Related Scientific Projects
	The North Pole Environmental Observatory is Switchyard's "parent" project, i.e., our project is part continuation, part spin-off of NPEO. The Canadian Archipelago Flow Through Study is a related scientific project to study the narrow strait between Ellesmere Island and Greenland, south of our study area. The Beaufort Gyre Exploration Project is a related scientific project to study the "Beaufort Gyre," a clockwise swirl of ocean currents and floating sea ice in the Arctic Ocean to the west of our study area. The Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange Study is a related scientific project to study the Mackenzie River delta and the nearby Amundsen Gulf, on the northwest arctic Canadian coast.
Logistics and Travel
	VECO is the company that assists NSF arctic researchers with logistics. Universal Helicopters is the company that supplied the helo in '03. Polar Continental Shelf Project, like VECO, this Canadian logistics company assists researchers with field work. Greenland Tourism is a good site for information about Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. Arctic Travel is a good site for general info on Nunavut, where Alert, Ellesmere Island is.
Umbrella organizations of interest
	The Arctic Ocean Sciences Board is an international group of scientists that is, in part, working to coordinate arctic continental shelf/slope studies such as the Switchyard Project. The Arctic/Subarctic Ocean Flux is an international umbrella of scientific projects that are studying the currents that flow between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans. Arctic CHAMP is an umbrella organization for coordination of some studies on the arctic freshwater cycle, including river, ocean, and meteorology studies. That includes the Switchyard Project. SEARCH = Study of Arctic Environmental Change is a multi-agency initiative focused on large space and time scale changes in the arctic climate system, including arctic freshwater circulation and its role in the global hydrologic cycle and global ocean circulation.
Miscellaneous science links
	R-ArcticNET About 1/2 of the freshwater that enters the Arctic Ocean is from rivers. This is a good place to get river discharge data. GCS - Geomagnetism The north magnetic pole is near Alert, and it's decided to leave Canada, where it's been for hundreds of years! It's now in the Arctic Ocean, headed on a beeline for Russia, where it's expected to arrive by mid-century!

 

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0230427.
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