THE GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS OF A WARMING ARCTIC ROUNDTABLE before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Time:Immediately following the business meeting Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Kerry     Guests: The Honorable Lisa Murkowski    United States Senate    Washington, DC The Honorable Mark Begich    United States Senate    Washington, DC David Carlson    Director    International Polar Year International Program Office    London, UK Scott Borgerson    Visiting Fellow    for Ocean Governance Council on Foreign Relations    Washington, DC Lawson Brigham    Chair of the Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment    Arctic Council    Anchorage, AK Lisa Speer<    Oceans Program Director    Natural Resources Defense Council    New York, NY Mead Treadwell    Chair    US Arctic Research Commission    Anchorage, AK   Hearing Titles in blue are links to video recording of hearing. Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.