ARICE Main achievements year 1 21 st ERVO

ARICE Main achievements- year 1 21 st ERVO Annual Meeting Hamburg, 11 -13 June 2019 Verónica Willmott, AWI www. arice. eu Grant agreement No 730965

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The ARICE team 16 partners from 13 different countries www. arice. eu

ARICE project – Main Goal To provide Europe with better capacities for marine-based research in the ice-covered Arctic Ocean by: • better coordinating the existing polar research fleet, • offering transnational access to a set of international High Arctic research icebreakers, • collaborating with maritime industry in a “programme of ships and platforms of opportunity”. www. arice. eu

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Networking activities: Achievements Objective 1: The harmonisation of the European Arctic Research fleet and the development of an International Research Icebreaker Consortium Implementation of the ARICE Operational Liaison Panel (OLP) D 1. 2. Guidelines on the conditions to access European PRVs D 1. 3. Map of potential beneficiaries of a coordinated fleet (in prep) Workshop: Towards an European Network of Polar Research Vessels in the Arctic (IRSO/Barcelona, 04. 10. 2018) Workshop: Towards a better coordination and harmonization of the Arctic Research Vessel fleet (At ERVO meeting in Hamburg, 11. -13. 6. 2019) Objective 2: to ensure that there is regular and sustained interaction between the Arctic science community and the Arctic industry community. Implementation of the Industry Liaison Panel (ILP) First Annual Meeting between the Maritime Industry and the Arctic Science Community at the SOS 2018 meeting in Hong Kong www. arice. eu Planned sessions at Arctic Circle Assembly 2019, SOS 2019

Networking activities: Achievements Objective 3: to create educational material and perform training activities for European early career polar scientists and professionals Online Training & resources for multiple audiences Webinar pre-cruise preparation (AWI, IOPAN) 19 February 2019 Webinar ship-time proposal writing (AWI) 25 April 2019 In person/on-site training courses (M 12 – M 40) MOSAi. C School 2019 (20 international M. Sc. /Ph. D students selected from ~250 applications) 6 -week training on board of of RV Akademik Fedorov during 1 st leg of MOSAi. C expedition Technicians exchange programme www. arice. eu ARICE SUMMER School 2020 & technician training: Planned for summer 2020 on board of RV Heincke & at AWI Helgoland, RV Heinke funded

Networking activities: Achievements Objective 4: Coordinated trans-national access “free of charge” for all European and international scientists to the ice-covered Arctic Ocean on board the six ARICE European and international research icebreakers. ARICE 2018 call for ship-time proposals – CLOSED - Results available online PRV Polarstern, DE CCGS Amundsen, CA RV Sikuliaq, USA ARICE 2019 call for ship-time proposals – OPEN! - Application deadline 3 rd July 2019 RV Kronprins Haakon, NO www. arice. eu IB Oden, SE MSV Fennica, FI

Joint Research Activities: Achievements Objective 5: use the increase in marine traffic in the Arctic to 1) implement a “programme of ships and platforms of opportunity” in the Arctic Ocean and 2) to identify key technologies that could lead to an improvement of ship-based and autonomous measurements in ice-covered seas. • Recommendations for automatic environmental data collection of ice going vessels Objective 6: Develop and adapt strategies and tools for efficient data access and data dissemination www. arice. eu

Towards a better coordination and harmonization of the Arctic Research Vessel fleet 21 st ERVO Annual Meeting, Hamburg, 11 -13 June 2019 Verónica Willmott, AWI www. arice. eu Grant agreement No 730965

Heavy icebreakers in the Arctic Xué Lóng Araon CCGS Amundsen Akademik Fyodorov Taymyr Polarstern CCGS Louis S. St. Laurent Yamal Rossiya Oden Sovetskiy Soyuz USCGC Healy Kapitan Dranitsyn Kronprins Haakon www. arice. eu

Polar Research Vessels - Operation Nationally owned infrastructures National budget Access through national programmes National budget National research priorities National researchers Geographic and budget limitation Limited access to international fleet www. arice. eu Little room for international initiatives National scheduling Independent from international schedules Duplication of efforts

Polar Research Vessels - Operation Polar programmes with bipolar perspective long transits Reduced ship time in the Arctic Ocean www. arice. eu Highly capable icebreakers used in geographic areas were less ice-capable vessels would be operating at their optimal conditions Reduced ship time in the ice-covered Arctic Ocean Vessels operating in the same areas Not optimizing vessel capacities Duplication of efforts Costly operations

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Arctic Research Icebreaker Consortium Better use of these costly infrastructures International leveraging of funds Support international initiatives Access to Polar infrastructure for strong polar programmes Maximise economic benefits from sharing resources Facilitating the contribution/participation of scientists from nations which: - do not operate these infrastructures - whose infrastructures operate in different locations. www. arice. eu Fulfil European needs in Arctic Research

Towards a better coordination of the Arctic Research fleet • A European Consortium able to fund and implement cruises in the High Arctic • Mo. U or similar among nations • Barter system • National contributions through a similar IODP quota system • in cash or in kind contributions www. arice. eu

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