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 e Arctic Seventy representatives from seven countries met for two days in St. John?s, Newfoundland and Labra- dor in early October 2013 to further the creation of standards for resource devel- opment in the Arctic. The countries represented included Canada, UK, France, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, and Russian Federation. It was the third annual meeting of the International Organization for Standard- ization?s (ISO?s) Technical Committee on Arctic Operations (ISO TC 67 SC8) which focused on advancements in stan- dards with regard to (1) ice management (led by Canada), (2) escape, evacuation and rescue (Russia), (3) environmental monitoring (Russia), (4) working envi- ronment (Norway), (5) land extension and Arctic islands (Netherlands), (6) Arctic materials (Russia), and (7) physi-cal environment (Norway). This tech- nical committee is a follow-up to ISO 19906, which established Arctic design standards for material, equipment, and offshore structures for the petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas indus-tries. Out in Front Recalling his  rst involvement in an ice management program in the Arctic in 2000-2001, Stephen Green comment-ed on the current push to develop op- erations standards. He is Canadian chair of the ISO Canadian Mirror technical Cold Weather Ops Cold Weather Ops By Andrew SaferRepresentatives of the ISO?s Technical Committee on Arctic Operations attended meetings in St. John?s, Newfoundland and Labrador. (Photo credit: Lisa L. Piercey) Improving and updating Arctic design standards for material, equipment, and o shore structures for the petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries. January/February 2014 26 MTRMTR #1 (18-33).indd 26MTR #1 (18-33).indd 261/23/2014 10:19:24 AM1/23/2014 10:19:24 AM