*Arctic workshop

Developing Long Term International Collaboration on Methane Hydrate Research and Monitoring in the Arctic Region

� �18 - 20 February 2009 �

This workshop has no registration fee!

Organized by Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel, The Netherlands

and� Naval Research Laboratory (NRL),� United States

supported by� European Sea Floor Observatory Network (ESONET)

Excellence Cluster "Future Ocean (Kiel, Germany)

National Energy and Technology Laboratory (Department of Energy, USA)

Registration is closed

What is the workshop for?

Discuss the international goals for Arctic research programs and the opportunities for collaboration.
Integration of Arctic tundra, permafrost and coastal science issues related to climate change, petroleum and methane hydrate exploration, shipping, and ecosystem remediation
Establish a comprehensive data base of existing marine and terrestrial data from tundra, permafrost, atmospheric and coastal monitoring and research
Setup an international consortium of participating nations with timeline plans for program development
Determine key ocean and tundra regions for future monitoring and experimental plans
Plan a long term in situ monitoring program that will be coupled with field calibration and experiments
Organize a long term monitoring data acquisition plan that considers parameters, regions and frequency

More information can be found in the white paper about longterm monitoring. The workshop announcement is also available as pdf.

Organizers
Dr. Jens Greinert (NIOZ)	Prof. Dr. Tina Treude (IFM-GEOMAR)
Dr. Rick Coffin (NRL)	Nicholas Langhorne (ONR -Global)
Dr. Ingo Pecher (Heriot-Watt University)

Practical information for participants.

How to get there

Texel is the largest North Sea island of The Netherlands. Coming from abroad you will most likely fly to Amsterdam Airport (Schipol). From here you best take the train (Dutch Railways, NS) to Den Helder, the bus to the ferry terminal (TESO Ferry) and simply walk to NIOZ or take the bus to your hotel. The NIOZ site gives a good guide for the train and bus connection.

Please be aware that the last ferry to the island leaves Den Helder at 21:30hrs!

Hotel Booking
You are advised to make your booking yourself, but we are more than happy to help. Please contact Jens Greinert in this case.. Hotel information is given on the NIOZ site , below are the ones nearest to NIOZ IMPORTANT: Please be advised to book your accommodation NOW as rooms are limited! Please state you are participating in the ARCTIC WORKSHOP at NIOZ Hotel Den Burg Emmalaan 2-4 1791 AV Den Burg/Texel phone 0222-312106 fax 0222-322053 e-mail: hoteldenburg@hetnet.nl web :http://www.hoteldenburg.nl Hotel Loodsmans Welvaren Herenstraat 12 1791 AH Den Hoorn phone +31 222 319 228 fax +31 222 319 517 e-mail: info@welvaarttexel.nl www.welvaarttexel.nl Hotel Op Diek Diek 10 1797 AB Den Hoorn phone +31 222 319 489 fax +31 222 489 e-mail: info@opdiek.nl www.opdiek.nl Hotel De Lindeboom -�(fully booked, no further rooms available) Groeneplaats 14 1791 CC Den Burg/Texel phone:+31 222 312 041 fax: +31 22 310517 e-mail: info@lindeboomtexel.nl web : http://www.lindeboomtexel.nl Please state you are participating in the ARCTIC WORKSHOP at NIOZ