This symposium, to be held at the University of Washington, is intended for interdisciplinary scholars who will be prepared to discuss their research in the sub-arctic North Atlantic, sub-arctic North Pacific, and the Arctic Ocean that bears on the issue of how changes in sea ice are likely to affect these marine ecosystems. The symposium will also consider the people who depend upon these ecosystems and how they may be able to cope with the changes in the ecosystem goods and services that are coming. These goods and services include the availability of transportation corridors, the availability of subsistence foods, and the opportunity for commercial fishing. To put the present day in a longer perspective, the symposium will include a session on the paleo-ecology of people in sub-arctic and arctic regions that were forced to adjust to changing sea-ice conditions in the past. There will also be a session of contributed papers on other topics of interest related to the Sub-Arctic Seas or on the Arctic itself.
Registration
The registration fee for the ESSAS ASM will be $100 and $25 for UW students.
Note that due to venue space restrictions, registration will have to be limited to the first 125 registrants.
To register and submit an abstract, please go to: https://www.imr.no/conferences/ESSAS/