Polar and Alpine Community News

You can now play the Greenland world via www.iceflowsgame.com or download the app via the App Store & Google Play Store.  There is also information & videos on the science behind the game on the website.

Ice Flows puts you in charge of climate, and tasks you to get your ice sheet to be the appropriate size, in order to get your game character to its dinner.

SCAR Action Group RINGS will organize a 4-day workshop from 9-12 March, 2022. The primary goal of this workshop is to generate synergies and international cooperation to develop more accurate and complete reference bed topography data for robust assessments of ice discharge from all around Antarctica. The secondary goal is to discuss relevant science plans for the ice sheet’s marginal zone.

We welcome both Action Group members and non-members from multiple disciplines related to RINGS. We uphold SCAR’s values of diversity and inclusion and strongly encourage Early Career Researchers to attend the workshop. Full information about this workshop is available here.

The Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NArFU), in cooperation with the UArctic Thematic Network on Model Arctic Council, will host a Model Arctic Council (MAC) from March 20 to 26, 2022 in Arkhangelsk, Russia for university students interested in Arctic and circumpolar affairs; Indigenous issues; international relations; and diplomacy.

Applications are due by Friday, November 5, 2021.

Please find the call for participation here.

The EU-H2020 funded INTERACT (International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic) opens a call for research groups to apply for Transnational Access and Remote Access to 47 (TA) and 30 (RA) research stations.

More information here

The Polar Prediction Project is pleased to announce two exciting opportunities for Early Career Researchers at the YOPP Final Summit, to be held in Montreal 1–4 May 2022. The Year Of Polar Prediction (YOPP) Final Summit will bring together the polar prediction community, from operational centers and academia, to environment services and polar prediction users and northern communities, to showcase the successes of YOPP and contribute to the legacy of the Polar Prediction Project.

The ArcticNet research community generates a wealth of knowledge through its extensive research program. This ADMP facilitates and maximizes the exchange of this knowledge, ensuring accessibility to data for all stakeholders, including the public. Responsible data management will ensure we have the knowledge needed to adapt to the challenges and opportunities of the rapidly transforming Arctic.

Organizers invite expressions of interest (EOI) for a working group on artificial intelligence (AI) in the Arctic. The goal of the working group is to help streamline research efforts to some extent and create more opportunities for involvement.

Within this group, there will be topic-specific (e.g. AI for sea ice) and geographically-specific (e.g. AI in the Arctic) working groups formed. Organizers are still looking for people (from research, industry, government, etc.) to contribute.

If you are interested and have not done so already, fill out the online form as an Expression of Interest.

The Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) Project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is launching an open call for nominations to its Scientific Steering Group (SSG) for the period 2022-2025.

The 17th AMS Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography will take place in Madison, WI on August 8-12th 2022, and will be part of the AMS Collective Madison Meetings.

We invite you to submit a Session Topic Proposal before the deadline of October 15th 2021, 11:59pm US Eastern Time.