Polar Week Activities around the World

APECS Norways' first in-person event!

"Are you a student or young researcher interested or working in any aspect of the polar world? Keen to meet people from other polar disciplines? Welcome to our kick-off networking event!
Keynote speakers from geology, biology, politics and glaciology. Polar Pitch all audience members are encouraged to share 2 minutes about their polar interests and research. Bring along a powerpoint slide if you wish!"

Please see the flyer for more information.

Date: 22nd March 2018
Time: 16:10 - 18:30
Location: University of Oslo Science Library, Vilhelm Bjerknes' hus

Date: 21 March 2018
Time: 16:00 - 17:30 GMT

Registration link:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_24jtAFLLSMm5OckZRQo_cw

This will be an informational webinar on proposal and grant writing on 21 March. It will be a discussion on how to approach writing a proposal or grant application as an early career scientist covering topics such as productive writing strategies, helpful dos and don’ts when approaching writing, and how to find hidden grants you may be eligible for.

Confirmed speakers are:

• Chuck Amsler, Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Dave Walton, Emeritus Professor, British Antarctic Survey

During the APECS International Polar Week, March 19-25 2018, we invite all APECS members to submit an image that represents “My #PolarPride.” The idea is to share photos and images from your research or your fieldwork that makes you proud to be a researcher at, or of, the poles. Whether you get to physically travel to the polar regions or if your work keeps you largely indoors, we welcome your #PolarPride images. For the image competition we will have two categories: My Polar Pride - Working Environment, and My Polar Pride - Research and Laboratory. For the “Working Environment” category, we want you to submit a photo of your research or fieldwork that represents whatever you are proud of about your work. This includes photos of fieldwork, landscapes, wildlife, people and places. For the “Research and Laboratory” category, we want you to get creative and think indoors! You can submit an image (photo, figure, map) that shows your #PolarPride even if you don’t work outdoors in the field. For example, you might like to show off a figure of your research results, a map of your study area, artwork depicting your research questions, or photos of yourself or colleagues indoors in the lab. Check out the Rules and Regulations below for further information. Please submit anything that you are proud of about your polar research!

Find out more about the contest and how to participate!

Deadline: 19 March 2018

Date: 23 March 2018
Time: 16:00 - 17:30 GMT

Registration link: 
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_D5qalknIS4eHAtK1A-DiSQ

The webinar on harassment in the field will be a panel discussion on changes to field logistics in the context of the #MeToo movement and recent allegations of harassment in the McMurdo Dry Valleys focusing on what to do as a member of a field team or a team leader if you witness harassment, helpful best practices to avoid it in the first place, and systemic changes needed within polar science organizations. The panel will be composed of five special guests:

• Robin Bell, president of AGU and associate professor at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory,
• Dawn Sumner, chair of the department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at UC Davis,
• Tracy Sheeley, head of field logistics for CPS Polar Services,
• Lisa Rom, the program director for NSF Division of Ocean Sciences and Education Liaison for the Office of Polar Programs
• Meredith Nash, Senior Lecturer at the University of Tasmania

We invite all APECS members to participate in a live online party to celebrate Polar Week and share your #PolarPride. The Online Party will be March 24, 2018 at 20:00 GMT. Come hang out with other early career researchers! Events include networking and career development discussions, polar themed trivia, and a polar play-off where you can vote for all your favourite polar related things! To register for the event please visit: https://goo.gl/suw9vt and email polar-weeks@apecs.is with any questions.

Share your #PolarPride with us in the form of a Haiku!

Haiku is a very short form of Japanese poetry. It has several typical characteristics, which we have modified slightly for our Polar Week theme:??

+ The juxtaposition of two images or ideas ?
+ 17 syllables, in three phrases of 5, 7, 5.
+ A polar reference
+ ?Avoid rhyming, metaphors and similes??

For example:

I am very cold.
Ice surrounds my every inch,
sitting on the earth.

Tweet at us (@Polar_Research) throughout Polar Week (March 19-25, 2018) using #PolarPride and we will showcase your Haiku. We encourage the use of an image as well as text.

During Polar Week APECS will be hosting Biotweeps! Biotweeps is a Twitter account, blog and Facebook page which features a different biologist every week. Check out their website here: https://biotweep.wordpress.com/. We want to give APECS Members the opportunity to participate in education and outreach by posting with us between March 19-25th, 2018! If you have expertise in polar biology or are interested in participating, please contact Jean Holloway (jean.holloway77@gmail.com).

In the framework of the International Polar Conference 2018 in Rostock (Northern Germany, March 25-29), APECS Germany is organizing a one-Day workshop entitled "Getting involved in Polar Organizations: Opportunities and Challenges" (Sun., March 25, 3PM). All participants from the workshop as well as the following four-day conference, will be invited to write their names and expertise on a Polar-themed poster in order to assemble the broad range and diversity of researchers being present in Rostock.

Conference website: https://www.polarforschung.de/events/27th-international-polar-conference/?lang=en

Afternoon tea and talks followed by a gathering at a local pub.

Gathering of local PEI members, researchers and interested others