<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12.8px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">A Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) regarding NSF planning for the future of the Sondrestrom Research Facility located near Kangerlussauq, Greenland, has been posted on the NSF web site:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12.8px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" class=""><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18036/nsf18036.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_179" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18036/nsf18036.jsp?WT.mc_id%3DUSNSF_179&source=gmail&ust=1514489281318000&usg=AFQjCNGBNF1FMJeBkY04u8-1dGkeRKjgAw" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/<wbr class="">nsf18036/nsf18036.jsp?WT.mc_<wbr class="">id=USNSF_179</a></font><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" class="">Comments regarding the DCL content are solicited and are to be sent by email to<a href="mailto:jmeriwet@nsf.gov" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">jmeriwet@nsf.gov</a>.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" class=""> John Meriwether</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" class="">Geospace Facilities Program Director</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" class="">National Science Foundation</font></div></body></html>