researcher Shari Gearheard's work with Inuit hunters and Elders
documenting their knowledge and observations of local changes in the
climate and environment. The direct link to the article is:
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2011/2/article/1661.

Another highlight of this issue is an interview with Dr. Brendan P.
Kelly, the new Deputy Director of NSF's Division of Arctic Sciences. The
article is available at:
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2011/2/article/1660.

Other articles in this issue include:

Interagency Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH)
- SEARCH Updates
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2011/2/article/1657

Arctic System Science Program
- Study of the Northern Alaskan Coastal Systems (SNACS) Products
Online
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2011/2/article/1653

Arctic Natural Science Program
- High-Resolution Permafrost Modeling and Planning Implications for
Greenland and Alaska
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2011/2/article/1651

Arctic Research Support and Logistics
- ARCUS Board President Honored in R/V Sikuliaq Keel-Laying Ceremony
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2011/2/article/1663

Science Education News
- Snow Science Expedition: Traveling 2000 km on Snowmobiles for
Outreach and Education
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2011/2/article/1658

Interagency News
- Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Meeting of
Principal Members
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2011/2/article/1662
- The Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative: Leveraging Arctic
Climate Science
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2011/2/article/1654
- Arctic News from the Office of Naval Research
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2011/2/article/1656
- NOAA Releases Final Arctic Vision and Strategy
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2011/2/article/1659

U.S. Arctic Research Commission
- Fran Ulmer Appointed Chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2011/2/article/1652

International News
- Workshop on International Collaboration and Cooperation in Arctic
Science
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2011/2/article/1655

The next issue of Witness the Arctic will be published in October 2011.
For further information or to submit an article idea for future issues,
please contact Betsy Turner-Bogren at ARCUS (betsy [at] arcus.org).

To view articles or to download a PDF file of this issue, please go to:
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic.