1. INTRODUCTION

• Letter from Karl Erb, Director, Office of Polar Programs
• Agenda, May 10-11, 2004
• OPP Office Advisory Committee Members (updated May 2004)
• Meeting Minutes, October 2003 (Draft)

2. DIRECTOR'S REPORT

• NSF budget overview
• OPP section (associated tables)
• Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction excerpts:
  • South Pole Station Modernization funding profile and chart (funding profile by phase)
  • IceCube funding profile and chart (funding profile by phase)
• OMB information FY 2005-2009 budget authority for agencies

3. INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR (IPY) PLANNING ACTIVITIES

• ICSU International Polar Year Science Plan (PDF file)
• U.S. National Committee to the International Polar Year white paper (Polar Research Board draft report) (PDF file)
• Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting Resolution 3 (Microsoft Word 2000 document)
• Arctic Council Statement on IPY (Microsoft Word 2000 document)

4. OPP-WIDE ACTIVITIES

• Frontiers in Polar Biology (Polar Research Board report)
• NSF/OPP Postdoctoral Fellowship in Polar Regions Research

5. INFRASTRUCTURE PRIOIRTIES, CHALLENGES, ISSUES

• Arctic Research Support and Logisitcs: Strategies and Recommendations for System-scale Studeis in a Changing Environment (Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. report, 2003) (PDF file)
• Report on Housing and Warehouse Facilities at McMurdo Station for the Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies (Microsoft Word 2000 document)

6. AVAILABILITY OF POLAR RESEARCH VESSELS AND ICEBREAKERS

• Statement from OPP-OAC regarding icebreaker capability in the U.S. Antarctic Program (not on web site)
• "Ship-Dependent Science Needs in the Arctic and Antarctic" (PRB draft proposal)
• U.S. Coast Guard proposed tasking on mission needs analysis

7. ARCTIC CLIMATE IMPACT ASSESSMENT

• Statement by R. Corell to the Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation, 5 February 2004 (Microsoft Word 2000 document)

8. 2003 COMMITTEE OF VISITORS (COV)

• 2003 COV Report with OPP Responses (Microsoft Word 2000 document)

9. ICECUBE LOGISTICS

• Memorandum to the National Science Board on IceCube (Microsoft Word 2000 document)

10. 2004 PRSS COV PLANNING

• Charge to 2001 PRSS COV (Microsoft Word 2000 document)
• 2001 COV Report (PDF file) and coverletter
• OPP Response to 2001 COV
• 2004 Update on Status of Recomendation (Microsoft Word 2000 document)

Last Updated

May 6, 2003

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