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The University of Maine

2008

International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition

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Itase Synthesis Workshop, Paul Mayewski Dec 2008

Itase Synthesis Workshop, Paul Mayewski

University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

This award supports a workshop to bring together scientists involved in the International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ITASE). Since 1999 the US has supported a program of traverses across both East and West Antarctica (US ITASE). US ITASE is part of the ITASE multi-national effort to understand the past 200-1000+ years of climate change over Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. ITASE is organized under the auspices of Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) and now comprises twenty-one countries. The international representatives from ITASE have met several times in the past to discuss national traverse plans; coordinate efforts; synthesize results; and develop …