Experiences of a Young Artist participating on an ARCTOS cruise to Svalbard.

"Kunsten kan ikke løse klodens utfordringer, men den kan bidra i en positiv retning".

Interview with Eirin Støen, who was one of the young artists invited on the ARCTOS cruise to Svalbard in 2009.

Talks given by teachers and student groups during the workshop.

These are the presentations of the 4 groups:

• Group 1: Invasion of boreal fishes into the Arctic Ocean – processes and consequences of climate change Group 1 (783.1 kB )
• Group 2: Vulnerability of near shore Arctic biota on climate change and anthropogenic stress (oil pollution, littering, engineering, eutrophication, contamination). Group 2 (2.35 MB)
• Group 3: The seasonal melting and retreat of the Arctic sea ice is directly linked to climate change. How will this affect the timing of the ice alga and phytoplankton blooms and the trophic transfer via herbivores to top predators?  Group 3 (2.44 MB)
• Group 4: The Arctic Calanus complex composition changes with the climate swings, how will this affect the Little Auk and other important Arctic seabirds?  Group 4 (1.92 MB) 

Talks by teachers.

• Haakon Hop: How to write a successfull research proposal  Research-proposal-writing-Hop-2010 (412.64 kB)
• Jørgen Schou Christiansen: Challenges for Arctic marine fishes and fisheries  YSF-jsc (3.55 MB)
• Jan Marcin Weslawski: Testing old terrestrial paradigms in the marine environment. Weslawski PhD Workshop 01022010 (636.85 kB)
• Stig Falk-Petersen: Consequences of changing sea ice cover for primary and secondary producers in the Arctic.  YSF-Changing Arctic-SFP (2.54 MB)
• Stig Falk-Petersen: The way from periphery to centre - ARCTOS Vision Statement.  YSF ARCTOS-SFP (1.5 MB)

Talks on Arctic Frontiers

Can be found on the Arctic Frontiers homepage

This years PhD workshop in connection with the Arctic Frontiers Conference 2010 was a big success.

The workshop had participation of 28 PhD students from Poland, Russia, USA, Canada and northern Europe. The students followed the policy and the science part of the conference and worked in groups during and after the conference to discuss research problems related to 'Marie Biodiversity under change'.

The last part of the conference took place at the Skibotn research station with participation of 4 teachers: Jan Marcin Weslawski, Jørgen Schou Christiansen, Paul Wassmann and Stig Falk-Petersen.

"Marine Biodiversity under change”, 24 January to 3 February 2010, Tromsø, Norway

Parallel to the Arctic Frontiers Conference (AFT-2010) and in direct connection with the oral presentations, the Young Scientist Forum and the ARCTOS PhD School will organize an international workshop for PhD students interested in the pan-Arctic region.

This is an approved PhD level course (BIO-8512 – 2 ECTS) at the University of Tromsø, and consists of the conference itself, plus an intensive 5 days seminar after the conference.

During the seminar (which will take place in Tromsø and at the Skibotn Field station), the students work in discussion groups on given subjects related to the topics under Part III “Marine Biodiversity under change”. Senior scientists from the ARCTOS PhD School, as well as some of the invited speakers from the conference will be present to ensure a good dialogue and progress in the discussions. Evaluation/exam: Powerpoint presentations of the student work at the end of the workshop.

Young Scientist Forum

More than 30 young artists applied for the 4 scholarships to join an Arctic cruise in the summer of 2009. After the committee had evaluated all candidates, the following 4 artists were chosen and offerd this opportunity: Toril Johannessen, Thomas Østby, Marius Dahl and Merete Røstad.

Parallel to the Arctic Frontiers Conference and in direct connection with the oral presentations, the Young Scientist Forum and the ARCTOS PhD school organise an international networking workshop for PhD students. The workshop is open for all students interested in the pan-Arctic region.

Photos: Anaîs Aubert - Svolvær 2009

The project facilitates network establishment between young scientist in the circumpolar region, creates dialog with the community through cross-over processes between science & art and exposes the life, industry and culture of the High North to the international arena.

Through the Young Scientist Forum ARCTOS aims to build network arenas for young scientists living in, interested in or working in the circumpolar region. The idea is that forces joint at an early point in the career development will strenghten the cooperations and network of tomorrow. 

Alongside the scientific network acticity, ARCTOS also wish to improve and enhance the community dialog throught involving artist in the scientific work. Historically scientists and artists have always had a close relationship and ARCTOS wishes to revitalize this fruitful communication throught the Young Scientist Forum. By inviting young scientists to the scientific fieldwork in the Arctic, YSF hopes to raise the public interest and awarness of polar issues.