Claire Eaton is a graduate student in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of New Hampshire, where she studies marine science and policy with a focus on Arctic ocean observing networks. Claire’s research currently leverages a stakeholder assessment approach to better understand the potential for facilitating Arctic long-term monitoring efforts within the context of science diplomacy and international collaboration. She is particularly interested in future expansion of a Distributed Biological Observatory (DBO) to the Baffin Bay-Davis Strait area of the Northwest Atlantic.