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Increasing Arctic Accessibility
Over the Next Twenty Years
Arctic Research Support and Logistics Workshop Report
Increasing Arctic Accessibility
Over the Next Twenty Years
Arctic Research Support and Logistics Workshop Report
James Morison and Jacqueline Richter-Menge (workshop co-chairs)
Kristina Creek, Peter Griffith, Steven Oberbauer, Sophia Perdikaris,
Matthew Shupe, Craig Tweedie, and Helen Wiggins (eds.)
Acknowledgments
The organizing committee for the Workshop on Future Directions for Arctic Research Logistics consisted
of co-chairs James Morison and Jacqueline Richter-Menge, Peter Griffith, Steven Oberbauer, Sophia Per-
dikaris, Matt Shupe, Craig Tweedie, and Helen Wiggins.
We thank all workshop attendees for their time, ideas, and expertise. We also thank everyone who con-
tributed to the review and editing of this report.
The workshop and report were generously supported by the National Science Foundation Arctic Research
Support and Logistics Program. Opinions, findings, and conclusions in the report do not necessarily
reflect the views of NSF.
We thank Kristina Creek, Helen Wiggins, and the staff at the Arctic Research Consortium of the United
States for their guidance and work throughout this process.
Editing, design, and production by Inkworks.
Photos: PolarTREC program, courtesy of ARCUS.
Cover photo: The USCGC
Healy
breaks sea ice in the Bering Sea. Photo by Deanna Wheeler (PolarTREC
2009). Courtesy of ARCUS.
Citation
James Morison and Jacqueline Richter-Menge (workshop co-chairs), Kristina Creek, Peter Griffith, Steve
Oberbauer, Sophia Perdikaris, Matthew Shupe, Craig Tweedie, and Helen Wiggins (eds.). Increasing Arc-
tic Accessibility Over the Next Twenty Years: Arctic Research Support and Logistics Workshop Report.
Fairbanks, Alaska: ARCUS, 2014. 56 pp.
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2. Sustaining and Expanding Logistics Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.1. Research Platforms for the Arctic Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.2. Communications, Power, and Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3. Capacity Building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4. Opportunities for Improved Coordination of Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.1. International Access and Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.2. Interagency Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.3. Interdisciplinary Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
4.4. Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
5. Summary and Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Appendix A: Workshop Attendees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Appendix B: Workshop Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Appendix C: Breakout Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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Alicia Gillean observes Arctic ground squirrels. Atigun River near Toolik Field Station, Alaska. Photo by Alicia
Gillean, courtesy of ARCUS.
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