Barrow Science and BASC in the Media
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Senator Begich says US must "better understand [climate] changes underway" by "making sure we have a world class research facility on the North Slope"
Senator Begich addressed "the need for a new national Arctic policy. I've been working closely with the new administration to ensure that Alaska is [in] a leadership role here. After all, Alaska is the only reason the United States is an Arctic nation."
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BASC, NARL Featured in Testimony by Borgerson, Treadwell before U.S. House
On 25 March 2009, at a hearing of the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs entitled "Climate Change and the Arctic: New Frontiers of National Security", Visiting Fellow for Ocean Governance at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Scott G. Borgerson called for partnership with indigenous communities to further US national security interests in the Arctic. BASC was given as an example of a model to emulate. The full text of Borgerson's testimony is available in PDF. More information is at the Council on Foreign Relations website. A follow-up New York Times Op-Ed piece of which he is a co-author is also available from the CFR.
Also during the hearing, Chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission and Institute of the North Senior Fellow Mead Treadwell referred to the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory and the long history of U.S. arctic research in his testimony.
The opening statement of the committee chairperson, in which he refers to the 24 March 2009 letter to President Obama, is on the committee website.
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Resolution by Alaska State Legislature Honors BASC
According to a resolution by the Alaska State Legislature, "BASC assists every federal agency working in the U.S. Arctic and is a national treasure. With accelerating interest in climate change and in offshore resources, BASC is more important than ever to our communities and to our scientists." Here is a PDF of the complete resolution.
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Barrow Arctic Research Center
The Alaska State Legislature has proclaimed Barrow "Alaska's Arctic Science City", in part because Barrow now has a world-class research facility. Look here for information and photographs of the Barrow Arctic Research Center (BARC).
Read the Resolution by the Alaska State Legislature (PDF).
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International Polar Heritage Conference
Pictured at left, Ruben Stehberg from Chile met with an Ipalook Elementary School class as part of BASC's outreach effort in connection with the International Polar Year (IPY) workshop in Barrow sponsored by the International Polar Heritage Committee, September 2007. The workshop included a "pole-to-pole" real time video hookup to Scott Base, Antarctica from Barrow's new research support facility.
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ICOMOS Publication Historical Polar Bases - Preservation and Management Available
Presentations made to the International Polar Heritage Committee of ICOMOS during the conference held in Barrow during September 2007 are now available in full color book form. Contact the IPHC to order a copy.
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Barrow Environmental Observatory (BEO) Update
Jerry Brown put together the report linked at left to highlight projects on the BEO. Jerry based the report on an initial effort undertaken through a Bureau of Land Management International Polar Year grant to BASC.
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A Factorial Analysis of Storm Surge Flooding in Barrow, Alaska
"This paper [by Amanda Lynch, et al] describes work to improve the understanding of the broad range of factors affecting the occurrence of flooding in Barrow, Alaska, using as a basis the series of extreme events that have affected the community over the past 50 years... it was found that when wind is forecast to be greater than... 30 mph for at least 20 h, this is the most accurate predictor of the possibility of damaging flood.... A common feature of many damaging storms is the presence of a large open-water fetch, which limits the damping by ice of waves and wind-driven storm surge.... Autumn storms have historically been most feared and prepared for by Barrow residents. The primary focus of this study, then, is high wind events that occurred during the time of year in which open water is possible near Barrow: the months from July to November..."
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Thanks to the Marine Biological Laboratory at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the synthesis volume for the International Biological Program (IBP) (1980) "An Arctic
Ecosystem: The Coastal Tundra at Barrow, Alaska" is available.
An Arctic Ecosystem: the Coastal Tundra at Barrow, Alaska / edited by Jerry Brown; Philip C. Miller; Larry L. Tieszen; and Fred L. Bunnel. 1980. Stroudsburg, Pa. : Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross. ISBN 0-87933-370-7. 571 pp. (US/IBP synthesis series ; v. 12).
This material joins Limnology of tundra ponds, Barrow, Alaska (1980), also an IBP synthesis volume, by John Hobbie.
Limnology of tundra ponds, Barrow, Alaska / edited by John E. Hobbie. 1980. Stroudsburg, Pa. : Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross. ISBN 0879333863. 514 p. (US/IBP synthesis series ; v. 13).
© 1980 by The Institute of Ecology. All rights reserved. No portion of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means - graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storages and retrieval systems - without written permission of the publisher.
The MBLWHOI Library is providing access to this digital PDF version for non-commercial scholarly and/or educational purposes, with permission.
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Extreme excavation in the face of polar bears
From Angelika Franz
Who will dig in permafrost may not be squeamish. The archaeologist Anne Jensen is fighting on the northernmost point of the U.S. against polar bears, cold and soil erosion. With her work she hopes finally to the mystery of the origin of the Thule people to solve them.
Extrem-Grabung im Antlitz von Eisbären
Von Angelika Franz
Wer im Permafrost graben will, darf nicht zimperlich sein. Die Archäologin Anne Jensen kämpft am nördlichsten Punkt der USA gegen Eisbären, Kälte und Bodenerosion. Mit ihrer Arbeit hofft sie, endgültig das Rätsel um die Herkunft des Thule-Volkes zu lösen.
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,529562,00.html
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British Broadcasting Company, 31 December 2007
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Alaska Journal of Commerce, 14 October 2007
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Cameron M. Smith
We hope you will enjoy the images and writings by Cameron M. Smith, PhD, Department of Anthropology, Portland State University who recently visited Barrow.
Visit the site by clicking the image at left.
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Comet McNaught Visits Barrow - January 2007
Discovered in August by R. H. McNaught, this comet was bright enough to see with the unaided eye.
Photo credit: Cindy Shults
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Dr. Wendy Eisner - Barrow/Atqasuk Research and Traditional Knowledge
The University of Cincinnati highlighted work accomplished by Drs. Wendy Eisner, Ken Hinkel and Richard Beck. This article explains the importance of merging western science and traditional knowledge.
Thanks to Jill Hafner, Public Information Officer - University of Cincinnati, for allowing us to post this article.
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NARL History
A look back at the dedication of the Building 360 science facility at NARL.
Special thanks to Karen McCullough, Editor of ARCTIC, for allowing us to reprint these articles and photographs.
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