Symposium Organisation
Magnús Már Magnússon
Secretary General, IGS
| Haere Mai and Welcome! |
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| It is our pleasure to invite you to the International Glaciological Society Symposium on Sea Ice in Dunedin, New Zealand. |
Latest News
- The symposium is over. Thanks to everybody for your support.
- The final programme is available on the programme page.
- IPAB, the WCRP/SCAR International Program for Antarctic Buoys, held its 5th participants' meeting on Saturday, 3 December, 9:00 am - 5:30 pm, chaired by Christian Haas. (details)
- The 1st Workshop Antarctic Sea Ice in IPY was chaired by Steve Ackley in Dunedin on Sunday, 4 December, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm. (details)
- An informational meeting on the North Pole Environmental Observatory was presented by Jamie Morison from 6:00pm to 7:30pm on Tuesday, 6 December 2005. (details)
The sea-ice of the Arctic and Antarctic Seas exerts a major impact on the regional
oceans and atmosphere, concomitantly affecting global climate and modifying the
global oceans. It also strongly influences the ecology of the polar oceans.
Through remote sensing, fieldwork and modelling, often with a multidisciplinary
flavour, scientists are well placed to make significant progress over the next
two decades in our understanding of this vital constituent of the geosphere and
biosphere at all scales. Succeeding the very successful
'International Symposium on Sea Ice and its Interactions',
held in Fairbanks Alaska during June 2000, the overarching goal of this
Symposium is to promote interdisciplinary discussion of the geophysics of
sea ice and its interactions with the ocean, atmosphere and biosphere.
| Cosponsors | |
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| University of Otago | Royal Society of New Zealand |
| ISOTRACE Ltd | National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research |
| Department of Conservation | |
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