Polar Week Activities around the World

During one week, APECS-France members will offer in live (at Nausicaa, National Center for the Sea) and on line conferences about the polar regions: from the monitoring of the penguins to the difference between North and South Pole ! In total, more that 15 conferences will take place at Boulogne sur Mer !

To promote Polar Week APECS will be hosting an Ask Me Anything on the Reddit forum /r/Science on September 23 from 11 am-2pm Eastern Standard Time (15:00 - 19:00 GMT). We will have a panel of APECS members answering questions about how we are all living in a #PolarWorld, why you should care about that, and the challenges of working in harsh environments.

This two day event will be APECS Oceania's First Early Career Symposium with presentations from Australian and New Zealand early career researchers as well as keynote presentations from Gwen Fenton and Aleks Terauds from the Australian Antarctic Division. This event will also incorporate a 1 day workshop focusing on Job Application skills. This event will run from Monday 18th to Tuesday 19th of September and is sponsored by Monash University and APECS.

A week-long festival featuring the best in polar filmmaking, both online and in person. Suggest or submit films by August 25.

As a part of the UK Arctic Sciences conference, the UK Polar Network (APECS national committee in the UK) will be organising a mentor panel for early career attendees to the conference. Featuring five members with a variety of experiences and at different career levels, the panel will answer questions on the Polar Week theme of "International Collaboration".

A range of talks, both general and scientific, to create awareness among South African public about SA's involvement in Polar Science

Screen of the docu-film made on the polar scientific expedition of the RESET (Reseacrh Education Svalbard Experience) project that brought a whole class of high school students at the Svalbard islands. The 3-years-long project has been entirely organized and founded by students

On this day we are co-hosting (with APECS) a screening of Polar film-‘Glacial Balance'. Along with this, we are also organizing a talk and quiz related to Polar Regions. This event is mainly focusing on the graduate and post graduate students to make them aware about the importance of Polar Regions. 

US APECS is thrilled to announce FREE, public screenings of Glacial Balance as part of the 2nd International Polar Film Fest! There will be 10 screenings in 9 countries on 5 continents throughout Polar Week (Sept. 18-24, 2017; see below for details). Celebrate with us by watching this fascinating documentary and even ask polar scientists questions at one of the Q&A sessions afterwards!

About the Documentary:
"Glacial Balance takes us from Colombia to Argentina, getting to know those who are the first to be affected by the melting glacial reserve, the canaries in the mine. Along the way, we are accompanied by scientists who give us a perspective on what is happening in the natural world, and from that, we learn of the chain reaction effect these disappearing glaciers are having worldwide. The film offers the viewer an opportunity to hear, in the locals’ own words, the human impacts of a climate out of control." -Daltonic Films

We want to seize the opportunity to introduce APECS Germany to all participants and hold a Panel Discussion on 'Career paths and funding opportunities for postdocs' with both experienced researchers and people who started to work outside of the 'traditional scientific career path' after their PhD but are still involved in Polar research.