Thank you very much. Welcome back.
It's now my pleasure to welcome our second panel of witnesses.
From Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory, we have Dr. Kimberly Strong, professor of physics at the University of Toronto.
From Polar Knowledge Canada, we have Andrew Applejohn, executive director, programs, and Dr. David Hik, chief scientist.
We give you up to five minutes for opening remarks, after which we'll proceed with rounds of questions.
Dr. Strong, I invite you to make an opening statement of up to five minutes.