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Our Energy in the Arctic, , JOHN KELLEY, University of Alaska Fairbanks, GILBERT YANOW, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ret., June 11-14, 2008, Anchorage and Prudhoe Bay AK.

We have been contacted by BP and told that they will spend two days in Anchorage, and then, what they call, a "long" day at Prudhoe Bay. The problem is lack of lodgings space for us at the Bay. This means the course will be more like 3 1/2 days. We would expect to get back very late on the 13th. The 14th may be mainly to get you rested up for the trip home.

Course Fee $100

At the present time the world supply of oil is a main topic in all of our minds. This course will discuss the advances in energy development in the artic primarily related to oil and gas exploration through a series of lectures and field trips. The first two days of the course will be in Anchorage, Alaska with orientation and lectures provided by British Petroleum Exploration (Alaska), Inc. staff and University of Alaska faculty. Lectures will cover problems associated with drilling for oil and gas in permafrost and offshore in ice covered seas, design and engineering technologies, geology of the region and environmental concerns. A two-day field trip will be taken to Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean coast of the North Slope of Alaska (sponsored by BP), where visits will be made to the production facilities, Trans Alaska pipeline and the offshore Endicott drill site. Research associated with the extraction of oil and gas will be described including environmental studies and revegetation activities. The Course will terminate in Anchorage.

For college teachers of: undergraduate science, math and technology courses and graduate students in the sciences interested in an eventual teaching career. Secondary Teachers are also welcomed. Prerequisites: none.

Dr. Kelley is Professor of Marine Science in the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. He has conducted research on trace gases and contaminants related to climate, hydroacoustics. Dr. Yanow was the Outreach Coordinator for the Genesis and Orbital Carbon Observatory Missions until his retirement. Dr. Yanow is currently the Director for the California Chautauqua Field Center.