Are you preparing for fieldwork in the Arctic or Antarctic? Whether you're headed to land-based stations or embarking on polar research vessels, planning is key to a successful research campaign. Join us on 12 May 2025, 12:00 - 16:00 GMT, for the POLARIN fieldwork planning webinar to learn more about how to navigate permit processes and logistics challenges, understand risk assessment and field safety, implement ethical and sustainable research practices, and plan effective data management from the start.
This training session is open to all — from early career researchers to experienced polar scientists. It is organized by the Polar Research Infrastructure Network (POLARIN), a project providing transnational access to polar research infrastructures and offering training resources for infrastructure users and the wider polar research community. Register through this link to attend.
This webinar will provide you with an overview on a variety of topics related to planning polar fieldwork:
- Introduction to the POLARIN project and its opportunities for researchers
- Best practices for planning your fieldwork, managing logistics, and ensuring team safety
- Insights into ethical research collaboration and community engagement in the Arctic
- Guidance on minimizing environmental impact and respecting cultural heritage
- Practical training on data stewardship, including the FAIR and CARE guiding principles, working with a data management plan
- Advice on media content creation and information about the POLARIN ambassador program
- Time for your questions and interaction with experts
POLARIN is an international network of polar research infrastructures and their services aiming at addressing the scientific challenges of the polar regions and is funded by the European Union. The network provides transnational access (i.e. funding for scientists to use research structures outside their own country) to a wide array of complementary and interdisciplinary top-level research infrastructures, Arctic and Antarctic research stations, research vessels and icebreakers operating at both poles, observatories, data infrastructures, and ice and sediment core repositories. POLARIN is also developing training resources and guidebooks and is hosting webinars to prepare infrastructure users for safe, sustainable and efficient stays at polar research infrastructures. You can find more information about the project at www.eu-polarin.eu.
This webinar on polar fieldwork planning is organized by the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), the University of Copenhagen (UCPH), the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS), the Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS), Aarhus University (AU), the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), ETT Solutions (ETT), and FL Polar Operation (FLPO) together with experts from the POLARIN project.
