Town Hall Meeting
Polar Research Vessel Design
Antarctic Research Vessel Operations Committee (ARVOC)
and Raytheon Polar Services Company (RPSC)
AGU Fall Meeting
Moscone West, Room 2000
Monday, 8 December 2003
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
For more information, please go to:
http://www.polar.org/
The polar science community in the United States is currently planning
for a next-generation polar research vessel for primary use in Antarctic
seas. The initial needs assessment was accomplished during a series of
disciplinary workshops in 2001.
A conceptual design for a new vessel is now being developed. Antarctic
Research Vessel Operations Committee (ARVOC) is now soliciting comments
and input on the developing conceptual design. With Raytheon Polar
Services Company (RPSC) they will be hosting a series of town hall
meetings at the upcoming American Geophysical Union (AGU) meetings in
San Francisco and Portland and the American Society of Limnology and
Oceanography (ASLO) meeting in Hawaii.
The first of these town hall meetings is at Fall AGU on Monday,
8 December 2003, 19:30-21:00 in Moscone West room 2000. Refreshments
and snacks will be served. There will be a brief discussion about
the planning process and the current state of the conceptual design.
Members of ARVOC and the design group will be present to field
questions and solicit comments.
RPSC has also set up a web page designed to capture community input
during the conceptual design development period. Please go to:
http://www.polar.org/science/marine/prv/
For further information, please go to: http://www.polar.org/