Polar Sea-Ice Information Needs: Interdisciplinary Training, Outreach and IPY Legacy Products Through a Sea-Ice System Services Approach

这一建议是以海冰系统服务概念为基础的，将其作为一个统一的主题。该提案的重点是海冰作为服务提供者的作用，这些服务对一系列用户至关重要，例如生态系统的一部分、土著居民、石油和天然气工业或整个人类，通过海冰提供的气候调节服务。该建议有四个要素：（1）举办海冰实地课程，提供海冰实地研究最新技术的全面综合视角，使用海冰系统服务作为统一概念，将课程模块联系起来，并协助研究设计。(2)开发一本手册和多媒体产品，包括高质量的数字视频，动画和支持计算机程序，作为（下）研究生教育，专业培训的资源，并作为科学家在一系列相关领域的参考工作。(3)从上述材料中提炼出一个外联多媒体产品，作为有兴趣跟进媒体关于海冰变化报道的公众成员的切入点，以及K-12课程的教学工具。(4)制作一份关于海冰系统研究的最新技术水平、它向广大用户提供的服务以及在IPY-4期间研究中采用的（实地）方法的文献记录，这些记录可作为未来外联以及科学史和科学文化研究的参考点和遗产产品。利用这三种方法，该项目打算解决海冰的五个主要方面：（1）海冰作为北极海洋食物网中心微生物重要栖息地的作用不断变化，（2）北极熊和其他海洋哺乳动物严重依赖海冰的状况，（3）海冰对航运和沿海基础设施的危害，（4）沿海海冰稳定性的降低是土著猎人关注的一个问题，（5）海冰与环境安全的关系，例如，清理被冰覆盖的沃茨中的石油泄漏。该项目将培训一批跨学科研究人员，以解决海冰问题，并为国际极地年留下遗产。该项目还整合了生活在巴罗的阿拉斯加原住民的海冰知识。

This proposal is based on the concept of sea-ice system services as a unifying theme. The proposal focuses on the role of sea ice as a provider of services that are crucial to a range of users, such as parts of an ecosystem, indigenous populations, the oil and gas industry, or humanity as a whole, through the climate regulating services provided by the ice. This proposal has four elements (1) Conduct a sea-ice field course that provides a comprehensive, integrated perspective on the state-of-the-art in field studies of sea ice, using sea-ice system services as a unifying concept to link course modules and aid with research design. (2) Develop a handbook and multimedia products comprising high-quality digital video, animations, and supporting computer programs that serve as resources for (under)graduate education, professional training, and as a reference work for scientists in a range of relevant fields. (3) Distill an outreach multimedia product out of the materials referenced above that can serve as an entry point for members of the public interested in following up on media reports on sea-ice change as well as a teaching tool in K-12 curricula. (4) Create a documentary record of the state-of-the-art in studies of the sea-ice system, the services it provides to a broad range of users, and the (field) methods employed in its study during IPY-4 that can serve as a reference point and legacy product for future outreach as well as studies of science history and science culture. Using these three methods, the project intends to address five major aspects of sea ice: (1) the changing role of sea ice as an important habitat for microorganisms at the center of Arctic marine foodwebs, (2) the status of the polar bear and other marine mammals heavily depending on sea ice, (3) the role of sea ice as a hazard to shipping and coastal infrastructure, (4) the reduced stability of coastal sea ice as a source of concern to indigenous hunters, (5) sea ice in the context of environmental security, e.g., clean-up of oil spills in ice-covered waters. The project will train a cadre of interdisciplinary researcher to address sea ice issues and leave a legacy for International Polar Year. The project also integrates the sea ice knowledge of Alaska Natives living in Barrow.