Ypie Aalders- Doctoral Candidate at University of Groningen/Arctic Centre in Netherlands
-- Research Interests: Spitsbergen, Russian hunters, archaeology

Cristen Adams- Doctoral Candidate at Department of Physics, University of Toronto in Canada
-- Research Interests: Stratospheric Change, Satellite Validation, Spectroscopy, Ozone Depletion

Elena Sergeevna Aleshkevich- Doctoral Candidate at U of Vienna, Dep. of Geography in Austria
-- Research Interests: Russia, oil and gas industries, long-distance commute work, social space

Anaïs Aubert- Doctoral Candidate at University of Tromsø in Norway
-- Research Interests: copepod, stoichiometry, faecal pellet, finmarchicus

Vanessa Batista- Masters Student at Centro de Estudos Geográficos da Universidade de Lisboa in Portugal
-- Research Interests: Active Layer, Small CALM sites, Permafrost, Deception Island

Nataliya Belova- Masters Student at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography in Russian Federation
-- Research Interests: coastal dynamics, carbon flux, Kara Sea, Yamal Peninsula

Rachel Bernstein- Masters Student at University of Delaware in United States
-- Research Interests: sea ice thickness and volume, composite satellite imagery, GIS, Southern Ocean

Rasmus Bertelsen- Postdoctoral Researcher at United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies in Japan
-- Research Interests: Climate change, self-government, security-policy, Arctic

Marion Bisiaux- Doctoral Candidate at Desert Research Institute in United States
-- Research Interests: Black carbon, East Antarctica ice core, Fire proxy, South Hemisphere

Sanne Boessenkool- Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Oslo in Norway
-- Research Interests: ancient DNA, paleoecology, Arctic, barcoding

Simone Nunes Brandão- Postdoctoral Researcher at Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum, Universitaet Hamburg in Germany
-- Research Interests: Ostracoda, Biodiversity, Biogeography, Taxonomy

Kaitlin Breton-Honeyman- Masters Student at Trent University in Canada
-- Research Interests: Beluga Whale, Inuit Traditional Knowledge, Habitat Ecology, Nunavik (Northern Quebec), Canada

Martin Brummell- Doctoral Candidate at University of Saskatchewan in Canada
-- Research Interests: Greenhouse gas, Soil, Vegetation Communities

Sean Buchanan- Masters Student at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand
-- Research Interests: sea ice, microstructure, conductivity, low frequency

Amy Butler- Federal Researcher at NOAA/NCEP Climate Prediction Center in United States
-- Research Interests: circulation, thermal forcings, dynamics

Cecilia Callejas- Masters Student at Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable in Uruguay
-- Research Interests: Antartica, cyanobacteria, bacteria, 16 rRNA gene

Pernilla Carlsson- Doctoral Candidate at Dept. of Technology in Norway
-- Research Interests: Environmental pollutants, Human health, Climate-change, Chirality

Karel Castro-Morales- Doctoral Candidate at University of East Anglea in United Kingdom
-- Research Interests: Southern Ocean, Marine productivity, Oxygen, Mass Spectrometry

Emily Choy- Research Assistant at University of Ottawa in Canada
-- Research Interests: food webs, biotransport, contaminants, seabirds

Sally Close- Doctoral Candidate at National Oceanography Centre, Southampton in United Kingdom
-- Research Interests: Southern Ocean, Variability,

William Colgan- Doctoral Candidate at CIRES, University of Colorado in United States
-- Research Interests: Greenland, Seasonal, Velocity, Hydrology

R. Eric Collins- Postdoctoral Researcher at McMaster University in Canada
-- Research Interests: sea ice, bacteria, horizontal gene transfer, evolution

Erli Costa- Doctoral Candidate at Universidade Federal Do Rio De Janeiro in Brazil
-- Research Interests: APECS, Brazil, Education and outreach, Polar regions

Rebecca Cowie- Doctoral Candidate at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand
-- Research Interests: Prokaryotes, 16S rRNA, Antarctic sea ice

Beth Curry- Doctoral Candidate at Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington in United States
-- Research Interests: Davis Strait, Freshwater Flux, Arctic Outflow, Deep Convection

Gijs de Boer- Postdoctoral Researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in United States
-- Research Interests: Aerosol, Cloud, Mixed-Phase, Simulation

Elizabeth Deheza- Masters Student at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in United States
-- Research Interests: Arctic Policy, Northern Dimension Policy Orientation, geopolitics, geo-strategic

Sabino Del Vento- Doctoral Candidate at Lancaster Environmental Centre in United Kingdom
-- Research Interests: Perfluoroalkyl Compound, Canadian Arctic, Marine System

Bryany Denning- Doctoral Candidate at Denning in Canada
-- Research Interests: Prenatal Care, Rural and Remote, Arctic Canada, Maternal/Child Health

Dolores Deregibus- Doctoral Candidate at Instituto Antartico Argentino in Argentina
-- Research Interests: Macroalgae, Sediment Load, Glacial retreat, Ice Free Areas

Katarzyna Dmoch- Doctoral Candidate at Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences in Poland
-- Research Interests: zooplankton, West Spitsbergen Current, Calanus finmarchicus, pelagial

Madeleine Doiron- Doctoral Candidate at Université Laval in Canada
-- Research Interests: terrestrial ecology, plant-herbivore interactions, experimental warming, phenology

Gertrude Eilmsteiner-Saxinger- Doctoral Candidate at U of Vienna, Dep. of Geography in Austria
-- Research Interests: long-distance commute work, oil and gas industries, Siberia, mobile communities

Jenny Fisher- Doctoral Candidate at Harvard University in United States
-- Research Interests: long-range transport, sulfate-nitrate-ammonium, acidity, inorganic aerosols

Alexandre Forest- Postdoctoral Researcher at Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique - Eau, Terre et Environnement in Canada
-- Research Interests: Carbon cycling, Food web interactions, Ecosystem model, Beaufort Sea

Nikolaus Gantner- Postdoctoral Researcher at Environment Canada in Canada
-- Research Interests: Tundra lakes, Permafrost slumps, Lake food web, Isotope analysis

Sofya Gavrilova- Doctoral Candidate at Moscow State University in Russian Federation
-- Research Interests: natural hazards, climate changing, arctic regions, impact

Susan Genualdi- Postdoctoral Researcher at Environment Canada in Canada
-- Research Interests: Polyfluorinated compounds, passive air sampling, POPs

Martin Hallinger- Doctoral Candidate at Greifswald University Germany in Germany
-- Research Interests: shrub expansion, climate-growth relationship, tundra, shrub ring analysis

Shari Harper- Doctoral Candidate at University of Guelph in Canada
-- Research Interests: waterborne disease, water quality, Nunatsiavut, weather

Dominique Henri- Doctoral Candidate at University of Oxford in United Kingdom
-- Research Interests: Inuit, traditional ecological knowledge, common eider, avian cholera

Matthew Higgins- Doctoral Candidate at University of Colorado - Boulder in United States
-- Research Interests: sea ice, feedback, land surface, alaska

Anna Jazdzewska- Doctoral Candidate at Laboratiry of Polar Biology & Oceanobiology in Poland
-- Research Interests: Antarctic, Amphipoda, diversity, ecology

Iris Jæger- Doctoral Candidate at Akvaplan niva in Norway
-- Research Interests: PAHs, Toxicokinetics, Pyrene, Risk assessment

Tom N. Jordan- Postdoctoral Researcher at British Antarctic Survey in United Kingdom
-- Research Interests: Airborne gravity, Rodinia, rifted margin, Wilkes Subglacial Basin

Anna Kaczmarska- Doctoral Candidate at National Oceanography Centre in United Kingdom
-- Research Interests: Nordic Seas, altimetry,

Mikhail M. Kalentchenko- Postdoctoral Researcher at Modern University of Humanities in Russian Federation
-- Research Interests: marine protected areas, legislation, Russia, the Arctic

Mahalinganathan Kanthanathan- Doctoral Candidate at National Center for Antarctic and Ocean Research in India
-- Research Interests: seasonal variability, spatial variability, biogeochemical cycles, Antarctic snow

Colleen Kellogg- Doctoral Candidate at University of Washington in United States
-- Research Interests: microbial community structure, particle flux, Cape Bathurst, North Water

Liliana Keslinka- Doctoral Candidate at University of Gdansk in Poland
-- Research Interests: patterns of distribution, sea birds, Little auk, Spitsbergen

Julia Kleinteich- Doctoral Candidate at University of Konstanz in Germany
-- Research Interests: Cyanobacteria, Microcystin, Psychrotolerant, Diversity

Sebastian Koenig- Doctoral Candidate at University of Massachusetts Amherst in United States
-- Research Interests: Global Circulation Model (GCM), Greenland Ice Sheet, Sea Ice, Feedback

Kathrin Krabbe- Masters Student at University of Bochum in Germany
-- Research Interests: Pycnogonids, Biogeography, Speciation, molecular markers

Min Kuo- Doctoral Candidate at Columbia University in United States
-- Research Interests: ice, liquid layer, trace gas, modeling

Maite Lacarra- Doctoral Candidate at LOCEAN in France
-- Research Interests: Shelf dynamics, Water mass analysis, SASSI

Jonathan Lauderdale- Doctoral Candidate at National Oceanography Centre, Southampton in United Kingdom
-- Research Interests: Southern Ocean, Physics, Carbon Cycle, Sensitivity

David Lin- Doctoral Candidate at University of Texas at El Paso, United States
-- Carbon dioxide, Methane, Radiative Forcing, Modelling

Ansa Lindeque- Doctoral Candidate at Alfred Wegener Institut in Germany
-- Research Interests: palaeobathymetry, antarctica, reflection seismic, stratigraphy

Tracey Loewen- Doctoral Candidate at University of Manitoba in Canada
-- Research Interests: Arctic char, Salvelinus, otolith micro-chemistry, strontium

Sílvia Lourenço- Doctoral Candidate at Centro Ciências do Mar do Algarve in Portugal
-- Research Interests: myctophidae, Scotia Sea, growth, population dynamics

Maria Lvova- Doctoral Candidate at Tromsø University in Norway
-- Research Interests: human security, Arctic, natural resources, development

Jakub Malecki- Doctoral Candidate at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland
-- Research Interests: geometry changes of glaciers, retreat, surface lowering, Svalbard

Yasmina Martos Martín- Doctoral Candidate at Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra in Spain
-- Research Interests: Drake Passage, Scotia Plate, Geophysical data, Oceanic spreading

Trevor McIntyre- Doctoral Candidate at Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria in South Africa
-- Research Interests: southern elephant seals, satellite-relay data loggers, dive behaviour, temperature profiles

Anna Mikheeva- Doctoral Candidate at Moscow State University in Russian Federation
-- Research Interests: treeline changes, high-resolution satellite imagery,

Hannah Milne- Masters Student at University of Alberta in Canada
-- Research Interests: Iceberg calving, Devon Island, Time lapse imagery, Acoustic

Sina Muster- Doctoral Candidate at Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany
-- Research Interests: Arctic land cover, remote sensing, scale, evapotranspiration

Atsuhiro Muto- Doctoral Candidate at University of Colorado in United States
-- Research Interests: Antarctica, Glaciology, Borehole temperature, Geophysical inverse method

Adam Naito- Doctoral Candidate at Department of Geography - Texas A&M University in United States
-- Research Interests: shrub expansion, Arctic, tundra, stochastic cellular model

Ryosuke Nakai- Doctoral Candidate at Hiroshima University in Japan
-- Research Interests: Antarctic lakes, Microorganisms, Nitrogen fixation, DNA analysis

Erin Neufeld- Doctoral Candidate at Gateway Antarctica in New Zealand
-- Research Interests: imagination, place attachment, polar attachment, Antarctica

Ika Neven- Doctoral Candidate at Laboratory of Plant Physiology in Netherlands
-- Research Interests: carbon metabolism, Antarctic microalgae, CO2 concentrating mechanism, biological pump

Tanya O'Neill- Doctoral Candidate at Landcare Research Ltd in New Zealand
-- Research Interests: Antarctica, Human Impacts, Recovery Rates, Foot Traffic

Thomas Opel- Postdoctoral Researcher at Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany
-- Research Interests: Ice core, Ground ice, Late Holocene climate, Russian Arctic

Yaroslav Ovsepyan- Doctoral Candidate at Moscow State University in Russian Federation
-- Research Interests: Foraminifera, Laptev Sea, Atlantic water, Postglacial time

Alexey Pavlov- Doctoral Candidate at Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute in Russian Federation
-- Research Interests: Svalbard, Ocean optics, Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter, Light absorption

A. Cecilia Peralta-Ferriz- Doctoral Candidate at University of Washington in United States
-- Research Interests: Arctic pressure, bottom pressure, ocean mass

Ursula Rack- Looking for a Job :) at Gateway Antarctica in New Zealand
-- Research Interests: Loewe, Scientist, Germany, Australia

Maja Radivojevic- Doctoral Candidate at Museo Nazionale dell''Antartide,Università degli Studi di Siena in Italy
-- Research Interests: Megadunes, Antarctica, ice sheet, sastrugi

Anna Rodnikova- Doctoral Candidate at Moscow State University in Russian Federation
-- Research Interests: scavengers, tundra ecosystems, photoboxes, arctic fox

Paula Sankelo- Doctoral Candidate at University of Glasgow, Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences in United Kingdom
-- Research Interests: plant wax, biomarker, snow, ice core

Julia Schmale- Doctoral Candidate at Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry in Germany
-- Research Interests: mass spectrometry, arctic aerosol, Greenland

Marvin Shaw- Doctoral Candidate at University of York in United Kingdom
-- Research Interests: Halocarbons, iodine, biotic, Arctic

Emily Shroyer- Postdoctoral Researcher at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in United States
-- Research Interests: Alaska Coastal Current, Pacific Water transport, Chukchi Sea

Holger Sihler- Doctoral Candidate at Institute for Environmental Physics in Germany
-- Research Interests: ozone destruction events, halogen activation, polar spring, OASIS campaign

Ylva Sjöberg- Looking for a Job :) at Stockholms universitet in Sweden
-- Research Interests: Thermokarst lake, Morphology, Peat plateau, Permafrost

Dorte Haubjerg Søgaard- Doctoral Candidate at Greenland Climate Research Centre in Greenland
-- Research Interests: sea ice, net autotrophic activity, net heterotrophic activity, snow and ice attenuation coefficients

Johanna Speirs- Doctoral Candidate at University of Queensland in Australia
-- Research Interests: meteorology, climate, foehn, McMurdo Dry Valleys

Lukasz Stachnik- Doctoral Candidate at Jagiellonian University in Poland
-- Research Interests: Polar Urals, hydrometeorology, discharge, ablation season

Katherine Stewart- Doctoral Candidate at University of Northern British Columbia in Canada
-- Research Interests: Nitrogen Fixation, Nitrogen Cycling, Assoicative Cyanobacteria, Bryophyte

Sonja Suckro- Doctoral Candidate at Alfred-Wegener-Institute in Germany
-- Research Interests: refraction seismics, crustal model, Arctic, Baffin Bay

Ines Tavernier- Doctoral Candidate at Ghent University in Belgium
-- Research Interests: Antarctic Peninsula, climate change, paleolimnology, lake

Natalia Tilinina- Doctoral Candidate at P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS in Russian Federation
-- Research Interests: Barents Sea, Surface temperature, Muliyear ice dynamics

Aleksandra Tomczyk- Doctoral Candidate at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland
-- Research Interests: human impact, Spitbseregn, Arctic, GIS

Andrew Trant- Doctoral Candidate at Memorial University in Canada
-- Research Interests: Treeline, Dynamics, Climatology, Dendrochronology

Alexandre Trindade- Research Assistant at Center of Geographical Studies in Portugal
-- Research Interests: Ground temperature, Snow cover, Permafrost, Active layer

Erin Trochim- Doctoral Candidate at University of Alaska Fairbanks in United States
-- Research Interests: permafrost, hydrology, remote sensing

Bego Vendrell-Simón- Doctoral Candidate at Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC) in Spain
-- Research Interests: benthic-pelagic coupling, Antarctic continental shelf, biogeochemistry

Lena Von Harbou- Doctoral Candidate at Alfred-Wegener-Institute Bremerhaven in Germany
-- Research Interests: Antarctica, zooplankton, Salpa thompsoni, feeding

Christopher Ware- Masters Student at University of Tasmania in Australia
-- Research Interests: Human-mediated dispersal, Alien species, Shoe dispersal, Arctic

Audrey Wayolle- Doctoral Candidate at Univeristy of Stirling in United Kingdom
-- Research Interests: Soil, Carbon, Arctic, Upscaling

Kirstin Werner- Doctoral Candidate at IFM-GEOMAR in Germany
-- Research Interests: Holocene, Fram Strait, multiproxy study, paleoceanography

Mariëtte Wheeler- M2 Environmental Connections, South Africa
-- Research Interests: Human activities, management, regulations, Wildlife

Felicia Winter- Masters Student at Alfred-Wegener-Institut for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven in Germany
-- Research Interests: North East Greenland margin, crustal structure, shelf region, gravity model

Laura Wuerzberg- Doctoral Candidate at University of Hamburg in Germany
-- Research Interests: deep sea, macrobenthic invertebrates, feeding, fatty acids

Przemyslaw Wyszynski- Doctoral Candidate at Department of Climatology, Institute of Geography, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland
-- Research Interests: wind, Arctic, early-instrumental measurements, First International Polar Year 1882/83

Yulia Zaika- Research Assistant at Geography Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Khibiny scientific station in Russian Federation
-- Research Interests: snow cover, avalanches, temperature conditions, changes

H.R. De Haas- Doctoral Candidate at Arctic Centre - University of Groningen in Netherlands
-- Research Interests: Spitsbergen history, Resource exploitation, Arctic mining, Business opportunity

Mark Lara- Doctoral Candidate at University of Texas at El Paso in United States
-- Research Interests: Carbon exchange, Radiative forcing, community change, Baffin Island