FRISP 2025 will be held at the Arctic Centre in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland, from 16th to 18th June 2025.The workshop runs from 09:00 on Monday 16th June until 13:00 on Wednesday 18th June.
The conference dinner will be on the evening of Tuesday 17th June. A walk can be organised on the afternoon of Wednesday 18th June if there is sufficient interest.
FRISP NH 2025 is organised by Rupert Gladstone (rupert.gladstone@lapland.fi), Qin Zhou (qin@akvaplan.niva.no), and Eliot Jager (eliot.jager@helsinki.fi). You can contact any of us for further information.
Registration and timeframe
Link to registration: https://forms.gle/24HMBY9W5LsBmDrY9
Registration closes at midnight GMT on Friday 4th April.
The program will be shared on Friday 2nd May.
Accommodation and travel
I (Rupert) have been unable to secure a hotel allocation for the duration of the NH FRISP 2025 meeting, due to other events going on in Rovaniemi. I do apologise for this. However, there is plenty of availability across several hotels in a central location, i.e. easy walking distance to the conference venue, the Arctic Centre. These hotels are recommended (and booking.com shows plenty more hotels with availability):
Scandic Rovaniemi City
Santa’s Hotel Santa Claus
Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna
Hotel Aakenus (cheaper option)
My favourite way to arrive in Rovaniemi is on the overnight train from Helsinki. More info:https://www.vr.fi/en
There is also a train from Stockholm to Haparanda near the Finnish border. I’ve not used this, and onward transport would then be needed.
Rovaniemi also has an airport: https://www.finavia.fi/en/airports/rovaniemi/
It is always easy to pick up a taxi from the airport. There is also the airport bus which runs between the airport and a few of the main hotels in Rovaniemi centre: https://airportbus.fi/en/frontpage/
Program
The full program of presentations will be found in a google doc, after all abstracts have been processed:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tS7CH7uP7CYzvO_-MZHG0WSOaHkjFvQD0AMvEe98ZSE/edit?usp=sharing
Times are for Finland, Eastern European Timezone (EET).
Invitations
If you need an official invitation for your institute or for visa applications you can contact Rupert Gladstone (rupert.gladstone@ulapland.fi) at any time.
Please provide the following information:
- Full name
- Name and address of institute
- Date and place of birth
- Passport number
- Passport dates (valid from and until)
- Intended dates for visiting Finland
Maps
FRISP NH 2025 is held at the Arctic Centre (aka “Arktikum”), University of Lapland. The Aurora (lunch) and Polarium (presentations) rooms are booked (see last map). Maps can be found at the end of this google document .
Follow-up workshop on subglacial outflow across grounding lines
An informal two-day workshop on subglacial outflow across grounding lines will follow on immediately in the same venue, for those who would like to spend a full week in Lapland! The exact format and topic will be determined closer to the time, depending on who is interested, but could include impacts of outflow on cavity circulation, feedbacks to ice dynamics and the subglacial hydrologic system, and various aspects of modelling outflow. Contact Rupert Gladstone if you are interested in participating.
