UPCOMING MEETINGS

90th USARC Meeting
September 15-16, 2009
Kotzebue, AK

International Arctic
Fisheries Symposium
October 19-21, 2009
Anchorage, AK

91st USARC Meeting
November 9-11, 2009
Cambridge, MA



Arctic Boundary Maps



Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment 2009 Report
(27.2 MB pdf)
This report was co-authored by USARC's former Deputy Director, Dr. Lawson Brigham, and approved by the Arctic Council in April 2009.

About USARC

The Arctic Research Policy Act of 1984 established USARC. Its principal duties are to develop and recommend an integrated national Arctic research policy and to assist in establishing a national Arctic research program plan to implement the policy. USARC Commissioners facilitate cooperation among the federal government, state and local governments, and other nations with respect to basic and applied Arctic research.<more>