1. Permafrost, Periglacial Processes and Soils in the Southern Hemispheres and Soils in the Southern Hemispheres IPA and SCAR Cooperation

2. IPA Antarctic Permafrost and Periglacial Processes (APPE) Co-Chair: Bockheim and Boelhouwers SCAR Expert Group on Permafrost and Periglacial Environments (EGPPE) Boelhouwers (Chief) Bockheim and Guglielmim (Deputies) Balks (Sec’y) APPE/ECPPE

3. 1997 Bologna IAG 1998 Yellowknife Southern Hemisphere WG (Kevin and Jan) 1999 WG meeting INQUA Durban 2000 Cambridge IASC (Walton/ Jerry) 2000 Approach to SCAR and RiSCC (Bob Rutford/Hugh) 2001 Rome 1 st European Permafrost Conference 2001 RiSCC in Amsterdam (Jan) 2001 IAG Conference in Tokyo 2002 XXVII SCAR Shanghai (PAG Wayne) 2003 Zurich (PAG/WG APPE) (Jan and Jim) 2003 Potsdam (ISAES) (PAG Wayne) 2004 Bremen (PAG) WG APPE (Walton/Wayne) 2004 XVIII SCAR Bremenhaven (EGPPE) (Wayne) 2004 Madison (Scott Borg and Jim) History and Acknowledgements APPE/EGPPE

4. Antarctic Permafrost and Periglacial Processes (Bockheim, Boelhouwers) Coastal and Offshore Permafrost - ACD (Hubberten) Cryosol (Pfeiffer) Isotope and Geochemistry of Permafrost (Sletten) Periglacial Landforms, Processes and Climate (Matsuoka) Mapping and Modeling of Mountain Permafrost Permafrost and Climate – GTN-P/CALM (Nelson) Permafrost Astrobiology (Gilichinsky, McKay) Standing Committee on Data, Information, and Communication (Brown, Balks) IPA Working Groups

5. Coordination, communication and exchange of data Collect and collate spatial on permafrost and cryosols Develop monitoring protocols and networks Promote international cooperation and field research Address scientific questions related to permafrost, soils and periglacial processes Expert Group on Permafrost and Periglacial Environments

6. Address scientific questions related to permafrost, soils and periglacial processes: age of permafrost impact of climate physical and chemical weathering processes along environmental gradients role in biodiversity research methods impacts astrobiology and planetary analogues Expert Group on Permafrost and Periglacial Environments

7. SCAR review and presentations at IPA NICOP (2008) White paper on State of Antarctic Permafrost Science Prepare map of permafrost and ground ice of southern circumpolar region Prepare soils map of southern circumpolar region Prepare permafrost database (permafrost, active layer, ground ice) Maintain online bibliography and research EGPPE Plan (2004- 2010)

8. Standing Scientific Group on Geosciences EGPPE Standing Scientific Group on Life Sciences RiSCC Standing Scientific Group on Physical Sciences Met Stations SCAR SSG

9. I International Programmes and Activities International Polar Year (ICSU-WMO) IPA Thermal State of Permafrost (TSP) Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P) (IPA-WMO-GCOS-GTOS) CALM and Boreholes (TSP) WCRP Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) - Beijing Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) network Regional Impact Sensitivity of Climate Change (RiSCC)

10. Macquarie Island South Georgia Signy Island Shetlands Subantarctic IBP Tundra Biome Sites

11. Invitation Ninth International Conference on Permafrost 23-27 June 2008 Invitation Ninth International Conference on Permafrost 23-27 June 2008 University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska U.S.A. http://www.nicop.org/ University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska U.S.A. http://www.nicop.org/

12. 1997 IPA Map

14. Soil organic carbon content of Gelisols in the circumpolar area