ARCTIC FLOATING UNIVERSITY PROGRAM 8–28 July 2017 Saturday 8th 12.00 Departure of RV «Professor Molchanov» from Arkhanglesk Introductory meeting of the expedition participants, safety traing 14.00 – 15.00 Lunch Evacuation training from the vessel 18.00 – 19.00 Dinner Presentation of the expedition route Announcements on tomorrow schedule Introduction of the expedition members Sunday 9th 8.00-9.00 Breakfast Lecture: Introduction to physical oceanography (Vesman Anna, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute ) Lecture: Weather and climate. Factors of climate formation (Urazgildeeva Aleksandra, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute) 12.00-13.00 Lunch Lecture: XVIth century : "Reaching China,’Discovering' of Northern Russia" (Hösli Eric, Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne) Lecture: Formation of landscapes in polar regions of the Earth - geographical zonality, factors and processes (Goryachkin Sergey, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences ) Group work 18.00 -19.00 Dinner Lecture: Regional Geology of the Barents-Kara continental margin of Eurasia (Dmitry Metelkin, Novosibirsk State University) Announcements on tomorrow schedule Monday 10th 8.00-9.00 Breakfast Lecture: The Arctic Ocean (Vesman Anna, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute ) Lecture: Features of climate formation in the Arctic (Urazgildeeva Aleksandra, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute) 12.00-13.00 Lunch Lecture: XVIIIth and XIXth century : "Is There a Passage between Asia and America?” (Hösli Eric, Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne) Lecture: Geoecological characteristics of European Arctic archipelagos and coasts and global change challenges (Goryachkin Sergey, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences ) Group work 18.00 -19.00 Dinner Lecture: The Intrigue of Mesozoic Magmatism on the Franz Josef Land Archipelago: a Hot Spot or a Failed Rift? (Mikhaltsov Nikolay, Novosibirsk State University) Announcements on tomorrow schedule Tuesday 11th 8.00-9.00 Breakfast Lecture: The features of hydrological regime of the Barents Sea. Results of Arctic Floating University expeditions (Vesman Anna, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute ) Lecture: Optical characteristics of atmosphere (Urazgildeeva Aleksandra, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute) 12.00-13.00 Lunch Lecture: XXth century : "Exploring and Exploitating the Arctic"(Hösli Eric, Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne) Lecture: Carbon cycle of Arctic and Northern boreal ecosystems and its human-induced change by different types of land use (Goryachkin Sergey, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences ) Group work 18.00 -19.00 Dinner Lecture: Principles of Paleomagnetism (Mikhaltsov Nikolay, Novosibirsk State University) Announcements on tomorrow schedule Wednesday 12th 8.00-9.00 Breakfast Lecture: Sea ice (Vesman Anna, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute ) Lecture: Climate changes in the cryosphere (based on IPCC report) (Urazgildeeva Aleksandra, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute) 12.00-13.00 Lunch Lecture: Life and organo-mineral interactions under and insides stones: hypolithic and endolithic soloids (Goryachkin Sergey, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences ) Lecture: Geography, ecology and physiology of organisms of extreme ecosystems (Nikitin Dmitry, Moscow State University) Group work 18.00 -19.00 Dinner Lecture: Presentation of the National Park "Russian Arctic" (Ermolov Evgeny, National Park "Russian Arctic") Announcements on tomorrow schedule Thursday 13th 8.00-9.00 Breakfast 10.00 Arrival at Oranskie Islands Field work 19.00 Departure from Oranskie Islands 19.00 -20.00 Dinner Lecture: White Bear (Pokrovskaya Irina, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences) 21.00 Arrival at Cape Zhelaniya Field work (geology, soil chemistry) Announcements on tomorrow schedule Friday 14th 7.00-8.00 Breakfast 10.00 – 17.00 Field work at Cape Zhelaniya 18.00 Departure from Cape Zhelaniya 18.00 -19.00 Dinner Lecture: Ecological problems of the Arctic (Nikitin Dmitry, Moscow State University) Announcements on tomorrow schedule Field work (hydrology, marine biology) Saturday 15th Field work (hydrology, marine biology) 8.00-9.00 Breakfast Lecture: Land birds (Pokrovskaya Irina, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences) Lecture: Principles of Paleomagnetic Applications to Tectonics (Metelkin Dmitry, Novosibirsk State University) 12.00-13.00 Lunch Lecture: Advances and Prospects of Arctic Geological History Reconstructions From Paleomagnetic Data (Metelkin Dmitry, Novosibirsk State University) Lecture: Water birds (Pokrovskaya Irina, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences) 17.00 -18.00 Dinner 18.00 Arrival at Graham Bell Island place2 Announcements on tomorrow schedule Field work Sunday 16th 8.00-9.00 Breakfast 09.00 Arrival at Graham Bell Island place3 Field work 17.00 Departre from Graham Bell Island place3 Lecture: Omics sciences and their analytical methods (Gusakova Elena, Northern Arctic Federal University) 18.00 -19.00 Dinner Lecture: Sea birds (Pokrovskaya Irina, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences) Announcements on tomorrow schedule Monday 17th 01.00 Arrival at Jackson Island Field work 8.00-9.00 Breakfast 10.00 Departure from Jackson Island Lecture: Aerosols in atmosphere (Urazgildeeva Aleksandra, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute) Lecture: Cool biotechnology: potential of psychrophilic bacteria (Gusakova Elena, Northern Arctic Federal University) 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch Lecture: Aerosol optical depth китообразные (Urazgildeeva Aleksandra, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute) Lecture: Cetaceans (Pokrovskaya Irina, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences) 18.00 -19.00 Dinner Lecture: Methods for discovery of extremophile enzyme-producing microorganisms (Gusakova Elena, Northern Arctic Federal University) Announcements on tomorrow schedule Tuesday 18th 00.0 0 Arrival at Heiss Island Field work 09.00 Departure from Heiss Island 8.00-9.00 Breakfast 17.00 -18.00 Dinner 18.00 Arrival at Hooker Island Announcements on tomorrow schedule Field work Wednesday 19th 03.00 Departure from Hooker Island 8.00-9.00 Breakfast 10.00 Arrival at Arthur Island Field work 19.00 Departure from Arthur Island 19.00 -20.00 Dinner Announcements on tomorrow schedule Thursday 20th 00.00 Arrival at Alexandra Land 8.00-9.00 Breakfast Field work 18. 00 Departure from Alexandra Land 18.00 -19.00 Dinner Announcements on tomorrow schedule Friday 21th 04.00 Arrival at Bell Island 8.00-9.00 Breakfast Field work 18.00 Departure from Bell Island 18.00 -19.00 Dinner Announcements on tomorrow schedule 21.00 Arrival at Northbrook Island Field work Saturday 22th 8.00-9.00 Breakfast Field work 14.00 Departure from Northbrook Island Lecture: Russian foreign policy schools (Sergunin Aleksandr, Saint Petersburg State University) 18.00 -19.00 Dinner Lecture: Russian national security doctrines and threat perceptions (Sergunin Aleksandr, Saint Petersburg State University) Announcements on tomorrow schedule Field work (hydrology, marine biology) Sunday 23th Field work (hydrology, marine biology) 8.00-9.00 Breakfast Lecture: Pinniped (Pokrovskaya Irina, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences) Lecture: Arctic and the international Law of the Sea: the basic legal framework. Part 1 (Todorov Andrey, Russian Institute for Strategic Studies) 12.00-13.00 Lunch Lecture: Russian foreign policy decision-making system (Sergunin Aleksandr, Saint Petersburg State University) Lecture: Arctic and the international Law of the Sea: the basic legal framework. Part 2 (Todorov Andrey, Russian Institute for Strategic Studies) 18.00 -19.00 Dinner Lecture: Functional dimensions of Russia’s international course (Sergunin Aleksandr, Saint Petersburg State University) 20.00 Arrival at Russkaya Gavan` (Novaya Zemlya) Announcements on tomorrow schedule Monday 24th 8.00-9.00 Breakfast Lecture: The main Arctic maritime routes – Northern Sea Route and the North-West Passage: challenges of identifying the legal status (Todorov Andrey, Russian Institute for Strategic Studies) Lecture: Regional dimensions of Russia’s foreign policy (Sergunin Aleksandr, Saint Petersburg State University) 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch Lecture: Russia’s Arctic strategies (Sergunin Aleksandr, Saint Petersburg State University) Lecture: Existing legal instruments of international cooperation of the Arctic states (Todorov Andrey, Russian Institute for Strategic Studies) Group work 18.00 -19.00 Dinner Lecture: Metagenome studies (Gusakova Elena, Northern Arctic Federal University) Announcements on tomorrow schedule Tuesday 25th 8.00-9.00 Breakfast Lecture: Review of the Arctic states’ legislation regarding oil and gas exploration and production (Todorov Andrey, Russian Institute for Strategic Studies) Lecture: Lab work: DNA/RNA isolation from water samples (Gusakova Elena, Northern Arctic Federal University) 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch Lecture: Lab work: DNA/RNA isolation from soil samples (Gusakova Elena, Northern Arctic Federal University) Group work 18.00 -19.00 Dinner Announcements on tomorrow schedule Wednesday 26th 8.00-9.00 Breakfast Group work. Preparation for the final session 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch Group work. Preparation for the final session 18.00 -19.00 Dinner Announcements on tomorrow schedule Thursday 27th 8.00-9.00 Breakfast Final session of the expedition participants 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch Final session of the expedition participants 18.00 -19.00 Dinner Announcements on tomorrow schedule Preparation for arrival in Arkhangelsk Friday 28th 8.00-9.00 Breakfast Final meeting of the expedition members 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch 14.00 Arrival in Arkhangelsk Please note: The expedition route will depend on the weather conditions, and therefore, there may be significant changes in places and time of landings. .