Juneau Icefield Science & Logistics Collaboration Workshop

When and where will the workshop be held?

The workshop will be held March 16-20, 2026, both virtually and on campus at the University of Maine, Orono. The meeting space is Room 100, Bryand Global Sciences Building. (This was previously listed as Room 300, so please note the change.)

Link to campus map.

What topics are covered by the workshop?

Days one and two of the workshop will focus on presentations of ongoing research and methodology as well as plans for future data collection on the Juneau Icefield. There will be time for discussing future collaborations and ways to improve on research. This session will be hybrid with in-person and virtual options. 

Days three and four will be a series of hands-on training workshops with different geophysical equipment and software. Workshop participants will work with experts who specialize in using ground penetrating radar systems (common offset and multi offset), LiDAR, terrestrial radar interferometry, ApRES and other equipment proposed by participants. These two days will be for in-person attendees only. 

Day five of the workshop will focus on attendees collaborating to discuss the future direction of research efforts on the Juneau Icefield and more broadly related to snow and land surface evolution. The aim is to create a draft white paper to highlight strengths and challenges related to ongoing research and technology for this research as well as future directions and potential collaborations.  

Schedule of speakers

Schedule of speakers

Monday – March 16 – Talks

Google Drive (slides & materials): [GOOGLE DRIVE LINK]

Zoom (remote participation): [ZOOM LINK]

Time EST	Speaker	Title / Topic
10:00 AM	Seth Campbell / Annie Boucher / Brad Markle University of Maine / University of Maine / University of Colorado	Workshop Kickoff: Strategic Use of the Juneau Icefield Research Program for Polar Proving Ground Field Studies
10:30 AM	Scott Braddock University of Maine	JIRP Graduate Program
11:00 AM	Renee Clavette University of Maine	Lower-frequency Radar Applications
11:30 AM	Jill Mikucki University of Tennessee	Life detection in subglacial environments
12:00 PM	Jess Macfarquhar Swansea University	Measurement and modelling of melt lakes: Swansea University’s interests in Juneau Icefield
12:30 – 2:00 PM	Lunch
2:00 PM	Daniel Otto University of Washington	Near-surface temperature lapse rates on the Juneau Icefield
2:30 PM	Dan Dixon University of Maine	A Lightweight Thermal Ice Core Drill
3:00 PM	Billy Armstrong Appalachian State University	Multidisciplinary investigation on the role of frontal ablation in Juneau Icefield lake-terminating glacier change
3:30 PM	John Leeman Leeman Geophysical LLC	Tilt Measurements
4:00 PM	Cassie Lumbrazo University of Alaska Southeast	Snowpack modeling on the Juneau Icefield
4:30 – 5:30 PM	Breakout Groups

Tuesday – March 17 – Talks

Google Drive (slides & materials): [GOOGLE DRIVE LINK]

Zoom (remote participation): [ZOOM LINK]

Time EST	Speaker	Title / Topic
10:00 AM	Sam Chester Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory	GPS-constrained spatiotemporal patterns of ice-surface change and isostatic rebound on the Juneau Icefield
10:30 AM	Nestor Walters University of Maine	Connecting glacial retreat to slope topography with graph neural networks
11:00 AM	Atsuhiro Muto Temple University	Estimates of ice thickness of Taku Glacier from ground-based gravity data
11:30 AM	Jeff Delaune Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Mars Helicopter-class Autonomy for Earth’s Cryosphere Science and Exploration
12:00	Kirsten Arnell EarthScope Consortium	Instrumentation systems in temperate glacial environments
12:30 – 2:00 PM	Lunch
2:00 PM	Lynn Kaluzienski University of Alaska Southeast	Asynchronous seasonal velocity variations across Taku Glacier’s piedmont lobe
2:30 PM	Kiya Riverman University of Portland	Thermal controls on rockfall in recently deglaciated terrain of the Gilkey Trench
3:00 PM	Lucas Zoet University of Wisconsin Madison	Subglacial access at Taku
3:30 PM	John-Morgan Manos University of Washington	Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS)
4:00 PM	Dougal Hansen Washington University	Characterizing Soft-Bedded Glacier Sliding at Taku Glacier Through Integrated Borehole, Geophysical, and Numerical Experiments
4:30 – 5:30 PM	Breakout Groups

Wednesday – March 18 – Hands-on Demos/Training

Time EST	Demonstration	Location
10:00 AM – Noon	CO GPR	E3RB — Meet at BGSC 100
12:00 – 1:30	Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 PM	MO GPR	E3RB
3:30 – 5:00 PM	Leeman Demo	E3RB

Thursday – March 19 – Hands-on Demos/Training

Time EST	Demonstration	Location
10:00 AM – 2:30	Gamma Demo	Meet at BGSC 100
12:00 – 1:00	Lunch
3:00 – 5:00 PM	Drone LiDAR	Meet at BGSC 100

Friday – March 20 – White Paper Development

Google Drive (slides & materials): [GOOGLE DRIVE LINK]

Zoom (remote participation): [ZOOM LINK]

Time EST	Session	Location
1:00 – 4:00 PM	White Paper Development	Bryand Global Science Center 100

Virtual attendance

Click this Zoom link to attend virtually.

Additional information form

If you’re planning to attend, please fill out this form to give us a better sense of scheduling.  Please share this form with others in the community who are interested in attending the workshop. We look forward to seeing you all soon!

Link to additional information form

Where to stay

Hotel Ursa on the University campus has may still have availability. You can contact them via the link below.

General link to Hotel Ursa

Parking

Workshop attendees can check into the Buchanan Alumni House each morning and get a parking pass for free. That allows you to park in Black labeled lots. There is one right outside Bryand Global Sciences Building.

Here is a link to a campus map with all the parking lot details that are color coded:

Link to University of Maine campus map.

Link to University of Maine visitor parking information site.

Funding source

Source of funding for the workshop: CRREL.

Link to Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL)

Questions?

scamp64@maine.edu

scott.braddock@maine.edu

margaret.a.burns@maine.edu