The French national committee of APECS was officialised on June 4th at the first symposium of the French Arctic Initiative organised at Collège de France in Paris.
As a first step, we are currently listing the French and French-speaking young polar scientists and educators, as well as potential mentors.
In line with the international polar week of september, our first mission is to organize the next French polar week, which will happen between September 30 and October 4. The objective is to propose a large panel of thematic webinars about the polar regions for students from 5 to 18 years old. Schools are already registering for the event !
In addition, a workshop dedicated to early career polar scientists in France is in the planning stage for spring 2014...
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Anne-Mathilde & Pascaline, co-chairs of APECS-France
