HR: 13:40h
AN: PP43D-01 INVITED    [Abstracts]
TI: Arctic coring expedition: how to beat the system and win
AU: * Farrell, J W
EM: jfarrell@arctic.gov
AF: U.S. Arctic Research Commission, 4350 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 510, Arlington, VA 22203, United States
AU: Moran, K
EM: kate.moran@uri.edu
AF: University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI 02882, United States
AU: Backman, J
EM: backman@geo.su.se
AF: Stockholm University, Department of Geology and Geochemistry, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
AB: The genesis of the Arctic Coring Expedition (ACEX) was, appropriately enough, centered on the bold and seminal scientific goal of recovering the first Cenozoic geological record from the Arctic Ocean. The expedition, however, would not have occurred, let alone succeeded, without concomitant efforts to create a new programmatic framework (the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program), to determine, and convince others of the feasibility of the novel, 3-ship program, to plan and budget the logistical and operational aspects, to identify key entities and personnel, to secure financial backing on the order of 13 million dollars, and to manage the expedition in real time. To embolden others, the authors will share their trials and tribulations as well as choice personal anecdotes.
DE: 0700 CRYOSPHERE (4540)
DE: 1600 GLOBAL CHANGE
DE: 3000 MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
DE: 4900 PALEOCEANOGRAPHY (0473, 3344)
DE: 6300 POLICY SCIENCES (7964)
SC: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology [PP]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting