Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee (AICC)

Agenda for Meeting
Chinook Room
USCG Integrated Support Center
Pier 36 ñ 1519 Alaskan Way
Seattle, Wa

November 13 & 14, 2003 (Thursday & Friday)

SCHEDULE FOR MEETING

      Day 1: 0830-1700

o      0950-1010 morning break
o      1200-1300 lunch
o      1430-1450 afternoon break
o      evening - Dinner at RADM Garrett's home

      Day 2: 0830-1230

o      0950-1010 morning break
o      1230 Adjourn if possible

AGENDA ITEMS

1.    General business & reports.

*       Review and approve minutes of last meeting: http://www.mlml.calstate.edu/unols/aicc/aicmt302/aicmt302.html 

*       Chair report.

a.      AICC Action items

*       UNOLS reports (Mike Prince)

a.      FIC Report (Mike Prince)
b.     DESSC Report (Hedy Edmonds)
c.      RVOC Report (Dan Schwartz)
d.      RVTEC Report (Dale Chayes)

*       Agency Reports

a.      NSF/OPP  (Simon Stephenson)
b.      NOAA (Kathy Crane)
c.      ONR (TBD)
d.      Others

*       ARVOC - Palmer Replacement Update

*       ARC report (Garry Brass)

*       Coast Guard Icebreaker Operations (Headquarters) report

*       Coast Guard Pacific Area report(s)

2.    2003 Science Operations:

HEALY: Arctic East - West Summer 2003 (AEWS '03)

*       Canadian Archipelago Throughflow Study (CATS)

*       Northwind Ridge, Chukchi Plateau and the Canada Basin bottom mapping

*       Western Arctic Shelf Basin Interactions (SBI) project

*       Western Arctic Shelf Basin Interactions (SBI) project- Page at UW/APL

2003 Whaling Impacts: Rebecca Woodgate

Update on 2003 U/W data collection:  Dale Chayes

Scheduling of Post Cruise Debriefs:  Lisa Clough

3.    Scheduling and planning for 2004 & Beyond.

*       Overview of Antarctic Ice conditions (Larry Lawver)

*       Scheduling Update

o      HEALY
o      POLAR SEA
o      POLAR STAR

*       2004 & 2005 Plans and Availability

*       2005 Beringia Expedition

*       ARCUS Overview: Wendy Warnick

*       Expeditionary Planning

*       Combining Arctic and Antarctic oversight more effectively

4.    Other Icebreakers/Foreign Clearances

*       GLACIER restoration update

*       CCG/RV AMUNDSEN (ex FRANKLIN)

*       Overview of Foreign Icebreakers: Peter Minnett

*       Any clearance issues?

5.    Science Modifications, Infrastructure and Equipment

HEALY

*       Planning for the 2004 dry-docking

o      Seawater systems  (LCDR Neil Meister)
o      Towing Bitt
o      Other items

*       High latitude communications

*       Multi-beam system status & survey of sensors

*       GPS aided inertial navigation system

*       Other requirements and plans

o      additional current equipment status
o      berthing issues
o      radiation policy

POLARS

*       SLEB science workshop

*       Status of SLEB evaluation and mid-life planning

*       What next?

EQUIPMENT PURCHASES

*       Replacement of lost equipment procedures

*       SBI equipment requests (list from 2003)

*       Update on equipment needs for 2004

*       Longer range plans

6.    Science operations and technical support

*       Status of :

o      2004 Arctic icebreaker technical support requirements.
o      Science Data Network - 2003 report and 2004 plans (ATG report)
o      Web site/cruise planning manual assistance
o      Science planning documentation (HEALY & POLAR Cruise Planning Guides)

*       Continuous collection of underway data

o      2004 plans
o      Long range solutions

*       Previous issues (update as needed)

o      Helicopter operations concurrent with other science operations

7.    AICC business and other issues

*       Alaska Region Research Vessel (Dirk Kristensen)

*       AICC membership

o      Departing members
o      New members
o      Future needs
o      Next Chair?

*       AICC Communications (web page, email lists, etc.)

*       Future Meetings - dates, venue, agenda

o      Spring 2004 meeting (March in DC?)
o      ASLO Oceanography meeting Feb 2004, Honolulu, HI
o      2004 Ocean Sciences Meeting:  26-30 January, Portland, Oregon

*       Outreach Plans and Objectives

*       Anything else???