Date

Workshop Announcement
New Insights into Periglacial Processes, Landforms, and Environments
Ninth International Conference on Permafrost
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Friday, 4 July 2008

For more information, please go to:
http://www.nicop.org/workshops.html

Or contact:
Bernard Hallet
Email: Hallet [at] u.washington.edu

Or:
Ron Sletten
Email: Sletten [at] u.washington.edu


The conference organizers of the Ninth International Conference on
Permafrost (NICOP) announce a special workshop, "QRC Workshop in Honor
of Lincoln Washburn: New Insights into Periglacial Processes, Landforms,
and Environments," to be held Friday, 4 July 2008. This special workshop
is being offered in honor of Washburn's remarkable achievements in polar
research. It will be held after the NICOP meetings, in the Akasofu
Building on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.

This one-day workshop will present recent work from a diverse group of
researchers, including:
- Pier Paul Overduin and Julia Boike
- Ivar Berthling and Bernd Etzelmuller
- Mike Mellon
- Julian Murton
- Matti Seppala
- Alan Rempel
- Antoni Lewkowicz
- Rorik Peterson
- Norikazu Matsuoka
- Lawrence Plug
- Ron Sletten and Bernard Hallet

For further information, please go to:
http://www.nicop.org/workshops.html

Or contact:
Bernard Hallet
Email: Hallet [at] u.washington.edu

Or:
Ron Sletten
Email: Sletten [at] u.washington.edu