Polar and Alpine Community News

Dear Greenland geospatial data community,

The QGreenland team would like to invite you to participate in a virtual or in-person user interview about the ways in which you use Greenland geospatial data and data analysis tools like QGreenland.

**Your interview will take no more than 45 minutes, requires no prep or follow-up, and you will be compensated $45 for your time and participation.** Experience with Greenland geospatial data is necessary, but no experience with QGreenland is required.

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) is now soliciting applications to be the next Cryosphere Working Group Secretary.

Read on and please consider applying and/or sending the information below to anybody you think would make a strong contribution to the IASC Working Groups.

The Swedish Jubilee Expedition 2022 - Retracing the footsteps of A.E. Nordenskiöld's Polar Expedition 1872 - 1873.

We are looking for scientists that want to be a part of this once in a lifetime experience! 

Find information about the expedition (background, requirements, application details and more) here.

Please submit your application until 31 December 2021.

The Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) invites nominations for the 2022 Alaska Ocean Leadership Awards. ASLC established the awards to recognize those who have made significant contributions to ocean sciences, education, and resource management in Alaska.

The Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) announces an open call for CliC Grants 2021.

Goal: The goal of CliC fellowships and grants is to increase the engagement of Early Career Scientists in CliC activities and to promote participation of scientists from regions currently underrepresented in CliC, i.e., South America, Asia and Africa

Objectives: Applications for CliC fellowships and grants shall address CliC´s new vision and objectives as described in the DRAFT CliC Strategic Plan 2022-2031.

The 20th Karthaus Summerschool on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System will (hopefully) take place from 25 May - 3 June 2022 in the South Tirolian town Karthaus, Italy.

In the framework of the DEEPICE project, a winter school on snow-process sciences will be organized in Finse (Norway) in March 2022 (20-26). The school will focus on snow-process sciences with theoretical and practical courses and exercises. It is aimed at PhD students who are involved in ice core climate record interpretation.

6 places are available for external students. Applications are now open until the 12th of December 2021.

Please visit the dedicated page for more information on the program and how to apply.

Researchers from across Europe have joined forces - as part of the EU4Ocean Coalition for Ocean Literacy - to create a brand new podcast “If Oceans Could Speak”. 

This premiere season focuses exclusively on the Arctic - listening to stories from those who have shared their life with the mighty Arctic Ocean. Each week we discuss a new perspective, from the adventures of Thomas Wunderlich, Captain of RV Polarstern, to the musical journey of composer Lera Auerbach which led to her award-winning symphony, “Arctica”.  

The U.S. Ice Drilling Program (IDP) will hold the AGU Town Hall on Scientific Drilling in the Polar Regions on Tuesday, 7 December 2021, from 18:15-19:15 Central Time. This is an online only event. We hope to see you there!

Abstract: Ice sheets, glaciers, and the underlying bedrock, sediment, and permafrost hold crucial evidence of past climate, ice sheet dynamics, and cratonic geology. National and international collaboration for drilling in the remote Polar Regions requires strategic coordination between science, technology, and logistics.