Present: Allen Pope, Angelika Renner, Jennifer Provencher, Jenny Baeseman (Director), Luís Guilherme Resende de Assis, and Yulia Zaika (President) The APECS Executive Committee 2011/2012 met for the first time in person two weeks ago in the city of Tromsø. The ExCom heads up APECS through leading action, strategy, and decision-making within APECS. Accordingly, the meeting days focused on planning for th...

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On 29 February 2012, award-winning professional photographer Chris Linder will present “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Tips for Successful Photography in the Polar Regions” as part of the spring 2012 APECS Career Development Webinar Series. Linder, who specializes in communicating science to the public using photography and multimedia, will share his tips on what works—and what doesn't—when photograph...

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The APECS and the NSF Arctic System Science Thermokarst Project invite you to participate in the Spring 2012 Career Development Webinar Series! There are several great presentations lined up for this spring, which will take participants from preparing for graduate school to publishing journal articles and everything in between. Detailed descriptions of the presentations and the biographies of the presenters are ava...

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We are happy to announce the February Discipline of the Month: Terrestrial Ecology!  Discover tundra dwellers and their adaptations to extreme environment, learn about trees invading the Arctic and much more. Check out the Terrestrial Ecology page at http://www.apecs.is/research-fields/terrestrial/terrestial-

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The discipline of the month for January is featuring Limnology, the study of inland fresh waters. At the time when most arctic lakes are thick with ice cover, we welcome you to discover some of the many resources we’ve put together on the Limnology pages. They are loaded with information on what APECS members are doing, who our mentors are, and how to find out more about ...

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