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APECS International Online Conference 2022: All Hands on Deck!
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The Arctic PASSION EU project starts its Online Seminar and Dialogue Series with a two-part kickoff seminar on science communication during the APECS International Polar Week! Seminar Part I will be on "Storytelling in Science" (22 March) and Part II on "How to produce media in the field" (24 March). Please note that the second seminar is better understandable when you checked out the first one before (see the recording down below).
Read more ...Every year on 1 December, the polar community celebrates the day when the Antarctic Treaty was signed in 1959. This treaty designates Antarctica as a space reserved for scientific and peaceful purposes only and creates a space of cooperation between the signatories to the treaty.
The Arctic Research Icebreaker Consortium (ARICE) and the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) invite for a webinar on “Are we losing a sink for atmospheric trace gases?: Nitrous oxide in the Arctic marine ecosystem” on 28 February 2022 from 13:00 – 14:00 GMT.
Read more ...Today on 1 February, the APECS Directorate formally made the transition from Germany to Norway.
Postdoctoral researchers from APECS Spain and other APECS NCs, along with ECRs and senior researchers from different countries published a perspective article in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution on how it is to pursue a career in polar research these days
Job insecurity and instability are the main obstacles for polar early and mid-career researchers, while networking and international mobility increase their chances of success.
Young Researchers in Ny-Ålesund, photo by Andrea Popp.
An ISMASS workshop entitled “Ice Sheets: Weather versus Climate” (see description below) is planned for this summer (21 - 27 Aug 2022) in Reykjavik, Iceland. The workshop is organized by the Ice Sheet Mass Balance and Sea Level (ISMASS) group and supported by SCAR/IASC/CliC. The organizing committee (~5 people) is looking for one APECS Representative to join the ISMASS workshop organizing committee from now on until the end of August 2022.
Read more ...On 19 January, APECS Art group invited to an online tour with Julia through her personal exhibition in Kringa hall in Tromsø to learn about the background of frames.
Read more ...We are happy to announce that Sarah Strand will be APECS' Executive Director at our new host institution at the University of Tromsø, starting 1 February 2022.
Julia didn’t really look on a map, applying to be an exchange student in the University of Tromso. Norway was a dream destination, and the young gifted photographer ended up being quite surprised to see how far north Tromsø is. Unexpectedly it became one of the best coincidences of her life!