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Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook: First Report Now Available
from Alaska Native Knowledge Network - Monday, 5 April 2010, 08:28 am
 
For more information, please contact:

Helen V. Wiggins, Director of Programs
Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS)
3535 College Rd., Suite 101
Fairbanks, Alaska 99709-3710
Phone: 907.474.1600 Fax: 907.474.1604
helen@arcus.org
http://www.arcus.org
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The first report of the Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook (SIWO) is now available! To access the report and for more information, go to the SIWO website at:
http://www.arcus.org/search/siwo

The Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook, an activity of the SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook
(http://www.arcus.org/search/seaiceoutlook/index.php), is a resource for Alaska Native subsistence hunters, coastal communities, and others interested in sea ice and walrus.

The SIWO will be updated weekly with information on sea ice conditions relevant to walrus in the Northern Bering Sea and southern Chukchi Sea regions of Alaska. SIWO updates will be released every Friday through late June.

SIWO reports include:
(1) an assessment of current ice conditions relevant to distribution and access of walrus,
(2) a 10-day outlook of wind conditions,
(3) up-to-date satellite imagery for the Bering Strait and St. Lawrence Island, which are two regions of interest to coastal communities engaging in the walrus hunt,
(4) written observations of ice development from Alaska Native hunters, sea-ice experts, or NOAA or university researchers,
(5) additional data and resources on ice conditions, and
(6) additional comments provided by local experts and other contributors.

The SIWO is a collaboration between weather and ice forecasters; climate scientists and sea-ice researchers at NOAA, the National Weather Service, and the University of Alaska; Alaska Native sea-ice experts; and the Eskimo Walrus Commission.

If you are a local hunter, expert, or a scientist with observations on either the development of sea ice or any other aspect of walrus and sea ice, please send your comments to Helen Wiggins (helen@arcus.org) at the Sea Ice Outlook Central Office at ARCUS; your comments will be included on the SIWO webpage.

Please also contact Helen if you have any suggestions for additional features in future SIWO releases.

To access the report and for more information, go to the SIWO website at:
http://www.arcus.org/search/siwo

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Helen V. Wiggins, Director of Programs
Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS)
3535 College Rd., Suite 101
Fairbanks, Alaska 99709-3710
Phone: 907.474.1600 Fax: 907.474.1604
helen@arcus.org
www.arcus.org
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