General Information
Chapman Conference on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
University of Maine
Orono, Maine
September 13-18, 1998
(Sunday through Friday)
Harold Borns, Institute for Quaternary Studies, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, Phone: +1-207-581-2196, E-mail: borns@maine.maine.edu
This conference promises to be even better than previous workshops of either the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Project or the Filchner-Ronne Ice Sheet Programme (FRISP). It will bring together the WAIS and FRISP communities for the first time and will include additional "outside" experts with new and interesting perspectives. Special interest meetings are being planned for Siple Dome ice coring and for coordination of future research in the Pine Island region.
Conference Themes and Objectives
The conference format will retain the successful mix of oral presentations grouped by topic (not discipline), including panel-led discussions that link individual contributions and enable a multi- disciplinary dialogue. Poster presentations also will be utilized with considerable time for breaks, informal conversations and poster discussion.
Conference Features:
The preliminary scientific program is now available.
Program
All participants must register by August 10, 1998. Complete and return the registration form with payment, or e-mail complete registration information to bglenn@agu.org. Registration fees are $245.00 for scientists and $145.00 for students. There are no one-day pro-rated registration fees. Participant registration fees cover admission to all scientific sessions, shuttle service to/from meeting site, refreshment breaks, reception, conference banquet, and field trip.
Registration: Deadline August 10, 1998
If desired, registrants may purchase extra tickets for their guests for the reception, conference banquet, and/or field trip.
For the conference banquet, please be sure to indicate your preferred banquet entree:
[ ] Steak [ ] Lobster [ ] Vegetarian
HOTELS
Hotel Accommodations: Deadline August 10, 1998
Hotel accommodations are available in the following hotels. Please make your hotel reservations as soon as possible, but not later than August 10 (August 1 at University Motor Inn) to ensure availability at the discounted rates. Call the hotels directly at the numbers listed below, and tell them you are with the Chapman Conference group. Please note that rates do not include 7% state tax:
1) Best Western Black Bear Inn
Closest full-service hotel to the University of Maine.
4 Godfrey Drive
Orono, ME 04473
1-800-528-1234 or +1-207-866-7120
$59.95 single; $69.95 double
Rates include continental breakfast: Doughnuts, bagels, English muffins, toast, fruit, juices, and hot beverages.
Reservations must be made by August 10, 1998.
2) University Motor Inn
Less than a mile from the University of Maine, within walking distance to Orono's restaurants and shops.
5 College Avenue
Orono, ME 04473
1-800-321-4921 or +1-207-866-4921
$44.00 single; $54.00 double
Rates include continental breakfast: Dougnuts, juice, and hot beverages.
Reservations must be made by August 1, 1998. Only a limited number of rooms will be available after that date. Please reserve early!
3) Comfort Inn Bangor
This hotel is located in Bangor, approximately 15 miles from Orono, and close to the Bangor airport.
750 Hogan Road
Bangor, ME 04401
1-800-338-9966 or +1-207-942-7899
$50.00 single; $55.00 double
Rates include continental breakfast: Dougnuts, bagels, English muffins, toast, oatmeal, cereals, juices, and hot beverages.
Reservations must be made by August 10, 1998.
AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION
Local Transportation
Bangor International Airport is the closest airport to Orono, Maine. A taxi ride costs about $15 to Orono.
Participants staying at the Comfort Inn, Bangor, can arrange complimentary transportation to and from the airport. Please contact the hotel directly to make arrangements.
SHUTTLE SERVICE
Round-trip shuttle bus service will be provided to you daily in the morning and afternoon from your hotel to the University of Maine campus, and back, for all conference activities, including the reception on Sunday, September 13.
A schedule of pick-up times will be available on this web site and at your hotel when you check-in.
On Wednesday, September 16, conference participants will take a one-day field excursion to examine the extensive, emerged grounding-line complex of moraines, submarine fans and ice-contact deltas well-exposed in eastern coastal Maine formed along retreating grounding line of the Laurentide ice sheet between about 14,000 and 13,300 years ago.
Field Trip
The trip is designed to bring the participants together to discuss the glaciological, geological, and oceanographic processes responsible for this complex and to opine upon the possibile nature and significance of the deposits formed along the grounding lines of West Antarctica.
The trip is scheduled for approximately 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Lunch is included. The tentative field trip route is from Orono - Bangor - Ellsworth - Cherryfield - Addison - Orono, and estimated 165 miles round trip.
Registration Deadline: August 10, 1998
Important Dates
Housing Reservations Deadline: August 10, 1998
Chapman Conference on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet: September 13-18, 1998
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