APECS News

Are you an early career polar researcher going to the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting? Join other Arctic, Antarctic and high alpine researchers at a social co-hosted by PSECCO, PolarImpact and the United States Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) on Thursday, December 12, 2024 from 6 - 7pm ET. The event will feature a short introduction to each of these organizations and how you can get involved with them or be supported by them, and will offer a fun opportunity to network with other polar researchers at AGU!

Antarctica Day is celebrated annually on 1 December, honoring of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959. Join the APECS-organised webinar titled "Science and Life in the Southern Ocean" on December 2nd to hear how scientists in our community engage with the continent. You can register for the webinar by following this link.

US Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star keeping open the passage in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Photo credit: Martina Tenti

In the past 24th of October, the XV APCES Portugal Workshop was held at historical village of Almeida, as part of the organisation of University of Beira Interior, under the theme "The Polar Express to Success: Enhancing ECR´s Writing Skills", together with the Portuguese Polar Conference on the 25th of October.

Picture by José Abreu

The Association of Polar Early-Career Scientist Canada (APECS Canada) and Arctic Science will be co-hosting a workshop on how to Peer review. This workshop, part of the Early-Career Scientist (ECS) Reviewer Program, will be held on December 9th, 2024, from 14:00 to 15:00 EST in room 215 at the upcoming ArcticNet's Arctic Change 2024 conference in Ottawa, Canada.

Apply now to attend the Polar Early Career World Summit (PECWS) to be hosted in Boulder, Colorado, USA from 22-24 March 2025! The PECWS, organized by the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and the Polar Early Career Community Office (PSECCO), aims to bring together early career researchers, professionals, Indigenous scholars and knowledge holders connected to the Arctic, Antarctic, and the wider cryosphere from across the world. 

Between the 17th and the 25th of August the SCAR Open Science Conference took place in Pucón, Chile. More than 1100 participants and specialists from the diverse field of studies in the Antarctic and the Southern Ocean gathered and made this the largest SCAR event so far.

APECS was represented at the event through the 2023-2024 President José Queirós and by many APECS members and National Committees that participated and organized several APECS events throughout the entire week. 

Dear APECS Members,

As your new Executive Committee, we’d like to start by thanking everyone for the trust you’ve placed in us to lead APECS this year. We’re excited to take on this role and support the APECS community over the next 12 months. Most importantly, we want to thank you - our members - because it’s your involvement that keeps APECS thriving as a global hub for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in polar, alpine, and cryosphere regions.

Have you heard stories of students studying in the Arctic and want to find out how you can get there too or have you just started working in polar research for a PhD or Postdoc and are curious to experience it in person? In the upcoming “Let’s talk…!” online seminar APECS Germany wants to share their experiences and give you ideas for your trip abroad. A group of panelists will talk about studying or doing research in other countries that are known for polar research and studying at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS). While UNIS is an amazing place to study, there are some more places, where you can study in the Arctic, that they want to introduce to you. Furthermore, there are opportunities for PhD students and Postdocs which will be discussed as well.