US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

International Polar Year

U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation

Presiding:

Senator Murkowski and Senator Stevens

Date:

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Time:

03:15 PM

Location:

253 Russell Senate Office Building

Agenda

Joint Hearing

Panel I

    Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr.
    Director
    National Science Foundation
    Arlington, VA
    Vice Admiral Robert Papp
    Chief of Staff
    United States Coast Guard
    Washington, DC
    Mead Treadwell
    Chair
    U.S. Arctic Research Commission
    Anchorage, AK

Panel II

    Dr. Robin Bell
    Research Scientist
    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
    Palisades, NY
    Dr. Buck Sharpton
    Vice Chancellor
    University of Alaska Fairbanks Center for Research Services
    Fairbanks, AK
    Dr. Alan Parkinson
    Deputy Director
    Arctic Investigation Program Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Anchorage, AK
    Dr. Thomas Armstrong
    Earth Surface Dynamics Program Coordinator
    United States Geological Survey
    Reston, VA