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Frozen Ground Frozen Ground Th e News Bulletin of the International Permafrost Association Number 32, December 2008 INTERNATIONAL PERMAFROST ASSOCIATION Th e International Permafrost Association, founded in 1983, has as its objectives to foster the dissemination of knowledge concerning permafrost and to promote cooperation among persons and national or international organisations engaged in scientifi c investigation and engineering work on permafrost. Membership is through national Adhering Bodies and Associate Members. Th e IPA is governed by its offi cers and a Council consisting of representatives from 26 Adhering Bodies having interests in some aspect of theoretical, basic and applied frozen ground research, including permafrost, seasonal frost, artifi cial freezing and periglacial phenomena. Committees, Working Groups, and Task Forces organise and coordinate research activities and special projects. Th e IPA became an Affi liated Organisation of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) in July 1989. Beginning in 1995 the IPA and the International Geographical Union (IGU) developed an Agreement of Cooperation, thus making IPA an affi liate of the IGU. Th e Association’s primary responsibilities are convening International Permafrost Conferences, undertaking special projects such as preparing databases, maps, bibliographies, and glossaries, and coordinating international fi eld programmes and networks. Conferences were held in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A., 1963; in Yakutsk, Siberia, 1973; in Edmonton, Canada, 1978; in Fairbanks, Alaska, 1983; in Trondheim, Norway, 1988; in Beijing, China, 1993; in Yellowknife, Canada, 1998, in Zurich, Switzerland, 2003, and in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 2008. Th e Tenth conference will be in Tyumen, Russia, in 2012.Field excursions are an integral part of each Conference, and are organised by the host Executive Committee 2008-2012 Council Members Professor Hans-W. Hubberten, President, Germany Dr. Hanne H. Christiansen, Vice President, Norway Argentina Dr. Antoni G. Lewkowicz, Vice President, Canada Austria Dr. Dmitry Drozdov, Member, Russia Belgium Professor Vladimir Romanovsky, Member, U.S.A. Canada Dr. Ma Wei, Member, China China Denmark IPA Past Presidents Finland Academician Pavel I. Melnikov, Russia (1983-1988) France Professor Troy L. Péwé, U.S.A. (1988-1993) Germany Academician Cheng Goudong, China (1993-1998) Iceland Professor Hugh M. French, Canada (1998-2003) Italy Dr. Jerry Brown, U.S.A. (2003-2008) Japan International Secretariat Kazakhstan Dr. Hugues Lantuit, Germany Mongolia Th e Netherlands Standing Committees New Zealand Data, Information and Communication Norway International Advisory Committee for ICOP Poland Working Groups and Subgroups Portugal Antarctic Permafrost and Periglacial Environments Romania Cryosol Russia Coastal and Off shore Permafrost Dynamics Spain Glacier and Permafrost Hazards in High Mountain Slopes Sweden Isotopes and Geochemistry of Permafrost Switzerland Periglacial Landforms, Processes, and Climate United Kingdom Permafrost and Climate United States of America Modeling and Mapping Subgroups Planetary Permafrost and Astrobiology Permafrost Engineering Engineering Geology for Development in Permafrost Regions Subgroup Task Forces Remote Sensing Subglacial Permafrost Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) Cover: View of 20,320 ft-high (6194 m) Mt. McKinley (also called Denali) from milepost 72 on the Denali National Park road. In the valley foreground is the ice-cored moraine of Muldrow Glacier and the outwash plain of the McKinley River. Photograph provided by Phil F. Brease, National Park Service, and from the cover of the NICOP Field Trip Guidebook on the geology and glacial history of Denali National Park and vicinity. FROZEN GROUND The News Bulletin Of The International Permafrost Association Number • December Frozen Ground, the News Bulletin of the Executive Committee Report International Permafrost Association, is published annually. Th e IPA is a non-governmental association A New Old Book: Frozen in Time of national organisations representing 26 countries. Th e success of the bulletin depends upon the willingness of IPA Report of the Ninth International Conference participants to supply information for on Permafrost publication. News items from any IPA participant or others are very welcome, as are interesting photographs. To submit news items or photos please contact: Reports of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth IPA Council Meetings and Executive Committee Th e IPA Secretariat c/o Dr. Hugues Lantuit AWI Potsdam Telegrafenberg A43 Working Groups, Task Forces and Standing 14473 Potsdam Committees (-) Germany email: [email protected] All issues of Frozen Ground are also IPA Council Resolutions available as PDF fi les on the IPA web site (www.ipa-permafrost.org). News from Members Th is issue of Frozen Ground was compiled and edited by Hugues Lantuit, Jerry Brown and Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten. Other News Th e IPA Secretariat is supported by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Publications Planning Calendar Members/National Contacts/ Working Groups Executive Committee Report Th is year was highlighted by the occurrence of the Ninth international activities and specifi cally to the International Polar International Conference on Permafrost (NICOP) and the Year (IPY) activities (TSP, ANTPAS, ACCOnet and CAPP) continuation of the IPA participation in the International Polar and plans for the 2007-2010 permafrost snapshot under the Year (IPY). Th e IPA Council, the Executive Committee and coordination of the Standing Committee for Data Information Working Parties met during the NICOP. Th e following pages and Communication. Other cooperative projects include of Frozen Ground contain reports of these activities. the involvement of the IPA in global observing initiatives From June 29 to July 3, 2008 approximately 700 participants through GTN-P and CALM (contributions to GTOS and representing 31 countries convened at the University of GCOS) and in developing the Sustaining Arctic Observing Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) for the NICOP. NICOP marked Networks (SAON). Th e Council granted the Permafrost Young the 25th anniversary of the formation of the International Researchers Network (PYRN) permanent observer status on the Permafrost Association and the Fourth ICOP (1983), both Council. PYRN currently has 620 members in 43 countries. having taken place at the UAF. A special 40-page publication Th e Council approved the invitation from the Russia to commemorating the 25th anniversary was prepared and convene the 10th International Conference on Permafrost distributed, and a limited number of CDs containing over (TICOP) in Tyumen, West Siberia, in early summer 2012. 200 photographs of participants from past conferences were Th e newly appointed IPA International Advisory Committee presented and distributed at a special anniversary lunch that was for ICOP will work closely with the Russian organizers. Th e attended by 200 invited guests. Th e structure of the conference Council approved the Th ird Regional European Conference attempted to follow in the footsteps of previous conferences (EUCOP III) to be held on Svalbard in June 2010 following with a blend of activities from plenary and technical sessions to the Oslo IPY Open Science Conference. short courses (3), extended and local fi eld trips (25 or more), Th e Secretariat, which was hosted for ten years by Norway workshops (5) and evening social activities. Th ere were five and Denmark under the leadership of Dr. Hanne Christiansen plenary sessions (20 presentations), 40 concurrent oral sessions will now be hosted by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and (approximately 200 presentations), and three, all-day poster Marine Research in Potsdam, Germany. Th e new Secretariat sessions (306 posters formally scheduled) were presented over will be lead by Dr. Hugues Lantuit. the fi ve days. Publications included a two-volume set of 358 Th e next four years will be busy times for the IPA and its papers (2140 pages), an enclosed CD-ROM of the papers, memberships, both for national representatives and individuals. and a volume of 184 extended abstracts and IPA reports (372 Th e number of professional conferences and other activities pages). A DVD containing papers of all nine proceedings continue to increase. We will rely on members of the Working was produced and distributed to all delegates. A special issue Parties to represent the IPA, to participate in appropriate of the journal Permafrost and Periglacial Processes (PPP) meetings, and to help plan ahead for the 2012 permafrost was produced and distributed at NICOP. It contained eight conference. Th e new Executive Committee will be looking summary papers, several of which were the topic of plenary ahead to develop mechanisms to make IPA an even more reports. Approximately 160 young investigators participated eff ective international organisation. in the conference; of these, 77 received fi nancial support for Finally, the new Executive Committee, on behalf of the attendance at NICOP. Th e organising committees, editorial IPA, extends its appreciation to those past members for their staff , and local workers are congratulated for organising this exceptional service over the years: President Jerry Brown, Vice highly successful and informative conference. Presidents Charles Harris and Georgy Perlshstein, and Members Th e Council approved activities for nine working groups Don Hayley and Zhu Yuanlin. and several subgroups; two task forces and
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