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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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 As you all prepare for your holiday breaks - or perhaps some of you are deep in the midst of field work... I wanted to share a bit of news with you. After 5+ years of blood, sweet, tears ...
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 Are you planning to attend the IPY 2012 From Knowledge to Action Conference from 22 – 27 April 2012 in Montreal, Canada? Looking forward to sharing your most recent research? Want to make people aware of your presentation or poster? APECS has developed a great new concept called FrostBytes – Soundbytes of Cool Research that will help you share information about the Polar Regions and the great research you doing – in 6 minutes ...
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 Ah, the fantastic bathroom field experience... something that bonds all of us Polar Researchers together...Peter Sheldon from the Canadian Broadcasting Channel, Radio North found our Polar Potties Calendar quite interesting... interesting enough to do a radio interview and boardcast ...
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In the current issue of Polar Research, APECS Research Activities Co-chair Inga May and others present the results of an initiative originating from the APECS workshop in Victoria, BC, in 2009 in which they tackling the making of science animations for effective science communication ...
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In a recent paper published in Polar Journal, a group of authors led by Rhian Salmon and including APECS director Jenny Baeseman and other APECS members and mentors report on the enormous efforts and first results of the activities during the International Polar Year 2007-2008 creating a global polar community of scientists, educators...
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The 17th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP17) with the theme “Saving Tomorrow Today” was held in Durban, South Africa from 29 November to 9 December 2011. Mariëtte Wheeler, an APECS Council member, who is based in Johannesburg, South Africa, was able to attend ...
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As Early Career Polar Scientists, we should all be concerned about Climate Change and the impact it is having on the people of the world as well as particularly our polar ecosystems. The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and York University’s Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability ...
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 Dear friends, It’s almost our sixth month in the Arctic now. We feel very lucky that we can stay in Hornsund all year and observe changing seasons, spectacular Aurora Borealis almost every day ...
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Happy Holidays to APECS from the Norwegian Polar Institute! APECS is very grateful for their continued support as one of our main sponsors for providing the finances needed to keep all of our activities centrally coordinated and running efficiently. We look forward to continue working with them in 2012!
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APECS is fortunate to work with organizations with similar goals and objectives for supporting young researchers. We thank our partners and sponsors for working with us to support our events and activities activities and give great opportunities for young researchers to advance their careers and portfolios. Here are some of the Season Greetings ...
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 Inspired by the messages send out by APECS, a small group of APECS decided to organise a meeting in Brussels to celebrate Antarctica Day on December 1st. Our primary goal was to get to know the young polar community ...
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 The workshop ‘High latitude biology, ecosystems and the future; A multidisciplinary approach’ organised by Coleen Suckling ran for 2 days mid November at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, England. ...
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Today has been 100 years since Roald Amundsen, a world-renowned Norwegian polar explorer, arrived with four companions at the South Pole. To celebrate this anniversary, The Centenary Expedition to the South Pole (Vegard Ulvang, Jan-Gunnar Winther, Stein P. Aasheim and Harald Dag Jølle) ...
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APECS Mentor Panel Discussion- Careers in polar extremophiles- research and...
 A mentor panel discussion 'Careers in polar 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 ...
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