Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Connecting Polar Oceans to the Global Earth System
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:25 pm
"The Challenge of Modelling Southern Ocean CO2 Fluxes and What It Reveals About Our Earth System Projections Capabilities"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:10 pm
"The Arctic Meltdown and Mid-Latitude Weather Extremes: How Are They Connected?"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Connected Oceans: Fluxes Across Marine Polar Gateways
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"The Atlantic Inflow into the Arctic Ocean"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"The Remarkable Influence of a Small Strait on the Arctic: Why Oceanographers and Other Ecosystems Should Care About Recent Change in the Bering Strait Throughflow"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Large Zooplankton as Trophic Teleconnections: A Trait-Based Approach to Life History and Bioenergetics Along Arctic Transport Corridors"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Ventilation, Deep Water Formation and Sub-Polar Connectivity
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:45 pm
"Changes in Southern Ocean Ventilation Across Time: Implications for the Marine Carbon Cycle"
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm
Discussion
6:55 pm - 7:30 pm
"Holocene Insights into the Variability of the Constituents of North Atlantic Deep Water and Its Link to Subpolar Circulation and Ecosystems"
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Physical Connectivity Across Vertical Interfaces and Its Impact on Biological Productivity
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"The Importance of Mesoscale Processes for Bio-Physical Response of a Changing Arctic System in the Fully Coupled Regional Arctic System Model (RASM)"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"A Pan-Arctic Baseline for Turbulent Nitrate Fluxes: On Constraining Primary Production from Below"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Observing Internal Waves and Mixing Hotspots in the Arctic Ocean from Space"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Impacts of Rivers and Glaciers on Coastal Marine Ecosystems
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:45 pm
"Rivers as Vital Links Between Land and Ocean in the Changing Arctic"
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm
Discussion
6:55 pm - 7:30 pm
"The Melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet and Its Impact on Coastal Ecosystems"
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Biological Linkages Between the Ice, the Water Column and the Benthos
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"Under Sea-Ice Phytoplankton Blooms: New Phenological Feature in the Arctic Ocean?"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"The Response of Benthos to Different Sources of Organic Matter in the Canadian Arctic"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"The Role of Sea Ice-Derived Carbon in Polar Food Webs Under Present and Future Conditions"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Linking Technology and Oceanography to Improve Polar Observation
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:45 pm
"A Travel Through Snow: How the Variability in Snowpack Affects Light Transmission"
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm
Discussion
6:55 pm - 7:30 pm
"Autonomous Systems for Arctic Observing: Technological Advances and Scientific Results"
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Species on the Move: Pathways and Consequences
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"Range Shifts of Predatory Zooplankton: Their Likelihood and Consequences for Arctic and Antarctic Food Webs"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"Shifting Predators and 'Seascapes of Fear' in Warming Arctic Marine Ecosystems"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Influence of Dispersal Processes on the Global Dynamics of Emperor Penguin, a Species Threatened by Climate Change"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Connecting Marine Ecosystems and Human Well-Being Through Transdisciplinary Approaches
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:45 pm
"What Can Polar Diatoms Do for You?"
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm
Discussion
6:55 pm - 7:30 pm
"Unexpected Linkages Between the Coastal Ocean and Inuit Health"
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
General Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Closing Remarks
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure