• Announcing a New Executive Director: Welcome to Susan E. Fox {more}

Education Join PolarTREC

Visit the PolarTREC website to learn about upcoming polar expeditions and opportunities for teachers, researchers, classrooms and communities.

Sundog

A sundog caused by the refraction of sunlight by ice crystals high in the earth's atmosphere is visible in the morning from the deck of the USCG Icebreaker Healy. (TREC 2005)

Photo by: Ute Kaden

Workshop WildREACH Workshop

Alaska FWS WildREACH

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service convened a workshop on Wildlife Response to Environmental Arctic Change (WildREACH) to advance our understanding of climate change-related impacts to fish and wildlife populations in the Arctic. {more}

PublicationWitness the Arctic

Witness the Arctic - Winter 2008-2009

The Winter 2008-2009 edition of Witness the Arctic is now available for download. This edition's feature article, written by Mark Serreze, is called "Arctic Climate Change: Where Reality Exceeds Expectations". Other features include an insert from the University of Delaware and a special note from the ARCUS president. {more}

Announcement2009 Sea Ice Outlook

Sea Ice

The Sea Ice Outlook organizers are now launching activities and soliciting contributions for the first 2009 Sea Ice Outlook monthly report. {more}

A small Sea Ice Outlook workshop was held 10 March 2009 in Boulder, Colorado. {more}

Symposium Park Science in the Arctic

Park Science in the Arctic

Dates: 14-16 October 2008

Abstracts and agendas are now online for the 2008 Alaska Park Science Symposium and Beringia Days 2008. The symposium was a three-day meeting with two concurrent sessions each day.

All presentations pertained to the theme of the meeting: "Natural and Cultural Heritage of Greater Beringia." {more}
Sea Ice Outlook:
The SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook is an international effort to provide a community-wide summary of the state of arctic sea ice over the summer season. {more}
Internet Media Archive:
The Internet Media Archive is a collection of photos, graphics, videos, and presentations now available through an online archive. {more}
Directory of Arctic Researchers:
Access this directory of more than 4000 international arctic researchers. {more}
Witness the Arctic:
A newsletter providing information on arctic research efforts and initiatives, national policy, international activities, and more. {more}

Arctic Research Consortium of the United States

ARCUS is a non-profit corporation consisting of institutions organized and operated for educational, professional, or scientific purposes. To achieve its mission, ARCUS frequently provides support to workshops to facilitate discussion of important arctic research initiatives, produces workshop reports to publicize researcher recommendations for arctic science priorities, and assists the arctic research community with other publications and information distribution needs. More about ARCUS.