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Conference on Water Innovations for Healthy Arctic Homes: September 18-21, 2016, Anchorage, Alaska. This circumpolar conference will bring together engineers, health experts, researchers, community members, policymakers, and innovators to discuss health benefits, challenges and innovations associated with making running water and sewer in remote northern communities safe, affordable and sustainable. Information and an expression of interest in attending can be found here. (The full link is: http://wihah2016.com/)
Today's Congressional Action:
The House and Senate are not in session.
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Media
Inuit Foster Kids Fight to Overcome Trauma, Abandonment: Part I in a Series. When she was around 12, she tried to hang herself because it seemed like the only way to stop getting groped and raped by men and boys who came and went from the drunken household where she was raised. A family member found her, cut her down and hugged her and though she didn't trust anyone anymore, that hug felt good and she was grateful and she remembered that she had a younger sister to protect. Nunatsiaq Online
 Nunavut Stats Still Lower Life Expectancy at Birth: StatsCan. A child born in Nunavut between 2010 and 2012 can look forward to a life that's 11 years shorter than a child born at the same time in British Columbia. That's according to the May 19 release of Life Tables from Statistics Canada.
StatsCan found that life expectancy at birth remained lower in the three territories, but "most notably in Nunavut." Nunatsiaq Online
Do Arctic Villages Need Oil? Point Lay Leaders Say No? If oil companies are ever going to return to drill for oil in federal waters of the Arctic, they will need leases. Sen. Lisa Murkowski complained at a hearing in Washington this afternoon that the leasing plan the feds are considering is too limited. She bolstered her position by calling on an Arctic Slope mayor, who testified that he and his neighbors need the industry. But other Arctic residents sat in the back of the hearing room, passionately opposed to off-shore drilling. Alaska Public Radio
Key Alaska Provisions Survive House Vote on Defense Bill. The U.S. House passed an annual defense authorization bill late Wednesday night that included several Alaska-focused provisions secured by Rep. Don Young, including language transferring some Alaska lands out of federal hands, and to support Native corporations' ability to secure more multimillion-dollar federal contracts... Sullivan, who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, touted inclusion of 22 amendments on the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act that passed out of that committee at the end of last week. The amendments include language that requires: New port infrastructure in the U.S. Arctic, Missile Defense Agency tests and a Defense Department report on Arctic search and rescue planning. Alaska Dispatch News
Arctic River Carbon Levels: Significant Increase. It is truly the "mighty Mackenzie". The Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories together with its tributaries runs over 4,000 kilometers long. The Mackenzie basint drains an area of over 1,800,000 sq.km., about the same as the area of Spain France Germany and Italy combined. But something is changing. There's now vastly more carbon in the water. Radio Canada International
 New Coast Guard Icebreaker Still Long Way Off. The Coast Guard's plan to build a new heavy icebreaker for the Arctic to join the 40-year-old Polar Star could still be in the design phase in 2020 despite an "accelerated acquisition timeline," and that's assuming Congress goes along with the funding. "We'd like to begin construction activity by 2020," Ahmed Majumder, the deputy program manager for the icebreaker plan, said this week at the Navy League's Sea Air Space exposition at National Harbor, Maryland, outside Washington, D.C. Military.com
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Yesterday, the House of Representatives consider the Department of Defense authorization bill. The legislation includes Arctic port infrastructure and report on Arctic search and rescue planning.
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Future Events
High North Dialogue 2016: The Blue Future of the Arctic, May 25-26, 2016. HND is an annual conference hosted by the High North Center at Nord University, engaging a wide audience of researchers and future leaders of the region. It will address the necessary questions to effectively promote dialogue between interested stakeholders on how to sustainably develop the different realities of the many Arctics. PhD and Masters students can also participate in a week long credit awarding graduate course.
14th IATS Seminar, June 19-25, 2016 (Bergen, Norway). The University of Bergen (UiB) is honored to host the 14th IATS Seminar in Bergen, Norway, from Sunday 19 to Saturday 25 June 2016 in co-operation with the Network for University Co-operation Tibet-Norway, an academic network with the universities of Oslo, Bergen and Tromsø as partners. The convenor is Professor Hanna Havnevik, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo, and Chair of the Network.
Arctic Ambitions V, June 23-24, 2016 (Anchorage, Alaska, USA). Arctic Ambitions V conference focuses on commercial opportunities in the Arctic, such as engineering, construction, architecture, natural resource development, environmental services, maritime shipping and logistics, and international trade. This event is sponsored by World Trade Center Alaska.
Conference on Water Innovations for Healthy Arctic Homes: September 18-21, 2016, Anchorage, Alaska. This circumpolar conference will bring together engineers, health experts, researchers, community members, policymakers, and innovators to discuss health benefits, challenges and innovations associated with making running water and sewer in remote northern communities safe, affordable and sustainable. Information and an expression of interest in attending can be found here. (The full link is: http://wihah2016.com/)
13th International Conference on Gas in Marine Sediments: September 19-22, 2016 (Tromso, Norway). GIMS 13 promotes the study of natural gas and release systems on a global scale and facilitates interdisciplinary and international cooperation. The conference intends to bring together geologists, biologists, microbiologist, geophysicists, oceanographers, geochemists and scientists from modeling disciplines. The forum will provide a platform for current knowledge and future programs in gas inventories, fluxes and their role within the carbon cycle and biodiversity. Conference is organized by CAGE - Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Abstract submission deadline is May 30th and registration deadline is June 20th. For more information: http://gims13.uit.no
Bridging the Future of Arctic Social Science Research, September 23-24, 2016 (Monticello, Virginia, USA). The event is sponsored by Arctic Horizons. The event will reassemble the members of the National Steering Committee and a small but diverse selection of representatives from the five regional workshops, to total about 15 people. The aim will be to identify and synthesize the core threads of the previous workshops and public contributions proffered between workshops. The target output for the workshop will be a final report draft and outline of steps leading to the final report release in June 2016. The Jefferson Institute will manage production of the publication.
Second International Conference on Natural Resources and Integrated Development of Coastal Areas in the Arctic Zone, September 27-29, 2016 (Arkhangelsk, Russia). The Conference is organized by FASO of Russia, Russian Academy of Sciences, Government of Arkhangelsk region, Arkhangelsk Scientific Center and International Arctic Science Committee (IASC). Conference is aimed at elaboration of research-based practical measures and instruments for realization of human, natural and transport-logistical potential of the Arctic zone, including development of the Northern Sea Route and implementation of models of integrated coastal areas management. For additional information, please email.
Inuit traditions are a repository of Inuit culture and a primary expression of Inuit identity. The theme for the 2016 Inuit Studies Conference invites Elders, knowledge-bearers, researchers, artists, policy-makers, students and others to engage in conversations about the many ways in which traditions shape understanding, while registering social and cultural change. The institutional hosts of "Inuit Traditions," Memorial University of Newfoundland and the Nunatsiavut Government, invite you to contribute to an exchange of knowledge to be held in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, October 7-10, 2016. Presentations on all aspects of Inuit studies will be welcome.
Arctic Technology Conference, October 24-26, 2016 (St. John's, Canada). Founded in 1969, the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) is the world's foremost event for the development of offshore resources in the fields of drilling, exploration, production and environmental protection. The Arctic Technology Conference (ATC) is built upon OTC's successful multidisciplinary approach, with 14 technical societies and organizations working together to deliver the world's most comprehensive Arctic event.
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