Facilitation of Arctic Science

该合同支持巴罗北极科学联盟（BASC）和美国国家科学基金会（NSF）之间的一项为期三年的合作协议，该协议允许BASC为美国国家科学基金会的极地项目办公室提供各种支持服务。这些都是:1。为在Barrow地区工作的NSF资助科学项目提供后勤支持和协调。巴罗环境观测站的管理，这是巴罗东北部一块7644英亩的土地，专门用于科学研究。BASC还将继续收集与BEO和其他北坡和北部研究相关的未发表数据。外联和教育——在北坡的科学界和当地社区之间提供强有力的联系。4 .在国家科学基金会接受的程度上，努力实施《北极资源的未来：巴罗地区研究支持研讨会（ARCUS 1999）的建议》报告中的建议。建立一种机制，为在楚科奇（俄罗斯）工作的美国科学家提供更好的后勤和许可支持。该协定将于2000年8月29日到期

This award supports a three-year Cooperative Agreement between the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium (BASC) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) that allows BASC to provide a variety of support services to the NSF's Office of Polar Programs. These are:1. Provide logistical support and coordination to NSF funded science projects working in the Barrow area.2. Management of the Barrow Environmental Observatory, a 7,644 acre section of land just to the north-east of Barrow reserved for scientific studies. BASC will also continue to recapture unpublished data associated with BEO and other North Slope and northern research.3. Outreach and Education - providing strong links between the science community and the local community of the North Slope.4. Work towards implementation of the recommendations of the report The Future of an Arctic Resource: Recommendations from the Barrow Area Research Support Workshop (ARCUS 1999) to the degree that NSF accepts them.5. developing a mechanism to provide improved logistical and permitting support for U.S. scientists working in Chukotka (Russia).The agreement expires on 29 August, 2000