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1 Glaciology Exchange (Glacio-Ex) Norwegian/Canadian/US Partnership Program Luke Copland University of Ottawa, Canada Jon Ove Hagen University of Oslo, Norway Kronebreeen, Svalbard. Photo: Monica Sund

2 The Cryosphere is changing! pics/earth/features/gra ce i.html Changes in ice thickness (in centimeters per year) during as measured by NASA's GRACE satellites, averaged over each of the world's ice caps and glacier systems outside of Greenland and Antarctica

3 Late 19 th century ice shelf extent (~9,000 km 2 ) Alert Eureka

4 Late 19 th century ice shelf extent (~9,000 km 2 ) July 2005 Extent (1043 km 2 ) Alert Eureka

5 Late 19 th century ice shelf extent (~9,000 km 2 ) July 2005 Extent (1043 km 2 ) Sept 2012 Extent (~500 km 2 ) Ayles Milne Ward Hunt Markham Alert Serson Petersen Eureka

6 Who cares?! Melting glaciers raise sea level: greater impact from storm surges Ice islands major concern for offshore oil exploration Changing sea ice impacts arctic shipping routes

7 Glacio-Ex Glacio-Ex project is focused on the terrestrial cryosphere: glaciers, snow, ice shelves, permafrost and seasonal frost in sub-arctic, Arctic, and high mountain environments Primary funding from SIU (Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education), Partnership Program for North America: We have a common and pressing need to learn from each other s research, and to expose university students at all levels to the similarities and differences in environmental and societal conditions in the North This project aims to strengthen scientific cooperation, research interaction and educational activities between the project partners

8 The Partnership 2 from Norway 3 from Canada 1 from USA University of Oslo Department of Geosciences (Jon Ove Hagen, Project Leader) University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Department of Geology (Doug Benn) University of Ottawa Department of Geography (Luke Copland, North American Coordinator) Simon Fraser University, Dept. Earth Sciences, (Gwenn Flowers) University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute (Regine Hock) University of Alberta, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, (Martin Sharp)

9 Science Exchange Science Workshops At least one science workshop per year One at every partner over the next 4 years Research sites of Cryo-Ex partners Exchange visits of faculty & grad students Sabbaticals Writing joint papers Research Sharing field equipment, develop new techniques Inter-comparison between methods

10 Field instrumentation

11 Student and Faculty Training Joint courses, MSc and PhD level Develop new courses, build on existing ones E.g. Remote Sensing of Glaciers, Oslo Yukon Permafrost Course, 2011 Summer field schools Specialized field courses to train graduate students and researchers Undergraduate student exchanges Students go for entire semester ~75% of past participants continue in graduate studies Svalbard Tidewater Glaciers Workshop, 2012

12 Kananaskis Field Station Summer Schools 2013: Wireless sensor networks Kananaskis Field Station, Alberta, Canada 2014: Glaciology field techniques Wrangell Mountains Center, McCarthy, Alaska Wrangell Mountains Center 2015: Tidewater glaciers and permafrost UNIS, Svalbard, Norway 2016: Permafrost and glaciology Kluane Lake Research Station, Yukon, Canada Kluane Lake Research Station UNIS

13 Field course on alpine landscapes, Norway

14 Field course on glaciers and permafrost, Svalbard

15 GEG4001: Northern Field Research, Yukon/Alaska

16 GEG4001: Northern Field Research, Yukon/Alaska

17 GEG4100 Glaciology: Patagonia, Argentina

18 GEG4100 Glaciology: Antarctica

19 Practical Issues Commercial flights to Canadian Arctic very expensive Ottawa-Resolute ~$5600 Ottawa- Longyearbyen ~$2000 Food costs very high in Canadian Arctic (& poor quality) $800 $5600 $1200

20 Practical Issues Charter flights cheap in Canada/US Twin Otter ~$2000/hr Helicopters ~$1000-$2000/hr Svalbard >$5000/hr Unrestricted flying in Canada/US Few regulations, can land essentially anywhere Can only fly in Svalbard with permission of the Governor Also unrestricted snowmobile use in US/Canada Major aircraft support for Canadians from Polar Continental Shelf Project Operate logistics base in Resolute Bay Virtually all equipment and flight hours provided free of charge to researchers

21 Conclusions Glacio-Ex provides unique connection between leading cryospheric research groups in Norway and North America Glacio-Ex will establish closer, formal linkages and exchange arrangements, and will train the next generation of cryospheric scientists The exchange is expected to lead to long-term collaborative ties between researchers, and graduate and undergraduate students in all three countries

22 Thankyou!

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