The Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes, aka FRISP, is an international meeting bringing together glaciologists and oceanographers. There are no parallel sessions; everyone attends everyone else’s talk and comment on their results, and the numerous breaks and long dinners encourage new and interdisciplinary collaborations. In fact, each year, a few presentations are the result of a previous year’s question!
The location changes every year, moving around the institutions that are involved with Arctic and Antarctic research. The 2016 edition just occurred this week, 3rd – 6th October, in a marine research station of the University of Gothenburg, in the beautiful Gullmarn Fjord.
Each year, a few presentations are the result of a previous year’s question!
![Fjord at the sunset [Credit: Céline Heuzé]](https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/files/2016/10/fjord.jpg)
Gullmarn fjord at the sunset [Credit: Céline Heuzé]
70 participants from 37 institutions:
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Attended 49 talks on model results, new observation techniques, and everything in between;
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Spent more than 15h discussing these results, including 2h around 15 posters;
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Drank 50 L of coffee, 60 L of tea, 20 L of lingon juice… and a fair amount of wine!
![Poster session at the FRISP 2016 meeting. [Credit: Céline Heuzé]](https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/files/2016/10/poster.jpg)
Poster session at the FRISP 2016 meeting. [Credit: Céline Heuzé]
As an organiser, it was a real pleasure to simply see it happen after all the long hours of planning.
As a scientist, it was a great and productive meeting, giving me new ideas and the opportunity to discuss my recent work with the big names of the field in a friendly environment.
And as a human, I enjoyed most the under-ice footages, and in particular the general ”ooooh” that came from the audience.
It was a bit sad to say goodbye to the participants, old friends and new collaborators. But I know that I will see them again during FRISP 2017… and I hope to see you there as well!
Edited by Sophie Berger and Emma Smith
