Alison Cook
Collaborator, Scottish Association for Marine Science
Alison is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Scottish Association for Marine Science, based in Oban, Scotland. She works in collaboration with the Principal Investigator Dr Jackie Dawson and the Environment, Society and Policy Group at the University of Ottawa, where she previously worked. She also worked at BAS for 10 years so has a strong connection with other members of the CINUK Project Team. She is funded by CINUK for 3 days a week, to carry out the geospatial data collection and analysis for the project, including changes in Arctic shipping patterns in the Canadian Arctic. She will take the lead in comprehensive risk mapping based on the results from all other themes of the project.
Publications
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Alison Cook , Jackie Dawson, Stephen E. L. Howell, Jean E. Holloway & Mike Brady (2024). “Sea ice choke points reduce the length of the shipping season in the Northwest Passage.” Communications Earth & Environment volume 5, Article number: 362 (2024) doi: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01477-6
Associated project: IQP-ASR - Arctic shipping risks