The side event to the All-Atlantic 2021 conference, “Networking from Pole to Pole: Facilitating Access for Research and Infrastructure”, held online on 2nd June 2021 discussed how we can better cooperate in Polar Research (Arctic and Antarctic/Southern Ocean) and infrastructures. The webinar was organised jointly by EU-PolarNet 2 and the European Polar Board.
The meeting initiated a dialogue to develop networks that facilitate access for All-Atlantic partners to national research facilities and infrastructure at the poles.
Programme:
- Welcome by the organisers (R. Badhe (EPB) and N. Biebow (EU-PolarNet 2))
- Introduction to the Polar Research Programmes of the All-Atlantic partners Chair: N. Biebow (EU-PolarNet 2)
- Brazil: Jefferson Simões
- South Africa: Marcello Vichi
- Canada: Alain Dupuis
- Europe: Renuka Badhe
- Break
- Best practise examples for cross-border access to infrastructures and sharing of logistics (10 min presentations) Chair: R. Badhe (EPB)
- Setting the scene: Recommendations from the EU-PolarNet Infrastructure White Paper: G. Vieira (IGOT, Portugal)
- Arctic Examples:
- Cross-border access to Arctic icebreakers – ARICE: V. Willmott (AWI, Germany)
- Cross-border access to Arctic research stations – INTERACT: M. Johansson (Lund University, Sweden)
- Antarctic Examples:
- COMNAP Efficiency Task Force: Antarctic Peninsula: A. Quesada (MICINN, Spain)
- Group Discussion on challenges, best practices, and next steps to facilitate an All-Atlantic cooperation in Polar research and sharing of infrastructures and logistics. How should we move beyond the identified challenges to facilitate sharing of infrastructure and logistics in the polar regions?
- End
