We are very happy to announce that Antarctica New Zealand has recently contributed to the funding of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) as a way to increasing the capability development of polar researchers. Antarctica New Zealand (ANZ) is the C...

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September marks the Arctic sea ice minimum and the Antarctic sea ice maximum.  To celebrate, the APECS Discipline of the Month is featuring Sea Ice.

Check out our new webpage at http://www.apecs.is/research-fields/cryosphere/sea-ice! It's loaded with information on what APECS members are doing, who our mentors are, and how to find out more about sea ice. And the best part - it's interactive! If you're an APECS member in anything related to sea ice, climate change, etc....

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Hello APECS members, As you have probably seen on the APECS website and in your inboxes, nominations are now open for the APECS Executive Committee But, you may be thinking, that you have not really been that involved in APECS before or maybe you helped with a few events or attended a workshop and you want to get more involved, but aren't quite sure the Execu...

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On August 12 APECS Council Chair Silje-Kristin Jensen ran a tanned at the studenthouse DRIV as part of the University of Tromsø International Student orientation. Silje did this last year and can report back a great interest from st...

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APECS welcomes Antony Jinman to the Council and into the role as the head of the Education and Outreach Committee. Antony is the founder of the organization 'Education through Expeditions'. Education Through Expeditions has give...

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The US NSF Arctic Systems Science Thermokarst Project and the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists are please to present a free webinar series: Introduction to Changing Permafrost in the ...

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APECS-Chile members are participating as advisor and guide in proposal for FAE (Antarctic Scholar Fair). Each one has two or three projects in charge, which are reviewed and discussed with the student and teachers. We gather every 2 weeks with the teachers and students until 12 September (deadline). Also, APECS-...

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Introducing the new APECS Membership and Involvement Committee! We have been working hard over the summer to figure out better ways to connect with you - our members - and help t...

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The first edition of the Italian Summer School for Science Teachers (SPEs) took place in Genova, Italy, in the period 18-23 July 2011. The school is organized by the National Museum of Antarctica (www.mna.it) in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Education and is the first entirely educational pro...

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Teodor Gheorghe Negoita – scientist, polar explorer and speologist, born on the 27th of September 1946, in Sascut, Bacau Country, Romania. He graduated fro...

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The July APECS Virtual Poster Session focusing on “Glaciology” was held on July 28th at 18 GMT. The call was coordinated by Oliver Marsh (APECS Glaciology Working Group) and Allen Pope (APECS President 2010-11) and chaired by O...

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The Arctic in Rapid Transition's broad focus is on past, present, and future transitions in sea-ice, and how they are related to changes in marine ecosystems and biogeochemi...

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A year has already passed since I started in the new role as the APECS Council Chair. What a great job it has been and to meet so many enthusiastic peop...

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September is here and that means fall is coming to Tromsø and people are back from vacation and back to work… just in time for the big Arctic Sea Ice minimum for the year. Norway has a lot of researchers working on various aspects of sea ice, from determining how molecular structure affects the mechanical properties of ice to looking at the life that is dependent on the ice. There are a number of great institutes here in Norway and I encourage you check them out and learn more about Sea Ice research in Norway.

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