IPY 2007-2008

Category: Conference The International Glaciological Society will hold an International Symposium on Sea Ice in 2010. The symposium will be held in Tromso, Norway from 31 May to 4 June 2010. This symposium will present an opportunity for interdisciplinary, biological, chemical, and socio-economic research on sea ice.

Planned topics include:
- Sea ice in the regional and global climate system;
- The role of sea ice in polar ecosystems;
- Physical properties of sea ice;
- Biogeochemistry and physics of sea ice;
- Sea ice thickness, drift and large-scale circulation;
- Snow on sea ice;
- Social, economic and political importance of sea ice; and
- Sea ice research beyond the IPY.

Participants wishing to present a paper at the workshop are required to submit an abstract. A pre-print of submitted abstracts will be provided for all participants at the symposium. The International Glaciological Society will offer a volume of Annals of Glaciology on "Sea ice in the physical and biogeochemical system," and participants are encouraged to submit manuscripts for this volume.

If you wish to attend the symposium, please visit the website and complete the form on the first circular. The second circular will give further information about accommodation, the general scientific program and additional activities, and preparation of abstracts and final papers. Copies of the second circular will be sent to those who return the form associated with the first circular.

For further information, please go to http://www.igs2010.org/ and http://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2010/Tromso/.