Andy Mahoney

Post-Doctoral researcher at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand
PhD, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2006

Specialties [top]

Sea ice; human-sea ice interactions

Recent Highlights [top]

• August 2008: Mahoney begins post-doctoral research at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand
• Spring 2008: Conducted fieldwork in Clyde River on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, to support the Siku-Inuit-Hila (Ice, people, and weather) project
• May 2007: Collaborated with Iñupiat whalers and Elders in Barrow, Alaska, to assess local sea ice conditions as part of the Siku-Inuit-Hila (Ice, people, and weather) project
• April 2007: Mahoney completed field work in Qaanaaq, Greenland, to support Siku-Inuit-Hila project. This cross-cultural and interdisciplinary study of the dynamic relationship between humans and sea ice will document evidence of environmental change and the impacts upon Arctic coastal communities.

Upcoming Expeditions
Mahoney will conduct fieldwork in Antarctica during the 2008-2009 austral research season.

Current Research [top]

• Constructing a time series of Arctic sea ice variability from as far back as 1933 through an analysis of historic Russian sea ice charts.
• Participating in Siku-Inuit-Hila, a project that relies heavily on ongoing field observations and interviews to compare the relationship between humans and sea ice in different Arctic communities and assess changes in the sea ice environment and the way in which it is used.

Current Projects [top]

The Dynamics of Human-Sea Ice Relationships: Comparing Changing Environments in Alaska, Nunavut, and Greenland (also referred to as Siku-Inuit-Hila)

Twentieth Century Sea Ice Conditions in the Eurasian Arctic from a Comprehensive Reconstitution and Synthesis of Russian Data Sources with Modern Satellite Data

Activities [top]

Information not available

Publications [top]

2007

Mahoney, A., H. Eicken, A. G. Gaylord, and L. Shapiro. 2007. Alaska landfast sea ice: Links with bathymetry and atmospheric circulation. Journal of Geophysical Research 112, C02001, doi:10.1029/2006JC003559.

Mahoney, A., H. Eicken, and L. S. Shapiro. 2007. How fast is landfast sea ice? A study of the attachment and detachment of sea ice near Barrow, Alaska. Cold Regions Science and Technology 47(3): 233-255, doi:10.1016/j.coldregions.2006.09.005.

2006

Mahoney, A. 2006. Alaska Landfast Sea Ice Dynamics. PhD diss., University of Alaska Fairbanks.

2005

Mahoney, A., H. Eicken, A. Graves, and L. Shapiro. 2005. Defining and locating the seaward landfast ice edge in northern Alaska. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference On Port and Ocean Engineering Under Arctic Conditions, Vol. 3, pages 991-1000.

2004

Mahoney, A., H. Eicken, L. Shapiro, and T. C. Grenfell. 2004. Ice motion and driving forces during a spring ice shove on the Alaskan Chukchi Coast. Journal of Glaciology 50(169): 195-207.

Related Resources[top]

Cooperative Institute for Environmental Sciences (CIRES)

AARI 10-Day Arctic Ocean EASE-Grid Sea Ice Observations