Alice Lane, Dalhousie University, Oceanography and Ocean Frontier Institute, Halifax, NS, Canada, Anya M Waite, Ocean Frontier Institute, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, Eddy Carmack, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Sidney, BC, Canada, Seth L Danielson, University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, United States, Ingrid Ellingsen, SINTEF Ocean, Trondheim, Norway, Ilker Fer, University of Bergen, Geophysical Institute, Bergen, Norway, Yueng Djern Lenn, Bangor University, Wales, School of Ocean Sciences, Menai Bridge, United Kingdom, Laurent Oziel, Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany, Benjamin Rabe, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany, Achim Randelhoff, Akvaplan-niva, Tromsø, Norway, Dr. Eric Raes, CSIRO, Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, TAS, Australia, Andreas Rogge, Institute for Ecosystem Research, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany, Jean-Eric Tremblay, Laval University, Biology, Quebec City, QC, Canada, Sinhue Torres Valdes, Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Phytoplankton Ecophysiology, Bremerhaven, Germany, Sarah-Sophie Weil, University of Göttingen, Biodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography, Göttingen, Germany and Wilken-Jon von Appen, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Physical Oceanography of the Polar Seas, Bremerhaven, Germany