The 38th Annual International Arctic Workshop will be held 5-7 March
2008 at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR),
University of Colorado at Boulder. The meeting is open to all
interested in the Arctic, and will consist of a series of talks and
poster sessions covering all aspects of high-latitude environments,
past and present. Previous Arctic Workshops have included presentations
on arctic and antarctic climate, archeology, environmental
geochemistry, geomorphology, hydrology, glaciology, soils, ecology,
oceanography, Quaternary history, and more.

WHEN
A reception and registration is scheduled for Tuesday evening March 4th
from 5 pm - 8 p.m. The main program is scheduled for Wednesday through
Friday, March 5th to 7th. Please note that this schedule starts and
ends a day of the week earlier than past workshops.

ABSTRACTS
Submission of abstracts through the website will begin in December
2007. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, 13 February 2008.
Presentations can be either a poster or a talk.

REGISTRATION
Registration through the website will begin in December 2007.
Professional registration will be $150 USD if paid by Wednesday, 13
February or $180 USD thereafter. Students presenting a talk or poster
can register for free. Other students can register for $60 USD until
Wednesday, 13 February or $180 USD thereafter.

LODGING
Organizers will provide updated links on the website to Boulder motels
and plan to arrange block reservations at a local hotel.

RESEARCH THEMES
This workshop has grown out of a series of informal annual meetings
sponsored by INSTAAR and other academic institutions worldwide. In
keeping with this tradition, there are no formalized topics, and the
workshop is organized around themes developed from the abstracts
submitted for presentation. However, organizers can accommodate
specific themes and arrange small group meetings. Please identify any
special topics or needs by e-mailing ArcticWS@colorado.edu.

ASSOCIATED MEETING
A one-day long meeting of the PAGES Working Group "Arctic Climate during the Last 2 Millennia" will follow the Arctic Workshop on Saturday 8 March.
All paleoclimate scientists working in the Arctic with high-resolution
data and/ or modeling are welcome to contribute to this first Working
Group meeting. Its main focus is to begin reconstructing environments
of the the last 2000 years for a new PAGES focus on “Regional climates
and modes of variability”. Depending on attendance, there may be
special sessions on this subject during the Arctic Workshop. More
details will be posted here later. In the meantime see this PAGES document (PDF) or Email Nalan. koc@npolar.no.

SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS
Student participation is a vital component of this workshop. A limited
number of students giving a talk or poster will receive financial
assistance, including registration and hotel support.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Support for student participation is subsidized by the U.S. National Science Foundation.