Arctic Refuge and Fairbanks Schedule
[ Fairbanks Schedule | Agenda for July 13-14 Fairbanks Debriefing ]

Flights:
Monday, July 3
Leave Seattle on Alaska 123 at 11:15 am (stops in Anchorage, no plane change)
Arrive Fairbanks at 3:29 pm
6:30 pm dinner with outfitter Karen Jettmar at Pad Thai — (3400 College Road) 479-1251; get dry bags for trip!

Tuesday, July 4: 7am meet at Wright Air Service for charter flights to Arctic Village
(Wright Air Service, 907-474-0502; 3842 University Ave., South)
Rafting, hiking, and camping in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge with Equinox Wilderness Expeditions
Canning River trip description; raft and canoe gear list

Wednesday, July 12: 4:30 pm Lv Barter Island/Kaktovik for flight to Fairbanks (~2 hour flight)

Friday, July 14
Lv Fairbanks on Alaska 162 at 3:24 pm (one stop in Anchorage, no plane change)
Av Seattle at 9:41 pm

Agenda for July 13-14 Fairbanks Debriefing
University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, room 417 (meeting room description)

July 13th: a focus on natural and political history
8:15-10:15 History and Purpose of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Dr. Roger Kaye, USFWS (confirmed)

10:15-10:30 break

10:30-11:30 Biological studies in the Arctic Refuge, Dr. Patricia Reynolds, USFWS

11:30-12:30 Conservation Community Viewpoint from
Debbie Miller, nature writer and contributing author to Subhanker Banerjee's Seasons of Life and Land (to be confirmed)

12:30-1:15 Lunch Break

1:15-2:15 Luci Beach, Executive Director of the Gwich’in Steering Committee

2:15-3:00 Socio-economics, Richard Fineberg

3:00-3:30 A walking “break” to the Alaska DNR office (just downhill from the UAF campus)

3:30-4:30 Petroleum Geology of the North Slope: Jim Clough, Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys

July 14th: lectures and discussion
8:30-9:30 Environmental Aspects of Oil and Gas Exploration and Production on Alaska's North Slope: State-of-the-art, current challenges and future trends. Steve de Albequerque, Health, Safety and Environmental Director, ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc.

9:30-10:30 Alaskan perspectives on oil and gas exploration and development in ANWR: Rick Solie and Fred Brown, board members for Arctic Power (to be confirmed)

10:30-12:30 A big picture perspective on the history of the political debates surrounding the Arctic Refuge from Fran Mauer, retired USFWS wildlife biologist for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and contributing author to Subhanker Banerjee's Seasons of Life and Land

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES:
* possible visit to the UAF Museum of Natural History
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