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May 2014 ASSW 2014 Edition (740 PHOTO: Jakob Sievers INTERNATIONAL ARCTIC SCIENCE COMMITTEE May 2014 IASCPROGRESS Highlights from the ASSW and the AOS 2014 With this edition of its newsletter, IASC is AOS were arranged in the facilities of the and the business meetings of IASC and the pleased to provide a summary of the main University of Helsinki and the Finnish Mete- ASSW partner organizations, as well as seve- outcomes of the Arctic Science Summit Week orological Institute and a total number 470 ral side meetings, attracted 330 participants. (ASSW) 2014 and the 2nd Arctic Observing scientists, students, policy makers and other The AOS was for the time first held in con- Summit (AOS), which were held in Helsinki professionals from 32 countries attended the junction with an ASSW and with about 220 (Finland) last month. The ASSW 2014 and summit. The 16th ASSW was the largest ever participants it was also very well attended. IASC Welcomes New President and Vice-Presidents IASC is pleased to introduce the members of its polar field experience and has authored books new Executive Committee who were elected at and articles concerning polar history and cul- the ASSW 2014. Susan Barr (Norway) was elec- tural heritage. ted new IASC President, taking over the presi- David Hik will continue to work with the Exec- dency from David Hik (Canada), whose 4-year utive Committee in his function as Chair of term came to an end. Susan Barr has worked the 3rd International Conference on Arctic Re- solely on polar matters since 1979, within the search Planning (ICARP III), Vice-Chair of the fields of cultural heritage management and Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) polar history. She was the first full-time cultu- and Co-Chair of the International Polar Part- ral heritage officer for the Norwegian Arctic, nership Initiative (IPPI). followed by 16 years at the Norwegian Polar Institute and since 1998 has been the senior IASC Council re-elected Vice-President Naja advisor on polar heritage at the Norwegian Di- Mikkelsen, Geological Survey of Denmark and rectorate for Cultural Heritage. She was Foun- Greenland, for another 4 years. Larry Hinzman, ding President of the International Council on International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks Monuments and Sites’ Polar Heritage Committee AK, and Vladimir Pavlenko, Russian Academy and was IASC Vice President for 4 years before of Sciences, were elected new Vice-Presidents. being elected President. She sits on the edito- The Executive Committee is complemented by rial board of several polar journals and is board the fourth Vice-President Huigen Yang, Polar member of the Fram Museum in Oslo and the Research Institute of China, and the Executive David Hik, IASC President 2010-2014, handing over Norwegian Polar Club. She has considerable Secretary Volker Rachold. the presidency to Susan Barr, new IASC President as of 8 April 2014. IASC Council Members during the ASSW 2014 1 1 Austria Joins the IASC Family IASC History Publication IASC Council approved the Austrian appli- IASC 25th anniversary in 2015 presents the op- cation for IASC membership and welcomed portunity to summarize and review IASC´s con- Austria as the 22nd IASC member country. tributions and recognize those that have been Austria will be represented in IASC through instrumental in its founding, development the recently established Austrian Polar Re- and growth. Recognizing that the IASC plan- search Institute (APRI). The APRI Executive ning process served as a stimulus for initiating Secretary Wolfgang Schöner will serve as circum-Arctic thinking, including the circum- the Council Member. Council recognized not Arctic governmental Arctic Environmental Pro- only Austria´s long history in Arctic research, tection Strategy (AEPS), the anniversary will but also its current research program, which present a comprehensive compilation of IASC´s is facilitated through the APRI. history. Printed as a special issue of IASC´s Bul- http://www.polarresearch.at letin, the publication will compile and analyze the history and development of IASC and its initiatives and achievements. The publication Carl Weyprecht and Julius von Payer, leaders of the is being edited by Odd Rogne, Volker Rachold, 1872-1874 Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition (source: Wikipedia). Louwrens Hacquebord and Robert Corell. New and Renewed Partnership Agreements To strengthen the commitment of jointly sup- International Permafrost Pacific Arctic Group porting international Arctic research, IASC Association (IPA) (PAG) and its partners signed one new Memoran- dum of Understanding (MoU) and renewed two existing partnership agreements. SCAR and IASC also agreed to continue their With a renewed Letter of Agreement, the Paci- European Polar partnership with the International Permafrost fic Arctic Group (PAG) and IASC agreed to con- Association (IPA). The renewed MoU identifies tinue their partnership. Recognizing the com- Board (EPB) a joint commitment to the excellence in the mon interests in science related to the Arctic field of permafrost and polar research, to the Ocean and its peripheral seas, PAG and IASC pursuit of scientific advances, public aware- intend to work together to advance scientific Recognizing their common goal of working in- ness and advice to policy makers as well as knowledge, to jointly support education and ternationally on polar science and technology professional development of young resear- outreach efforts, and to jointly provide advice to increase our understanding of Earth‘s Polar chers. SCAR, IASC and IPA intend to combine to policy- and decision-makers who require Regions and their connections to the global their efforts in particular in the field of perma- scientific information as the basis for their system, the European Polar Board (EBP), the Sci- frost research so as to raise the level of impact actions. entific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) of all three organizations. and IASC signed a MoU. Taking advantage of the complementarities of the three signatory orga- International Science Initiative in the Russian Arctic nizations, this MoU will increase the cooperation (ISIRA) between IASC, SCAR and the entities managing the European polar infrastructures, with the EPB The recent ISIRA meeting held on the 7th of member countries had a chance to introdu- providing the “European dimension”. April during the ASSW 2014 in Helsinki got ce themselves and their research projects to together all the national members and 14 the group. National members of ISIRA assis- early career scientists to share information ted by young scientists gave brief introduc- about on-going and planned international tions to their countries´ ongoing research and bi-lateral research projects in the Russi- activities in the Russian Arctic, which have an Arctic. The introductory report presented been reported to IASC Secretariat earlier in by the ISIRA Chair Arkady Tishkov highligh- detailed inventories. In the concluding re- ted the perspectives of ISIRA beyond the marks of the meeting, the future activities International Polar Year. His report was com- of the ISIRA group, including the developing plemented by a presentation on the integ- of the website and the group’s contribution ration of social sciences projects and ideas to ICARP III, were discussed. All inventories given by Tatiana Vlasova. and relevant information about ISIRA can be The new open format of the meeting allowed found at http://iasc.info/index.php/home/ the participation of over 50 attendees in the groups/advisory-groups/isira SCAR President Jeronimo Lopez-Martinez, IASC Presi- discussion. All 14 young scientists from all Yulia Zaika dent David Hik and EPB Chair Harald Loeng signing the Memorandum of Understanding. 21 IASC Fellowship Program During the ASSW 2014 in Helsinki, IASC laun- from different countries and of different back- the IASC Council endorsed the fellowship in- ched the fellowship program for early-career grounds was selected and invited as rappor- itiative, which will have its continuation also scientists. The idea behind this initiative was teurs to meetings of IASC WGs of their interest. after ASSW 2104. to combine travel support that IASC has been Next to drafting minutes to provide support Malgorzata Smieszek, IASC Fellow, Social and providing to young researchers to attend to the IASC Secretariat, young scholars had a Human Working Group. ASSWs already for a number of years with a chance not only to observe, but also actively more substantial involvement of young pro- contribute to proceedings of the WGs and en- “I feel very fortunate to have had the opportu- fessionals into works of the IASC Working gage in discussions with representatives of all nity to meet so many outstanding scientists, Groups (WG). As such, in collaboration with the IASC countries and member organizations. staff members, and students. I was incredib- the Association of Polar Early Career Scien- As both IASC members and fellows found it a ly impressed with the level of international tists (APECS), a group of early-career scientists very fruitful and mutually beneficial experience, collaboration and sense of community ap- parent throughout the working groups and meetings. In visiting Helsinki, Finland, it was my hope to identify potential collaborators, funding sources, and methods to plan for suc- cessful research projects in the Arctic Ocean. As one of my proposed project combines Arctic Ocean ecology, marine animal physiology, ecological modelling, deleterious anthropo- genic influences (oil spills and/or loss of sea ice
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