and coordination team. The AOSB secretariat was
plan was published in 1998 and during subsequent
supported by the US NSF.
years, a large number of APARD-related research
activities and projects were performed in the west-
Over the years, AOSB maintained liaison with other
ern as well as eastern Arctic continental margins,
international organizations involved in marine Arctic
such as the Laptev Sea System off the Lena River,
research, namely IASC, the Scientific Committee on
and the project Siberian River Run-off (SIRRO) of Ob
Oceanic Research (SCOR), ICES, WMO, the European
and Yenissei and its influence to the Kara Sea.
Committee on Oc