IMarEST Lecture Focuses on New Maritime Arctic

Dr Brigham will explore how a reduction in Arctic sea ice during the melt season and rapid technological advances have already combined, leading to rapid development in the circumpolar region and will provide an informative overview of the achievements of the Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (2005-2008).

He will introduce the social, economic and environmental impacts of shipping in the Arctic today. He will also take a look into the future of shipping in this rapidly changing region of the Earth. The opportunities and challenges these changes in marine activities represent for governments and local Arctic communities will be discussed alongside a debate of the risks, both to human safety and the environment, of operating in this pristine and demanding region.

As a US Coast Guard officer for 25 years, Dr Brigham sailed on expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic aboard polar icebreakers and served in Washington, DC as chief of the Coast Guard's strategic planning staff. He has been a contributor to the International Northern Sea Route Programme (INSROP), the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment and to many polar environmental & policy studies.

Captain Brigham received his PhD from Cambridge University in the UK and has been a long-term
researcher on the Russian Arctic, polar affairs and Arctic climate change.

The Lecture will be delivered at IMarEST, 80 Coleman Street, London EC2R 5BJ. Attendance is free of charge to IMarEST members and non-members alike. The evening begins with tea and networking at 17.00; the lecture starts at 17.30 and the post-lecture reception is at 18.45.

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