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About the author: Senior researcher Tanja Joona works at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland. Joona’s research interests focus on indigenous peoples’ rights, especially the Sámi rights, the ILO Convention No. 169 and other relevant international instruments, as well as traditional ... [Read more]
William Burrows works in the Observation Based Research Section, Meteorological Research Division, of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). He has enjoyed a lengthy career with ECCC, first as an operational forecaster, then Instructor of Meteorology, and finally as a Research Scientist. For ... [Read more]
About the authors: The authors work at the US National Weather Service where Richard Thoman is a Climate Science and Services Manager, Becki Heim is a Marine and Sea Ice Program Manager, and Gene Petrescu is a Regional Scientist. In this article, they describe how Alaska coastal communities are ... [Read more]
Authors: Lasse Rabenstein and Panagiotis Kountouris (Drift & Noise GmbH) About the Authors: Lasse Rabenstein is co-founder and managing director of the company Drift & Noise – Polar Services GmbH (DNPS). Lasse received his PhD in 2010 at the University Bremen, Germany, in ... [Read more]
PPP-SERA Open Session with the European Polar Board, The Hague, Netherlands, April 18, 2018 About the authors: Rick Thoman works as the Climate Science and Services Manager for the U.S. National Weather Service Alaska Region and is based in Fairbanks, Alaska. He works as a translator of subseasonal ... [Read more]
Engaging Users of Sea Ice Forecasts to Improve the Next Generation of Products and Services About the author: Lawrence Hislop is the Executive Director of the global Climate and Cryosphere project (CliC) of the WMO World Climate Research Programme. He has fifteen years of international experience ... [Read more]
Environmental Prediction Requirements for Safe Polar Navigation About the author: Tero Vauraste is President and CEO of Arctia ltd, a Finnish Polar Maritime Services company. The company provides ice management services, including icebreaking, oil spill response and other polar maritime assistance ... [Read more]
How the right advice enables informed decisions The Authors: Dr Jan Lieser and Dr Tomas Remenyi are researchers at the Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC) of the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Jan Lieser is a meteorologist and sea-ice ... [Read more]
The Authors: Snorre Greil, project officer and Soley Kaldal, risk management and safety engineer, Department of Operations, Icelandic Coast Guard. It is getting late and dark in Iceland. The operator in the Icelandic Coast Guard (ICG) operations centre is preparing to broadcast the ... [Read more]
Aspects of Practical Planning and Management of an Ice Passage About the Author: Captain Uwe Pahl was the master of the German research icebreaker RV Polarstern from 1996 until 2014. Since 2014, he has been the team leader of the construction supervision team of Reederei F. Laeisz for the new ... [Read more]
