Presentations & Talks

Presentations

Arctic Ice Islands. Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. University of Wisconsin - Madison. Madison, US. 2024. 

Crawford, A., Crocker, G., Mueller, D.,Smith, J., Wagner, T. 2024. Representing the “footloose mechanism” in models of iceberg deterioration. SAGES Annual Science Meeting, May 21-22. Glasgow. Oral presentation.

Crawford, A., Åström, J., Benn, D., Luckman, A., Gladstone, R., Zwinger, T., Robertsén, F., Bevan, S. 2024. Calving dynamics and mélange buttressing conditions at the Thwaites Glacier calving face. EGU General Assembly, April 14-19. EGU24-8616. Oral presentation.

Wheel, I., Benn, D., Crawford, A. 2024. Simulating 3D calving dynamics at Thwaites Glacier. EGU General Assembly, April 14-19. EGU24-3600. Oral presentation.

Bonneau, J., Mueller, D., Laval, B.E., Hamilton, A.K., Forrest, A.L., Friedrichs, A.M., Crawford, A., Culley A., Vincent, W. 2023. Drainage of the Milne Fiord epishelf lake, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. Oral presentation at ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting, Toronto.

Chen, F., Antropova, Y., Bonneau, J., Crawford, A., Leclair-Brideau, B., Sepulveda, O., Meuller, D., Park, S., MacAyeal, D. 2023. Small-scale, Short-term Seismic Field Survey on Milne Ice Shelf. AGU Fall Meeting. December 11-15. San Francisco. Poster presentation.

Crawford, A.J. 2023. Ice islands in the Canadian Arctic: Research Updates. Inaugural SCIBERGS Workshop. November 13-16, Virtual meeting. Oral presentation.

Crawford, A., Crocker, G., Smith, J., Mueller, D. 2023. Developments to 2D modelling of ice island deterioration using the CI2D3 Database. EGU General Assembly. April 25. Vienna, Austria / hybrid. Oral presentation.

3D simulations of glacier and ice-shelf failure. Science Seminar Series at the CSC-IT Centre for Science, Espoo, Finland. 2023.

Vallot, D., Jourdain, N. Crawford, A. Astrom, J., Benn, D., Mathiot, P. 2022. Modelling the ocean-ice interactions at the broken state of ice shelves. EGU General Assembly. May 23-27. Online.

Wheel, I., Crawford, A., Todd, J., Benn, D. 2022. Simulating seasonal dynamics of Jakobshavn Isbrae through advancing the Elmer/Ice calving model. EGU General Assembly. May 23-27. Online. 

Wheel, I., Crawford, A., Todd, J., Benn, D., Cowton, T. 2022. A new calving algorithm in Elmer/Ice. Elmer/Ice Workshop. February 2. Online. 

Pettit, E., Wild, C., Alley, K., Muto, A., Truffer, M., Bevan, S.L., Bassis, J.N., Crawford, A., Scambos, T.A., D. Benn. 2021. Collapse of Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf by intersecting fractures. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Dec 13-17. Online, invited presentation.

Morlighem, M., Crawford, A., Benn, D., Bassis, J.N. 2021. Investigating the role of Marine Ice Cliff Instability for glacier retreat in the Amundsen Sea Sector over the next century. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Dec 13-17. Online presentation.

Crawford, A.J., Benn, D., Todd, A., Åström, J., Bassis, J., Zwinger, T. (2021) High-fidelity modeling of marine ice-cliff instability shows mixed-mode ice-cliff failure and stabilisation from mélange. West Antarctic Ice Sheet Workshop. Sept 20-23. Online, invited presentation. 

Crawford, A.J., Benn, D., Todd, A., Åström, J., Zwinger, T. 2020. High-fidelity modeling of marine ice-cliff instability: Modes of collapse, mélange breaks and a calving-rate law. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Dec 1-17. Online, invited presentation.

Crawford, A.J., Benn, D., Todd, A., Åström, J., Zwinger, T. 2020. High-fidelity modeling of marine ice-cliff instability. International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration – Annual meeting. June 15-18. Online presentation. 

Crawford, A.J. 2020. Investigations of marine ice-cliff instability with high-fidelity modeling. FRISP. June16-24. Online presentation.

Crawford, A.J., Todd, J., Benn, D., Åström, J., Zwinger, T. 2020. Deriving a physically-based calving rate law for marine ice-cliff instability. European Geophysical Union General Assembly. May 4-8. Online presentation. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-15790.

Crawford, A.J., Todd, J., Åström, J., Benn, D., Zwinger, T. 2019. Marine ice-cliff instability: Assessing viscous and brittle process interaction to derive a physically based rate law. American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Meeting. December 9-13, San Francisco, USA. Oral presentation C32A-02.

Watkins, R., Bassis, J.N., Berg, B.R., Luckman, A.J., Crawford, A. 2019. Bumps ahead: An investigation into the calculation and evolution of roughness in ice shelves. American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Meeting. December 9-13, San Francisco, USA. Poster C53C-1359.

Crawford, A.J., Benn, D., Todd, J. 2019. Risk of large and rapid sea level rise from West Antarctica. Scottish Alliance for Geosciences, Environment and Society. November 27-28, Edinburgh, U.K. Oral presentation. 

Crawford, A.J., Benn., D., Todd, J., Åström, J., Zwinger, T. 2019. Marine ice-cliff instability: Process investigations and calving-law development. International Glaciological Society Nordic Branch Annual Meeting. October 31 – November 2, Reykholt, Iceland. Oral presentation.  

Crawford, A.J., Todd, J., Åström, J., Zwinger, T., Benn, D. 2019. Towards a physically based rate law for marine ice-cliff instability. FRISP. September 16-18, Oxford, U.K. Poster presentation. 

Crawford, A.J. 2019. Marine ice-cliff instability. International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration – Early Career Researcher Retreat. August 28-30, Bury St Edmunds, U.K. Oral presentation. 

Benn, D., Crawford, A.J., Åström, J., Zwinger, T., Todd, J. 2019. Marine ice-cliff instability: How does it work, and what controls ice retreat rates? General Assembly of the European Geophysical Union. April 8-12, Vienna, Austria. Oral presentation. 

Crawford, A.J., Mueller, D.R., Crocker, G., Myers, P. 2018. The aftermath of Petermann Glacier calving events (2008-2012): Ice island size distributions and meltwater dispersal. ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting. December 10-14, Ottawa, Canada. Oral presentation.

Crawford, A., Crocker, G., Desjardins, L., Saper, R., Mueller, D., Carrieres, T. 2017. Capturing the flux of Petermann ice islands with the The Canadian Ice Island Drift, Deterioration and Detection (CI2D3) Database. American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Meeting. December 10-15, New Orleans, United States. Oral presentation. 

Crawford, A., Mueller, D., Joyal, G., Crocker, G. 2016. High-precision surveying of drifting icebergs and ice islands. ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting. December 5-9, Winnipeg, Canada. Oral presentation.

Crawford, A., Saper, R., Desjardins, L., Shaad, C., Shepherd, J., Mueller, D., Carrieres, T. 2016. The Canadian Ice Island Drift, Deterioration and Detection (CI2D3) Database. Canadian Geophysical Union and the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Joint Congress. May 29 – June 2, Fredericton, Canada. Oral presentation. 

Mueller, D., Crawford, A., Crocker, G., Saper, R., Mingo, L., Joyal, G., Lajeunesse, P., McKeever, T. 2015. Deterioration of Canada’s largest ice hazards: Automated technology and remotely sensed observations. ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting. December 11-15, Vancouver, Canada. Plenary presentation. 

Crawford, A.J., Mueller, D.M., Crocker, G. 2015. Generating point clouds of drifting iceberg sails with helicopter-borne photogrammetry: Trials from offshore Newfoundland, April 2015. American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Meeting. December 14-18, San Francisco, USA. Poster C41D-0717.

Joyal, G., Crawford, A., Mueller, D. Lajeunesse, P., Geoffroy, M. 2015. 3D iceberg mapping: experiences and challenges. ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting. December 7-11, Vancouver, Canada. Poster. 

Mingo, L., Flowers, G.E., Crawford, A., Mueller, D.R., Crocker, G. 2015. A stationary ice-penetrating radar system for the study of terrestrial and floating glacier ice. ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting. December 7-11, Vancouver, Canada. Poster.

Wendleder, A., Crawford, A., Roth, A., Mueller, D. 2015. Tracing the ice island PII-K near Kane Basin using Terrasar-X and sentinel-1 time series. ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting. December 7-11, Vancouver, Canada. Poster.

Crawford, A., Mueller, D., Wagner, T.J.W., Stern, A., Zagon., T. 2014. The long and slow demise of Petermann Ice Island-B. ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting. December 8-12, Ottawa, Canada. Oral presentation.

Crawford, A., Mueller, D.R., Humphreys, E.R., Carrieres, T., Crocker, G., Tran, H. 2014. Ice island surface melt model evaluation: Problems with models feeding models. Ottawa-Carleton Student Northern Research Symposium. January 28, Ottawa, Canada. Oral presentation. 

Crawford, A., Mueller, D.R., Desjardins, L. 2013. Eastern versus western Canadian Arctic ice islands: Deterioration modes and sea ice concentrations. Ottawa-Carleton Student Northern Research Symposium. March 8, Ottawa, Canada. Oral presentation. 

Mueller, D.R., Hamilton, A.K., Forrest, A., Schmidt, V., Crawford, A.J., Hamilton, T., Braithwaite, L. 2012. The drift, deterioration and demise of Berghaus: From Petermann ice island fragment to ice cube. ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting. December 11-14, Vancouver, Canada. Plenary presentation.

Forrest, A.L., Hamilton, A.K., Schmidt, V., Laval, B.E., Mueller, D.R., Crawford, A., Brucker, S., Gagnon, J., Tremblay, J.E., Yeo, R. Braithwaite, L. 2012. Observations beneath Petermann Ice Island-B (PII-B) in the Canadian Arctic. ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting. December 11-14, Vancouver, Canada. Oral presentation.

Crawford, A., Mueller, D.R., Forrest, A.L., Hamilton, A. K., Schmidt, V. L., Brucker, S., Braithwaite, L. 2012. Deterioration patterns of ice islands adrift in the Canadian Arctic. ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting, December 11-14, Vancouver, Canada. Oral presentation. 

Crawford, A.J., Mueller, D.R., Hamilton, A., Forrest, A., Schmidt, V., Yeo, R., Braithwaite, L. 2012. Ice islands of the Canadian Arctic: Morphology and deterioration. First Annual Workshop of the Network of Expertise on Transportation in Arctic Waters, September 9, Churchill, Canada. Oral presentation.

Crawford, A.J., Mueller, D., Hamilton, A., Forrest, A., Braithwaite, L. 2012. Improvements to Iceberg Drift and Deterioration Models for Use with Ice Islands in the Eastern Canadian Arctic. International Polar Year Conference, April 22-27, Montreal, Canada. Oral presentation.

Crawford, A., Mueller, D. 2012. Influence of microclimate on surface ablation of a Petermann Ice Island (2010) fragment in the eastern Canadian Arctic. Ottawa-Carleton Student Northern Research Symposium. March 2, Ottawa, Canada. Oral presentation. 

Lectures

Guest Speaker to the Environmental Politics course in the School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of St Andrews. March 2024.

Marine ice sheets. Basic Introduction to Glaciology - ATM34 (Master's Programme in Atmospheric   Sciences), University of Helsinki, Finland. 2023. 

The science and communication of ice-shelf loss and its consequences. Geography, Science, and Civil Society - GEGR10120. School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, U.K. 2023.

Crawford A. 2022. December 13. The Stability of the Milne Ice Shelf. Glaciology Group Icy Lunch, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Crawford, A., Sharp, J. 2022. Why is my geography so white? February 1. Advanced Debates, GG4201, School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK. 

Crawford, A. 2021. High-fidelity modeling of marine ice-cliff instability shows mixed-mode ice-cliff failure. July 20. NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies seminar series on sea-level rise. 

Crawford, A., Sharp, J. 2021. Why is my geography so white? February 23. Advanced Debates, GG4201, School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK. 

Crawford, A. 2020. High-fidelity modeling of marine ice-cliff instability shows mixed-mode ice-cliff failure. January 14. British Antarctic Survey: Ice Dynamics and Paleoclimate Group, Cambridge, UK.

Crawford, A. 2020. High-fidelity modeling of marine ice-cliff instability shows mixed-mode ice-cliff failure. January 14. St Andrews Glaciology Group, University of St Andrews, U.K. 

Crawford, A. 2020. Greenpeace: Insights and perspectives from an embedded scientist. April 23. Environmental Change Research Group, University of St Andrews, U.K.

Crawford, A. 2020. Ice island thinning: Rates and model calibration with in situ observations from Baffin Bay, Nunavut. February 12. St Andrews Glaciology Group, University of St Andrews, U.K.

Crawford, A. 2019. Ice sheet instability and collapse. August 28. International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration – The Next Generation (early career researcher retreat), Bury St Edmunds, U.K. 

Crawford, A. 2019. Big ice and why research matters. September 17. Greenpeace Canada lunch and learn. Toronto, Canada. 

Crawford, A. 2019. Ice island deterioration.. St Andrews Glaciology Group, University of St Andrews, U.K.

Crawford, A. 2018. Canadian Geography and Environment. Hokusei Gakuen University students with the Global Academy program. August 14. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

Crawford, A., Mueller, D., Crocker G. 2015. Amundsen iceberg field work: Preliminary results. May 8, Canadian Ice Service/North American Ice Service Ice University, Ottawa, Canada. 

Mueller, D., Crawford. A. 2014. Ice island field measurements and numerical modelling. July 16, North American Ice Service Science Workshop, Ottawa, Canada. 

Crawford, A. 2013. Ice island deterioration in the Canadian Arctic: Rates, patterns and model evaluation. November 15, Canadian Ice Service Ice University, Ottawa, Canada.

Crawford, A. 2013. Ecology and physical environments of northern Ontario. November 5. Guest lecture in ENST 4000, DGES, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. 

Invited Talks

Crawford, A. 2023. The Changing Cryoscapes of the Canadian Arctic. CanGeo Talks program at the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, Ottawa, Canada. November 3.

Crawford, A. 2022. The Stability of Canada’s Last Intact Ice Shelf. Virtual presentation to the Trebek Council. June 16.

Crawford, A., 2022. Ice, Ocean & Me. World Oceans Day, The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK. June 11.

Crawford, A. 2021. Understanding Thwaites Glacier: The Doomsday Glacier. Ice Worlds Exhibition, The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK. October 30.

Crawford, A. 2019. Greenpeace. Undergraduate and Graduate courses in the Department of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK. November 13 & 15.

Crawford, A. 2019. An Activist’s Perspective: Greenpeace Canada. Sustainable Development 2001, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK. November 25.

Crawford, A., Daviet, F., Ho, K., Saul, G. 2017. Northern and Wilderness Climate Action Panel Discussion. 2017 ‘ClimaCon’ Workshop organized by Climate Action Network Canada. All Saints Event Space, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. September 28.

Crawford, A. 2016. The Canadian Ice Island Drift, Deterioration and Detection (CI2D3) Database.  Carleton University and the MacOdrum Library GIS Day. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. November 16.

Crawford, A. 2016. Ice island field ops: Past present and future. Presentation to the Arctic Club of Canterbury High School. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. February 26.

Crawford, A. 2015. Ice island field ops: Past present and future. Presentation to the participants of the ArcticNet program ‘Schools on Board’ on the CCGS Amundsen. Baffin Bay, Nunavut, Canada. October.

Mueller, D., Crawford, A. 2015. Iceberg and ice island studies. Presentation during the ArcticNet research cruise science seminar series on the CCGS Amundsen. Baffin Bay, Nunavut, Canada. April 30. 

Crawford, A. 2014. Greenpeace. Presentation on the organization’s principles and campaigns to the Civics Class at Canterbury High School. Canterbury High School, Ottawa, Canada. November 27.

Crawford, A. 2014 & 2016. Greenpeace. Presentation on the organization’s principles and campaigns to the Environmental Civics course at Algonquin College, Ottawa, Canada. March 31 & 22. 

Crawford, A. 2012. On thick ice. Community presentation at the Nunavut Research Institute, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. August 4. 

Crawford, A. 2014. Ice island field ops: Past, present and future. Presentation during the ArcticNet research cruise science seminar series on the CCGS Amundsen. Baffin Bay, Nunavut, Canada. August.

Crawford, A. 2014. Ice islands: 4 years of research. Poster presentation at the Polar Continental Shelf Project Community Day, Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada. July 23.