Under the Arctic Research and Policy Act, the US Arctic Research Commission biennially recommends key goals and objectives (“goals report”) for the US Arctic Research Program Plan. To prepare this report, the Commission, through public meetings and by other means, sought substantial input from scientific researchers, policymakers, the public in Alaska and throughout the United States, and the growing number of nations with Arctic interests. The Commission also cosponsored a number of scientific meetings and workshops to help define its research goals and policies, including workshops on oil spill response, impacts of an ice-diminishing Arctic on naval and maritime operations, on the provision of safe supplies of water and sanitary facilities in rural Alaska, on Arctic civil infrastructure, and on “Operating in the Arctic: Supporting US Coast Guard Challenges through Research.”
