Workshops
SALE In the International Polar Year: Advanced Science and Technology Planning - Grenoble France, April, 2006
Conveners: Mahlon "Chuck" Kennicutt II and Jean Robert Petit
For details go to the workshop web site
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Lake Vostok: Defining a Technology Roadmap for Exploration and Sampling. Palo Alto CA, March 27-29, 2003
Convener: Stephen M. Rock, Stanford University and Bonnie Jo Bratina, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse.
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Fastdrill Workshop: Interdisciplinary Polar Research Based on Fast Ice-Sheet Drilling 3-6 October 2002
- FASTDRILL Workshop - 2002
- For details please contact the conference homepage
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Subglacial Lakes: Biology and Decontamination Issues, Amsterdam, Netherlands August 2001
Conveners: Cynan Ellis-Evans, British Antarctic Survey and John C. Priscu, Montana State University
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Life in Ancient Ice Workshop: Gleneden Beach, Oregon June 2001
Conveners: Scott O. Rogers, Bowling Green State University and John D. Castello, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Agenda: The general objective of this workshop was to bring together experts studying ice, permafrost, ancient life, biological preservation, evolution, and astrobiology to assess current and future research that would extend our knowledge of life in ancient frozen matrices. The anticipated outcomes of this workshop were to: 1.Discuss current and future research on life in ancient ice and permafrost; 2. Present recommendations to NSF and NASA on future research directions and needs; 3. Generate interest among researchers and the public around the world on this subject by producing a book based on the workshop presentations and another book for the lay public (both to be published by Princeton University Press), making the abstracts and other information available to the public via the Internet.
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Subglacial Lake and Deep Ice Exploration: Canadian Expertise and International Opportunities, Ottawa, Canada March 2001
Conveners: Olav Loken and Warwick Vincent, Canadian Committee for Antarctic Research
Agenda: To bring together Canadian and international scientists having an interest in exploration of subglacial lakes and deep ice, and to responded to a recommendation of the Cambridge workshop, that asked National Antarctic Programs to gauge the interest in their respective countries in subglacial lake exploration.
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Workshop on Subglacial Lakes: Cambridge, UK September 1999
Convener: Cynan Ellis-Evans, British Antarctic Survey
Agenda: To discuss a strategy for the development of a subglacial lake exploration program and to make recommendations to SCAR to ensure a successful implementation of such a program.
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Lake Vostok Workshop: “A Curiosity or a Focus for Interdisciplinary Study”, Washington D.C. November 1998.
Conveners: Robin E. Bell, Columbia University and David M. Karl, University of Hawaii
Agenda: To stimulate discussion within the US science community on Lake Vostok specifically addressing the question: “Is Lake Vostok a natural curiosity or an opportunity for uniquely posed interdisciplinary scientific programs?” The workshop developed an interdisciplinary science plan for studies of Lake Vostok.
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