© Alexey Pavlov, Caroline Coch, Alice Bradley, Adrian Dahood, Elizabeth Erickson (left to right)

In our Polar and Alpine Community News we feature news from the many partners that APECS is working with, as well as other news from a variety of sources related to research in the Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine regions as well as the wider Cryosphere. Many thanks to APECS members and the wider Polar research community for contributing to this shared resources!  

If you want to submit Polar or Alpine News for this page, please use the link below. If you have any questions, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

We keep only the news of the last 3 months on this page. Older news can be accessed in our Polar and Alpine News Archive. 

Project groups are small working groups led by Project Group Leaders. Ideas such as Polar Weeks, the APECS Mentorship Award, and the many workshops and panel discussions, have all started with a few talented people working together with a specific aim - to help each other and to create a better way to conduct polar research and to help others learn about it. APECS Project Groups are how new ideas become reality. If you see a group here which you would like to contribute to, or indeed to set up a new one, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Please register here if you would like to join one of the APECS Project Groups listed below.

© Fiona Tummon, Francisco Fernandoy, ECMWF, Cynthia Sassenroth

APECS has many different groups to get involved with, and for many people connecting with other young researchers in their own country is a first step to meeting new colleagues and getting involved. Some countries have well developed APECS National Committees, some are just getting started - and others are just a mailing list of all the APECS members in that country. Below is more info on these groups, including how to contact them...

...if you don't see your country here, be sure to check out the article at the end of this page that provides some ideas on how to start your own national committee.

© Fiona Tummon, Francisco Fernandoy, ECMWF, Cynthia Sassenroth

There are many great opportunities for early career researchers (ECRs) to advance their careers, learn from senior mentors, and help include the view of other ECRs into international science planning bodies. APECS actively encourages our partner organizations to include ECRs on their committees, meetings, and projects.

Type of roles:

• APECS representative: the ECR will officially represent APECS as an organization and will contribute an APECS perspective to the discussion(s) on the committee / meeting / project. For these positions, experience in APECS leadership is typically required. These opportunities may involve making a presentation or other material on behalf of APECS, and for that reason, it is in the best interest of APECS to select an individual in the APECS leadership who is familiar with the current activities and priorities of the organization. As an APECS representative, one is expected to express the views and priorities of APECS. Any personal opinions must be explicitly indicated as such, and the needs and goals of APECS take precedent over the opinions of the individual.
• ECR participant: the ECR will not officially represent APECS, but will participate in the committee / meeting / project as an individual providing their own perspectives as an ECR to the discussion and learn from the work on the committee. For these opportunities, APECS leadership experience is not required, though APECS membership is usually necessary to hear about the opportunity.

Role of the ECR: They can be a meeting observer, committee member or rapporteur providing an early career perspective to discussions, advocating for ECRs, taking on action points, helping to organize workshops and much more! It all depends what that particular partner organisation is looking for. Any confidential information discussed at the committee / meeting / project will not be included in any report the APECS representative or ECR participant will write about the meeting. Partners have at any time the right to ask the ECR to leave the discussion while confidential information is discussed. Above all, the idea is that the partner organization benefits from having input from an ECR, APECS benefits by working with and hearing news from that partner organization, and the ECR benefits by gaining experience and networking connections!

APECS helps our partner organizations to recruit both APECS representatives and ECR participants.

If you are an organization who would like to have an early career researcher on their committee, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. so we can help you arrange this.

© Fiona Tummon, Francisco Fernandoy, ECMWF, Cynthia Sassenroth

APECS has been fortunate to work with organizations with similar goals and objectives for supporting young researchers. We thank our Partners and Sponsors for working with us to support our events and activities activities and give great opportunities for young researchers to advance their careers and portfolios. Partners and sponsors that want to stay informed about APECS activities can sign up for our mailing list here http://eepurl.com/brHpyn

© Fiona Tummon, Francisco Fernandoy, ECMWF, Cynthia Sassenroth

© Fiona Tummon, Francisco Fernandoy, ECMWF, Cynthia Sassenroth

© Fiona Tummon, Francisco Fernandoy, ECMWF, Cynthia Sassenroth

Call for Bids
to host the International Directorate
of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)

Who we are: The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) is an international and interdisciplinary organization for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, early career faculty members, educators and other professionals interested in the Polar and Alpine regions and the wider cryosphere. We are a dynamic community that provides a platform for promoting collaborations and exchange among its members and with the wider Polar research community, endeavouring to create a continuum of leadership in polar sciences. The international and transdisciplinary collaboration APECS is providing, has been proven especially important in challenging times of social distancing.

What we are looking for: A host and sponsor(s) for our International Directorate Office starting January 2022. APECS is open to having either:

• One secretariat location with one or more institutions hosting and providing support for at least 1.5 staff positions; or a
• A dispersed secretariat option with:
  • the main full-time staff position (Executive Director) being hosted / funded by one or more institutions in one location;
  • support-position(s) (part-time or full-time) being hosted and funded by other institutions / countries in another location

Bids can be sent in from institutions interested in being:

1. a host and sponsor of the International Directorate Office
2. a partial sponsor (but no hosting) of the International Directorate Office
3. a host and sponsor of a sub-office of the International Directorate
4. a partial sponsor (but no hosting) of a sub-office of the International Directorate

What is in for you: Ensure the future of polar research and demonstrate your commitment to the development of early career researchers by helping APECS shape the Future of Polar Research. The APECS International Directorate helps boost the reputation and international profile of its host organization. At our current host institution AWI, APECS is involved in three EU projects, providing a substantial amount of overheads. Third-party funding like this will not only provide additional financial support but also visibility and the international standing of the host institution.

With a network spanning more than 76 countries with more than 3,800 members, APECS’ activities have global reach. If you reach out to the PhD students and Postdocs of your institute, there is a good chance that they are in APECS and can tell you how APECS is helping them. We also actively engage with the host organizations and other local stakeholders and have a strong focus on outreach in the local area. Our Annual Reports provide you with a sense of the variety of activities organized by APECS members.

Call process: We appreciate receiving expressions of interest until 31 March 2021. The deadline for bids is 31 May 2021.

Submission of Bids: Proposal should be sent as ONE PDF file in the attachment to the APECS Executive Director Dr. Josefine Lenz at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Please note that we accept proposals until negotiations are completed and the potential host has received a positive vote by the APECS Leadership. A decision will be announced as soon as the negotiations with the prospective new APECS International Directorate host and all sponsors are completed. 

While APECS is open to considering a variety of institutional arrangements, it does expect a particular commitment of institutional resources to the International Directorate and its staff. APECS is anticipating arrangements with a new organizational host of at least 3 years, and preferably of 5+ years. The APECS Executive Committee will work together with the host institution on the hiring of the new APECS Executive Director. Please review details and guidelines for proposals below.

If you have questions please contact the APECS Executive Director Dr. Josefine Lenz at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

List of accompanying documents:

• Appendix 1: About APECS and its International Directorate
• Appendix 2: Expected support from an APECS International Directorate host institution
• Appendix 3: Optional: Expected support from a Sub-Office host institution
• Appendix 4: Detailed Guidelines for Proposals for hosting the APECS International Directorate or a Sub-Office
• Appendix 5: Evaluation Criteria of Bids

© Allen Pope, Allen Pope, Neelu Singh, Elizabeth Erickson, Ribanna Dittrich

APECS works with mentors and partners to develop webinars to assist APECS members and other early career scientists with their career development goals as well as to highlight current Polar Research. The webinar audience consists of graduate students, post-docs, and early career faculty across many disciplines. Since its inception in 2010, thousands of people from around the world have participated in the webinars. 

• How to Participate in a Webinar?

  Participation in the webinars is open to all and completly free. If you have not participated in an online webinar before, its actually not as difficult as it may seem, and we can help you every step of the way. To attend a webinar you just need your computer or smartphone and an internet connection. We only use VOIP, so no telephone is required. We are not using webcams, so you can participate in your pajamas!
  Check out the upcoming webinars. If you see a webinar you would like to join, click the link to the right of the webinar to register for it. If the webinar is in session, the link will take you right to webinar in session. If the webinar has not yet begun, you can register for the event. Registering for the webinars ahead of time is a good idea because you will automatically recieve an email with instructions and reminders 1 day and 1 hour before the event.
  If you have any questions, potential topics, or potential presenters to suggest, please contact at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

© Allen Pope, Allen Pope, Neelu Singh, Elizabeth Erickson, Ribanna Dittrich

As part of our goal to keep early career researchers informed of all their options in career development, we have created a “Non-Academic Career Information” website section under the umbrella “Career Resources”. Here you can find information about how to take your career trajectory outside of the traditional academic mold via various resources:

© Allen Pope, Neelu Singh, Elizabeth Erickson, Ribanna Dittrich

The APECS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Project Group aims to ensure that one’s identity is not a barrier to success in polar science. Our specific goals are to:

• Facilitate international and interdisciplinary dialogue around diversity, inclusion, and equity in the polar science community;
• Provide resources for APECS members facing identity-related challenges, as well as bystanders, allies, and leaders in our communities;
• Ensure that the values of diversity, inclusion, and equity remain embedded in APECS and related communities now and in the future.

Each of the terms “diversity,” “inclusion,” and “equity” has a specific and important meaning. The following definitions are based on current research and applied for work in the field.

• Diversity

  Diversity is the presence of a variety of individual identities within a particular setting. Diversity may be based on race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, language, culture, nationality, language, religious beliefs, age, career status, physical appearance, disability status, and other identity markers. Individuals and groups often affiliate with multiple, intersecting identities.

• Inclusion

  Inclusion is the act of creating an environment in which any individual or group feels welcomed, respected, and valued. An inclusive group is by definition diverse, but a diverse group is not necessarily inclusive: the creation of an inclusive environment requires attention to the experience of individuals from diverse backgrounds and the challenges they face¹. Inclusive organizations must actively combat harassment, assault, implicit bias, and other aspects of exclusionary cultures through bottom-up and top-down efforts.

  ¹In case the distinction is confusing, a simple way to think about this is that “Diversity is being asked to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance.” - Verna Myers, inclusion strategist.

• Equity

  Equity refers to the process of ensuring that everyone has equal access to opportunities. Equity recognizes that not all members of a group or community start from the same place, have equal access to resources, or have equal paths to advancement. Therefore equity requires ensuring all members have what they need to be successful. In this way equity differs from equality, which implies treating everyone the same, regardless of their needs. Diverse, inclusive environments benefit members only if they are also equitable environments within which everyone has truly equal access to resources and opportunities. Like inclusion, equity requires actively combating harassment, assault, implicit bias, and other aspects of exclusionary cultures through bottom-up and top-down efforts.

This project group emphasizes that diverse, inclusive, and equitable environments benefit polar research overall, which is strengthened by contributions from diverse participants (diversity), especially when participants are welcomed and not subject to discrimination (e.g., through harassment, assault, or bias) (inclusion), and when all participants have sufficient resources and access to contribute at all levels of polar research (equity)

Source: United Nations System Staff College; Independent Sector; University of Michigan Institute for Social Research; London School of Economics: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; and The Diversity Collegium, via UN Global Compact.

© Allen Pope, Allen Pope, Neelu Singh, Elizabeth Erickson, Ribanna Dittrich

We present here a ‘Guide for Fruitful Collaborations’. This guide is a result of a yearlong effort by an Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) Project Group called Collaboration Guide, that spent the 2018/19 term collecting necessary data, and inquiring among APECS National Committees and Council members. Through this process we learned about and documented their experiences. We offer this guide in the hope that it will inform and enhance future collaborations. As a result we present a concise overview of the main aspects of collaborations starting with the basics:

• an introduction to collaborations; and
• the types of collaborations APECS members engage in? 

Then, we outline key strategies for :

• initiating collaborations,
• maintaining, and
• ending collaborations in ways that aid in the endeavors of all APECS members.

We finish the guide with one providing direct insight into the process of collaborating. We express our sincere gratitude to all those who have contributed to this work, without whom this guide could have not been created.

@ Tayana Arakchaa, Ruth Hindshaw, Iglika Trifonova, Caroline Coch, Victorio Maximiliano Rocchi (left to right)

This section highlights the APECS involvement in longer-term projects funded by various funding sources. Some projects were initiated by APECS and in others APECS is involved as a partner responsible for certain tasks related to the training of early career researchers, education and outreach. The current ongoing projects you can see listed below. 

The number of research topics covered by Polar and Alpine research is vast and our members are involved in both natural and social sciences disciplines. The aim of this page is to provide someone new to the topic an overview of research areas involved in Polar and Alpine research and provide a snapshot of some disciplines that are being researched by APECS members.

We know that the topics you'll find in this page do not reflect the full breadth of Polar and Alpine research! If you are missing a discipline, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and send us a short description for it.

@ Tayana Arakchaa, Ruth Hindshaw, Iglika Trifonova, Caroline Coch, Victorio Maximiliano Rocchi (left to right)

Trying to figure out a journal to publish your next paper in? Want to find journals with polar research papers from another discipline? Just curious about what is all out there? Here we have put together a list of journals that specifically cover Polar Research topics. If you have additional ones to suggest, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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• Advances in Polar Science

  APS is an international, peer-reviewed and open-access journal sponsored by the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC). It publishes achievements in fundamental research, applied research and high-technology research focused or based on the polar regions, and to report the latest discoveries, inventions, theories and methodologies in polar research. The scope of the journal covers a range of polar disciplines including glaciology, oceanography, atmospheric science, space physics, geology, geophysics, geochemistry, biology and ecology, medicine, Antarctic astronomy, environmental science and engineering and technology as well as polar social science, information service and management. APS also publishes occasional "Special Issues" on specific polar research themes. The "Opinion Editorial" category provides a forum to comment on the status and/or deficiencies of any aspect of polar science, to reflect on recent innovation or progress, and to promote internationally collaborative polar science projects.
  Website: https://aps.chinare.org.cn

• Annals of Glaciology

  The Annals of Glaciology are thematic volumes that contain selected papers from IGS sponsored or co-sponsored symposia. Papers are peer-reviewed and edited prior to publication. Recent Annals are available online to symposia participants and those who have subsequently purchased the hard copy of the Annals of Glaciology volumes.
  Website: http://www.igsoc.org/annals/

• Antarctic Science

  Antarctic Science provides a truly international forum for the broad spread of studies that increasingly characterise scientific research in the Antarctic. Whilst emphasising interdisciplinary work, the journal publishes papers from environmental management to biodiversity, from volcanoes to icebergs, and from oceanography to the upper atmosphere. No other journal covers such a wide range of Antarctic scientific studies. The journal attracts papers from all countries currently undertaking Antarctic research. It publishes both review and data papers with no limits on length, two page short notes on technical developments and recent discoveries, and book reviews. These, together with an editorial discussing broader aspects of science, provide a rich and varied mixture of items to interest researchers in all areas of science. There are no page charges, or charges for colour, to authors publishing in the Journal. One issue each year is normally devoted to a specific theme or papers from a major meeting.
  Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antarctic-science
  Editor-in-Chief: Peter Convey
  Managing Director: Mariel Kieval

• Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska (APUA)

  Journal consisting of original papers on a variety of topics related to arctic or subarctic anthropology.  Produced by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Department of Anthropology since 1951, APUA offers a collection of scholarly, often rare papers written by noted authorities in the field. During these past years the journal has normally appeared as two issues per volume under the direction of an editor assisted by two associate editors.  Volume 25 is the last of the series that will be published in the original format.
  
  Website: http://www.uaf.edu/apua/
  
  Editor: Maribeth S. Murray

• Arctic

  This American journal contains contributions from any area of scholarship dealing with the polar and sub-polar regions of the world. Arctic keeps its lectures informed of current thought and directions that cross disciplinary boundaries, enabling a broader understanding of today's rapidly changing circumpolar world.
  
  Website: https://arctic.ucalgary.ca/about-arctic-journal
  
  Editor: Karen McCullough

• Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research

  AAAR consists of peer-reviewed, original research papers and reviews, resulting correspondence, opinion pieces, book reviews, memoriams, and an events calendar, all published in English. The journal covers any scientific or cultural aspect of arctic, antarctic, and alpine environments and related topics on subarctic, subantarctic, subalpine environments, and paleoenvironments. Papers may be uni- or multidisciplinary but should have interdisciplinary appeal. Special thematic issues and proceedings are published from time to time.

  Website: http://aaarjournal.org/

• Arctic Anthropology

  Bi-annual international journal devoted to the study of Old and New World northern cultures and peoples founded in 1962 by Chester S. Chard. Archaeology, ethnology, physical anthropology, and related disciplines are represented, with emphasis on: studies of specific cultures of the arctic, sub-arctic and contiguous regions of the world; the peopling of the New World; relationships between New World and Eurasian cultures of the circumpolar zone; contemporary problems and culture change among northern peoples; and new directions in interdisciplinary northern research.
  
  Website: https://uwpress.wisc.edu/journals/journals/aa.html
  
  Editor: Susan Kaplan

• Croyshere

  The Cryosphere (TC) is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of research articles, short communications, and review papers on all aspects of frozen water and ground on Earth and on other planetary bodies.

  The main subject areas are ice sheets and glaciers, planetary ice bodies, permafrost, river and lake ice, seasonal snow cover, sea ice, remote sensing, numerical modelling, in situ and laboratory studies of the above and including studies of the interaction of the cryosphere with the rest of the climate system.

  Website: https://www.the-cryosphere.net
  
  

• Etudes - Inuit - Studies

  A biannual scholarly journal is published since 1977. The Journal is devoted to the study of Inuit societies, either traditional or contemporary, in the general perspective of social sciences and humanities (ethnology, politics, archaeology, linguistics, history, etc.). The Journal has grown to become a major crossroad of information on northern endeavours. As well as a number of articles, each volume contains book reviews, a list of scientific events, and annual reviews of recent theses and articles published in other journals. The articles are either in French or English.
  
  Website: http://www.fss.ulaval.ca/etudes-inuit-studies/
  
  Editor: Murielle Nagy

• Geophysical Research Letters

  Publishes short, concise research letters that present scientific advances that are likely to have immediate influence on the research of other investigators. GRL letters can focus on a specific discipline or apply broadly to the geophysical science community.
  website: http://www.agu.org/journals/gl/

• Journal of Geophysical Research

  Publishes original scientific research on the physical, chemical, and biological processes that contribute to the understanding of the Earth, Sun, and solar system and all of their environments and components. JGR is currently organized into seven disciplinary sections (Atmospheres, Biogeosciences, Earth Surface, Oceans, Planets, Solid Earth, Space Physics). Sections may be added or combined in response to changes in the science.
  
  Website: http://www.agu.org/journals/jd/

• Journal of Glaciology

  The International Glaciological Society was founded in 1936 to provide a focus for individuals interested in practical and scientific aspects of snow
  and ice.
  
  Website: http://www.igsoc.org/journal/
  
  Editor(s): T.H. Jacka

• Journal of Physical Oceanography

  The journal publishes research related to the physics of the ocean and to processes operating at its boundaries. Theoretical and modeling studies are welcome, especially those that are linked to observations. Papers that investigate interactions with other components of the earth system (e.g., ocean-atmosphere, physical-biological and physical-chemical interactions) as well as studies of other fluid systems (e.g., lakes and laboratory tanks) are also invited, as long as their focus is on understanding the ocean.
  Website: https://journals.ametsoc.org/toc/phoc/current

• Oecologia Australis

  Oecologia Australis is edited by the Postgraduate Programme in Ecology of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (PPGE/UFRJ) and aims to publish reviews in Ecology. The target public of our journal is researchers and undergraduate and graduate students in Ecology and related areas.
  The review papers may be submitted in Portuguese, Spanish or English and must contain an abstract in the same language in which the paper is written.
  Oecologia Australis publishes four issues per year, two of which are thematic issues and contain review papers and case studies (original contributions). These thematic issues are edited by invited editors who coordinate all the editorial process, being responsible for the first evaluation of the papers submitted to the volume and for the assigning of each paper to two reviewers – in accordance to the criteria of the double-blind peer review policy adopted by the journal. Researchers can be invited to coordinate the editing process of a specific issue or can present spontaneous proposals for editing a thematic issue in their area of expertise.
  The published issues of June and December are composed by review papers of unprompted submissions to the journal. The submission of these papers can be made during the entire year. Papers submitted before March 15th will be peer reviewed for the June issue and papers submitted before September 15th will be peer reviewed for the December issue.
  Website: https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/oa/index

• Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

  Permafrost and Periglacial Processes is an international journal dedicated to the rapid publication of scientific and technical papers concerned with earth surface cryogenic processes, landforms and sediments present in a variety of (Sub) Arctic, Antarctic and High Mountain environments. It provides an efficient vehicle of communication amongst those with an interest in the cold, non-glacial geosciences. The focus is on (1) original research based on geomorphological, hydrological, sedimentological, geotechnical and engineering aspects of these areas and (2) original research carried out upon relict features where the objective has been to reconstruct the nature of the processes and/or palaeoenvironments which gave rise to these features, as opposed to purely stratigraphical considerations. The journal also publishes short communications, reviews, discussions and book reviews. The high scientific standard, interdisciplinary character and worldwide representation of PPP are maintained by regional editorial support and a rigorous refereeing system.
  
  Website: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1530

• Polar Biology

  Polar Biology publishes Original Papers, Reviews, and Short Notes and is the focal point for biologists working in polar regions. It is also of interest to scientists working in biology in general, ecology and physiology, as well as in oceanography and climatology related to polar life. Polar Biology presents results of studies in plants, animals, and micro-organisms of marine, limnic and terrestrial habitats in polar and subpolar regions of both hemispheres.
  Website: http://www.springer.com/life+sci/ecology/journal/300

• Polar Geography

  Polar Geography is a quarterly publication that offers a venue for scholarly research on the physical and human aspects of the Polar Regions. 

The journal seeks to address the component interplay of the natural systems, the complex historical, political, economic, cultural, diplomatic, and security issues, and the interchange amongst them. As such, the journal welcomes comparative approaches, critical scholarship, and alternative and disparate perspectives from around the globe.
  The journal offers scientists a venue for publishing longer papers such as might result from distillation of a thesis, or review papers that place in global context results from coordinated national and international efforts currently underway in both Polar Regions. The journal also offers a section for book reviews and invites such submissions or suggestions.
  Website:  http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tpog

• Polar Record

  Polar Record is an international, peer-reviewed scholarly periodical publishing results from a wide range of polar research areas. The journal covers original primary research papers in the humanities, social sciences, physical sciences, life sciences, and polar technology, as well as papers concerning current political, economic, legal, and environmental issues in the Arctic or Antarctic. Polar Record endeavours to provide rapid publication, normally within nine months of initial submission.
  Website: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=POL
  Editor(s): Ian R. Stone

• Polar Research

  style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Polar Research is the international, peer-reviewed journal of the Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway's central institution for research, environmental monitoring and mapping of the polar regions. Aiming to promote the exchange of scientific knowledge about the Arctic and Antarctic across disciplinary boundaries, Polar Researchserves an international community of researchers and managers. From 1 January 2011, Polar Research has become an open-access journal. Readers around the world will now have free access to scientific articles on climate, biodiversity, polar history, and other diverse topics investigated in the polar regions.
  Website: http://www.polarresearch.net/
  Polar Research will be available in an electronic edition only. The journal's archive will be available through the new website as well as through the former publisher's platform.
  Editor(s): Helle Valborg Goldman, Norwegian Polar Institute

• Polar Science

  Polar Science is an international, peer-reviewed and quarterly journal. It is dedicated to provide original research articles for sciences related to the polar regions of the Earth and other planets. Polar Science has basically 12 disciplines listed below; they cover most aspects of space, earth, and life sciences. Those articles should attract interests of broad polar science communities, not limiting to interests of those who work under specific research subjects. These subjects include space and upper atmosphere physics, atmospheric science/climatology, glaciology, oceanography/sea ice studies, geology/petrology, solid earth geophysics/seismology, marine earth science, geomorphology/Cenozoic-Quaternary geology, meteoritics, terrestrial biology, marine biology, and animal ecology.
  
  Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/polar-science/

• Polish Polar Research Journal

  The quarterly Polish Polar Research edited by the Committee on Polar Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences is an international journal publishing original research articles presenting the results of studies carried out in polar regions.
  
  All papers are peer-reviewed and published in English. The Editorial Advisory Board includes renowned scientist from Poland and from abroad. Polish Polar Research is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Cold Regions Bibliography, Antarctic Literature, Geological Abstracts, Polish Scientific Journals Contents - Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Zoological Record.
  
  Website:
  http://www.polish.polar.pan.pl/

• The Polar Journal

  Antarctica and the Arctic are of crucial importance to global security. Their governance and the patterns of human interactions there are increasingly contentious; mining, tourism, bioprospecting, and fishing are but a few of the many issues of contention, while environmental concerns such as melting ice sheets have a global impact.

  The Polar Journal is a forum for the scholarly discussion of polar issues from a social science and humanities perspective and brings together the considerable number of specialists and policy makers working on these crucial regions across multiple discplines. The journal welcomes papers on polar affairs from all fields of the social sciences and the humanities and is especially interested in publishing policy-relevant research.

  Website: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpol20/current

• Witness the Arctic

  This biannual newsletter provides information on current arctic research efforts and finds, significant research initiatives, national policy affecting Arctic research, international activities, and profiles of institutions with major arctic research efforts. Witness serves an audience of over 10,000 arctic scientists, educators, agency personnel, and policy makers and is available both online and in print.
  Website: http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic
  Editor: Alison York

Are you planning fieldwork in the Arctic, Antartic or other cold regions of the world? Here are some great resources for you that will help you! 

@ Tayana Arakchaa, Ruth Hindshaw, Iglika Trifonova, Caroline Coch, Victorio Maximiliano Rocchi (left to right)

APECS has teamed up with the WCRP Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) Project to share interesting information about the Polar and Alpine regions as well as the wider Cryosphere through FrostBytes – 'Soundbytes of Cool Research'. These 30-60 second audio or video recordings are designed to help researchers easily share their latest findings to a broad audience. On this page you will find information on how to create your own FrostByte as well as a few examples (find more examples here). For more information, or to add your FrostByte to our project, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

© Ricardo Matias, Jukes Liu, Linde van Bets, Henrik Christiansen, Quentin Jossart (left to right)

The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) aims at a breakthrough in understanding the Arctic climate system and in its representation in global climate models. Under the umbrella of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is sending the modern German icebreaker RV Polarstern close to the north pole to get frozen in for a full year including for the first time in polar winter in 2019/2020. While drifting with the Arctic sea ice, an international team of scientists is investigating the Arctic climate processes that couple the atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, bio-geochemistry and ecosystem.

The mission is led by AWI and co-led by the University of Colorado. Support is provided by 4 additional vessels from Russia, Sweden and China which help with crew exchange, fuel supply and logistics at the end/beginning of each 6 Legs.

Leg 1a, starting on 20 September 2019 in Tromsø, was supported by the Russian icebreaking research vessel Akademik Fedorov operated by the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI). APECS had the unique opportunity to organize a 6-week training course for early career scientists on board Akademik Fedorov: The MOSAiC School 2019.

Learn more about the MOSAiC School and the outcome of the School, the MOSAiC Ambassador’s projects!

Here we would like to feature MOSAiC Ambassador Anika Video on the MOSAiC Expedition - enjoy!

MOSAiC Expedition Video by Anika Happe from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.