University of Alaska Anchorage
The WARMING WORLD:
Effects on the Alaska Infrastructure
A Workshop on 5 - 6 January 2000

and Subsequent Related Developments

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The Warming World: Strategy for Alaskan Response
by Orson P. Smith  and           Leonard Johnson 
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Photo from Toward Predictions of the Arctic System, ARCUS, Fairbanks, AK. March 1998.

The Warming World: Effects on the Alaska Infrastructure sponsored by the Alaska Science and Technology Foundation was held at the University of Alaska Anchorage on 5 and 6 January 2000. 

Over 100 scientists and engineers attended the workshop representing universities, government and industry. 

The Warming World: Strategy for Alaskan Response (executive summary) has been added to this website. Presentations and discussion summaries are also available. 

The workshop was a success and many thanks go out to all our sponsors. 

The meeting was organized by the UAA School of Engineering, the US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Other sponsors included the US Department of Energy, Cominco Alaska, Williams Alaska Petroleum, and the Port of Tacoma. 

 Last updated: 13 June 2001
This site was designed
by Oceana Francis.
Workshop Sponsors:
U.S. Department of Energy
US Arctic Research Commission
Cominco Alaska
Alaska Science and Technology Foundation
Williams Alaska Petroleum
University of Alaska Anchorage
US Army Cold Regions Research
and Engineering Laboratory
University of Alaska Fairbanks

Arctic Engineering graduate studies at the University of Alaska Anchorage