Team

Who is making it happen?

40+organisations
15countries
Oneshared vision

Beyond Arctic PASSION’s strength lies in its breadth and experience: Indigenous Peoples’ organisations sit alongside national research institutes and universities, operational data services, local government representatives, and industry, spanning Europe, North America, and Asia. This diversity of expertise and perspective is not incidental; it is the foundation that makes a genuinely coordinated, trusted, and equitable observing system possible.

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Beyond Arctic PASSION international partnership map

European coordination bodies: European Polar Board, SIOS Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System, INTERACT – International Network For Terrestrial Research And Monitoring (INPA)

Arctic Council Working Group: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme Secretariat (AMAP)

Indigenous Peoples’ organisations: Saami Council, Inuit Circumpolar Council- Canada and Greenland

Early Career organisation: Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)

Local and regional governance: Arctic Mayors’ Forum

Gender and inclusion: Women of the Arctic

Science for policy: European Commission – Joint Research Centre

Science communication: GRID-Arendal

Private science sector: O.A.SYS – Ocean Atmosphere Systems GmbH

Data & Copernicus integration Mercator Ocean, PANGAEA (AWI), Seascape Belgium, Norwegian Meteorological Institute

Canadian Institutes: Arctic Institute of North America, University of Ottawa, Carleton University

European Institutes:

  • Denmark: Danish Meteorological Institute, Aarhus University
  • Finland: Finnish Meteorological Institute, University of Helsinki, University of Lapland
  • France: French National Centre for Scientific Research
  • Germany: Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
  • Greenland: Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
  • Italy: National Research Council of Italy, National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics
  • Norway: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norwegian Polar Institute, Nansen Center, Institute of Marine Research
  • Poland: Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences
  • UK: British Antarctic Survey, The Alan Turing Institute
  • Japanese Institutes: National Institute of Polar Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
  • South Korean Institutes: Korea Polar Research Institute
  • USA Institutes: University of Washington, University of Colorado, University System of Maryland, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Meet our sample project team. These fictional profiles are placeholders for the real team members.

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Project Coordinator

Alex Morgan

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Governance & Sustainability Lead

Maya Jensen

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Data Systems Lead

Elias North

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Marine & Cryosphere Lead

Sofia Vale

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Data Products Lead

Noah Bennett

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Communication & Engagement Lead

Lina Hart

Project Coordinator

Alex Morgan

Fictional sample team member.

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Governance & Sustainability Lead

Maya Jensen

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Data Systems Lead

Elias North

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Marine & Cryosphere Lead

Sofia Vale

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Data Products Lead

Noah Bennett

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Communication & Engagement Lead

Lina Hart

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Project contacts

Get in touch with us!  Either send us an email, or contact the Beyond Arctic Passion points of contact.

The Beyond Arctic PASSION project management and point of contact

Ruta Hamilton

Project Manager, BAS

rutham@bas.ac.uk

Michael Karcher, Jeremy Wilkinsons

Co-Leads, AWI and BAS

michael.Karcher@awi.de,  jpw28@bas.ac.uk

Jess Richt

Project Support Officer, BAS

jesricht@bas.ac.uk

Addresses


UKRI-BAS
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British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Rd, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK

AWI
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Alfred Wegener Institute Klußmannstrasse 3d, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany