*Course Announcement: Field techniques in interdisciplinary sea-ice research
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Sea Ice Field Course Announcement, University of Alaska Fairbanks & Hokkaido University
Field techniques in interdisciplinary sea-ice research
17-28 May 2008
Barrow, Alaska, USA

For course and registration information please visit:
_http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/research/seaicebiota/barrowcourse/_

For further information please contact:
Hajo Eicken (_hajo.eicken@ gi.alaska.edu_)
Rolf Gradinger (_rgradinger@ ims.uaf.edu_)
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA
Kunio Shirasawa (_kunio@ lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp_)
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

University of Alaska Fairbanks and Hokkaido University announce a sea-ice field course that is open to graduate-level students and post-graduate professionals from relevant fields; openings may also exist for a small number of advanced undergraduate students with appropriate background with permission from the instructors.

The course offers a hands-on introduction to the principal field techniques employed in sea-ice studies of an interdisciplinary (geophysical-biogeochemical) nature. The course focuses on sea ice as an instructive example of the close intertwining between ocean, ice and biosphere processes and humans in the polar regions. The use of the ice cover by different stakeholders in the context of research program design will receive particular attention. The course will consist mostly of field- and lab-based instruction with some introductory lectures and evening seminars/discussions. In the spirit of the International Polar Year, the instructor team includes recognized experts from a number of different nations who will lead different course modules (see web site for details).

Tuition for the course includes University registration fees and a $500 course fee (modest support may be available to help a very small number of students who may be lacking funds participate in the course, see course application documents). Prior to final registration, applications will be reviewed by the instructors (submission deadline February 22, for details see course web site) with the selection of course participants to be announced in early March.