摘要: |
Amid growing interest and concern over the rapid climate changes occurring in the Arctic, experts in Arctic marine transport, international marine safety, as well as researchers of sea ice and climate change met at the Scott Polar Research Institute at Cambridge University to create a research agenda and identify critical issues related to the future of Arctic shipping. Co-sponsored by the Arctic Council's Circumpolar Infrastructure Task Force, the U.S. Arctic Research Commission and the International Arctic Science Committee, the three-day workshop was comprised of six half-day sessions, each followed by a panel and participant discussion. The research agenda and critical issues in this workshop report were developed during the discussions and were made available to the participants for their review. The international gathering included 54 experts from 11 countries (United States, Canada, Russia, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, the United Kingdom, Finland, Germany and Japan) representing marine research institutions, transportation ministries, national ice centers, naval architects and shipbuilders, ship classification experts, international marine transport economists and social scientists. |