Polar and Alpine Community News

The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) invites applications for a Fellow to amplify regional work and identify opportunities to improve IOOS’ ability to serve and engage underserved communities. This one-year position will be a telework position.

The candidate/contractor will work closely with the 11 IOOS Regional Associations (RAs) and the IOOS Office to understand and build upon existing efforts, including the development of recommendations. The position is a unique opportunity to support delivery of ocean and coastal information to diverse communities.

The open access journal Remote Sensing (IF: 4.509, ISSN 2072-4292) is pleased to announce that we have launched a new Special Issue entitled "Remote Sensing of Ocean and Sea Ice Dynamics in the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans". Dr. Kubryakov is serving as Guest Editor for this issue.

Given the depth of your expertise in this field, we would like to cordially invite you to contribute an article to the Special Issue. For more information on the issue, please visit the Special Issue website.

Join the Open and Democratic Dialogue at the 2021 Assembly! The 2021 Arctic Circle Assembly will be held in the traditional way as an in-person event (in Reykjavík, Iceland) October 14-17. Follow Arctic Circle on social media to stay updated.

Secure your ticket: Due to Covid19 the registration will only be open until October 1st. 

Register at: https://arctic-circle-www.herokuapp.com/welcome-to-the-2021-arctic-circle-assembly-taking-place

Advances in Polar Science (APS) is an international, open-access, quarterly journal jointly sponsored by the Polar Research Institute of China and the Chinese Society for Oceanography. Original papers are accepted from scientists of any nation, subject to peer review by at least two expert referees.

The application deadline for business and science community meetings at ASSW2022 is 30 September 2021. The entire Arctic community is encouraged to use ASSW as a venue for bringing together their organizations, collaborations, and teams. ASSW organizers provide the logistical support and your meeting attendees only have to register for ASSW2022 and show up. As ASSW 2022 will be organized as a hybrid conference, both opportunities for in-person and online meetings will be offered during the conference.

The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) was initiated by IASC in 1999 to provide opportunities for coordination, cooperation and collaboration between the various scientific organizations involved in Arctic research and to economize on travel and time. ASSW is now an annual venue for meetings of Arctic organizations, scientific collaborations, and more.

Greetings from Marine Technology Society, MTS India Section!

As you are kindly aware IEEE-OES and MTS will be hosting the next annual conference Oceans 2022 in Chennai India.

As mandated by the UN General Assembly, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO is coordinating UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) inviting the global ocean community to plan for the next ten years in ocean science and technology to deliver, together, the ocean we need for the future we want! 

As a prelude to Oceans 22 and follow up of MTS Women Leadership programme, MTS India Section is organising an event, involving women engineers, technologists and scientists focusing on students for career opportunities in the marine sector. This will also be a platform to spread awareness on the IEEE and MTS activities to students' across India and globally. This is UNESCO IOC endorsed UN Decade event.

A new episode of The IcePod is now available. The IcePod is the podcast about polar science and the people. Hosts talk to scientists who went on board Polarstern, the German research icebreaker, for the biggest research expedition in the Arctic. It is produced in collaboration with the Alfred Wegener Institute and Radio Weser.TV. The IcePod is the official podcast of the Year of Polar Prediction initiative to improve weather and sea-ice forecast in the Arctic and Antarctic.

A new issue of PolarPredictNews, the official newsletter for the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP), is now available, and includes news for and from the polar prediction community.

To access the full newsletter, go to PolarPredictNews webpage.

In the 18th issue of PolarPredictNews, Amy MacFarlane presents her second collection of water color drawings from MOSAiC leg 4, which ended about a year ago. PolarPredictNews’ top story is about the various ways Zack Labe visualizes Arctic climate data to ensure environmental changes are easy to grasp.