Peer reviewed and Report literature

While these well established routes for disseminating knowledge are of prime importance we have chosen not to include a Bibliography of Polar AUV Missions on this site. It would soon become dated, and would inevitably be incomplete. Rather, we suggest the use of a search engine specifically for peer review and report literature such as Google Scholar. With the increasing adoption of Open Access policies you will often find a link to a full text version of an article as a result of a search.

Conferences and Workshops

Over the last 20 years there have been a number of symposia, conferences, workshops, and special sessions devoted to the theme of AUVs in Polar Regions. Examples include:

• IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society AUV Conference, Woods Hole, 2008 on Polar AUV Technology and Applications. List of papers and links on the IEEE Explore website.

     An informal, informative and humorous 'Debrief and Knowledge Sharing' session took place at the Conference Dinner - when those attending were asked if they had unpublished experiences they would like to share.

• NSF sponsored workshop on Arctic Observing Based on Ice-Tethered Platforms, 2004, where the report made many connections between fixed and autonomous platforms for observing the Arctic Ocean.

• OTC Arctic Technology Conferences have had special sessions on AUV technology and applications. Past papers can be found using the search function on the OnePetro site. These conferences are notable for being industry-focussed and provide an excellent opportunity for researchers and industry to learn from each other.

• Symposia organised by Institutions such as:

    Symposia on Polar Science of the Japan National Institute for Polar Research, e.g. the 2018 Special Session on AUVs.  

International Programmes

• International Polar Year 2007-8 - a 724-page summary of the activities and findings of the IPY are available, including, among others, the results of AUV missions.

Grey literature

There is probably a wealth of valuable Polar AUV information available in the form of grey literature; the difficulty may be finding appropriate key words for a search. We'd welcome news of such sources to add here. As an example:

• Newsletters from the High Arctic - a website with material collated by Ron Verrall - contains field reports from science expeditions to the Canadian High Arctic from 1998 to 2012. Notable highlights include a series of 21 Newsletters with as-it-happened news of the Cornerstone UNCLOS AUV project and a report, with links, of the earlier Spinnaker Canada-US project to lay an array of hydrophones on the seabed 180km north of Alert using an AUV.