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 Two APECS members, Lars O Mortensen and Anders Birk Nielson, recently represented APECS at the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP), Terrestrial Biodiversity Workshop Understanding Biodiversity Changes and Causes Synergies in Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity Research and Monitoring in Danmark, October 12-14, 2011.
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 Felicitation to Omar Mahamoud from Ghana to become the 3 000 memberon November 17!!! Since its inception, five years ago, APECS has been growing amazingly reaching at the end of the month 3018 members. APECS members are early career scientists ...
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 1 December is Antarctica Day. This young tradition, inaugurated in 2010, celebrates the signature of the Antarctic Treaty on 1 December 1959 and the worldwide significance of this landmark (www.apecs.is/antarctica-day). APECS seized this opportunity to host ...
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 Are you already planning to attend your next conference? We all know that one of the most important parts of establishing a successful science career (or any career for that matter) is the network of colleagues you create. Conferences are a great way to meet people, share your ideas, develop new projects, learn new techniques, find your next employer or employee, and sometimes even have a little fun. APECS has created a ...
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APECS Mentor Panel Discussion - CAREX
 A mentor panel discussion 'Careers inpolar extremophiles: research and opportunities' organized by APECS was held in the evening of 19th October as part of the CAREX Conference on Life in Extreme Environments. The panellists included Dr. J. Cynan Ellis Evans (British Antarctic Survey, UK), Dr. Ad Huiskes (Netherlands Institute for Ecology, The Netherlands), Dr. Josef Elster (Institute of Botany, Czech Republic), Dr. Liz Bagshaw (University of Bristol, UK) and Prof. Katja Sterflinger (ACBR, Austria). Approximately 30 participants ...
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ExCom updates
On 29 November, the APECS Directorate and the ExCom had another online skype meeting to discuss the progress of our organization and a number of important details. We have been looking into a new webinar conferencing tool as the agreement with the University of Canterbury is running out – and we are happy to report that we will be using ...
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This term’s research activities committee (RAC) encompasses 21 members covering a large number of research disciplines. New represented research areas include marine ecology, terrestrial biology and circumpolar health while the marine biology and microbial ecology sections have grown significantly. The RAC co-chairs are Julia and Inga ...
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 In preparation for January's discipline of the month, we welcome your contributions. If you have worked on aquatic ecology at either Pole during your bachelor, master, PhD, post-doc, or field assistant days, ...
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 A group of APECS members have met in Montreal on the 20-23 November 2011 for the IPY 2012 Program and Steering Committee Meeting. The goal of the meeting was to finalize the scientific, education and outreach programs for the conference ...
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The recent paper by Cattadori, Florindo and Rack on GEOSPHERE talks about the successful educational program ARISE developed in the contents of the project ANDRILL. Here the abstract: Since its first field season (2006–2007), the ANDRILL (Antarctic Geological Drilling)...
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 21-23 November APECS was invited to participate in the interregional forum titled “International Collaborations of young scientists: Northern Dimensions” ...
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When the call for abstract for this year’s Munin Conference, an annual conference on scientific publishing, went out, the topic of “Enhanced publications” and a focus on open access and innovative science communication and publishing sounded a perfect fit to present the concept of and our experience with the APECS Virtual Poster Session ...
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 Mariacira Veneruso, one of the teachers that participated in the first edition of the Italian Polar Summer School for teachers (SPES) was selected to participate ...
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 APECS is happy to nominate Allen Pope to serve as a representative to the Steering Group which will develop a Concept Note for a long-term polar research, observations, and services activity...
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 The Arctic Futures Symposium 2011, organized by the International Polar Foundation (IPF) and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation took place in Brussels from October 12 – 14. Discussions...
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The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists Belgium Invites you to the Belgian Young Researchers Antarctica Day workshop. The workshop is free (including sandwich lunch) but registration is required ...
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The Future of Arctic Sea Ice Research and Forecasting workshop
The Polar Research Board in the Divsion of Earth Life and Studies at the National Academies have created an ad hoc committee that will plan and conduct a public workshop that outlines the current state of Arctic sea ice research, discusses knowledge gaps, and identifies emerging or important new science questions for the coming decade.
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Scott's Forgotten Surgeon Book Available
A new book entitled "Scott's Forgotten Surgeon; Dr. Reginald Koettlitz, polar explorer," is available. The book was written by Aubrey A. Jones and published by Whittles Publishing, Caithness, Scotland.
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NSIDC Online Newsletter Available
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) announces the release of the Fall 2011 newsletter NSIDC Notes, issue Number 77. The issue is available at: http://www.nsidc.org/pubs/notes/.
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Nunavik Bibliography Database Available Online
The Makivik Corporation, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Canadian Circumpolar Institute, Arctic Institute of North America, and the Centre D'etudes Nordiques announce the availability of the Nunavik Bibliography, which describes 6,600 publications and is available for free at: http://www.aina.ucalgary.ca/nunavik.
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Ookpik.org - Circumpolar Young Leaders Program
The International Institute for Sustainable Development is running a 2012 Youth Leadership Program that is focused on the upcoming International Polar Year (IPY) conference (held from 22 - 27 April 2012 in Montreal, Canada).
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November Svalbard Science Forum News
25.11.2011: News from Eastern Svalbard
18.11.2011: Rocket launch over Svalbard
15.11.2011: Svalbard reindeer, a life story
09.11.2011: Greenland sharks, sluggish giants or fierce predators?
04.11.2011: Toxin levels in gull blood
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ESA Earth System Monitoring & Modelling Summer School
ESA Earth Observation Summer School on "Earth System Monitoring & Modelling" (30 Jul -10 Aug 2012, Frascati, Italy)
On the occasion of the 6th EO Summer School on “Earth System Monitoring & Modelling”, the "European Space Agency" (ESA) would like to invite young researchers to join leading experts in Earth Observation, Modelling and Data Assimilation for keynote lectures, hands-on computing practical and poster sessions.
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PYRN stipends at TICOP
The Government of the Yamal-nenets Autonomous District will give financial support to permafrost young researchers to participate in the 10th International Conference on Permafrost
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Polar Research Board newsletter now available
The Polar Resaerch Board newsletter is now available. It includes info on IPY events at Montreal 2012, the webinar dedicated to Antarctica Day on 1 December 2011, info on the next SCAR OSM in Portalnd Oregon in 2012 and much more!
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A new hardcover photography book about polar science titled "Science on Ice" has been published
An oceanographer and award-winning photographer, Linder chronicles four polar expeditions in this richly illustrated volume: to a teeming colony of Adélie penguins, through the icy waters of the Bering Sea in spring, beneath the pack ice of the eastern Arctic Ocean, and over the lake-studded surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
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Following a great addition to the 
Although the Polar Night is upon us in the Arctic making people a bit sleepy, we are celebrating the light and energy in the southern hemisphere with Antarctica Day ...
Many of our members are either already working hard in their field camps on the world's highest, driest, coldest, and windiest continent and many more are getting ready to head to the frozen paradise. So as we continue to celebrate "Antarctic Day" this month, I also wanted to share with you some ...
