Polar Gateways Arctic Circle Sunrise - Wednesday, January 23, 2008
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06:30 – 08:30 Breakfast – Iḷisaġvik College Kitchen (hours)
08:30 – 09:00 Conference Briefing for On-Site Participants
John F. Cooper, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
I. Conference Opening, Kiruna, Historical Perspectives for IPY I/II to IGY
Opening Ceremony
09:00 – 09:05 Invocation
Kenneth Toovak, Elder, Hon. Ph.D., BASC Board member
09:05 – 09:15 Welcome toBarrow & BASC, Introduction of Mayor
Richard K.Glenn, Board President, BASC
09:15 – 09:30 Importance of Science to the Communities of the North Slope
George Olemaun, Special Assistant to the Mayor, North Slope Borough
09:30 –09:45 Commemoration of the First International Polar Year at Barrow
Glenn W. Sheehan, Executive Director, BASC
Video - 881Mb Video - 511Mb Mp4 - 56Mb Video - 529Mb
09:45 – 10:00 Break
Kiruna VideoConference: 09:45 – 12:00
10:00 – 10:15 Welcome and Introduction
Ingrid Sandahl, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna
Slides - 2.4Mb
10:15 – 10:45 Kiruna, A Northern City, Past, Present and Future
Anna Mämmi, Municipality of Kiruna, Sweden
Slides - 36Mb
10:45 – 11:00 Latest News from MARA, the Movable Atmospheric Radar in Antarctica
Sheila Kirkwood, Aboa/Wasa Bases, Antarctica (telecon via Kiruna, Uwe Raffalski)
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11:00 – 11:30 Recent Results on Mars and Venus
Hans Nilsson, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
Slides - 17Mb
11.30 – 12:00 Auroral studies by the Russian-Swedish expedition to Spitsbergen 1899-1900
Ingrid Sandahl, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna
Sergey Chernouss,****Polar Geophysical Institute, Apatity, Russia
- 22Mb
AllSky Camera Aurora Movie. - 16Mb
Courtesy of Ilya Kornilov, Polar Geophysical Institute, Apatity, Russia.
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch– Iḷisaġvik College Kitchen (hours)
13:00 – 13:30 Sunrise Conference Group Photograph
1st sunrise at 13:06, sunset at 14:12, based on historical data from Jan. 23, 2007.
The Second International Polar Year
14:00 – 14:15 Local Memories of Early Arctic Aviation at Barrow, Post-Rogers Memorial
Kenneth Toovak, Elder, Hon. Ph.D., BASC Board member
14:15 – 15:00 Early Arctic Aviation and the Bergen School of Meteorology (telecon)
Roger Turner, University of Pennsylvania
Abstract Slides - 8.6Mb Video - 409Mb Video - 280Mb
University of Alaska Fairbanks Video Conference: 14:45 – 18:30
The International Geophysical Year
15:00 – 17:00 Sidney Chapman, IGY, and the Geophysical Institute (UAF videocon)
Personal Experiences Working with Sydney Chapman During the IGY
UAF Abstracts for Akasofu, Benson, and Smith
Syun-Ichi Akasofu, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Motivations and Legacies of the First Three International Polar Years
Carl Benson, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska at Fairbanks
International Achievements of the IGY and Parallels with the Current International Years
Slides - 21Mb Video - 379Mb Video - 246Mb
Roger W. Smith, Director, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks****
General Discussion of Chapman and IGY Legacies for the Present and Future
All Participants
17:00 – 18:30PersonalRemembrances of the International Geophysical Year 1957 – 1958
Personal Reminisces
Kenneth Toovak, BASC (Interview with John F. Cooper)
The First Winter at the Amundsen-Scott IGY South-Pole Station
Robert F. Benson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Slides - 7.4Mb Video - 292Mb Video - 203Mb
A Young Physics Student’s Perspective of the IGY
Margaret A. Shea, University of Alabama Huntsville
Abstract Slides - 68Mb Video
- 374Mb Video - 264Mb
Reminisces of the Thule, Greenland IGY Program
Don Smart, University of Alabama Huntsville
Abstract Slides - 8.4Mb Video - 208Mb Video - 143Mb
R. P. Kane, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais,Brazil (prerecorded, 10min)
Video-Talk - 44Mb
Related publications:
- Kane R. P., Solar activity during sunspot minimum, Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, Vol. 40, pp. 7 - 10, Feb. 2011
Arctic Archeological History
18:30 – 19:30 Tour of BASC Arctic Archeology Laboratory
Anne M. Jensen, Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation (UIC) (pending confirmation)
19:30 – 20:00 Break
Opening Dinner at Barrow Restaurant: 20:00 – 22:00