For more information about the Arctic Logistics Information And Support
(ALIAS) web site, contact ARCUS at arcus [at] arcus.org, or ALIAS Project
Manager, Josh Klauder, at josh [at] arcus.org, or see the ALIAS web site at
http://www.arcus.org/alias
The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) announces
the availability of the ALIAS (Arctic Logistics Information And Support)
web site for use by the arctic research community, at
http://www.arcus.org/alias. This project, funded by the National Science
Foundation, Office of Polar Programs, provides an online source of
logistics information for research in the circumpolar Arctic and a
portal for additional information resources. ALIAS now contains
information about many field sites in the Arctic, including key
contacts, logistics support providers, permitting requirements, access
issues, and links to other resources. As ARCUS continues to develop
ALIAS, the site will help researchers to assess the feasibility of
working in a specific area, plan the conduct of research, view current
research in a given area, including maps and publications, and make
useful scientific and logistics support contacts.
While the ALIAS web site is by no means complete, construction is well
underway, and the research community is encouraged and invited to visit
the site and become aware of its presence as a growing online resource.
We encourage you to support the continued growth of this resource by
helping in the compilation of what will be a vast amount of logistics
and resource details. In the near future, ALIAS will include an online
survey through which you may send specific new or updated information
about research sites in the Arctic. This information will submit to the
ALIAS database and, after review, will be used to populate and update
the web site pages. In addition to the surveys, the ALIAS project team
welcomes submissions of information and comments at any time.
Visit the ALIAS web site at: http://www.arcus.org/alias
Send information and comments to the project manager:
Josh Klauder, ALIAS Project Manager
josh [at] arcus.org