APECS News

Julia didn’t really look on a map, applying to be an exchange student in the University of Tromso. Norway was a dream destination, and the young gifted photographer ended up being quite surprised to see how far north Tromsø is. Unexpectedly it became one of the best coincidences of her life!

The goal of Arctic Pride was to organise an annual Pride festival in Tromsø, whose purpose is to create a safe and inclusive space for all people that deviate from social norms of gender and sexuality. Through the festival, the Municipality of Tromso also aims to establish dialogue, spread awareness and educate the public, in hope of promoting a society where everyone can freely express their gender identity, love and sexuality without fear of being discriminated, excluded or harassed. Arctic Pride works to promote diversity in an arctic context with focus on the challenges of both indigenous people and others living in the arctic region. Arctic Pride is held annually in November.

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), the Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) of the Arctic Council, the International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA), and the Sustaining Arctic Observing Network (SAON)  in cooperation with the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) are excited to announce the recipients of the 2022 IASC Fellowship Program. 

Dear APECS and National Committee Members,

Greeting from the distant future of 2022! Wherever you are in the world, the APECS Science and Diplomacy Project Group hopes you had a wonderful new year’s celebration and are full of fresh inspiration and ideas for the future.

We are writing to inform you of an opportunity we are arranging for all APECS-affiliated ECR’s. Beginning this February, our PG will be hosting a bimonthly reading group to explore and discuss the possibilities and challenges of “Anthropocene” thinking. This group will facilitate dialogue and applied interdisciplinary theory in pursuit of solutions to the major challenges facing the fragile social-ecological systems of the Earth’s cryospheres.

Partner shipping with China Association for Scientific Expedition and the China Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS China) and the Institute of International Rivers and Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Polar Hub launch its very first Glacier Memory Exhibition on Dec. 18th, 2021 at the Indigo shopping mall to celebrate the success of ice core drilling in November, 2021 in Tibet. From the perspectives of natural science and exploration, Glacier Memory showcases how the cryosphere interacts with the atmosphere, the ocean, and land as an indispensable unit of the climate system.

On 17 December, Marta Moreno Ibáñez (leader of the last two group reviews of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports organised by APECS and its partners in 2020 and 2021) gave the oral presentation “Participation of Early Career Researchers in Group Reviews of the IPCC Reports: Outcomes and Lessons Learned” at the AGU Fall Meeting 2021.

APECS Art Webinar with Andrea Juan - No White Antarctica from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Dear APECS members, partners and friends

Thank you for your contributions and support in 2021!

It has been another exceptional year. Despite the pandemic, we again had many activities and initiatives of APECS’ Project Groups and National Committees. It makes us proud and happy that we are able to provide an increasingly important network for early career researchers. Connections within the polar and alpine cryosphere are not only drawn via various workshops, webinars, events (even some on-site!) and discussions but also via increasing interest of APECS member representation in many professional networks, committees and organizations.

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) are looking for two early career scientists to join the SOOS Southern Ocean Equity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) initiative.