21 March 2025 | 16:00 - 18:00 (MDT)
Open Session - HYBRID
Room: UMC Fourth Floor - 425
Organisers: Carin Ashjian (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA)
Session Description:
The AMRCC is a UNOLS Special Committee established to review and refresh science missions and science mission requirements (SMRs) of future Federal icebreakers operating in the Arctic Ocean and other northern polar regions. The Committee is evaluating if existing Arctic SMRs meet current needs for Arctic research on Federal icebreakers and is identifying any additional SMRs required to ensure that Federal icebreakers will meet the needs of the Arctic marine research community for the next 30 years. Specifically, the Committee is reviewing and refreshing SMRs for (a) any commercially available polar icebreaker that may be acquired or procured and refit for operation by the Federal government; and (b) the conceptual design of future “medium” or “heavy” Federal-flagged and owned icebreakers.
At this meeting, Committee members will review the charge to the Committee and the Committee’s activities to date, will review draft findings from the community survey, and will welcome any additional comments and input on envisioned science directions and research cruises in the Arctic Ocean for the next 30 years, on existing and future gaps in our ability to address these questions, and on critically needed science enabling capabilities of federal vessels in the Arctic Ocean.