Appendix A

Agenda: Special Arctic Session of the
GEBCO Sub-Committee for Digital Bathymetry.
Thursday June 24, 1999.

Co-Chairmen: Meirion JONES (BODC) and Ron MACNAB (GSC)

1. Introducing the International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean.

Ron MACNAB, Geological Survey of Canada, Dartmouth NS

2. Recent data collected by German agencies.

Hans Werner SCHENKE, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven

3. Recent data collected by Swedish agencies.

Martin JAKOBSSON, Stockholm University, Stockholm

4. Data in Greenland waters.

John WOODWARD, Royal Danish Administration of Navigation and Hydrography, Copenhagen

5. Historic data collected by US submarines.

Norm CHERKIS, Neptune Sciences Ltd., Reston VA

6. Recent data collected during 1993-99 cruises of the USN/NSF/ONR SCICEX program.

Bernie COAKLEY, Tulane University, New Orleans LA

7. A comparison of GEBCO Sheet 5.17 and selected SCICEX profiles.

David MONAHAN, Canadian Hydrographic Service, Ottawa ON

8. A new chart of the Arctic Ocean, developed by the Russian Navy.

Gleb UDINTSEV, Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry, Moscow

9. Merging data sets to produce a new bathymetric grid and chart.

Martin JAKOBSSON, Stockholm University, Stockholm

10. Prospects for future mapping and research missions aboard US submarines.

George NEWTON, US Arctic Research Commission, Arlington VA

11. Discussion.