Michael R Lilly, Geo-Watersheds Scientific, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Sharon Tahirkheli, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States, Kristina Levine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States, Jerry Brown, Int''l Permafrost Assoc (IPA), Woods Hole, MA, United States and Dmitry A Streletskiy, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States