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We are delighted to announce the first ever Ice Core Early Career Researchers Workshop (ICECReW) sponsored by the U.S. Drilling Program! We hope you will share this opportunity with your students, postdocs, and colleagues.

ICECReW is a professional development workshop for early career researchers. It will be held both in-person and online January 5-8, 2022 at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT. 

logo iascWith rising temperatures, geopolitical interests, and an increasingly active landscape of international Arctic (science) organizations, Arctic science is moving faster than ever. IASC is a network that responds to this rapidly changing environment and facilitates the collective voice of the international Arctic research community.

The IASC 2021 State of Arctic Science Report updates the first IASC State of Arctic Science Report from 2020 and presents a cohesive synthesis of international Arctic research activities and priorities, as gathered from the Arctic research community itself.

The Role of Climate Emulators in the AR6 Assessment: Online Workshop (agenda on webpage)

When: 30 September 2021
Time: 12:00 UK │13:00 CET │21:00 AEST │ 07:00 EDT USA │ 04:00 PDT USA
Duration: 90 minutes
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Following the recent release of the IPCC’s AR6 Working Group (WG) I Report, CONSTRAIN and the IPCC are hosting an informative workshop to showcase how physically based climate emulators are contributing to the overall IPCC Sixth Assessment Report.

The 15th Polar Low Workshop focuses on polar lows and mesocyclones as well as mesoscale weather extremes in both hemispheres. This includes e.g. mesoscale weather phenomena such as katabatic winds, tip jets, boundary layer fronts, and cold air outbreaks in polar regions. Contributions of experimental, climatological, theoretical, modeling and remote sensing studies are welcome. The workshop is organized by the Polar Lows Working Group (PLWG) and is also part of the activities of the IASC (International Arctic Science Committee) Atmosphere Working Group. The 15th Polar Low Workshop will be hosted by the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology in Moscow. 

ESIP Community Fellows are graduate students and post-docs (<2 yrs since graduation) interested in bridging the gap between informatics and Earth Science. This fellowship provides fellows with a chance to work closely with professionals in an interdisciplinary, cross-sector group (ESIP collaboration area) on current Earth Science problems. Community fellows become engaged in ESIP collaboration areas, helping to document group activities on monthly virtual telecons and at ESIP’s semi-annual meetings. As fellows become more familiar with collaboration-area activities, they may choose to integrate their own research, which can result in publication and additional funding opportunities.

nsf logoNSF’s Office of Polar Programs (OPP) in the Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) seek proposals for a Facilitator to manage the Polar Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (Polar STEAM) initiative.

Emerging Leaders 2022 Call for ApplicationsThe Emerging Leaders program 2022 evolves around the theme of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for sustainable development. Selected speakers and mentors will present current issues of the Ocean Decade from an arctic perspective. The participants will be challenged to relate challenges outlined by the Ocean Decade to their own local and sectoral context and develop innovative ideas on how to address these through teamwork and creative thinking.

The event is planned as a physical meeting in Norway from 28 January - 3 February 2022, following national and local Covid-19 regulations.

A short description of the program and the call for applications (including application criteria). Application deadline is 1st of November 2021.

nsf logoThe National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Research on Learning (DRL), the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) and the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) are accepting and reviewing proposals for research and development projects that facilitate access to polar research efforts in undergraduate education, informal science education or formal PreK-12 science or math education.

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SCAR is looking to update our educational resources page. In this section of the website we collect resources aimed at the wider public, helping fulfil SCAR's mission to communicate scientific information about the Antarctic region to the public.

We'd like to hear from the SCAR community about resources you think should be shared in this space. They might be books, films, podcasts, documentaries, artwork, or anything else you can think of.

To submit suggestions please fill in this form.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2022 William Mills Prize for Non-fiction Polar Books.
 
The Mills Prize was established in memory of William Mills, a polar librarian and author, and a core member of Polar Libraries Colloquy during its formative years. The prize was first awarded in 2006. Information on the winners of the Mills Prize in previous years is available on the Polar Libraries Colloquy web site.
 
The book prize honours the best Arctic or Antarctic nonfiction books published throughout the world. The prize consists of $500 US, certificates for the author and publisher, and the right to use the William Mills Prize logo when advertising the winning book.
 

The GYA membership call for 2022 is open now. Please submit your application before 15 September 2021, 18.00 (6 pm) UTC.

Application Process:Applications should be completed personally by the candidate and must be accompanied by a letter of support. We can only accept applications in English and submitted through our online form. More information on how to apply and our online application form can be found here.

The WCRP Academy Lighthouse Activity is seeking an individual or research group to conduct approximately six months of research and analysis into climate science training opportunities across the globe. The ideal candidate will have a background in climate science and experience with qualitative data analysis. A broad understanding of and interest in tertiary education, training, and professional development programs is desirable. This part-time position would suit individuals looking for flexible work which aligns with their Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) education or policy research interests or groups with a research focus on STEM education and knowledge capacity development. 

Full details and the application form are available at: https://www.wcrp-climate.org/news/wcrp-news/1742-wcrp-academy-consultant

The deadline for applications is 1 November 2021.

Seeking Experts: Technology Developments to Advance Antarctic Research

The Polar Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine seeks your input for convening a workshop planning committee. This committee will organize a forum to explore how technological innovation can: advance, facilitate, and transform Antarctic research and facilitate improvements to science support logistics; can increase the reach of scientific investigations in Antarctica while reducing the logistics and environmental footprint of these operations; and can facilitate broader, more diverse participation in Antarctic research. The workshop will address specific disciplinary sciences as well as cross-cutting themes such as: autonomous sensors and platforms, communications and connectivity, transportation and logistics, and energy sources and consumption, including low power and battery developments.

I am an early-career researcher working with sea ice, remote sensing, and biodiversity informatics. A particular interest of mine is the geophysical, climatic and ecological applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence in the Arctic. Artificial intelligence has been playing an increasingly influential and useful part in Arctic research in recent years, both in the natural and social sciences aspects, especially with the rapid advances in deep learning and computer vision. Currently, to my knowledge, there does not exist a large-scale organized scientific group centered around AI in the Arctic open to all interested parties. After chatting with a few other researchers with similar interests, I realized that it is crucial to coordinate a community / working group focused on the AI-Arctic intersection so that research efforts are streamlined to some extent and there can be many more opportunities for involvement.
 

We welcome proposals for sessions to be held during the UArctic Congress on October 4 – 7, 2022, Moscow, Russia. Sessions can be comprised of oral and/or poster presentations, as well as panel or round table discussions. The deadline for session proposals is November 15, 2021.

The UArctic Congress 2022 is part of Russian’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council (2021-2023) with the cross-cutting priority "Responsible Governance for Sustainable Arctic" promoting collective approaches to the sustainable development of the Arctic, environmentally, socially and economically balanced, enhancing synergy and cooperation and coordination with other regional structures, as well as implementation of the Council's Strategic Plan, while respecting the rule of law.

iassa logoThe IASSA General Assembly voted online on June 16-19, 2021 to elect the following members to governing positions:

IASSA President (2021-2024): Grete K Hovelsrud (Nordland Research Institute and Nord University, Bodø, Norway)

Organizers invite abstracts for the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022. This conference will convene 27 February - 4 March 2022 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Abstract submission deadline: 29 September 2021, 11:59 p.m. EDT

To submit an abstract, go to:
Abstract submission webpage

For more information, go to:
Conference homepage

The cryosphere initiative at ICIMOD is organising an online forum on permafrost from 20th to 23rd September 2021.

If your research is related to permafrost, please consider submitting an abstract. Early career researchers are especially encouraged to participate. The deadline for abstract submission is 9th September (11 am UTC).

More information about the forum is available here and the direct link to submit abstracts is here.

 

365 Kowalewski NSFAs an Associate Professor at Worcester State University and Chair of the Department of Earth Environment & Physics, Dr. Kowalewski served on his University’s Research Advisory Board and was named the inaugural Faculty Fellow for Research (2019-2021). In this role, he increased external proposal submissions and funded projects on campus, and led the restructuring of the university grants office to better serve faculty research endeavors.

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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.

Arctic Circle logo generalJoin the Open and Democratic Dialogue at the 2021 Assembly! The 2021 Arctic Circle Assemblywill 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

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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.

You are invited to take part in a study I am conducting at Durham University.

This project aims to investigate if psychological resilience and well-being in both temporary (Arctic & Antarctic) and permanent (Arctic) polar populations can be explained by universal psychological constructs. Specifically, Basic Psychological Needs Theory which proposes the importance of the satisfaction of three basic needs for competence, relatedness, and autonomy. The project will examine the factors not just in terms of the individual but also the supportive factors that may exist in the person’s wider social or ecological environments and how these interact. For example, individual-level (e.g., coping, personality traits), microsystem (e.g., family, close relationships), exosystem (e.g., wider community), and macrosystem (e.g., political, societal and cultural level). 

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.

The East-West Center and the Korea Maritime Institute are pleased to announce the 11th North Pacific Arctic Conference, Science, Technology and the Path Forward for a New Arctic, which will be held October 31-November 6, 2021, virtually on Zoom

The innovative conference provides a venue for off-the-record engagement among policymakers/practitioners and scientists/analysists regarding Arctic issues of mutual interest to leading North Pacific Arctic states (Canada, Russia and the United States) and non-Arctic States (China, Japan and South Korea).

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.

YOPP LOGO beb4effb3cA 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.

Organizers are seeking participation in an online expert panel, in which panelists will rate the importance of different factors on possible development outcomes (e.g., accelerated resource extraction, equitable engagement and influence in shaping urban development) in the Arctic by 2050.

Organizers are interested in opinions on the factors driving human interactions with the Arctic environment. In partnership with Arctic Frontiers, a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) funded study is soliciting feedback on what could influence development patterns and wellbeing across the Arctic by 2050. Organizers are looking for participation from Arctic community, business, and research representatives. All participants that complete the panel will be eligible for a digital pass to Arctic Frontiers 2022.

The diverse and distributed nature of observing systems in polar regions presents a fundamental challenge for assessment, planning, integration, and synthesis. There is an interest in creating overviews of these systems, since this, among other things, will allow more efficient use of facilities and allow for the understanding of where gaps in observation capacities exist. There is an interest in knowing answers to questions like “Who is going where? When are they going? What will they observe? What observing equipment will they have there? Who is responsible for organizing logistics?”, etc.

The purpose of this survey is to seek to create an overview of existing sources of information on polar observing facilities, systems and activities. This will allow the definition of procedures that can access these sources and compile the information from the various sources.

Organizers of Arctic CCS: Community & Citizen Science (CCS) in the Far North announce an extended deadline for abstracts for this virtual conference. This conference will be held online 5-7 October 2021. Registration for the conference is also now open.

This free, virtual conference will focus on sharing, networking, and discussing the various aspects of conducting community and citizen science research in the Arctic. This conference is in response to a growing community of Arctic researchers, Arctic communities, and Arctic visitors that are becoming more engaged in scientific research.

logo smallThe EU-funded CHARTER research project is conducting a systematic map (a type of scientific review) of the evidence on long-term (centuries to millennia) variability in Arctic biodiversity. After completing the initial planning phase of the review, people with interest in the subject are now contacted to help improve the review protocol. The protocol is the formal method that will be used to find and interpret evidence.

iassa logoWe want to draw your attention to the upcoming Arctic Frontiers 2022 conference titled "Pathways" which will take place on 31 Jan-3 Feb 2022 in Tromsø, Norway.  Digital participation will be possible. 

We kindly invite you to submit abstracts to science sessions, several of which have a strong social sciences component relevant to the IASSA community.  We tentatively plan to arrange several special issues and a book volume linked to the sessions. 

The abstract submission system is open. The abstract submission deadline is 1 Sep. 2021. 

Who is the survey for?

The survey is for anyone who is currently a climate scientist or those looking to become one, through formal or informal training. We want to hear from people at different stages of their careers to get a broad picture of where gaps exist so that we can help the community fill those gaps.

The book “Supply сhain operations in the Arctic: A multiple-perspective approach towards sustainable development”seeks to provide state-of-the-art research on real-life practices and applications of supply chain and operations management in the Arctic regions. Today, owing to the fact that different contextual factors of the Arctic regions are converging, the integration of supply chain activities is deemed vital for the purpose of enhancing Arctic sustainability. That said, the selected chapters will highlight aspects of sustainability within supply chain operations that take a particular value in remote areas with sparse transportation networks in the Arctic regions, either due to their theoretical contributions or because they report new empirical evidence. The chapters will also address questions about the challenges and unintended consequences of implementing sustainability principles in Arctic supply chains.

353 Rodolfo Werner Celebrating 30 Years of the Madrid ProtocolOctober 4 marks the 30th Anniversary of Antarctic environmental protection under the Environment Protocol. To celebrate this anniversary, the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC)invites younger audiences (18-30 years old) to record a short video, serious or fun, on their vision for Antarctica 30 years from now. We encourage you to tell us why Antarctica is important to you and the world and why Antarctica inspires you, or your view of how to protect Antarctica's future.

We are interested in your opinions on the factors driving human interactions with the Arctic environment! In partnership with Arctic Frontiers, a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) funded study is soliciting your feedback on what could influence development patterns and wellbeing across the Arctic by 2050. We are looking for Arctic community, business, and research representatives to participate in an online expert elicitation beginning in early September 2021. All participants that complete the panel will be eligible for a digital pass to Arctic Frontiers 2022. Results will be shared for open discussion within the Arctic Frontiers community!

Please use the link below for more information and to be considered for participation:

https://answer.rand.org/arctic-delphi_1

A research team at the University of Colorado Boulder is conducting a curriculum efficacy study to examine the impacts of two new instructional modules with embedded innovative technology components—Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Interactive Environments—on student learning of polar environments.

The research team is collecting survey responses to better understand specifically how people who have been to or currently live in Greenland relate to Greenland, and we would appreciate your participation.

Survey responses are anonymous, and the survey should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete.

Survey Link: https://bit.ly/PolarPass

The deadline to complete this survey is August 30.

SIPN2The Sea Ice Prediction Network–Phase 2 (SIPN2) Project Team announces the Call for Contributions for the 2021 Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) August Report (based on May, June, and July data).

Submission Deadline: 6:00 p.m. (AKDT) Friday, 13 August 2021 (Firm)

Detailed Guidelines for Contributions

The Franco-German Research School “Perceiving Arctic Change – Climate, Society and Sustainability (PACCSS)"funded by the Franco-German University Saarbrücken, offers 12 open places for outstanding young scientists (Ph.Ds) in the topical field of Arctic studies, starting in October 2021.

The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven,Germany, and the UVSQ / Université Paris Saclay, France, provide a joined and unique research environment, bridging the gap between traditional disciplines. PACCSS combines natural science, humanities and anthropology in order to understand and decipher the complex Arctic environment under change and pressure, both for indigenous people, the ecosystem as well as the climate system as key region for global climate change.

We would like to draw your attention to a new surface velocity data set from Sentinel-1 radar imagery for glaciers and ice caps outside the large ice sheets. We have processed the Sentinel-1 archive since 2014 and routinely process upcoming new data using the same intensity offset tracking algorithm and post-processing. The data is provided free of charge for non-commercial usage to registered users via a web interface with spatial query function (http://retreat.geographie.uni-erlangen.de).

nsf logoThe National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected Dr. Roberta Marinelli to serve as director of the Office of Polar Programs, overseeing Arctic and Antarctic research and operational support for polar facilities.

nsf logoYOUR FEEDBACK IS IMPORTANT! We love data!

Are you interested in NSF Office of Polar Program (OPP) news, research, events and media? We have put together a short survey to gather information about our audience, preferred communications channels and what OPP content people are interested in receiving!

The survey should only take 5 minutes and will help us provide better, more valuable information to you and others in our science community. The survey can be accessed at https://bit.ly/3fd2nNu. Feel free to distribute this survey to those who might be interested.

SIPN2The Sea Ice Prediction Network–Phase 2 (SIPN2) announces the release of the 2021 July Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) report. The Sea Ice Outlook, managed by the SIPN2 Project Team, provides an open process for those interested in Arctic sea ice to share predictions and ideas. The monthly reports contain a variety of perspectives—from advanced numerical models to qualitative perspectives from citizen scientists. The Outlook is not an operational forecast.

For the 2021 July report, 41 contributions were received that included pan-Arctic predictions. Of those contributions, eight also included predictions for pan-Antarctic, eight included predictions for the Alaska Region, and 14 submitted September mean sea-ice extent anomalies.

If you are interested in the impacts of climate change on high-latitude marine ecosystems, this is your opportunity to help shape the future of the Ecosystem Studies of the Subarctic and Arctic Seas (ESSAS) program.

ESSAS is a regional program under the Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBeR) project and is inviting nominations for an Early Career Scientist (within 6 years of PhD completion, excluding any periods of leave) to join its Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) for a three-year renewable term. The SSC is responsible for the development, planning and implementation of science with the goal to "compare, quantify and predict the impact of climate variability on the productivity and sustainability of Subarctic and Arctic marine ecosystems".

28th Annual West Antarctic Ice Sheet Workshop
September 20-23, 2021
The Algonkian (in-person) and Zoom (virtual)
Sterling, Virginia, U.S.A.

Abstract submission for the hybrid 2021 WAIS Workshop is due July 30. Sessions will include:

  • Piecing the puzzle together: Multi-disciplinary, integrative science in West Antarctica
  • Beyond MISI: Novel insights into Antarctic ice sheet processes
  • Marine ice sheet sensitivity in the Earth system
  • Greetings from the future: Innovations in observing and modeling techniques
  • WAIS in the community: Civic engagement & co-production of deliverables

The NSF Office of Polar Programs (OPP) has released its inaugural newsletter.

Each quarterly OPP Newsletter will highlight research from around the polar community, share funding opportunities and program updates, and inform the polar community of the latest happenings from around OPP and the National Science Foundation. Stay in the know by subscribing today at https://bit.ly/3gHqVhk.

nsf logoThe Alan T. Waterman Award is the highest honor awarded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The award recognizes outstanding young researchers in any field of science or engineering supported by the NSF. In addition to a medal, each awardee will receive a grant of $1,000,000 over five years for scientific research or advanced study in any field of science or engineering that the NSF supports.

Nominations will be accepted from July 19 - September 20, 2021. To learn more about the award and how to submit nominations, visit https://www.nsf.gov/od/waterman/waterman.jsp.

nsf logoThis announcement updates the travel protocols in Alaska for researchers receiving support through NSF’s research support contractor, Battelle Arctic Research Operators (Battelle ARO).

The Office of Polar Programs (OPP) Arctic Sciences Section is implementing reduced quarantine durations in Alaska (as described below) to mitigate risk while recognizing the removal of state-mandated travel restrictions in Alaska. If any COVID-19 cases are observed with this revised protocol, then OPP will revert to the longer quarantine times that were in use since 2020.

USAP New Logo transparent background Terri EdillonNSF is committed to being supportive and as responsive as possible to the needs of the research community in the face of continuing challenges posed by COVID-19. Please consult the NSF website regularly for up-to-date information and answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

All three USAP Antarctic Stations continue to operate safely with no indications of the virus detected. The research vessel RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer and the RV Lawrence M. Gould are both in port in Punta Arenas, Chile. Last season, USAP successfully completed critical science and operational activities through careful planning and with the support of our gateway countries.

We kindly ask you to participate in research on the role of motivation, adaptation and psychological traits helpful in working at the polar station. The study is conducted internationally; thanks to your commitment, it will be possible to compare polar explorers at polar stations in the Arctic and Antarctica.

Completing the survey may take about 15-20 minutes, and participation in it is entirely anonymous and voluntary. The survey and more information are available at this link: https://badania.paad.us.edu.pl/index.php/211684?lang=en

Organizers of Arctic CCS: Community & Citizen Science (CCS) in the Far North invite presentation abstracts for the virtual conference. This conference will be held online 5-7 October 2021.

This free, virtual conference will focus on sharing, networking, and discussing the various aspects of conducting community and citizen science research in the Arctic. This conference is in response to a growing community of Arctic researchers, Arctic communities, and Arctic visitors that are becoming more engaged in scientific research. Conference organizers recognize that although there are many resources regarding community and citizen science available online, there are few venues to build a community around issues specific to the Arctic.

*Abstract submission deadline: 16 August 2021, 5:00 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time*

SCAR logo white backgroundAs the new SCAR/INSTANT programme develops its structure, committee proposers have been encouraged to seek direction and further participation from the community.

At this stage the subcommittees have defined their targets and general plan and some of them are now asking for expression of interest in being involved as mailing list members and/or as members of the steering committee and leadership.

Some topics will be carried out in more subcommittees, but with different focus. Therefore it is possible that some scientists would be involved in more than one subcommittee. This is not a problem because the coordination within INSTANT will avoid overlap and secure complementary work.

Are global risks changing? And are they connected? Which risks matter most?
We need your expertise to help strengthen and expand a transdisciplinary understanding of global risks – a topic that is more critical than ever. 

We are reaching out to you because capturing the perceptions of early career researchers with a unique take on global risks is essential to building this understanding together.

Future Earth, Sustainability in the Digital Age, and the International Science Council are launching the second annual Global Risks Scientists’ Perception survey to facilitate more pluralistic dialogue among science, business, and policy to build robust, legitimate, and sustainable solutions to global risks. The survey was designed under the guidance of a team of scientific advisors. The aim of the survey is to bring together informed perspectives from a wide range of scientific expertise to evaluate the top global risks that societies around the world need to be aware of and address. 

Please participate in this invitation-only survey HERE. The survey will take approximately 15 minutes and will remain open until July 28, 2021.

SIOS logo ORIGINAL rgbThe SIOS Remote Sensing Working Group would like to engage an Early Career Researcher (ECR) to serve as an observer member on the working group. The ECR would act as a SIOS ambassador and assist in distributing news about SIOS remote sensing activities in ECR and other administrative and scientific networks. The selected ECR observer is expected to also contribute scientifically to WG activities.

This opportunity provides a platform for ECRs to become involved in an international organisation and develop important organisational skills.

Hosted entirely online December 6 - 10, 2021, the ArcticNet Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting 2021 (ASM2021) is a hub for Arctic research in Canada. The ASM2021 brings together researchers from the natural, health, and social sciences to meet the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing Arctic region, shaped by climate change and modernization. This conference will push the boundaries of our collective understanding of the Arctic and strengthen our ability to address the Arctic issues of today and tomorrow.

The call for abstracts is open! - Abstract submission deadline is 29 August 2021 (at midnight EDT)

2022 GYA membership call is open until 15 September 2021 (18.00 UTC)

Applications are currently being sought from young, independent scholars who combine the highest level of research excellence with a demonstrated passion for delivering impact.

The Global Young Academy is a global organisation that places a high value on its diversity. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates. All applicants receive consideration and will not be discriminated against with regard to race, colour, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disabilities, or other factors. Applications from women, minority groups, researchers in the social sciences, arts and humanities, and scholars working in government, industry, and non-governmental sectors are particularly welcome.

More information on how to apply, as well as our online application form can be found here.

iasc webIASC is always looking for new photographs for use in the IASC Bulletin, website, newsletter, calendar, and more. IASC welcomes images depicting all areas of Arctic science including scientists in the field, everyday life, animals, landscapes, and more.

For photographs, IASC depends solely on what Arctic scientists send us. That is why IASC has decided to have a permanently open photo call. No deadlines, you can sent us your pictures whenever is best for you!

If you want your picture(s) to be considered for the IASC Bulletin 2022, please make sure to submit them by 30 September. 

Following Future Earth’s restructuring towards becoming a more inclusive and transformative organization which promotes sustainability science, Future Earth invites early career researchers and professionals to play an active role at the new governance structure of Future Earth. This governance structure will consist of an Assembly and a Governing Council. 

The new Future Earth Assembly will encompass 10 dedicated seats for early career researchers (ECRs). These 10 early career researchers are to be selected through the Early Career Researcher Network of Networks (ECR NoN).

The Sea Ice Prediction Network–Phase 2 (SIPN2) Project Team announces the Call for Contributions for the 2021 Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) July Report (based on May and June data).

Submission Deadline: 6:00 p.m. (AKDT) Monday, 12 July 2021 (Firm)

Detailed Guidelines for Contributions

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The diverse and distributed nature of observing systems in polar regions presents a fundamental challenge for assessment, planning, integration, and synthesis. There is an interest in creating overviews of these systems, since this, among other things, will allow more efficient use of facilities and allow for the understanding of where gaps in observation capacities exist.

There is an interest in knowing answers to questions like “Who is goingwhere? When are they going? What will they observe? What observing equipment will they have there? Who is responsible for organizing logistics?”, etc.

The annual worldwide call for applications to the International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling (IMPRS-ESM)is open. Since 2001, our structured doctoral program provides an interdisciplinary infrastructure to PhD candidates from different parts of the world, such that they can advance their academic training and complete a doctoral thesis within 3 years. The selection of PhD candidates is highly competitive and entirely based on qualification and motivation for doctoral studies in the interdisciplinary Earth system modelling. However, IMPRS-ESM also aims for a balanced composition regarding national and international candidates and with respect to gender.

Detailed information is available on the application page.

My name is Kirsty Dick, and I am currently studying for an MSc at the University of Edinburgh. For my dissertation I am exploring the potential for increased scientific support and ocean observation networks among fishing and tourism vessels in the Southern Ocean. 

As part of my research, I am conducting a short online survey which aims to establish the current challenges and opportunities around increasing the scope and scale of voluntary observing and scientific support networks among commercial vessels, with a view to developing a blue print of how to expand this important contribution to Southern Ocean science.

SCAR logo white backgroundSCAR is forming an Action Group on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and the call for membership is open to the Antarctic research community, with participation invited from all career stages and disciplines.

The EDI Action Group will be tasked with broadly looking at how EDI issues can be effectively dealt with within SCAR and what practical actions are relevant for the organization. Please make sure to indicate your interest if you'd like to join the Action group.

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The IASS Fellow Programme is designed to bring highly qualified people from academia, the business world, and civil society to the institute, who provide expertise, inspiration, and creative input. In return, the IASS offers fellows the opportunity to develop their ideas in an international community of world-class researchers, within the institute as well as in the wider research landscape of Potsdam and Berlin, Germany. The fellows are actively supported in their endeavours to make new connections and to develop new ideas and activities together with IASS researchers.

The call for applications for Fellowships starting in 2022 has been published on the IASS website: https://www.iass-potsdam.de/sites/default/files/2021-06/200522_Fellow-Call_for_2022.pdf.

The deadline for applications is 23:59 Central European Standard Time on 22 August 2021.

We are running a project, entitled, “Nordic Snow Network (NordSnowNet)” which aims at

(1) making existing Nordic-Arctic research and snow data from observations and models visible for the researcher, data user and education communities and
(2) supporting the snow-related research and development of applications by exchange of information and data, arranging workshops, training.

More information can be found in the webpage of the NordSnowNet.

We recently established a SnowChat Forum.Our main objective is to provide an additional tool to support researchers / scientists / experts / technician/ etc/ to communicate, connect and collaborate on the topic of SNOW.

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Do you want to develop your research ideas further?

EU-PolarNet 2 offers financial support to develop applicable research projects based on the European Polar Research Programme.

The call opens July 1st, 2021.

Register now for our webinar on July 7th at 13:00 CET to learn how to apply for one of the EU-PolarNet 2 Service Contracts.

Registration link: https://awi.webex.com/awi-en/j.php

More information: https://eu-polarnet.eu/call/

IAS-HIT-eSummer School - 12-25 July 2021, Harbin, China

The theme of the 2021 Arctic Summer School of the School of environment is "POPs and CEACs in the Arctic under Climate Change". Through the study of relevant courses, students can understand the pollution characteristics and sources of POPs and CEACs in various environmental media in the Arctic, as well as the impact of Arctic environmental pollution on human and biological health in the Arctic. 

Harbin Institute of technology is located in the northeast of China and has obvious geographical advantages. In February 2019, the "UArctic-HIT-Training Center" was established, which is the first UArctic regional center outside the eight Arctic countries.

Arctic Frontiers conference entitled "Pathways" will take place on 31 January - 3 February 2022. On behalf of the Arctic Frontiers Session Committees, we have great pleasure in inviting you to submit one or more abstracts to any of the following five science sessions:

  • Pan-Arctic Infrastructure Development
  • Food from the Ocean and Ocean Science for Sustainable Development – Bridging the UN Decades
  • Arctic Coasts in Transition
  • The Arctic, ocean conflicts, and pathways to sustainability
  • Experiences from the science-policy interface in the Arctic

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) invites abstract submissions for their Fall Meeting 2021 (AGU21). The theme of AGU21 is "Science is Society”. This meeting will take place in-person in New Orleans, Louisiana from 13-17 December 2021 and will also be available for virtual attendance.

Registration for the summer school "DEPThS: Field-based summer school on subduction forearc dynamics" (6-10 September 2021) is now open.

The course is aimed primarily at PhD students in the various fields of Earth Sciences and addresses the dynamics of subduction forearcs through a highly multidisciplinary approach, with particular emphasis on exhumation processes and the deep carbon cycle. It includes one day of classroom lectures in Milan and four days of field lessons based on geological observations along key transects across the Western Alps, one of the best-studied fossil subduction zones on Earth. Lectures will integrate petrological, tectonic, and stratigraphic evidence along the analyzed transects with the results of recent geophysical experiments on the deep tectonic structure of the Alps. Geologists, petrologists, and seismologists from University of Milano-Bicocca, ISTerre Grenoble, and University of Torino will interact all together with the students both in the classroom and in the field while hiking and discussing in front of intellectually stimulating outcrops in the breathtaking alpine landscape.

SCAR logo white backgroundStrategies for Antarctic Ice sheet simulations and paleo data-model comparison

The INStabilities & Thresholds in ANTarctica (INSTANT) is a Scientific Research Programme of SCAR that aims to quantify the Antarctic ice sheet contribution to past and future sea-level change. This type of program has the capacity to organise workshops and other collaborative activities.

There is a need to discuss strategies of ice sheet models simulations within INSTANT and we propose a group to do so. It could be an across theme subcommittee of INSTANT but several points, especially data-model and paleo-climate, could be tagged as "Hub discussion" (platform of interactions between themes) because they really involve other communities than ice sheet modellers. This group should be also connected to the expert group ISMASS (Ice sheets mass balance and Sea level). We would like to know who is interested in getting involved in this group.

SIOS logo ORIGINAL rgbThis autumn, SIOS offers an online training course on how to effectively use hyperspectral remote sensing data acquired from satellites, from airborne campaigns and from the ground, and their associated tools and software in the context of research in Svalbard. The course is intended for scientists, master/Ph.D. students and technicians with no or little experience with hyperspectral remote sensing techniques.

This training course will be conducted on fully online mode and there is no cost involved. More information is available here.

Deadline to apply for this course is 30th June 2021.

*Deadline for nominations is 30 June 2021*

The Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Awards are awarded to action-oriented scientific initiatives to improve and reverse the dramatic effects of climate change in a concrete way.

Applicants are invited to propose solutions to improve and reverse the effects of climatic change in one or more of the following categories:

  • Preventing and reversing climate change through technological developments that can be accomplished through concrete and practical implementation.
  • Containing and mitigating climate change through concrete actions and plans.
  • Proposals for regulatory and policy change by way of legislation.

The organizing committee invites abstracts for the 3rd International Conference on “Polar Climate and Environmental Change in the Last Millennium.” This hybrid conference will take place 30 August -1 September 2021 online and in Toruń, Poland.

The aim of the conference is to present scientific achievements and to identify gaps in the field of the historical climatology of the polar regions based on early meteorological observations, history, dendroclimatology, paleolimnology, geophysics, geomorphology, and other sources.

Contemporaneously carried out in South Africa and Germany / 18-25 September 2021
Application deadline: 11th July 2021


Participants of the Summer School will be trained in bio- and geoscientific fieldwork sampling, applied in terrestrial and aquatic environments. Water samples will be analysed in the field or field lab with both inexpensive and simple methods such as e.g. pH- indicator paper or salinity refractometer, as well as more costly field methods, such as the application of handheld multi-parameter probes or portable spectrophotometers with analytical rapid tests. Biological field methods will include plankton hauls and benthos samples, while geo techniques will focus on surface sampling of soils and sediments and long sequences of deeper soil / sediment layers with different coring equipment.

The pandemic influenced our way to live and our way to make science. It also gave to the scientific community the biggest experimental pool ever recorded to study the impact on the natural environment of reduced human activities. Studies reported wildfires diminishing, fisheries pausing, transport and commerce shrinking; people witnessed more wildlife sighting close to inhabited areas.

Within a case study that is part of the EU H2020 project RELIANCE (www.reliance-project.eu), we are building an inventory of all existing monitoring efforts of the marine environment that have been put in place in the seas and oceans, to assess the impact (or de-impact) of the Covid-19 - related lockdowns. The activities that we are focussing on have the specific aim to assess how the marine environment was (de)impacted by the absence/reduction of anthropogenic disturbances.

With this in mind, we have prepared a very short questionnaire(7 mins) and we would be very grateful if you could fill it in and/or disseminate it through your marine sciences networks.

Many thanks indeed for your time.

As you know, the United Nations have proclaimed a Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (hereafter ‘Ocean Decade’). Based on the recommendations in the global implementation plan of the Ocean Decade (2021-2030), members of the Southern Ocean community set up a Task Force to develop the Southern Ocean Action Plan. This Action Plan will provide a framework for Southern Ocean stakeholders to formulate and develop concrete activities that support the Decade vision.

Coordinated by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Southern Ocean Task Force launched a series of workshops & meetings to identify key research priorities for the Southern Ocean – the first of which was held in February 2020 in San Diego (USA). The full report of this first workshop can be found here

Are you interested in gaining experience of working with established researchers to organize and deliver a conference session on ‘Connectivity of the West Pacific and Southern Ocean’?

Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean (ICED) and Climate Impacts on Oceanic Top Predators (CLIOTOP) (two regional programmes of Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBeR) are seeking ECRs to assist in organizing and delivering a proposed joint session on ‘Connectivity of the West Pacific and Southern Ocean’ at the forthcoming virtual West Pacific Symposium, November 2021. This session will be mainly predator focussed, taking into account the strong atmospheric teleconnections linking both regions. It will consider predator migration patterns and the connections/dependencies between summer/winter in different ecosystems between the west Pacific ocean through to the Southern Ocean (e.g. though to the East Antarctic and the Ross Sea regions). This session is a new approach and will contribute significantly to our understanding on the interaction between the Southern Ocean and Temperate Oceans.

If you are interested please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Friday 18th June 2021.

EGU CryosphereThe summer is fast approaching and we are all mostly thinking of how/where/when we'll take that long sunny break we all need!

The EGU Cryoblog will also be taking its break mid-summer to come back refreshed and motivated as ever! And so... we are already planning ahead for after the break and we are looking for guest authors to contribute to the blog starting on the 13th of August!!

For a bit of context: the EGU Cryosphere Division blog publishes a post every Friday to divulge scientific news and fun cryo-facts to the larger scientific community but also the general public. Most of our posts are written by guest authors who are free to write about any topic related to the Cryosphere Division.
 

iassa logo1LINK: Northern Notes #55

Content:
Letter from the President
12th Arctic Ministerial IASSA Statement
ICASS X Updates
ICASS X Moderator instructions
ICASS X Presenter instructions

Opening Plenary Program
Presidential and ICASS XI bid
IASSA Council Election Corner

IASSA Awards
Outgoing IASSA Secretariat 2017-2021
Outgoing Council: 2017-2021
Publications

3rdASMLogoSmall*** NEW DATE - the webinar will now be held on Wednesday 16th June, 13:00-14:00 UTC ***

The 3rd Arctic Science Ministerial (ASM3) webinar series is designed to increase transparency of the Arctic Science Ministerial science process and to provide additional opportunities for scientists, Indigenous Peoples and Arctic research stakeholders to further engage with the science and proposed actions leading up to the Third Arctic Science Ministerial in Tokyo, Japan in May 2021. The webinar series is a joint cooperation between the ASM3 Organizers in Iceland and Japan and the European Polar Board.

Archipelagos Institute of Marine ConservationWe are currently offering on-site and remote internship opportunities at Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation in Greece. Undergraduate and postgraduate students can apply for an internship experience in the field of Applied Marine Conservation, with the objective of further developing their knowledge using practical work and hands-on field research and conservation projects.

Both types of internships also aim to develop leadership and role model skills for participants to gain a variety of useful key skills that are vital to a career in environmental research and conservation. Costs associated can normally be covered for by Erasmus+ fundings, universities studentships or any other equivalent programmes, but we also accept self-funded positions.

Authors announce their recently published report, Pan-Arctic Report: Gender Equality in the Arctic, is available online. The report was published in tandem with the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting held 19–20. May 2021 in Reykjavík, Iceland.

The report is a part of an international project under the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Group on Gender Equality in the Arctic (GEA). The GEA project is an international collaborative project dating back to 2013. Lead and co-leads include Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Canada, the United States, the Saami Council, and the Aleut International Association.

This report provides an overview of gender-related issues in the Arctic, including law and governance; security; gender and environment; migration and mobility; indigeneity, gender, violence, and reconciliation; and empowerment and fate control. It contributes to identifying gaps in knowledge when it comes to gender in the region and provides three recommendations specifically for the Arctic Council in addition to almost 70 policy relevant highlights.

SIOS logo ORIGINAL rgbThe Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) invites applications for a training course on the use of hyperspectral remote sensing in Svalbard. This online course will take place 6-10 September 2021 via Zoom.

The goal of the course is to teach participants the basic skills needed to acquire, analyze, and visualize hyperspectral data sets derived from aircraft and satellites. The training course will cover various aspects of hyperspectral remote sensing, ranging from fundamental data parameters and processing tools, to applications and calibration/validation techniques. The course material will be delivered through a mixture of lectures and hands-on sessions from leading experts in the field. No prior knowledge is assumed.

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USAP supports dozens of research projects and hundreds of scientists traveling to the frozen continent every year. Working out of the three year-round stations, two research vessels and numerous field sites, scientists are studying everything from astronomy to microbiology to understand the nature of life on Earth, the future of the climate and our place in the cosmos.

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IACS logo The International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS), the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS), and the International Association of the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO) are pleased to announce a week of online seminars, 19-23 July 2021. Registrationis FREE. Details of the programme can be found here, and an outline is given below.

The programme of invited speakers includes Early Career Scientist award recipients. From IACS, we are delighted to present our 2021 awardees David Bigelow and Giulia Mazzotti. The IACS Early Career Scientist award is a cash prize of €1000 awarded every two years to two early career scientists who have published the best scientific papers on a cryospheric subject as assessed by an ad-hoc evaluation committee. Information of the IACS ECS awardees of 2021 can be found in our newsletter.

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9 June 2021, 09:00 - 12:30 Central European Summer Time - Online

The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) local organizing committee for the Europe and Western Asia region warmly invites you to the upcoming WCRP Climate Research Forum on "Climate research priorities for the next decade." 

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The SIOS Innovation Award has launched this month. The award will be granted to the best submitted proposal for an innovation in support of Earth System Science monitoring and research applicable in Svalbard and surrounding waters.

Learn how an interagency body like the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee create space for diversity & inclusion discussions.

In 2021, a coalition of organizations including The Arctic Institute, Women in Polar Sciences, and Women of the Arctic are organizing a webinar series, Breaking the Ice Ceiling, to illuminate polar research by those who identify as women and to foster discussion on systemic change in polar sciences (Indigenous, natural, and social sciences) to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion.

In this webinar, learn from Meredith LaValley, Dr. Olivia Lee, and Liz Weinberg on how an interagency body like the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) create space for diversity and inclusion discussions and progress across the federal government.

SCAR logo white backgroundSCAR offersthree to four fellowships for early-career researchers of up to USD $15,000 eachfor 2021. Applicants can propose partly orentirely remote fellowships to reflect the impact ofCovid-19 related travel restrictions. Otheropportunities from partners have also launched.The deadline for applications is30 June 2021. Find more information on the fellowships here: https://www.scar.org/capacity-building/fellowships-awards/.

CAFF greenWe are pleased to share CBMP's (Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program) third "State of the Arctic Biodiversity Report” – this time focused on the terrestrial environment – along with the 2020 updates to the State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report, released in 2017. The similarity of findings across CBMP's assessments in the terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems is striking.

This is a reminder for nominations for the EGU medals and awards, deadline 15 June 2021.
 
In addition to the medal & award specific for EGU's Division of Cryospheric Sciences (see below), please also note the other medals and awards for various scientific disciplines and especially also on the EGU Union level, including the 
- Angela Croome Awardfor journalism
- Katia and Maurice Krafft Award for outreach and engagement
- Alexander von Humboldt Medal for research in developing regions.
A full overview is available at https://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/
 

iasc webIASC is happy to announce its brand new website. The new website was developed by the IASC Secretariat with IASC's partner ArcData/Arctic Portal. Enjoy exploring it! 

If you want to send us feedback, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

VISIT IASC NEW WEBSITE

SCAR logo white backgroundThe 2021 SCAR Visiting Scholar scheme is open for applications from mid- to late-career stage scientists and academics (at least 5 years after completing their PhD). The scheme provides individual awards of up to USD $5000. There will be significant flexibility with regard to the timing and visits can also be entirely virtual. 

The deadline for Visiting Scholar applications has been extended to Thursday 30 September 2021.

SIOS logo ORIGINAL rgbThe Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) invites you to join us at the SIOS Online Conference-2021, where applications of remote sensing in Svalbard will be presented. The conference will consist of ~50 talks with 7 keynote speakers, alongside a dedicated session for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) to present their work. We will also host an open session of the Remote Sensing Working Group (RSWG) meeting, where you can get involved in discussions on the working group activities.

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Conference invitation
on 11th June: INTERNATIONAL SOPOT YOUTH CONFERENCE, Entitled: WHERE THE WORLD IS HEADING.

More information at: http://stn.edu.pl/isyc2021

The Arctic Centre invites registration applications for their winter school. The upcoming winter school will have the theme of Our Connection with a Fast-changing Arctic, and will take place 24-29 January 2022 in Groningen, the Netherlands.

The winter school is aimed at (inter-) national civil servants and policy makers, politicians, managers, financial experts, (young) academics, and PhD students who are looking for a nuanced and wide-ranging understanding of the Arctic.

The IAPETUS DTP is currently advertising for this summer's Research Experience Placements. These funded 8-week placements offer students the opportunity to experience an active research environment.
 
At Durham we have a number of polar/cryosphere facing projects listed. Please pass on to any undergraduates who may be interested. The IAPETUS site at https://www.iapetus2.ac.uk/research-experience-placement-scheme-2021/ has details of all listed projects and details on eligibility.
 
Application deadline is Friday 28th May 2021!

iassa logo1IASSA Announces Candidates for President and Council (2021-2024)

IASSA will elect a new President and Council at the online General Assembly on June 16, 2021. Electronic voting by active IASSA members (whose fees are paid through June 16, 2021) will take place between June 16 and June 19, 2021. Results will be announced at the online ICASS X Closing ceremony on June 20, 2021. A President and seven Council members will be elected.

You can find candidates' bids and biographies here.

IGS logoA gentle nudge to remind you all, the deadline for nominations for the IGS awards is coming up. The deadline is on Friday 11 June 2021.

We are looking for nominations for all our honorary awards

  • The Seligman Crystal
  • The Richardson Medal
  • Honorary Membership
  • IGS Early Career Scientist Medal

All details can be found on https://www.igsoc.org/awards/ including guides on how to nominate.

UArctic logo newThe University of the Arcticis interested in understanding the extent to which UArctic members and other universities and organizations are offering Arctic studies courses and degree programs jointly across two or more institutions. We also want to understand the barriers to and supports needed for developing and offering joint educational programs. And, finally, we want to highlight best practices in collaboratively delivering Arctic studies programs. 

The survey results will be used to support UArctic's efforts to grow and strengthen offerings for our students, and will provide a baseline so we can evaluate our progress.

GIV is an open source tool for creating high-resolution glacier velocity maps through feature tracking of optical satellite images. In particular, GIV is aimed at:

- Processing large temporal datasets (for example, all Sentinel-2 images of a particular glacier) into velocity timeseries
- Pre and post-processing imagery to improve velocity map quality, all in one workflow
- Being quick and easy to use (no coding needed, adjust all of the parameters through a user interface)
 
To find out more, we have a recent paper in The Cryosphere (http://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2115-2021) that discusses some examples. Links to download the source code and user interface, along with a user manual and video tutorial are available on my website.
 

iassa logo1IASSA RECEIVED GRANT TO COVER ICASS X REGISTRATION FEES! MAY 16 WILL BE THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER.

ICASS ОПЛАЧИВАЕТ РЕГИСТРАЦИОННЫЙ ВЗНОС ПРИНЯТЫМ УЧАСТНИКАМ! РЕГИСТРАЦИЯ БУДЕТ ОТКРЫТА ДО 16 МАЯ.

IASSA is pleased to announce that we were able to secure funds to cover REGISTRATION for ICASS X participants, whose papers were accepted to the online program and who have registered by May 16, 2021. The funding is administered by the ARCTICenter, University of Northern Iowa through a National Science Foundation grant. Although we expect that the funds will be sufficient to cover all eligible participants, they will be distributed on the first come, first serve basis with the first priority given to Indigenous, early career and U.S. participants.

ICASS X will be held online on June 15-20, 2021.

PLEASE NOTE THAT REGISTRATION WILL BE CLOSED AFTER MAY 16. Unregistered participants will NOT be able to attend ICASS X.

Registration and abstract submission are now open for the Explaining and Predicting Earth System Change Lighthouse Activity Workshop on 'Attribution of multi-annual to decadal changes in the climate system'. The workshop will take place online, from 22-24 September 2021. The aim of this workshop is to document current research, identify challenges, and explore potential pathways towards building an operational capability to attribute multi-annual to decadal changes in the climate system on global-to-regional scales. 

To learn more about the workshop and to and register and/or submit an abstract, visit the workshop website.

The deadline for abstract submission is 30 June 2021.

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The Enhancing Fieldwork Learning project team coordinates an annual Showcase event that brings together fieldwork educators from a range to disciplines to share innovations in field teaching and learning with a particular focus on the use of technology. This Showcase event is relevant to those early in their teaching career as well as those more experienced academics looking to upskill and innovate their teaching practice in the field.

We are delighted to announce that the 11th Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Showcase will focus on the themes of Diversity, Inclusivity and Employability; “Fieldwork Skills for All”.

The Showcase Event will be held online on the 8/9th September 2021.

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.

logo iascIASC is pleased to launch its new ASSW website, a unique website for all upcoming ASSWs, information on past summits, news, and much more. Take a look!

328 Ant ICON Logo CompetitionThe SCAR Scientific Research Programme Integrated Science to Inform Antarctic and Southern Ocean Conservation (Ant-ICON) is inviting YOU to participate in a LOGO CONTEST.

Deadline: June 6th, 2021

nsf logoNational Science Foundation Programs supporting Arctic Research greatly appreciate the formal and informal feedback recently provided by local and Indigenous communities and Arctic researchers.

In this letter, NSF describes some of the actions taken to support Indigenous individuals and organizations to become more engaged in NSF's funding process; to improve the relationship among the agency, NSF-funded Principal Investigators (PIs), and local and Indigenous peoples living in the Arctic; and to improve the ability for NSF-funded investigators to incorporate Indigenous Knowledge (IK) into their projects.

Read the full Dear Colleague Letter.

327 EDGE Fellowship 2022 PosterZSL’s EDGE of Existence Programme is now accepting applications for 2022-2024 EDGE Fellowships from Asia & Pacific region islands

For the first time our curated list also includes both fish and gymnosperm species, along with amphibians, birds, reptiles, mammals and sharks/rays. A full list of eligible species and Fellowship advert are attached. For more information please visit:www.edgeofexistence.org/apply-now. 

The Southern Ocean UN Decade website has launched last week. The initiate sets up a framework to ensure ocean science supports countries in achieving the sustainable management of oceans and beyond.

SCAR is excited to work alongside excellent partners to develop the Southern Ocean Action Plan.

Get in touch if you are interested in joining. You can also follow @SoDecade on Twitter and subscribe to the newsletter.

logo iascThe ASSW2020 Scientific Summary Report, published thanks to the support of the Northern Research Forum at the University of Akureyri and Rannís - The Icelandic Centre for Research, is now available on the IASC website (click hereto download).

IGS logoThe International Glaciological Society is pleased to announce that it has recently established an Honorary Award, commencing in 2021, exclusively for Early Career Scientists.

This new IGS Early Career Scientist Award will be given in recognition of significant scientific and/or community contributions to Glaciology by an ECS. 

Nominations for the award will be called for every second year (in those years when nominations are not called by IGS for the Graham Cogley Award). The Award prize will include an engraved medallion, a certificate and a cash prize (500 GBP in 2021). Details of the prize, and Guidelines for nomination are available at https://www.igsoc.org/awards/

325 Markus Frey Call CATCH SSC IGAC2021As an IGAC activity, CATCH (https://www.catchscience.org) develops the next generation of multidisciplinary atmospheric chemists with a focus on cold regions of the Earth and atmosphere-cryosphere interactions. CATCH focuses on fundamental, field, and modeling research. We realize that the current situation with limited travel means that many Early Career Researchers (ECRs) have missed out on essential opportunities to build their careers by presenting their research to and getting feedback from more senior members of the scientific community over the last year.

arcuslogonotext 2018ARCUS is pleased to announce another cycle of our Early Career Conference Funding Award to support attendance of virtual conferences. This award program aims to increase accessibility of Arctic research for early career researchers and students, especially Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. The application period is open until 23 May 2021 for conferences occurring between 1 June – 31 December 2021. 

More information and application at: https://www.arcus.org/programs/early-career-funding

Please contact Lisa Sheffield Guy, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., with any questions.

IGS logoThe International Glaciological Society is currently seeking nominations for three Honorary Awards:

 

  • The Seligman Crystal (awarded to a single person or a collaborative group/team that has made exceptional scientific contributions to glaciology, defined as any snow and/or ice studies.)
  • The Richardson Medal(awarded to a single person or a collaborative group/team that has provided outstanding service to the International Glaciological Society and/or to the field of glaciology), and
  • Honorary Membership (recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of glaciology at a national or regional level.).
APPLICATE LOGO complete RGB 72dp 7You might have heard of the EU-H2020 project APPLICATE on polar prediction coordinated by AWI. We are now in the midst of our final phase: with the project soon coming to an end and lots of results to finalise and consolidate, it is also time to reflect on the scope and impact of our knowledge transfer activities. With this in mind, we would like to invite you to complete our Knowledge Transfer Survey: this is meant to provide us with an idea about the impact that our knowledge transfer activities have had on the community that interacted with the APPLICATE Project. It will help us to collect useful information that will be summarised on a publication related to measuring the impact of a research project.

You can fill the survey from our website following this link: https://applicate-h2020.eu/engagement/knowledge-transfer-survey/

Addressing complex, global challenges to sustainability requires bridging disciplinary, sectoral and generational boundaries – but how does this work in practice?

The Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress 2021 (SRI2021) is excited to announce Working outside the box: Stories, approaches and tools for transdisciplinary research, an innovative panel and workshop series convened by the Transdisciplinary Training Collaboratory:  Building Common Ground, led by the Earth Leadership Program!

The Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) Southern Ocean Air-Sea Fluxes (SOFLUX) Working Group is launching a series of monthly webinars intended to share flux observing activities and to provide a forum to showcase the work of early-career investigators. Times will vary depending on the time zone and scheduling preference of the speaker, and talks will be recorded: 

Future Earth and the Global Young Academy (GYA) aim to elevate early career voices at the Sustainability Research & Innovation (SRI) Congress 2021 through the support of five early career champions in their contribution to the SRI2021 closing plenary. At the SRI2021 closing plenary, the early career champions will speak along with the co-chairs of the 2023 Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) Independent Group of Scientists.
 

The Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) Southern Ocean Air-Sea Fluxes (SOFLUX)Working Group has been in existence for 5 years, it’s time to set up a system for staggered rotation of leadership. SOOS terms of office are typically 4 years. Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (SOOS), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 15 May 2021 if you’d like to nominate someone or self-nominate to serve as SOFLUX co-chair or to serve on our steering committee:

Announcement of the next Karthaus course on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM (15-24 September 2021 - Karthaus, Italy)
 
Sponsored by:
The Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University
The Netherlands Earth System Science Centre &Trewitax – GlaciersAlive
The International Glaciological Society (IGS)
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
PROTECT (EU)
The Netherlands Polar Program (NWO-NPP)
 
Scope and Participation
The course is meant for Ph.D. students and provides a basic introduction to the dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets with a focus on ice-climate interactions.

Tim and I, with the support of APECS representative Lara Perez are proud to announce:

Tadaaaa.....the INSTANT LOGO CONTEST!

After this amazing kick-off and wonderful energy, we would like to trigger your artistic soul to propose a logo for INSTANT!

The idea would be to display all of them in a gallery after the deadline and ask a popular vote within the INSTANT community. The first three logos will be retained for discussion within the INSTANT Steering committee.

pyrn smallAfter the great success of our first seminars, we would like to invite you to the next PYRN seminar! We have three young researchers presenting their work:

Anna Abramova (California State University): Quantifying Soil Contamination in Coal Mining Areas: Svalbard Archipelago
Saskia Eppinger (TU Munich): Internal behaviour of a retrogressive thaw slump on Herschel Island, Canada
Jannik Martens (Stockholm University): Patterns of circum-Arctic permafrost carbon remobilization deduced from the Circum-Arctic Sediment Carbon Database (CASCADE)

EUPolarNet logo2European Polar Board LogoRegistration is now open for the webinar 'European Perspectives on the Arctic Science Ministerial Process', to be held 10:00-11:30 CEST on Wednesday 28th April. The webinar is organised jointly by the European Polar Board and EU-PolarNet 2.

Are you an ECR Ocean researcher? Then there is a great opportunity for you at the SRI Future Oceans’ workshop. This workshop builds a diverse and interdisciplinary network of early career ocean researchers interested in solutions that contribute to a sustainable ocean. This workshop is the start of a longer conversation that we hope will grow to include working groups that will focus on initiatives that build their networks, add productive collaborations, and impactful outcomes. 
 

The National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to rebuild the pier at Palmer Station, its research facility on Anvers Island, Antarctica. The new pier will be more than three times larger than the current one, extending farther out from the station into deeper water to allow the mooring of larger ships. Read about the project at https://future.usap.gov/palmer-pier-replacement-construction/.

For more information: NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Impacts to Antarctic Research Support at Palmer Station due to Construction of the new Pier.

Palmer Pier Frequently Asked Questions

SIOS logo ORIGINAL rgbThe Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) invites abstract submissions for their 2nd online conference. This conference will take place 8-10 June 2021.

The conference will focus on applications of Earth observation (EO), remote sensing (RS), and geoinformation (GI) in Svalbard. Researchers at all career stages, especially Early Career Researchers (ECRs), are invited to present their work to an international audience of researchers working in Svalbard and the Arctic.

321 Youth Ocean Policy Panel Webinar ASOC CIESOn the very special occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, join the trilateral youth webinar on Antarctica's protection! We invite Northeast Asian youth from China, Japan, and Korea to learn about international efforts to protect the Southern Ocean under the Antarctic Treaty System. The webinar will focus on empowering youth voices on the conservation and sustainability of our Ocean.

Find more information here.

USAP New Logo transparent background Terri EdillonThe National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Polar Programs has entered into an agreement with the Department of the Interior’s Federal Consulting Group. The agreement contracts a team of experts to assist the NSF in the creation of a U.S. Antarctic Program Sexual Assault/Harassment Prevention and Response program. Read more at: https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=302518&org=OPP.

 

 

sooslogo2cThe Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) is looking for an early career researcher or professional (ECR) to help lead the SOOS-Swedish Southern Ocean Network (http://www.soos.aq/activities/national-networks/soos-swedish-polar-network). This leadership position will be in support of the two Co-Chairs of the network, Assoc. Prof Thomas Dahlgren and Assoc. Prof Sebastiaan Swart.

The successful applicant will have an understanding of observational research of the Southern Ocean and be based in Sweden. The ECR representative will assist in organising network meetings and events, be responsible for assisting network communications and reporting, and will be an important link in liaising between the Swedish Southern Ocean ECR community and SOOS. We are interested in receiving applications from any disciplines and institutions based in Sweden.

On behalf of the High North Dialogue, we invite you to take part in High North Dialogue Research Workshop: Perspectives of the young. The international multidisciplinary workshop will be held as a digital event on April 27, 2021, in conjunction with the annual High North Dialogue week.

During the recent decade, the Arctic regions, with their extremely rich yet difficult to get natural resources, have attracted a lot of attention from national states, global businesses, and international policymakers. To use the resource potential but to maintain the sensitive Arctic environment and contribute to the people living in the area, we need more knowledge about the challenges and opportunities for sustainable development in the Arctic. It is a promising area for future studies and no wonder that many young researchers worldwide look at this field with optimism and interest.

As you may have seen, a number of sub-committees are proposed within the new SCAR/INSTANT scientific research program. Each of these sub-committees focusses on particular aspects of INSTANT and we are looking for wide community involvement. One proposed group - Antarctic Geological Boundary Conditions (ABC) - has the aim of better interpreting past and present geological boundary conditions and developing them as inputs to numerical models.

Submit stories for the ISC-BBC StoryWorks science series:https://council.science/current/news/bbc-science-stories/.

Deadline for submission of stories: 30 April 2021. Please consider sharing this opportunity with your members and wider networks.



Share your views on the draft Global Risk Agenda: https://council.science/survey-development-global-science-agenda-risk/.

Deadline for contributions: 5 May 2021. Please consider sharing this opportunity with your members and wider networks.

NSF recognizes the importance of including Indigenous peoples in Arctic science and research efforts.

The National Science Foundation has recently released a new series of web pages titled Arctic Community Engagement, or ACE, to share information on NSF programs, initiatives, collaborations, and other resources aiming to facilitate effective and respectful engagement with local and Indigenous peoples in Arctic research, education, and outreach activities.

Explore the pages at www.nsf.gov/ace.

For questions or additional information, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

320 NSF Arctic Community Engagement salmon campImage: NSF/Colleen Strawhacker

The submission window for the special issue on the Weddell Sea and the ocean off Dronning Maud Land SOOS workshop is open.

Manuscripts can be submitted until 31 March 2022.

It is a special issue in the open access journals of Copernicus. It is an inter-journal special issue of three journals Ocean Science, Biogeosciences and The Cryosphere entitled "The Weddell Sea and the ocean off Dronning Maud Land: unique oceanographic conditions shape circumpolar and global processes – a multi-disciplinary study (OS/BG/TC inter-journal SI) "

The journal Cold Regions Science and Technology (CRST) is looking for one or two new editorial board members (i.e. scientific editors) to replace Mauro Werder.

CRST is an international journal dealing with fundamental aspects of cryospheric sciences which have applications for cold regions problems as well as engineering topics which relate to the cryosphere. Emphasis is given to the physical and mechanical aspects of ice - including glaciers and sea ice - snow and snow avalanches, ice-water systems, ice-bonded soils and permafrost.

For more information of the journal, see https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/cold-regions-science-and-technology.

319 The Mohn Prize 2022 Call for nominations

UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Academia Borealis - The Academy of Sciences and Letters of Northern Norway, and Tromsø Research Foundation welcome nominations for The International Mohn Prize for Outstanding Research Related to the Arctic (The Mohn Prize).

The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding and the Institute of Arctic Studies at Dartmouth College invite registration for their upcoming webinar, titled Winners and Losers from Rapid Arctic Change. This webinar, presented by Frances Ulmer, Senior Fellow, Harvard Belfer Center, will take place on 20 April 2021 from 4:00-5:00 p.m. EDT.

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for a summer research experience for undergraduates (REU). This program will take place online between 7 June and 31 July 2021.

This REU Site program is for Online Interdisciplinary Big Data Analytics in Science and Engineering. The program will run for eight weeks in the summer. Each student will be paid for their participation and provided with opportunities to present their work at conferences.

Tentative application deadline:15 April 2021, but will remain open until filled.

SCAR logo white backgroundSCAR will offer three to four fellowships for early-career researchers of up to USD $15,000 each for 2021. Applicants can propose partly or entirely remote fellowships to reflect the impact of Covid-19 related travel restrictions. Other opportunity from partners have also launched.
The deadline for applications is 30 June 2021.

ICASS X registration is now open. Please go the ICASS X website and register. The early bird deadline is Mai 10, 2021.

This registration will cover your participation in the online science sessions and in-person panels (attended by personal invitation only; please note that we have not yet received the final permit for an in-person attendance from the local health authorities, and at this time cannot send invitations, please stay tuned).

We are happy to announce that the Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2021 (SRI2021) has created a dedicated Early Career Fund which will support young professionals and students to participate in the event virtually or in-person, if the country of residence is Australia.

For more information check out our site.

 

The Eastern Snow Conference will be meeting virtually on June 9 this year. Abstracts for oral and poster presentations are currently being accepted until April 30. There will also be two extended presentations and discussions on recent SnowEx work and on the development of a national snow database. We strongly encourage student researchers to submit their work for one of the available student awards. All details are available at easternsnow.org.

317 DOSI Song of the OceanTake part in this beautiful virtual chorus performance for World Ocean Day 2021 honouring the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science. We want a truly global choir so wherever you are in the world, come together and perform#SongOfTheOcean with us.

Its all explained in detail here, a very beautiful song!

Note: The deadline was extended to 12th April so there is plenty of time for more people to join in!

 

nsf logoThe Office of Polar Programs (OPP) offers postdoctoral research fellowships (PRF) to provide opportunities for early career scientists, including social scientists, to accomplish one or more of the following goals: expand their work across traditional disciplinary lines, develop new partnerships connecting the polar regions and/or non-polar research communities, and provide entry to researchers who have traditionally had limited access to polar research resources, sites and facilities.

We are pleased to let you know that the 26th International Symposium on Polar Sciences (ISPS2021) will be accepting abstract submissions from April 12 to May 9, 2021. The ISPS2021 is currently scheduled to be held in Incheon, the Republic of Korea from September 27 to 29, 2021.

Please note that while we look forward to holding the symposium in Incheon, we may have to move it online depending on the developments surrounding COVID-19, with a final decision to be announced in June.

With "Responding to Climate Crisis: Contributions of Polar Science and Technology” as its overarching theme, the symposium invites papers that examine:

Yamal Nenets Center of Arctic Research (Salekhard, Russia) invites candidates who would like to take part in the field works in West Siberia in June 2021 and September 2021.

The goal is to set up the temperature monitoring in the boreholes and measure active layer thickness in September, 2021. There are multiple sites nearby to Salekhard and Novy Urengoy.

nsf logoThe National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator is speeding research and discovery with a new funding opportunity featuring two research track topics—the Networked Blue Economy and Trust & Authenticity in Communication Systems.

NEW SPECIAL ISSUE OF ENERGIES JOURNAL (https://www.mdpi.com/si/81490) on "Climate Change, Ecosystems and Environmental Geology: Threats, Challenges and Solutions in the Arctic" welcomes submissions until 30 November 2021. Energies is an open access Q2 journal cited in WoS (IF 2.7) which offers rapid publication. Good news: reductions on the Article Processing Charges are available for selected papers!

Keywords for our Issue: permafrost, social-ecological systems in the Arctic, climate change adaptation, greenhouse gases emission reduction, infrastructure stability, gas-hydrates and alternative energies in the Arctic, waste management, environmental footprint, geohazards

nsf logoNSF remains committed to being supportive and as responsive as possible to the needs of the research community in the face of challenges posed by the global COVID-19 pandemic. The NSF website has up-to-date information and answers to Frequently Asked Questions for a broad NSF audience.

We're excited to announce that the new Cryo2Ice Coincident Data Explorer is now live and fully operational. Since July of last year, ESA's CryoSat-2 satellite and NASA's ICESat-2 are periodically aligned as part of the so-called CRYO2ICE campaign. The CRYO2ICE Coincident Data Explorer is a fast and convenient way to search for and extract those coincident orbits.

SCAR logo white backgroundWe would like your input in designing the tasks and work plan of a new subcommittee of the SCAR/INSTANT program, aiming to foster studies on improving knowledge of paleo-environmental proxies, facilitate the accessibility of paleo-proxy information needed for better interpreting paleo-records and further constrain model simulations.

We kindly ask you to fill the form by March 31st.It will take only a few minutes of your time.

We expect input from both the modelling and observation communities

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Individual sessions throughout May 17 - 28, 2021 (subject to change)

The Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean program (ICED) is pleased to announce a virtual workshop targeted at researchers with broad interests in modelling Antarctic krill and/or their ecology. These modelling projects can include, but are not limited to: the krill life cycle; food-web interactions; environmental impacts on distribution; population processes, movement and retention; or feedback processes. A diverse group of participants from every stage and area of research is strongly encouraged to apply, with special emphasis on the participation of early career researchers (ECRs).

We want to share the release of a new short film about Iceland's glaciers: AFTER ICE.

AFTER ICE features images from the 1940s and 1980s that were painstakingly reconstructed in 3D and overlaid with current day drone footage to show how greenhouse gas emissions are causing glaciers on the south coast of Iceland to retreat by tens and sometimes hundreds of metres every year. AFTER ICE was produced by Þorvarður Árnason and Kieran Baxter, written and narrated by M Jackson.

The film is free to use and share: https://vimeo.com/504355699

The WINTER 2020/21 quarterly update of U.S. Ice Drilling Program (IDP) activities is now available at:

https://icedrill.org/icebits/2020-winter

We are conducting an online survey to collect information on the costs of operating Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in order to guide future management and sustainable financing. The objective of this research is to produce a global overview of MPA costs and funding requirements to benefit MPA planners and managers in the future. 

We would like to invite marine protected area (MPA) managers or representatives to complete this survey (10-20 minutes). We would appreciate if you could help us by distributing the questionnaire to MPA managers/representatives in your network.

316 Eric Steig Hercules Dome Ice Core ProjectThe first community workshop and science planning meeting for the Hercules Dome ice core project will take place on May 10-11, 2021. This is both a planning meeting and an open science meeting, which will provide an opportunity to hear about some of the latest Antarctic ice core research, and to begin to develop new collaborations. The Hercules Dome project is a major investment by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), and represents a community platform for research.

logo iascWe need your input on how IASC should mitigate climate change!

Acknowledging the link between anthropogenic carbon emissions and rapid changes in the Arctic, including the Arctic amplification of climate change, IASC has recently convened an Action Group on Carbon Footprint (AGCF). The remit of the AGCF is to facilitate a full organisational response to the climate crisis and to explore ways to minimise the carbon footprint of IASC-related activities themselves. As an organisation promoting research and transnational access in the Arctic, we have a duty to mitigate the impacts of our activities, as well as to lead the way.

pyrn smallPYRN ExCom will continue with the funding support of your activities. We should be able to offer you up to 200 EUR/year for activities like workshops or meetings organised in your country or in the frame of multiple countries. The funding application form and process remains the same as in the previous years, and you can find it here: https://pyrn.arcticportal.org/national-representatives/funding-application-form.

iassa logoIASSA is requesting applications from members to serve on the IASSA Council in 2021-2024. Any IASSA member in good standing may declare themselves up until 17:00 (5PM)applicant's local time on May 1, 2021.

Applicants are required to submit a brief statement (less than 200 words) about yourself, your motivation to sit on the Council and a photo to IASSA President This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and CC to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

These materials will be included in the Spring/Summer issue of the Northern Notes. Indigenous applicants and northern residents are especially encouraged.

Amundsen Science is organizing an online Outreach Event/Workshop in the afternoon of March 23rd. The goal of this event is to discuss the history and good practices in field oceanography based on the 17 years of operations of the research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen, the access to this National Research Facility and the future of the ship and organization.

You can find attached the program, with embedded link to the registration. A Facebook event is also available for sharing.

I am an assistant professor at the University of Manitoba working with numerical modelling of polar regions. One of my main interests is in modelling icebergs, improving their representation and trajectory prediction in models, and assessing their impact on the physical and biogeochemical properties of the ocean. Recent interactions with fellow "icebergers" led to a discussion about the need for a channel of direct communication within the iceberg community, so we can share our work, collaborate, make sure no efforts are being duplicated, and advance iceberg science in a faster and smarter way. 
 
If you work with or is interested in iceberg science, please fill out the form.

Clic logo1The Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) is one of the core projects of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), serving as the focal point for climate science related to the cryosphere, its variability and change, and interaction with the broader climate system.
 
CliC is now launching an open call for nominations for chairmanship. Self-nominations are encouraged. Please fill in the attached form and send to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. not later than April 16th.
 
 

Dr. Jennifer Mercer is serving as the acting Section Head for the Arctic Section at the US National Science Foundation. She is a program manager for Arctic Sciences and Arctic Research Support & Logistics. She also serves as Chair of the international Forum of Arctic Research Operators (FARO), and she co-leads the Atmospheres Collaboration Team for the US Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC).

Nature Award for Driving Global Impact was launched in 2019 with the aim of championing researchers who are striving towards the achievement of one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

You will find the award’s webpages here: https://www.nature.com/collections/ccjnyjxvmp

While we have received substantial numbers of submissions, these have tended been greatly dominated by medical researchers in specific fields, whereas we are aiming to recognise and promote the work of researchers in a wider variety of fields.

The COVITA-ARCTICCOVID project at the ARCTICenter, University of Northern Iowa released the ArcticVAX Tracker, a new dashboard for real-time tracking of COVID-19 vaccinations in the Arctic.

For more information go to: https://arcticcovid.uni.edu/ or ArcticVAX dashboard.

nsf logoThe National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Polar Programs (OPP)and the Education and Human Resources (EHR) Directorate request input from interested parties on the goals, values and approaches for managing the Antarctic Artist and Writers (AAW) Program and possibly expanding that program to include the Arctic.

IARPC LogoOn March 9, the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) released a draft of the Arctic Research Plan 2022-2026 for public review. The comment period will close on June 11, 2021. The draft plan addresses the most pressing Arctic research needs that require a collaborative approach and that can advance understanding of the Arctic, inform policy and planning decisions, and promote the well-being of Arctic and global communities.

 

289 Expedition Glacialis CrowdfundingWe would like to tell you about our Arctic expedition project ‘Glacialis’ and our crowdfunding campaign: https://wemakeit.com/projects/expedition-glacialis
 

I write on behalf of the eo4alps snow consortium, an ESA project with the objective to create an online snow monitoring platform for the whole Alps.

In order to better understand the role of snow and in particular of snow water equivalent (SWE) in the decision making at various levels, we are collecting information on the state of the art of snow monitoring active in various organizations and the requirements for a new operational service.

For this reason, we would kindly ask you to fill in a short Questionnaire available at this link:

https://forms.gle/rszzeQVZGm3eriRAA

PolarImpact Logo Vector V1The Polar Impact Network is seeking to establish a mentor/mentee program that focuses on mentorship within the polar sciences and polar communities across the world, and would value your input on a survey put together by one of our volunteers.

Polar Impact’s mission is to support, connect, and highlight the stories of Black, Asian, Indigenous, people of color, and minority ethnic professionals in the polar research community. You can learn more about Polar Impact here: https://www.polarimpactnetwork.org/

Join UCIrvine, the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS), and IARPC Collaborations for a virtual Arctic Research Collaboration Workshop on Friday, 16 April from 9am-1pm AK/1-5pm ET. 
 
 

pyrn smallAfter a great success at our last PYRN Seminar Series, the PYRN ExCom decided that it would be great to hear more about the research being conducted by our members.

We will be hosting monthly seminars from March until June, with 3 speakers at each 1 hour seminar.

logo iascThe International Arctic Science Committee awards the 2021 IASC Medal to Atsumu Ohmura Ph.D., Professor Emeritus at ETH Zurich (Switzerland), for outstanding achievements in understanding complex climate and glacier relationships, global energy budgets, and thermal energy flow in the Arctic; and for excellence in program building, international collaborations, and mentorship in the cryospheric sciences.

YOPP LOGO beb4effb3cThe first 2021 issue of PolarPredictNews, the official newsletter for the Year of Polar Prediction,is now available with lots of news and updates from and for the polar prediction community. For the Art+Science part of the newsletter, we worked with climate scientist Thomas Rackowto present his the melting sea-ice stripes, inspired by Ed Hawkins’ concept of warming stripes.

COVITA (Arctic COVID) project at the ARCTICenter, University of Northern Iowa published COVID-19 public health educational materials in Indigenous languages from the Russian Arctic.

We are pleased to announce that the second, updated edition of the Elsevier book Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disastersis now available; see:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780128171295/snow-and-ice-related-hazards-risks-and-disasters

We are very excited to announce that the first QGreenland v1.0.1 public release is now available! You can find all the details at https://qgreenland.org/

QGreenland was inspired by Quantarctica and funded through NSF EarthCube. QGreenland is a free, open source GIS data package and data-viewing tool for Greenland. The package works with QGIS, which is also free and open source (https://www.qgis.org).The download package comes with a complete User Guide, so even folks who have never used QGIS will be guided through working with QGreenland.

We would kindly like to invite you to submit your work to the Special Issue "Progresses and Gaps on Monitoring of Snow and Its Components at the Local, Regional to Global Scale and Its Applications" we organized at the Geosciences: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/geosciences/special_issues/snow_Monitoring

"Frontiers in Earth Science" has launched a new Research Topic, "Ice Sheet Shear Margins in Warming Climate: Process and Trends".
As a leading expert in your field, we would like you to participate by submitting your research.

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We are pleased to announce the release of the Open Global Glacier Model (OGGM) version 1.4. OGGM is an open source modelling framework for glaciers, targeting the simulation of large numbers of mountain glaciers.

nsf logo‘Understanding the Rules of Life’ solicitation explores emergent networks, invites proposals.
Intertwined networks connect living things in profoundly complex and oftentimes unexpected ways. From individual cells and organisms to entire ecosystems and industries, the emergence of such networks is the focus of the Understanding the Rules of Life: Emergent Networks solicitation calling for research proposals from a broad range of scientific disciplines.

NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce the release of sea ice chart data resulting from collaboration with the U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC) called the U.S. National Ice Center Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Concentration and Climatologies in Gridded Format.

The Robert G. Raskin Scholarship is awarded annually to a current graduate, post-graduate student in the Earth or computer sciences who has an interest in community evolution of Earth science data systems.

 

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NSF is looking for proposals to initiate industry-university cooperative research centers to address issues in the Arctic that have interest from potential industry and other governmental partners.

For more details, see NSF Dear Colleague Letter and solicitation NSF-20-570.

The Swiss Polar Institute (SPI) Flagship Initiative programme, enabling ambitious Swiss-led multi-annual and multi-disciplinary research programmes in polar or remote high-altitude regions, has just been launched. 

The funding will be focused on field campaigns (logistics, safety, etc.), data management, outreach, and programme coordination, thus providing temporary infrastructure for a Swiss-led polar research programme

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Framed by the overarching theme for the Science Conference “The Arctic: Regional Changes, Global Impacts”, Lisbon invites International experts on the Arctic and Indigenous Peoples to discuss the “New Arctic” and also its impacts and interactions to and with the lower latitudes at ASSW2021 Online.


ASSW2021 Registration now open

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Are you interested in the interaction of ice, ocean, atmosphere, marine ecosystems and communities at Greenland’s coastal margins? If so, please join us!

GRISO (GReenland Ice Sheet Ocean)
is a funded, 5-year NSF AccelNet project that aims to advance research by facilitating interaction across disciplines, methodologies and existing networks. 

SIOS logo ORIGINAL rgbThe Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) invites applications from SIOS member institutions for a funding opportunity focused on acquiring aerial and imagery hyperspectral data over Svalbard.

arcuslogonotext 2018To continue discussions initiated at our 2020 Annual Meeting, ARCUS announces a call for nominations for members to serve on a new ad hoc committee
that will focus on building the Arctic research community’s capacity for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research.

Committee members will serve a 1-year term and will play an important role in developing the initial goals and direction of this new group’s efforts, and provide input to ARCUS’ activities around this topic.

Inspiring Girls Expeditions EUROPE is expanding and offers three expeditions in summer 2021:

  • Girls on Ice Austria (in german)
  • Girls on Ice Suisse (in frech)
  • Girls on Ice Schweiz (in german)

We seek 16 and 17 year old girls* for a tuition-free research expeditions to immerse in glaciology, art and mountaineering.

Quantarctica logo v3 nobgWe are pleased to announce the release of Quantarctica’s new version which is adapted to QGIS’s latest version 3.16. Quantarctica is a collection of Antarctic geographical datasets for research, education, operation and management in Antarctica, and let you explore, import, visualize, and share Antarctica data. It is distributed with the CC-BY4.0 license and works with a multi-platform free GIS software QIGS.

https://www.npolar.no/quantarctica/

EUPolarNet logo2We invite European Polar research projects to take part to this online survey on on-going and planned stakeholder and rightholder engagement in European Polar Research (Arctic and Antarctic).

The survey  is open until February 28th, 2021

nsf logoNSF recently funded 17 projects totaling $26.7 million, which will directly support 69 investigators across 21 different institutions in addition to funding students and postdoctoral scholars. These projects focus on multi-discipline research across the social, natural, and built environment including those with the potential for engagement with Arctic communities. NSF is also partnering with University of Colorado Boulder, Alaska Pacific University and University of Alaska Fairbanks on a five-year, nearly $5 million cooperative agreement for a Navigating the New Arctic Community Office.

Read more at https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/announcements/020121.jsp.

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Arctic family and friends will meet from February 1-4 2021, for the 15th edition of our annual Arctic Frontiers conference. This year under the banner of Building Bridges,we have created four thematic days that bridge both plenary and science topics

  • Monday 1 Feb: Wellbeing and Societal Health
  • Tuesday 2 Feb: Building the Future
  • Wednesday 3 Feb: Ocean meets Coast
  • Thursday 4 Feb: Business Solutions

iasc webThe International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) is pleased to announce the availability of registration fee support for the online Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 (19 - 26 March 2021)

Please submit your application by no later than 10 February 2021via this form:https://forms.gle/SrzgHV7KAPUL5uScA

SCAR logo white backgroundA new publication, titled "Antarctic ecosystems in transition – life between stresses and opportunities", has been published in Biological Reviews. The study is the outcome of SCAR's 2012-2020 Scientific Research Programme "Antarctic Thresholds - Ecosystem Resilience and Adaptation" (AnT-ERA).
25 international experts, led by AnT-ERA chief officer Prof. Julian Gutt from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), analysed and compiled hundreds of articles on the Antarctic published in the past ten years. The result is a comprehensive assessment of the present and future of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean region.
Read more.

ASI bursary logoAppplications for the Antarctic Science Bursary 2021are now open.

Submission deadline is Friday 19th March, 24:00 GMT.

Antarctic Science supports the development of the careers of promising young scientists, working in any field of Antarctic science, and from any country. Grants of up to £6000 are awarded to extend the scope of an existing research project, through:

NSF logoThis new NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Supporting Data and Sample Reuse in Polar Research from the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) encourages submission of proposals that leverage existing data, physical samples, and non-physical samples (e.g., films, recordings, etc.), as well as those that facilitate the reuse of existing data. In this way, OPP aims to support both the Arctic and Antarctic research communities to drive polar science forward while capitalizing on NSF's previous research investments.

The call for applications for the fourth cohort of the Postdoc Academy for Transformational Leadership is still open, the deadline for submissions is the 15th of Feburary

The Postdoc Academy for Transformational Leadership is a unique program that develops the next generation of leaders in sustainability research affiliated with a European research institution.

arcuslogonotext 2018The 15th annual NOAA Arctic Report Card was released on 8 December 2020 as part of the American Geophysical Union 2020 Fall Meeting. The Arctic Report Card, initiated in response to the need for concise and timely Arctic information, serves as a readily available resource for viewing the rapid changes that have engulfed the region. Taken as a whole, the story is unambiguous. The transformation of the Arctic to a warmer, less frozen, and biologically changed region is well underway.

Read here the full article.

Inspiring Girls ExpeditionsThey seek 16 and 17 year old girls* for a tuition-free mini research expeditions to study at the elbows of glaciologists, oceanographers, artists and other professionals. Girls on Ice is the original expedition where girls study glaciers, volcanoes, and the alpine environment. They also now have Girls in Icy Fjords, Girls on Rock, Girls on Water, Girls in the Forest. Please share this with teachers or teenagers you know.
 
Applications must be started by Jan 22.

iasc webArctic Science Summit Week 2021 is swiftly approaching. This is a reminder that IASC is now receiving proposals for consideration for IASC funding in 2021.

Proposals can be limited to one Working Group, relevant to all five, or anything in between. (Note: Working Groups must allocate at least 40% of their budget in cooperation with other Working Groups.) All proposals will be fully discussed and considered at the Working Group meetings at ASSW.

Please submit your proposal via this online form.

Flyer ISS Communicating ScienceWissenschaft im Dialog (Science in Dialogue) and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation invite young researchersfrom all over Europe to the International Summer School “Communicating Science”. Within five days they will not only acquire theoretical knowledge about methods, formats and structures in science communication but have the opportunity to apply it in workshop sessions led by practitioners. The interdisciplinary event will take place in Berlin in the end of July/beginning of August 2021. Participation is free of charge. For further information concerning application and the program see: communicating-science.eu.

Apply now!

UArctic Congress 2021 Banner 1The UArctic Congress 2021 is organized in conjunction with the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting, May 15-18, 2021 in Reykjavik, Iceland. The tentative program outline is now available on the UArctic website.

Academic institutions are starting to recognize a mental health crisis in students. But what about faculty?  Research suggests that 36% of academics have or would like to receive help for work related anxiety or depression and 80% viewed that competition has fostered mean and aggressive behavior in the workplace.

To understand how universities are responding to the needs of faculty, and what resources, practices, and policies are in place that address faculty mental health and well-being, we seek personal narratives.  

IARPC LogoThe Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Collaborations is launching a pilot six-month session of their new mentorship program. The program brings together small groups of researchers and other professionals to discuss career opportunities and issues, learn from and support one another, and grow together.

Call for Abstracts (deadline): 1 March 2021 (250-400 words)
Draft papers (deadline): 15 June 2021 (4500-6500 words)

The Arctic Yearbook (https://arcticyearbook.com) is calling for abstracts for its 2021 volume – the 10th anniversary edition.

The Saami Council, EU-PolarNet, Austrian Polar Research Institute, University of Groningen/Arctic Centre, Nordland Research Institute, the University of Northern Iowa/ArctiCentre, International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA), International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), and the UArctic invite insights, experiences, opinions, criticism, ideas and, best practice models in collaborative and community based participatory research which can include also aspects regarding COVID-19 conditions.

Earth Science Women’s Network Recruiting for Board and Associate Board of Directors

The Earth Science Women’s Network (ESWN) is recruiting multiple volunteer leadership positions, to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors (BoD) and Associate Board of Directors (ABD). ESWN is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to increasing diversity in the geosciences with an emphasis on creating and supporting a nurturing community, working for cultural change to eliminate barriers to a diverse scientific workforce, and empowering scientists through professional development. The primary duties of the BoD are to oversee and manage the fiscal responsibilities of the organization. The BoD also contributes to strategic planning, building partnerships, volunteer engagement, and communicating the impacts of ESWN to the broader public.

the icepod logo 072019The IcePod Episode Nine: Hugs, Dips in Melt Ponds, and WiFi on the Iceis now available!

To access the podcast, go to: The IcePod webpage

Juneau Icefield Research program
Applications are now open for students, staff, and faculty for the 2021 JIRP Field Season! All applications are due on January 31st. All information can be found at juneauicefield.org.

Are you planning a research cruise around Svalbard soon? Then we recommend you to try out IcySea, thanks to the financing of the Copernicus Marine Service, the registration and usage remains free for 2021: https://icysea.app/

Be Featured in New Polar STEAM Magazine Polynya!

Are you a woman working in polar sciences, research, Traditional Knowledge, Indingeous Knowledge, advocacy, or the arts? 

We want to feature you! Published by The Anchorage Museum and supported by the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, Polynya is a new free magazine that aims to activate a culture shift among middle school students, with a special emphasis on girls living in the Arctic and sub-Arctic, to see women as trailblazers of Arctic traditional and western sciences. Polynya will illuminate polar research and achievements by those who identify as women and those who were designated female but self-identify differently across all races and ethnicities, with a particular focus on Indigenous scientists, knowledge holders, and artists. Published four times a year, we are working with school districts, public libraries, and afterschool programs to freely distribute the magazine in 2021 to middle school students. 

WCRP Strategic Plan The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is moving towards a new programme structure. The new WCRP structure has been developed by the WCRP community to support the implementation of the WCRP Strategic Plan 2018 – 2028, which addresses the climate research priorities of the next decade and beyond. You can read all about the new structure and plans for the future here.

SCAR logo white backgroundThe Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is pleased to announce the 2020 Fellowship awardees. This year, a total of 21 applications were received for the early-career Fellowships, which offer awards of up to US$15,000 each. Four SCAR Fellowships will be awarded in this round.

The details for each of this year's Fellows are listed on the SCAR Website.

iasc webFor photos, IASC depends solely on what Arctic scientists send us. IASC welcomes images depicting all areas of Arctic science including scientists in the field, everyday life, animals, landscapes, and more. Please submit your new photographs no later than Monday 25 January 2021 if you want them to be considered for the bulletin. IASC is not able to pay for use, but photographers are always credited.

More information can be found here and you can submit your photo here.

pyrn smallIn order to take part in PYRN X-mass event below please proceed: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZB3XFCH

Need a break from reading academic papers but still want to read about cryospheric sciences? Then have a look at the EGU Cryosphere Division blog (https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/">https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/). We post every Friday to divulge scientific news and fun cryo-facts to the larger scientific community but also the general public. Most of our posts are written by guest authors who are free to write about any topic related to the Cryosphere Division.

SIOS logo ORIGINAL rgbThe Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System Knowledge Centre (SIOS-KC) and the Remote Sensing Working Group (RSWG) invite input in their survey on assessing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Svalbard science community. This survey will be used to develop a strategy for the upcoming (2021) field season in Svalbard.

Input deadline: 7 January 2021

Norwegian Polar Institute published a book “Life of the Antarctic Ice”. This book conveys rich knowledge about Antarctica’s ice sheet and ice shelves aimed at a broad readership, including high-school students. Beautiful pictures, carefully prepared maps and short summary quotes help readers to grasp the story quickly. The text is written by international experts (please see author list below) using many analogues such as “ice is like ketchup”, so it is easy to follow. Advanced readers enjoy facts presented in did-you-know boxes and deepen their understanding with supplementary information of the illustrations at the end of the book.

The journal Earth System Science Data (ESSD) (IF: 9.197, ISSN: 1866-3508) is currently running a Special Issue entitled " Extreme environment datasets for the Three Poles". Dr. David Carlson, Dr. Mike Sparrow, Dr. Xin Li, Dr. Min Feng, and Dr. Tao Che are serving as Guest Editors for this issue. We would like to invite you to submit articles for consideration and possible publication in this ESSD special issue. 

nsf logoThe Office of Polar Programs (OPP), Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) at the National Science Foundation, reserves several Program Director positions to be filled by Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) assignments (https://beta.nsf.gov/careers/rotator-programs/intergovernmental-personnel-act-ipa-assignments). These IPA positions come available periodically, and the Arctic Sciences Section is currently looking to fill openings.

the icepod logo 072019The IcePod announces the release of episode eight, Snowflakes, Pee Bottles, and a Mosaic of FloesThe 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, The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC). It is produced in collaboration with the Alfred Wegener Institute and Radio Weser.TV, where the full episode with music will be played.

SAONThe SAON Strategy and Implementation Plan was approved in 2018. As a follow-up to this, SAON has developed a Roadmap for Arctic Observing and Data Systems (ROADS).

The Roadmap has been drafted as a deliverable for the preparation of the 3rd Arctic Science Ministerial (ASM3) to be held 8-9 May 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

New paper in Nature Communications discusses the future of Arctic science during and after COVID-19

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19923-2

iassa logo1According to the new IASSA by-laws there will be an election of an IASSA president for the term 2021-2024. The candidates should include a presentation of the host university, financial and institutional commitments, experience and capacity in the proposal.

iassa logo1No final decision yet - but hybrid format likely.

iasc webThe IASC Medal is awarded in recognition of exceptional and sustained contributions to the understanding of the Arctic. A maximum of one award is made each year, assuming that there is a nominee of appropriate quality.

Deadline: 31 December 2020

We would like to make you aware of a new book about the History of the Arctic that has been published on Dec. 1st, 2020.

Please find here the link to the book: https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-6022-2

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KEPLER is planning to host an Early Career Scientist Online Workshop for students and young scientists in tentatively Mid-February.

The marine environment in the Polar Regions is changing; with this comes to both challenges and opportunities. Earth Observation (EO) has a key role to play in the sustainable development of the region, and the information services provided must be flexible to respond to the changing needs and conditions. Importantly they must provide much-needed information for Arctic peoples and wider society, science, private sector and decision-makers.

The Women+Water Lecture Series is returning in a virtual format in January 2021!

The Women and Water Lecture Series will showcase research, support young professionals and provide a space for dialogue and networking. Additionally, the series will explore water-related challenges, roles of women in water, gendered water-related impacts, women researchers in water, and challenges and opportunities facing female water researchers. Women+Water will run monthly from January to April 2021.

IACS logoThe International Association for Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) is soliciting nominations for the IACS 2020 Early Career Scientist (ECS) Prize. The IACS ECS Prize is a bi-annual cash prize of € 1000 awarded to two early career scientists who have published the best scientific papers on a cryospheric subject as assessed by an evaluation committee. The papers must have been published between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2020. 

The nomination deadline is 1 February 2021.

nsf logoThe National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs is holding separate office hours for Arctic and Antarctic Sciences. These sessions will cover program updates, funding opportunities, and season planning around COVID-19. Current awardees, pending proposers, and future proposers are welcome to attend.

You must register to attend these sessions.

iasc webThe deadline for abstracts submission of the Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 (24-26 March 2021) has been extended to 10 December 2020. 

The overarching topic of ASSW2021 is  “The Arctic: Regional Change Global Impacts”. Despite the focus on the Arctic, several sessions accept contributions on the Antarctic, aiming at fostering networking and advances on research on both poles.

Please consider judging one or more cryosphere student presentations at this year's AGU Fall Meeting. Your participation in the outstanding student presentation award (OSPA) process provides valuable feedback to students, helps develop young scientists, and recognizes outstanding members of our community. The OSPA judging portal is now open. Below, information on how you can sign up as a judge and what the OSPA process will look like this year is provided.

December 2, 2020, 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Contact: Geosciences Earth Sciences Communications Team, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Register
at https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_cSO1ybkkQtGUwIufBo--Tg

Normally presented as a workshop at AGU, Navigating the NSF System is a good opportunity for first-time proposers and early career scientists to gain insight into the ins and outs of the NSF grant proposal process. The webinar consists of a presentation and a live Q&A session with Directorate for Geosciences Program Officers. Participants must register in advance.

iassa logo1ICASS X Tenth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences:
Arctic Generations: Looking Back and Looking Forward
15-19 June 2021, Arkhangelsk, RUSSIA

Call for Abstracts
DEADLINE: December 25, 2020
Submit Abstracts at https://icass.uni.edu/

US Ice Drilling Program

 

 

The U.S. Ice Drilling Program (IDP) offers an NSF-sponsored opportunity for early career scientists, postdocs, and PhD students in the U.S. to apply for travel support to the October 2021 Ice Core Young Scientists (ICYS) and International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences (IPICS) Open Science meeting in Crans-Montana, Switzerland ( https://indico.psi.ch/event/6697/overview ). Applicants must be currently employed by a university or research institution within the U.S; under-represented minorities and from minority-serving institutions are especially encouraged to apply.

Logo_Viadrina_Mentoring_web_150pix ©Giraffe Werbeagentur GmbH / BlissmediaViadrina Mentoring and Coaching Program for Female Postdoctoral Researchers

Who: female doctoral researchers in the final stage of their PhD, postdoctoral researchers, female heads of junior research groups and female junior professors

Duration: 12 month

POTSDAM SUMMER SCHOOL 2021
Water: Our Global Common Good - The Hydrosphere across Land and Sea

from August 09 until August 18, 2021 in Potsdam, Germany

This is just a reminder that the deadline for applications for this year's AGU Cryosphere Flash Freeze Competition is Wednesday, November 25. Please email applications (1 pg. letter of intent and 2 pg CV) to Ryan W. Webb (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Call for Applications:
2021 Arctic Advanced Manufacturing Innovator Program

The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) has announced a call for applications for its 2021 Arctic Innovator Program. The Arctic Advanced Manufacturing Innovator Program supports early career innovators with fresh ideas and innovative approaches to address fundamental hard technology manufacturing challenges. Hard technology is defined as physical devices.

Interact logoCall for researchers/experts to join the INTERACT Expert Pool of scientists

INTERACT -The International Network for Research and Monitoring in the Arctic- is seeking experts from various fields of research from natural sciences to human dimension to join an international pool of experts to help with the scientific evaluation of the INTERACT Transnational Access applications. Currently, experts are especially needed on topics such as land-based and air-borne contaminants and pollutants, genetics, geomorphology, microplastics, One Health and soil science. However, scientists from other fields of research are also warmly invited to join the INTERACT Expert Pool.  

The University of Maine is seeking outstanding applicants for a new graduate training program focused on fostering systems perspectives to address the challenges of complex socio-environmental changes in the Arctic. This program is designed to provide the next generation of Arctic system scientists with new competencies and skills to advance understanding of the new Arctic and support improved outcomes in the Arctic and beyond.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the availability of a new hub of webpages featuring information about each of Arctic research projects that have been supported through the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) program. Explore the site to learn more about NNA project activities, team members, and field site locations. The site also includes information about the newest round of 2020 NNA grantees.

YESSIn the past year, the Young Earth System Scientists (YESS) have developed a new Strategic Action Plan and have been working to understand and support Early Career Researchers (ECRs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. They will also be involved in the upcoming American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, including in a session entitled “Moving Beyond the Standard: A Transdisciplinary Virtual Event for Early-Career Scientists." Discover more here.

MSc(Res) Polar and Alpine Change Programme
Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, UK

This one-year MSc(Res) programme should interest students seeking Masters-level research training and experience within the broad subject area of cold-regions science. Its research areas include glaciology, geomorphology, climate change, Quaternary science, and oceanic and atmospheric processes.

The LVIS L1A Geotagged Images, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC).  This data set contains geotagged images collected from 21 May 2019 through 08 August 2019 over the United States, Western Canada, and Central America. The images were taken by two NASA Digital Mapping Cameras which were mounted alongside the Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS), an airborne lidar scanning laser altimeter. The data were collected as part of either the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) mission or NASA’s Terrestrial Ecology Program campaign, the Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE).
 

NSFThe National Science Foundation has released an updated solicitation for Navigating the New Arctic (NNA). Navigating the New Arctic is part of NSF's "Big Ideas," 10 bold, long-term research and process ideas that identify areas for future investment at the frontiers of science and engineering. The Big Ideas represent unique opportunities to position our Nation at the cutting edge of global science and engineering leadership by bringing together diverse disciplinary perspectives to support convergence research. As such, even though proposals must be submitted to the Directorate for Geosciences when responding to this solicitation, once received, the proposals will be managed by a cross-Directorate team of NSF Program Directors. 

pyrn logoDear PYRN members! Let me invite you next summer in Yakutsk (Russia) for taking part in 6th Forum for Young Permafrost Scientists commemorating 100th birthday of Evgeny M. Katasonov and Nina P. Anisimova, June 29 –July 13, 2021. The Forum for Young Permafrost Scientists (FYPS 2021) will include 1) Current Challenges and Future Prospects for Geocryology, a conference held from June 29 to July 2, 2021, and 2) Cryo-Deserts 2021, a field workshop from July 3 to 13, 2021. Please consider the 1st circular & see everyone in Yakutsk!

the icepod logo 072019For the seventh episode of The IcePod, we met with Robert Hausen who works as a forecaster for the German Weather Service (DWD) and joined leg 3 of the MOSAiC expedition. Since Robert was a kid, he always waited for the snow to fall and grew up wondering about all kinds of weather phenomena. And this is where he ended up: Polarstern. MOSAiC has been his first Arctic cruise while Robert usually sails the Antarctic seas. This actually qualified him to take part in the coldest leg that MOSAiC could offer its participants. 
 

IASCThe International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)is now soliciting applications to be the next Secretaries for our:Atmosphere Working Group,Social and Human Working Group,Terrestrial Working Group.Being an IASC Working Group Secretary provides a unique experience to support and gain insight into international and interdisciplinary science cooperation. We hope that applicants will see this as a unique professional development opportunity. Duties for the Working Group Secretary include preparation and secretarial support for the Working Group meetings, tracking of activities’ deliverables, and communication with the Working Group and the central Secretariat during the year.The last day to apply is 6 December 2020.

The Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge offers a nine-month Masters Course in Polar Studies. It is a well established course and offers teaching, training and supervision in either the Polar Physical Sciences or the Polar Social Sciences/ Humanities although students may attend lectures from both strands. There is a short video introducing the course available from here, further information about our Masters Programme can be found here. We are running a live Q&A session on Friday 13th November at 13:00 (GMT). Please register here.

logo glacialis whaleWe are a team of biologists, research technicians and a professionnal photographer who are committed to document the fragile environment of the Arctic. We are planning an expedition to the Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay starting in May 2021. EXPEDITION GLACIALIS will monitor the marine mammals and wildlife visually, acoustically and with a thermal camera. We will collect micro-plastic samples and other relevant parameters as well. Our intention is to do open science in collaboration with institutions, universities and communities. We have several partners with a strong interest in collecting and sharing data in these regions and are currently are looking for specific partners related to physico-chemical parameters that we could collect. Find out more here.

IARPC LogoThe Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) supports communication and collaboration across all areas of Arctic research. In addition to collaboration teams that implement the Arctic Research Plan, we have a number of self-forming teams. These teams are spaces for IARPC Collaborations members to organize around topics they find important. We at IARPC encourage all Arctic researchers and community members to join IARPC Collaborations and check out our self-forming teams.
 

SCAR logo 2018 white backgroundThe deadline for Visiting Scholar applications has been extended to 25 November. In recognition of the current travel restrictions as there will be significant flexibility with regard to the timing of completion of the visits. We also welcome applications that are planned to be completed virtually. Full details and how to apply on SCAR`s Visiting Scholar Scheme page.

For a special Issue of the Polar Record journal, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University Press, papers on the topic of Arctic Science Diplomacy in the Rapidly Changing World: From Regional to Global Scales are welcomed. We invite research papers from scientists and experts in this field. For more information please visit the journal website.

The Journal of Marine Science and Engineering invites manuscript submissions for a special issue titled, The Ice-Ocean Boundary. Editors welcome contributions from a broad range of theoretical, modeling, field, and laboratory research into processes that affect this boundary region. Submissions are welcomed until 31 March 2021.

The World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) has opened the call-for-data for the observation period 2018/19. We are compiling standardized data on glacier front variations, glaciological mass balances (at point and glacier-wide level) as well as glacier changes in area, thickness, and volume from geodetic surveys. Furthermore, we are interested in special events such as related to glacier surges, avalanches, or lake outburst floods. For more information, data submission guidelines and forms please check our website. Data submission deadline is December 1, 2020.

egu logoThe EGU General Assembly 2021, traditionally held each spring in Vienna, Austria, will take place entirely online. In its place, EGU will host vEGU21: Gather Online (#vEGU21), a completely virtual event that will take place from 19–30 April and bring together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. With this call for abstracts, all scientific sessions are open to receive your contribution. The deadline for abstract submission is 13 January 2021, 13:00 CET. You are kindly invited to find a session for your abstract here

 

 

unnamedThe Antarctic Environments Portal provides ready access to high-level summary information on Antarctic issues, based on the best available scientific knowledge. SCAR’s primary aim in hosting the Portal is to fulfil its remit of providing objective and independent scientific advice to the Antarctic Treaty System on issues of science and conservation affecting the management of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. We are excited to have launched a ‘new look’ Portal website which has been redesigned to make it easier for users to find the information they want and to access additional resources. The Portal’s Information Summaries have also been designed to make them more user-friendly.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks offers a free online course on 'Remote Sensing of Wildfires'starting 2 November 2020. Learn how satellite imagery and the science of remote sensing allows us to detect wildfires, help manage their spread, and guide ecological restoration. It's a self-paced 4-week course and the content is tailored for a broad audience (high school to University students).

Course Link: https://www.edx.org/course/remote-sensing-of-wildfires

Quantarcticais a collection of Antarctic geographical datasets for research, education, operations and environment management that works on free GIS software QGIS. To respond to the strong desire of the community and to take the full benefits of rapidly growing knowledge base in Antarctica and Southern Ocean, Norwegian Polar Institute is currently developing a plan to make a major update to Quantarctica version 4. We would like to start this process with a community survey to hear about datasets, data categories, and functions you want to see in QA4. We need your feedback by the end of November. The survey takes 5-10 minutes.

 

We would like to draw your attention to the extension of the deadline to submit your manuscript to the Focus Section onArctic and Antarctic Seismology, to be published in the July 2021 volume of Seismological Research Letters. The new deadline is December 28, 2020. Please visit this website for a detailed scope and do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. Kind regards and stay safe, Myrto Pirli & Peter Voss (Guest Editors)

This funding partnership between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) supports projects to develop and advance knowledge concerning dynamic language infrastructure in the context of endangered human languages - languages that are both understudied and at risk of falling out of use. Made urgent by the imminent loss of roughly half of the approximately 7,000 currently used languages, this effort aims to exploit advances in human-language. Learn more and submit a full proposal by November 18

The Mid-Career Advancement (MCA) is the only cross-directorate NSF program specifically aimed at providing protected time and resources to established scientists and engineers targeted at the mid-career (Associate Professor rank or equivalent) stage. By (re)-investing in mid-career investigators, the National Science Foundation aims to enable and grow a more diverse scientific workforce (more women, persons with disabilities, and underrepresented minorities) at high academic ranks, who remain engaged and active in cutting-edge research.

Participating programs in the Directorates for Biological Sciences (BIO), Geosciences (GEO), Engineering (ENG), Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE), and Education and Human Resources (EHR) will accept MCA proposals. Program Investigators are encouraged to discuss the suitability of their MCA proposal with a program officer from the appropriate directorate.

Read more at: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21516/nsf21516.htm.

The Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska has released the Inuit led report entitled Food Security and Self-Governance: Inuit Role in Managing Arctic Marine Resources. The Food Sovereignty and Self Governance Project is bringing Inuit together to lead their own work. To access the report, please visit the website of the Inuit Circumpolar Cuncil.

iasc webThe Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 (24-26 March 2021) under the overarching topic “The Arctic: Regional Change Global Impacts” now accepts calls for abstracts. The conference will be held online and will include oral and e-poster presentations. Each lead author may submit up to one oral and one e-poster presentation until November 30, 2020. Abstracts are limited to 1500 characters and the title should not be longer than 150 characters.

The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) is delighted to announce the 28th AMOS Annual Conference: ‘Science for Impact’. We will hold this event online, 8–12 February 2021. Our ‘Science for Impact’ theme highlights the real-world benefits science has, and can continue to have, through collaboration and partnerships. AMOS 2021 delegates are not just from Australia but from across the world—researchers, government representatives, NGOs, businesses, students and the media. The AMOS Organising Committee invites you to submit an abstract for presentation at the AMOS 2021 Annual Conference until 6 November.

SCAR logo 2018 white backgroundOn behalf of SCAR Standing Committee on the Humanities and Social SciencesSCAR Standing Committee on the Humanities and Social Sciences, we invite all Antarctic researchers, support staff, students, and anyone else involved in Antarctic research or logistics to fill out this survey.Your response will help the team to understand how we as a community are affected and will inform strategic decisions to mitigate impacts. Please click here to participate in the survey.Your participation in this survey is voluntary, confidential, and anonymous. It will take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete this survey. Note that the survey is set to close by 8 November 2020 (23:59 GMT). If you have any questions, please contact Andrea Herbert (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Daniela Liggett (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

 

As you know, due to the Covid Pandemic in all World and in Latin America, the Organizing Committee of the 3rd Sochicri Annual Meeting has decided to postpone our meeting to 18-19 March 2021. The local committee decided to organize the meeting fully online and participation it will be entirely free of inscription fees. For those who had already paid their inscription, find details below. Those participants who still wish to send an abstract, you can do it until Nov., 30th 2020 via the webpage.

Are you a student looking to fund your innovative research in Cryospheric Science? Consider participating in the Flash Freeze competition at this year's Fall Meeting! The AGU Cryosphere Section Executive Committee is now accepting applications for the Cryosphere Innovation Award for Students that will be decided in the Flash Freeze competition during the Fall Meeting (Thursday, December 10). The award is open to all students attending the 2020 Fall Meeting and is given to support and recognize innovative student-led research in the Cryospheric Sciences. Students wishing to participate in this year's competition are required to submit a letter of intent (not to exceed one (1) page) and a CV (not to exceed two (2) pages) to the Innovation Award subcommittee chaired by Ryan Webb via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by November 25, 2020 at midnight US eastern time.  

IASCThe IASC Medal is awarded in recognition of exceptional and sustained contributions to the understanding of the Arctic.A maximum of one award is made each year, assuming that there is a nominee of appropriate quality. The whole IASC community, from all countries and career stages, is encouraged to submit a nomination by sending this form to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., demonstrating the nominee’s excellence and sustained contribution to the understanding of the Arctic (see evaluation criteria). Nominations for the 2021 IASC Medal, which is expected to be awarded at the ASSW 2021, can be submitted to the IASC Secretariat until 31 December 2020.

In 2021, a coalition of organizations including The Arctic Institute, Women in Polar Science, and Women of the Arctic will be organizing a webinar series, "Breaking the Ice Ceiling". The aim is to highlight research, experience, and stories of polar women researchers. Please fill out this form if you would like to present in this webinar series and the organizers will reach out and follow up on coordination.

iasc webThe call for abstracts for the science days of the Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 (24-26 March 2021) under the overarching topic “The Arctic: Regional Change Global Impacts” is now open. Despite the focus on the Arctic, several sessions accept contributions on the Antarctic, aiming at fostering networking and advances on research on both poles. Abstracts text is limited to 1500 characters and the title should not be longer than 150 characters. Deadline for abstract submission is 30 November 2020. Read the 2nd circular.

We are pleased to present newly combined high-resolution reconstructions of Antarctic palaeotopography and Southern Ocean palaeobathymetry for five time intervals between the Eocene–Oligocene boundary (ca. 34 Ma) and the present-day. The grids were produced by merging separately published reconstructions of palaeotopography and palaeobathymetry from two recent studies (Paxman et al., 2019; Hochmuth et al., 2020), and are a key output of the Past Antarctic Ice Sheet dynamics (PAIS) Antarctic palaeotopography and palaeobathymetry working group of SCAR. The grids are freely available to download here.

logo uarctic horWe are delighted to announce today the launch of the Læra Institute for Circumpolar Education (Læra Institute), a new institute within the international University of the Arctic (UArctic). Læra Institute lead partners Trent University and the University of Northern British Columbia are privileged to be joined in this initiative by the Arctic State Agrotechnological University in Russia, Nord University in Norway, and Lakehead University and Yukon University in Canada.

CLIVASH2kinitiates a data call of published and unpublished Antarctic ice core records of Na+ and SO42-, ideally as both flux and concentration, at the best available resolution (seasonal to decadal) spanning the past two thousand years. To submit data, please fill in the excel template (download here) by 1 December, send it to Elizabeth Thomas: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and Diana Vladimirova: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or contact us if you wish to be involved in the data interpretation or analysis. Thank you. 
 
 

New digital technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence are leading to a major transformation in Earth observation and opening up a wealth of opportunities for science and business alike. Embracing this new era, ESA and the European Geosciences Union (EGU) have opened a competition for an award in Earth observation excellence. Do you know someone who is in the early stages of their career, but already deserves recognition for their innovative use of Earth observation? If so, there is now a unique opportunity to nominate them for the new ESA–EGU Earth Observation Excellence Award. The deadline for submitting nominations is 2 November 2020.

A new book entitled “Arctic Hydrology, Permafrost and Ecosystems”, co-edited by Dr. Daqing Yang of Environment and Climate Change Canada and Prof. Douglas Kane of Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, has been published in September 2020 by Springer. This book, drawing on the latest research results from across the circumpolar regions, provides a comprehensive, up-to-date assessment of the key terrestrial components of the Arctic system, i.e. hydrology, climatology, permafrost, and ecology. With an integrated system approach, the book’s 30 chapters, written by a diverse team of leading scholars (86 authors from 12 countries), carefully examine Arctic climate variability/change, large river hydrology, lakes and wetlands, snow cover and ice processes, permafrost characteristics, vegetation/landscape changes, and the future trajectory of Arctic system evolution.

AC quickguide 2020.pdfThe Arctic Council published a quick guide to itself; who participates in it, what it does, and its accomplishments. Find the free download here.

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The Ecologic Institute, Migration in Harmony Research Coordination Network (MiH-RCN), and The Arctic Institute invite applications for the Arctic Winter College. The Arctic Winter College is a series of web-based seminars (webinars) that will take place on Tuesdays, 18:00-20:00 Central European Time from 12 January to 23 March 2021. Weekly webinars, featuring diverse experts and hosted by MiH-RCN Principle Investigator Victoria Herrmann, will focus on the theme “Arctic on the Move.” Urbanization, globalization, and the impacts of climate change are activating the simultaneous migrations of species, ecosystems, settlements, and cultures across Arctic coastlines.

The European Commission and the European Space Agency are working together to improve cooperation and to identify the grand science challenges in Polar research that may drive joint EC-ESA scientific activities in the coming years. The European Polar Science Week is one of the first results of this increased cooperation between the two organisations. It will take place on-line October 26-30 2020.Find more details and registration before October 20.

iassa logoThe International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) announces the 10th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS X) to be held on the campus of Northern (Arctic) Federal University, in Arkhangelsk, Russia, 15-19 June 2021. 

the icepod logo 072019The IcePod goes live and Antarctic! For our first live episode that we broadcasted during the APECS workshop "Antarctic Science: Global connections", we met with the Australian weather observer and Ph.D. candidate Vicki Heinrich. Well, actually, it wasn't only Vicki but we had another special guest: Vickie's pet cat sneaking around. 
 

The Permafrost Carbon Network (PCN) invites contributions of data for a synthesis aimed at improving the understanding of fire effects on permafrost thermal regimes across the pan-Arctic. This synthesis arose from a breakout session at the PCN meeting before the American Geophysical Union last December.

UK Russia MARESEDU session leaflet Anna Gebruk1The Marine Research and Eduation (MaresEdu) conference hosts two sessions that are focused on the Arctic region and we invite everyone with an interest to Arctic region and marine research to attend these sessions: 1. Special session on the UN Decade of Ocean Science with a focus on the Arctic region, and 2. UK-Russia joint session on marine expeditions in the Arctic Understanding Marine Biology and Biogeochemistry of the Changing Arctic OceanPlease note that all sessions of MaresEdu are free but you need to fill in registration form to attend.

iassa logoThe Arctic Resilience Forum 2020 will be held online as a series of ten weekly 1,5 hours long webinars starting this Wednesday,
October 7, 2020. The Forum is hosted by the Icelandic Chairmanship and co-organized by the Sustainable Development Working Group and the Arctic Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center. You can find the weekly schedule below and register on the dedicated event website hosted by the Belfer Center. Simultaneous Russian interpretation will be provided for all sessions. We hope that you will join us and we appreciate you sharing this information with your networks.

The SCAR Antarctic biodiversity portal and the SCAR Standing Committee of Antarctic Data Managers (SCADM) and expert group on Antarctic Biodiversity Informatics (EG-ABI) are excited to present a series of online webinars designed to help you to better integrate your biological field work and research cycle.

Date: 3 - 6 November 2020
Time: 09:00 UTC - 10:30 UTC

The Arctic Research Consortium of the US announces the Early Career Conference Funding Award to support up to twenty, US-based, early career researchers and students to participate in meetings and events relevant to Arctic research. In lieu of full travel grants during 2020/21, these funding awards will cover registration fees, session/abstract submission costs, and other relevant expenses related to virtual conference attendance for one conference or event scheduled to take place through 31 May 2021. The deadline for submitting an award application is 5:00pm Alaska time, 1 November 2020. For more information on the award, qualifications, and how to apply, please visit this website.

Are you using drone-based remote sensing to advance understanding of cryospheric systems? If so, please consider submitting a manuscript to our new Frontiers in Remote Sensing Research Topic: “Innovation and Applications of UAV Remote Sensing in Cryospheric Systems.An abridged version of our call is appended below, and key dates are as follows: Abstract deadline: 29 January 2021, Full manuscripts: 2 July 2021

For the sixth episode, The IcePod went overseas where we connected with Taneil Uttal in Boulder, Colorado. Taneil is a meteorologist at NOAA, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Taneil Uttal and Anja Sommerfeld from the fifth episode of The IcePod were the female atmospheric force during the darkest hours of the MOSAiC sea-ice drift. As the leader of the Atmospheric Team, Taneil felt it was her main job to make everybody else's job easy. Leg 2 being the only fully sun-free period of the expedition, it provided Taneil with the best opportunities to observe the most extreme conditions in the Arctic, and to measure all the 'zeros' during darkness. Find the new episode here.

Université Laval's Sentinel North program announces the opening of the Sentinel North excellence scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships competition, from September 1 to October 10, 2020.These scholarships and fellowships aim to encourage the best candidates to undertake or pursue research activities within theSentinel North research program in a transdisciplinary environment.Master, PhD and postdoctoral projects can earn support.Candidates who stand out by the excellence of their academic record and the innovative and multidisciplinary potential of their research project are invited to submit their application.

Deadline to apply: October 10, 2020

Find out more about the eligibility requirements and evaluation criteria for the competition here

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego in La Jolla, California, invites applications for one or more Institution-wide Postdoctoral positions in any of the major areas of research conducted at Scripps. Scripps Institution of Oceanography is one of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for marine science research in the world. Research at Scripps encompasses physical, chemical, biological, geological, and geophysical studies of the oceans, earth, and atmosphere.

The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC) of The Ohio State University announces the 2020 Byrd Fellowship Program for Postdoctoral Researchers. This program was established through a major gift from the Byrd Foundation in memory of Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd and Marie Ames Byrd, his wife. This program provides fellowships at The Ohio State University for postdoctoral researchers with superior academic backgrounds who are pursuing advanced research on topics relevant to polar and alpine environments as well as global climate change. Postdoctoral fellows must have received their Ph.D. within five years of selection. Except for fieldwork and other fellowship related research activities that require absence from campus, Byrd Fellows are expected to be in residence at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center during the tenure of their fellowship.

The First Nations Development Institute (First Nations), in partnership with The Henry Luce Foundation invite applications for 10 Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowships. Through this fellowship program, organizers will award 10 fellowships to outstanding Native knowledge holders and knowledge makers engaged in meaningful work that benefits Indigenous people.

The Gender Equality in the Arctic (GEA) project is proud to announce “GEA III Report Feedback Sessions”, a series of six online sessions presenting the work of the project’s lead-authors for the Pan-Arctic Report on Gender Equality in the Arctic. The sessions are an integral part of the process of calling for feedback and suggestions for the report and to inform future work on the topic of Gender Equality in the Arctic. In each session the lead-authors and selected contributors for one chapter will present their work and answer questions and engage in conversation with registered participants. Participants are invited and encouraged to comment and make suggestions. Read more on the GEA Report here.  

Find more about the session descriptions and dates here: https://arcticgenderequality.network/gea-iii-report-feedback-sessions

Call for contributions for Northern Notes Autumn/Winter 2020 Edition 54th. Please submit your contribution until 1 November to Ann Crawford at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

YESS LogoWith the success of the first edition of the Science Webinar and the interests shown by the YESS community, the team comprising members from the Online Events and Science Working Groups launches the second edition of the Science Webinar series. The goal of the webinar series is to keep the community well informed with the latest research and broaden their knowledge in areas of the Earth sciences. The online activities have been helpful in the professional development of early-career researchers and keep them motivated during these uncertain times.

YESS LogoHigh Impact Weather Project (HIWeather) is a 10-year research project established in 2016 by WMO’s World Weather Research Programme (WWRP). HIWeather is aimed at achieving dramatic improvements in the effectiveness of weather-related hazard warnings, following recent advancements in numerical weather prediction at km-scale and in disaster risk reduction. In this context, the WWRP and the Young Earth System Scientists (YESS) Community are delighted to announce the first edition of the Citizen Science Webinar Series between September and November 2020. 

inuit logoThe Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska, in collaboration with partners, is pleased to release the report: Food Sovereignty and Self-Governance - Inuit Role in Arctic Marine Resource Management. This Inuit-led report illuminates the unique and rich Inuit values and management practices that have successfully safeguarded the Arctic for thousands of years. 

The NASA MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE scene-pair velocity data set is now available online at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, with a new tool for rapidly selecting and filtering the data. This new data set consists of single-pair image-correlation-based ice flow velocities generated from the entire Landsat 4, 5, 7 & 8 archive. The 8 million individual scene-pairs cover all the permanent ice-covered areas larger than 5 km2, globally. It spans 1984 to early 2019 and has a spatial resolution of 240m. Regular updates to near-real-time (~1 to 2 months latency) are planned before the end of the year.

COVID-19 Reporting Card system provides a daily updated summarized high-level overview of the statistics on the COVID-19 pandemic in the Arctic. The reporting card includes information about the total confirmed cases, deaths, death rate per 100 000 cases, and a number of cases and deaths added per the last 24 hours for 52 arctic and northern regions. One may view the reporting card for any available date, download the current report as PDF, and subscribe to receive the most recent version of the reporting card to email daily, three times per week, or once per week.

To subscribe or view visit: 

https://www.geotree.uni.edu/arcticcovid/

More information about the project: https://arcticcovid.uni.edu/

The U.S. Ice Drilling Program Office (IDPO) announces the release of their  Summer 2020 Ice Bits newsletter. Ice Bits is the quarterly update of the U.S. IDPO and Ice Drilling Design and Operations (IDDO) group activities.

Topics highlighted in this edition include:

  • 2020-2030 Long Range Science and Long Range Drilling Technology Plans Updated,
  • 2020 Ice Core Working Group White Papers,
  • 2020 Science Advisory Board (SAB) Meeting and SAB Rotations,
  • IDP-WI Refocuses on Development and Maintenance Work Amid COVID-19 Pandemic,
  • COVID-19 Transformed 2020 School of Ice is Successfully Executed,
  • Acknowledgment of IDP in Publications, and
  • Ice Drilling Support for NSF Polar Proposals.

To view or download the current newsletter, go to:
https://www.arcus.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=25346&qid=4341529

The Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) would like to draw your attention to the release of a new range of High Resolution Snow & Ice (HR-S&I) Monitoring products.
These products are now operationally available and include:

  •     Fractional Snow Cover (FSC)
  •     Persistent Snow Area (PSA)
  •     River and Lake Ice Extent (RLIE)
  •     Aggregated River and Lake Ice Extent (ARLIE)

The first-ever Strategic Plan for the Canadian Permafrost Association (CPA) has been drafted and is ready for review by the permafrost community.  You can download it at https://canadianpermafrostassociation.ca/Strategic-Plan.htm.

Feedback is easy and anonymous: just click on the link at the end of each of the five themes within the document. We look forward to your feedback, the deadline for comments has been extended to September 21. 

ESIP Community Fellows are graduate students and post-docs (<2 yrs since graduation) interested in bridging the gap between informatics and Earth Science. This fellowship provides fellows with a chance to work closely with professionals in an interdisciplinary, cross-sector group (ESIP collaboration area) on current Earth Science problems. Community fellows become engaged in ESIP collaboration areas as rapporteurs, documenting group activities on monthly telecons and at ESIP’s semi-annual meetings. As fellows become more familiar with collaboration-area activities, they may choose to integrate their own research, which can result in publication and additional funding opportunities.

iassa logo1ICASS X's theme is Arctic Generations: Looking Back and Looking Forward. Research on social sciences and humanities have a great responsi- bility to address the challenges for sustainable development in the Arctic, with a specific focus on past, present and future generations of Arctic residents. The generational nature of changes and responses have lately become more recog- nized by many policy makers and researchers. A focus on generations highlights the long-term, fundamental nature and scope of changes, im- pacts and adaptation strategies. Another focus of ICASS X is Indigenous knowledge and inter- and transdisciplinary research in the Arctic.

As a stakeholder of the Polar and Sub-polar region, we are pleased to announce that the call for proposals for the BEST 2.0+ grant scheme is now open!

BEST 2.0+ is designed to support actions on the ground carried out by local stakeholders in the EU and UK Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs). The objective remains the conservation of biodiversity and sustainable use of ecosystem services, including ecosystem based approaches to climate change adaptation and mitigation in the OCTs. This call has been adapted to cope with the consequences of the covid-19 outbreak and has been extended to include circular economy solutions.

Member positions are opening in the leadership group of the SOOS Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas Regional Working Group.

The Regional Working Group aims to discuss progress and ideas in the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Sea sector to improve the functioning, development, outputs and outcomes of research, policy and stakeholder groups. From a practical perspective, we seek to coordinate and publicise current and future studies in the region to promote greater collaboration and opportunities.

The High Mountain Asia Near-Global Multi-Decadal Glacial Lake Inventory, Version 1 data set is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data set contains polygons of glacial lake extent on a near-global scale, averaged over five multi-year periods between 1990 and 2018 using optical imagery from Landsat missions 4, 5, 7, and 8.

Access to the data and documentation is provided on the data set web page at the NSIDC DAAC: https://nsidc.org/data/hma_gli

In partnership with Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers, students and youth from northern and southern Canada, we are preparing short films showcasing different journeys from members of our community. If you would like to share your journey, please click here, where you’ll be invited to record 30 second videos to respond to some questions. You can respond to one, a few or all questions. Voice-only submissions are also welcome! If you wish to contribute anonymously, written responses are also welcome, and will be read and recorded by Indigenous youth.

Read more here.

UArctic logo newIn the 2020 issue of UArctic's annual Shared Voices magazine they feature examples of climate action from their network: broader organizational efforts, personal and individual actions, and concrete examples from the grassroots level. How does climate action look like in politics and leadership? What are current national priorities in the Arctic? What can we learn from COVID-19 to improve online education? 

Read more here.

Interact logoThe EU-H2020 funded INTERACT (International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic) opens a call for research groups to apply for Trans-National Access and Remote Access to 52 (TA) and 33 (RA) research stations. The current call for Trans-national and Remote Access applications is open until 15th October 2020, and it is for access taking place between April 2021 and March 2022. Regarding COVID-19 and the ongoing call: we proceed with the call in a regular manner, but reserve the possibility to modify the call, postpone the granted accesses or negotiate shift from physical access to remote access if the situation and safety regulations so require. You can find the TA/RA Call informationdescriptions of stations and their facilities, and registration to the INTERACCESS on-line application system from the INTERACT website.

Find more information here

With just ten years to go to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN’s 2030 Agenda, science funders from around the world have asked the International Science Council (ISC) to convene the insights and ideas of the broader global scientific community on the critical priorities for science that will support and enable societies to accomplish the goals by 2030. ISC wants to hear from scientists in all fields and all disciplines, including the natural, social and human sciences. 

Deadline for submission: 2 October 2020. For further information, please contact Katsia Paulavets, Senior Science Officer, ISC, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Read more here.

An extended report by Aborigen-Forum, Centre for the Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Arctic Consult, and Batani foundation. 

This is extended report prepared by Gennady Schukin (Aborigen-Forum, Russia), Rodion Sulyandziga, PhD (Centre for the Support of indigenous Peoples of the North, Russia), Dmitry Berezhkov (Arctic Consult, Norway) and Pavel Sulyandziga, PhD (Batani Foundation, US) based on the Aborigen-Forum position paper “COVID-19 in Russia. The impact on indigenous peoples’ communities”, prepared for the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the Arctic Consult report “Indigenous Peoples of the Russian North and COVID 19: Challenges in Achieving the SDGs” prepared for the Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education “Tebtebba Foundation.”

Read the full report here.

iasc webEvery year around December, IASC publishes our Arctic science calendar.

For graphics and photographs we depend solely on what the IASC community sends us. We are looking for new photographs for the publication of the 2020 Calendar, and other IASC publications such as the website, brochures, social media, and Bulletin. We welcome images depicting all areas of Arctic science: scientists in the field, animals, landscapes, everyday life in the Arctic, and more!

Submission for a special issue of the journal Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433) belonging to the section "Climatology" and titled "Interactions between the Cryosphere and Climate (Change)" will stay open until February 5, 2021.  

You can follow this link for further details:

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/Cryosphere_Climate">https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/Cryosphere_Climate

 

Reconnecting with Heritage

Have you already heard about this fun and important international call? Reconnecting with your Heritage. Draw your Heritage.

In addition to the link, I have attached the details. I am hoping that your networks will reach out to polar communities everywhere and get the kids drawing!!! This sounds like a lot of fun and can really get the Poles on the map :D 

Please consider submitting papers that focus on various aspects of Arctic hydrology to the special issue in open source journal “ Water” (IF 2.524) https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water/special_issues/Arctic_Region. Submission is currently open until October 1, 2020 but will be extended until February 2021.

If you are US based now or know collaborators who are then the BSSw (Better Scientific Software -https://bssw.io/)  Fellowship Program might be of interest – https://bssw.io/blog_posts/applications-open-for-the-2021-bssw-fellowship-program (applications are open for their 2021 Fellowship Program). The progam was originally modelled off the SSI Fellows programme.

Any questions about it – contact the BSSw Fellowship co-ordinator - Hai Ah Nam - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Velocity Maps from InSAR, Version 3 data set, accessible from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has been updated to a new version. This data set is part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program. It provides velocity estimates determined from Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) data for major glacier outlet areas in Greenland. The maps are produced from image pairs measured by the German Aerospace Center’s (DLR) twin satellites TerraSAR-X / TanDEM-X (TSX / TDX).

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Université Laval's Sentinel North program announces the opening of the Sentinel North excellence scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships competition, from September 1 to October 10, 2020. 

These scholarships and fellowships aim to encourage the best candidates to undertake or pursue research activities within the Sentinel North research program in a transdisciplinary environment. 

I am reaching out to the cryosphere/glaciology community to ask for some assistance. My name is Will Harcourt and I am a PhD student at the University of St Andrews where I am developing new techniques to monitor glaciers from satellites and the ground. I am working on a very exciting outreach project, in collaboration with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS), to create a piece a music that encapsulates my research and the wider discipline. The aim of this project is to combine the artistic excellence of musicians and the knowledge of scientific researchers to bring the world of science to new audiences. The final piece will be presented at the Scottish edition of the Explorathon 2020 event (https://www.explorathon.co.uk/) due to be held in St Andrews, but will of course now be mostly virtual. Explorathon is a part of the European Researchers’ night (and day) which celebrates research through public outreach.

The 2020 August Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) Report is now available online. The SIO, a product of the Sea Ice Prediction Network–Phase 2 (SIPN2), provides an open process for those interested in Arctic sea ice to share predictions and ideas. The monthly reports contain a variety of perspectives—from advanced numerical models to qualitative perspectives from citizen scientists. The Outlook is not an operational forecast.

Clic logo1The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is performing several consultations as part of its new WCRP implementation plan, and the input from its core projects is essential; as CliC, the Climate & Cryosphere Project we have been requested to provide nominees to be part of the Regional Consultations.

Clic logo1The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is performing several consultations as part of its new WCRP implementation plan, and the input from its core projects is essential; as CliC, the Climate & Cryosphere Project, we have been requested to provide nominees to be part of the task teams that will develop the proposed Lighthouse Activities (LHA) science plans. LHA are intended to be:
--Major experiments, high-visibility projects, infrastructure building blocks
--Activities that truly bring together the capabilities (scientific, technical, infrastructure) from across the whole of WCRP and with partners.

Below is an exciting opportunity for early career researchers with expertise in Ocean science and interest in Arctic region to join the international team developing the Arctic Action Plan of the United Nation’s Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (UNDOS) 2021 – 2030.

soosThe WAPSA Regional Working Group of the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) is inviting nominations for new members of its Leadership Group. The Leadership Group supports the Group Co-Chairs in driving the activities and strategic oversight of the working group, including working towards the objectives of the Working Group, identifying opportunities for further collaborations and funding, and representing the Working Group at national and international meetings.

We would like to remind you of the call for papers for a Seismological Research Letters Focus Section dedicated to Arctic and Antarctic Seismology. The Focus Section will be published on the July 2021 issue, while the deadline to submit your manuscript is 1st December 2020. Please visit the journal website for a detailed scope and feel free to contact us if you have any questions. Kind regards and stay safe, Myrto Pirli & Peter Voss (Guest Editors)

The Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, opens the International laboratory of Integrated studies and sustainability of the Arctic. Students, postgrads and post docs are invited on a full-term basis to participate in the project on ecosystem services in permafrost zone, and Arctic social-ecological systems in 2021-23. All of those interested in working In Moscow on the forefront of complex humanitarian and physical sciences project are invited to send short CV and 10 sentences motivation letter to Dr. Gleb Kraev This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before Wednesday 26 August. Working knowledge of Russian is essential.

icarpThe Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) is beginning our yearly effort to gather information on relevant research activities that have occurred over the last fiscal year. We hope this provides you an opportunity to share the work you have been doing during FY2020 with the wider research community. We welcome all to contribute information on recent work that is relevant to the Arctic Research Plan. You can identify where your work fits in by finding the relevant research goal (e.g., Sea Ice, Coastal Resilience, Permafrost etc.) and then narrowing down to the specific activity (Performance Element) your work responds to.

The Arctic Sciences Section in the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) is now accepting proposals for Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DDRIGs) to conduct dissertation-level research about and related to the Arctic region. The Programs that are currently accepting DDRIG proposals are the Arctic Social Sciences (ASSP), Arctic System Science (ARCSS), and Arctic Observing Network (AON) Programs.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) invites registration for the 2020 ARCUS Annual Meeting

This meeting will take place virtually on Thursday, 29 October 2020 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. AKDT (10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. PT/11:00 a.m-1:00 p.m. MT/12:00-2:00 p.m. CT/1:00-3:00 p.m. ET).

Call for submission – Vox Pop Inclusion in Northern Research

Our community of Northern research is diverse: it includes people from the North and the South, involves workers and scientists from communities, government and academia as well as stakeholders and knowledge-holders from across the Arctic Circle. Many different journeysled our members to where they are today, contributing to the richness of our community.

100 Kosek KlaudiaJennings Inger SIOS Call for Access 2020The fourth call for access to SIOS research infrastructure is now open! This call is a great opportunity for Early Career Researchers wishing to conduct fieldwork in Svalbard during 2021.

IASCThe IASC Social & Human Working Group (SHWG) is now receiving proposals for consideration for funding in 2020-21. All proposals will be fully discussed and considered at an online SHWG meeting in September (date TBD). All funds allocated by IASC in 2020 should be spent before or at ASSW2021.The proposal template can be found here.

The MEaSUREs Greenland Image Mosaics from Sentinel-1A and -1B, Version 3 data set, accessible from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has been updated to a new version and new data access options are also available. The data have been reprocessed using upgraded software and a revised DEM. There are two new parameters, a calibrated sigma0 radar backscatter product and a calibrated and radiometrically terrain-corrected gamma0 radar backscatter product. Both of these products have a spatial resolution of 50 m, while the uncalibrated product, image, has an improved spatial resolution of 25 m. All the products have been simplified, with the mosaics merged into single cloud-optimized geoTIFFs.

We have developed a new citizen science app called GlacierMap with a view to assessing the value of "crowd sourced" mapping of glacier change (in this case applied to the Cordillera Blanca of the Peruvian Andes), and to contribute to learning and awareness of contemporary issues around glacier change and water resources. The app has primarily been designed with secondary education in mind but we welcome input from all, including the glaciology community, so that we can compare the mapping conducted by the general public against that conducted by those with experience in glaciology. 
We are happy to announce the start of the second Marine Ice Sheet-Ocean Modeling Intercomparison Project (MISOMIP2) as a follow-up to previous ISOMIP, MISMIP and MISOMIP activities. This targeted project supported by the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) program is dedicated to advance coupled glacier-ocean modeling for Antarctica, and foster a close collaboration between ice and ocean communities.
 

arcusThe Arctic Research Consortium of the United States announces the release of 30 virtual meeting backgrounds. ARCUS supports a rich range of Arctic research, education, and communication activities. Our Polar Media Archive is a valuable resource that is home to over 20,000 beautiful photos from across the Arctic: photos in the Archive are available for not-for-profit, non-commercial use with proper attribution. We’re proud to present 30 hand-picked images to serve as virtual meeting backgrounds. Information on how to enable virtual backgrounds is available from the Zoom Help Center. Setup varies across meeting platforms.

We are please to announce that registration and abstract submission for our WAIS Workshop 2020 Virtual Science Sessions is now open. Sessions will take place during  September 21 - 28. Please register and submit your abstract by August 28 here.Participants will be organized into groups of <15 participants, with up to 10 speakers who each give an 8 minute talk. Talks will be followed by a WAIS-style 20 minute discussion moderated by a session convener. The goal is that most participants will attend and present in two ~100-minute sessions scheduled at the convenience of the session participants during the designated week. All sessions will be recorded and posted on YouTube for future community consumption.
 

ee23a1b5 7ed6 4662 b6b4 8a0b62a94aa3The Polar Archaeology Network was established in 2007 in response to a perceived need by the polar archaeological research community for better engagement with broader initiatives in polar science, a desire for stronger international collaborations in discipline-based and interdisciplinary science initiatives, a desire to grow polar archaeological research capacity through scholarly development and early-career involvement, the wish to develop more advanced field and analytical methods particular to polar archaeology, and to ensure continued access to potential datasets that may be environmentally and/or politically sensitive in the context of changing global systems. By joining the PAN mailing list, you are subscribing to the Polar Archaeology Network. You will be informed about internal and external developments and initiatives, and you will receive our regular newsletter.

On March 30 2020, IASC and IASSA Working Group Gender in the Arctichosted a cross-disciplinary workshop on “Gender in Polar Research”, as part of the 2020 Arctic Science Summit Week online. Over 85 participants from around the world joined this online event to discuss and reflect on the gendered nature of polar research. It is a great pleasure to share this poster resulting from this Gender in Polar Research Workshop, including a call for action. The poster and further information are displayed / available for download as jpg or pdf here.

Amundsen Science, the organization responsible for the management of the scientific mandate of the research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen, announces the publication of a new website. The improved platform is meant to be used both by expedition participants and a larger audience wanting to learn more about the mandate and expeditions.

We are pleased to draw your attention towards our upcoming Special Issue: ‘Debris-covered glaciers: formation, governing processes, present status and future directions’ in the Frontiers of Earth Sciences journal. The abstract submission (deadline September 23, 2020) is now open. If you intend to submit an abstract it would help the editorial team significantly if you could post an abstract outline or draft in advance of the final deadline as this helps us gauge the interest.

MMPATF horizontal 300x115The IUCN SSC/WCPA Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force announces the the completion of the Extended Southern Ocean Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMA) region.13 new Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) in the Extended Southern Ocean Region are approved. The new IMMAs, as well as candidate* IMMAs and Areas of Interest* are now on the e-Atlas on our new websiteand the report can be downloaded here.

the icepod logo 072019In episode 5 of The IcePod, the podcast about polar science and the people, atmospheric scientist and project manager of MOSAiC Anja Sommerfeld explains why she set her alarm clock to exactly 7.13 am every morning during Leg 2, what it took to prepare 77 early-morning weather balloons for their ascent, and why working with Lady Miss Piggy can be a tough job. 

SIPN2The 2020 July Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) Report is now available online. The SIO, a product of the Sea Ice Prediction Network–Phase 2 (SIPN2), provides an open process for those interested in Arctic sea ice to share predictions and ideas. The monthly reports contain a variety of perspectives—from advanced numerical models to qualitative perspectives from citizen scientists. The Outlook is not an operational forecast.

icarpThe Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee is currently working to develop the next five-year Arctic Research Plan. The goal of the plan is to improve the collective impacts of federal agencies in Arctic research. Before we begin drafting the plan, we are looking for broad input on its structure, goals, and objectives. Comment by August 2, 2020.You can find details on how to comment, as well as more information here.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to raise significant concern across the world, it has become evident that the pandemic and measures taken to prevent its spread would be poised to have significant effects on public health and societies. The Arctic region, especially rural and remote communities, faces unique risks and challenges as a result of both the pandemic and the actions taken to respond to it. The preparation of this briefing document relied on existing Arctic Council networks and was open and collaborative. It involved contributions and input from more than fifty researchers affiliated to the Council’s Working Groups, policy makers, Indigenous representatives and Indigenous knowledge holders from all Arctic States and Permanent Participants. Download and read the briefing document here.

Sea Ice Prediction Network – Phase 2 (SIPN2)SIPN2

Date: Wednesday, 29 July 2020

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (AKDT)

Webinar Title: Machine Learning—Challenges and Opportunities for Applications in Sea Ice Prediction

The Sea Ice Prediction Network – Phase 2 (SIPN2) invites registration for an open webinar entitled, Machine Learning—Challenges and Opportunities for Applications in Sea Ice Prediction.

SCAR is delighted to announce that SCAR 2020 Online has now opened for registration. The conference website (www.scar2020.org) has also launched now. 

Registration is free and open to all. Please click here to register.

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If you are interested in being part of the conversation on Arctic research planning or are curious about what the Arctic Research Plan is and how it is being developed, please join us for an IARPC Webinar on July 20 at 2pm ET / 10am AKT

IASCThe IASC Social & Human Working Group (SHWG) is now receiving proposals for consideration for funding in 2020-21. Please submit your porposal no later than August 20. All proposals will be fully discussed and considered at an online SHWG meeting in September (date TBD). The proposal template can be accessed here.

unnamed1IASC's 2020 State of Arctic Science Report aims to be a cohesive synthesis of international Arctic research activities and priorities, as gathered from the Arctic research community itself. Arctic science is moving faster than ever, and so this report is aimed at Arctic science agencies, Arctic science managers, and Arctic science users including a wide range of decisionmakers and policymakers, to help all Arctic science stakeholders stay up to date on Arctic research.

USPAThe U.S. Permafrost Association Education/Permafrost Young Researchers Network Fund will offer funding awards to cover the cost of abstract submission and registration to attend the 2020 virtual AGU conference. Students at any education level are welcome to apply in addition to post-graduate researchers (within two years of completing their last degree). Applicants will be evaluated on a merit basis and must be 1st author on a permafrost-related research presentation at AGU and have active memberships with both USPA and PYRN. Funding will be available for permafrost science and engineering disciplines. The AGU abstract deadline is July 29, 2020. Download the application form available on the UPEF webpage for more information on eligibility requirements and necessary application components.

SIOS logo titel small 0The SIOS Remote Sensing Working Group would like to engage an early career researcher (ECR) to serve as an observer member on the working group. The ECR would act as a SIOS ambassador and assist distributing news about SIOS remote sensing activities in ECR and other administrative and scientific networks. The selected ECR observer is expected to also contribute scientifically to the working group activities. This opportunity provides a platform for ECRs to become involved in an international organisation and develop important management and organisational skills. More information about application, eligibility criteria, evaluation and timeline can be found here.

Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy

Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) has five upcoming webinars in July.

The National Park Service (NPS), Alaska Region announces the release of the more recent issue of Alaska Park Science. The journal is published by the NPS Alaska Regional Office. It reports information from on-going and recently completed research in and around Alaska’s national parklands. Alaska Park Science covers all relevant scientific disciplines in the biological, physical, cultural, and social sciences. All articles are reviewed by at least two individuals with sufficient technical or scientific expertise in the subject matter.

The 2020 June Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) Report is now available online. For the pan-Arctic, the median June Outlook value for September 2020 sea-ice extent is 4.33 million square kilometers, with quartiles of 4.06 and 4.59 million square kilometers. The median is close to the 2019 June Outlook, of 4.40 million square kilometers, and to the observed 2019 September sea-ice extent of 4.32 million square kilometers.

Submission Deadline for the 2020 Sea Ice Outlook July Report (based on May & June data): 6:00 p.m. (AKDT) Monday, 13 July 2020. Find guidelines for contributions here

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Collaborations team meetings occur monthly. A synopsis of May Collaboration Team meetings is now available. An IARPC account is required to access the online synopsis. To request an IARPC account, go to the account request webpage. The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee created IARPC Collaborations to connect Federal government and non-Federal government researchers and other stakeholders to work together to solve the hard problems laid out in its 5-year Research Plan. IARPC Collaborations is open to anyone to contribute. New contributors may request an account.

agu logoThe deadline for abstract submissions to AGU 2020 is Wednesday, 29 July at 23:59 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Please note that since AGU will be mostly virtual this year  the registration fee will be about 50% less than the in-person rate.

It is our pleasure to announce the publication of the third issue of the Global Glacier Change Bulletin series. You can download the full report  in PDF-format from our website: https://wgms.ch/ggcb/. The printed volumes will be shipped in July 2020. Our work relies on the cooperation and help of many scientists and observers throughout the world. We highly appreciate their contribution  in collaboration with our national correspondents, who are coordinating the data compilation in their country.

the icepod logo 072019In the second bonus episode of the IcePod on the Targeted Observing Periods, we speak with Thomas Jung, captain and structured mind behind YOPP and PPP. Here is the second episode on the YOPP Targeted Observing Periods, or TOPs. This time, we speak to Thomas Jung, head of the section Climate Dynamics at the German Alfred Wegener Institute and professor for Physics of the Climate System at the University of Bremen. Even more important, as the chair of the Polar Prediction Project's Steering Group, he is the captain and structured mind behind YOPP and PPP.

sooslogo2cThe objective of our regional working group is to facilitate coordinated and standardized observational studies of major physical, chemical and biological variables including their drivers and interactions. The working group strives to increase the quality of the science output, and strengthen the awareness of the relevance of research in the WS-DML sector of the Southern Ocean through international projects contributing to SOOS.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites Letters of Intent for the Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) solicitation. The vision of the NSF INCLUDES Big Idea is to catalyze the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) enterprise to work collaboratively for inclusive change, resulting in a STEM work force that reflects the population of the nation. More specifically, NSF INCLUDES seeks to broaden participation in STEM fields through a national network that will inspire collaborative efforts aimed at increasing the active participation of those who have been historically underrepresented and underserved in STEM.

It is with great pleasure that the IGS announces the recipients of the 2020 IACS-IGS Graham Cogley Award.The IACS-IGS Graham Cogley Award was established in 2019 in memory of Professor Graham Cogley who made substantial and enduring contributions to glaciology, in particular to the understanding and quantification of glacier mass change. Graham is also recognized for his sustained and outstanding service to the wider glaciological community, including as IGS Chief Editor between 2016 and 2018. The Graham Cogley Award recognizes excellence in glaciological research by student scientists. The award was initiated and is generously sponsored by the Cogley family and is shared between the International Glaciological Society (IGS) and the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS), with the IGS and the IACS giving out the award in alternate years. For more details on the IGS award and the selection procedure see here.

iassa logoHuman migration is projected as one of the greatest adverse impacts of climate change with future flows of climate migrants, also referred to as climate refugees, predicted at 200 million by 2050 (IPCC 2006).To address this intense and complex climate change impact, the Belmont Forum is excited to announce the scoping of a new international funding opportunity focused on Migration and Climate Change. We invite you to participate in a special online meeting to share your expert perspective of the state of the science as it relates to research and societal needs in Migration. The scoping meeting will be held online on July 10, 2020 at 11am UTC using a government-secured Zoom license to bring together stakeholders from multiple disciplines interested in Migration on various scales. 

Organizers invite registration and abstracts for the 3rd International Conference on Polar Climate and Environmental Change in the Last Millennium. This conference has been postponed and will now convene 23-25 November 2020 in Toruń, Poland. The aim of the conference is to present scientific achievements and to identify gaps in the field of the historical climatology of the polar regions based on early meteorological observations, history, dendroclimatology, paleolimnology, geophysics, geomorphology, and other sources. Registration and abstract submission deadline for financial support: 30 September 2020.

In navigating the new boundaries and restrictions in our day-to-day lives, many have found innovative and collaborative ways to engage with each other and with data. At the Arctic Data Center, we are committed to supporting open, inclusive, and community-led data management and reuse. One of our newest initiatives focuses on building Arctic data education resources for undergraduateinstructors.To gauge the needs of the community, we have prepared a short google form for feedback. We would appreciate it if you would help us share this form as widely as possible. Feel free to email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with any questions.

Simon Cook (U Dundee,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Holger Frey (U Zurich,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Adam Emmer (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,emmer.a@czechglobe.cz) and Dan Shugar (U Calgary,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) invite your contributions to a Special Issue in Frontiers focused on high mountain geohazards and risks. We are looking for contributions spanning a variety of locations, methods (e.g. modelling, remote sensing, field studies), and disciplines (physical and social sciences, etc). Full details are availablehere, with the following deadlines: Abstracts (Sept 1, 2020), full manuscripts (January 15, 2021). We encourage you to get in touch with any one of us to discuss your ideas, if you are unsure of fit.

ESA have developed a plan to manouevre CryoSat-2 into a new orbit that is synchronized with ICESat-2. The campaign is tentatively known as Cryo2Ice. Although the Cryo2Ice campaign has been planned for some time, the implementation was paused due to COVID-19. However, there is a favourable opportunity to begin this manouevre on 16th July which would achieve the new orbit by early August, in plenty of time for the Arctic sea ice season.

T MOSAiCT-MOSAiC and their collaborators are pleased to inform you that they will edit a special journal issue on Arctic Terrestrial Pollution, including Coastal Areas. This special issue is pre-accepted to be published in Environmental Pollution (IF= 5.714) and the chief guest-editors will be João Canário from the University of Lisbon (Portugal) and Maribeth Murray from the University of Calgary (Canada). Expression of interest is now open until July 15. Interested authors should send an email to the T-MOSAiC secretariat (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) with a tentative title and the name, affiliation, and email of the lead author.


The Caleb Lumen Pungowiyi Scholars Program announces a call for applications for the 2020 Fall semester. The Caleb Scholars Program is available to students from Norton Sound, Northwest Arctic, and Arctic Slope regions and applicants must be pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in disciplines related to marine conservation. Application deadline is 31 July 2020.

the icepod logo 072019A new bonus 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. In this episode, hosts talk with the meteorology professor Gunilla Svensson about the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) Targeted Observing Periods, the process-based model evaluation project YOPPSiteMIP and why MOSAiC is a paradise for every Arctic scientist.

The National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs (OPP) has released their plans for the upcoming USAP Antarctic season. Find out more details here.

Nominations for the 2020 International Glaciological Society Awards close in just over a month. Details of these awards, their eligibility and the requirements of the nomination packages are available at here. Members of the Awards Committee are listed here.
Please note that the award system was revamped in 2018 and some awards have changed in scope and content. It is the intention of IGS to give these awards on roughly an annual basis. Nominations can be made at any time, but the close off date for the 2020 awards is Friday 17 July 2020.

Our Special Issue on "Dynamic Disturbance Processes in Permafrost Regions" in the open-access journal Remote Sensing strives to bring together research on how disturbances shape and restructure permafrost ecosystems. We welcome submissions on the application of remote sensing to a broad range of disturbances, including thermokarst and thermoerosion, thermokarst lake dynamics, wildfire-ecosystem interactions, and anthropogenic disturbances. We particularly encourage manuscripts linking interacting components that influence periglacial ecosystem dynamics (e.g., wildfire and vegetation; thermokarst and hydrology; climate and thermokarst).

INTERACT logo 2017 blue CMYKAlmost one hundred excellent photographers from the INTERACT Community participated in the INTERACT Photo Competition. We received almost 800 pictures for the nine different categories; Arctic Fieldwork, Climate Change, Glaciers, Landscapes, Local Communities, People, Remote Field Camps, The Research Station, Wildlife and Plants. The pictures have been evaluated by an international evaluation committee, and we are now able to announce the results of the competition. The INTERACT Photo Competition has been made with the main purpose of collecting pictures for a coffee table book about arctic research. View the three best pictures in each category here. The INTERACT secretariat is working on the book with a planned publication late in September 2020. We are however happy to have so many excellent photographers in the INTERACT Community, and we look forward to show you many more pictures in the INTERACT Coffee Table Book.

 

 

Reporting to the International Arctic Science Committee on the activities of a large and diverse community is a problem that we have also identified in the UK. To facilitate communication, we encourage Arctic cryosphere researchers in the UK to subscribe to the mailing list of the NERC Arctic Office – scroll to the bottom of https://www.arctic.ac.uk/ to register. (Richard Essery)

The Polar Data Forum would like to invite you to join online on June 30th from 14:00 - 17:00 UTC to continue our efforts to enhance polar data sharing and interoperability. This will be the first of a planned bi-monthly series of online workshops convened by the ADC, SCADM, SOOS, the Arctic Observing Summit Working Group 4, the Global Cryosphere Watch, and the World Data System on behalf of the polar data community. See herefor more information about the workshop, and register here.

indexThe organizers of the 2021 RCOP-ICCRE conference in Boulder are seeking interested PYRN members to serve on the RCOP-ICCRE conference equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) committee. Interested members can contact Matthew Whitley, the US National Representative (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

The University of Bergen (UiB), the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the University of Oslo (UiO) have the pleasure of inviting all PhD-students working within the fields of energy and sustainability to the 2020 interdisciplinary summer school on flexible energy systems. This year’s summer school will take place in the Bergen region. The overall focus will be flexible energy systems with a particular emphasis on wind, solar, hydrogen and the interactions between these technologies. As part of an interdisciplinary approach, the participants will also gain insight into legal and financial framework conditions of the new emerging technologies. We encourage all students working in the field of energy and sustainability to apply. More information can be found here, application deadline is 15 June.

SIOS logo titel small 0Snow covers all of Svalbard for up to nine months and affects all spheres of the Earth System. However, we still lack a holistic picture of snow processes and need to develop tools to monitor these processes, and assess risks associated with snow.SIOS is hosting a Multidisciplinary workshop on snow in Svalbard during autumn 2020/winter 20202-21 at Bologna, Italy. We invite scientists from all disciplines affected by snow, local stakeholders in Svalbard and enterprises interested in the development of scientific sensors and technology suitable for measuring snow properties under Arctic conditions.
 
 

thumb 400The SCAR Antarctic Biology Conference 2017 group has created an open access ebookto download. The book comprises 21 articles that are written by 140 authors. Check out this fantastic resource! 

The Special Issue of the journal Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433; IF 2.046) entitled “Interactions between the Cryosphere and Climate (Change)” is inviting contributions until 9 September 2020. Detailed information can be found at the Special Issue homepage.
If you are interested in contributing or if you have any questions, feel free to contact Renato R. Colucci, PhD (Guest Editor, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..it) or the editorial office (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

IAMAS logoThe International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS) is looking for an early career scientist (ECS) involved in the atmosphere sciences to join its Bureau and contribute to the running and development of the organisation. Applicants should be within 10 years of gaining their PhD and under 40 years of age. The ECS will take part in the monthly IAMAS teleconference and be funded to attend the annual IAMAS Bureau meeting. More details can be found at iamas.org.

The 10th North Pacific Arctic Conference (NPAC) “Will Great-Power Politics Threaten Arctic Sustainability?” has been rescheduled to November 4-7. A fellowship opportunity for early career researchers or professionals to participate in the conference is available. Application deadline is July 15. Additional information on the 2020 meeting is available here.

iassa logoIASSA was establihed on August 23, 1990. In 2020 we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of our Association. The IASSA @ 30 webpage will serve as a hub for historical materials, memorabilia, interesting facts and congratulatory letters. New materials will appear as the year progresses. If you are interested in contributing items for this page, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

The Complex Networks Winter Workshop (CNWW) is a week-long international school that offers an extraordinary opportunity for participants to engage in rigorous transdisciplinary complexity science research alongside some of the top researchers in the field of networks. The workshop takes place December 13-19 in Quebec City, Quebec, Cananda. Apply before July 1, 2020. Up to 40 international graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and professionals from different disciplines will be accepted.

Editors invite papers for a collection of articles in Polar Record on the human and societal dimensions of the various economic, social, and cultural processes changing Svalbard. Editors welcome contributions that address the different aspects of a “Changing Svalbard” from different angles and disciplines, ranging from social anthropology through sociology, archaeology, and political science to human geography, cultural studies, and arts, as well as papers from the environmental sciences that include a clear focus on the societal impacts of environmental changes. Editors encourage case studies that include a focus on the local scale and lived life on Svalbard. Submission deadline: 30 June 2020

IASCEvery year around December, IASC publishes our Arctic science calendar. For graphics and photographs we depend solely on what the IASC community sends us. We are looking for new photographs for the publication of the 2021 Calendar, and other IASC publications such as the website, brochures, social media, and Bulletin. We welcome images depicting all areas of Arctic science: scientists in the field, animals, landscapes, everyday life in the Arctic, and more! For your pictures to be considered for the IASC 2021 Calendar, please submit them by 15 September 2020. 

Dear Cryosphere scientists based in Germany and/or cryosphere scientists with a link to German cryosphere research, we would like to invite you to register with the mailing list of the IASC Cryosphere Working Group in Germany. In short: we need your input for the national reports on national cryosphere research activities. As a member of the list, you will get a nice overview of cryosphere research in Germany and we will provide information about  IASC funding opportunities and other Arctic cryosphere related important announcements.

ASSEMBLE Plus is launching a new and final call for access to over 30 marine biological stations and infrastructures. Researchers from industry and academia are invited to apply for free access. The deadline for applications is 4th October 2020.

unnamedA newly updated version of the Antarctic Digital Database (ADD) has been released. ADD is a compilation of topographic data for Antarctica to 60°S. It allows to view and download datasets such as the Antarctic coastline, contours and rock outcrop.

unnamed1The call for applications for an Early-Career Scientist (ECS) to join the SCOR Executive Committee is open. The ECS in the SCOR EC will help reaching out to the broader early-career community and get it involved into SCOR activities. More information about the position and application instructions can be found here. Deadline for submission of applications is 17 July 2020.
 
indexPYRN would like to take the opportunity to inform you about the work of PYRN over the last 2 years and introduce you to the new ExCom and Council that will take over the leadership of PYRN after the general assembly concludes. If you would like to get to know PYRN better, would like to learn what we have been doing or how you can get more involved, join us! There will be plenty opportunity to ask questions and learn about different opportunities. The PYRN general assembly will take place June 23rd, 6pm GMT (duration 30-45 minutes). If you would like to join this virtual assembly, please sign up here.
 

AFArctic Frontiers Science conference is traditionally international and multidisciplinary, bringing together social sciences, humanities, physical and life sciences. Arctic Frontiers Science is focusing on both fundamental and solution-oriented research with strong impact, which addresses growing societal challenges and needs in the Arctic region. Arctic Frontiers Science 2021 will take place on 1-2 February 2021 during Arctic Frontiers 2021 entitled "Building bridges" and is now inviting your abstracts. Abstract submission deadline is September 8. 

Logo SIOS The online conference has been scheduled on 04th - 5th June from 09:00 to 17:30 hrs CEST. It includes over 40 talks by presenters from 25 institutions in 11 countries. Find the full programme on the conference website. For this conference registration is free and it is required to register in advance. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the conference.  

Please consider submitting an abstract for a full conference proceedings paper for the 2021 Regional Conference on Permafrost to our session "Feedbacks and Interactions Between Snow, Vegetation, and Permafrost in the Arctic". Please submit your papers before 6/10/2020.

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) is beginning the development of the next Arctic Research Plan, which will run from 2022-2026, and invite those interested to follow the Plan development process by signing up to receive the Plan Development Newsletter. The newsletter will provide email updates on the Plan Development Team’s work and highlight any upcoming opportunities for public input. Submit your comments until 2 August 2020.

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Organizers invite applications for meeting space for community and business meetings taking place during Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 (ASSW2021). ASSW2021 will convene 20-26 March 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. During ASSW2021 there will be three days dedicated to the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) and Arctic science community meetings (20-22 March). ASSW2021 will also feature an open science conference on the theme "The Arctic: Regional Changes, Global Impacts" (23-26 March). Deadline for requesting meeting space is 30 November 2020.A draft program is expected to be ready in mid-December.

 

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Collaborations team meetings occur monthly. A synopsis of April Collaboration Team meetings is now available. IARPC created IARPC Collaborations to connect Federal government and non-Federal government researchers and other stakeholders to work together to solve the hard problems laid out in its 5-year Research Plan. IARPC Collaborations is open to anyone to contribute. New contributors may request an account. Upcoming IARPC collaboration team meetings are summarised below.

The Sea Ice Prediction Network–Phase 2 (SIPN2) announces the Call for Contributions for the 2020 Sea Ice Outlook June Report (based on May data). The Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) provides an open process for those interested in Arctic sea ice to share ideas. The monthly reports contain a variety of perspectives—from advanced numerical models to qualitative perspectives from citizen scientists. Post-Season Reports will provide analysis and discussion of factors driving sea ice extent and explore the scientific methods for predicting seasonal conditions.

egu logoThe EGU Division on Cryospheric Sciencesis inviting nominations for the EGU medals and awards. The Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award recognizes scientific achievements in the field covered by the cryospheric division, made by an early career scientist. Please consider submitting a nomination until 15 June 2020. Nominations for all the Medals and Awards should be submitted online. The awards and medals are intended to be presented at the EGU General Assembly 2021, Vienna, Austria 25–30 April.

Logo SIOSThe Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) is a consortium of international institutions with research infrastructure in and around Svalbard. SIOS is building an integrated observing system for long-term measurements addressing Earth System questions. SIOS publishes an annual State of Environmental Science in Svalbard (SESS) report. The first issue was released in January 2019. The editorial board consists of five persons, two of which are senior researchers from SIOS member institutions and two are from the SIOS Knowledge Centre. SIOS would like to appoint an early career scientist as fifth member of the editorial board. Apply no later than 30 May 2020.

 

Prof Erin Pettit, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, U.S.A."Strengths and Weaknesses of the Eastern Thwaites Ice Shelf"

Please register in advance for the seminars. There's a short question to answer - please tell enough to be accepted for the webinar, so please be kind and make it obvious... (I'm a PhD student with X... or whatever). Using your work email would make life easier. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the seminar. Once you have registered please check the link, you should see the waiting room.

Next week: 27th May Jack Kohler, Norsk Polar Institutt, Norway: "Svalbard surging, mass balance and fieldwork"

Please join us remotely this Thursday (5/21) at 2:00 pm for the next Polar Seminar! Our speaker will be Dr. Twila Moon from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). She will be presenting a talk entitled "Rapid reconfiguration of the Greenland Ice Sheet under climate change".  Please register for the meeting using this Zoom link.
 

indexWe will hold our second PYRN online seminar on May 20. These seminars are designed to be informal, so if you would like to share some ongoing work, preliminary results or practice your conference talk, we are happy to have you.

Speaker: Rúna Magnusson
Title: ​"Extreme summer precipitation increases thawing depth of Siberian lowland tundra over multiple years"
Time: May 20th 2020, 7pm GMT (approximately 30min). Please register here at least two hours in advance (5pm GMT) and you will be emailed a zoom invitation.

 

aosEditors announce a Special Issueof Arctic, titled “Observing for Action”. As Arctic environmental change continues unabated and at a rapid pace, sustained observations that enable us to track, understand, and project this change are essential. These observations are necessary to guide adaptation and mitigation responses from local to global scales. For planned papers, a title and short abstract of approximately 100-200 words should be sent to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by June 15, 2020. The deadline for submissions is September 01, 2020. Authors should adhere to the submission guidelines

aosThe Executive Organizing Committee for the Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) announce the release of the final AOS 2020 Conference Statement. This statement summarizes the main conclusions and call to action from the 2020 AOS that convened online, March 30-April 02.

SCAR logo 2018 white backgroundHave you ever wondered why geothermal heat flow is important for the Antarctic Ice Sheet? We are delighted to announce that members of the SCAR-SERCE sub-group on geothermal heat flow (GHF), have produced a White Paper titled 'Antarctic Geothermal Heat Flow: Future Research directions'. The paper is led by Alex Burton-Johnson (BAS) with contributions from researchers across a wide range of disciplines. It provides an overview of the importance of understanding GHF across Antarctica, and the current methods and discrepancies associated with tying to characterise this important property when there are several kilometres of ice in the way! The White Paper can be downloaded from the SERCE news page, where we have also posted a short video.

We are happy to announce that the 34th Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes (FRISP) will take place, in the form of a virtual workshop. We are very excited to try out this new format, and hope you are too! For details on the agenda, registration (without fee) and submitting your abstract see the FRISP 2020 website.Registration and abstract submission closes on 31 May 2020.We will send out a detailed schedule and information on the online format soon thereafter. 
 

header logoCanada is a major player in permafrost science and engineering. The Canadian Permafrost Association (CPA) aims to bring communities, researchers & practitioners together to advance our understanding of Canadian permafrost environments. On behalf of the CPA, we would like to encourage Canadian researchers and engineers to join the family of the CPA. In the CPA, you will receive the latest newsletters, conference funding information and recently published papers related to Canadian permafrost environments, ect. More information can be found at: https://canadianpermafrostassociation.ca/

Organizers announce that lightning talk videos, project update reports, and summary notes from the first Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) Investigators Meeting are now available and can be found on the NNA Investigators Meeting webpage. The meeting was held virtually 16-17 April 2020. Find more information about the meeting and to access the lightning talks, project update reports, and meeting summary notes, here.

The Sea Ice Prediction Network—Phase 2 (SIPN2) announces plans for the 2020 Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) season. Further details will be provided in the June Call for Contributions that will be circulated in late May. The 2020 SIO will include calls for contributions to the regular June, July, and August monthly reports. In addition to the monthly reports there will be two post-season reports: an interim report published in mid-October and a final report to be published in early 2021. Please see the tentative schedule of the 2020 SIO monthly reports below. More information will be available on the SIO webpage once details are finalized.

INTERACT logo 2017 blue CMYKJoin the webinar on Tuesday afternoons at 14-15 CEST to hear captivating stories about Arctic research stations and science done at them with support from INTERACT Trans-National Access. The first webinar is on Tue 12 May. Each webinar consists of two 30 min popular science presentations, and they are open for everyone to attend.

logo uarctic horThe UArctiv Thematic Network on Arctic Law and the Finnish Editorial Board of Retfærd ​invites submissions for articles for a special issue on sustainability "A sustainable law for a sustainable society?" to be published at the end of 2020. Find more information here.

SEARCH invites you to read the Arctic Futures 2050 conference report and to discuss future directions for Arctic research. You can access the online version of the full, 48-page conference report here or the 4-page executive summary here. Two webinars—open by registration—will allow you to discuss Arctic research needs in the context of the conference report. Those discussions will help SEARCH develop both its future programs as well as input to the 5-year Arctic research plan being developed by IARPC. More information about the IARPC research plan is here

SIOS logo titel small 0This autumn, SIOS will offer a training course on how to effectively use remote sensing data acquired from satellites, from the air or from the ground, and their associated tools and software in the context of terrestrial research in Svalbard. The course is intended for field scientists, Ph.D. students and technicians with no or little experience with remote sensing techniques. The training will be delivered by remote sensing experts from SIOS member institutions, international teachers and potential virtual talks from ESA experts.

The Polar Technology Conference was held during 10–12 March 2020 in Boulder, Colorado. The goal of the meeting was to link experts in polar science and technology development to discuss current technological resources for polar research and identify barriers to research and application of technology for problems unique to polar regions. Recordings of plenary presentations and presentation files for talks and posters are now available on the conference webpage.

logo The Arctic Data Center announces the ability for users to create new data portals. Users can now create a portal - or website - allowing related data from across the Arctic Data Center to be viewable in a single location. The ability to group related datasets in this way is helpful for researchers working across a particular taxon or region, so a user-friendly portal editor was designed to enable users to do just that. Portals make highlighting and sharing related datasets easy for researchers, projects, and labs.

IASCMoving a Conference from Iceland to Zoom: Best Practices and Lessons Learned from ASSW 2020. The report Moving a Conference from Iceland to Zoom gathers best practices and lessons learned from moving and hosting the Arctic Science Summit Week 2020 (ASSW2020) online. 

IASCIASC's Marine Working Group and APECS have the pleasure of welcoming Enooyaq Sudlovenick and Sascha Schiøtt as new IASC Indigenous Fellows. Enooyaq's expertise is in Marine mammals; Pathology; and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and Sascha's expertise is in Arctic marine ecosystems; Foodwebs; and Glacial runoff. The appointment of Indigenous Fellows comes at the recommendation of the Action Group on Indigenous Involvement. More information can be found here.

IASCThe 2019 Cryosphere and Atmospheric chemistry (CATCH) Open Science Workshop was held in UC Berkeley, California, USA on 7-8 December 2019. CATCH activity is a multidisciplinary community of scientists investigating the chemistry, biology, and physics in cold regions of the Earth, including a specific focus on the Arctic region. The goal of the workshop was to build upon their recent publication Fostering multidisciplinary research on interactions between chemistry, biology, and physics within the coupled cryosphere-atmosphere system by discussing research challenges and identify the most urgent scientific needs. Read the report here.

IASCThe workshop on Arctic Urbanization under Environmental Change was held in Helsinki, 14 -15 January 2020. The aim of the workshop was to discuss research issues on Arctic urbanization under environmental and climate change from the social science, humanities and natural science perspectives with a focus on establishing a series of studies around the Arctic in cities that represent different environments and conditions. A report is available here.

SIOS logo titel small 0SIOS invites abstracts from the Svalbard science community working on applications based on Earth Observation, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation for an online conference.

Deadline to submit abstracts: 24 May 2020
Conference dates: 4-5 June 2020

logo uarctic horUArctic Thematic Network on Ageing and Gender in the Arctic invites for abstracts on “A new edited book on Social Aspects of Aging in Indigenous Communities”.

logo uarctic horThe topic of the summer school is a broad and introductory view on water, sanitation and health in cold climate regions. The application deadline for this course is May 15th, the online course will run June 3-19, 2020. More information and application can be found here.

uarcticcongress2020 logo webThe callhas been extended until May 18, 2020 to enrolled MA and PhD students from UArctic Nordic member institutions working in the field of northern or Arctic research.

75f12c8a 4e2c 4dc4 8602 f6d327404d3bOrganizers announce the formation of the new research coordination network (RCN), Migration in Harmony: An Interdisciplinary Network in Littoral Species, Settlements, and Cultures on the Move (MiH-RCN). MiH-RCN is an international, cross-disciplinary network of Arctic migration researchers funded by the National Science Foundation. This RCN will advance knowledge on how the migrations of Arctic ecosystems, economies, peoples, and cultures interact with one another, and how the social, geohazard, and economic drivers and consequences of migrations intersect across different fields.

Organizers announce a webinar entitled Permafrost Discovery Gateway, Geospatial Data and Community Needs. This webinar will feature Anna Liljedahl, Associate Scientist at Woods Hole Research Center and Principal Investigator of the Permafrost Discovery Gateway, and will take place 12 May 2020 at 12:00 p.m. EDT.

Do you work in permafrost environments? Lend your voice to our synthesis that aims to identify key links between biophysical processes, ecosystem services, and social impacts from thaw. Take a 5-15 minute survey! https://uoguelph.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0NbrNI9WZuwVNL7

icarpThe Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Collaborations announces a webinar entitled National Science Foundation Program Manager Chat - Response to COVID-19. This webinar will take place online on Wednesday, 6 May 2020 at 2:00 p.m. EDT.

aguAGU Award nominations have been extended to June 1, 2020. Cryosphere Section Award nominations for Cryosphere Early Career Award and Nye Lecturer are particularly low. Please send in nominations if you can find the time.

Nominate your colleagues for AGU Fellow, AGU Ambassador, Union Medals, Cryosphere Early Career Award (10 years post-degree), Nye lecturer, Fellow/Ambassador and Union Medal by June 1, 2020.  Instructions for the nominations can be found below. 

Keep up to date on the latest AGU Cryosphere news on our Facebook Group, website, Twitter, #AGUCryo.

icarpThe Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) has extended the deadline for comments on the next Arctic Research Plan. IARPC will begin developing the next 5-year Arctic Research Plan and wants to know what should be included. Your thoughts and ideas are valued and welcome until 2 August 2020.

The U.S. Naval War College, the Wilson Center's Polar Institute, and the U.S. Arctic Research Commission invite registration for a virtual conference about the impacts of COVID-19 in the Arctic. This conference will convene online 19-20 May 2020 via Zoom. For more information and to register, please visit the conference webpage.

Organizers announce, that due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2nd Symposium on Polar Microbes and Viruses has been postponed. This meeting will now convene 3-6 May 2021 in Hanko, Finland.

logo uarctic horThe University of the Arctic (UArctic) call deadline has been extended for applications for networking projects in Arctic research and education for a UArctic member university in Greenland, Denmark or the Faroe Islands. Apply by May 10th here.

 

 

logo north eastern federal university nefuThe Arctic Summer School 2020 organized by North-Eastern Federal University, Russia and Northern Forum international organization will be held online from July 27 – August 7, 2020. The lecture course will focus on the following topics: Development of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation, Yakutia’s Regional Development, Culture of the Indigenous Peoples of Russian Federation, Climate Change etc. The lectures will be held via ZOOM platform. Lectures will be 40 minutes plus 20 minutes for questions and discussion.

SEARCH invites you to read the Arctic Futures 2050 conference report and to discuss future directions for Arctic research. You can access the online version of the full conference report or the 4-page executive summary. Two webinars on May 14 and 18 will allow you to discuss Arctic research needs in the context of the conference report and/or your own observations and research.

SCAR logo 2018 white backgroundWorking on cleaning up an Antarctic biodiversity dataset? The SCAR Antarctic Biodiversity Portal and the SCAR Expert Group on Antarctic Biodiversity Informatics (EG-ABI) are happy to support you. Getting your biological data clean and ready for analysis is important. It can seem like something very complicated, but it doesn’t need to be. Often simple tips and tricks can get you a long way.Having your data in a clean and shareable format allows you to collaborate more efficiently with others and get better and more valuable results.

the icepod logo 072019The IcePod has released their fourth episode, titled How Do You Like Your Eggs? The IcePod is the podcast about polar science and the people. The IcePod features people involved in two big international projects: the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) and the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC). 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.

PAGES ECN is an early-career network for members of PAGES, from ECRs for ECRs in paleo sciences. It is our pleasure to announce our next PAGES ECN webinar, with the topic "How to successfully apply for academic jobs in science". The webinar will be held on 12 May.
 

AGU Logo newThanks to input from many of you and the rest of our members, AGU has a new strategic plan that sets the vision for the future of Earth and space science and our community by accelerating both discovery and solution-based science. You can read the full announcement here.

 

AC2020ArcticNet and its partners are very happy to invite Northern researchers, stakeholders and decision-makers to Arctic Change 2020 (AC2020) in Toronto, Canada, between December 7-10, 2020. The ArcticNet AC2020 Organizing Committee welcomes proposals for Topical Sessions of interest to the Northern research community. We are inviting you to submit your Session Proposals until Friday May 22, 2020.

iascThe Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 will take place 20-26 March 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. Framed by the overarching theme for the science conference, The Arctic: Regional Changes, Global Impacts, organizers invite International experts on the Arctic and Indigenous Peoples to discuss the “New Arctic” and its impacts and interactions to and with the lower latitudes. The call for session proposals has been extended until 22 May 2020. For more information, visit the meeting webpage and submit your session poposal here.

indexTo replace the PYRN workshop that was planned for ICOP this year, we started PYRN online seminars. Our first one was a great success so we are moving ahead with 3 more dates. The seminars are scheduled to take place on the 13th, 20th and 27th of May and will either be held at 7am or 7pm GMTdepending on the preferences of those of you who sign up. These seminars are designed to be informal, so if you would like to share some ongoing work, preliminary results or practice your conference talk, we are happy to have you! If you would like to share your work with us, please sign up here.

The 2021 Regional Conference on Permafrost (RCOP) will convene 11—16 July 2021 in Boulder, Colorado. The Conference provides two different types of Abstract submission:

  • Proceeding Paper Abstracts for Presentation and Paper to be included in the Conference Proceedings Publication Volume. Call for Proceeding Paper Abstracts is Open until 27 May 2020.
  • Sessions Abstracts for Presentation only. Classic Text-Only Abstract Submission (Call for Abstracts open: Fall 2020, Deadline for submission: 1/2021).

More information can be found here.

 

 

The Center for Arctic Policy Studies (CAPS) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) invites registration for a webinar entitled, The Future of Arctic Seaways. This webinar will be held 28 April 2020 at 10:00 a.m. AKDT. Click herefor more information and registration.

EU4Ocean Coalition for Ocean Literacy - Connecting diverse Organisations, Projects and People is a European Project supported by DG MARE of the European Commission. The aim is to build a European Ocean Coalition of people living in/near the Arctic aged 16 to 30 - the Youth4Ocean Forum - and to make Ocean Literacy a reality in Europe. The initiative focuses on five basins: Atlantic, Baltic, Black Sea, Mediterranean, and the Arctic.
 

polartrec logo light 400Program Managers of the Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating (PolarTREC) program announce that in response to the COVID-19 uncertainty and for the safety of the teams and the communities of which they would visit, the deployment of all the 2020 PolarTREC educators to both the Arctic and Antarctica has been postponed until 2021. In the meantime, they will be highlighting past expeditions and continuing to host science focused seminars. You can continue to access resources and view past expedition highlights through the website.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), on behalf of the National Science and Technology Council's (NSTC) Fast Track Action Committee for Earth System Predictability, requests input on Earth System Predictability Research and Development (R&D). The Request for Information can be accessed here. The Closing Date is May 15th 2020.

icarpThe Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) has initiated the development of the next 5-year Arctic Research Plan and is interested in your input. To assist, USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will be hosting an informational webinar for those interested in contributing to find out more about how they can connect to the efforts. The webinar will be held on May 7, 2020 at 11:00 AM EST / 08:00 AM AKST through IARPC’s Zoom channel.

The U.S. Ice Drilling Program Office (IDPO) aims to update its Long Range Science Plan for 2020-2029. If you envision the need for ice drilling for your project in the coming decade, send several sentences describing the science driver and the envisioned field date and location for your project, so that your plans are voiced in this planning document. Please email your input to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. soon! The current 2019-2029 Long Range Science Plan is available here.

 

 

iassa logoThe IASSA Council just published a major update to the IASSA Principles and Guidelines for Conducting Ethical Research in the Arctic. This statement of principles has been formulated in accordance with the IASSA Bylaws and approved by the IASSA Council. These Principles provide guidelines for all researchers working in the North in the social, natural and health sciences, and in the humanities. The updated document can be found at here.  

Inaugural Meeting Announcement, Physical Oceanography Self-Forming Team
IARPC Collaborations

Meeting date/time:Thursday, 23 April 2020, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT

For more information, go to:
Meeting webpage

The Arctic Data Center has announced a call for applications for a data science training workshop for Arctic researchers. This five-day workshop will be held 19-23 October 2020 in Santa Barbara, California. Application Deadline: Friday, 24 April 2020. For more information, go to: Workshop homepage

pyrn logoWe hope you are doing well during this time of social distancing. With conferences and meetings cancelled, one of the things we are missing most are the chats during conference coffee breaks, icebreakers and conference dinners. These moments usually allow us to exchange ideas, seek input for our research and just get to know other members of our permafrost community. If you are like us and miss these interactions, come join us in our virtual coffee break meeting space. Its called “PYRN Coffee Break” and here is the link you will need to join.

ipa logo WE4307885cf3The International Permafrost Association Action Group called ‘Standardized methods across Permafrost Landscapes: from Arctic Soils to Hydrosystems’ (SPLASH) is a community-driven effort aiming to provide a suite of standardized field strategies for sampling mineral and organic components in soils, sediments and water across permafrost landscapes. Find out about SPLASH in this recently published article.

We need your help: To help us gather important information and design standardized approaches for this Action Group, we prepared a brief online survey to collect input from researchers who sample along the soil-to-hydrosystem continuum. The SPLASH team is grateful for your input!

SIOS logo titel small 0When:Friday, 24 April, Time: 12:45 - 15:00 CET
Where: Online, Zoom
Why: To provide a social experience to the Svalbard research community in difficult times.

The programme includes 3 talks followed by a panel discussion on data sharing and the SIOS data management. For the detailed programme, the zoom link and other news like upcoming webinars visit the webinar page.

The Sea Ice Prediction Network – Phase 2 (SIPN2) announces an open webinar entitled, Understanding Stakeholder Information Needs for Sea-Ice Forecasting. The one-hour webinar will be held on Tuesday, 28 April 2020, 4-5 pm GMT. Click here for more information and registration.

aosThis draft Conference Statement and Call to Action is one of several products emerging out of the AOS 2020, along with a more detailed report that summarizes the full depth and scope of Working Group activities, and a brief summary for policy-makers as input to the Third Arctic Science Ministerial, the latter building on this document. Click here to download AOS2020 (Draft) Conference Statement and Call to Action (PDF).

The European Commission, in close collaboration with the EU member states, will host a pan-European hackathon to connect civil society, innovators, partners and investors across Europe in order to develop innovative solutions for coronavirus-related challenges.

The submission deadline for the Special Issue "Transformation of Glacial and Periglacial Environments in Mountain Regions", run by the journal Water, has been postponed to 31 July 2020. We encourage authors to send a short abstract or tentative title to the
Editorial Office in advance (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). For further reading and for instructions please visit the Special Issue website

iassaThe International Arctic Social Sciences Association Council (IASSA) expresses its support to researchers, students and Arctic community members as we all deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Residents of Arctic communities, where there are limited public health, financial and community resources, are particularly vulnerable in this crisis. This includes the Indigenous, traditional and local knowledge holders so many of us work with and count as our close friends and colleagues. At the time of the writing, more than 3,505 Arctic residents have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and 33 have died.
 

A new article from Arctic Finland focusses on how Arctic researchers have responded to the current crisis as more activities move online, including contributions from UArctic's VP Organization Outi Snellman and VP Research Arja Rautio.

logo pyrnPYRN is renewing its current Executive Committee (ExCom), Council and National Representatives for the next two years (2020-2022). This is your chance to get involved in an international network of young experts aiming to organize and foster the future generation of permafrost researchers. If you are a young researcher working in permafrost areas or on topics concerning permafrost and you want the chance to shape our network, please apply. We need great people! To submit your application, please use this form and apply until May 20th 2020.

 

migrtationArctic port cities are witnessing increased maritime traffic; rural villages are facing displacement; and species are shifting their ranges north. These new mobilities present both challenges and opportunities for the North, but a lack of integration across research communities has hampered the advancement of our shared knowledge. With this new Research Coordination Network, we’re about to change that and invite and YOU to join our free network today.

iascIn 2021, the ASSW will take place in Lisbon from 20 to 26 March under the conference theme: “The Arctic: Regional changes, Global impacts”, with the three last days reserved for the OPEN SCIENCE CONFERENCE (OSC). We invite the Arctic community to chair and present session proposals of relevant topics in all science fields, both specific and cross-cutting, framed in the overall conference theme. IASC aims to bridge disciplinary and national gaps in Arctic science. We therefore hope that session conveners will embrace this international and interdisciplinary approach in their proposed sessions. The call for sessions is open until 30 April 2020.

NSF logoThe Antarctic Sciences (ANT) and Antarctic Infrastructure and Logistics (AIL) Sections in the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) will be hosting virtual office hours this week to share information with the academic community regarding NSF’s current operations. These office hours will also allow the community to ask questions, share concerns, and/or offer suggestions on how ANT/AIL can do more to address the impact of COVID-19 on researchers.

Apr 16, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada). Register here.

Apr 17, 2020 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada). Register here.

To participate, you must register for a session. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information on how to join the webinar.

vandaOrganizers announce a call for papers for two cryosphere sessions during Vienna Anthropology Days 2020. This call is open until 1 June. The conference will convene 28 September – 1 October 2020 in Vienna, Austria.

Changing Cryospheres I: Global Warming in Polar and Alpine Settings
Organizers: Alexandra Meyer (University of Vienna), Olga Povoroznyuk (University of Vienna)

Changing Cryospheres II: How to Communicate the Challenges of Climate Change?
Organizers: Peter Schweitzer (University of Vienna), Susanna Gartler (University of Vienna)

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute announces their webinar titled Coastal Resilience in Alaska: Programs and Policies Helping Communities Adapt in the Nation’s Fastest-Warming State. This webinar will be held 21 April 2020, 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. This webinar will include a briefing on scientific developments and policy initiatives that are helping protect Alaskan ecosystems and communities from erosion, sea level rise, and other coastal hazards. For more information and to join the webinar, please visit the webinar homepage.

logoInsSciDE – Inventing a shared Science Diplomacy for Europe – presents the first edition of an innovative training program for the present and future science diplomats of Europe. The Warsaw Science Diplomacy School (WSDS 2020: virtual), co-organized by our partner the European Academy of Diplomacy, is a one-week intensive course with competitive enrolment from June 22-26. The summer school is now virtual & the application deadline extended: Apply before 16 May! Find out more and apply here

APSTwo Opinion Editorial (Op-Ed) papers of this year was published online on Advances in Polar Science. The first Op-Ed paper of this year, Arctic environmental change research and Antarctic studies have mutual benefits was published by Dr. Outi Meinander from Finnish Meteorological Institute.

The second Op-Ed paper, The SPLASH Action Group – Towards standardized sampling strategies in permafrost science was published by Dr. Frédéric Bouchard and the SPLASH team (www.splash.biogeochimie.fr).

wgmsThe WGMS National Correspondents are telling you in brief how glaciers are doing and why they are important in their respective countries. On the same webpage, you find a virtual journey following the celebration events of 125 years of internationally coordinated glacier
monitoring as held in 2019.

icarpIARPC will begin developing the next 5-year Arctic Research Plan and we want to know what should be included. Your thoughts and ideas are valued and welcome. A scoping Federal Register Notice (FRN) for the next Arctic Research Plan was published on April 3rd and will be open for comments until July 2nd. More information on Plan development and hos wo submit your comments can be found here.

logo uarctic horTwenty-seven students from universities in the circumpolar north and beyond participated in the Fourth UArctic Model Arctic Council. Although organizers had been planning for months to hold the program face-to-face in Akureyri, Iceland, they moved it online, owing to the coronavirus pandemic. Students and organizers videoconferenced through the Zoom platform. The program opened on Friday, March 20, and continued Monday, March 23 through Thursday, March 26, 2020.

logo uarctic horEight new Thematic Networks were approved by the Assembly of UArctic at their fist annual meeting held on February 25-26, 2020, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Read more about the new networks here.

uarcticcongress2020 logo webThe goal is to identify six Nordic (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands and Iceland) finalists that UArctic will select to represent UArctic at the international science popularization contest during the UArctic Congress held in Reykjavik  (6-8 Oct 2020 in Reykjavik, Iceland). The call is open until May 1, 2020 to enrolled MA and PhD students from UArctic Nordic member institutions working in the field of northern or Arctic research. Find out more and how to apply here.

 

interact newsletter.pngThe ongoing pandemic has caused many changes and this newsletter is devoted to inform about the ongoing situation and how INTERACT responds and is helping. Read the INTERACT #7 March 2020 Newsletter here.

The Arctic Data Center will host a 5-day data science training workshop October 19 - 23, 2020 at NCEAS in Santa Barbara, California. This 5-day workshop will provide researchers with an overview of best data management practices, data science tools, and concrete steps and methods for more easily documenting and uploading their data to the Arctic Data Center.

 

Due to the COVID-19 situation, the Arctic Circle has decided to postpone the Forum in Berlin, Germany, which had been scheduled for June 30 - July 1st. Proposals for Sessions will remain valid and our international partners are encouraged to continue their dialogue and preparations for the Forum. A new date for the Forum will be announced in the coming months. Please keep an eye on http://www.arcticcircle.org/ for updates.

SCAR logo white backgroundAlthough SCAR-COMNAP 2020 has been cancelled and the Secretariat offices at SPRI closed, activities are still on the go. We are also continuing with our Awards and Fellowships program for 2020. Successful candidates of this round and previous rounds who have not yet implemented their program will be offered options to defer or propose new ways forward.

nsfNSF is committed to being supportive and as responsive as possible to the needs of the research community in the face of challenges posed by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Please consult the NSF website regularly for up-to-date information and answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

If you are looking for some virtual fieldwork, VR Glaciers and Glaciated Landscapes may be of interest. Our virtual field trips allow you to explore the fascinating and often spectacular world of glaciers and glaciated landscapes. Look all around and zoom-in on features of interest – rather like Google Streetview  – and see how the landscape changes from one location to the next. This free and easy-to-use resource from the University of Worcester provides ground-level virtual fieldwork to locations in Switzerland, California and the English Lake District.

eguMany of you might already be aware that the EGU General Assembly 2020 will be very different this year, without the physical meeting in Vienna. It will now take place as
It is open to anyone and is free of charge.

wwfToday's young people will be disproportionately affected by what we do to our planet. But what issues matter most to youth in the Arctic, and how can we move forward together? In this issue of The Circle, we examine what matters to youth in the Arctic and how they think we can move forward.

The Circle is a magazine produced by the WWF Global Arctic Programme. Our goal is to inform decision-makers, scientists and the interested public about Arctic environmental and development issues.

PYRpyrn logoN is organising monthly online seminars during the time of social distancing due to COVID-19.

The first seminar on April 17, at 7pm GMT features a talk by ExCom member Evan Wilcox about his research on thermokarst lakes. 

Seminar details:
Speaker: Evan Wilcox
Title: ​"Investigating the influences on Thermokarst Lake Water Balances between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, NT"
Time: April 17th 2020, 7-7:30pm GMT
 

This 1-year interdisciplinary programme draws on drone, GIS and remote sensing technologies and their application to understanding the physical, biological and chemical changes underlying environmental change. The programme has been developed to help meet increased demand for graduates with experience in drone technology and/or the skills required to work in and conduct research into environmental science and climate change.

epb logo desktop 2015The EPB will host the first in a series of webinars for the project Southern Ocean Carbon and Heat Impact on Climate (SO-CHIC) at 15:00 CEST on Tuesday 7th April 2020.

This first webinar, given by project coordinator Jean-Baptiste Sallée from Sorbonne Université, will introduce SO-CHIC and its objectives.

UArctic logo newAt a time when the COVID-19 outbreak means considerable disruptions to the educational operations of our members and more and more teaching moves online, UArctic and its partners are working to collect openly available learning resources to be used as needed by the circumpolar higher education community.

UArctic logo newUArctic’s partners, members, and sponsors are welcome to organize their own side events during the UArctic Congress 2020Deadline April 22, 2020.

Oct 5 is reserved for such pre-meetings and other side events. All side events are self-organized, but will be listed and promoted on the UArctic Congress web portal. Venues are available at local host institutions of the UArctic Congress 2020. 

University of Oulu published a new Gender Equality and Diversity action plan—a GEP for years 2019–2022, which is the seventh in order. The first one was drafted already in 1997. The brochure recaps the current tasks of the gender equality work at the university and it is published today—the national Day of Equality, March 19th.

Due to many campuses and government agencies being put on non-mission-critical travel holds, we are postponing the resuscitation of the Northeast Glaciology Meeting.

New Date: 3 - 4 September 2020 (Thursday/Friday); Location: University of Maine (Orono, ME USA). 

Under the motto "POLAR REGIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE and SOCIETY" the German Society of Polar Research would like to cordially invite you to the 28 International Polar Conference in Cologne, 6 to 11 September 2020.

Dear colleagues and friends,

We are happy to tell you that YOUMARES, the conference for YOUng MARine RESearch, is going for its 11th round. 

YOUMARES will take place from the 15. – 18 September in Kiel, co-hosted by the GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research

We are pleased to announce that the Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) is now inviting colleagues of the Asian Arctic research community to participate in its 2020 Arctic expedition.

Organizers of the 2020 Arctic Observing Summit (AOS 2020) invite the community to join the virtual meetings that will convene Monday, 30 March — Thursday, 2 April 2020 This summit is 100% online (with options for calling in). Events and Working Group activities will be held primarily on the Zoom platform and by recorded videos.

Convened Online via Zoom

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is now accepting scientific program proposals for the 2020 Fall Meetings that will convene  7 – 11 December 2020 in San Francisco, California. The Deadline was extended to the 23th April 2020. 

Dear Colleagues

You will by now have seen the notice that the Open Science Conference and SCAR Delegates meeting, to be held in Hobart, Australia in July-August 2020, have been cancelled owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

SCAR logo white backgroundThe SCAR COMNAP 2020 Local Organising Committee, in consultation with the SCAR and COMNAP Executive Committees have decided to cancel SCAR COMNAP 2020 in light of the global Coronavirus situation. Consequently the Totten Workhop have been cancelled, too. The Committee has given due consideration to local Tasmanian and Australian health advice as well as the global response to the pandemic.

Since most of us are suggested to work from home PYRN promotes the following resources:

Skype a Scientists:  https://www.skypeascientist.com

The Arctic Calendar is an online, searchable calendar of major meetings, events, and deadlines relevant to the Arctic science, education, and policy communities. It serves as a community resource for tracking and publicizing major Arctic events and conferences, and to help avoid conflicting meeting dates. The Calendar is maintained and hosted by the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) in collaboration with the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)

The Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) is inviting input for new project ideas and proposals to include in their next 5-Year cooperative agreement with NOAA’s Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS).

iassa logoDear IASSA members and ICASS X participants,

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IASSA Council has voted unanimously to postpone ICASS X to June 2021.

We feel that holding ICASS X in person is important for our Association as it is only held on a triennial basis and is a significant event for social scientists, humanities scholars and Indigenous knowledge holders in the Arctic. Postponing ICASS X to June 2021 will provide the Association with an opportunity to host the meeting in a safe and productive environment. In this decision we are also following the recommendations of the Russia’s health authorities to refrain from holding large conferences in the near term.

The geoscience and Earth education community encourages you to provide input on strategic priorities for a major facility that supports geoscience using geodesy. While UNAVCO’s primary funding comes from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA, our reach is global.

UNAVCO is in a period of change, approaching the end of our 2016-2020 strategic plan, awaiting changes to the NSF grant requirements, and discussing future integration with our sister facility, IRIS. Each of these changes is an opportunity to revisit the focus of our facility and the community that it serves.

This course provides a small group of PhD students and Early Career Researchers to gain practical skills for working safely and effectively in the polar regions. The short eight-day course consists of two parts: three days theoretical work in Cambridge followed by five full days of active fieldwork on the ice and at sea, supported from the UK Arctic Research Station in the international research village of Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. Leading operational polar experts and researchers from British Antarctic Survey will guide the course, teaching participants to translate exciting scientific ideas into safe, achievable and effective field plans.

National Scicence Foundation (NSF) Polar Programs Officers, Roberto Delgado and Colleen Strawhacker, will host this IARPC Collaborations webinar on NSF funding opportunities and welcome the research community to join, ask questions, and share feedback. 

Date: Friday, 20 March 2020
Time: 1:00 p.m. (EDT)
Speakers: NSF Polar Programs Officers Roberto Delgado and Colleen Strawhacker

INTERACT kindly invites all members of the INTERACT Community to participate in the INTERACT Photo Competition 2020. The purpose of the competition is to gather high-quality photographs from the Arctic and northern boreal and alpine areas for use in an INTERACT Coffee Table Book to be published in autumn 2020 to celebrate INTERACT and its achievements since its start in 2011.

A more thorough description of the purpose of the competition and how to participate can be found on the INTERACT website. Note that the deadline for submitting photos is 15 April 2020. 

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The International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS, https://cryosphericsciences.org/) would like to invite proposals for scientific sessions at the Busan IAMAS-IACS-IAPSO Joint Assembly 2021 (http://baco-21.org). The deadline for session proposals is 15 April 2020

The Aalborg University Copenhagen will host the "Greenland-Denmark 1721 + 300 = 2021" conference from 7 to 8 January 2021. 

As we approach the year 2021, Greenland and Denmark can look back at 300 years of colonization and resistance, continuous cultural encounters and relationship-building, cooperation and conflict.

The second draft of working group 1's contribution - physical climate science - to the 6th Assessment Report of the IPCC is now open for expert review and will remain so until 26 April. 

This review process is critical for a rigorous, objective, exhaustive and transparent assessment of the state of knowledge. 

This is a reminder of the 3rd Annual Chilean Cryosphere Society (SOCHICRI) meeting to be held in Concepcion, Chile. SOCHICRI invites researchers, professionals and students from Chile and abroad to participate in the annual meeting for 2020. This will be held in Concepcion from 13 – 15 May 2020 and will be organised by the Departments of Geography and Geophysics, University of Concepcion.

The Fulbright Arctic Initiative will bring together professionals, practitioners, and researchers from the United States, Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark including Greenland and the Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden for group seminars and an individual Fulbright exchange to address key research and policy questions related to fostering a secure and sustainable Arctic. Apply Now

The Calotte Academy 2020 is planned to be organized on 31 May – 7 June (tbc.) 2020 in the European Arctic — Enontekiö and Inari, Finland; Kautokeino, Kirkenes and Svanvik, Norway; and Apatity and Nikel, Russia. 

The theme of the 2020 Academy is "New and emerging trends of Arctic governance, geopolitics, geoeconomics, and science."

The applications for the UN Global Climate Action Award are now open. Organizations, cities, industries, governments and others who take leadership on climate change can nominate their work and show that there is Momentum for Change.

The 2020 award will recognize climate action that is already achieving real results in three categories:

Calling all undergraduates interested in Arctic sciences! Apply to participate in a science training cruise aboard the R/V Marcus Langseth from 25 Aug – 30 August from Ketchikan, AK to Dutch Harbor, AK. If you are interested in leading a STEMSEAS transit, STEMSEAS is always looking for excellent, enthusiastic, creative and flexible instructors and mentors. See http://mlp.ldeo.columbia.edu/stemseas/ for more information.

The North Pacific Arctic Conference (NPAC), co-organized by the East-West Center and the Korea Maritime Institute is celebrating its 10th anniversary, August 19-21 2020 at the Imin Conference Center in Honolulu, HI. This conference provides a venue for off-the-record engagement among policymakers/practitioners and scientists/analysists regarding issues of mutual interest to leading North Pacific Arctic states (Canada, Russia and the United States) and non-Arctic states (China, Japan and South Korea). NPAC aims to provide early identification of key policy issues and improved understanding of major options for addressing these issues. This year’s theme is: Will Great-Power Politics Threaten Arctic Sustainability?

UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design (ASAD) will continue the collaboration with Arctic Arts Summit (AAS). The next AAS will be held in Canada in summer 2021.

CSDMS will host a 10-day, immersive training experience for 25 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and early career faculty at the CSDMS Integration Facility at the University of Colorado, Boulder from August 13-21st. This is an NSF funded project and will hopefully bring together earth surface processes aficinados from all over the US and world.

https://csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/ESPIn2020

iasc webIn 2021 the ASSW will take place in Lisbon from 20 to 26 March 2021 under the theme: “The Arctic: Regional changes, Global impacts”, with the three last days reserved for the OPEN SCIENCE CONFERENCE (OSC). The event will bring together scientists, Indigenous people, Arctic community members, and Arctic science stakeholders from all over the world to present and discuss the most recent advances on Arctic knowledge across disciplines, from the natural sciences to the humanities. The OSC will also be an opportunity to foster research synergies between both Polar Regions, with sessions that target both Poles welcomed.

IGS logoThe Nordic Branch of the International Glaciological Society will hold its annual meeting in Copenhagen on the 28-30th of October.

More information will follow on registration, abstract submission and schedule.

Please keep an eye on the IGS website (https://www.igsoc.org/about/nordicbranch/meetings/copenhagen2020/).

The AGU Cryosphere Section Executive Committee would like to remind you that it is time to nominate your colleagues for AGU Fellow, AGU Ambassador, Union Medals, Cryosphere Early Career Award (10 years post-degree), and Nye lecturer.  Fellow/Ambassador and Union Medal nominations have been extended to  March 15, 2020 and Cryosphere Section award nominations are due April 15, 2020.  Instructions for the nominations can be found below.  

Please see the call below for ourupcoming PECS Collaborative Working Group Webinar withHita Unnikrishnan on historical analysis as our speaker.  We hope to have as many of you attend virtually, but it will be recorded if the time/date doesn’t work for you.  The meeting is  Tuesday, the 10th  of March  at 9:00 AM Ecuador time zone and will last for one hour.  The link to the Zoom meeting is below.

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This Special Issue for the Geosciences on Monitoring of the Seasonal Snow Cover invites and encourages the submission of all manuscripts covering long- and short-term snow-monitoring activities, snow instrumentation/sensors, monitoring schemes and methodology, and applications where snow monitoring data are used, including, but not limited to: in-situ measurements of snow parameters, short and long-range remote sensing of snowpack, spatial and temporal snowpack variability, snow hydrology, avalanches and usage of novel techniques in snow monitoring (e.g., UAV, TLS, etc.).

For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue Website at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/geosciences/special_issues/Snow_Cover

The submission deadline is 31 July 2020

NSF Polar Programs Officers Roberto Delgado and Colleen Strawhacker will host this webinar on NSF funding opportunities, including Rapid Response Research Proposals and Research Coordination Network. They welcome the research community to join, ask questions and share feedback. March 20, 2020 at 1700 UTC (1 PM US Eastern Time) https://www.iarpccollaborations.org/webinars.html 

Organizers of the 2020 Polar Technology Conference are offering free livestream access to the event, which will be held Tuesday—Thursday, 10–12 March 2020 in Boulder, Colorado.

The goal of the meeting is to link experts in the fields of polar science and technology development to discuss current technological resources for polar research and identify barriers to research and application of technology for problems unique to polar regions.

The U.S. Ice Drilling Program (IDP) offers an NSF-sponsored opportunity for U.S. early career scientists, postdocs, and PhD students in the U.S. to apply for travel support to the International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences (IPICS) and Ice Core Young Scientists (ICYS) Open Science meetings that will convene 18—24 October 2020 in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.

Further Information about IPICS and ICYS Open Science Meetings

SCAR logo white backgroundSCAR launches its 2020 Antarctic-related Fellowships for early-career researchers today. SCAR will offer 3 to 4 fellowships of up to USD $15,000 each for 2020. The Fellowships enable early-career researchers to join a project team from another country, opening up new opportunities and often creating partnerships that last for many years and over many Antarctic field seasons. 

The deadline for fellowship applications is 26 August 2020.


Find out how to apply for the fellowship here: https://scar.org/awards/fellowships/information/

The SCAR Secretariat has compiled a list of frequently asked questions on our website (https://scar.org/awards/fellowships/faqs/), where you can also find an overview of past and present SCAR Fellows (https://scar.org/awards/fellowships/fellows/).

iasc webThe International Arctic Science Committee awards the 2020 IASC Medal to Dr. Sue E. Moore for Outstanding Achievement in Understanding Marine Mammals as Ecosystem Sentinels and how Climate Change is Influencing the Phenology of Arctic Species

YOPP LOGO beb4effb3cEpisode Three of The Icepod, the official podcast for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) initiative to improve weather and sea-ice forecast in the Arctic and Antarctic, is now available.

The IcePod features people involved in two big international projects: the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) and the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC).

The third episode of the IcePod features Stefan Hendricks, a sea ice physicist at the Alfred Wegener Institute who joined the first Leg of MOSAiC and worked along the Remote Sensing team on board Polarstern.

Further Information about The IcePod

Interact logoOrganizers of the European Union-Horizon 2020 -funded International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic (INTERACT III) announce the first call for research groups to apply for Trans-national Access (TA) to 10 new research stations offering TA in INTERACT III. The call is for access taking place between June 2020 and April 2021.  

With its overarching theme – “Water: Our Global Common Good – The Hydrosphere across Land and Sea” – this year’s Potsdam Summer School will continue the transdisciplinary and interactive event series that has been held annually in Potsdam, Germany since 2014. It will take place from 17-26 August.

The summer school will provide its participants with a comprehensive perspective and overview of the relevant aspects when dealing with the hydrosphere. They will be engaged in discussions and group works and will be provided with tools to develop effective strategies in order to deal with the challenges they face in their daily work.

Organizers of the 2021 Regional Conference on Permafrost (RCOP) invite session proposals that address science and/or engineering topics with a focus on permafrost. The conference will convene 11—16 July 2021 in Boulder, Colorado.

For the first time the Regional Conference on Permafrost will be combined with the bi-annual International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering. The conference will bring together international participants who will have the opportunity to organize side-project meetings and enjoy field trips to the nearby Rocky Mountains.

NSF invites proposals to establish a Navigating the New Arctic Community Office (NNA-CO). Launched in 2016, NNA has been building a growing portfolio of research and planning grants at the intersection of the built, social, and natural environments to improve understanding of Arctic change and its local and global effects. Each NNA-funded project is responsible for its own performance, including its core research and broader impacts. However, an NNA community office is required to coordinate the activities of funded NNA projects, engage new PIs, and promote research, education, and outreach activities.

SCAR logo white backgroundThe deadline for submission of abstracts to the SCAR2020 Open Science Conference has been extended until 5pm AEST on 6th March 2020. 

Abstracts can be submitted here

iasc webIASC’s International Science Initiative in the Russian Arctic (ISIRA) is a Russian and international cooperative initiative to assist Arctic science in the Russian Arctic. To help achieve this, ISIRA collects reports each year from those leading ongoing and upcoming projects, meant to provide an account of relevant projects related to the Russian Arctic.

This is a brief reminder that the SCAR/SERCE program ('Solid Earth Response and influence on Cryospheric Evolution') is offering travel support to attend SCAR 2020.

Early career researchers, or researchers from countries with an emerging Antarctic program, who are working in a SERCE-facing area are eligible to apply for funds to support their attendance at the conference.

iasc webThe International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) invites proposals for cross-cutting Arctic activities to be considered for IASC funding in 2020. IASC activities connect Arctic scientists across national and disciplinary boundaries, with funding up to 15,000 Euro.

IASC scientists are organized into five working groups: Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social and Human, and Terrestrial. Proposals can be limited to one IASC Working Group, relevant to all five, or anything in between. Note: Working Groups must allocate at least 40% of their budget in cooperation with other Working Groups.

YOPP LOGO beb4effb3cEpisode Two of The Icepod, the official podcast for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) initiative to improve weather and sea-ice forecast in the Arctic and Antarctic, is now available.

The IGS has established a new Early-career Glaciologist Group (EGG). The group is open to any early-career scientist in glaciology or related snow and ice sciences. Our aims are to enhance the cryosphere early-career community (socially and professionally), particularly within the IGS, and to provide additional support to early-career scientists in cryosphere-related fields. We’re planning social events, workshops, and panel discussions at upcoming meetings, including EGU and the IGS symposium in Durham in July. By holding these events, we are hoping to build a better community for early-career scientists, where we can exchange ideas and discuss problems, foster career development, and get to know each other. 

We would like to draw your attention to the upcoming Ocean Mixing Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) and Conference (GRC), held from June 13-14 and 14-19, 2020 at Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA.

The GRC provides an international forum for the presentation and discussion of frontier research and related technologies, and for over 80 years, have been viewed as the world?s premier scientific meetings. The guiding principle is to encourage communication and discussion of ideas and new unpublished results by bringing together outstanding scientists from academia, industry, and government.

It is our great pleasure to invite you to participate in the second Symposium on Polar Microbes and Viruses from 4-7 May 2020 at Tvärminne Zoological Station, Finland. 

See further details: http://polarmicrobio.me/

Food Congress is to be held in Guovdageaidnu (Kautokeino), Norway on March 9-13, 2020.

The event will have a youth profile, while the program will include cooking, demonstration of traditional foods and dishes, modern cuisine, preparation and processing, and will include a multitude of indigenous food cultures, traditional indigenous knowledge, traditions, stories and menus. There will also be a conference with presentations based on traditional indigenous knowledge and science. The event will display the diversity of food resources and systems of Arctic indigenous peoples, including reindeer and caribou meat, moose meat, fish, birds, berries, plants and so on.

The Russian State Hydrometeorological University is pleased to invite you to join the Arctic Days in St. Petersburg–2020: “International Scientific Cooperation in the Arctic in the Era on Climate Change” held in St. Petersburg on May 13–14, 2020.

The Conference will bring together social and natural scientists, industry professionals, policy makers, Indigenous leaders, and other stakeholders from across the Arctic. In response to ongoing climate change, the organizing committee invites you to participate in the formation of an international interdisciplinary platform for discussing pressing issues of socio-cultural, economic development and international cooperation in the Arctic.

The international summer school “Arctic Law” aimed at students and young practitioners seeking a deeper understanding of the Arctic issues and their international and national regulation is to be held on July 12-18, 2020 at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Arkhangelsk, Russia.

Participants of the Summer School will be able to undergo a week-long intensive training on Arctic Law and deepen their knowledge and understanding of current trends in international and national law.

The Arctic Circle Japan Forum will be held from November 21-23 2020 in Tokyo in association with the Third Arctic Science Ministerial Meeting. 

The Forum will be organized in coordination with the Third Arctic Science Ministerial Meeting, which is co-hosted by the Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, and the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

We are pleased to announce that registration for the 77th Eastern Snow Conference (ESC) will open on February 15. The conference will be held at York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 9 – 11 June 2020. 

Full conference registration includes participation in the Tuesday night icebreaker, Wednesday oral/poster sessions, Wednesday evening banquet, and Thursday half-day oral sessions. Single day registrations include participation in the oral/poster sessions for the day.

The next Karthaus course on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM will be held on 8-19 September 2020 in Karthaus, Italy. 

The course is meant for Ph.D. students and provides a basic introduction to the dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets with a focus on ice-climate interactions. Topics include:  continuum mechanics, kinematics, ice rheology, sliding and hydraulics, numerical modelling, polar meteorology, ice-ocean interaction, ice cores, interaction of ice sheets with the solid earth, glacier fluctuations, etc.

You are cordially invited to participate in the workshop "Mathematics of Sea Ice in the Twenty-First Century" to be held from 20th to 31st July 2020 in the Isaac Newton Institute (INI), Cambridge, UK. The workshop will include presentations and discussions from world-leading experts on sea ice research for climate and environmental modelling and engineering applications.

Online abstract submission for the International Symposium on ‘Ice Streams and Outlet Glaciers’ is now open. The meeting is held 19–24 July 2020, in Durham University, Durham, UK.

Please note that the abstract submission system is separate from the IGS Connect. You will have to register your details if you have not submitted an abstract with us before.

On February 4, 2020, The Barents Center of the Humanities at Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences will host a seminar «Sami History and culture in the latest research and publications» dedicated to the Sami National Day.

The event will be attended by important figures of Sami culture, Center of the Northern peoples representatives, scientists and postgraduates of the Kola Science Center. The seminar will include a presentation of innovative works and a book by Nina Eliseeva, President of the Kola Sami Association (until 2010), the winner of the “Golden language” award for the work on the Sami language preservation and development.

Kola Science Center RAS invites participants to the X international scientific and practical conference “The North and the Arctic in the New Global Development Paradigm. Luzin Readings 2020”, which is to be held on April 9 - 11, 2020 in Apatity (Murmansk region of Russia). The main theme of the conference is socio-economic development of the Russian Arctic. 

The conference will include plenary sessions, parallel sections, and the “School for young Arctic researchers”. 

UiT Logo eng posThe University of the Arctic (UArctic) call for is now open for applications for networking projects in Arctic research and education for a UArctic member university in Norway. 

Who can apply:
The main applicant has to come from a UArctic member university in Norway. A complete and updated list of member institutions can be found on the UArctic website. The project lead institution needs to be a UArctic member.

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The University of the Arctic (UArctic) call is now open for applications for networking projects in Arctic research and education for a UArctic member university in Greenland, Denmark or the Faroe Islands.

Who can apply:
The main applicant has to come from a UArctic member university in Greenland, Denmark or the Faroe Islands. A complete and updated list of member institutions can be found on the UArctic website. The main applicant or project lead institution needs to be a UArctic member.

This course aims to bring young researchers together across disciplines, within the broad domain of Arctic research and research communication, in order to build new networks and develop communications skills. The objectives are both linked to different ongoing Arctic research initiatives such as the Arctic Science IntegrAtion Quest (ASIAQ) Project and Arctic Avenue, and to make a communication effort for the Tarfala Research Station. 

Course date: June 29 -July 3, 2020, excluding travels.

iasc webFramed by the overarching theme “The Arctic: Regional Changes, Global Impacts”, Lisbon invites international experts on the Arctic and Indigenous Peoples to discuss the “New Arctic” and also its impacts and interactions to and with the lower latitudes.

The Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 will bring together scientists, Indigenous people, Arctic community members, and Arctic science stakeholders from all over the world to present and discuss the most recent advances on Arctic knowledge across disciplines, from the natural sciences to the humanities. The conference will also be an opportunity to foster research synergies between both Polar Regions, with sessions that target both Poles welcomed.

SCAR logo white backgroundSeveral SCAR groups and Scientific Research Programmes are offering grants to support travel and registration costs associated with attending SCAR2020

Find an overview of all travel support, application processes and deadlines on our website: https://www.scar.org/events/ecr-travel/. This list is frequently updated as new opportunities become available. 

Also this year we run our applied course for snow and avalanche science at University Vienna within "Topics in Geodynamics" The applied excursion to the ski resorts of Galtür, Ischgl and Lech am Arlberg takes place from 22.03.- 26.03.2020 where we will investigate all snow properties leading to avalanche initiation and carry out 3D snow depth mapping using laser scanning and SfM-photogrammetry.

Imagine being able to explore data about Greenland animals, ice and communities all in one place. Through the new QGreenland project, this can become a reality. QGreenland, a free geographic information system (GIS) mapping tool that is in development at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), will be available for download later this year. However, to make the project as useful and relevant as possible, the QGreenland development team needs help from potential users, who are encouraged to provide input via a survey

Please, consider there are a couple of solicitations that the USPA is interested in getting young permafrost researchers involved in.  The first is that the planning committee for the 2021 RCOP is looking for PYRN members to help with the conference organization. The second is that the USPA is looking for US based PYRN members to serve on the USPA Communications Committee. 

This one-year MSc(Res) programme should interest students seeking Masters-level research training and experience within the broad subject area of cold-regions science. Its research areas include glaciology, geomorphology, climate change and reconstruction, Quaternary science, geochronology, and oceanic and atmospheric processes.The programme targets those wishing to gain an intensive research experience and expand their knowledge and skills before progressing to a PhD. Training is provided via a research apprenticeship within the Ice and Climate Research (ICERS) cluster of academic and postdoctoral staff and research students. Our students carry out a major Research Project under supervision by ICERS staff. Another key feature of the programme is a summer Field Course module. Its provisional destination is Western Greenland, although alternative field locations may be considered that reflect the interests and experience of our staff.

Girls on Ice Switzerland offers two expeditions per year: one in German and one in French. You can now apply for both expeditions, but we are currently only partly funded and are seeking funding to make sure that we can run both expeditions in 2020 and beyond. 

More information can be found here: https://www.inspiringgirls.org/switzerland

The 2020 CESM Tutorial will take place 3 - 7 August 2020 at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO.

The CESM Tutorial will consist of 1) lectures on simulating the climate system, and 2) practical sessions on running CESM, modifying components, and analyzing data. While the CESM Tutorial is targeted at the graduate student level, and postdocs, research scientists, and faculty members are also welcome to apply. The committee can accept a maximum of 80 students with partial financial support (shared lodging and ground transportation) for some students. We are unable to cover airline tickets. Whether or not you apply for travel funds has no bearing on the selection process.

We offer a selection of postgraduate qualifications in Antarctic Studies including the limited entry Postgraduate Certificate in Antarctic Studies – the only programme in the world that provides students with the real-world experience of undertaking Antarctic research in Antarctica and the Master of Antarctic Studies (MASt). Both of these are our flagship programmes that include an Antarctic fieldtrip.

A brochure to provide more information is attached, and the application material and further details are available through: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/science/schools-and-departments/antarctica/study/apply/.

Application deadline is 9 April 2020.

 

The CWC research unit at the University of Oulu, leader of the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Telecommunication and Networking, and Luleå Technical University (LTU) have started a joint Interreg Nord project called Arctic 5G Test Networks.

One aim of the project is to collect examples and experience what poor connectivity means for daily life, school work, using e-services, using e-payments, business opportunities and where (which kind of environment) the problems occur. In the later phase of the project, some solutions will be demonstrated and the availability of solutions to the public will be enabled. By poorly working connectivity we mean, e.g., that you can see that your mobile phone or modem is connected but the quality is so poor that voice and especially data connectivity (internet connectivity) fails to allow using digital services.

Bifröst University's summer course "Sustainable Leadership in the 21st Century" (8 ECTS) takes place July 18 – August 8, 2020. Application deadline: June 1, 2020.

Leaders of the future will be faced with challenging tasks in an increasingly complex and interconnected world. The 2020 summer school organized by Bifröst University will explore emerging ideas about leadership and provide practical training in leadership. 

The Nordic leadership model and servant leadership will be in special focus. Sustainability and social responsibility will be discussed and the role of social entrepreneurs will be examined. The course will include both academic lectures, discussion periods and more practical approaches that will include assignments, group work and field trips.

The U.S. Ice Drilling Program Ice Core Working Group (IDP-ICWG) will hold a U.S. ice core science community planning workshop on April 2-3, 2020, at the Residence Inn Alexandria Old Town South at Carlyle in Alexandria, Virginia.

Purpose: The purpose of this workshop is to articulate driving scientific questions in ice core research for the coming decade and beyond, and identify drilling sites and technological and logistical requirements needed to answer those questions, for contribution to the U.S. Ice Drilling Program (IDP) Long Range Science Plan.

Join us for a multi-day workshop in a stimulating and resource-rich environment where you will participate in sessions on topics including effective teaching strategies, course design, establishing a research program in a new setting, working with research students, balancing professional and personal responsibilities, and time management. Applications due March 23, 2020.

See more information on the website: https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/earlycareer2020/index.html

 

The Arctic Data Center will host a 5-day data science training workshop October 19 - 23, 2020 at NCEAS in Santa Barbara, California. This 5-day workshop will provide researchers with an overview of best data management practices, data science tools, and concrete steps and methods for more easily documenting and uploading their data to the Arctic Data Center.

The Arctic Data Center provides training in data science and data management, as these are critical skills for the stewardship of the data, software, and other research products that are preserved in the Arctic Data Center. The major goals of the Arctic Data Center are to advance data archiving and promote reproducible science and data reuse.

The Regional Conference on Permafrost and Engineering (RCOP) takes place in Boulder, Colorado on July 11-16, 2021. The organizers of RCOP 2021 in Boulder, Colorado, are welcoming session proposals by February 22.

For the first time the Regional Conference on Permafrost will be combined with the bi-annual International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering. RCOP 2021 is expected to bring international participation and we anticipate as many as 500 attendees who will have the opportunity to organize side-project meetings and enjoy field trips to the nearby Rocky Mountains.

Registration is now open for the 34th Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes (FRISP) which will be held from 21-24 June 2020 at Hotel Döllnsee near Berlin/Potsdam in Germany. 

The conference will begin on the evening of June 21st (Sunday) and conclude at lunchtime on June 24th (Wednesday).

Registration closes on March 15th, abstract submission will remain open until April 15th

Organizers announce a call for registration for the 2020 Fletcher Arctic Conference that will convene Friday-Saturday, 7-8 February 2020 in Medford, MA.

Since 2012, the annual Arctic Conference at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy has provided a platform for policymakers, business leaders, academics and students to address the implications of a volatile Arctic. This conference brings together high-level leaders working in business, governance, human rights, international law, and science from around the world to share insights, research, and engage in conversations on the pressing issues of a multi-disciplinary nature in the Arctic region. The Fletcher Arctic Conference is a student-run initiative, with key contributions from senior Fletcher School faculty and leadership. There is no cost associated with registering.

For more information and to register, go to:
Conference website

The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030 presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to deliver scientific knowledge and ensure that ocean science can fully support countries’ actions to sustainably manage the ocean and to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
As part of a global consultation process in preparation of the UN Decade, the Southern Ocean workshop will provide opportunities to further discuss, prioritize and formulate proposals for Southern Ocean initiatives to be framed under the UN Decade.

Registration and Abstract submission is now open for the CRYOSPHERE 2020, the International Symposium on Ice, Snow and Water in a Warming World, is now online.

Early Bird registration deadline is 1 July 2020. After that date, the registration fee will Increase by €70.

The deadline for abstract submission is 15 April 2020. Notification of acceptance will be by 1 June 2020

The symposium will be held at the renowned Harpa Conference Centre in Reykjavík, Iceland during 21–24 September 2020.

We would like to issue a call for papers for the thematic issue of the Annals of Glaciology on ‘Ice, Snow and Water in a Warming World’. Accepted papers will be published online as soon as authors have returned their proofs and all corrections have been made. The hard copy is scheduled for publication in 2021.

Submission period from 1 June 2020 - 1 December 2020. Supply your final accepted paper until 1 June 2021.

For the fourth consecutive year, INQ is pleased to announce one of the flagship events in its programming: the My Northern Project science outreach contest.

New this year: the contest is now open to Master's students who have analyzed their collected data. The competition also remains open to students enrolled in a PhD program. Of course, only research projects with a northern or Arctic theme are eligible.

The Polar Technology Conference (https://www.arcus.org/logistics/2020-polar-technology) is planned for 10–12 March 2020 in Boulder, Colorado. The goal of the meeting is to link experts in polar science and technology development to discuss current technological resources for polar research and identify barriers to research and application of technology for problems unique to polar regions.

Abstract submission is open until 7 February 2020, 5:00 p.m. Alaska time. Limited support is available for early career researcher travel - submit your abstract by Friday, 7 February to be considered for travel support.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Program Officers Thorsten Markus, Colene Haffke, and Michael Falkowski will host this webinar on NASA's Cryosphere Program, funding opportunities, and opportunities for early career scientists. They welcome the research community to join, ask questions and share feedback. 

It will take place on Friday, 7 February 2020 at 01:00 p.m. (EST). 

YOPP LOGO beb4effb3cAn new episode of the IcePod, the official podcast for the Year of Polar Prediction, has now been published. On this second episode, we take a further look behind the scenes of MOSAiC. The master student and professional photographer Thea Schneider was one of the lucky ones, namely one of the twenty early-career scientists who went on board the Russian icebreaker Akademik Fedorov, which supported Polarstern into the Central Arctic.

In our interview, Thea Schneider from the University of Potsdam, Germany, tells us about the difficulties of assembling a sea-ice buoy without IKEA instructions, what a smoking curl has to do with Arctic turbulences, and how lonesome you can (not) be as a vegetarian among Russian meat-eaters.

sooslogo2cSoos is seeking nominations for a number of leadership roles in support of facilitating and enhancing global Southern Ocean observations into the future!

The MDPI journal Geosciences recently launched a special issue on “Glacier Characteristic Variability in Polar Regions", which is now open for submission. I would like to invite those of you working in this field to submit an article to this special issue. Deadline for manuscript submissions is 15 October 2020.

For more information about the Special Issue, and potential topics, please see: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/geosciences/special_issues/glaciers_characteristics

Kind regards, the guest editor
Andrey Glazovsky

iasc webIASC is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2020 IASC Medal, awarded in recognition of exceptional and sustained contributions to the understanding of the Arctic.


The shortlisted candidates are:

  • Atsumu Ohmura for outstanding achievement in understanding complex climate and glacier relationships, thermal energy flow in the Arctic, and in building programs and data-archives in the Arctic
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  • Peter Wadhams for outstanding achievement in understanding polar climate and sea-ice interactions, and the effect of the warming Arctic on sea ice loss and reduction of albedo
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  • Sue Ellen Moore for outstanding achievement in understanding marine mammals as ecosystem sentinels and how climate change is influencing the phenology of Arctic species
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The outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV (coronavirus), is of serious concern to the Office of Polar Programs, which supports thousands of researchers, operational personnel, and other visitors to remote stations in the Arctic and Antarctica. As an immediate response, OPP augmented medical screening questions for personnel deploying to Antarctica and Greenland. Medical program staff evaluate responses to a set of diagnostic questions and check for fever. These measures are intended to prevent anyone exposed to coronavirus, Ebola, or other serious respiratory infection from traveling to field stations in the polar regions.

Proposals are now being accepted for Sessions at the Eighth Arctic Circle Assembly, to be held October 8 – 11, 2020 in Reykjavík, Iceland.

NEW!: All Sessions will now run for either 55 or 60 minutes.

Sessions at the Arctic Circle Assembly are held in auditoriums, lecture halls, board rooms, and open spaces throughout Harpa and nearby venues. Sessions are organized by governments, institutions, organizations, universities, think tanks, companies and others. In addition the Arctic Circle itself organizes Plenary Sessions at the Assemblies.

We are pleased to announce that the 6th annual Students in Polar and Alpine Research Conference - SPARC 2020 will be held in Brno, Czech Republic, on the 23-24 April 2020. 

If you are a student or Early-Career Researcher (<3 years after PhD defense), you are cordially invited to attend our conference which serves as a platform for presenting your research, as well as for exchanging experiences and strengthening the bonds within a community of Polar and Alpine scientists, within the fields of both bio- & geosciences.

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The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030 presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to deliver scientific knowledge and ensure that ocean science can fully support countries’ actions to sustainably manage the ocean and to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

As part of a global consultation process in preparation of the UN Decade, the Southern Ocean workshop will provide opportunities to further discuss, prioritize and formulate proposals for Southern Ocean initiatives to be framed under the UN Decade.

To all of you working on climate-cryosphere interactions at different time scales (past, present & future)! 

Invitation to submit an abstract for: Special Issue "Interactions between the Cryosphere and Climate (Change)" Open Access Journal "Atmosphere" (I.F. 2.046)

The journal Water (ISSN 2073-4441, IF 2.524) is currently running a Special Issue entitled: "Transformation of Glacial and Periglacial Environments in Mountain Regions". 

We invite you to submit a manuscript that documents and analyzes transformations of alpine glacial and periglacial environments. Papers that deal with the coupling of atmospheric and glacial/periglacial transformation processes are welcome, as well as contributions that are focused on impacts, innovative methodological approaches (such as new remote sensing techniques), monitoring series, and historical reconstructions. 

RDA Europe is offering up to 7 Early Careers and 5 Experts  grants designed to support participation to  the 15th RDA Plenary meeting (18-20 March 2020, Melbourne, Australia)

Call for Early Career Researchers and Scientists working with Data - https://grants.rd-alliance.org/OpenCalls/call-early-careers-rda-15th-plenary

pyrn smallDear PYRN members!

Do you have permafrost recordings?

As a spin-off from the Frozen-Ground Cartoons, we are working with sound-artists to produce a permafrost audio adventure. We are therefore looking for any sound recordings from permafrost fieldwork (audio or video files). If you have any field-sounds to share with us -for example of drilling, talking, sampling, etc. -please contact Joost Van Duppen (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ). 

We will be super grateful for any files you can share, dear PYRNers!

IACS logoA new 4-year Working Group (WG) of the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) on the “Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI) and its role in Glacier Monitoring and GLIMS” (https://cryosphericsciences.org/activities/working-groups/rgi-working-group/) has been launched to pursue and expand the work of a similar previous working group (http://www.cryosphericsciences.org/wg_randGlacierInv.html), with new and updated objectives.

The Calotte Academy 2020 is planned to be organized in the beginning of June 2020 in the European Arctic — Enontekiö and Inari, Finland; Kautokeino, Kirkenes and Svanvik, Norway; and Apatity and Nikel, Russia. The theme of the 2020 Academy is "New and emerging trends of Arctic governance, geopolitics, geoeconomics, and science."

To empower Indigenous scholars and provide a key opportunity for officials at US government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and other groups working on Arctic issues to learn and integrate information/perspectives from multiple Arctic knowledge systems, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) and the Inuit Circumpolar Council - Alaska (ICC-Alaska) invite applications from US Arctic Indigenous scholars to travel to Washington DC.

3aa47421-c3fb-411f-bb5b-8ac231d7bfa6.jpgWe are excited to announce that GSS Fellows is accepting applications between January 15 until February 28, 2020.

The GSS Fellows Program offers a 10-week paid professional training experience with a Sustainability Organization for young professionals and/or graduate students from under-represented groups. This program aims to bridge young professionals to career or graduate school.

A special issue of the journal 'Insects' on Polar Entomology is open for manuscript submissions. The deadline has been extended to 31 January 2020. 

See more information here: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/insects/special_issues/mr_AEnt

arcuslogonotext 2018The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar featuring Jim Thomson, Senior Principal Oceanographer at the University of Washington's Applied Physics Lab and a Professor in the Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering.

This event will be held online via Zoom on Friday, 7 February 2020 at 08:00 a.m. AKST (12:00 p.m. EST).

Registration is required for this event.

Our Call for Applications for the next Klaus Töpfer Sustainability Fellowship is released now! https://www.iass-potsdam.de/en/news/iass-call-applications-2020-klaus-topfer-sustainability-fellowshipYou can find more information here!

KOPRI is now accepting applications for its two fellowship schemes; the Asian Polar Science Fellowship Program and the Arctic Science Fellowship Program.

We are now inviting you to submit proposals for funding for Ship-time or access to Marine Equipment on the second SEA-Programme call “REGIONAL” with any of the Research Vessels and/or Marine Equipment displayed HERE to carry out ship-based research activities within any field of marine science (restrictions may apply, check specific access conditions for each vessel). 

This call will remain open until Friday 28th of February 2020, 12:00 CET.

TO SUBMIT your proposal, REGISTER and UPLOAD it here: https://ptoutline.eu/app/eurofleetsplus_sea2

Download the Call documents, including instructions and templates HERE.

A new category of paper, the Opinion Editorial (Op-Ed) on Journal Advances in Polar Science was introduced in 2017, which attracts more attention from the international polar community. As Dr. Roger J. Braithwaite from the University of Manchester comments that this is a most welcome initiative! Up to now, five Opinion Editorials were published, you are welcome to query and discuss on each article by E-mail directly with the corresponding authors.

SCAR logo white backgroundWe understand that travel funding is often one of the main limitations for people to attending conferences. Several SCAR Groups and Scientific Research Programmes are now offering grants to support travel and registration costs associated with attending SCAR2020.These grants will be a maximum of $2,000 USD each to help with travel and registration costs and are specifically for Early Career Researchers.The following travel grants by SCAR Groups are available so far:

The Future of the Arctic Human Population: Migration in the North Conference takes place in Rovaniemi, Finland on 28–29 May 2020. This will be the first ever conference on (im)migration in the cap of the north that is a part of series of activities of UArctic Thematic network on Arctic Migration. The first conference day consists panel discussions of policy makers and business sector. The second day is science-orientated and consists scientific presentations and panel discussion. The conference venue is Arktikum. All international Arctic and non-Arctic actors, researchers and policymakers are warmly welcome to the conference!

UArctic is searching for motivated and enthusiastic interns for the fall 2020 who are interested in Arctic matters and willing to acquire knowledge of the Northern region; its environment, people and culture. The internship will provide an environment in which the intern can develop, enhance professional working and communication skills, as well as expand networks for the future. 

The Arctic Yearbook is calling for abstracts for its 2020 edition. The theme is “Climate Change and the Arctic: Global Origins, Regional Responsibilities?”. Deadline for abstracts is March 2, 2020. The Arctic Yearbook is an international and peer-reviewed volume which focuses on issues of regional governance, development, circumpolar relations, geopolitics and security, all broadly defined. It is an open access, online publication. The Arctic Yearbook is an initiative of the Northern Research Forum (NRF) and the University of the Arctic’s joint Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security.

The United States Permafrost Association is sponsoring travel grants for permafrost young researchers to the 12th International Conference on Permafrost that will be held in Lanzhou, China from June 22 to June 26th, 2020.  Abstracts are being accepted until January 31, 2020 by the local organizing committee, http://icop2020.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/65558. The USPA travel grant application and supporting materials will be posted on the USPA website in early March after abstract acceptance notices are issued by the organizing committee. Applicants are required to be members of USPA, PYRN and undergraduate, graduate, or post doctoral students at a University or within two years of graduation from a University. 

Letting you know that the Spring/Fall 2019 issue of the Polar Libraries Bulletin is posted on the PLC website. Articles, news, announcements, updates, book reviews, or any other items you might have are all welcome now for the Spring 2020 issue. We look forward to receiving your contributions! Send material to Juli Braund-Allen at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and to Daria O. Carle at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Synoptic Arctic Survey (SAS) has released their report of the open planning workshop that took place 15-16 May 2019 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The workshop reviewed the SAS scientific objectives, planned and proposed cruises in 2020-21 and associated measurements of the SAS to obtain a pan-Arctic view of the status and change of the Arctic system, as well as to expand studies outlined in the SAS Science Plan.

IACS logoA new working group on the Regional Assessments of Glacier MAss Change (RAGMAC; 2019-2023) has been approved by the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences: https://cryosphericsciences.org/activities/wg-ragmac/

The overall goal of this working group (WG) is bringing together the research community that is assessing regional glacier mass changes from various observation technologies (e.g., glaciological and geodetic DEM-differencing methods, altimetry, gravimetry) with the ultimate goal to obtain new consensus estimates of global glacier mass changes and related uncertainties.

iasc webArctic Science Summit Week 2020 in Akureyri is swiftly approaching. This is a reminder that IASC is now receiving proposals for consideration for IASC funding in 2020. Proposals can be limited to one Working Group, relevant to all five, or anything in between. (Note: Working Groups must allocate at least 40% of their budget in cooperation with other Working Groups.) All proposals will be fully discussed and considered at the Working Group meetings at ASSW.

The proposal template is here.

These prizes, mentorships, awards, scholarships, and more may be interesting for you students and people around. Most of them expire on January 2020.

The 50th Annual International Arctic Workshop will be held on 2- 4 April 2020 (Thursday - Saturday) in Boulder, Colorado. It is hosted by the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado, Boulder and Sustainability, Energy, and Environment Community (SEEC). Please find all information on the following link: https://instaar.colorado.edu/meetings/AW2020/.

What?     

British Society for Geomorphology Annual Meeting

When?

Monday 7th – Wednesday 9th September 2020

Where?

Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

The 77th Eastern Snow Conference (ESC) will be held at York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 9 – 11 June 2020. This meeting marks a return to Canada after a two-year hiatus, and a return to Toronto for the first time in a quarter of a century. The scientific program is open to sessions on theoretical, experimental, remote sensing, modeling, and operational studies of snow, ice, and winter hydrology.

The Chilean Cryosphere Society (SOCHICRI) invites researchers, professionals and students from Chile and abroad to participate in the annual meeting for 2020. This will be held in Concepción from 13 – 15 May 2020 and will be organised by the Departments of Geography and Geophysics, University of Concepción. To participate as a presenter, we invite you to send your abstract via the online form: https://forms.gle/9NLTW4kJGnDt5KM56. Your contribution can focus on any part of the cryosphere, and can include field- or theory-based studies, remote sensing, simulations, legal frameworks, impact and/or risk analyses, water resource assessments and others. Please follow the instructions on the online form to register for the conference and to signal your preferred presentation format (oral or poster). The closing date for abstracts is 15 march 2020.

SCAR logo white backgroundThe Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Open Science Conference (OSC) is held every two years and will be in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia from 3-7 August 2020 (https://www.scarcomnap2020.org). The SCAR OSC is an excellent opportunity to present and discuss the most recent and important results of Antarctic research in all disciplines at an international venue. 

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces a series of solicitation webinars. These webinars will discuss the Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) solicitation. During the webinars, NNA Program Officers will discuss the Navigating the New Arctic Solicitation 20-514. Each webinar session will begin with a short presentation followed by a question and answer session with the program officers.

The Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) invites applications to join our teaching faculty for the Summer 2020 field season. JIRP is an interdisciplinary summer field school, aimed at undergraduate Earth science students interested alpine and polar environments. JIRP is an immersive training experience for students in expeditionary research, glacier travel, field techniques, and fundamental science. JIRP maintains remote field stations across the Juneau Icefield in Southeast Alaska, and one of the world’s longest-running glacier monitoring programs.

The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) has extended the deadline for paper and poster abstract submissions for the 10th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS X). This conference will convene 15-19 June 2020 in Arkhangelsk, Russia. 20 June will be reserved for additional excursions, such as the Solovetsky Islands.

iasc webThe Early Bird Registration Deadline for ASSW2020 has been extended to 27 January 2020! Find out all the information on ASSW2020 website. 

Register here: https://events.artegis.com/lz/LoginPage?T=1&custom=1657&event=13064&navid=22708

YOPP LOGO beb4effb3cA bonus episode of The Icepod, the official podcast for the WMO Year of Polar Prediction initiative to improve weather and sea-ice forecast in the Arctic and Antarctic, is now available. 

In this extra episode, sea-ice scientist Stefanie Arndt from the German Alfred Wegener Institute talks about her preparations to join the third leg of the MOSAiC campaign.

iasc webIASC wishes you a prosperous 2020 with the 2020 IASC Calendar for you to download, and we remind you to submit photos for the IASC 2020 Bulletin! 
IASC prepares its annual calendar to disseminate information about IASC and its activities and to thank the IASC Community for your engagement over the year. The Secretariat collects and selects the best Arctic pictures from the field, everyday life, animals, landscapes, and more - submitted by you, the IASC Community. Do you also have great Arctic science picture you want to share? Then read on!

An interdisciplinary PhD and Post-Doc summer school on 20-28 June 2020 will take place in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. It will be hosted by the Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research (NVP), in cooperation with the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) and the Nansen Scientific Society. This year the main theme will be: “The Global Arctic"

We also want to let you know that you are entitled to submit a 2nd abstract for an oral presentation if your 2nd abstract is submitted to the Education and Outreach session at ICOP2020!!! So please don’t forget to submit your abstract before January 15 to our session 7.1 Education and Outreach – and how to train the next generation of interdisciplinary researchers and science leaders to manage permafrost changes. Submit here: http://icop2020.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/65558.

Join us for five days of tutorials, data exploration, software development and community networking focused on open source tools to analyze and visualize ICESat-2 data for cryospheric applications. We will build on tools developed at our 2019 hack week, but attendance to that event is not a prerequisite for our 2020 hack week. The Cryospheric Sciences with ICESat-2 Hack Week takes place on June 15-19, 2020 at the University of Washington campus. 

The Arctic Cooperation Programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers invites project applications for financial support in 2020. The Arctic Cooperation Programme contributes to the Nordic Council of Ministers’ vision of an “innovative, borderless, visible, and outward-looking Nordic Region.” It is central to the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Arctic Cooperation Programme 2018–2021 that specific needs of the Arctic will be accommodated and that the programme will contribute to the region’s sustainable development. The purpose of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Arctic Cooperation Programme 2018–2021 is to create sustainable and constructive development in the Arctic and for its people based on the four P’s: planet, peoples, prosperity, and partnerships.

ipy logoThe journal Polar Record has released a special issue titled, Celebrating IPY Education, Outreach, and Engagement – 10 years on. This issue reflects on education, outreach, and engagement ten years after the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008, and spans a wide range of disciplines, professions, commentaries, ages, and nationalities in the form of commentaries, research notes, and full research articles.

The International Polar Tourism Research Network (IPTRN) is inviting for its 7th Conference which will be held in Ushuaia, Argentina from November 18 to 23. THe IPTRN is a group with a shared interest in research that advances the understanding of tourism in and about the Polar Regions. The IPTRN strives to generate, share and disseminate knowledge, resources and perspectives on polar tourism; and strongly supports the development of international collaboration and cooperative relationships between members.

Norilsk State Industrial Institute invites participants to an international scientific conference “Scientific capacity of the Arctic”, which is to take place on April 25, 2020 in Norilsk, Russia. Apply before February 25, 2020!

The 2020 Polar Law Symposium will be held from 23-25 November at Kobe University Rokkodai Campus, Kobe, Japan. The symposium is under the main theme of  “The Rule of Law in the Polar Regions” with distinctively bi-polar and “mid-latitude” perspectives. Abstracts are due March 31, 2020. Polar Cooperation Research Centre (PCRC) of Kobe University is proud to join the Polar Law Institute (University of Akureyri, Iceland), the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law – Arctic Centre (University of Lapland, Finland), the University of the Arctic and its Arctic Law Thematic Network (Finland) to host the 2020 Polar Law Symposium. This will be the first time the event is being held in Asia in its 13-year history.

arctic yearbook 2019The theme of the Arctic Yearbook 2019 is Redefining Arctic Security. This eighth edition of the Arctic Yearbook seeks to articulate how security has been redefined in the Arctic region. The online version is available at https://arcticyearbook.com/. The Arctic Yearbook 2019 consists of 21 peer reviewed articles and 14 briefing notes and commentaries.

The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030 is a critical opportunity to galvanise transformative actions for the ocean we need for the future we want. This survey, conducted under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC), will enable early career ocean professionals to contribute their views to the Decade preparation process. Anyone who identifies as an early career ocean professional should complete this survey! We invite views from all communities, including ocean science and technology, business and industry, civil society, policy and sustainable development.

 The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar featuring Jeffrey Brooks, Social Scientist at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). This event will be held online via Zoom on Tuesday, 7 January 2020 at 10:00 a.m. AKST (2:00 p.m. EST). This seminar, titled Science and Traditional Knowledge in Decision-Making: A Federal Agency Shares its Experience in Alaska, will be presented by Jeffrey Brooks, BOEM. Dr. Brooks began his federal career in 1990 as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Benin, West Africa where he led public health and rural community development projects.

Abstract submissions have now opened for the SCAR2020 Open Science Conference (OSC), which will be held 3-7 August 2020 in Hobart, Australia. A number of SERCE-facing sessions are advertised, further details can be found here: https://www.scarcomnap2020.org/. The deadline for abstract submissions is 28th February 2020. SERCE (https://www.scar.org/science/serce/serce/) will be offering grants to support travel and registration costs associated with attending SCAR2020.

Organizers invite abstracts for the Polar Technology Conference (PTC) 2020. This conference will convene 10-12 March 2020 in Boulder, Colorado. The PTC brings together polar scientists, technology developers, and field technicians from academia, state and federal agencies, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations. This interdisciplinary space provides an opportunity for technical and theoretical exchange on challenges impeding polar research and field operations. The goal of the meeting is to link experts in polar science and technology development to discuss current technological resources for polar research and identify barriers to research and application of technology for problems unique to polar regions.

The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) presents a once-in a life time opportunity to deliver scientific knowledge and ensure that ocean science can fully support countries' actions to sustainably manage the ocean and achieving the 2030 Agenda  for Sustainable Development.As part of a global consultation process in preparation of the UN Decade, the Arctic workshop  will provide opportunities to further discuss, prioritize and formulate proposals for Arctic initiatives to be framed under the UN Decade. Thus, the workshop will address the six societal objectives of the Decade:

DEADLINE EXTENDED for the Call for Abstracts for ICASS X "Tenth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences: Arctic Generations: Looking Back and Looking Forward taking place on 15-19 June 2020 in Arkhangelsk, Russia. The is extended to JANUARY 20, 2020. Submit Abstracts at https://icass.uni.edu/.

The Arctic Design School, Urals State University of Architecture and Art, Ekaterinburg, Russia, is now inviting proposals for a joint exhibition scheduled for April 2020. Deadline for submissions is January 15, 2020

The course addresses tourism in the Arctic and Subarctic with an emphasis on tourist's experience and the connections between tourism, host communities and landscapes. The course is part of a joint Master's focus offered by the UArctic Thematic Network on Northern Tourism

Arctic Winter School 2020 at North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk, Russia is going to be held from February 25 – March 7, 2020

Improve your knowledge about Arctic issues and people by studying and experiencing life in another circumpolar institution. north2north mobility program enables you to experience life in another North while gaining international competencies that will benefit your future career and academic endeavours.

Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design (ASAD) thematic network has received funding from Institute of Higher Education Norway/UiT to develop and run international research and educational Summer Schools in 2020.

The Polar Technology Conference (PTC) was a small, but impactful meeting held annually from 2005–2016, which created space for polar scientists, technology developers, and technology users to share technology needs and discoveries. The absence of this opportunity for polar people to connect has resulted in reduced connectivity and collaboration within the broader polar science community. The National Science Foundation’s Office of Polar Programs has responded to this need with support to resume the PTC as a biennial meeting.

The course is designed to provide an overview of the taxonomy, (palaeo)ecology, biodiversity, geological history and applied biostratigraphy of ostracods.It will take place in Jena, Germany from 16-20 March 2020. It is intended for young scientists and industrial staff interested in micropalaeontology, palaeoceanography, palaeoclimatology,biology and environmental applications. We will focus on methods and concepts of ostracodology including systematics, biostratigraphic applications, ecology and life history spanning their fossil record from the Paleozoic to the Holocene and covering the recent fauna as well. Case studies from marine and continental systems as well as practical training for identification, preparation, documentation and analysis will be an important part of the course.

The third Open Science Conference (OSC) of the International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences (IPICS) will be held from 18-23 October 2020 in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. The objective ofthe conference is to present, discuss and put into perspective the most recent results of past and current ice core drilling projects. The theme of the third OSC is Ice Core Science at the three Poles. As in previous IPICS OSCs, part of the conference is a one-day early career scientists workshop on 18 October organized by Ice Core Young Scientists (ICYS).

"Relate North: Tradition and Innovation in Art & Design Education" will be the seventh book published in the Relate North series connected to the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Arts & Design(ASAD) and published by InSEA Publications.

The Climate Impacts Research Centre (CIRC) at Umeå University is offering student and science communication internships from March/April through October/November 2020 based at the Abisko Scientific Research Station. Interns must commit to at least two months (60 days) and secure funding from the Erasmus+ student trainee program.

The research at Abisko focuses on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and their interface at the edge of the Arctic. Researchers work in the field and lab with research ranging from biogeochemistry and microbial ecology to plant and animal ecology.

Interns must commit to at least two months (60 days) to secure funding from the Erasmus Plus student trainee program. All interns must qualify and apply for the Erasmus Plus program to cover the costs of transportation to and from Abisko, housing at the Research Station and living expenses. 

Read more about the internships, requirements and application instructions on the CIRC webpages.

ArcticStat is a public and independent statistical databank dealing with the countries, regions and populations of the Circumpolar Arctic. It was first launched in 2007 as a major Canadian contribution to the International Polar Year (IPY). Built as a portal, ArcticStat takes its users to the table they are looking for, whether it is located on the web site of a statistics agency or stored in the ArcticStat databank itself. The new website provides improved navigation and introduces a new interactive map of the Arctic circumpolar regions and a section devoted to personalized notifications. The new website is accessible on a laptop, smartphone or tablet.

Held on February 10-17, 2020 at Far Eastern Federal University, the annual winter course provides its participants with knowledge, skills and experience in sea ice science, definition of ice physical-mechanical properties, and use of modern research equipment on the real ice cover and in the ice laboratory.

AIAS is pleased to announce that we have up to 15 AIAS-COFUND Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships available at Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, AIAS, for talented junior and senior researchers from all academic disciplines. The application deadline is 17 January 2020.

Commencement date: 1 October 2020 and 1 February 2021.

Read about AIAS and the fellowship programme and see the Guide for Applicants at:

www.aias.au.dk

https://aias.au.dk/opportunities-at-aias/aiasfellowships/aias-cofund-fellowships/ 

One of the main objectives of the GEA project is to put the spotlight on gender equality issues in the Arctic. We have made progress, but there is still a lot of work to be done and we are still working hard at it. We believe that Gender Equality time is now. The GEA Times will serve as a venue for us, and you, to contribute to the discussion and to put focus on gender equality in the Arctic, and to promote events and material related to Arctic gender equality. Click here to subscribe for the Gender Equality in the Arctic Newsletter

Registration for the upcoming 2020 Alpine Glaciology Meeting (AGM) is now open! We remind you that there is no registration fee and the deadline for registration is the 5th of February 2020.

The MSc program in Integrated Climate System Sciences (ICSS) is a study program that teaches across all subjects involved in climate research in order to provide a holistic picture of the climate system. This interdisciplinary approach enables you to understand the processes of climate variability and climate change and its respective consequences for societies, including how they respond to these.

The call for abstracts is open for the 12th International Conference on Permafrost, 22-26 June, 2020 in Lanzhou, China. The conference theme is "Permafrost environments under persistent warming: Challenges for scientific assessment and engineering practice". The deadline for abstract submission is the 15th of January 2020

The Durham ARCTIC Doctoral Training Centre Studentship Competition is now open to recruit five fully funded doctoral studentships to start in October 2020. To be eligible, applicants need to apply for an Arctic-related PhD (see here for more details on eligibility). Applicants can apply to a Durham ARCTIC project advertised on our website (https://www.dur.ac.uk/arctic/projects/) or apply for a student-initiated project.

Registration and the call for papers is now open for the 28th Polar Libraries Colloquy, which will be held 7th to 13th June 2020 at Université Laval, in Québec City. The deadline for paper submission is 31 January.

As a contribution to the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP)-endorsed Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) ice drift campaign, the International Coordination Office for Polar Prediction (ICO) has launched a series of podcasts entitled The IcePod.

The 5th Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) will be held in 2020 (March 31- April 2) in Akureyri, Iceland in conjunction with Arctic Science Summit Week 2020. Your input and contributions in the form of poster presentations are welcome to highlight important issues and to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and ideas to design, build, implement, expand, and provide long-term support for an international Arctic observing systems network. 

Join the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) at the AGU Fall Meeting, held 9-13 December 2019 in San Francisco, California.

ARCUS will be hosting and attending many events throughout the week, including:

The SEA Programme offers fully funded transnational access to 16 Research Vessels and 6 pieces of Marine Equipment to carry out ship-based research activities within any field of marine science.
Applications are welcome from international teams of researchers from academia and industry. Early-career and female applicants are encouraged to apply.
Check for funding conditions, application guidelines and full eligibility criteria at: https://www.eurofleets.eu/access/sea-call-regional/
This call will remain open for the submission of proposals until Friday 28th of February 2020.

The Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) invites researchers to join us for the Summer 2020 field season and beyond. We facilitate research in the areas of Glaciology, Atmospheric Science, Polar Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Geomorphology, Geology, Tectonics, and Polar Engineering. We can provide logistical and infrastructure support for your projects and provide opportunities for broader impacts, outreach, and interdisciplinary collaboration. To learn more please send an expression of interest to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

In this AGU Town Hall, the Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) seeks best practices and ideas to further improve how we share knowledge of the Arctic with policy makers. SEARCH has had a long history of supporting and enhancing Arctic science, and in the past five years we have focused on facilitating cross-disciplinary syntheses and conveying what we know to policy makers and other decision makers.

For the second time since the establishment of PYRN, we are conducting a census of our members. The questions aim to get a sense of our members priorities and the ways PYRN is helpful to you. This will help us to shape the future of the network, to improve and learn from your feedback. The survey shouldn't take more than 10 minutes to complete. Please make sure to participate before the end of 2019, we would love to hear from all of you!

The Sea Ice Prediction Network - Phase 2 (SIPN2) announces an open community meeting to be held during the 2019 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meetings in San Francisco, California. The Open Sea-Ice Community Meeting will convene on Tuesday, 10 December from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. (PST) in the ARCUS Arctic Community Meeting RoomMonterrey I — on the third floor of Hotel Nikko San Francisco located at 222 Mason Street, San Francisco, California.

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Office of Polar Programs (OPP) invites attendance at an open meeting taking place during the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2019. This open meeting will convene Thursday, 12 December 2019 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time in the Monterrey I room of the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, California.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) has compiled a list of Arctic-relevant happenings to help attendees of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2019 find Arctic-related town halls, talk and poster sessions, and other events. The complete list, which includes the day/time, session title, type of event, and location, is available online.

Ice Watch is a system which coordinates the collection and archive of sea ice observations recorded on ships in the Northern Hemisphere. The site provides open-source software for recording and sharing ship-borne Arctic sea ice observation data, and supports users who wish to collect data using these systems. Since 2012, the Ice Watch website, Arctic Ship-borne Sea Ice Standardization Tool (ASSIST) software, and other services have been hosted and developed by the Geographic Information Network of Alaska and the University of Alaska Fairbanks. However, the Ice Watch website has moved to a new home at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2019 will be held 9-13 December 2019 in San Francisco, California. Conveners of the following events invite attendance: Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Listening Session at AGU: Engage in the Development of the Next 5-year Planand AGU Town Hall: Federal Interagency Coordination for Research in the Arctic.

The Agreement on Enhancing Arctic Scientific Cooperation was signed in May 2017 after which it has been ratified by all Arctic eight countries (USA, Canada, Kingdom of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia). The purpose of the Agreement is to enhance cooperation in Scientific Activities in order to increase effectiveness and efficiency in the development of scientific knowledge about the Arctic. The key element of enhanced cooperation are better access to research areas, infrastructures, facilities and data including education, training and entries and exits of the persons.

The 3rd Arctic Science Ministerial (ASM3) will take stock of the progress made by the international community up to 2020. ASM3 will be held 21-22 November 2020 in Tokyo, Japan, and will be co-hosted by Iceland. The ASM3 organizers would like to hear directly from the research community about what matters most in international Arctic science collaboration. Organizers plan to use the responses from the feedback form to inform their engagement and dialogue with the Arctic research community in the lead up to the 2020 Ministerial meeting in Tokyo.

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.

Born from an IASC-funded workshop, now more than 500 scientists from over 19 nations are spending a year in the Arctic ice to collect important data on the Arctic climate system. From September 2019 through October 2020, the icebreaker RV Polarstern will drift across the Arctic near the North Pole frozen in sea ice during one of the most extensive Arctic research expeditions ever conducted.

The 3rd Arctic Science Ministerial (ASM3) will take stock of the progress made by the international community up to 2020. ASM3 will be held in Tokyo, Japan, on the 21st and 22nd of November 2020 and will be co-hosted by Iceland.

The ASM3 organizers would like to hear directly from the research community about what matters most in international Arctic science collaboration. Your opinion matters - so please give your feedback on this form!

The Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies is now accepting applications for the 2020-2021 ACUNS awards program.  We are pleased to offer several scholarships from Polar Knowledge Canada including the Northern Resident Award for students enrolled in a college or undergraduate program whose studies involve a northern community and have a commitment to the North.  

NSF 20-022 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Navigating the New Arctic, FY 2020 have released!

https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20022/nsf20022.jsp

NSF 20-514 Navigating the New Arctic solicitation:

https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20514/nsf20514.htm

More about NNA including their Office Hours Series:

https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/arctic/nna/index.jsp

Organizers invite registration for the Third Canadian Polar Data Workshop, a follow-up to previous Canada-wide consultations held in 2015 and 2017. This workshop will convene 18-21 February 2020 in Banff, Alberta, Canada

The workshop will be structured to reach specific outcomes through working group sessions and consensus building on themes such as the need for a national data management strategy for Canada, data discovery and federated search, all aspects of data interoperability, and other themes related to polar data broadly defined, including knowledge transfer and Indigenous data policies.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar featuring Jeffrey Brooks, Social Scientist at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). This event will be held online via Zoom on Wednesday, 4 December 2019 at 9:30 a.m. ASDT (1:30 p.m. EST). Registration is required for this event. 

The ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar Series invites leading Arctic researchers and community leaders to share the latest findings in Arctic research and what they mean for decision-making. The events are free and open to the public, and will be of particular interest to the international Arctic research community, Arctic educators, non-governmental organizations, federal agency officials, and the public.

The Co-Principal Investigator (PI) Programme is specifically aimed at early career researchers, or researchers with no experience in leading a research cruise, to implement their own research together with experienced scientists in EUROFLEETS+ scheduled research cruises.
The Remote Transnational Access (RTA) Programme is providing researchers from all career stages with remote access to samples or data from EUROFLEETS+ vessels.
Applicants are able to apply for all 27 state-of-the-art research vessels (RVs) (13 Global/Ocean and 14 Regional) offered within EUROFLEETS+. For a detailed description of the Research Vessels offered by EUROFLEETS+, visit https://www.eurofleets.eu/.

Northern (Arctic) Federal University invites researchers, PhD-students, and students to take part in the marine research and education expedition in the Arctic on July 17 – August 3, 2020. Arctic Floating University is an annual scientific and education marine expedition, which brings together young people and experienced researchers in order to study the Arctic. For scientists it is an opportunity to conduct research in the high-latitude Arctic. For students it’s a unique educational programme containing a multidisciplinary course of lectures and practical training together with experienced researchers.

Sámi University of Applied Sciences and the Sámi Parliament in Norway will host an international conference on May 25-27, 2020 in Kautokeino, Norway. The call for abstracts is now open. The conference will be held in Sámi University of Applied Sciences campus Diehtosiida, in Kautokeino, Norway. The aim of the conference is to share experiences within the field of education from the indigenous world and to present examples from Sámi early childhood education and school, as well as from international indigenous education. Shared experiences and knowledge exchange among indigenous peoples can contribute to the implementation of culture-based education.

iassa logoThe International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) announces the 10th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS X) to be held on the campus of Northern (Arctic) Federal University, in Arkhangelsk, Russia, 15-19 June 2020. June 20 will be reserved for additional excursions, such as the Solovetsky Islands. ICASS X will mark the 30th anniversary of IASSA. ICASS is held every three years, bringing together people from all over the world to share ideas about social science and humanities research in the Arctic. ICASS IX, held in June 2017 in Umea, Sweden, attracted 800 participants from 25 different countries.

The UArctic Congress 2020 brings together institutional leaders, Indigenous representatives, academics, scientists and students from around the Circumpolar North and beyond. It is an excellent platform for all UArctic members to engage with each other and promote cooperation in circumpolar science and higher education. Together with partners, policy makers and other actors, the UArctic Congress strives to take the Arctic agenda forward by creating and strengthening collaborations that produce new findings and solutions for the future of the Arctic. The UArctic Congress program section is open for everyone, however it will particularly showcase the research and other activities conducted by the UArctic Thematic Networks and UArctic Institutes, as well as by UArctic members organisations.

We are pleased to announce that International Workshop "The Arctic on changes: from local challenges to global partnership" will be held on 16-17 December, 2019, in Incheon, Republic of Korea. The workshop aims to gather scientists and experts to deliberate on current Arctic issues in a broad context, including climate changes and human security in the Arctic, traditional knowledge and industrial development, collaboration between Arctic and non-Arctic states for pro-active response to rapid Arctic changes.

The "Knowledge Formations and Colonial Encounters in the Arctic" will take place from 9-10 January 2020 at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. This workshop is part of a series of research events organised as part of the ERC Arctic Cultures project. It brings together team members, leading international experts and interested scholars into dialogue around the themes of the project. The focus for this workshop specifically is to examine the co-production of Arctic knowledge formations through encounters between indigenous inhabitants and non-indigenous actors. Presentations will draw upon empirical research and theorisation to investigate spatial formations of the Arctic and the role of Northern actors and institutions.

Organizers announce the 2020 Polar Technology Conference. This conference will convene 10-12 March 2020 in Boulder, Colorado. The Polar Technology Conference brings together polar scientists, technology developers, and field technicians from academia, state and federal agencies, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations. This interdisciplinary space provides an opportunity for technical and theoretical exchange on challenges impeding polar research and field operations.

The polar regions—the Arctic and Antarctic—have long been a source of fascination. Their terrestrial ecosystems are dominated, not by charismatic vertebrates, but rather by often cryptic communities of invertebrates, in particular different orders of insects (e.g., diptera, lepidoptera, coleoptera, and hemiptera). In recent years, studies of polar invertebrates have accelerated rapidly, spanning subjects from biodiversity and biogeography to physiological adaptation, molecular ecology, and the various omics disciplines. This Special Issue invites submissions across all relevant discipines, and both polar regions (including comparative studies with other extreme environments such as desert and alpine regions). Recognising that polar entomologists have traditionally included studies of other ‘lower’ arthropod groups such as Collembola and Acari, we are not restricting this call for papers to the insects ‘sensu stricto’.

The 3rd IPICS Open Science Conference will be held from 18-23 October 2020 in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. Ice cores provide information about past climate and environmental conditions as well as direct records of the composition of the atmosphere on timescales from decades to hundreds of millennia.

The Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security has published 'The GlobalArctic Handbook'. This book offers a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the Arctic in the era of globalization, or as it is referred to here, the ‘GlobalArctic’. It provides an overview of the current status of the Arctic as a result of global change, while also considering the changes in the Arctic that have a global effect.

The European Commission kindly invite you to save the date for the European Maritime Day 2020 which will take place on 14-15 May in Cork, Ireland. EMD is the annual EU meeting point on maritime affairs and sustainable blue economy. It targets maritime professionals, entrepreneurs and ocean leaders.

The webinar "The Emerging Concern for Indigenous Language Education in Public Education in Canada" was organized in collaboration with UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education and UNESCO/UNITWIN network on Teacher Education. The webinar contributed also to UN International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019.

The Icelandic Meteorological Office together with international partners is hosting a symposium highlighting rapid changes occurring in all components of the Earth’s cryosphere: Glaciers, ice sheets, snow cover, sea ice, permafrost, lake ice and river ice. Leading scientists will present latest results on changes occurring all over the planet and their impacts, which are felt at high and low latitudes, affecting both the developed world, developing nations and indigeneous peoples.

Student applications are open now for the Juneau Icefield Research Program 2020 field season. Application materials are due December 13 for priority consideration. Applications submitted after the due date will be considered on a rolling basis.

We would like to draw your attention to the upcoming 2020 Alpine Glaciology Meeting (AGM), which will be held by the University of Milano in cooperation with University of Milano-Bicocca in Milan, Italy, 27-28 February 2020.

We hereby announce the 15th Polar Lows Working Group (PLWG) meeting, which will take place 13-15 May 2020 in Moscow, Russia. The workshop will focus on polar lows and mesocyclones as well as extreme mesoscale phenomena. We welcome abstract submissions by 20 December 2019 electronically by mail to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (with cc to Polina Verezemskaya: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

The Polar Geography Specialty Group welcomes the submission of abstracts for poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) in Denver, Colorado (6-10 April 2020). Relevant topics for posters in this session include, but are not limited to, research relating to the Polar Regions in the areas of human and physical geography, human-environment interactions, geospatial techniques (e.g. remote sensing, GIS), and Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge. We are eager to include posters from both human and physical polar geographers and of course those incorporating more interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary approaches. 

The Sea Ice Prediction Network South (SIPN South) is inviting contributors to participate to the third coordinated sea ice prediction experiment in the Southern Ocean, targeting the period December 2019-February 2020. 

For more information about the project and for submission guidelines, please follow this link [1]. We kindly draw your attention to the deadline for submission of the forecasts: Sunday 8th December 2019.

Headed to AGU this year and interested in giving back to the community and seeing some awesome young scientists at work? Consider becoming an Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA) judge for session EP31D: Catching Cosmic Rays: Advances in Using Cosmogenic Nuclides to Quantify Earth Surface Processes II Posters. See session abstract below.

Dear fellow Antarcticans, Our new free Antarctic MOOC is about to start, and we’d be really keen if you could help spread the word amongst your networks! Take a virtual field trip to discover the fascinating wildlife of Antarctica and meet the scientists and artists who live and work on the frozen continent.

The Arctic Institute invites participation in a short survey regarding interest in attending monthly Arctic happy hour events in Washington, D.C. or joining virtual monthly Arctic Water Cooler Discussions on the Slack platform. Over the past year, The Arctic Institute has created a Network North Event Series for scholars, professionals, and students interested in discussing Arctic events in informal settings. Events have taken place in Brussels, Belgium; Oslo, Norway; and Washington D.C., U.S.

Nomination are now being sought for the 2020 William Mills Prize for Non-Fiction Polar Books. The William Mills Prize for Non-Fiction Polar Books was established in memory of William Mills, a polar librarian and author, and a core member of Polar Libraries Colloquy during its formative years. The book prize honours the best Arctic or Antarctic nonfiction books published throughout the world.

The new Fiscal Year 2020 solicitation for the Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) NSF Big Idea has been released and can be found here: NSF  20-514. The full proposal deadline date is:  February 11, 2020.

We would like to hold an informal get-together for women in the Cryosphere Section at the upcoming Fall AGU. The idea behind this is to connect women at all career stages with research interests in the cryosphere in order to build a stronger sense of community. Please consider joining us on Tuesday December 10th at 8:30pm (after the general Cryosphere Reception) at the Mikkeller Bar/Restaurant. This place is just a short walk from the Convention center and has good beer and a big space. We look forward to connecting!

 

logo iascThe International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) is now soliciting applications to be the next Cryosphere Working Group Secretary. Read on and please consider applying and/or send the information below to anybody you think would make a strong contribution to the IASC Working Groups.

SCAR logo white backgroundThe second pre-conference circular for the 2020 SCAR meetings and Open Science Conference to be held in Hobart, Australia in July-August 2020 is now available. The circular outlines some key pieces of information about SCAR COMNAP 2020, including the opening of the abstract submission system and more detail on the content and program for the meetings. 

Deadline for submitting input: 15 November 2019

For more information and to submit a white paper or short statement, go to: Submission Form

The Executive Organizing Committee for the Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) 2020 is seeking community input in the form of white paper and short statements on the topics under discussion at the Summit.

The Sixth International Summer School in Glaciology organized by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF), will be held in McCarthy, central Alaska, from 6 to 16 June 2020. The course will provide a comprehensive overview of the physics of glaciers and current research frontiers in glaciology with focus on quantitative glaciology and remote sensing. The course is open to 28 graduate students from around the world targeting primarily early stage PhD students who perform glacier-related research. It will be taught by faculty of UAF’s glaciology group and several invited guest instructors from outside Alaska.

pyrn smallDear PYRN members, the USPA annual meeting will occur on the Tuesday of AGU and PYRN members are encouraged to come. The U.S. Permafrost Association annual meeting returns to San Francisco, CA during AGU week on Tuesday, December 10, 2019. Catch up with colleagues and friends across the frozen ground community, and meet the rising generation of permafrost scientists and engineers. During the meeting we will recognize early career grant recipients, share news on upcoming permafrost community events, and announce the results of USPA's 2019 board elections.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the availability of community meeting space during the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2019, to be held 9-13 December 2019 in San Francisco, California. Meeting space is available, by reservation, in rooms Monterrey I and Monterrey II of the Hotel Nikko San Francisco (222 Mason St., San Francisco, California).

The EGU is committed to promoting the participation of both early career scientists and established researchers from low and middle-income countries who wish to present their work at the EGU General Assembly. In order to encourage participation of scientists from both these groups, a limited amount of the overall budget of the EGU General Assembly is reserved to provide financial support to those who wish to attend the meeting.

We are pleased to inform you about an ice core session at the next EGU meeting: "Past climate reconstructions from ice core records: limits and gaps in the interpretation of proxies embedded in the ice". We are very excited for this EGU session that highlights the work being performed to overcome current challenges in the interpretation of ice core paleoclimate records.

Organizers announce the 3rd International Conference on Polar Climate and Environmental Change in the Last Millennium. This conference will convene 24-26 September 2020 in Toruń, Poland. The aim of the conference is to present scientific achievements and to identify gaps in the field of the historical climatology of the polar regions based on early meteorological observations, history, dendroclimatology, paleolimnology, geophysics, geomorphology, and other sources.

The U.S. Permafrost Association (USPA) will be awarding $500 travel grants and the $1000 Andrew Slater Award for U.S.-based students and post-graduate researchers (within six years of their last degree) to attend the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2019. The AGU Fall Meeting will convene 9-13 December 2019 in San Francisco, California.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar featuring Anna Liljedahl, Research Associate Professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). This event will be held online via Zoom on Friday, 1 November 2019 at 10:00 a.m. AKDT (2:00 p.m. EDT).

The 9th Annual Meeting of the Permafrost Carbon Network will take place on Sunday, December 8, 2019 (9:00 - 5:00 pm) at the Parc55 hotel in San Francisco, CA (55 Cyril Magnin St). Our program is structured into short synthesis updates in the morning and an introduction to the new phase of Permafrost Carbon Network activities. The afternoon will be used to discuss various topics in small breakout groups. Lunch will be provided for registered participants.

The 12th International Conference on Permafrost -- ICOP 2020 -- is a little over a half-year away. The final abstract submission deadline is 15 January 2020; this timeline is now reflected on the conference website. We strongly encourage everyone to consider participating in and presenting research at this premier permafrost event. Please visit the conference website for the information you need to plan your conference attendance and trip to Lanzhou, China, including planned scientific sessions, field trip details, and visa information. Early career attendees can apply to have their registration fee covered by the IPA. 

Attention student and early career permafrost researchers! The U.S. Permafrost Association will be awarding $500 travel grants and the $1000 Andrew Slater Award for U.S. based students and post-graduate researchers (within six years of their last degree) to attend the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2019.

The 2nd All-Russian Congress of Teachers of Native Languages, Literature and Culture of the Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East will be held on November 26, 2019 in the city of St. Petersburg. Applications are to be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before October 30, 2019.

The ASM2019 Photo Contest is a fantastic opportunity for Arctic researchers, students, partners and collaborators to share their dynamic and eye-catching photos of the circum-Arctic, its peoples, communities, landscapes, wildlife and research activities. $1500 CAD in cash prizes will be awarded. Photos must be submitted before Friday, October 25, 2019.

The international Arctic Spirit Conference will take place on November 12th-13th in Rovaniemi, Finland. The theme of this year’s conference is climate change and the future generations. The goal of the event is to enhance dialogue between researchers, youth and decision-makers. The first conference day consists of invited keynote speeches and panel discussions focusing on the voice of the Arctic youth and the different levels of climate-related decision-making.

UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic WASH (Water, Sewer and Health) organized a summer school on water and sanitation in cold climates. The course is now available to anyone interested in newly developed Online Course “Arctic Water Sanitation and Health (Arctic WASH)”. The summer school started on Friday June 28 in Tromsø where the group visited some of the treatment facilities before travelling by to Island of Senja in northern Norway where the rest of the course was conducted. The teaching consisted of a combination of classroom lectures and teamwork solving relevant exercises and cases. All lectures are now available online at the SSWM (Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management) platform.

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) announces the next IARPC Collaborations Public Webinar Series. This webinar, titled Program Manager Chat with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), will feature Cathy Coon and Guillermo Auad, and will take place Tuesday, 29 October 2019 at 11:00 a.m. AKDT via Zoom.

The editors of Witness the Arctic and Witness Community Highlights invite suggestions for articles on Arctic sciences and related topics for issues to be published in the 2019 Fall issues. Witness the Arctic serves an audience of Arctic scientists, educators, agency personnel, and policy makers and provides information on current Arctic research efforts and findings, significant research initiatives, science education, national policy affecting Arctic research, and related international activities.

The International Polar Foundation and its many Arctic stakeholder partners would like to cordially invite you to take part in the 10th annual Arctic Futures Symposium, which will be held at the Residence PalaceRue de la Loi / Wetstraat 155, in Brussels' EU Quarter on the 25th of November, from 9:00 am until 7:00 pm. Every year, the Arctic Futures Symposium creates discussions and exchanges between Arctic stakeholders from different backgrounds and perspectives over key challenges and issues the Arctic is facing.

The EGU General Assembly 2020, taking place in Vienna (Austria) on 3–8 May 2020, will bring together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 January 2020, 13:00 CET or, for those applying for EGU Roland Schlich travel support, 1 December 2019, 13:00 CET. Only 2020 EGU members will be able to submit abstracts to the 2020 meeting and, with a few exceptions outlined below, only one abstract as first author will be permitted.

Share your knowledge and passion for science! Researchers can host a PolarTREC educator (formal or informal) in the field and share their knowledge of polar research in both formal classrooms and informal educational settings around the world. By including a PolarTREC educator, the research team gains a trained and enthusiastic helping hand in the field, an expert in communication and outreach to share their science, and connections between the science and the education communities.

The annual High North Dialogue conference gathers experts and stakeholders from a range of sectors with a focus on business development and economic growth in the High North. It provides a platform to interact with young academics and professionals with an interest in the Arctic. The High North Dialogue Conference, which takes place in Bodø, Norway, March 18-19, 2020.

The public and democratic role of universities has become an increasingly relevant topic in recent years in light of social, political and economic developments, as well as changes in media and communication. At the same time, democratic societies in Europe are paying increasing attention to the mobilities of individuals within and outside the boundaries of their nation-states. While we observe intensified securitization and the rise of anti-immigration sentiment in Europe, civic movements of resistance also flourish across the continent. With this conference, we aim to steer the discourse towards more constructive and rational discussions on migration and higher education in a healthy democracy.

iasc webThe IASC Medal is awarded in recognition of exceptional and sustained contributions to the understanding of the Arctic. A maximum of one award is made each year, assuming that there is a nominee of appropriate quality. The whole IASC community, from all countries and career stages, is encouraged to submit a nomination by sending this form to the IASC Executive Secretary, demonstrating the nominee’s excellence (see evaluation criteria) and sustained contribution to the understanding of the Arctic.

North-Eastern Federal University named after M.K. Ammosov and the Aleksanteri Institute of the University of Helsinki with the support of the Northern Forum Secretariat conduct a survey of researchers with the aim of collecting the opinions of the professional community on Data Availability for Research on the Sustainable Russian Arctic.

The program is designed for PhD students (ideally about 2 years prior to receiving their PhD) working on a topic compatible with ongoing research at IIASA and a wish to explore the policy implications of their work. Participants will be working under the direct supervision of an experienced IIASA scientist in a unique interdisciplinary and international research environment. They will produce a paper (serving as first step towards a publishable journal article) and will get the opportunity to build up contacts for future collaboration within IIASA's worldwide network. It will take place from 1 June to 31 August 2020.

jcar logoIn response to requests from several potential participants, the Organizing Committee of ISAR-6 has decided to extend the deadline for Call for Abstract for Sixth International Symposium on Arctic Science (ISAR-6) to 23:59 October 20, 2019 (JST). We hope that this additional time will enable those of you and your colleagues to consider a submission to prepare and submit an abstract to the ISAR-6. The symposium will take place on 2-6 March in Tokyo, Japan.

We would like to draw your attention to The 7th International Conference on Mars Polar Science and Exploration, January 13–17, 2020 in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. The conference is intended to promote the exchange of knowledge and ideas between planetary and terrestrial scientists interested in Mars polar and climate research. Contributions from the glaciological community on Mars polar research or terrestrial analog studies are welcome!

SCAR logo white backgroundPeer recognition is a way of rewarding and highlighting those who exemplify the best of the Antarctic community and serve as models for the next generation. To provide this recognition within the Antarctic research community, SCAR created the Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research and the Medal for International Coordination, which were first awarded in 2006.  At the SCAR Delegates Meeting in 2016, a new medal was approved, the Medal for Education and Communication, and this was awarded for the first time in 2018.  Nominations are now open for the award of all three Medals in 2020.

The CICE Consortium will hold a workshop and tutorial at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado in February 2020. The one-day user’s workshop (Feb.3, 2020) will focus on current and future development of the community CICE and Icepack models. Immediately following the workshop, the two-day tutorial (Feb. 4-5, 2020) will feature lectures and practical sessions for using CICE and Icepack, both on their own as well as use within coupled modeling systems such as the CESM.

The Conference Organizing Committee would like to invite you to the Antarctic Marine Ecosystem Futures Scientific Conference to be held in Moscow, Russia from the 13-15th of May, 2020 co-hosted by WWF Russia and the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Sciences. An international conference on Antarctic marine ecosystems science, ocean conservation and solutions: dedicated to the 200th year anniversary of the Antarctic continent discovery by F. Bellingshausen and M. Lazarev Russian expedition.

The Swiss Climate Summer School 2020 takes places on 23 - 28 August in Grindelwald, Switzerland. It invites young researchers (PhD and Posdoc) from all fields of climate research and  is focusing on the theme “Extreme weather and climate: from atmospheric processes to impacts on ecosystems and society”. This theme has been chosen due to its paramount importance in terms of both scientific challenges and pressing societal concerns. www.oeschger.unibe.ch/summerschool. Deadline for applications is 10 January 2020.

The Glacier History Lab at the University at Buffalo announce the release of the updated Alaska PaleoGlacier Atlas website. The updated website provides Alaska state-wide Pleistocene glacier extent maps and associated products via links to the Randolph Glacier Inventory, the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the Polar Geospatial Center, and the U.S. Geological Survey. Links to ICE-D, a database of cosmogenic nuclide-based glacial chronologies, are also available through the website.

The CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel (SORP) has an open call for new members, closing very soon (10 October): http://www.clivar.org/news/2019-open-call-nominations-clivar-panels-and-ssg. We particularly welcome self-nominations from early career researchers in this round because an early career researcher is rotating off the main panel.

Are you a student looking to fund your innovative research in Cryosphere Sciences?  Consider participating in the Flash Freeze competition at this year's Fall Meeting to win funding for your project! The AGU Cryosphere Section Executive Committee is now accepting applications for the Cryosphere Innovation Award for Students that will be decided in the Flash Freeze competition on Thursday, December 12, 2019.

We are currently seeking First Nations or Métis candidates to submit an application for funds to attend the ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting 2019 being held in Halifax, NS. December 2-5, 2019: http://www.arcticnetmeetings.ca/asm2019/. Six travel funds are available, two per region indicated below. 

We would like to issue a call for papers for the thematic issue of the Annals of Glaciology on ‘Drilling through the Ice’. The Annals Ice Drill Issue has for the past decades been the most comprehensive collection of state of the art Ice Drilling papers. After a very successful Ice Drill meeting in Copenhagen we trust that the associated Annals will be just as successful.

A graduate course entitled "The Arctic Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Local Climate Processes" (AGF-350/850, 10 ECTS) will be available spring semester 2020 through The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS). The course is intended for master's and PhD students, with general knowledge about meteorology. 

Calls for proposals for two grants offered by the Swiss Polar Institute are currently open. The SPI Exploratory Grants will support Swiss based scientists active in polar regions (including remote high-altitude regions such as the Andes and the Himalayas) by allowing them to launch short-term new ideas (for example pilot projects), fund additional field work or launch new collaborations with financial support for logistics. Collaboration with new teams or across disciplines are particularly encouraged, as well as participation in larger/international activities. The grants can be used to complement the funding of initiatives supported by larger funding schemes (e.g. SNSF, EU, etc.).

sooslogo2cThe co-chairs and committee of the West Antarctic Peninsula and Scotia Arc (WAPSA) regional working group are looking for ocean scientists who have experience and interest in working in the Scotia Arc and Drake Passage region of the Southern Ocean.

iassa logoThe IASSA Award is granted in recognition of sustained and significant contribution to Arctic Social Sciences and Humanities. The Award is presented at the triennial In- ternational Congress of Social Scientists. Multiple awards are possible. Nominations may be submitted to the IASSA Secretariat by IASSA members at any time prior to the deadline. Nominators must be IASSA members. (The person nominated for the Award does not necessarily have to be a member.)

Arctic Frontiers Emerging Leaders is an Arctic early carrier and mentoring program in the High North of Norway for young scientists and professionals with special interest in Arctic topics. If you are an aspiring Arctic leader under 35 years and want to learn more about Arctic security, Arctic economy and Arctic environment, you are welcome to apply! 

A two-day workshop in the framework of Arctic Science Summit Week 2020, Akureyri, Iceland, 29-30(TBC) March 2020 funded by IASC - the International Arctic Science Committee. The IASC Social Sciences and Humanities Working Group (WG), together with IASC’s Cryosphere, Marine, and Terrestrial WGs, invites you to a unique cross-disciplinary workshop attempting to bring together the natural sciences, the social sciences and the humanities in order to discuss and reflect on the gendered nature of Polar research.

The abstract submission deadline has been extended to 8 October 2019. Arctic Frontiers Science 2020 takes place from Tuesday 28 January until Thursday 30 January 2020 during Arctic Frontiers 2020 – The Power of Knowledge.

The next IASC Workshop on the Dynamics and Mass Budget of Arctic Glaciers and Network on Arctic Glaciology annual meeting will take place at the University Center Obergurgl, in Obergurgl, Austria, 28-30 January 2020.

The aim of the conference is to bring together scientists, healthcare professionals, educators, students, policy makers, and community stakeholders to learn about the latest advances in One Health research. The conference will take place on March 11-14, 2020, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The One Health, One Future Conference consists of presentations, workshops and cultural exchanges discussing circumpolar North issues in a One Health context. 

The Greenlandic Representation in Reykjavík and UArctic Institute: The Northern Research Forum (NRF) at the University of Akureyri will jointly organize an Arctic Circle Assembly pre-event "From National Strategies to Shared Solutions – Best Practices for Sustainable Development in the Arctic".

University of Akureyri, in cooperation with the Model Arctic Council Thematic Network, will host a Model Arctic Council (MAC) from March 22 to 27, 2020 in Akureyri, Iceland, for students interested in Arctic and circumpolar affairs. The MAC is an experiential learning exercise, in which graduate and advanced undergraduate students from disciplines and universities across the Arctic region simulate the work of the Arctic Council. The Council is the primary forum for international cooperation and environmental protection in the Arctic; its working groups contribute to knowledge creation on the Arctic and its fragile ecosystem. In the simulation, each student will represent one of the eight Arctic Council Member States, six Permanent Participants, or several Observers.

The Government of Iceland, in collaboration with the Nordic Council of Ministers, hosts the International Symposium on Plastics in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Region in April 21-23, 2020 in Reykjavik in connection with the Icelandic chairmanship of the Arctic Council. Registration and call for abstracts are now open for the event.

The Arctic Frontiers Student Forum is back! Are you a Bachelor or Master Student interested in Arctic issues? We are pleased to announce that the Arctic Frontiers Student Forum will be held alongside the Arctic Frontiers Conference, from 26-30 January 2020. The Arctic Frontiers Student Forum is a five-day, interdisciplinary event bringing together students from across the world with interest in the Arctic region. It takes place in Tromsø, Norway alongside the Arctic Frontiers conference. The Arctic Frontiers Student Forum goes through a broad range of topics, but all with focus on the development of various Arctic-related issues.

Following the first edition in May 2019, the NORSIL network is pleased to invite submissions for its second workshop on the rights of the Sámi people in the Nordic sustainable transition that will be organised in Tromsø on January 9 and 10, 2020. In 2015, the Nordic countries announced support as a whole for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed under UN auspices. The goals aim to eradicate extreme poverty and to achieve sustainable development in all fields while leaving no one behind.

sooslogo2cThe multidisciplinary Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) workshop on "The Southern Ocean in the Weddell Sea and off Dronning Maud Land: unique oceanographic conditions shape circumpolar and global processes" takes placing at Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK) in Delmenhorst, Germany, from 28 – 30 April 2020. 

The Arctic is among the world’s regions most affected by ongoing and increasing cultural, socioeconomic, environmental, and climatic changes. In this context, the sustainability of Arctic social–ecological systems has become a point of increased interest and attention among scholars. This Special Issue of Sustainability (ISSN: 2071-1050) focuses on conceptual and practical approaches, methodologies, and experiences in defining, measuring, and monitoring sustainability in the Arctic regions and communities.

Stem at the Poles! PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) is currently accepting applications from both educators and researchers for the PolarTREC program. "By including a PolarTREC educator, the research team gains a trained and enthusiastic helping hand in the field, an expert in communication and outreach to share their science, and connections between the science and the education communities."

The Polar and Alpine regions play a key role in Earth's climate system and are geographical areas of growing strategic importance. In this Research Topic we invite Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine microbiologists and biogeochemists to contribute new understanding of microbial and biogeochemical responses to the fast changing polar and alpine environments. Papers are invited for a special issue in Frontiers in Microbiology that will be dedicated for Polar and Alpine Biogeochemical Processes. Deadline for abstract is 5 November 2019 and 4 March 2020 for manuscripts. 

The Northern Pollitical Economy Symposium takes place from 14-15 November 2019 in Rovaniemi, Finland. Registration deadline is 31 October 2019. It focuses on the topic: What is left of development in the Arctic?

The 28th session of ERCA (European Research Course on Atmospheres) will take place in Grenoble (& at the astronomical Observatory of Haute-Provence) from January 12th, 2020 to February 8th. ERCA is intended for students enrolled in PhD programs, young scientists and engineers from universities and public/private research institutes wishing to complete their formation with a broad research course related to Atmosphere, Climate and Climate change studies.

Organizers invite registration for the Third Canadian Polar Data Workshop. This workshop will convene 18-21 February 2020 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The workshop will be structured to reach specific outcomes through working group sessions and consensus building on themes such as the need for a national data management strategy for Canada, data discovery and federated search, all aspects of data interoperability, and other themes related to polar data broadly defined, including knowledge transfer and Indigenous data policies.

The “Arctic Week” is a one-week international conference that provides transdisciplinary approaches to climate and environmental changes in the Arctic. It aims to provide an overview of the different challenges of the Arctic regions, as understood by Arctic peoples and by researchers. In a desire to pursue the interdisciplinary approach to environmental and climate changes initiated at the first edition, combining human and social sciences, environmental sciences, as well as indigenous peoples and international students, a second edition will be host from the 9th to 13rd of December 2019, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (Paris).

The 6th Snow Science Winter School (SSWS) on "Snow in a changing climate, impact on human and nature" at Col du Lautaret, France takes place from 16-22 February and is targeted to PhD students with expertise in snow science seeking for advanced training. 

Every winter, we organize a training on Snow & Atmosphere in the field at Col du Lautaret in the French Alps for the master students of University Grenoble Alpes (UGA). In addition, we propose to open the training to ~3-5 international students (master or first year PhD). Deadline: 15 October.

NSF’s Education and Human Resources (EHR) and Geosciences (GEO) directorates have formed a partnership to advance and develop understanding of learning environments that build upon the rich interdisciplinary resources emerging from polar investments.

The award will be given during the ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting 2019. The focus of this award is to recognize Inuit who are making strong efforts towards meaningful Inuit involvement in Arctic research. Inuit partners will recognize one recipient who has shown excellence in the area of Arctic research. Nomation Deadline is October 4, 2019. 

CUAHSI is pleased to partner with iSWGR - NASA International Snow Working Group Remote Sensing - to offer the Snow Measurement Field School, a 4-day field school on making and analyzing snow measurements, taking place from January 6 - 9, 2020 at the AMC Highland Center, Bretton Woods in New Hampshire, USA. 

ESIP (Earth Science Information Partners) Community Fellows are graduate students and post-docs (<2 yrs since graduation) interested in bridging the gap between informatics and Earth Science. This fellowship provides fellows with a chance to work closely with professionals in an interdisciplinary, cross-sector group (ESIP collaboration area) on current Earth Science problems. Community fellows become engaged in ESIP collaboration areas as rapporteurs, documenting group activities on monthly telecons and at ESIP’s semi-annual meetings. As fellows become more familiar with collaboration-area activities, they may choose to integrate their own research, which can result in publication and additional funding opportunities.

We would like to draw your attention to a newly opened Special Issue on "Climatological and Hydrological Processes in Mountain Regions" to be published in the Open Access MDPI Journal "Atmosphere". The deadline for the submission of articles is the 30 April 2020, please visit the journal website below for further details: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/Climatological_Hydrological

As the RCN draws to a close, this community white paper on "The Landscape of High-Performance and Distributed Computing in Polar Science" analyzes the state-of-play along these three dimensions. Broad community comments are now being solicited to ensure a diversity of voices are fully considered in the report. 

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Arctic Frontiers Science 2020 takes place Tuesday 28 January until Thursday 30 January 2020 during Arctic Frontiers 2020 – Power of Knowledge. On behalf of the Arctic Frontiers Science Committees, we have great pleasure in inviting you to submit one or more abstracts to any of the four themes. The abstract submission system has just opened. All abstracts are reviewed by scientific experts for rating of abstract quality and presentation content. Deadline for conference abstract submission is Monday 23 September 2019.

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The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) announces the 10th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS X) to be held on the campus of Northern (Arctic) Federal University, in Arkhangelsk, Russia, 15-19 June 2020. June 20 will be reserved for additional excursions, such as the Solovetsky Islands.

The “Changing Arctic Ocean” research topic in Frontiers for Young Minds is now live. You can view the topic here: http://bit.ly/CAOinFYM. Thank you to all those who have already promised a contribution. If you are still thinking about contributing, it is not too late. The deadline to submit an abstract is 20 September. And the deadline for the completed manuscript is 31 October.

The UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Lawis pleased to announce a call for papers for the 7th Volume of the Current Developments in Arctic Law, which will be published in December 2019. Expected contributions are: short academic articles, conference notes, short project reports, field study reports etc. The publication is non-peer reviewed, but considered as scientific. The ideal length of the contribution should be between 500 and 3000 words. However, we will also welcome longer pieces!

Rapid and wide-scale changes precipitated by Arctic warming portend new opportunities and unprecedented risks to natural systems; social and cultural systems; economic, political and legal systems; and built environments of the Arctic and across the globe. Understanding and adapting to a changing Arctic will require creative new research frameworks that cross-cut the social, behavioral, natural, physical, and engineering sciences. Yet, such interdisciplinary integration is often difficult to accomplish, and obstacles to convergence persist.

The Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) and the Arctic Futures 2050 Conference Organizers are pleased to announce that Arctic Futures 2050 will be streamed live on 4-6 September 2019 from Washington, D.C. Watch the Live Stream Here Starting 4 September here.

slf We are happy to announce that registration for the 6th Snow Science Winter School is now open. It will take place on 16-22 February 2020, at Col du Lautaret, French Alps. Any graduate student or post-doc working on snow or in some snow related field is welcome to participate. The course corresponds to 3 ECTS-Points. Application is open until October, 20th, 2019. Find information and application foms here.

The papers on Vol. 30 No. 3 of Advances in Polar Science (Special Issue: Geology and paleontology of the James Ross Basin, Antarctic Peninsula) are available freely now at http://www.aps-polar.org/paper/2019/30/03/.

With the successful operations of CNARC fellowship program for the past five years, CNARC Secretariat is about to launch its Fellowship Program for Year 2019 – 2020. In this new round of application, fellowships shall be granted to 2 Nordic and 2 Chinese fellow candidates respectively, to advance their own research project that falls on CNARC’s research priorities or the themes of the 8th China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium (CNACS) to be held in Umeå in 2020, for a 1-2 month period in an institute within CNARC’s network.

ADAC The Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC) invites proposals for a competitive search to address research challenges associated with multiple Arctic response capability gaps and shortfalls in science and technology. ADAC anticipates approximately three to five projects in varying funding amounts may be awarded under this solicitation. 

The call for abstracts for the 3rd Polar Data Forum has been extended to 6 September, 2019. More information is avalailable on the conference website and abstracts can be submitted through the Forum website at https://polar-data-forum.org/

The Executive Organizing Committee for the Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) 2020 is seeking community input in the form of white paper and short statements on the topics under discussion at the Summit. Deadline for submitting input is 18 October 2019. For more information and to submit a white paper or short statement, see below or go to the submission webpage.

Every year around December, IASC publishes our Arctic science calendar. For graphics and photographs we depend solely on what the IASC community sends us. We are looking for new photographs for the publication of the 2020 Calendar, and other IASC publications such as the website, brochures, social media, and Bulletin. We welcome images depicting all areas of Arctic science: scientists in the field, animals, landscapes, everyday life in the Arctic, and more!

Sponsored by the International Project Office, Harbin Institute of Technology. The first Winter School to be held by the International Arctic School, HIT (IAS HIT) on the topic of “To understand Arctic Environment and Ecosystem” in the beautiful city of Harbin during January 5-12th 2020. Deadline 31 October 2019

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) invites letters of intent for funding opportunities. These opportunities are offered through NOAA’s Climate Program Office (CPO). The first opportunity invites letters of intent for Climate Program Office Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) funding. This opportunity includes 10 competitions with approximately 90 anticipated awards.

Organizers invite registration for the Arctic Futures 2050 conference. This conference will convene 4-6 September 2019 in Washington, D.C. Arctic Futures 2050—convened by the Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH)—is an international conference designed to enhance collaboration between Arctic scientists from many disciplines, diverse Indigenous knowledge holders, and policy makers from all levels of government. Arctic Futures 2050 will explore opportunities for deeper dialogue and avenues to sustained collaboration.

Organizers invite attendance at their next installment of the Greenland Dialogues. This event, titled Greenland-U.S. Research Cooperation: Exploring a New Model for Research in Greenland, will convene 9 September 2019 from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. A webcast will also be available for this event. A webcast will be available for this event.

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The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) invites abstract submissions for the 10th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS X). This conference will convene 15-19 June 2020 in Arkhangelsk, Russia. 20 June will be reserved for additional excursions, such as the Solovetsky Islands. Abstract submission deadline is 10 October 2019.

 

 

Organizers invite abstracts for poster and an oral presentations for the Greenland Science Week. The theme of the conference will be Connecting Science and Communities, and will convene 1-5 December 2019 in Nuuk, Greenland. Greenland Science Week builds bridges between science and the Greenlandic society, business community, and government, and creates a networking and cooperation platform for the Greenlandic and international science community around research in the Arctic. The event welcomes participants from a wide range of fields.

The Arctic Institute and the U.S. Arctic Research Commission invite attendance at a Network North reception for early career and emerging leaders in fields associated with the Arctic region. This reception will convene from 5:00-8:00 p.m. EDT on the George Washington University campus in Washington, D.C.

The Sea Ice Prediction Network – Phase 2 (SIPN2) announces an open webinar entitled An Overview of European Union-Funded Project APPLICATE featuring Pablo Ortega, Earth Science Department, Barcelona Supercomputing Center. The one-hour webinar will be held on Tuesday, 17 September, starting at: 8:00 a.m. (AKDT), 9:00 a.m. (PDT), 10:00 a.m. (MDT) 11:00 a.m. (CDT), 12:00 p.m. (EDT), and 6:00 p.m. (CEST).

The Greenland Science Week 2019 Conference Organizing Committee invites you to submit an abstract on original work for presentation as a poster and an oral presentation for the Greenland Science Week Conference in Nuuk December 1-5, 2019. Deadline for submission is Monday September 30, 2019.

The ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence and its national partners invite the Arctic research community to the Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2019) to be held at the Halifax Convention Centre, December 2 - 5, 2019. The ASM2019 will bring together leading Arctic researchers, graduate students, Northern community representatives, government and industry partners and stakeholders from all fields.

FRAM – High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, Nature Climate Change, and Nature Reviews Earth and Environment are pleased to present A Changing Arctic, June 2-5, 2020 in Tromsø. Registrants are invited to submit an abstract for consideration for poster and oral presentation.

Organizers invite abstract submissions for the Sixth International Symposium on Arctic Research (ISAR-6). The symposium will convene 2-6 March 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. The theme of ISAR-6 is Arctic Research: The Decade Past and the Decade Future, and will focus on how Arctic research has been progressing in the past ten years and what should be done in the next ten years for the sustainable development goals.

Organizers are currently accepting abstract submissions for the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. This meeting will convene 16-21 February 2020 in San Diego, California. Abstract submission deadline is 11 September 2019.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) invites letters of intent for funding opportunities. These opportunities are offered through NOAA’s Climate Program Office (CPO). The first opportunity invites letters of intent for Climate Program Office Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) funding. This opportunity includes 10 competitions with approximately 90 anticipated awards.

TA INTERACTThe 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 to 42 research stations across the Arctic and northern alpine and forest areas in Europe, Russia and North-America.

CodeRefinery hackathon in Stockholm:Building a Nordic community of research software engineers. The idea behind this event is to bring together people who are working with code and/or data in research, in an informal environment where ideas can be exchanged, expertise shared and real work done! Welcome to the first CodeRefinery hackathon from November 6-7, 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden.Read more information about the registration here.

We would like to draw your attention to the Sixth International Symposium on Arctic Science (ISAR-6) to be held in Tokyo, Japan, March 2-6, 2020.
The online abstract submission and registration for ISAR-6 are now open. Deadline for Abstract ends on October 7, 2019. Early Bird Registration ends on January 20, 2020. Please visit https://www.jcar.org/isar-6/ for more information on ISAR-6.

Preparations for our forthcoming training school on glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) are nearly complete, the training school will run between Monday 26th and Friday 30th August 2019. The training school was significantly over-subscribed, so it has been made possible to follow the lectures remotely, both in real time, or shortly afterwards if time zones make this difficult. The lectures will cover a wide range of subjects relating to GIA.

The Arctic Data Center invites registration for their Arctic Data Science Training Workshop. This workshop will convene 7-11 October 2019 in Santa Barbara, California. Registration deadline is 15 August 2019. This five-day workshop will provide researchers with an overview of best data management practices, data science tools, and concrete steps and methods for more easily documenting and uploading their data to the Arctic Data Center.

The Northern Sustainable Development Research Chair and the Institut nordique du Quebec are launching a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) on Northern Québec on October 7th! It is free, online and open to everyone! You can registeronline until November 4, 2019. Watch the promotional teaser to learn more about the course.

A call for Global Young Academy (GYA) membership from 2020 is open until 15 September 2019 (22h:00 UTC). Applications are currently being sought from young, independent scholars who combine the highest level of research excellence with a demonstrated passion for delivering impact. More information on how to apply and our online application form can be found here.

The Northern Sustainable Development Forum will be launched in the city of Yakutsk, September 24 -28, 2019. From this year on, the Forum is an annual event and is aspiring to become one of the main collaborative grounds for solving and discussing challenges and possible perspectives of sustainability in the North/Arctic regions.

You can now ‘Register your Interest’ in attending the 'International Symposium on Ice Streams and Outlet Glaciers’ to be held in Durham, UK, on 19–24 July 2020. Please go to https://community.igsoc.org/events/5d2b85dcc2cc0631d6fc8bfc/description.

The online abstract submission for the IGS Nordic Branch meeting to be held in Reykholt, Iceland, 30 October–1 November 2019 is now open. Please visit https://www.igsoc.org/about/nordicbranch/meetings/2019/. You can also access the local website through the above link.

Registration is now open for the NSF-sponsored 2019 4th Interdisciplinary Antarctic Earth Sciences conference and for the U.S. Antarctic Deep Field Camp Planning Workshop.  The Conference and the Workshop will be held at the rustic Camp Cedar Glen near Julian, CA.  

The UK Sea Ice Group Meeting 2019 will be hosted by the Met Office in Exeter in the afternoon of Thursday 19th and the morning of Friday 20th September 2019.
Lunch will be provided on both days as well as tea and coffee breaks. Refreshments have been part-funded by the Challenger Society as part of the Sea Ice Special Interest Group.

In response to requests from several potential authors, the deadline for the thematic issue of the Annals of Glaciology on ‘Progress in Radioglaciology’ has been extended to December 1 2019.

You are invited to participate in a research study examining weather-related decision-making and how people use, think about, and interpret climate and weather information in Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic. We are interested in how different people perceive and use weather and climate information in their decision-making processes and roles, and the effects weather has on their daily routines. The information collected in this study will help provide evidence-based recommendations for improvements in weather and climate products for use in Antarctica and inform best practice weather-related decision-making.

IGS logoThe IGS President and Council Members are pleased to announce that, in 2019, individual Seligman Crystals (forexceptional scientific contributions to glaciology) have been awarded to Douglas R. MacAyeal and to Richard Hindmarsh; and that a Richardson Medal (for outstanding service to the International Glaciological Society and/or to the field of glaciology) has been awarded to Johannes Oerlemans. These awards were made from a strong field of applicants for both awards.

We are delighted to announce that the first recipients of the newly established IACS-IGS Graham Cogley Award are Carolina Aubry-Wake, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and Eric Keenan, University of Boulder, USA, in recognition of their presentations at the IUGG General Assembly in July 2019.

The new IACS-IGS Graham Cogley Award was established in memory of Graham Cogley (Trent University, Canada) who passed away in October 2018. 
https://cryosphericsciences.org/members/obituaries/
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Organizers of the Arctic Frontiers Science 2020 conference invite abstracts for the conference and paper contributions for a Springer book volume. The conference will convene 28-30 January 2020 in Tromsø, Norway. Abstracts are invited for oral and poster presentations on the following themes:

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is currently accepting abstract submissions for the 2019 Fall Meeting. The meeting will be held 9-13 December 2019 in San Francisco, California. See also the conference website: AGU Fall Meeting homepage. See here the invitations for abstract submissions for several sessions at AGU.

The SUMup database containing over 2,000,000 community observations of snow/firn density on ice sheets, snow accumulation on ice sheets, and snow depth on sea ice is available at the Arctic Data Center. This year we plan to add a 10 meter ice core temperature dataset. We continue to expand this database annually through contributions of field observations from the community. If you would like to submit any measurements of snow/firn density, annual snow accumulation, 10m ice core temperatures, or snow depth on sea ice for the SUMup August 2019 release, please contact or Lynn Montgomery (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Lora Koenig (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) by July 31, 2019 to contribute or for more information.

Arctic Frontiers Science 2020 takes place Tuesday 28 January until Thursday 30 January 2020 in Tromsø, Norway. Deadline for full call for papers is 23 September 2019.

The MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Velocity Maps from InSAR, Version 1 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has been updated to include data from December 2018 and January 2019. Access to the data and documentation is provided on the data set web page at the NSIDC DAAC.

The AGU Fall Meeting 2019 abstract submission deadline is 31 July. Please consider submitting your abstract to the session 'Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change (B128)'. Session conveners are Christina Schaedel and Elaine Pegoraro. For submitting your abstract to our session you can use the following link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/prelim.cgi/Session/81978

arcusThe Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) is currently conducting a brief community surveyto inform a potential new effort that will help individuals interested in interdisciplinary/ transdisciplinary Arctic research opportunities to connect more easily. The survey deadline is 31 July 2019.

A new report reveals that permafrost conditions have warmed and rock glaciers have accelerated since 2009 in the Swiss Alps - with a temporary interruption following the snow poor winter 2016/2017. Continuously decreasing electrical resistivities point to a persisting loss in ground ice. The report (PERMOS Report no. 16-19) is available online: http://www.permos.ch/downloads/permos15-18.pdf

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Program Overview
27 March 2020 | Open Science Day
28 - 30 March 2020 | IASC Business Meetings & Partners Meetings
31 March - 2 April 2020 | 5th Arctic Observing Summit (AOS)

The 9th Workshop on Remote Sensing of Land Ice and Snow of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL) will be held at the Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland, from 03 - 05 February 2020. The theme of the 2020 workshop is: Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere: Monitor what is vanishing.

Uarctic Congress 2020The UArctic Congress 2020 will be held in conjunction with the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavík from October 6–8, with shared events on October 8, and the Arctic Circle continuing until October 11.

2-day beginner Elmer/Ice course will take place the 28 and 29 of October 2019 in Reykjavik (Iceland), just before the North Branch IGS meeting held in Iceland this year. This 2-day course is dedicated to students or researchers aiming to start working with Elmer/Ice. It is sponsored by the University of Iceland, the Icelandic Meteorological Office, CSC and IGE.

We are pleased to announce that the Third Polar Data Forum (PDF III) will be hosted by the Finnish Meteorological Institute at their Dynamicum campus in Helsinki from November 18th to 22nd, 2019. PDF III will be a two-day, conference-style meeting in support of information exchange, with the remainder of the week using a “hackathon” approach that will build on the development work done in previous meetings. More information is available on the conference website: https://polar-data-forum.org/

The Arctic Data Center invites registration for their Arctic data science training workshop. This workshop will convene 7-11 October 2019 in Santa Barbara, California. The Arctic Data Center provides training in data science and data management, as these are critical skills for the stewardship of the data, software, and other research products that are preserved in the Arctic Data Center. A goal of the Arctic Data Center is to advance data archiving and promote reproducible science and data reuse.

The PhD program of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, is looking for new PhD students. Topics will be officially be decided during/after the interviews. The institute has a strong focus on earth system modeling. I’d recommend talking with potential supervisors before applying. Application deadline is September, 15. Start of the PhD would be in 2020. The semester fee mentioned in the pdf currently is about 650 Euros per year (includes local public transport).

Apply for the International interdisciplinary PhD and Post-Doc summer research school on Observing and Modelling the Arctic Environment - Climate processes, prediction and projection at Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NIERSC), St. Petersburg, Russia from 8th – 13th September 2019. Application Deadline is 1 August 12:00 CET.

We are pleased to inform that the next SnowHydro Conference will be held in Bolzano/Bozen (Italy) from 28th to 31st January, 2020. The conference will have a focus on “Challenges in Mountain Areas”. More details can be found in the website: https://snowhydro.eurac.edu/. The submission deadline is 30th September, 2019.

We are pleased to inform the International Environmental Doctoral School associated with the Centre for Polar Studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice (IEDS) announces recruitment call for candidates. 

The University of Virginia (UVA) invites registration for a conference and workshop entitled Bridging Science, Art, and Community in the New Arctic. This three-day event will convene 23-25 September 2019 at UVA in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The call for sessions for the EGU General Assembly (3-8 May 2020, Vienna) is open now until 5 September 2019: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/provisionalprogramme. When suggesting a session please also take note of convener guidelines and rules https://egu2020.eu/guidelines/convener_guidelines_and_rules.html and specifically that convener teams should reflect (i) multiple countries and institutes; (ii) different career stages, especially the inclusion of early career scientists; and (iii) gender diversity.  

We would like to invite you to submit a manuscript to a special issue of the journal ‘Water’ (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/water) entitled “Observing and Monitoring the Subglacial Hydrological Environment in a Changing Climate”.

The film "Nakatuenita: Respect" provides a sweep of the Innu history and cultural practices along with the many changes and challenges they have faced while protecting their relationship with the land. The documentary is now available online, and it can also be used as a teaching resource.

The application process for the 2020 Labrador Institute International Indigenous Intern has started! Apply by July 26, 2019. The purpose of the Labrador Institute International Indigenous Internship is to enable indigenous youth to gain experiences internationally.

The book Sámi Early Childhood Education Now—Values, Practices and Participation in Everyday Life is intended to provide knowledge and inspiration for those involved in early childhood education and later education. The book focuses on the issues of child and adult participation and engagement in early childhood education practice, as well as the wider community and society. The authors provide deep insights into the potential of every actor to influence the implementation conditions of Sámi early childhood education.

The Government of Iceland, in collaboration with the Nordic Council of Ministers, hosts the International Symposium on Plastics in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Region in April 21-23, 2020 in Reykjavik in connection with the Icelandic chairmanship of the Arctic Council. Registration and call for abstracts are now open for the event.

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is looking for a part-time Communications and Information Officer to promote SCAR’s activities within the Antarctic research community and beyond. Working from the SCAR office in Cambridge, UK, the successful candidate will play a key role in growing our social media presence, assisting with preparations for SCAR meetings and conferences, and supporting the smooth running of the Secretariat.  This is a fixed-term appointment of 24 months, with the possibility of extension.  

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 16 July 2019.

For full details of the post and how to apply, go to: https://www.scar.org/about-us/vacancy/

The Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) provides an open process for those interested in Arctic sea ice to share ideas. The monthly reports contain a variety of perspectives—from advanced numerical models to qualitative perspectives from citizen scientists. Post-Season Reports will provide analysis and discussion of factors driving sea ice extent and explore the scientific methods for predicting seasonal conditions. 

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is currently accepting abstract submissions for the 2019 Fall Meeting. The meeting will be held 9-13 December 2019 in San Francisco, California. Conveners of the following session invite abstract submissions: SESSION C018: "How Does Sea Ice Affect and Respond to Change in the Arctic and Antarctic Coupled Climate Systems?" Deadline is 31 July. 

The five-month GEST programme at University of Iceland is designed for professionals from government and non-governmental institutes, as well as for enthusiastic post-graduate students. For the spring semester 2020, GEST will for the first time accept two fellows from the Arctic region. Nominations are due June 30, 2019.

North Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk is hosting Arctic Summer School-2019, July 29 to August 15, 2019. Application Deadline: June 28

This is a great opportunity to learn and experience first hand Arctic region expertise from a multidisciplinary standpoint: from courses on folklore to a practical crash-course in the diamond industry. Besides, the school also offers educational eco-tours to the world’s most famous locations and marvels such as the Lena Pillars (Lena Pillars Nature Park is listed as UNESCO World Heritage site.), glacier of Lake Buluus, together with Kyuryulyur Waterfalls, the Permafrost Museum, and many more other unique sights. 

UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Academia Borealis - The Academy of Sciences and Letters of Northern Norway, and Tromsø Research Foundation welcome nominations for The International Mohn Prize for Outstanding Research Related to the Arctic (The Mohn Prize). 

The EUROFLEETS+ Ship-time and marine Equipment Application (SEA) Programme offers fully funded transnational access to 14 Research Vessels (some with ice class) and 9 pieces of Marine Equipment to carry out ship-based research activities within any field of marine science.

Applications are welcome from international teams of researchers from academia and industry. Early-career and female applicants are encouraged to apply.

The SCAR Action Group Workshop on "Plastic in the Polar Environment: Sources, Impacts and Solutions" will take place from 28-30 October in Hull, United Kingdom. 

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Atmospheres and Glaciers & Ice Sheets Collaboration Teams invite attendance for their webinar, Weather and Surface Radiation Balance on the Greenland Ice Sheet. This webinar will be held Tuesday, 25 June 2019 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time via Zoom.

A new international and multidisciplinary intensive course on Design of Roads and Railways in Cold Climate will be held at the Norwegien University of Science and Technology in trondheim, Norway, October 7 - 18. There are 20 places available for students coming from Canada and Norway and 10 places for professionals. Limited travel support is available. The application deadline is extended until August 9. 

You are invited to the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee's (IARPC) June Sea Ice Collaboration Team Meeting that will take place June 24th from 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET (9 am AKT). The theme of the meeting is Arctic Sea Ice Thickness: It's All about Perspective. The meeting will feature 2 speakers: Nathan Kettle and Sinead Farrell

The International Coordination Office for Polar Prediction at the Alfred Wegener Institute, together with ECMWF and Environment and Climate Change Canada, is organizing 3 webinars in preparation to the start of the upcomyopping phase:

AWI Webinar: 24/06, 09:00 - 10:30 UTC
ECMWF Webinar: 24/06, 15:00 - 15:45 UTC
ECCC Webinar: 25/06, 15:00 UTC 

The International Glaciological Society (IGS) will prepare a special issue of the Annals of Glaciology with the theme ‘Glacial Erosion and Sedimentation’. The submission deadline has been extended until June 30, 2019. igs

A workshop / training on AUV operation organized within the Eurofleets+ training program will be held at the Robotics Lab workshop of Gothenburg University in collaboration with the Swedish Marine Robotics Centre and  industry. The workshop will run from 18-23 August and is offered to 12 European PhD and post-graduate students. Deadline for registrationis on July 8.

The APPLICATE project releases its first case study that contributes to understanding "Effects of Arctic seaice on energy production in mid-latitudes". The case study describes a cold spell in winter 2016-17that was accompanied by record-breaking low precipitation and wind speed, increasing energy demand and reducing renewable power generation, which contributed to an energy-security risk situation. Energy Case Study Preview

The Climateurope project is organising the webinar 'Climate services for energy: sharing knowledge through case studies' on June 27, 15:00-16:00 CEST. Register here to join: https://climateurope.typeform.com/to/RMUeGj webinar

 

The Arctic and Northern Ocean Forum 2019 is being held at the Finnish Meteorological Institute in Helsinki, Finland. The deadline to submit abstracts has been extended to June 21. For more information and to submit an abstract visit https://anof2019.ieee.org/.

SIOS logo ORIGINAL rgbThis autumn, SIOS (Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System) will offer a training course on how to effectively use satellite data, tools and software in the context of marine research in Svalbard. The course is intended for researchers, PhD students and technicians with no or little experience with satellite remote sensing techniques.

Time: 2-5 September 2019 (starting Monday morning, ending Thursday at lunch time)
Location: Longyearbyen, Svalbard

The application process for the 2020 Labrador Institute International Indigenous Intern has started! Apply by July 26, 2019. The purpose of the Labrador Institute International Indigenous Internship is to enable indigenous youth to gain experiences internationally.

We need your contributions! Please send item(s) for the upcoming issue by MONDAY,  JULY 1.  We welcome short articles, news, announcements, updates, book reviews, or any other materials you may have.  Photos (jpg preferred) are also encouraged.

Organizers invite registration and abstract submissions for the 8th Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations. This symposium will convene 17-18 July 2019 in Washington, D.C.

UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Migration invites contributions for the book “Immigration in the Circumpolar North: Integration & Resilience”. Abstract submission deadline: June 10, 2019. Full text submission: August 31, 2019.

Sustainable Ocean Alliance is co-hosting with University of Tromsø and in cooperation with the Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs Our Ocean Youth Leadership Summit  in Oslo, Norway on October 23-24, 2019. We are reaching out to your organization to invite your community below 35 to submit a sustainability initiative and apply online before July 5, 2019 at 11:59pm PST.

A symposium on Earth´s cryosphere will be held in Iceland in September 2020.

The International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) steering committee invites abstracts for the next ITEX meeting. This meeting will have the theme of Documenting and Understanding Tundra Ecosystem Changes, and will focus on ecological research in Arctic and alpine environments.

The Belmont Forum invites proposals for a second Collaborative Research Action (CRA) focused on the Arctic region. The theme of this CRA is Resilience in a Rapidly Changing Arctic.

The deadline for application has been postponed to 16 June 2019. An international Summer School on "Investigating alpine permafrost dynamics from space to the field" will be held in Bolzano (Italy) on 16-19 July 2019.

Let’s share the lasting yet unpublished creativity of the polar community in an anthology of “Reflections from the field”. For many in our community, the field season conjures creativity. Those days when you battle against wind and rain to collect that precious sample, nights where stories are shared around the campfire; and the pangs of realization when you see, at first hand, the effect of climate change on your field site.  

The EU-H2020 KEPLER Consortium (https://kepler-polar.eu/) has developed a questionnaire to explore the polar observational needs of the weather, sea ice, and climate prediction communities.
 

The Arctic is a major priority of scientific collaboration between France and Norway. Building on the success of the 2016 Franco-Nordic seminar in Tromsø, the Institut français de Norvège and the Research Council of Norway in cooperation with the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) invite you to participate to the new event taking place on June 19th and 20th in Paris on: Contribution of traditional ecological knowledge and modern technologies in a Changing Arctic.

Polar CORDEX is a very friendly community of regional climate researchers specializing in both Arctic and Antarctic climate simulations. We welcome abstracts on all topics related to high resolution modelling in the polar regions, including coupled regional modelling (any or all of atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, land surface, vegetation,  ice sheet!), climate projections, impact studies and climate services, climate reanalysis and model evaluation.

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the 2nd international conference “Our Climate – Our Future, Regional perspectives on a global challenge” which will be held from 23-25 September, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. More information: www.reklim-conference-2019.de.

Scientists able to foster reciprocity and implement the Golden Rule—a simple ethological axiom of empathy—treating others as one’s self would wish to be treated. See here a short commentary on reciprocity in science and community partnership with polar communities: https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/golden-rule-arctic-science-community-partnerships/

Nature is launching an essay competition for readers aged 18 to 25. We invite you to tell us, in an essay of no more than 1,000 words, what scientific advance, big or small, you would most like to see in your lifetime, and why it matters to you. We want to feature the inspiring voices and ideas of the next generation. For further information see this website: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01562-3.
Graduate students, postdocs, and early career scientists can register for a short course on radioglaciology Monday July 8th and apply for travel funds to attend the course and the associated IGS Symposium on Five Decades or Radio Glaciology July 9th - 12th in Stanford, CA.  Symposium Information and Google Forms for the Course and Travel Support can be found at: https://pangea.stanford.edu/radio-glaciology/igs-symposium. Travel support will be allocated next week.  So please apply by May 27 to get maximum consideration.

At ASSW2019 in Arkhangelsk, Russia, IASC released its 2019 Bulletin, reporting on the IASC-supported activites over the past years. In it, the five IASC Working Groups (AtmosphereCryosphereMarineSocial & HumanTerrestrial) share exciting scientific highlights of their international and interdisciplinary work, IASC partners share their synergistic activities, and IASC leadership and Fellows share their perspectives on working with IASC. You can download the new Bulletin, as well as previous issues, here

Want to learn how to retrieve, model and interpret Southern Ocean species occurrence data?

Apply for  upcoming short course from 2-6 September in Belgium on spatial analysis and modeling using R by June 15!

Arctic Arts Summit 2019 - The Arctic as a Laboratory for sustainable art and cultural policy, June 3-5, 2019, Rovaniemi, Finland. In the Arctic Arts Summit 2019 the challenges and circumstances in the Arctic are seen as 'laboratory' in which sustainable art and cultural policy is developed in collaboration with all of the Arctic counties. Artists and representatives of art and cultural policy will discuss the theme and promote circumpolar collaboration.

This call for applications is open to PhD students from UArctic member institutions outside Québec working in the field of northern or Arctic research. The goal of this call is to identify six finalists that UArctic will select to represent UArctic and present their work at the Arctic Circle Assembly, held from 10 to 13 October 2019 in Reykjavik, Iceland.

The Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) provides an open process for those interested in Arctic sea ice to share ideas. The monthly reports contain a variety of perspectives—from advanced numerical models to qualitative perspectives from citizen scientists.

The International Glaciological Society (IGS) will prepare a special issue of the Annals of Glaciology with the theme ‘Glacial Erosion and Sedimentation’ in 2019. The issue will be part of Annals Volume 60 and will be issue number 80. 

The ESIP Lab is accepting small grant proposals (up to $10K) for Earth science informatics projects. Projects run six months (August 1- February 1) and lie in the realm of good ideas ready to be tried out; proposals that address the following areas will be given priority:

Organizers invite participation in their survey, Biases in Ecological and Environmental Research. This brief survey is estimated to take 10-15 minutes to complete.

The submission of artworks and/or an abstract is open for the art exhibition and symposium RELATE NORTH 2019 – Tradition and Innovation in Art and Design Education. Deadline for submissions is May 30, 2019.

scarSCAR launches its 2019 Antarctic-related Fellowships for early-career researchers. SCAR will offer 5 to 6 fellowships of up to USD $15,000 each for 2019, with additional support for the scheme having been provided by India, Korea and France. A new SCAR/WMO Fellowship is also available in 2019 as detailed below. The deadline for fellowship applications is 17 July 2019.

The new IPA Permafrost and Carbon budgets Interest Group (IPaC) is looking for your contribution! The aim of the IPaC is to impact and improve how permafrost is treated in carbon budgets. IPaC will create and sustain a formalized pathway for IPA permafrost experts to give feedback on the representation of permafrost in datasets used for broad-scale carbon budgets. If you are interested in contributing to this project, please let us know before June 7th, 2019.

A “High Altitude Geo-Biology" Summer School Course in the Swiss Alps (September 2-7). Find out more information and apply here.

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The latest UArctic Newsletter can be viewed here.

We are delighted to be relaunching the SCAR newsletter, a regular update from the SCAR Secretariat containing news, events, and opportunities from and for the SCAR community and beyond.

US iceThe U.S. Ice Drilling Program invites community input for their 2019 Long Range Science Plan. Input submission deadline: 17 May 2019. Researchers that will need an ice core or a hole drilled in a glacier or ice sheet, or a rock core from under shallow glacial ice, in the coming decade, should ensure that their science is captured in the current draft update of the U.S. Ice Drilling Program Office Long Range Science Plan.

SCAR conmap 2020

Preparations are well underway for our 2020 SCAR meetings and Open Science Conference to be held in Hobart, Australia in July-August 2020.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) and the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Alaska announce registration for the next Arctic Indigenous Scholar Seminar. This seminar, titled The Bristol Bay Marine Ecosystem & Subsistence Resource Needs, will feature Helen M. Aderman, 2019 Arctic Indigenous Scholar, and will convene on Monday, 6 May 2019 at 12:00-1:00 p.m. EDT at the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) office in Conference Room A (1800 G. St. NW.) in Washington, D.C.

Advances in Polar Science (APS) will publish a special issue with the theme ‘Polar Regions in the Global Climate System’ as a lasting outcome of the 8th Malaysian International Seminar on Antarctica (https://www.misa8.int-conference.com), which will be held from the 18th to the 20th of June 2019, at Universiti Putra Malaysia. This issue will be part of APS Volume 31 and will be issue number 2 of 2020 as general issue.

The ASM2019 organizing committee welcomes proposals for topical sessions of interest to the northern research community. Proposals can be submitted until May 15, 2019. The ASM2019 will be held December 2-5, 2019 in Halifax, Canada. 

We are pleased to announce the second Snow Microwave Radiative Transfer (SMRT) model training workshop, which will take place 4th-6th July 2019 at the University of Waterloo, in Canada. This is just before IUGG2019 Montreal to facilitate attendance at both events.

REKLIM warmly welcomes researchers over the globe to take part in the 2nd International Conference „Our Climate - Our Future: Regional Perspectives on a Global Challenge“ which which will be held 23-25 September 2019 in Berlin, Germany

The University of Virginia (UVA) invites registration for a conference and workshop entitled Bridging Science, Art, and Community in the New Arctic. This three-day event will convene 23-25 September 2019 at UVA in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The 2019 Early Career Scientist Award by the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS, https://cryosphericsciences.org) will go to Doug Brinkerhoff, Montana University, and Denis Felikson, NASA Goddard Space Center.

We are now inviting you to submit ship-time proposals requesting access to to carry out ship-based research activities within any field of marine science in the Arctic Ocean This call will remain open until the Wednesday 3rd of July 2019, 12:00 CEST. 

The University of the Arctic (UArctic) call is now open for applications for networking projects in Arctic research and education.

The 12th Polar Law Symposium will be held at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) campus in Hobart, the capital city of the state of Tasmania, Australia. Abstracts are due Tuesday 30 April 2019.

The Sea Ice Prediction Network – Phase 2 (SIPN2) announces an open webinar entitled "ICESat-2 over Sea Ice: Early Results" featuring Ron Kwok, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the ICESat-2 Team. This event is scheduled for Tuesday, 7 May 2019 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. AKDT.

The Arctic Futures 2050 Conference Organizing Committee has announced extended deadlines for the following conference dates: 

The Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) invites participation in a virtual discussion, Intersection of Arctic Science and Policy. 

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar Series event featuring Lawrence Hamilton (Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire).

Extended deadline for early career travel support now: 30 April 2019

We are excited to announce that the Call for Nominations for the 2019 Arctic Inspiration Prize is now open! The Arctic Inspiration Prize inspires team building and encourages the development of projects that deliver near-term benefit to Arctic communities.  Please help spread the word, and share this message with your contacts and representatives in communities across the North!

Responding to rapid environmental change in the Arctic requires the combined efforts of scientists from many disciplines, diverse Indigenous knowledge holders, and decision makers from all levels of government. Arctic Futures 2050 is convened by the Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) and is an international conference designed to enhance collaboration among scientists, policymakers, and indigenous knowledge holders.

We are looking for ECRs interested in delivering Southern Ocean science to policy makers.  In particular, we are seeking ECRs who would like to have a core role in contributing to profiles of different taxa in the Southern Ocean for use in the Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean (MEASO - http://soki.aq/display/MEASO/MEASO+Home). 

ANTPAS will have sessions at two upcoming conferences this year (XIII ISAES, Incheon, South Korea  and the 1st SouthCOP, Queenstown, New Zealand). In order to facilitate the attendance of early career researchers ANTPAS invites applications to two grants per conference:

« Frozen-Ground Cartoons » is a scientific outreach project presenting international permafrost research – with a special emphasis on field work – via multi-language comic-strip booklets. The project started in 2016 and is currently evolving through a series of augmented reality materials (e.g., 3D maps and drawings, videos) and a trivia board game, collectively referred to as « Permafrost on all channels ». The target audience is the general public, focusing more specifically on school kids and teenagers.

The organizers invited participants to Svalbard in Norway from June 18 to June 23, 2018. The course was held at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), and brought together more than 100 students and 20 faculty from the circumpolar Arctic region and Harbin Institute of Technology.

UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education and UNITWIN/UNESCO network on Teacher Education are organising a joint webinar as part of UN International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019.

The UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law is pleased to announce a call for papers for the 7th Volume of the Current Developments in Arctic Law, which will be published in December 2019.

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) announces the next two webinar in their Public Webinar Series. These webinars, NSF Program Manager Chats: Arctic System Science and Social Sciences, will take place Wednesday, 24 April 2019 at 3:00 p.m. EDT (Social Sciences) and 4:00 p.m. EDT (System Science).

As of today, you can register your expedition(s) to the cryosphere on the Cryo Connect website in order to invite journalists or other information seekers to come along, either to increase the visibility of your project, or to boost the impact of your results.

The Working Group Arctic and Subarctic invites contributions to an edited volume to be published in the fall of 2020. The working title of this edited volume is More than ‘Nature’: Research on Infrastructure and Settlements in the North.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has publicly communicated its commitment to promoting safe, productive research and education environments for current and future scientists and engineers, including efforts to help reduce sexual harassment and other forms of harassment in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) contexts.

The German Version of the Frozen Ground Cartoon is now available. Other languages are English, French and Swedish. 

More information on the cartoons you'll find here.

***German Announcement***

Due to the great interest, the survey will be kept open until April 30, 2019. The results and report will be published in May 2019 (instead of late March).

The North Pacific Arctic Conference (NPAC), co-organized by the East-West Center and the Korea Maritime Institute, is now in its 9th year. This year conference is held August 14-16, 2019 at Imin International Conference Center in Honolulu. 

UArctic is searching for motivated and enthusiastic interns for the fall 2019 who are interested in Arctic matters and willing to acquire knowledge of the Northern region; its environment, people and culture. 

The UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Resources and Social Responsibility (ASRSR) hosts a seminar "Problems and Perspectives of Social Responsibility in Natural Resources Exploration, Exploitation and Management" to bring together scholars who work on the TN topics from diverse angles.

The UK Arctic Science Conference will take place between the 11th – 13th September 2019 at Loughborough University and registration is open!

The 2019 WAIS Workshop is scheduled for October 16-18, 2019, at the newly remodeled Camp Cedar Glen near Julian, California.

A new and ambitious Arctic science conference is born – Greenland Science Week. The conference invites researchers, business partners, policy makers and organizations along with the general public to participate in a week focusing on science in the Arctic.

The 2019 U.S. Interdisciplinary Antarctic Earth Sciences meeting is scheduled for October 13-15 at Camp Cedar Glen near Julian, CA. 

Organizers invite registration for the Synoptic Arctic Survey (SAS) International Planning and Coordination Workshop. This workshop will convene 15-16 May 2019 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Organizers invite applications for their 2019 field school, a part of the International Partnerships for Excellence in Education and Research (INTPART) project, Arctic Field Summer Schools: Norway-Canada-USA Collaboration. This summer school will convene 25 May-8 June 2019 in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.

We would like to draw your attention to the forthcoming one-day workshop on “Computational methods in snow and avalanche release mechanics” that will be held during the ALERT Geomaterials workshop in Aussois (France), Sep. 30 – Oct. 2 2019.

The fifth Sea Level and Coastal Change (SLaCC) field meeting will take place in Devon and Cornwall, UK between Sunday 1st and Weds 4th September 2019.

The U.S. Ice Drilling Program Office (IDPO) announces the release of their Winter 2018/2019 Ice Bits newsletter. Ice Bits is the quarterly update of the U.S. IDPO and Ice Drilling Design and Operations (IDDO) group activities.

We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to the VIII Italian Young Geomorphologists’ Days, which will be held in Milan and Veny Valley (Mount Blanc Massif) in Italy, on 26th-28th June 2019.

An international Summer School on "Investigating alpine permafrost dynamics from space to the field" will be held in Bolzano (Italy) on 16-19 July 2019.

Organizers of the 2019 Anchorage Arctic Research Summit have announced a call registration for the 2019 Anchorage Arctic Research Summit.

The editors of Witness the Arctic and Witness Community Highlights invite suggestions for articles on Arctic sciences and related topics for issues to be published during Spring 2019.

Recognizing the need to support and build capacities in regional and global assessment for science-policy processes, the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI), the University of Zurich, Helvetas, and ICIMOD – in an initiative supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) – have teamed up to launch a call for applications for a mentoring and training program for early career mountain researchers who have an interest in participating in IPCC processes.

The Arctic Futures 2050 Conference Organizing Committee announces travel award opportunities for early-career researchers and Indigenous knowledge holders.

The abstract submission deadline for the XIII International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES 2019) has been extended to 21 April 2019.  
 

The Rif Field Station (RFS) calls for applications from scientists, university students, or groups interested in utilizing the station’s facilities for various research and monitoring projects during 2019. 

The new IPA Permafrost and Carbon budgets Interest Group (IPaC) is looking for your contribution!

The Synoptic Arctic Survey (SAS) – International Planning and Coordination Workshop
15-16 May, 2019
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA

There will be an open coordination and planning workshop to continue planning the Synoptic Arctic Survey (SAS) project on May 15-16, 2019, at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA. The SAS is a developing international program envisioned to mount a coordinated, multi-nation, oceanographic field based effort on a Pan Arctic scale over two summer seasons (2020-2021). The key objective is to achieve a quasi-synoptic baseline understanding of the fundamental structure and function of the linked Arctic carbon-ecosystem-physical systems that will permit detection of ongoing and future changes. More information and the international science plan is available at http://www.synopticarcticsurvey.info/.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites registration for their Electronic Research Administration (ERA) Forum webinar on the topic of collaborative proposals from multiple organizations on Research.gov.

The Journal of Geoscience Education invites manuscripts for a special issue on polar education. This theme issue focuses on polar education related to both the Arctic and Antarctic regions.

Organizers invite applications for their 2019 field school, a part of the International Partnerships for Excellence in Education and Research (INTPART) project, Arctic Field Summer Schools: Norway-Canada-USA Collaboration. This summer school will convene 25 May-8 June 2019 in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.

The abstract submission deadline for the XIII International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES 2019) has been extended to 21 April 2019.  
 

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar Series event featuring Elena Sparrow (UAF), Marilyn Sigman (Alaska Sea Grant), Michael Køie Poulsen (Nordic Foundation for Development and Ecology), and Ted Cheeseman (Polar Citizen Science Collective).

NSF Office of Polar Programs’ Antarctic Artists and Writers Program facilitates writing and the creation of art to increase public understanding and appreciation of the Antarctic and of human endeavors—specifically scientific research-- on the southernmost continent.

This summer school, organised by Harbin Institute of Technology invites undergraduate students of all academic backgrounds from Chinese universities and from the eight circum-Arctic countries who have shown and can document profound professional interests in the Arctic and intend to achieve further relevant scientific knowledge on the Arctic environmental processes.

The North Pacific Arctic Conference (NPAC), co-organized by the East-West Center and the Korea Maritime Institute, is now in its 9th year. This year conference is held August 14-16, 2019 at Imin International Conference Center in Honolulu. 

UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education and UNITWIN/UNESCO Network on Teacher Education are jointly organising an event at the Arctic Science Summit Week on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 in Arkhangelsk, Russia. The side event consist of a panel discussion and a book launch.

The Calotte Academy 2019 "Future Arctic Societies: Scenarios, Innovations, Best Practices & Actors" will be organized in June 2-9, 2019, in the European Arctic - Rovaniemi, Inari and Hetta, Finland; Kautokeino, Norway; Apatity, Russia (tbc). Extended deadline for applications: April 7, 2019.

The 2018 Sea Ice Outlook Full Post-Season Report centers around forecasts of pan-Arctic September minimum sea ice extent, while also including information about forecasts of sea ice probability and a synthesis of observed Arctic conditions from June to September 2018.

Organizers invite registration for the Synoptic Arctic Survey (SAS) International Planning and Coordination Workshop. This workshop will convene 15-16 May 2019 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

The AGU Cryosphere Section Executive Committee would like to remind you again that it is time to nominate your colleagues for AGU Fellow, AGU Ambassador, Union Medals, Cryosphere Early Career Award (10 years post-degree), and Nye lecturer. 

The Nordic Network for Sámi and Indigenous Peoples Law (NORSIL) hosted by Umeå University, Sweden calls for abstract and participation in its First Workshop.

The Belmont Forum invites proposals for the second Collaborative Research Action (CRA) focused on Arctic region. The theme of this international funding opportunity is Resilience in a Rapidly Changing Arctic.

The Fairwinds Expedition 2019 announces the availability of sampling opportunities during a circumnavigation of Svalbard and the ice edge. This cruise will take place in the high Arctic aboard the S/Y Fairwinds, a 54-foot/16-meter steel ketch, during the summer of 2019.

The Executive Committee of the Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) announces the release of the 2018 Conference Report. This report discusses the main conclusions and call to action from the 2018 AOS that convened 24-26 June 2018 in Davos, Switzerland.

There is just over one week left to apply for a place on the Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) training school that will be held in Gävle, Sweden, between 26-30th August 2019.

Organizers announce the workshop Understanding and Responding to Global Health Security Risks from Microbial Threats in the Arctic and invite nominations for the workshop planning committee. This workshop will convene 6-7 November 2019 in Hanover, Germany.

14th Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate (WAMC) on June 25-27, 2019 & Year of Polar Prediction in the Southern Hemisphere (YOPP-SH) meeting on Thursday afternoon of June 27 and Friday morning of June 28.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar Series event featuring Donna Hauser. The event will be held on Monday, 25 March 2019 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. AKDT in Fairbanks, Alaska.

The Austral Winter Institute is focused on the general theme of “Approaches and Tools for Numerical Modeling of High Latitude Ecosystems” and will take place over three weeks, 22 July to 9 August 2019, at University Austral of Chile in Valdivia.  

The Workshop "Glacial Isostatic Adjustment, Ice Sheets, and Sea-level Change – Observations, Analysis, and Modelling" will ttake place in the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Canada from 24-26 September. 

We are pleased to announce the second Snow Microwave Radiative Transfer (SMRT) model training workshop, which will take place 4th-6th July 2019 at the University of Waterloo, in Canada.

VR GLACIERS AND GLACIATED LANDSCAPES (https://vrglaciers.wp.worc.ac.uk)

There are new virtual field trips and resources on VR Glaciers and Glaciated Landscapes, with more to come later this year.

The Arctic Funders Collaborative (AFC) invites applications for an Indigenous Initiatives Fellow. This full-time, 24-month salaried fellowship will be located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.

Global Water Futures is working closely with Honeywell Aerospace to design a microsatellite mission for water research. The current design of the mission includes a hyperspectral imager, GNSS reflectometer, and ground sensor network capability. 

Bryan Mark (The Ohio State University), Michel Baraer (École de Technologie Supérieure), and Alfonso Fernández (Universidad de Concepción) want to invite you to consider submitting a manuscript for a topical Frontiers publication entitled, "Connecting Mountain Hydroclimate Through the American Cordilleras”.
 

We have re-opened the online abstract submission for the International Symposium on ‘Five Decades of Radioglaciology’ because of an interest expressed by the IEEE and Planetary Missions Communities in the symposium in order for them to be able to submit an abstract.

The postgraduate opportunities keep rolling in from the UK GeolSoc's Near Surface Geophysics Group, and we are pleased to announce that our 2019 Postgraduate Fieldwork Fund is now open for applications.

The Permafrost Information System of GlobPermafrost has been recently completed. All datasets have been registered on PANGAEA including product guides. 

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The IASC Medal is awarded in recognition of exceptional and sustained contributions to the understanding of the Arctic. 

The Arctic Futures 2050 Conference Organizing Committee invites abstracts for posters. The Arctic Futures 2050 Conference—convened by the Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH)—will be an international conference designed to enhance collaboration between Arctic scientists from many disciplines, diverse Indigenous knowledge holders, and policy makers from all levels of government.

Organizers of the 2019 Anchorage Arctic Research Summit invite community members to Save the Date: Thursday, 2 May 2019. This event will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Anchorage Museum in Anchorage, Alaska.

UArctic and Korea Maritime Institute (KMI) are pleased to announce an opportunity for 20 students from UArctic member institutions located in Arctic States to participate in the 5th Korea Arctic Academy in the Republic of Korea - a 10 day study program in July at KMI together with students from Korean universities.

We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for the June workshop on CMIP6 21st century projections and predictions for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Of particular relevance to APECS is that there is funding available to help support ECR attendance.

Please consider contributing to an article collection, to appear in the journal Frontiers in Earth Sciences, Cryospheric Sciences about the Relevance of Snow Microstructure Study in Cryospheric Sciences.

Through this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Section for Arctic Sciences (ARC) of the Office of Polar Programs announces its interest in proposals to repurpose a subset of stations of the Alaska Transportable Array (http://www.usarray.org/researchers/adopt).

The 2019 Sea Ice Symposium of the International Glaciological Society will take place on 19-23 August 2019 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

The North and Arctic Studies Section Theme Arctic Policy in Canada: Forces of Inclusion and Exclusion call for papers is now open.  Deadline is April 15, 2019.

The Arctic Council’s Working Group on the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) launched a comprehensive Arctic shipping activity database on February 7, 2019.  

This is an announcement of the 51st Liège colloquium on ocean dynamics - Polar oceans facing changes on 6 to 10 May 2019 at the University of Liège.

This is a reminder of the 2019 meeting of the Chilean Society of the Cryosphere, (SOCHICRI, Sociedad Chilena de la Criósfera), which will take place in the city of La Serena, in the INACAP instituteMay 9‑10

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar Series event featuring Donna Hauser. The event will be held on Monday, 25 March 2019 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. AKDT in Fairbanks, Alaska. This seminar will also be available as a webinar live-stream for those unable to attend in person.

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: MARCH 20, 2019
 
CEOS/University of Manitoba will be co-hosting the IGS 2019 Sea Ice Symposium with the International Glaciological Society.

The Students in Polar and Alpine Research Conference 2019 is fast approaching. We would like to remind you that the deadline for registration and abstract submission in 29 March. The conference will be held between 4-6 April in Brno, Czech Republic.

More information is available on conference website: https://sparc-brno.webnode.cz.

Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization for Science project will overhaul McMurdo Station over the course of a decade. The National Science Board (NSB) has authorized the National Science Foundation (NSF) to move forward with the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization for Science (AIMS) project. AIMS is planned as a 10-year undertaking to overhaul McMurdo Station into an energy- and operationally efficient platform from which to support world-class science.

The National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs’ Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems Program has issued a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) to encourage the submission of research proposals that would advance scientific understanding of how Antarctic creatures evolve and adapt to unique and ever-changing Antarctic environments.

This Special Issue "Remote Sensing of Climatic and Environmental Changes over the Antarctic, Arctic, and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau" is seeking integrated research on climatic and environmental changes over the Three Poles, especially coupled processes and the teleconnection, synchronization, and asynchronization among regions, as well as the changes induced over other regions in the earth system.

The 5th call for proposals to the Antarctic Wildlife Research Fund (AWR) is now open. AWR wishes to contribute to and support the work of the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) so that the Antarctic krill fishery is managed in a manner consistent with the precautionary approach detailed in the Convention text. The aims of the AWR have therefore been developed to be consistent with the work of CCAMLR.

The EGU Division on Cryospheric Sciences awards two prizes each year: Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal and Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award.

Organizers invite applications for travel grants to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) XIII International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES). This symposium will convene 22-16 July 2019 in Incheon, Republic of Korea.

The masters course "Environmental Monitoring Modelling and Reconstruction" is a one year, full time taught programme with a strong research focus. It offers a great opportunity to learn cutting-edge technological techniques underpinned by advanced theoretical knowledge in environmental monitoring, modelling and reconstruction.

This theme issue focuses on polar education related to both the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Contributions to the theme issue will describe education, outreach, and communication activities that engage learners in exploring polar regions, the climate system, physiogeography, the people that live in the Arctic, fauna and flora of polar regions, the future of polar regions, and how citizens across the globe are connected to changes in the polar regions.

Registration is now open for the 33rd Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes (FRISP) which will be held from 15-18 September 2019 at The Queen’s College, Oxford, UK. The conference will begin on the evening of 15 September (Sunday) and conclude at lunchtime on 18 September (Wednesday). 

Polar Knowledge Canada’s (POLAR) Inuit Student Recruitment Program will provide you with an opportunity to obtain valuable work experience, gain new knowledge, and build your professional network within your community. POLAR is currently looking for Inuit students to work in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut and in Ottawa, Ontario.

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) invites applications for community meeting space during the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2019 meeting. This Summit will convene 22-30 May 2019 in Arkhangelsk, Russia.

The Joint Master of Governance and Entrepreneurship in Northern and Indigenous Areas (GENI) is designed to prepare students in northern and Indigenous communities to take on leadership roles in supporting their communities with economic development by using innovative and entrepreneurial approaches. GENI students will gain competencies in areas including governance, policy, consultation and entrepreneurship. 

The registration deadline for the Summer School on "Sea Level Change: observations, processes an modelling”, to be held in Delft, The Netherlands, in the first week of July 2019, is approaching. 

Deadline for the abstract submission to the Antarctic climate symposium is approaching! https://ees.kuleuven.be/aerocloud-event/

The International Glaciological Society invites session abstracts for the 2019 Sea Ice Symposium. The symposium will convene 19-23 August 2019 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Organizers of the following session invite abstracts:

SESSION 23: Sea-ice Ecosystems: Genomes and Phenomes of Sea Ice Microbes
Conveners: Eric Collins, Eeva Eronen-Rasimus, Maria Bautista, Jeff Bowman, and Jody Deming

High throughput DNA, RNA, and protein sequencing approaches (“-omics”) have revolutionized biology over the past decade, but there are still major gaps in understanding of how to use these enormous datasets to predict microbial function in situ. This session invites submissions of studies utilizing -omics, modeling, and phenotypic approaches (lipids, pigments, growth rates, growth limits, metabolism, etc.) on bacteria, archaea, algae, protists, fungi, viruses, plasmids, or other mobile genetic elements from sea ice. The goal of the session is to bring together field-, laboratory-, and computational-based researchers to better understand the ecology of sea ice microbes at the cellular level, and to work towards a future where phenotypes can be accurately predicted from population genotypes.

Abstract submission deadline: 20 March 2019

To submit an abstract, go to:
Abstract submission webpage

For more information about the meeting, go to:
Symposium homepage

For questions about this session, contact:
Eric Collins
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Phone: 907-474-6482

The Near Surface Geophysics Group is pleased to announce our 2019 Postgraduate Research Symposium.  All details are accessible through our sparkling new website.

Application deadline for the 2019 KOPRI fellowships schemes has been extended by one week. Both fellowship programs, the Asian Polar Science Fellowship Program and the Arctic Fellowship Program, will be accepting applications until Friday, March 8th

Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR) is excited to announce the launch of its Call for Funding Applications: 2020 to 2023 in support of key themes under its Northern Science and Technology (NST) and Polar Knowledge Application (PKA) Programs.

Last autumn 50 international polar experts gathered in La Cristalera, a town in the outskirts of Madrid, Spain. Over the course of five days, their task was to draft a set of polar white papers.

The Agreement on Enhancing Arctic Scientific Cooperation was signed in May 2017 after which it has been ratified by all Arctic eight countries (USA, Canada, Kingdom of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia).

The Belmont Forum is pleased to announce the launch of a second Collaborative Research Action focused on Arctic region. The title of this international funding opportunity is Resilience in a Rapidly Changing Arctic. The call aims at bringing together researchers and other expertise across the globe to develop proposals from integrated teams of scientists and stakeholders to address key areas of arctic resilience understanding and action.

IASC invites you to join the international Arctic science community at ASSW2019 (22-30 May 2019 in Arkhangelsk Russia).

Please find attached information regarding our next Training School of PINESTRENGTH COST Action:  Training School on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) (Drones) Applications & Forestry, April 1 - 4th 2019 // Chania, Crete island, Greece.

Organizers announce the Bridging Science, Art, and Community in the New Arctic workshop. This workshop will convene 23-26 September 2019 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The workshop will consist of a one-day symposium featuring disciplinary research presentations by various practitioners, including environmental scientists, musicians, architects, and anthropologists, followed by a three-day working meeting for interdisciplinary discussions among researchers, Alaskan youth, and university students. There will also be musical performances and art exhibitions.

Deadline for submitting your paper is 28 February 2019. The submission is not restricted to the participants of the symposium.

See here for more details how to proceed.

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) invites applications for the Early Career Faculty Innovator Program. The Early Career Faculty Innovator Program is a new funding opportunity for early career faculty in the social sciences and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields outside of NCAR's core expertise to co-develop interdisciplinary research projects in partnership with scientists and engineers at NCAR.

Travel grant opportunity (pending final NSF approval) from Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for XIII International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES 2019) taking place in Incheon, Republic of Korea from 22-26 July 2019.

The deadline of the submission to special issue “Sea ice observations and modeling in China and Norway” is extended to 31 May 2019Advances in Polar Science (APS) will publish a special issue with the theme “Sea ice observations and modeling in China and Norway” as an extension of “The 1st China-Norway bilateral workshop on Polar Observations and Modeling:

ASSW2019 announces call for papers and for meeting space.

The Calotte Academy 2019 ‘Future Arctic Societies: Scenarios, Innovations, Best Practices & Actors’ will be organized in June 2-9, 2019, in the European Arctic — Inari and Hetta, Finland; Kautokeino, Norway; Apatity, Russia (tbc.). This is call for papers for established researchers and early-career scientists (ECS), particularly PhD candidates and post-docs, with different academic backgrounds to participate and present their work in the 2019 Calotte Academy.  

The Agreement on Enhancing Arctic Scientific Cooperation was signed in May 2017 after which it has been ratified by all Arctic eight countries (USA, Canada, Kingdom of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia). The purpose of the Agreement is to enhance cooperation in Scientific Activities in order to increase effectiveness and efficiency in the development of scientific knowledge about the Arctic.

Northern (Arctic) Federal University, UArctic TN "Working in the Arctic" and Arkhangelsk Branch of the Russian Psychological Society invite applications for the international conference on "Psychology of extreme professions", which will be held June 27 - 29, 2019 in Arkhangelsk and on the Solovetsky Archipelago in the White Sea. Apply before March 17

usask logo lgThe University of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre will be offering two 3-day courses starting in spring 2019 that are focused on local food production, value-added food processing, and agri-business development opportunities for Indigenous communities.

uaflogoBlueThe University of Alaska Fairbanks Blue MBA program combines an accredited Master of Business Administration in the School of Management (SOM) with a concentration in fisheries, marine biology and oceanography, offered through the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS).

The next Karthaus course on ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM will take place from 10-21 September 2019 in Karthaus, Italy. The course will provide a basic introduction to the dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets with a focus on ice-climate interactions.

Advanced Climate Dynamics Courses (ACDC) are yearly summer schools organized by the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (University of Bergen) in collaboration with the University of Washington, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the University of Texas at Austin with support from the Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education and the Research Council of Norway. Partners for this year’s summer school include Harvard University, McGill University, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and IBS Centre for Climate Physics. 

On the occasion of Alexander von Humboldt’s 250th birthday Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is staging the KOSMOS Conference on "Navigating the Sustainability Transformation in the 21st Century". The Conference and Birthday Party will take place in Berlin from August, 28th to 30th, 2019. 

Registrations are now open for the June workshop on CMIP6 21st century projections and predictions for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

Polar Educators International is having a Webinar on Feb 27th EST about Ice Core Science. We will hear from an educator, Louise Huffman and researcher Dr. Mary Albert. Registration is free. 
The abstract deadline for the the 27th International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) General Assembly to be held in July 2019 in Montréal, Canada, has been extended to FRIDAY, 1 MARCH 2019 (11:00 UTC+1).

The fall 2019 issue of the Journal of Ocean Technology "Sharing the oceans: marine life and anthropogenic sound" will focus on marine life and anthropogenic sound. We are inviting the submission of technical papers, essays, and short articles for this issue. Technical papers describe cutting edge research and present the results of new (i.e., not previously published) research in ocean technology, science or engineering, and be no more than 7,500 words in length. Student papers are welcome.

The International Association for Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) is soliciting nominations for the IACS 2018 Early Career Scientist (ECS) Prize. The IACS ECS Prize is a bi-annual cash prize of € 1000 awarded to two early career scientists who have published the best scientific papers on a cryospheric subject as assessed by an evaluation committee. 

Come to Cambridge in April 8th to 11th. Full program of workshops, keynote speakers and a banquet.

The 4th biennial workshop of Polar Educators International (PEI) will be held in Cambridge, United Kingdom, home of...

The 21st Arctic Science Summit Week, established by the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), is going to be held from 22 to 30 May 2019 in Arkhangelsk. The thematic focus of the summit in 2019 is "Climate Change and Development of the Arctic Population."

The Arctic Circle Assembly will be held in October 10 – 13, 2019 in Reykjavík, Iceland. Session guidelines can be found here and the proposal form here.

Bergen Summer Research School (BSRS) takes place from 17-27 June 2019. The school has a general focus on current global challenges and the Sustainable Development Goals, through six multi-disciplinary courses on water, climate change, migration, maternal health, cultural heritage, and poverty.  Current PhD-students from any country are eligible to apply. Deadline is February 24, 2019.

For years now, The Arctic Institute is supporting the High North Center for Business and Governance to organise the annual High North Dialogue. Also this year, we have the pleasure of inviting you to Bodø, Norway on April 3-4, 2019.

The OGGM workshop is an annual, informal meeting for developers, users, and future users of the Open Global Glacier Model (www.oggm.org). This fourth edition will take place in Grenoble, France, from Monday 17 to Friday 21 June 2019.

Global Water Futures is working closely with Honeywell Aerospace to design a microsatellite mission for water research. The current design of the mission includes a hyperspectral imager, GNSS reflectometer, and ground sensor network capability. Our team is calling on all water researchers, students, or other potential users to fill out a 10-minute survey to help us assess the needs of the water research community.

Sentinel North International PhD School - Permafrost engineering applied to transportation infrastructure at Aurora College, Inuvik (Northwest Territories, Canada). Sentinel North announces a new international Ph.D. school, to be held from June 2-8, 2019, at the Inuvik Campus of Aurora College, Northwest Territories, on the theme of Permafrost engineering applied to transportation infrastructure.

Organizers invite registration for their meeting titled BE.Hive: Climate Change Needs Behavior. This one-day summit will convene 19 March 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time in Washington, D.C. The goal of the summit is to explore global climate change through the lens of human behavior. Participants will learn about approaches for shifting human behavior to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the latest insights from behavioral science.

Organizers invite abstract submissions for Arctic Science Summit Week 2019. The thematic focus of the summit is Climate Change and Development of the Arctic Population, and will convene 22-30 May 2019 in Arkhangelsk, Russia.

The Chilean Society of the Cryosphere, (SOCHICRI, Sociedad Chilena de la Criósfera) invites researchers, professionals and students in Chile and abroad to its annual 2019 meeting. The meeting will take place in the city of La Serena, on May 9-10, organized by the Centre for Advanced Studies in Arid Zones (CEAZA).

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Collaborations invites participation at the Diversity and Inclusion Working Group kickoff meeting. This meeting will convene online via Zoom on Monday, 11 February 2019 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

The deadline is February 18, 2019. Don’t miss your chance to be part of the 27th IUGG General Assembly! Abstracts must be submitted via the online submission system

Online abstract submission for the International Symposium on ‘Sea Ice at the Interface’ is now open. 

The meeting is held 18–23 August 2019 in Winnipeg, Canada.

Please consider attending the latest meeting in the Ocean Worlds series! In particular, Ocean Worlds 4 will focus on ice-water interactions from a multi-/inter-disciplinary perspective. 

An International Mountain Conference (https://www.uibk.ac.at/congress/imc2019) will be held in Innsbruck from 08–12 September 2019, building upon previous mountain conferences that took place in Perth (Scotland). Specifically, the conference will host a number of workshop sessions concerning the mountain cryosphere/hydrosphere (https://www.uibk.ac.at/congress/imc2019/program/)

The 21st Arctic Science Summit Week, established by the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), is going to be held from 22 to 30 May 2019 in Arkhangelsk. The thematic focus of the summit in 2019 is "Climate Change and Development of the Arctic Population." The main venues for the event are the Northern Arctic Federal University and the Northern State Medical University.

The Arctic Yearbook is calling for abstracts for the 2019 edition. Theme for the edition is Redefining Arctic Security. Deadline for abstracts is March 1, 2019. The Arctic Yearbook is an international and peer-reviewed volume which focuses on issues of regional governance, development, circumpolar relations, and geopolitics, all broadly defined. It is an open access, online publication.

The aim of the conference is to bring together experts and practitioners to share experiences, new findings and best practices for safety in the Arctic. The conference is to take place in Longyearbyen in May 13-15, 2019. 

The call for contributions closes on January 8, 2019. The Arctic Arts Summit 2019 – The Arctic as a Laboratory for Sustainable Art and Cultural Policy will be organized in Rovaniemi, Finland on June 3-5, 2019.

Under the aegis of the upcoming International Year of Indigenous Languages declared by the United Nations in 2019, the Institute of Humanitarian Research and Problems of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Russian Academy of Sciences, International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) and the Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North of Sakha Republic will hold an International Scientific and Practical Conference “Indigenous Languages and Sustainable Development in the Arctic” June 27-29, 2019 in Yakutsk, Russia.

The University Centre of the Westfjords in Ísafjörður, Iceland offers two programs in Coastal Studies open to students with diverse academic and professional backgrounds.

UArctic and Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat jointly organized a panel to discuss education and training needs for Arctic Indigenous Peoples during the UArctic Congress 2018 in Oulu, Finland on September 5, 2018. The panelists represented each of the Arctic Council Permanent Participants organizations. The full report of the panel discussion is now available.

The Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference, fourth in a series, focuses on the Theme 'Climate Change and the Future Generations'. The conference, which will take place on 12-13 November 2019, wants the voices of the future generations to be heard.

The aim of the Master is to develop skills and expertise in the areas of the green economy and the geopolitics of resources and energy, highlighting the eco-sustainability and a responsible use of the land. It will have a focus on the economic and geostrategic importance of the Arctic region.

 

 

 

 

The International Glaciological Society meeting is held 8–12 July 2019 in Stanford, California, USA.Online abstract submission for the International Symposium on ‘Five Decades of Radioglaciology’ is now open. 

The 12th International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP 2020) will be held June 22-26, 2020 in Lanzhou, China. "Permafrost environments under persistent warming: Challenges for scientific assessment and engineering practice” is the focus of the discussions of this international conference. Session proposals are demanded, and one PYRN member will be included in each session proposal.

 

 

The first special issue “Cryosphere” of Geosciences (2017/2018) included thirteen papers that shed light on a diverse list of ice- and snow-related topics: alpine glaciers, glacial lakes, GLOFs, permafrost, sea ice, snow cover, ice cores, and cryosols. The papers present results and conclusions from the Alborz, Alpen, Altai, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountains; from the Arctic and Antarctica; and from the tundra of Russia and the taiga of Finland. 

The National Science Foundation has issued a new solicitation for research proposals under the rubrik of Navigating the New Arctic, one of the agencys 10 Big Ideas. The solicitation estimates that – pending the availability of the anticipated funding amount of $30 million – 25 awards will be made. 

The Past Global Changes (PAGES) research project of Future Earth is looking for scientists in the realm of paleo science to serve on its Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) from January 2020. They are open to applications from suitable early career candidates, and they are particularly interested in quality female candidates! The deadline for consideration is Thursday 14 February 2019 at 17:00 UTC.

The Office of Polar Programs (OPP) Advisory Committee has drafted a succinct and broad synthesis of recommended priorities for OPP research investments in the document. The document: An Advisory Overview for the Office of Polar Programs, may be found here: https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/opp_advisory/Polar%20Priorities.pdfDEADLINE EXTENDED: 12 February 

In few weeks, ECRA (the European Climate Research Alliance) is organising a major event on 27-28 February 2019 in Brussels; our third ECRA General Assembly. The theme will be: Climate Change and Actionable Information. This event is open to all and will provide an exciting forum for discussion on our present and future climate. We would value you participation.

The Sixth International Symposium on Arctic Research (ISAR-6) will be held at Hitotsubashi Hall in Tokyo from March 2 to 6, 2020. It will be launched under the Japan Consortium of Arctic Environmental Research (JCAR) with the auspices of several institutions in Japan.

Organizers are currently accepting abstract submissions for the 27th International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) General Assembly. This meeting will convene 8-18 July 2019 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Conveners of the following session invite abstract submissions:

As you may know, the National Academies is conducting a study on Catalyzing Opportunities for Research in the Earth Sciences (CORES) for the Division of Earth Sciences at the National Science Foundation. As a member of the study committee, I can attest that it's critically important that we hear from you!

The University Centre of the Westfjords invites applications for two Master’s programs in coastal studies. These programs are located in Ísafjörður, Iceland.

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) invites applications for the Early Career Faculty Innovator Program. The Early Career Faculty Innovator Program is a new funding opportunity for early career faculty in the social sciences and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields outside of NCAR's core expertise to co-develop interdisciplinary research projects in partnership with scientists and engineers at NCAR.

Abstract submission for the XIII International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES 2019) is open on the Symposium website until 31 March 2019. XIII ISAES 2019 will be held from 22-26 July 2019, at the Songdo Convensia in Incheon, Republic of Korea.

Northern Notes 50th Edition: Call for submissions!Calling for contributions for the next issue of Northern Notes, deadline.

Because many potential respondents are currently participating in the austral summer Antarctic campaign, we have been asked by some International Glaciological Society (IGS) members to extend the deadline. Consequently, we have set a new deadline on 15 February 2019.

The Mount Everest Foundation is a registered charity, set up following the first ascent of Everest in 1953, and initially financed from the surplus funds and subsequent royalties resulting from that expedition. The aims of the Foundation are to encourage and support expeditions exploring mountain regions, and both education and research pertaining to a wide range of subjects in mountain areas, including geography, glaciology and the effects of altitude. 

The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology and the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS) are pleased to welcome participants to the 6th Polar Prediction Workshop, to be held at the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma from the 24th to 26th April 2019.

We invite applications of early career scientists to attend a Community Earth System Model (CESM) Polar Modeling Workshop, August 12-16, 2019 at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO, USA. The workshop is supported by the National Science Foundation and will include about 20 early career (graduate student, postdoc, < 7 years since Ph.D.) polar scientists. 

Registration and abstract submission for the 49th Arctic Workshop - April 4-5th in Stockholm, Sweden - are now open at https://aw19.geo.su.se. Oral and poster contributions from all members of the community working in high-latitude Earth and environmental sciences, and particularly encourage student participation are invited.

We're inviting applications from interestedundergrad and early-career grad students for about 6-8 slots in a 2-week workshop for students to analyze and interpret (U-Th)/He dates from their own research projects (along with opportunities for complementary FT, U/Pb, and Ar/Ar dating). We especially invite students working on Antarctic geology but projects focusing on other areas will be considered as well. We can't provide travel funds, but we will cover room and board and analytical costs once they are here in Tucson.

If you are a student or a young scientist (less than three years after the PhD defence) and work within the fields of geo- or biosciences in the polar regions or in the mountains, send us your registration form and abstract. You can find further information regarding the abstract guidelines and deadlines for registration on the conference website https://sparc-brno.webnode.cz or in the first announcement https://sparc-brno.webnode.cz/_files/200000037-08d8a09dda/SPARC2019_1st_announcement.pdf

Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) is accepting applications for its fellowship schemes; the Asian Polar Science Fellowship Program and the Arctic Science Fellowship Program. The Asian Polar Science Fellowship Program provides the opportunity for early career or established polar scientists from Asian countries to conduct research together with us at our research facilities, including the IBRV Araon and polar infrastructures. The Arctic Science Fellowship Program offers early career researchers from Arctic countries and researchers of Arctic indigenous heritage with an opportunity to cooperate with KOPRI scientists.

"Christmas Experience Academy" Summer School 11-16 August 2019 (5 ECTS) is organized by the University of Lapland. It is designed for students who are interested in the production and consumption of tourism experiences. The Summer School is hosted by Multidimensional Tourism Institute -partners: University of Lapland and Lapland University of Applied Sciences. Deadline: 28 February

training school on glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) modelling will be held from 26-30 August 2019 at Lantmäteriet, Gävle, Sweden. The program will include lectures and practical exercises aimed at investigating the interactions between solid Earth deformation, ice mass change, and associated sea-level and geoid variations.

As interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and convergent science collaborations become more common when addressing big ideas in Arctic research, scientists require the tools and skills to effectively communicate about their work with various audiences and collaborate across disciplinary boundaries.

The next Sentinel North International PhD School will take place from July 2 to 12, 2019, at the Centre for Northern Studies (CEN) research station in Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik (Nunavik, Canada) on the theme: Arctic Microbiomes: From Molecules and Microbes to Ecosystems and Health.

Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) provides funding contributions for synthesis workshops that bring together global change researchers to address specific topics of interest to the mountain research community. The objective for supporting these synthesis workshops is to produce synthesis products such as articles for publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals or compilation of relevant data into publishable datasets or databases that have the potential to facilitate further collaborative research.

 

 

 

The W. Garfield Weston Foundation and the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) are pleased to announce the launch of the 2019 award cycle. The W. Garfield Weston Awards recognize individuals who demonstrate exceptional promise, academic excellence, leadership and a strong commitment to northern national science and archaeological research. The awards are provided to early-career scholars for exceptional northern-based research and northern experience.

Improve your knowledge about Arctic issues and people by studying and experiencing life in another circumpolar institution. north2north mobility program enables you to experience life in another North while gaining international competencies that will benefit your future career and academic endeavours. 

The Arctic Cooperation Programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers has opened up its call for project applications for financial support in 2019 to new project proposals. Deadline for sending in proposals is 24 January 2019.

The season for the Hokkaido Summer Institute (HSI) is approaching once again! More than 160 world-leading researchers from overseas will gather at Hokkaido University this summer for the HSI, which was established in 2016. HSI provides lectures with the university’s faculty members for four months during the summer.

The Arctic Initiative at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs offers research fellowships in the areas of ocean policy and infrastructure in the Arctic. The online application for 2019-2020 fellowships will open on December 18, 2018, and the deadline to submit is January 15, 2019.

See here more details about the fellowship.

Online abstract submission for the International Symposium on ‘Glacial Erosion and Sedimentation’ is now open. The meeting is held 12–17 May 2019, in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

The abstract submission deadline for the 15th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography hosted by the American Meteorological Society is nearly two weeks away, closing on January 18th!  The conference will be from 19-23 May 2019 in Boulder, Colorado.  Sessions include a wide range of atmosphere, cryosphere (including sea ice), and ocean processes in both polar regions.  There is a small pool of money for student travel support, and there will also be student presentation prizes for both oral and poster presentations.  
 

It is our pleasure to announce the first call for papers for GeoComputation 2019 - Adventures in GeoComputation to be held 18th to 21st September 2019 in Queenstown, New Zealand. The biennial GeoComputation international research conference series (“The Art and Science of Solving Complex Spatial Problems with Computers”) has been running since the inaugural 1996 conference in Leeds. The 2019 conference is jointly organised by University of Otago, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury and Victoria University Wellington. 

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces two solicitation webinars. These webinars will discuss the Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) solicitation. During the webinars, NNA Program Officers will discuss the Navigating the New Arctic Solicitation 19-511. Each webinar session will begin with a short presentation followed by a question and answer period with the program officers.

The International Science Organising Committee (ISOC) for SCAR's 2020 Open Science Conference is drawing up a preliminary list of session titles.To help us inform our discussions we are inviting you to submit brief ideas for sessions you would like to see at this event. 

The December 2018 issue of Witness Community Highlights is now available online, at: 
https://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/community-highlights

The latest issue of the news magazine "Northern Notes" of IASSA published! Click here to view the Notes.

The organizing committee of the 21st Inuit Studies Conference is pleased to announce the Call for Papers and the Call for Proposals. The University of Quebec at Montreal (UCAM) will host the conference in Montreal from October 3rd to 6th, 2019.

NSF-funded Next Generation Polar Research Symposium will be held on May 5-11, 2019on Catalina Island. The next generation of polar-focused researchers will need a strong foundation of interdisciplinary approaches to understand the rapid changes in polar regions. The Next Generation Polar Research Conference (NGPR-3) is designed to train and network early career polar researchers for interdisciplinary research careers.

The workshop goal is to bring together a diverse group of researchers and graduate students that are using or would like to use ice core data available from the Arctic Data Center to produce the future generation of paleoclimate data sets. The goal is to learn about common research workflows that the community is using and to test the applicability of selected Arctic data sets and software tools to build the next generation of digital paleoclimate data products and reconstructions.
 

The Summer School organized by Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) on Global Ocean State & Parameter Estimation: From Methods to Applications in Oceanographic Research will take place at the University of Washington from 19-31 May 2019. 

Organizers invite registration for the 2019 Toolik All Scientists Meeting. This open meeting will convene 1-2 February 2019 at the University Place Hotel and Conference Center, Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. The goal of the meeting is to share scientific findings, promote collaboration, and gather future science support requirements for services and facilities needed among Toolik researchers and others working in the Arctic.

1. Applications are now open, due January 11th, for teaching and research faculty. If you are interested in coming to the Juneau Icefield to teach or work with JIRP to do research, we invite you to learn more about our new faculty tracks at juneauicefield.org/faculty/information and to apply at juneauicefield.org/faculty/how-to-apply.
2. JIRP is hosting a reception at AGU, on Thursday evening, from 6-7 pm, in the Duke 1 room of the Cambria Hotel (one block from the convention center). JIRP alumni, faculty, and prospective student, staff, and faculty applicants are invited to come by, talk to our 2019 students about their AGU posters, and hear more about plans for JIRP 2019.

Alexandra Isern has been named as the new head OPP’s Antarctic Sciences Section. She is currently acting section head and will make the transition to the federal Senior Executive Service as she takes on the section head duties permanently. She has served at NSF for seventeen years, nine of which have been in OPP. In addition to acting as Antarctic Sciences Section Head, she previously served as the Antarctic Research and Logistics Integration program director, as the Antarctic Earth Sciences program director, and as Ocean projects manager.

The IASC Medal is awarded in recognition of exceptional and sustained contributions to the understanding of the Arctic. A maximum of one award is made each year, assuming that there is a nominee of appropriate quality.

The International Glaciological Society was born 82 years ago, and its Constitution was last renewed 33 years ago. The most relevant change in the IGS during recent years has been the transition to open access for the Journal and Annals.

The workshop on Glacial Isostatic Adjustment, Ice Sheets, and Sea-level Change – Observations, Analysis, and Modelling will be from 24-26 September 2019 at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada. Travel funding will be available for selected Early Career Researchers.

The application deadline for the upcoming QuIESCENT Arctic workshop (Quantifying the Indirect Effect: from Sources to Climate Effects of Natural and Transported aerosol in the Arctic) has been extended to Friday 14th December (midnight GMT).
 

Researches working in the field in the Arctic face many challenges to health and safety. To learn from past incidents and prevent future injuries, the Arctic Sciences Section at the National Science Foundation is sharing information about the accidents and near misses that have happened during fieldwork.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is inviting experts to review the Second Order Draft of the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC). The Expert Review for the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) takes place between 16 November 2018 and 11 January 2019.
 

We would like to invite you to submit a manuscript to a special issue of the journal ‘Water’ (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/water) entitled “Observing and Monitoring the Subglacial Hydrological Environment in a Changing Climate”. For more information, please see: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water/special_issues/subglacial-enviromentThe submission deadline is 1 July 2019.

Town Hall Announcement at the American Geophysical Union 2018 Fall Meeting - Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH)

Call for Applications and Nominations: Empowering Arctic Indigenous Scholars and Making Connections
Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S.
Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska

The Synoptic Arctic Survey Informational Meeting

Event date/time: Thursday, 13 December 2018, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
Event location: Cambria Hotel Washington D.C. Convention Center hotel, Duke Ellington Room 1

 The IACS Early Career Scientist Prize is awarded to two nominated early career scientists who are assessed as having published the best scientific papers on a cryospheric subject during the calendar years 2017 or 2018.

The 27th International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) General Assembly will be held in July 2019 in Montréal, Canada. 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of IUGG. IACS will host or co-host more than 30 symposia between 9 -13 July, with a wide range of snow and ice topics. See list below.

Office of Polar Programs’ Arctic Sciences Section program directors will provide an overview of staffing changes, program updates, upcoming NSF opportunities of interest to Arctic scientists, and other topics from 11AM to noon on December 10 at the American Geophysical Union’s annual meeting in Washington D.C.

Education and Polar Science in Action: 

Bringing the polar regions into our communities 

8-11 April 2019 - Cambridge, UK

The Durham University has several interesting announcements for students and PhDs:

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) is pleased to release the November 2018 issue of Witness Community Highlights—an online publication that highlights Arctic research efforts and other timely items of interest to our readers. Community Highlights is distributed monthly via our Witness the Arctic mailing list of over 8,600 subscribers. Editors welcome ideas for future articles.

 

Registration for the upcoming 2019 Alpine Glaciology Meeting (AGM) is open until January 31st! We encourage you to register and book your accommodation as early as possible since Innsbruck is a beloved tourist destination this time of year.  

Special Issue "Monitoring Arctic Sustainability: Methods, Indicators, Monitoring Systems and Extremes". 

The Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Lab is happy to announce the release of its Fall 2018 Request for Proposals. ESIP will provide up to $10K of seed funding for incubator-style projects that run six months and lie in the realm of good ideas ready to be tried out.

The Atmosphere, Marine, and Terrestrial Working Group Secretaries are unfortunately schedued to finish their term at ASSW2019.

We are now soliciting applications to be the next Atmosphere, Marine, and Terrestrial Working Group Secretaries – and we need your help in recommending good candidates. Read on and please send the information below to anybody you think would make a strong contribution to the IASC Working Groups.

The summer 2019 issue of the Journal of Ocean Technology will focus on marine education under the topic "Tomorrow’s ocean explorers: learning for a marine career". This includes experiential learning, project-based learning, innovation literacy, creative teaching methods and student supports, collaborative practices, comparative methodologies, ocean literacy, etc. We are inviting the submission of technical papers, essays, and short articles for this issue.

 

Today the University of Exeter launched a new version of the website which hosts Ice Flows, our educational computer game, at www.iceflowsgame.com – the website now contains new explainer videos, where the penguin characters use the game to explain all about how the Antarctic Ice Sheet works, and its relationship with climate change and sea level.  

Northern (Arctic) Federal University invites researchers, PhD-students, and students to take part in the marine research and education expedition in the Arctic. Arctic Floating University is an annual scientific and education marine expedition, which brings together young people and experienced researchers in order to study the Arctic. For scientists it is an opportunity to conduct research in the high-latitude Arctic. For students it’s a unique educational programme containing a multidisciplinary course of lectures and practical training together with experienced researchers.

EarthCube is a community-driven activity to transform the conduct of geosciences research and education, sponsored through a partnership between the NSF Directorate of Geosciences and the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering.

The Antarctic Environments Portal invites you to take part in a survey designed to help us improve our services to you, our intended users. Please take a few minutes to participate - your feedback is much appreciated!
 
Please click here to get to the survey.

Paper submissions are invited, by 1 March 2019, for a Special Issue of the Polar Data Journal on "Data Rescue" for the International Polar Year (IPY 2007-2008), published by the National Institute of Polar Research.

Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) Academic Director Seth Campbell and Program Manager Annie Boucher invite you to a series of informational webinars for prospective applicants to the 2019 JIRP Field Season. There will be two sessions: the first geared toward both returning and prospective new faculty and researchers, and the second geared toward those interested in the student program.

Second-Order-Draft (SOD) of the IPCC Special Report on Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) has been made available for expert review. For the scientific community, this is the last opportunity to provide comments. The deadline for providing comments is January 11, 2019.
The Sea Ice Prediction Network South (SIPN South) is inviting contributors to participate to the second coordinated sea ice prediction experiment in the Southern Ocean, targeting December 2018-February 2019 and aligned with the Year Of Polar Prediction (YOPP) Special Observing Period in the Southern Ocean.
 

The deadline for paper submission is 1 October 2019. Accepted papers will be published online as soon as authors have returned their proofs and all corrections have been made. The hard copy is scheduled for publication in 2020.

The Canadian Permafrost Association (CPA) and the Canadian National Committee for the International Permafrost Association (CNC-IPA) are delighted to announce that they will jointly fund up to 20 bursaries for students to attend the 18th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering / 8th Canadian Permafrost Conference in Québec City from August 18-22, 2019.

The Scientific Program Committee of the 13th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Science (ISAES 2019) cordially invites you to submit session proposals for the symposium. The deadline for session proposals is 15 December 2018.
 

The 27th International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) General Assembly will be held in early July 2019 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of IUGG.

The International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) is looking for new bureau members to serve from mid 2019-2023.

Every winter, the University Grenoble Alpes organizes a training on snow and atmosphere in the field at Col du Lautaret in the French Alps for the master students of University Grenoble Alpes (UGA). This year, the training is open to ~6 international students (master or first year PhD).

The Gordon Research Seminar on Polar Marine Science takes place from 16th-22th March 2019 in Ciocco, Italy. The Gordon Research Seminar on Polar Marine Science provides early career scientists with a unique opportunity to further enhance their Gordon Conference experience. The goal of this conference is to bring together graduate students and postdocs within all fields of polar marine science, including marine biology, chemistry, physics, geology, and technology to discuss interdisciplinary links and provide a basis for future collaborations.

The inaugural QuIESCENT Arctic workshop (Quantifying the Indirect Effect: from Sources to Climate Effects of Natural and Transported aerosol in the Arctic) will bring together aerosol and cloud physicists and chemists to identify the key outstanding challenges in understanding and quantifying Arctic aerosol-cloud interactions, with a focus on how Arctic air pollution affects clouds in the region. 
 

The 5th Snow Science Winter School will be arranged 17-23 February 2019 in Hailuoto, Finland by the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF and the Finnish Meteorological Institute. The field-oriented training course will teach state-of-the-art snow measurement techniques, but also includes lectures on physical processes of the snowpack, snow modeling and remote sensing. This year the focus is on snow on sea ice. The location is a small island on the Gulf of Bothnia with easy access to sea ice.

Call for papers for the thematic issue of the Annals of Glaciology on ‘Sea Ice at the Interface’.

The deadline for paper submission is 1 October 2019.

Accepted papers will be published online as soon as authors have returned their proofs and all corrections have been made.

The hard copy is scheduled for publication in 2020

The joint Associate Chief Editors for this issue are,
David Barber (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Feiyue Wang (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) from the University of Manitoba

Scientific editors are
Marcel Babin, Jorgen Berge, Alice Bradley, Luke Copland, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Jody Deming, Brent Else, Torsten Geldsetzer, Sebastian Gerland, Mats Granskog, Lawrence Hislop, Alexander Komarov, Kenneth Lee, Ann Lennert, Tao Li, Robie Macdonald, Rob Massom, Marcel Nicolaus, Søren Rysgaard, Randy Scharien, Gunner Spreen, Julienne Stroeve, Rocky Taylor, Letizia Tedesco, Martin Vancoppenolle, Muyin Wang and Zhouqing Xie
more will be added as needed

Please go to https://www.igsoc.org/annals/call_4_papers/a82_call_4_papers.pdf for more information.

The EGU General Assembly 2019, taking place in Vienna (Austria) on 7–12 April 2019, will bring together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. The deadline for abstract submission is 10 January 2019 or, for those applying for EGU Roland Schlich travel support, 1 December 2018. Only EGU members will be able to submit abstracts to the 2019 meeting and, with a few exceptions outlined below, only one abstract as first author will be permitted.

You are kindly invited to find a session for your abstract at: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/sessionprogramme

(1) How to submit your abstract
Each session shows the Abstract Submission link. Using this link you are asked to log in to the Copernicus Office Meeting Organizer with your Copernicus Office user ID. You may submit the text of your contribution as plain text, LaTeX, or MS Word content. An abstract processing charge (APC) of €40.00 gross will be levied.

Detailed information on how to submit an abstract can be found at:
https://egu2019.eu/abstracts_and_programme/how_to_submit_an_abstract.html

The deadline for the receipt of abstracts is 10 January 2019, 13:00 CET. If you would like to apply for a Roland Schlich travel support, please submit no later than 1 December 2018. Details can be found at:
https://egu2019.eu/about_and_support/roland_schlich_travel_support.html

(2) One-abstract rule
Authors are allowed as first author to submit either one regular abstract plus one abstract solicited by a convener, or two solicited abstracts. A second regular abstract can be submitted to the Educational and Outreach Sessions (EOS) programme group (maximum number of abstracts, including solicited abstracts, remains two). Possible submissions for first authors are: 1 regular + 1 solicited abstract; or 2 solicited abstracts; or 1 regular or solicited abstract + 1 EOS abstract (regular or solicited). Participants can be co-authors on additional abstracts in which they are not first author. Submission of solicited presentations requires a transaction number (TAN) that can be obtained from the convener of the respective session.

(3) Required 2019 EGU membership for first authors
Only 2019 EGU members can submit an abstract as first author for the 2019 General Assembly. Acquiring your EGU membership is possible through the abstract submission form or beforehand at: https://www.egu.eu/membership/. All EGU members benefit from substantially reduced registration rates to the meeting.

(4) Late abstracts
Abstracts sent to conveners after 10 January 2019 for submission on your behalf have the strict deadline of 18 January 2019, 13:00 CET. These late submissions require final approval by the programme committee and will be invoiced with €80.00 gross.

(5) Abstract-presentation obligation
The submission of an abstract carries with it the obligation that it is actually presented at the meeting by the author or, at least, by one of the co-authors. If this is not possible, please withdraw your abstract at your earliest convenience. Without early withdrawal, abstracts not presented at the conference are identified as no-shows and their PDF file will be removed from the conference programme. Such contributions are clearly marked in the online programme and listed as no-shows.

(6) Further information
Further information about the EGU General Assembly 2019 can be found at: https://egu2019.eu/

You can stay up-to-date with General Assembly information by subscribing to the EGU blog (https://geolog.egu.eu/) and by following the EGU on Twitter (https://twitter.com/EuroGeosciences, #EGU19) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanGeosciencesUnion).

In case any questions arise, please do not hesitate to contact us.

We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts and thank you very much for your cooperation.

Olaf Eisen

President of the EGU Division on Cryospheric Sciences
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Last chance to sign-up for our new #CryoMentoring program before arrival in Washington! Fill out this short Google Form to indicate your interest as a mentor, mentee, or both & join us for #CryoCoffee at the AGU Fall Meeting: outside Salon H and G at 10:20 on Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th. 

 

Are you planning to attend the AGU Fall Meeting in Washington this year? Are you interested in learning from, and being inspired by, Cryospheric scientists at complementary career stages to yourself? If so then #CryoMentoring is for YOU!

The AGU Cryosphere Executive Committee invites sign-ups for it's CryoMentoring programme via the link below. You can volunteer to be a mentor, a mentee or even both! You will be assigned a mentor/mentee inline with the information you provide through the link before arrival in Washington. We have arranged dedicated #CryoCoffee areas during the morning coffee breaks throughout the week of the fall meeting for mentors and mentees to meet up, discuss science, career paths etc. It is our hope that during these brief #CryoCoffee meet-ups you will make additional plans for continued interaction throughout the week, for example lunch/dinner plans or other general hang outs.

AGU Cryosphere are delivering a #CryoGives100 programme as part of centennial celebrations and what better way to give 100 minutes of your time than by mentoring junior colleagues?

Sign up HERE and we'll see you in Washington!

Amber Leeson, Joanna Carey and the Cryosphere Executive Committee.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf7gegUhy6b27qJ_4GoQJDXtKRcjBXsy3TT50GSXJ2JB8jyZg/viewform?usp=sf_link

 

Apply until November 30, 2018 to participate in the 3rd edition of the Innsbruck Alpine Summer School on Close Range Sensing Techniques for Alpine Terrain

Location: Obergurgl, at 2000m the highest village of Austria

When: June 16-22, 2019

For who: young researchers like PhD students

Full information and application via the summer school website:

https://www.uibk.ac.at/geographie/summerschool/2019/

First announcement of IASC Workshop on Effects and Extremes of High Latitude Dust

Where: Reykjavik, Iceland,
When: 13-14 Feb 2019
Confirmed Key note speaker: prof. Joanna Bullard, UK, the first-author of "High‐latitude dust in the Earth system", https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016RG000518
Venue: Agricultural University of Iceland (AUI), Keldnaholt, Reykjavik, Iceland
Registration: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/8FF87C7AEB56BB70

High latitude dust (HLD), originating from cold high latitudes (≥ 50 °N and ≥ 40 °S) affects the cryosphere, oceans, air quality and safety, and in Europe both the High Arctic and the European mainland.

Extreme HLD related events include unexpected, unusual or unseasonal events with exceptional magnitude, duration, severity, or extent, such as most severe wind erosion events, storms, dust storms, snow-dust storms, heat waves, cold weather, and extreme snowfalls, for example.

Jointly organized by the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), the Agricultural University of Iceland (AUI), and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), together with the IceDust Association, this workshop will bring together high latitude dust scientists to present and discuss all aspects of effects and extremes of HLD. The workshop aims to networking and interaction. More information on the workshop, including session topics will be announced soon.

Early career scientists (registered PhD students or PhD degree gained within 5 years) are encouraged to apply for the IASC travel support when submitting a presentation. Two ECS presentations will be selected for travel cost support of 750 eur (reimbursement based on receipts, further instruction for will be provided when the selection will be announced).

Registration: We welcome your registration (by 11 Jan 2019), and your submissions for talks (by 30 Nov 2018) and posters (by 11 Jan 2019) via the registration link. The registration link is here: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/8FF87C7AEB56BB70

Updates to the agenda can be followed in the internet at the following addresses: IASC (https://iasc.info/upcoming-iasc-events), FMI (https://twitter.com/FMI_Snow), and IceDust (https://icedustblog.wordpress.com/).

We look forward to welcoming you!

Organizing team: Outi Meinander (Finnish Meteorological Institute, contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Pavla Dagsson-Waldhauserova (Agricultural University of Iceland, contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), together with IASC members of Halldór Björnsson and Guðrún Nína Petersen (Icelandic Meteorological Office), Kent Moore (University of Toronto), Joan Nymand Larsen (Stefansson Arctic Institute), and Lassi Heininen (University of Lapland), and in co-operation with the IceDust Association, Iceland

Organizers have extended the abstract submission deadline for the 10th Circumpolar Agriculture Conference. This conference will convene 13-15 March 2019 at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland

This conference will address a bottom-up approach and new thinking of local agriculture, food production, and rural development in the northern areas. The goal is to discuss versatile meanings of circumpolar agriculture and call for new thinking to address its topical challenges and opportunities. In accordance with the theme of Finland’s Chairmanship period of the Arctic Council, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals will be highlighted in the program.

Sessions will examine best practices and resilient solutions in the utilization of animal and plant resources, local breeds, reindeer herding, small-scale farming, and non-timber forest products. The conference will address the high quality of Arctic foods, their local profitability, and business opportunities. The importance of food security and sustainability in different regions and countries will also be discussed.

Conference presenters will have the possibility to publish in a special issue of Open Agriculture. Publishing will be free of charge for participants. The deadline for submissions of full-length papers is 31 March 2019.

Extended abstract submission deadline: 29 October 2018

For more information, go to:
Conference homepage

For abstract guidelines and to submit an abstract, go to:
Call for Abstracts

For questions, contact:
Paula Tulppo
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Päivi Soppela
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SCAR logo white backgroundThe SCAR Visiting Scholars Scheme (previously called the Visiting Professors Scheme) is open for applications until Monday 3 December 2018.

SCAR Visiting Scholarships are for mid- to late-career stage scientists and academics (at least 5 years after completing their PhD) who are involved in Antarctic research, providing the opportunity for them to undertake a short-term visit (1 to 4 weeks) to an institute(s) in another SCAR member country, to provide training and mentoring.

For 2018, both the eligibility criteria and the application process have been revised. The core purpose of the scheme is to build capacity in countries with smaller or less-developed Antarctic research programmes. Visits can be either to smaller and developing programmes or from smaller and developing programmes, so the capacity building process can be proposed in either way. The scheme is for any scientists and academics whose research contributes to SCAR's objectives, as embodied in the Science Groupsand Scientific Research Programmes.

The scheme provides awards of up to USD $5000 each, covering the cost of an international return flight and some contribution towards living expenses for the visiting period. Full information on the scheme, including details of the application process and assessment criteria, is available on the Visiting Scholar Detailed Information page of the SCAR website.

The closing date for applications is Monday 3 December 2018.

Queries about the scheme should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and an online form is available which can be used to ask questions about the application process, required documentation and eligibility, etc., anonymously if preferred.

The Visiting Scholar Scheme is seen to complement the early-career SCAR Fellowship Scheme by providing scientists and academics with the opportunity to intensify collaboration amongst SCAR member countries and to contribute to SCAR’s objectives.

For more information, visit https://www.scar.org/awards/visiting-scholars/information/

SouthCOP - The first Southern Hemisphere Regional Conference on Permafrost will be held from 4-14 December 2019 in Queenstown, New Zealand. The conference will include optional 3 day field trips both before and after the main meeting that will explore a range of landscapes, geological and glacial features within the Southern Alps.

This is the final call for suggestions for session topics. We welcome suggestions related to all aspects of permafrost research - it is not limited to the Southern Hemisphere. If you have a suggestion for a conference session and/or would like to convene such a session please register your interest before Nov 1 at www.southcop19.com or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further information.

Please feel free to forward this to anyone else who may be interested.

Plans are underway for the 2019 Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) summer field season! JIRP is an eight-week expedition-style academic program for rising high school seniors, undergraduates, post-bacc students, and early-stage graduate students. Participants complete a ski traverse of the Juneau Icefield; design, complete, and present group research projects; and attend a series of lectures, workshops, and field trips that introduce them to glaciology, geophysics, geochemistry, climatology, ecology, and science communication. Academic Director Seth Campbell (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Program Manager Annie Boucher (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) are available to answer any questions.

We will also open faculty applications later this fall. In addition to Seth and Annie, Academic Council members Kiya Riverman (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Brad Markle (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Catharine White (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Lindsey Nicholson (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), and Allen Pope (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) are available to discuss the recent growth of the JIRP academic curriculum.

The USPA is pleased to call for applications for two awards to be given out to those attending the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting in December 2018. Two AGU Travel Grants ($500) and one Andrew Slater Memorial Award ($1000) will be given out. Applicants must be a member of both the United States Permafrost Association and Permafrost Young Researchers Network to be considered.

The descriptions for each award, the grant application, and other eligibility guidelines can be found on the front page of http://www.uspermafrost.org

To view previous USPA travel grant award winners, see http://uspermafrost.org/education/UPEF/

To renew your membership, please visit http://www.uspermafrost.org/membership.shtml

The application deadline is October 21st, 2018 at midnight Central Time. Award winners will be notified by early November 2018.

Questions? Email Dan Vecellio at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Following the successful launch of ICESat-2, the Polar Science Center at the University of Washington in collaboration with the eScience Institute and NASA will be hosting a weeklong "Hackweek" to help jumpstart Cryospheric Science with ICESat-2 (CSI). The CSI-Hackweek will bring together experts from the ICESat-2 science team, data providers, and data science experts, with researchers who want hands on experience with using and manipulating geophysical data from ICESat-2. CSI-Hackweek participants will learn about ICESat-2 fundamentals, data formats, tools, and how to get to results quickly. Introductory lectures will be combined with open data exploration, tool development, sample research applications, and community building. The CSI Hackweek will take place on the University of Washington Campus from June 17- 21, 2019. Applications are due by Nov. 2, 2018, apply online https://form.jotform.com/82604602604146.

As preparation for the workshop, we are also offering a 2-day Software Carpentry Workshop on February 7,8, 2019 on the UW Campus. For more information on the CSI-Hackweek and Software Carpentry workshops, please visit https://icesat-2hackweek.github.io/ or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Limited travel support for attendees maybe be available

Axel Schweiger
Senior Principal Scientist and Chair, Polar Science Center
University of Washington
Applied Physics Laboratory
1013 NE 40th Street
Seattle, Wa. 98109
206-543-1312
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http://psc.apl.uw.edu/

ipa logoThe International Permafrost Association (IPA)has an open call for new Action Groups to be operational in 2019 and/or 2020. Action Groups are funded on a competitive basis at up to 2500 euros per year (maximum of 5000 euros over two years). These targeted groups focus on clearly defined permafrost research outputs, such as maps, science plans, or databases, that can be supported through the organization of workshops, management support, technical support, etc.

The application form and instructions, as well as a listing of current and past Action Groups, can be found on the IPA website:
https://ipa.arcticportal.org/activities/action-groups

This year’s deadline is November 5th. Applications should be emailed to the IPA email, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The IPA Executive Committee looks forward to another strong round of applications.

Organizers invite applications for a science communication workshop for scientists. This workshop, Polar-izing Your Science Impacts: Turn Your Research into Science Stories and Take Science Stories to the Classroom, will convene 9-11 January 2019 at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware.

Workshop Description:

Good science storytelling is a powerful way to bring public attention to remote areas like the polar regions. Stories about the changing poles are common, but don’t capture the complexity of the data. Organizers invite participants to explore these issues in a two-day workshop and learn how to tell compelling science stories and bring data driven, critical analysis to the undergraduate classroom.

During the workshop, participants will:

  • Present their latest polar science research,
  • Learn science communication skills and techniques,
  • Receive classroom ready, pre-packed polar science modules complete with video tutorials that can be integrated into the classroom,
  • Participate in a journal manuscript on creating and critically analyzing polar science stories with available databases, and
  • Participate in the continued development of Polar Literacy Principles.
  • Participation will be limited to 40 scientists. A limited number of travel funds/scholarships are available for advanced graduate student applicants.

Application deadline: 1 December 2018

For more information, including the workshop agenda, and to apply, go to:
Workshop homepage

The AGU Cryosphere Section Social Media team has now made a Facebook and Twitter page to post frequent updates and relevant information. Please like our page and follow us on Twitter (@AGU_Cryo) -- and don't forget to invite other cryospheric scientists and students in your network! Get the latest news at:
www.facebook.com/agu.cryosphere/ and www.twitter.com/AGU_Cryo.

Thanks,
Lynn Montgomery and Emilio Mateo

IACS logoA new Working Group on Debris Covered Glaciers supported by the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) has been established to run from 2018-2022. The targetted objectives are to:

1) compare the available methods of mapping supra-glacial debris thickness, and assess their appropriateness for different applications
2) compare the performance of available sub-debris ablation models, and assess their appropriateness for different applications.
3) work closely with the debris-covered glaciers community to coordinate knowledge exchange

We would like to engage as wide a group of scientists as possible in this working group, which will include young and senior scientists from a variety of geographic locations. In order to achieve this in a practical sense, we define two levels or participation: working group members and participants.

Members are expected to contribute to ALL of the following:

a) actively contribute to the development of at least one of the two comparison projects, which includes model design, forcing data, and output variables,
b) produce model results for at least one of the comparison projects,
c) participate in group workshops (as far as possible).

In addition to these members, we also welcome working group participants from a wider sphere of related debris-covered glacier research topics. Participants are expected to participate in discussions and meetings (if possible) AND contribute to AT LEAST ONE of the following:

a) contribute forcing data to one of the comparison projects,
b) provide data or code to foster knowledge exchange,
c) contribute services to journal special issues.

If you are interested in these activities, please read the working group aims and objectives available at http://www.cryosphericsciences.org/wg_debrisCovGlaciers.html and contact one of the working group co-chairs (Lindsey Nicholson, Francesca Pellicciotti, and David Rounce) if you would like to either become a member/participant or be kept abreast of working group activities.

arcuslogonotext 2018In an increasingly digital and interdisciplinary landscape, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS; www.arcus.org) is excited to offer a wealth of online resources benefiting the global Arctic research community. From informative mailing lists detailing the latest professional opportunities to a directory of who’s who in Arctic research, we are proud to offer something of value to everyone, whether you work in academia, industry, the government sector, with Indigenous communities, or beyond. We invite you to learn more about these free services:

  • The Directory of Arctic Researcherscontains names, addresses, science specialties, and current research for over 4,000 Arctic specialists worldwide, and aids networking between stakeholders to facilitate research and education efforts. All researchers are invited to include a profile.
  • The Arctic Calendaris an online, searchable calendar of major meetings and events relevant to Arctic science, education, and policy; helping to both publicize major events and avoid conflicting meeting dates.
  • Witness the Arctic is a monthly newsletter with over 8,600 subscribers, providing information on current Arctic research, national policy affecting Arctic research, international activities, and profiles of institutions with major Arctic research efforts.
  • ArcticInfo is a moderated mailing list offering nearly 5,000 subscribers timely information about Arctic meetings, publications, job announcements, funding opportunities, and news.
  • Amongst other assets available through our website, ARCUS offers Documented Practices and Resources for conducting research with Northern communities, a Polar Education moderated mailing list, a Publications Directoryof key reports, as well as both new and web-archived copies of Live-Streamed Research Seminars with leading Arctic community leaders.

While these online products are offered freely to the Arctic research community, starting this month, ARCUS is thrilled to offer even greater access to our internationally-recognized network through Individual memberships at the member’s choice of dues levels or an Affiliate member program for anyone who works with or for one of ARCUS’ Organizational members.

To learn more about our programmatic offerings and benefits of membership, please visit www.arcus.org or e-mail Alex Thornton, ARCUS’ Community Development Manager, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

nsf logoDear Colleagues:

The Education and Human Resources Directorate and the Geosciences Directorate are partnering to advance and develop understanding of learning environments that build upon the rich interdisciplinary resources emerging from polar investments. To that end, the Division of Research on Learning (DRL), the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE), and the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) encourage proposals that will leverage the extensive National Science Foundation (NSF) investment in polar sciences and infrastructure, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education research and development, to promote an informed citizenry and the next generation of polar scientists. In order to advance polar science educational opportunities, DRL, DUE, and OPP will accept and review proposals for research and development projects that facilitate access to polar research efforts in (1) undergraduate education, (2) informal science education, or (3) formal PK-12 science or math education. Proposals in response to this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) must be submitted to either the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) solicitation, the Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) solicitation, or the Improving Undergraduate Science Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) solicitation.

The integration of research and education is essential to NSF’s mission. In addition, NSF strives to broaden participation in science and to make the results of research projects widely accessible to students and the public. Specifically, OPP seeks to meet these objectives by supporting the engagement of diverse students, educators, and the public in polar research projects. While participation of educators and students in both Arctic and Antarctic research projects is encouraged, logistics are often difficult and expensive. Therefore, DRL, DUE, and OPP encourage education research and development proposals that make use of innovative technologies and pedagogies to give large groups of students, educators, and the public access to polar research efforts in the polar regions without requiring all participants to travel there. Proposals that engage audiences with long-term investments in polar research and logistics (e.g., the Arctic or Antarctic science stations), with databases that have extended lifespans, (e.g., data from the Arctic Observing Network), or with public participation in scientific research, such as crowdsourcing or citizen science related to the Arctic or Antarctic, are particularly encouraged. Proposals that engage students who are under-represented in STEM fields or that respond to the Navigating the New Arctic focus are also encouraged.

In order to support the goals above, NSF encourages the submission of proposals to any of the three solicitations below:

1. Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL), deadline of November 7, 2018.
2. Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12), deadline of November 14, 2018.
3. Improving Undergraduate Science Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE:EHR), solicitation for the 2019 fiscal year (deadlines vary).

Proposals submitted in response to this DCL must be identified by starting the proposal title with the term: "EHR-Polar DCL 2018: (Insert Project Title Here)."

Those considering submitting a proposal in response to this DCL are encouraged to contact Lisa Rom: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; 703-292-7709, the cognizant NSF program officer who can answer questions and provide further guidance. If travel to the polar regions is included in the project, Principal Investigators are strongly encouraged to contact Dr. Rom to discuss logistics and related documentation that must be included in the proposal.

Sincerely,

William (Jim) Lewis
(Acting) Assistant Director
Education and Human Resources (EHR)

William E. Easterling
Assistant Director
Geosciences (GEO)

Special Issue Editors

Machiel Lamers, Wageningen University, the Netherlands (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Daniela Liggett, University of Canterbury, New Zealand (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Aims

The Polar Prediction Project (PPP) is a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) initiative to support coordinated international research efforts to improve weather and environmental prediction services for the polar regions. The Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) is one of the flagship activities of the PPP, with a core phase from mid-2017 to mid-2019.

This special issue collects current social science research results and perspectives related to the use and improvement of weather and environmental prediction services for the polar regions, in an effort to translate scientific and technological advances into societal value (see also PPP-SERA team). It aims to explore how weather, water, ice and climate (WWIC) information is currently being used and produced in the Polar Regions, by whom, and for what reasons. There is a paucity of knowledge on how WWIC services are used by various human activities in the Polar Regions (see Dawson et al., 2017; Thoman et al. 2017). These may include, but are not limited to, hunting and travel by Indigenous communities, industrial activities associated with resource extraction in the Arctic or transit of commercial vessels, tourism operations of all sorts (cruise ships, pleasure yachts, adventure tourism), search and rescue operations, government and research operations, and/or military enforcement. There appears to be a wide range of WWIC information available to support diverse aspects of arctic marine navigation, but how these are accessed or are influencing decision-making and operational practices is largely unknown (see Knol et al, 2018; Lamers et al., 2018).

Therefore, more research is needed that considers the context in which marine activities take place in the Polar Regions, and how WWIC services are used. It becomes clear that for WWIC services to become more salient, they need to be tailored more precisely to decision practices of different users, in content and well as in format and interface.

In this special issue, we seek to better understand the complexities of actors, information needs, information systems and infrastructures, funding structures, data management approaches, and applications of weather and sea ice prediction services of various end-user groups in the polar regions.

Specific focus of the Special Issue

  1. Diverse regional experiences with what kinds of WWIC information is sought out, how this is accessed (with what technology or equipment), and what is desired in terms of greater access or more tailored products. In particular, we hope to learn about how people assess the reliability and relevance of WWIC products, including what constraints, abilities, risk perceptions and decision-making contexts affect how information is accessed and used.
  2. The disconnect that seems to be increasing between data providers (modellers) and end-users (e.g. hunters, tour operators, ship captains, fishing boat captains, researchers, among others), as each are creating information tailored to their own needs. We need to explore the underlying reasons for this, and ways to reconnect for mutual benefit;
  3. The seemingly dualistic emphasis on providers and end-users of weather and climate information, while increasingly diverse actors are being identified that both provide and use environmental information. We need to better understand this user-producer interface and the cycles, scales, and flows of information exchanged for different purposes;
  4. The trend away from nation states (i.e. national weather, hydrometeorological, and sea ice services) being the primary holders/providers of environmental information, as the evolution of the information age enables private actors to create and share their own information through community-based monitoring and social media. We need to better understand the implications of these new sources and flows of information.
  5. This SI combines an open call for papers with a range of contributions that are prepared as a result of ongoing work within PPP. We encourage contributions from a diversity of social science and humanities disciplines, and from operational forecasters, Indigenous Peoples, northern residents, decision-makers and politicians, as well as academics, working on issues related to this user-producer interface of weather and sea ice information. 

Important deadlines

Abstract submission: 1 November 2018
Decision on abstracts: 15 November 2018
Full manuscript submission: 1 February 2019
Return reviews: 15 March 2019
Revised manuscript submission: 1 June 2019
Information about the journal

Polar Geography is an international, peer-reviewed journal of Taylor & Francis, which publishes original research contributions to scientific knowledge. 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.

Submission

Please send your abstract by email before the deadline to one of the editors. Full manuscripts will have to be submitted online via ScholarOne.

The Polar Continental Shelf Program (PCSP) is pleased to announce the release of the 2017 Polar Continental Shelf Program Science Report.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of Natural Resources Canada’s Polar Continental Shelf Program (PCSP). Since its establishment in 1958, the PCSP has played an important role in scientific research in Canada’s North through provision of safe, efficient and cost-effective logistics to researchers.

This report showcases the ongoing, world-class science that is being conducted by PCSP-supported researchers from a range of disciplines in the natural and social sciences. Their work is important for developing an improved understanding of the past, present and future of Canada and its Arctic.

We hope that you enjoy the PCSP Science Report. To download a copy of the report click here or visit the PCSP Publications page on the PCSP website (www.pcsp.nrcan.gc.ca).

The National Science Foundation’s Office of Polar Programs (OPP) is seeking input from the arctic research community for its Arctic Science Section (ARC) Portfolio Review Committee, which is reviewing ARC’s successes as well as potential future changes in the scope and structure of its programs, and the balance of its funding.

In March 2018, a committee of 16 Arctic experts from a range of disciplines was assembled to conduct the review. The results of the survey will be critical to the deliberations of the Portfolio Review Committee.

ARC funds research within and across a wide range of disciplines, all affected by rapidly changing natural and social Arctic systems. Survey responses will be crucial to the future of ARC programs.

OPP is seeking frank, constructive and informative responses. Survey responses will be anonymous, as the results are identified only by a computer-generated ID number. Only aggregate findings will be included in the final report.

The survey should take roughly 1-15 minutes to complete.
Click on, or copy-and-paste, this link in any Web browser to access survey. From there, just follow the instructions:
http://www.policyscience.org/flashQ10.html

A browser that runs Flash is required, but it is also possible install and run Flash if the browser requests it.

I am pleased to introduce you the GloablArctic Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) initiated by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). This MOOC introduces you the dynamics between global changes and changes in the Arctic. This is the first online course dedicated to Arctic issues in a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary approach.

Launched through the summer, the GlobalArctic MOOC is freely accessible on Coursera's learning platform. Check the following link: https://www.coursera.org/learn/global-arctic

For more information regarding the project, please, feel free to follow its activities on the GlobalArctic website, Twitter and LinkedIn!

Warmest greetings,

Florian Vidal

We are gathering opinions from the user community on scientific data systems and services on board the UK’s new polar research vessel, the RRS Sir David Attenborough. Please fill in the user survey here:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SDADATA1

The UK Polar Data Centre, based at the British Antarctic Survey, is leading on the development of the scientific data management systems aboard the new ship.

The design of the ship’s IT infrastructure is broadly agreed but there are a number of key decisions to be made in relation to data including: What system will be used to record underway data? How do cruise participants want to interact with these datasets? How will scientific deployments (events) be recorded? How will real-time data be visualised on board? What data subsets need to be streamed off the ship in near real-time?

The survey should take between 15-20 minutes depending on the level of detail given. All questions are optional so feel free to concentrate on questions that matter to you most and note that most questions have free-text comments boxes to add further details if you wish.

Many thanks in advance for giving up your time to provide feedback.

Alex Tate, Senior Data & Systems Architect, British Antarctic Survey
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SCAR logo white backgroundSCAR is delighted to announce the online release of the second edition of ‘Science in the Snow’ – our landmark book, which details the History of SCAR since its inception in 1958.

The first edition, released in 2011, covers SCAR’s first half century. This latest edition, produced to mark SCAR’s 60th birthday, brings the book up to date with a synopsis of the past 10 years. It covers key recent achievements such as SCAR’s highly cited Horizon Scanning exercise in 2014.

Authored by David W H Walton, Peter D Clarkson and Colin P Summerhayes, ‘Science in the Snow’ provides a comprehensive history of SCAR’s work, drawn from a fascinating mix of sources, ranging from personal recollections to official records of SCAR meetings.

The second edition is available in two formats. Where the first edition was available only in hardcopy, the second edition has also been published in electronic format and is available to view and download through the SCAR Library: Science in the Snow. A hardcopy version of the second edition will be available for purchase in October.

“In describing SCAR’s achievements and the people behind them, this volume portrays clearly the value of the voluntary contributions to the organization. SCAR has an extraordinary history of facilitating discoveries and unveiling their implications. It has also helped deliver fundamental science that is breathtaking in its scope and its beauty”

SCAR President Professor Steven Chown, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University

“.. SCAR remains a beacon for those who care about international scientific co-operation, peaceful co-existence and information-sharing. Resolutely international and multi-disciplinary, this collection is a celebration of 60 years of working together on and off the Ice. It serves as a testimony of an organization’s capacity to change. Enjoy the chapters, and look carefully at both texts and images, for clues as to who does polar research, how does that research get done, and what and where gets studied. It should be a cause for celebration that SCAR is more diverse than ever before. Happy 60th birthday SCAR!”

Klaus Dodds, Professor of Geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London and author of Ice: Nature and Culture (2018) and The Scramble for the Poles (2016).

The Research on Learning (DRL) and Undergraduate Education (DUE) divisions of NSF’s Education and Human Resources Directorate and the Office of Polar Programs have jointly issued a Dear Colleague Letter to encourage proposals that will leverage NSF’s investment in polar sciences and infrastructure and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education research and development.

In order to advance polar science educational opportunities, DRL, DUE and OPP will accept and review proposals for projects that facilitate access to polar research efforts in (1) undergraduate education, (2) informal science education or (3) formal PK-12 science or math education.

Proposals in response to the Dear Colleague Letter must be submitted to either the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) solicitation, the Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) solicitation, or the Improving Undergraduate Science Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) solicitation.

Read the letter in full here: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18103/nsf18103.pdf.

ARCTIC FRONTIERS 2015Emerging Leaders is an Arctic early carrier and mentoring program in the High North for young scientists and professionals. If you are under 35 years and want to learn more about Arctic security, Arctic economy and Arctic environment, you are welcome to apply!

Emerging Leaders invite 30 selected candidates from different countries to participate in a blend of technical, social and cultural events accompanied by mentors from business, politics and academia. The program takes place in the Norwegian Arctic and starts in the city of Bodø, then continues onboard the coastal cruise M/S Hurtigruten to Lofoten and ends in Tromsø, “the gateway to the Arctic”.

The Emerging Leaders will explore topics and adventures that are specific to the Arctic mindset and engage in crucial and contemporary discussions on environment, resource management, security, the development of business and technology in the Arctic.

The Mentors will challenge the Emerging Leaders to present at the Arctic Frontiers Policy conference in Tromsø a professional view on the Arctic. What are the suggestions and solutions to Arctic opportunities and challenges? How should we best define Arctic sustainability, potentials and vulnerabilities?

Be prepared to make close friends across a variety of pan-Arctic regions and professions.

Arctic Frontiers Emerging Leaders 2019, 16 – 22 January in Bodø – Lofoten – Tromsø.

Participation fee is 35.000 NOK. Apply before 1 November 2018.

For general inquiries about the program and funding, please contact program manager Laura Johanne Olsen (+47) 90 75 12 75 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Clic logo1It is time to find new members to join the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) Scientific Steering Group (SSG). Please circulate this opportunity to people in your networks who may be good candidates or consider to self-nominate if you are interested in joining the team.

Current SSG members are listed here:
http://www.climate-cryosphere.org/about/ssg

Link to nomination form:
https://bit.ly/2oOOdre

The SSG currently has 9 researchers with a wide range of expertise in global cryosphere observation and modelling. The SSG guides CliC’s priorities and activities, working together with the SSG co-chairs and the CliC project office. SSG members should thus have a good overview of the CliC science plan: https://bit.ly/2oOPCy0 relevant regional and international research agendas, and knowledge of how CliCs priorities align with those of the new World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) strategy.

The deadline for nominations is 15 October 2018. Scientific expertise, career stage as well as gender and geographical balance are taken into account. Initial membership is for three years and, as a rule, two extensions of two years each may be recommended. The SSG typically meets once a year.

Any questions can be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Please be advised that the call for session proposals is now open for the International Glaciology Society (IGS) Symposium on Sea Ice to be held August 18–23, 2019 in Winnipeg. If you are interested in organizing a session, please send your session proposal to Dr. Feiyue Wang (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Chair of the Scientific Steering Committee, by September 30, 2018.

The proposal should have the following format:

  • Session title:
  • Session organizers and affiliations:
  • Session description or motivation (max 200 words):

Session proposals will be evaluated by the Scientific Advisory/Steering Committees. Session proposers will be informed in October 2018 if their session is selected to be included in the call for abstracts. To facilitate maximum participation and collaboration, we encourage session proposals to 1) involve multiple co-organizers from ideally multiple institutions/countries, and 2) show demonstrated interest from confirmed or potential attendees.

More about the Sea Ice Symposium-2019 can be found at: https://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2019/winnipeg. The local website will be available soon.

Please circulate this to those who you think might be interested.

logo sentinel northSentinel North announces the opening of the fourth Sentinel North excellence scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships competition, from September 1 to October 10, 2018.

These grants and fellowships aim to encourage the best candidates to undertake or pursue research activities within the Sentinel North research program in a transdisciplinary environment.

  • Master's scholarships from $15,000 / year, for 2 years
  • Ph.D. scholarships from $18,000 / year, for 3 years
  • Postdoctoral fellowships from $35,000 / year, for 2 years

Those scholarships & fellowships are open to candidates from all disciplines.

Candidates who stand out by the excellence of their academic record and the innovative and multidisciplinary potential of their research project are invited to submit their application.

Deadline to apply: October 10, 2018

Learn more about all Sentinel North training programs, and follow Sentinel North on Facebook and Twitter to know everything about upcoming offers and announcements.

Contact:

Marie-France Gévry, Coordonnatrice des programmes de formation - Training programs coordinator
T: 418-656-2131 poste (ext) 8910
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We are pleased to announce that the 13th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Science (ISAES 2019) will be held during July 22-26, 2019, at the Songdo Convensia in Incheon, Republic of Korea. The symposium aims to bring together Antarctic earth scientists from different areas in order to gather and highlight their outstanding expertise and ideas.

Major themes of the symposium include:
1. Continental evolution of Antarctica
2. Antarctic solid earth structure and interactions with the cryosphere
3. Past and present permafrost changes in Antarctica
4. Glacial history of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
5. Antarctic surface processes and landscape
6. Changes in the Southern Ocean
7. Climate change in the 21st century
8. Antarctica and the evolution of life
9. Remote sensing and satellite imagery
10. General Antarctic earth sciences

Call for session proposals
The Scientific Program Committee cordially invites you to submit session proposals. Each session will consist of 6-7 oral presentations lasting for 20 minutes (including Q&A session). Please submit your session proposals by November 30, 2018.

Session proposals should follow the below format. Proposals will be considered by their scientific merits and the significance of their respective themes. They will then be incorporated into the final program. Ten themes are proposed but session proposals with different themes may also be accepted.
Format
1. Title of the session and corresponding theme
2. Name of convener/co-convener (affiliation and email)
3. Session description (max. 200 words)
4. List of invited speakers and potential presenters

Contacts
Chair of the Local Organizing Committee: Dr. Jongkuk Hong (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Secretary: Mr. Sunhwi Kim (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

PolarTREC logoPolarTREC(Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) is currently accepting applications from researchers for teacher research experiences. Researchers are invited to submit an application to host a PolarTREC teacher in the 2019 Arctic field season and/or the 2019-2020 Antarctic field seasons.

IMPORTANT! Funding is pending for PolarTREC during the 2019-20 field seasons. ARCUS will keep researcher applicants informed of our funding status. If funding is secured, final matches should be made in December 2018 or January 2019.

Informational Webinar: A one-hour informational webinar for both researchers and teachers interested in the PolarTREC program will be held on Wednesday, 29 August 2018 at 2:00 p.m. AKDT (3:00 p.m. PDT, 4:00 p.m. MDT, 5:00 p.m. CDT, 6:00 p.m. EDT).

Webinar registration is available through the PolarTREC website at:

Webinar Registration

PolarTREC, a program of the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS), is a project through which middle and high school teachers, as well as informal science educators participate in polar research, working closely with scientists as a pathway to improving science education.

The program integrates research and education to produce a legacy of long-term teacher-researcher collaborations, improved teacher content knowledge and instructional practices, and broad public interest and engagement in polar science. PolarTREC projects focus on a wide variety of research activities occurring in both the Arctic and Antarctic, providing an outstanding opportunity for researchers to share their passion for polar science through topics that naturally engage students and the wider public.

Through PolarTREC, teachers spend two to six weeks in the Arctic or Antarctic, working closely with researchers in the field as an integral part of the science team. PolarTREC teachers and researchers are matched based on similar science interests and selected researchers will have the opportunity to interview top applicants and make final selections.

Teachers participate in an orientation and are trained extensively to meet the program requirements prior to the field season. While in the field, teachers and researchers communicate extensively with their colleagues, communities, and students of all ages across the globe, using a variety of tools including online journals, forums, podcasts, and interactive webinars from the field.

PolarTREC researchers must be at U.S. institutions. Applications from researchers on National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects will receive priority in the selection process. Researchers should have secured funding for their research project prior to applying. If funding is pending and you would still like to host a teacher contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to discuss your situation and future opportunities.

If you are interested in participating in PolarTREC, but are unable to apply during the application period, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to discuss opportunities for future participation.

Researcher Webinar Registration deadline: Wednesday, 29 August 2018

Researcher Application deadline: Monday, 24 September 2018

Webinar registration is available through the PolarTREC website at:

Webinar Registration

Applications and additional information about researcher and teacher requirements can be found on the PolarTREC website at:

View PolarTREC Researcher Application Page

For further information, contact:
PolarTREC
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Phone: 907-474-1600

Following from the success of our Summer 2018 Data Science Training, the NSF Arctic Data Center is excited to announce the Call for Applicants for our January 2019 Data Science Training. The training will be held January 14th - 18th, 2019, at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis in Santa Barbara, California.

The training will provide Arctic researchers with an overview of best data management practices, data science tools, reproducible data analysis in R and Github, and concrete steps and methods for more easily documenting and uploading their data to the Arctic Data Center. To see a full list of topics, and to submit your application, please visit our January 2019 Training page.

This training targets beginner-to-intermediate R users, and Arctic researchers from all career stages and disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Accepted applicants will have airfare, accommodation, and meal costs covered during the training period.

Please feel free to share this call for applicants widely within your Arctic research community networks, and email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with any questions. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Kathryn Meyer, Community Engagement & Outreach Coordinator
Matt B. Jones, PI
Amber Budden, Co-PI

The Summer 2018 issue of Witness the Arctic is now published online. This issue includes a call for public comment on the Revised Principles for Conducting Research in the Arctic; news from a recent study indicating an increase in amplified Arctic temperatures; news of the recently developed use of remote sensing to study beaver encroachment in Arctic tundra; news about the EarthScope Transportable Array; updates from the SEARCH program, USARC, the Sea Ice Prediction Network–Phase 2, the women in polar research panel discussion during POLAR2018, and the 2018 Anchorage Arctic Research Day; comments from ARCUS board members, Board President Audrey Taylor, and Executive Director Bob Rich; and a highlight of ARCUS member institution, the Woods Hole Research Center.

To read this issue, please go to: https://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2018/1.

For questions, or to suggest articles for future issues, contact Betsy Turner-Bogren, ARCUS (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Following requests for more information on the process of nomination and what is required of members on the CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel, we are pleased to give full details below.

The CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel (SORP) is seeking nominations for four new members (self-nominations are welcome).

The panel is in particular need of nominees possessing expertise in:

  • global climate/Earth-system modelling;
  • open ocean measurements;
  • sea ice remote sensing;
  • sea-going chemical oceanography;

The inclusion of representation from across the nations and regions that participate in Southern Ocean climate science is a priority. At least one new member from Africa and from Asia are needed for this round of nominations.

SORP's terms of reference are given here: http://www.clivar.org/clivar-panels/southern

Nominations (including self-nominations) are through this link: http://www.clivar.org/news/open-call-new-clivar-members-1

The panel has in-person meetings every 18 months or so, the next one is due in 2020. SORP has video conferences about every 3-4 months, and members do a lot of their work by email.

Current activities include contributing to OceanObs19 papers, as well as regular reporting to CLIVAR, CliC and SCAR on ocean and climate research for the Southern Ocean.

The process of nominations is that they are collated by CLIVAR and then passed to the co-chairs to short-list. CLIVAR, CliC, and SCAR then make the final decisions on the members, taking into account balance issues such as geographic location, gender, and range of disciplinary expertise.

For more information about panel activities and the expectations for panel members, please contact one of the panel co-chairs, Inga Smith (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Riccardo Farneti (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Regards,

Riccardo and Inga

iassa logo1The new issue of Northern Notes (Spring/Summer 2018) has been published!

This issue from the International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) secretariat features:

  • Letters from the President and the Council
  • Report on IASSA activities in the Arctic Council
  • Arctic Horizons Final Report update
  • Arctic Science Agreement
  • National Inuit Strategy on Research
  • Reports from IASSA members on past, on-going and future events

Make sure to also check out the calls for papers, the listing of upcoming conferences and workshops, all the announcements / other news, and a listing of new publications related to Arctic social sciences.

Click here for the new Northern Notes!

The Sea Ice Prediction Network–Phase 2 (SIPN2) will convene an open webinar titled An Overview of MOSAiC: The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate. This webinar will provide an overview of the interdisciplinary international MOSAiC program and ongoing work on the causes and consequences of an evolving and diminished Arctic sea ice cover.

Webinar Date and Time:
This event will be held on Tuesday, 11 September 2018 at:

9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. AKDT,
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PDT,
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. MDT,
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. CDT, and
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT.

Webinar Program:

MOSAiC is a large interdisciplinary international program addressing an overarching question of "What are the causes and consequences of an evolving and diminished Arctic sea ice cover?" The centerpiece of MOSAiC is a year-long drift experiment from September 2019 to September 2020. In MOSAiC, models are being used to inform observations and observations will be used to enhance models. MOSAiC is taking an interdisciplinary approach with elements investigating the atmosphere, ice, ocean, ecosystem, and biogeochemistry. Observations will be conducted on three primary scales; the central observatory (5 km), the distributed network (50 km), and the large scale (1000s km). This presentation will give an overview of MOSAiC, with special attention on the sea ice program.

Webinar Speaker:

Don Perovich is a Professor at the Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College. His research is focused on the geophysics of sea ice, with particular emphasis on electromagnetic, thermodynamic, and morphological properties. A central element of his work is observing and understanding the role of the sea ice albedo feedback in the Arctic climate system.

More details, including registration instructions, will be announced closer to the event. The webinar will be archived and available online after the event.

For questions, contact:
Betsy Turner-Bogren, ARCUS
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The CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel (SORP) seeks nominations for four new members (self-nominations are welcome).

The panel is in particular need of nominees possessing expertise in:

  • global climate/Earth-system modelling;
  • open ocean measurements;
  • sea ice remote sensing;
  • sea-going chemical oceanography;

The inclusion of representation from across the nations and regions that participate in Southern Ocean climate science is a priority.

At least one new member from Africa and from Asia are needed for this round of nominations.

Current panel membership is listed t https://www.scar.org/science/sorp/contact/.

Nominations of women, members of under-represented groups, and early career scientists are encouraged.

For more information about panel activities and the expectations for panel members, please contact one of the panel co-chairs, Inga Smith (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Riccardo Farneti (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Organizers announce a call for abstracts for the 2019 Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) Arctic Science Workshop. This workshop will convene 14-16 January 2019 in Helsinki, Finland.

Organizers invite studies on coupled atmospheric, ocean, sea ice, and land processes in the context of the latest Arctic observations, modeling, and prediction efforts, including the benefits to society on time scales from hours to seasonal.

This workshop is jointly organized by the Polar Prediction Project, its International Coordination Office, the International Arctic Science Committee, and the Finnish Meteorological Institute. It will bring together YOPP scientists to discuss first results from the Arctic Special Observing Periods, providing a vivid forum for exchange and networking.

Confirmed speakers include:

  • Elizabeth C. Hunke,
  • Jim Doyle,
  • Machiel Lamers,
  • John Marshall,
  • Pierre Rampal,
  • Ian Renfrew,
  • Greg C. Smith, and
  • Gunilla Svensson

Abstract submission deadline: 3 September 2018

For more information, go to:
Workshop homepage

For more information about abstract submission, go to:
Complete Call for Abstracts (PDF - 2,241 KB)

For questions, contact:
YOPP International Coordination Office
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The aim of this Special Issue of remote sensing is to compile the latest developments in AVHRR pre-processing (calibration, geo-coding) and ECV retrieval. This considers regional time series based on Local Area Coverage (LAC) data in 1.1 km in nadir but also global applications using Global Area Coverage (GAC) data in 4 km spatial resolution. The main focus is on the retrieval and validation of time series related to the following ECVs: Lakes, snow cover, glaciers and ice caps, ice sheets, permafrost, albedo, land cover (including vegetation type), fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FAPAR), leaf area index (LAI), above-ground biomass, soil carbon, and fire disturbance. Additionally, papers describing new retrieval methods for the above-mentioned ECVs resulting in improved accuracy, which has to be documented with sound validation procedure are welcome. Furthermore, authors of methodological papers focusing on novel approaches to determine the uncertainty of the retrieved products are encouraged to submit their work, too.

Dr. Stefan Wunderle
Guest Editor

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 7 December 2018

Further information: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/special_issues/AVHRR

INTERACT stamp 300x300INTERACT Transnational Access Call is open for projects taking place between March 2019 and April 2020

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 to 43 research stations across the Arctic and northern alpine and forest areas in Europe, Russia and North-America. The sites represent a variety of glacier, mountain, tundra, boreal forest, peatland and freshwater ecosystems, providing opportunities for researchers from natural sciences to human dimension. Transnational Access includes free access (either physical or remote) for user groups/users to research facilities and field sites, including support for travel and logistic costs.

Overall, INTERACT provides three different modalities of access: Transnational and Remote Access that are applied through annual calls, and Virtual Access which means free access to data from stations, available at all times through the INTERACT VA single-entry point.

The call for Transnational and Remote Access applications is open on 13th August - 12th October, 2018, for projects taking place between March 2019 and April 2020. You can find the TA/RA Call information, stations available in the call, descriptions of stations and their facilities, and registration to the INTERACCESS on-line application system from the INTERACT website.

An on-line webinar will be held on 11th Sept at 15:00 (CEST) to provide information about the ongoing TA/RA call and for answering any questions related to the application process and TA and RA in general. The link to join the webinar is available on the INTERACT website

For any additional information, please contact the Transnational Access coordinator Hannele Savela, hannele.savela(at)oulu.fi.

Apply to INTERACT Transnational Access to conduct research at the coolest places of the North!

iasc webEvery year around December, IASC publishes our Arctic science calendar.

For graphics and photographs we depend solely on what the IASC community sends us. We are looking for new photographs for the publication of the 2019 Calendar, and other IASC publications such as the website, brochures, social media, and Bulletin. We welcome images depicting all areas of Arctic science: scientists in the field, animals, landscapes, everyday life in the Arctic, and more!

Although we are not able to pay for the image, we of course credit the photographer. The photographer also will receives a copy of printed material by mail. For print, the image quality must be around at least 3500 x 2500 pixels.

With each photo submission, IASC also requires:

  • A short description about what we see and background information on the project/research;
  • Location;
  • Name of photographer / Institute;
  • Contact information (email address and mail addresses).

Please upload your pictures and associated information here. (You can also send pictures along with the information written above via e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..)

Thank you to all those who make the effort to send in photos. We usually receive more photographs than we can place and therefore have to make a selection based on quality, as well as geographical and thematic representation. We only notify the photographers who's contributions are selected publication.

Thank you!
Federica Scarpa
IASC Communications Manager
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The Executive Organizing Committee for the Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) announce the release of the AOS 2018 Conference Statement. This statement summarizes the main conclusions and call to action from the 2018 AOS that convened 24-26 June 2018 in Davos, Switzerland.

During AOS 2018, participants from 26 countries focused on the Business Case for a Pan-Arctic Observing System. Demonstrating the value of Arctic observations, linked to relevant societal benefit areas, showed how long-term observing systems support decision-making from local to global scales.

The conference statement is based on the summaries of the working group deliberations and was reviewed during the final plenary session of the Summit.

To view to full conference statement, go to:
Conference statement webpage (PDF - 87.89 KB)

For more information about AOS 2018, including access to copies of presentations, go to:
AOS homepage

For questions, contact:
Ravi Darwin Sankar
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Phone: 403-220-5775

Maribeth Murray
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We would like to issue a call for papers for the thematic issue of the Annals of Glaciology on ‘Progress in Radioglaciology’.

The deadline for paper submission is 1 August 2019.

Accepted papers will be published online as soon as authors have returned their proofs and all corrections have been made.

The hard copy is scheduled for publication towards the end of 2019/beginning of 2020

The Associate Chief Editor for this issue is,
Dustin Schroeder (Stanford; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Scientific editors are
Rob Bingham (Edinburgh)
Don Blankenship (UTIG)
Knut Christiansen (Washington)
Olaf Eisen (AWI)
Gwenn Flowers (SFU)
Nanna Karlsson (GEUS)
Ala Khazendar (JPL)
Jonathan Kingslake (Columbia)
Michelle Koutnik (Washington)
John Paden (CReSIS)
Jeremie Mouginot (Grenoble)
Martin Siegert (Imperial)
more will be added as needed

Please go to https://www.igsoc.org/annals/call_4_papers/a81_call_4_papers.pdf for more information.

Due to strong interest and a number of requests, the deadline for the Arctic Biodiversity "Through the Lens" Photography Competition has been extended until 14 August  23:59 GMT. Below you will find further information about the competition.

The Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Arctic Council Working Group in celebration of the Arctic Biodiversity Congress invite you to participate in the Arctic Biodiversity Through the Lens photography Competition.

One grand prize winner will receive a trip to beautiful Rovaniemi, Finland. Selected images will be displayed at the Arctic Biodiversity Congress 9-11 October 2018 in Rovaniemi, Finland, and be exhibited across Arctic countries.

The competition welcomes entries across four categories; landscape, biodiversity, peoples of the North and business and science in the Arctic. Young photographers are especially welcome to submit and the competition has special prizes for young photographers under the age of 18. Award-winning photographers Carsten Egevang, Gyda Henningsdottir, Einar Gudmann, Krista Ylinen and Lawrence Hislop will judge winning entries.

The eyes of the world are turning northwards. Arctic landscapes, wildlife, cultures and light have inspired people since time immemorial. The Arctic Biodiversity Through the Lens photography competition is intended to celebrate the beauty of the Arctic as experienced by photographers of all skill levels. Further information can be found at the Arctic Biodiversity Through the Lens Photography Competition and in the terms and conditions.

Please share and distribute this post among your colleagues, within your institution, and with anybody that shares our appreciation for Arctic biodiversity and photography.

 

Find more information and enter your photos at: https://photocontest.arcticbiodiversity.is/

Coastlines and People initiative scoping workshops - Application deadline 12 August!

Prospective participants are encouraged to apply to attend scoping sessions that will identify priorities for NSF’s Coastlines and People research initiative. Applications are due by Aug. 12 (11:59 pm local time). The workshops will be held from 26-28 September.

More information is available on the Coastlines and People scoping session Website https://coastlinesandpeople.org.

Four, simultaneous, three-day scoping sessions will be hosted by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and facilitated by Knowinnovation on NSF’s behalf. Workshop will be held in San Diego, Chicago, and Atlanta. A fourth “virtual” workshop will be scheduled on mountain time.

Applicants will be notified of their status by late August. Travel support will be provided for participants invited to attend.

More information and answers to frequently asked questions are on the scoping-workshop Website https://coastlinesandpeople.org.

Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) Summer School 2019:
Global Ocean State & Parameter Estimation: From Methods to Applications in Oceanographic Research

Synopsis: The Consortium for "Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean" (ECCO) will host a summer school for graduate students and early career scientists on global ocean state estimation in support of climate research. The school introduces the tools and mathematics of ocean state and parameter estimation and their application to ocean science through a mix of foundational lectures, hands-on tutorials, and projects. In doing so, the school aims to help nurture the next generation of oceanographers and climate scientists in the subject matter so that they may utilize the ECCO products and underlying modeling/estimation tools most effectively to further advance the state-of-the-art in ocean state estimation and ocean science.

Topics covered: Data assimilation (global & regional); state & parameter estimation; adjoint method; sensitivity analysis; algorithmic differentiation; ocean modeling; ocean dynamics and variability; ocean’s role in climate; global ocean observing system (satellite and in-situ); physics of sea level; ocean mixing; sea ice physics; ice sheet-ocean interactions; ice shelf dynamics; ocean tides; cyberinfrastructure & data analytics.

Dates: May 19 – 31, 2019

Location: Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA

Target audience: graduate students and early-career scientists

Application Deadline: December 17, 2018

For more information, confirmed lecturers, and how to apply, please visit:

https://www.eccosummerschool.org

The U.S. National Science Foundation’s Office of Polar Programs (OPP) this month issued an updated Code of Conduct that restates important principles and expectations of professional conduct and acceptable behavior for all personnel who deploy to the Arctic or the Antarctic under OPP’s auspices.

The code is a “shared statement of commitment to uphold ethical, professional, and legal standards.”

The document states that the objective of participants’ presence in the polar regions “is to contribute to accomplishing the mission of the U.S. government while fully adhering to all applicable international and national legal and policy requirements, including those of the Antarctic Treaty system and the Arctic's state, local, and tribal governments.”

The code further emphasizes that “all personnel will treat others with dignity and respect, will exercise the highest level of professional and ethical behavior, and will work cooperatively to resolve differences” and that it is “everyone's responsibility to provide a safe workplace and to protect the polar environment.”

Read the document in its entirety here: https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/documents/policy/polar_coc.pdf

RDA Europe (https://rd-alliance.org/rda-europe) continues its series of support programmes is now running an Open Call to facilitate participation of 7 EU Early Career Researchers working with Data to the 12th RDA Plenary meeting in Botswana, held during the International Data Week 2018 (http://www.internationaldataweek.org/)

The second edition of International Data Week (IDW 2018) will be held on 5-8 November 2018 in Gaborone, Botswana bringing together data professionals and researchers from all disciplines and from all parts of the globe. Co-organized by CODATA, ICSU-WDS and RDA, this landmark event will address the theme of ‘The Digital Frontiers of Global Science’ and will combine the 12th RDA Plenary Meeting, the biannual meeting of the research data community, and SciDataCon 2018, the scientific conference addressing the frontiers of data in research.

RDA Europe is seeking applications from students and early career professionals from European higher education or research institutions with studies focusing on research data sharing and exchange challenges. The Early Career support programme will offer up to seven grants of maximum €1750 to cover travel expenses. To view all the call details and apply please visit https://grants.rd-alliance.org/OpenCalls/call-early-careers

Application period closes on 30 August 2018, 17:00 CEST and applicants will be notified of the outcome on the 21 September 2018.

Looking forward to your applications!

During the recent POLAR2018 conference in Davos, the inaugural meeting of the Pride in Polar Science Network occurred. This new network was formed by SCAR and IASC researchers to bring together the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer +) community and Allies (friends and supporters of the LGBTQ+ community) to celebrate diversity and inclusivity in polar research.

An anonymous, moderated mailing list, curated by SCAR, has been formed to help promote the network’s message and to highlight events that may be of interest to the members. Sign up here (we promise no spam): http://lists.scar.org/mailman/listinfo/polarpride

Additionally, the official Pride in Polar Science Twitter account was created: @PridePolar

The mailing list and group are open to anyone who would like to participate or stay informed and please forward these details on to anyone else who might be interested from the Polar Research community.

Thanks
the Pride in Polar Science Network

An ad hoc subcommittee of the Office of Polar Programs’ Advisory Committee, dealing with the U.S. Antarctic Program’s (USAP) Research Vessel Procurement, is seeking the participation of the research community in reviewing and assessing the science-mission requirements and operational capabilities of replacement Antarctic research vessels.

Those who may have received an invitation to take a survey on future requirements via Survey Monkey, may use the link in that email message. Those who did not, may take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2LP2R6V. It should take about 30 minutes to complete.

The survey is open to NSF grantees and those at any federal agency who have experience aboard USAP vessels operating in the Southern Ocean and elsewhere in Antarctic waters.

The subcommittee wishes to have all surveys submitted by Aug. 6.

The vessels in the USAP's existing Antarctic research fleet--the Laurence M. Gould and the Nathaniel B. Palmer--are nearing the end of their design lives. The advisory committee is studying all alternatives to the existing arrangement and is examining whether or not existing vessel specifications from past exercises and reports describe ships which would adequately support future science in the Southern Ocean and along the Antarctic Peninsula and margin.

The subcommittee will propose updates, changes, and improved specifications which would best support future science-support needs and will make a recommendation to OPP.

The Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) invite abstract submissions and registration for the 2018 ACUNS Student Conference. This conference will convene 1-3 November in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

The theme of this year’s conference is Landscapes of Northern Knowledge: Peoples, Animals, and Environments. The goals of the conference will be to explore the interrelatedness of humanity and nature in the circumpolar world; understand circumpolar research in the context of surrounding cultural, biological, and ecological landscapes; and examine both the need for future research and the impacts present research has on the northern biome.

ACUNS 2018 is organized by students and provides a unique opportunity for young researchers to meet and exchange ideas with others who share similar academic.

Abstract submission deadline: 1 September 2018

For abstract submission and registration information, go to:
Registration and abstract submission webpage

For more information, including topical sessions and workshops, go to:
Conference homepage

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) is seeking comment from the public on the draft newly revised Principles for Conducting Research in the Arctic. The Principles are directed at federally-funded researchers, though they may be useful to academic, state, local, and tribal researchers in the Arctic. Your comments would be most helpful by September 4, 2018. More information is available on the IARPC website

https://www.iarpccollaborations.org/principles.html

HomeThe Fulbright Scholar Program invites applications for the Fulbright Arctic Chair for U.S. Scholars grant. This three- to four-month position is open to scholars in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, and will be located in Norway.

The Arctic Chair will have the opportunity to work at any institution of higher education or research in Norway to research and teach within areas that are relevant to understanding of the Arctic and high north regions. The Chair is expected to engage with faculty inside and outside the host institution(s), give public lectures, and lead seminars, as well as supervise and mentor Master’s and PhD candidates.

Applicants must be a U.S. citizen with a scholarly focus on polar and high north issues, have a PhD or equivalent professional/terminal degree (including a master’s degree, depending on the field) as appropriate, five to 10 years of research and experience, and a significant publication and teaching record.

Application deadline: 1 August 2018

For more information, including application details, and to apply, go to:
Fulbright Arctic Chair webpage

For questions, contact:
Rena Levin
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Phone: +47 22 01 40 10

WGLogo2kNetworkECR travel grants available for CLIVASk2k workshop (PAGES 2k project) “Climate Variability in Antarctica and the Southern Hemisphere in the past 2000 years”
4-5 September 2018,British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK

CLIVASH2k is a PAGES 2k project, which aims to improve our understanding of large scale modes of climate variability and the mechanisms and drivers of climate change in Antarctica, the sub-Antarctic and the wider Southern Hemisphere during the past 2000 years.

The workshop goals
The workshop is open to all. We want to engage a broad spectrum of the scientific community, including paleoclimate data gathers (such as ice cores, lake sediments, marine records, and terrestrial records), climatologists and climate modellers.
We especially encourage those who wish to be actively contribute to the CLIVASH2k project goals, including contribution to synthesis products and publications. The workshop will be informative but be prepared to get involved!
Our aim is to review and evaluate our current understanding of the drivers of Southern Hemisphere climate variability, through short presentations, posters and discussion sessions.

A full programme will be available on the CLIVASH2k webpage shortly.
http://pastglobalchanges.org/ini/wg/2k-network/projects/clivash


Register for this event
Standard registration fee £65 per person (plus fees)
Student fee (for students currently enrolled for a PhD) £15 per person (plus fees)
Click here to register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clivash2k-workshop-tickets-46359412250
Registration includes morning and afternoon refreshments, buffet lunch and an evening dinner (4th September).

Registration deadline: 17 August

We are gearing up for usability testing of the new DataCite/re3data tool with the company DeveloperTown. This takes a great deal of coordination to make sure we have representatives from a variety of scientific domains and locations internationally. Our primary focus is researchers and those closely related for this test. Sophie Hou will be conducting additional usability testing at Summer ESIP that will mostly focus on repository staff and data managers, and other ESIP attendee stakeholders.

I’m asking you for assistance identifying researchers that would be willing to be interviewed as part of the DeveloperTown usability test. The total number of formal interviews will be about 30. Should we get more names, we will do our best to accommodate.

Please send your recommendations to Robin Dasler (DataCite Product Mgr for the Repository Finder Tool) with the following information (or as much as possible):

  • Name of recommended person
  • Email of recommended person
  • Primary domain affiliation of the recommended person
  • Role of that person in the domain (e.g., researcher, post doc, data curator, librarian)
  • Time zone where they reside/work
  • Link to their affiliation (e.g., institution, library, etc)
  • Contact notes – why they would make a great candidate. This should be no more than one or two sentences.

You can also register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdUWtOpeyOOouhx7b_gzwpV3HbfR3C2SZiC-0Kmoq_e0SIDuw/viewform

Interviews will be with staff from DeveloperTown and last approximately 20 to 30 minutes. They will be conducted with Zoom as the tool.

The DataCite/re3data team will be reaching out to your candidate to confirm their desire to participate and arrange for an interview. To make sure this goes smoothly, please let your candidate know of your recommendation and what to expect.

If you have any questions on the DeveloperTown usability test, please direct them to Michael Witt, or myself.

Thank you for your help in identifying interview candidates.

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Director, Data Programs) and Michael Witt

University of Oulu logo rgbUniversity of Oulu Geography Research Unit and Department of Cultural Anthropology are co-organizing UArctic Congress side event Career Strategies for Early Career Scholars: CVs, Cover Letters and The Job Search on September 3rd, 2018 in Oulu. Deadline for applications is on August 10th.

This hands-on career workshop aimed at early career scholars will take participants through the nuts and bolts of several key aspects of the academic job application process: searching for positions and writing the CV and cover letter. We will discuss several cutting-edge strategies for looking for academic jobs, and then show you how to craft your CV and cover letter so that they stand out and get noticed. We will also discuss how to efficiently communicate the most marketable aspects of your academic self. This event is designed specifically for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and others interested in pursuing academic careers in the social sciences and humanities. It will be led by a team of multi-disciplinary senior scholars from several universities.

Please send your application (contact information and what you expect from the workshop) before August 10th to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Arctic Expedition 2018University of Helsinki and Helsinki Think Company are gathering together students interested in the Arctic to plan and carry out a meaningful event, campaign or a project that will communicate Arctic opportunities and challenges. International application deadline is on July 29.

As the Arctic region rapidly transforms due to dramatic climate impacts, new economic opportunities and environmental challenges present themselves across the Arctic. For example, the Arctic’s melting sea ice is a local problem that has global connections. As many scientists proclaim, what happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic. It affects us all.

Join us on the Arctic Expedition and create a meaningful iniative on Arctic sustainable economic opportunities or environmental challenges, and put it into action in your local region on Arctic Day in October 31st, 2018. For inspiration: you could create an documentary film week, a debate series or launch event for your Arctic related a business project or scientific publication! The Expedition 3-Day Bootcamp is organised parallel to the UArctic Congress 2018, on 5-7 September in Finland.

The event is free, but places are limited. Apply here.

This year’s Antarctic Science Conference will be hosted at Durham on 10th-12th September 2018 (the conference will run from Monday lunchtime to Wednesday lunchtime). The conference will include oral and poster presentations, and abstracts are invited on any aspect of Antarctic Research.

Further information can be found on the conference website. Registration is open and the website also contains details of the venue and accommodation booking: https://www.dur.ac.uk/uk-antarctic-science/

Abstract submission is open. Please go to https://www.dur.ac.uk/uk-antarctic-science/abstract/ where you will find details of posters, talks and a simple abstract template. Abstracts should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Abstract submission will close on 9th August.

We welcome submissions on any area of Antarctic Science, and we particularly encourage Early Career Researchers to use this opportunity to present their work.

We look forward to seeing you in September.

Local organising committee

ESSEM COST Action ES1404: A European network for a harmonised monitoring of snow for the benefit of climate change scenarios, hydrology and numerical weather prediction

 

We would like to invite you to the workshop "Towards a better harmonization of snow observations, modeling and data assimilation in Europe", 30-31 October, 2018, Budapest, Hungary.

This workshop, organized by COST Action ES1404 (Harmosnow) http://harmosnow.eu, will bring together scientists, users and stake holders who contribute to harmonizing practices at the European and international scales in the domain of snow research and operational services. We invite submissions on all relevant practices including snow in-situ and remote observations, data distribution, modeling, data assimilation and education. The workshop is organized within 8 sessions with oral presentations (solicited and from submission) and posters.

Please see the details below and on the website http://harmosnow.eu/snowconference

We are looking forward to meeting you in Budapest.
Ghislain Picard, Ali Nadir Arslan, Katalin Gillemot


Venue:
The workshop will be held in Gellért hotel in Budapest in 30-31.10.2018. It is limited to 150 participants, for this reason registration is mandatory.

Important dates:
7 Septembre 2018: abstract submission deadline
21 Septembre 2018: acceptance for oral/poster
21 Septembre 2018: registration without abstract open
15 October 2018 : registration deadline (or up to 150 participants)
Abstract submission: http://harmosnow.eu/snowconference/registration

Sessions:
1. Intercomparison of measurement methods and assessment of measurement errors
2. Recommendations on measurement methods and instrumentation
3. Snow observation reporting and dissemination
4. Intercomparison of snow models and future of snow modeling across disciplines
5. Snow data assimilation methods in NWP, hydrology, and other disciplines
6. Representation of errors in NWP, hydrological and climate models
7. Actions and methods for training snow scientists and observers
8. Harmonization strategies across international organizations and other activities

Scientific committee:
Ali Nadir Arslan, Carlo De Michele, Patricia De Rosnay, Marie Dumont, Charles Fierz, David Christian Finger, Katalin Gillemot, Jürgen Helmert, Ladislav Holko, Ekaterina Kurzeneva, Martin Lange, Leena Leppänen, Nacho Lopez Moreno, Giovanni Macelloni, Ghislain Picard, Vera Potopová, Samantha Pullen, Martin Schneebeli, Anna Seres

Organizing committee:
General co-chairs: Ghislain Picard, Ali Nadir Arslan, Katalin Gillemot
Local organization: Katalin Gillemot, Anna Seres
Webmaster: Cemal Melih Tanis

HomeWeek of Webinars
Tuesday, July 17 @ 10am
Wednesday, July 18 @ 11am
Friday, July 20 @ 12pm

1. July 17 (10am ADT) Alaska Climate Webinar
Visualizing Climate Change: A Quick Guide to Online Tools from the Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning
Nancy Fresco, SNAP Coordinator
SNAP offers online tools to allow you to view models and maps showing changes in temperature, precipitation, fire, sea ice, extreme events and other variables at the community or regional level. Join us to see what's available, and what's new.
More information and registration (https://accap.uaf.edu/SNAP_Tools)


2. July 18 (11am ADT) Virtual Alaska Weather Symposium

The NOAA Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MiRS): Products, Applications, and Improvements
Christopher Grassotti, NESDIS STAR/SMCD
The presentation will cover the background of the MiRS retrieval approach, and then move on to discussion of retrieval products, user applications, and recent work aimed at scientific improvements.
More information and registration (https://accap.uaf.edu/VAWS_July2018)


3. July 20 (12pm ADT) July NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing

Rick Thoman, National Weather Service
We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center's forecast for August and the remaining summer/early fall season.
More information and registration (https://accap.uaf.edu/July_2018)


Available online or in-person in 407 IARC/Akasofu building on the UAF campus.

General Webinar Information Here (https://accap.uaf.edu/webinars)

IARPCThe Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) is seeking comment from the public on newly revised Principles for Conducting Research in the Arctic.

IARPC is interested in all comments on the Principles document, including the core principles and sub-bullets describing the approaches that researchers are encouraged to adopt across all stages of research.

The core Principles for Conducting Research in the Arctic are:

  • Be Accountable
  • Establish Effective Two-way Communication
  • Respect Local Culture and Knowledge
  • Build and Sustain Relationships
  • Pursue Responsible Environmental Stewardship

The IARPC Principles Revision Working Group revised the existing Principles for the Conduct of Research in the Arctic, adopted on June 28, 1990, and published by IARPC in volume 9, (Spring, 1995, pp.56-57) of the journal “Arctic Research of the United States” (https://www.arctic.gov/publications/related/arotus.html). The 1990 version has now been updated and renamed Principles for Conducting Research in the Arctic, hereafter the Principles, to reflect current research disciplines and approaches in the Arctic. The Principles Revision Working Group prepared the draft revised Principles after a year-long process that included a comprehensive literature review and seeking and receiving diverse input from Alaska Native people, Federal and State and local agency representatives, and researchers by a variety of methods, including listening sessions at scientific conferences, through a Federal Register Notice, and targeted interviews with Alaska residents and researchers. The Principles are directed at federally-funded researchers, though they may be useful to academic, state, local, and tribal researchers in the Arctic.

More information is available on the IARPC website: https://www.iarpccollaborations.org/principles.html

Please submit comments in one of the following ways:

  • Submit a comment via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Submit a comment on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/iarpccollaborations)
  • Attend a listening session via teleconference or webinar on (July 31, https://iarpc.zoom.us/j/2069310090)
  • Comment through the Federal Register https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/07/11/2018-14802/request-for-feedback-on-the-interagency-arctic-research-policy-committees-
  • draft-principles-for
  • Representatives will solicit comments at the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AWSC) Quarterly Meeting (July 23-25) and the UIC Science Day (Aug. 2)
  • Contact the working group chairpersons Renee Crain (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Roberto Delgado (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

We sincerely appreciate you taking the time to review and comment on the draft Principles. Your comments would be most helpful by September 4, 2018.

Kindest regards,
Renee Crain, NSF and Roberto Delgado, NIH
Chairpersons, Principles Revision Working Group


Organizers invite session abstracts for the Fourth Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences. This conference will convene 6-9 January 2019 in Xiamen, China.

Conveners of the following session invite abstract submissions:

SESSION M3: The Arctic Ocean: Physical Processes and their Effects on Climate and the Ecosystem
Conveners: Peigen Lin, Robert S. Pickart, and G.W.K. Moore

The Arctic Ocean is undergoing dramatic change. Sea ice extent and thickness have been declining steadily, air temperatures have been rapidly warming, and the hydrological cycle has been accelerating. As a result of the enhanced ice loss, the Arctic Ocean is now more susceptible to dynamic and thermodynamic forcings. For example, the central Arctic has become more energetic due to the increased momentum transfer from the atmosphere to the ocean. At the same time, solar absorption has increased through areas of open water, while more heat is being fluxed from sub-polar latitudes into the Arctic via the ocean and atmosphere. Extreme conditions are becoming more frequent, including increased freshwater content in the Arctic, more common wind-driven upwelling and polynya formation, and larger levels of primary productivity and occurrences of under-ice phytoplankton blooms. The spatial and temporal variability of the Arctic Ocean strongly influences global climate via atmosphere-ocean interaction and Arctic-subarctic freshwater and heat fluxes. The loss of sea ice has had both local and remote effects on atmospheric circulation, including intensified storms and more frequent extreme weather conditions. Enhanced freshwater export from the Arctic into the Nordic Seas and Labrador Sea, in conjunction with the retreating ice edge, is thought to impact the meridional overturning circulation. In addition to effects on climate, new organisms may start to flourish in the warmer and fresher Arctic. For example, harmful algal blooms are now threatening regional ecosystems in the Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean. This session aims to understand the variations and dynamics of the physical processes in the Arctic Ocean and their interaction with the subarctic regions in both the Pacific and Atlantic sectors; climate responses to the declining sea ice, including atmospheric feedbacks and impacts on the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation; and role of physical processes in regulating the Arctic ecosystem.

Abstract submission deadline: 31 August 2018

For more information and to submit an abstract, go to:
Symposium homepage

We are glad to announce the 3rd edition of the postgraduate course Glaciology of the Southern Andes, by Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales (IANIGLA- CONICET), which will be held in Mendoza, Argentina, from 6 to 10 of August 2018.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 18 July 2018

The course is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of the physics of glaciers with examples from the Southern Andes. Due to his extent, the Southern Andes (22°S-54°S) span a broad range of both latitude and altitude. Which dictates an extensive variety of temperature and precipitation conditions, resulting in a significant climatic diversity that hosts numerous and different types of glaciers. We will exploit these differences to get a better understanding of the importance of glaciers and glacier changes in local to regional human activities.

Key topics include:

  • Climatology of the Southern Andes
  • The history of glaciology and glaciological discoveries along the Southern Andes
  • Glacier mass balance and hydrology in the Southern Andes
  • Glacier dynamics, surging and tidewater glaciers in the Southern Andes
  • Remote Sensing in glaciology
  • Glacier geology along the Southern Andes

During the course, lectures will be given each morning, and the concepts will we consolidate with computational exercises each afternoon, based on examples from the different climatic regions of the Southern Andes. Also, a field excursion of two days to the Parque Provincial Aconcagua will be organized in which all the student could get a closer look of the field techniques to need to retrieve glacier mass balance and dynamic data.

The course is taught in Spanish by glaciologists and climatologists from IANIGLA and is intended for postgraduate students with research's subject related with glaciology. Also, graduate students or technicians from public or private agencies related to the management of mountain hydrology or natural resource management of the Southern Andes are welcome to apply.

To apply, please fill the application form and send it with a copy of your CV in pdf (3 pages maximum) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Further information and application form at: https://www.mendoza-conicet.gob.ar/portal/paginas/index/glaciologia-de-los-andes-del-sur

The Swiss Polar Institute is excited to announce that the call for proposals for their latest project, the GreenLAnd Circumnavigation Expedition (GLACE), is now open.

The expedition will offer an unprecedented complete circumnavigation of Greenland in a single expedition over a 2-month period in August and September 2019, providing access to the remote and critically understudied Northern Greenland area.

The R/V Akademic Tryoshnikov (AARI, St Petersburg) will be available for the expedition after a partial refit. During the Northern Greenland section of the expedition, the Akademic Tryoshnikov will be escorted by the nuclear icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy.

The science framework of GLACE will entail four topics: Ocean, Atmosphere, Cryosphere, and Terrestrial. Collaboration between these topics, and interdisciplinary research towards a holistic view of the region, are particularly encouraged.

For more information on the call, eligibility and the application process, please see the information provided on the Swiss Polar Institute website: https://polar.epfl.ch/page-156957-en.html.

Deadline: 10 September 2018, 12:00 (Swiss time)

Applications have to be submitted online. To submit a proposal, click here, fill out the online form and upload the relevant documents (completed application form in PDF + annexes). Should you encounter any problem in the submission process, please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

nsf logoThe National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education (AC ERE) invites input on possible environmental research and education directions to further advance national security and economic competitiveness.

The Committee has been interested in fundamental environmental research and education that also has societal utility. It has recently focused its attention on two major topics where there is broad consensus on the importance of the research to date, but where significant research questions remain. These topics are at the nexus of environmental science and engineering with economic growth and competitiveness, and the relationship of environmental factors to national and human security.

The Committee is particularly interested in approaches that promote convergent research across disciplines and sectors to address economic competitiveness and economic security.

To identify emerging research questions in these areas, the committee is reaching out to interested and knowledgeable members of the scientific community in all disciplines and interdisciplinary areas. Also of interest are views from professionals who are directly involved in decision-making or operational activities in these areas, and who therefore can provide a very practical perspective on high-priority research and education topics.

Input submission deadline: 5:00 p.m. ET, 20 August 2018

For more information and to read the associated Dear Colleague Letter, go to:
Announcement homepage

To submit input, go to:
Input submission webpage

For questions, contact:
Anthony Janetos
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Leah Nichols
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Bildschirmfoto 2018-07-11 um 16.17.26.pngDo you teach glaciers and glaciation? If so, VR Glaciers and Glaciated Landscapes (https://vrglaciers.wp.worc.ac.uk/wordpress/) may be of interest.

VR Glaciers and Glaciated Landscapes is a new, free and easy-to-use resource that provides on-demand, simulated fieldwork to glaciers and glaciated landscapes. Its primary role is in supporting class- and lab-based teaching of glaciers and glaciation in schools, colleges and universities. It is NOT a replacement for real fieldwork, for which there is no substitute.

You can use the virtual fieldwork to create your own teaching resources (e.g. worksheets, mapping exercises). In due course, I will make available some of my own teaching resources, via the password-protected forum. Registration is required for the latter, but not for the virtual fieldwork.

This project will continue to be developed over the next 18 – 24 months. At the time of writing, there are virtual fieldtrips to the Swiss Alps (Arolla valley, Ferpècle valley, Moiry valley and the Lötschental valley) and the English Lake District (Helvellyn Range, Mosedale and Keskadale). Additional field trips will be added in due course, as will some guidance on interpretation and use.

You can find out more about VR Glaciers and Glaciated Landscapes in the flyer (pdf, ~4 mb), which you can download via the following link:
https://staffweb.worc.ac.uk/des/VGGL/VRGGL_Summer_2018_leaflet_web.pdf

The resource itself can be accessed here: https://vrglaciers.wp.worc.ac.uk/wordpress/

Financial support is gratefully acknowledged from the University of Worcester, the Quaternary Research Association and the British Society for Geomorphology.

If you have already visited the site in the last month or so, please note that: (i) the Arolla valley virtual fieldwork has been extended; and (ii) the Lötschental valley (Langgletscher) has been added.

This is a kind reminder that the deadline for submitting your contributions for the Awards for Young Researchers is approaching fast.

Deadline: 1st September 2019

https://www.ucm.es/gfam/young-researchers-award

The outstanding works will be published in two issues of the journal Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica.

Editors of Cryosphere Science Special Issue: David Palacios (Complutense University of Madrid), Jose M. García-Ruiz (CSIC), Marc Oliva (University of Barcelona), Jose María Fernández-Fernández (Complutense University of Madrid).

Editors of Research on Mountain Areas Special Issue: Nuria de Andrés (Complutense University of Madrid), Amelia Gómez-Villar (University of León), Luis Miguel Tanarro (Complutense University of Madrid), Jesus Ruiz-Fernández (University of Oviedo).

Young researchers in the process of presenting their PhD thesis or who have submitted it not before January 1, 2014 are encouraged to participate.

Please find here the guidelines of the award.

The next EGU General Assembly 2019 (EGU2019) will be held at the Austria Center Vienna (ACV) from 07 to 12 April 2019.

We hereby invite you, from now until 06 Sep 2018, to take an active part in organizing the scientific programme of the conference. You can do this at: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/provisionalprogramme

Please use this opportunity to suggest sessions with conveners and description.

NEW IN 2019

a) For the first time, the skeleton programme consists only of the programme groups and their sub-programme groups. The programme groups do not show sessions from last year. This means that all session proposals need to be submitted, also those on classic topics in the community.

b) The deadline for suggesting Union Symposia and Great Debates is 15 August 2018. Please see the guidelines (https://www.egu2019.eu/guidelines/us_and_gdb_guidelines.html) for more information.

POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN SUGGESTING A SESSION, SHORT COURSE, OR TOWNHALL MEETING

1) Session conveners
We strongly encourage convener teams to reflect (i) multiple countries and institutes, (ii) different career stages, and especially include early career scientists, and (iii) gender diversity. We ask for a minimum of two active conveners (1 convener and 1 co-convener) with a maximum of five conveners (1 convener and 4 co-conveners) per session. A new guideline for 2019 is a maximum of three (co-)convenerships total of which one as lead convener. We would like to point to the presentation rules for conveners (https://egu2019.eu/guidelines/convener_guidelines.html#solicited). Please check with all conveners that they agree to take part in the proposed session. Please see the convener guidelines at: https://www.egu2019.eu/guidelines/convener_guidelines.html

2) Session Programme Group (PG)
When making suggestions, explore the programme groups (https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/provisionalprogramme) and place your proposal into the PG that is most closely aligned with the proposed session's subject area. Please avoid submitting session proposals that are similar to sessions already suggested. In such a case, it is possible to suggest modifications to an earlier session proposal. If the subject area of your proposal is strongly aligned with two or more PGs, co-organization is possible and encouraged between PGs. Only put your session proposal into ONE PG. You will be able to indicate PGs that you believe should be approached for co-organization.

3) Inter- and Transdisciplinary Sessions (ITS)
EGU introduced the programme group Interdisciplinary Events (IE) in 2016 which is now renamed to Inter- and Transdisciplinary Sessions (ITS). ITS looks for links between disciplines in a coordinated and coherent effort, trying to create new approaches that would not be possible if handled separately. ITS highlights new themes each year and will also build themes from proposed sessions. If you plan to propose an Inter- and Transdisciplinary Session, please submit your proposal in programme group ITS and indicate other relevant programme groups for co-organization. For ITS sessions we kindly ask you to identify one other programme group that will become the scientific leader of the event. Accepted ITS sessions will be part of the session programme of the scientific leader in addition to the ITS programme. Please see the guidelines for more information at: https://egu2019.eu/guidelines/its_guidelines.html

4) Townhall and splinter meetings
From now until 17 Jan 2019 you can apply for townhall meetings. Townhall meetings offer an active discussion platform that is open to all interested participants to inform them of new opportunities and initiatives. All townhall meetings will be scheduled from 19:00 to 20:00. Splinter meeting rooms can be booked for smaller, targeted discussion groups. Splinter meeting booking is open from 15 Oct 2018 to 1 Mar 2019.

5) Session programme building
The EGU2019 Programme Committee will take into account all suggested sessions and use these to compile the final session programme as the basis for the call-for-abstracts. Conveners of approved sessions will be asked to actively promote their sessions and the public will be invited to submit their abstracts. This will be announced by a separate email.

6) Contact
If you have questions about the appropriateness of a specific session topic, please contact the programme group chair and/or the officers for the specific EGU2019 programme group: https://egu2019.eu/information/programme_committee.html

Please inform your colleagues about these opportunities. We look forward to receiving your suggestions. Thank you very much in advance.

In case any questions arise, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind regards,

Olaf Eisen
President of the EGU Division on Cryospheric Sciences
CR contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
CR on Twitter: @EGU_CR
CR blog: http://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/

Katja Gänger
Copernicus Meetings
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On behalf of
Susanne Buiter (EGU2019 Programme Committee Chair)

Arctic FrontiersThe Arctic Frontiers 2019 (20-25 Jan 2019, Tromsø) Call for Papers is now open for abstract submission. Please have a look on the Arctic Frontiers webpage and attached pdf version.

They welcome abstracts addressing one or more of the topics further specified in the Call for Papers.

The deadline for abstract submission is the 25 September 2018.

In the new contribution to the Polar Prediction Matters dialogue platform, Lasse Rabenstein and Panagiotis Kountouris provide insight into a new sea-ice forecast product – Predictive Ice Images, or in short: PRIIMA.

Drift + Noise Polar Services GmbH (DNPS) is a start-up and spin-off company of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. In the new contribution to Polar Prediction Matters, the DNPS managing director Lasse Rabenstein and its Head of Remote Sensing Panagiotis Kountouris describe their newly developed sea-ice forecast product: Predictive Ice Images (PRIIMA) may eventually become instrumental for tactical decision-making in and near ice-covered waters. The ESA kick-start project aims at combining high-resolution satellite images with lower-resolution operational sea-ice models. PRIIMA will thus be able to deliver ice forecasts with the resolution of a satellite radar image, as if the satellite recording of tomorrow would be available already today.

Read the new PPM article here.

You are most welcome to leave questions or comments to Lasse and Panagiotis in the Comment section below the article.

http://cryoconnect.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-logo-Cryo-Connect.pngWe invite you to join Cryo Connect, a non-profit gateway facilitating information exchange between cryo scientists, journalists, policy makers and everyone else with a professional interest in the cryosphere.

We aim to provide equal exposure to all scientist groups, including those that are currently underrepresented in the media and beyond, such as aspiring young researchers, women, and scientists from non-native English speaking countries. Scientists can sign up by listing their areas of expertise and contact information. Information seekers that contact Cryo Connect with specific questions will then receive a shortlist of those scientists that can provide answers.

Additionally, Cryo Connect provides a platform to push your science news to larger audiences, much like sending out your own personal press releases (however short they may be), for instance by tweeting @CryoConnect.

Like this CryoList - Cryo Connect is and always will be free and simple. You will not be spammed, will not be obliged to act on anything, and can unlist anytime. A team of scientists runs Cryo Connect and safeguards your best interests.

For the journalists and other information seekers among you: please also visit our website!

Our partners: AGU, APECS, ICIMOD, IGS, IMAU, Isaaffik, WSL.

All the best,
Liam Colgan, Inka Koch, Faezeh Nick and Dirk van As

Cryo Connect
CryoConnect.net

ArcticNetArcticNet are pleased to announce the launch of the ASM2018 Photo Contest.

ArcticNet maintains a collection of photographs highlighting the spectacular beauty of the polar regions, and featuring scientific research, landscapes, wildlife, and northern communities. With a growing compilation of stunning images, the ArcticNet Polar Photography Gallery is now a resource for media, education and various research programs. ArcticNet remains committed to communicating the impacts of climate change in the Arctic and Antarctic to diverse international audiences and preserving a legacy of iconic and inspiring imagery for future generations.

The ASM2018 Photo Contest is a fantastic opportunity for Arctic researchers, students, partners and collaborators to share their photographic skills and most compelling images of the circum-Arctic, its peoples and their environment, flora and fauna and research activities.

We invite you to dive into your hard drives, cameras and computers, and send us your best shots!

The deadline for photo submission is Friday, 26 October 2018. Contest eligibility criteria and submission details are available on the ASM2018 website. Winners will be announced and photos showcased at the ASM2018 in Ottawa in December and over $1000 CAD in cash prizes will be awarded.

The Arctic Systems Workshop Organizing Committee invites comments on their consensus report, Opportunities and Challenges in Arctic System Synthesis: A Consensus Report from the Arctic Research Community. This report is a product of a set of Community Workshops for Synthesis Studies of the Pan-Arctic/Earth System that took place in New York City and Washington D.C. in 2016 and 2017.

These workshops were funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Arctic System Science Program and were dedicated to exploring the current state of affairs with respect to Arctic systems science and identifying potentially fruitful avenues of future research, and research investments, in this domain.

A consensus report from the workshop was created and is currently available for review and comment. The organizing committee welcomes comments to the report prior to its publication and delivery to NSF and other Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) agencies.

To ensure a full consideration, comments must be posted by the close of business on Monday, 16 July.

Comment submission deadline: Monday, 16 July 2018

To view the draft report and submit comments, go to:
Draft Report and Feedback Form

Sea Ice Prediction NetworkSea Ice Prediction Webinar: Advancing Predictability of Sea Ice
Phase 2 of the Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN2)

Tuesday, 10 July 2018
9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. AKDT

Speakers:
Uma S. Bhatt, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute
Cecilia Bitz, University of Washington, Program on Climate Change


The Sea Ice Prediction Network–Phase 2 (SIPN2) announces an open webinar titled “Advancing Predictability of Sea Ice” to provide an overview of its main activities and an overview of the SIPN Data Portal for sea ice prediction.

This webinar is designed for the sea ice research community and others interested in advancements in sea ice prediction. While this is an open event, attendees should be aware that the discussions will largely be of a technical nature.

Webinar Speakers:
Uma S. Bhatt, SIPN2 Principal Investigator (PI), is Chair of Atmospheric Sciences at University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute and Director of NOAA Cooperative Institute for Alaska Research (CIFAR). Her research on climate variability aims to understand how climate system components impact one another.

Cecilia Bitz, SIPN2 Leadership Team member, is a professor in the Atmospheric Sciences Department and Director of the Program on Climate Change and part of the Future of Ice Initiative, all at University of Washington. Her research interests include the role of sea ice in the climate system and high-latitude climate and climate change and global coupled climate modeling. Including integrations at very high resolution.

Webinar Program:
Uma Bhatt will present an overview of the SIPN2 project goals and an update on related activities to improve Arctic sea ice forecasts using a multi-disciplinary approach that includes modeling, new products, data analysis, and scientific networks.

Cecilia Bitz, will present an overview of the Data Portal for SIPN Forecasts project, funded by the Office of Naval Research and the development of products including model visualization and access to data processing.
Time for participant questions will follow the presentation.

This one-hour webinar will start at 9:00 a.m. AKDT (10:00 a.m. PDT, 11:00 a.m. MDT, 12:00 p.m. CDT, and 1:00 EDT) on Tuesday, 10 July 2016.

Further details including registration instructions, will be announced closer to the event. The webinar will be archived and available online after the event.

More information about SIPN2More information about SIPN2

Further information about Phase 2 of the Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN2)

More information about the SIPN Data Portal

For questions, please contact Betsy Turner-Bogren at ARCUS
(This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

SCAR logo white backgroundThe deadline for applications for the SCAR Fellowships scheme 2018 has been extended until July 25th. This two week extension will be final and no further extensions will be considered. 

The extension has been applied in response to a number of requests received from potential applicants, resulting in part from applications discussed at the recent Polar2018 meetings.

SCAR has worked with the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists to provide an online form which can be used to ask questions about the application process, required documentation and eligibility etc., and which can also be used anonymously. The replies will be added to the FAQ section of the Fellowships webpages.

https://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/societyimages/aasiap/cover-2018_en_US.jpgA Call for Papers has been announced to invite contributions to a special issue on 'Antarctic Meteorology and Climate: Past, Present and Future' in Advances in Atmospheric Science.

The ongoing effort of the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) in the Antarctic provides a stimulus for a focused research effort on Antarctic meteorology and climate, i.e., a Special Observing Period will take place from mid-November 2018 to mid-February 2019, which will have intensified research activities, including enhanced synoptic observations. More comprehensive and precise observations, increased computing power and improving understanding of Antarctic meteorology and climate, suggest that we expect that coupling of the atmosphere, ocean and sea ice in numerical weather prediction will be achieved with sufficient skill as to become operational in coming years.

A special issue in Advances in Atmospheric Science will showcase recent and ongoing research progress in

1) Antarctic meteorology and numerical weather prediction and

2) Climate variability and change in the Antarctic.

The compilation of research papers in this special issue is expected to contribute to a more thorough understanding of issues in Antarctic meteorology and climate in the past, present and future.

Important dates:
Manuscript submission open: March 1, 2019

Manuscript submission deadline: August 31, 2019

Estimated publication time: January 2020

Submission URL: https://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/aasiap

Please select: “Special issue: Antarctic”

More information can be found in the pdf announcement.

Bildschirmfoto 2018-06-29 um 10.51.26.pngUnder The Pole team is pleased to announce its new call for proposals for the Antarctic part of their third expedition named Under The Pole III "Twilight Zone 2017-2020", aboard WHY, led by Ghislain and Emmanuelle Bardout.

After the success of the two scientific programs conducted in the Arctic; and soon with the scientific programs in French Polynesia, Under The Pole is now launching this new call for projects to bring together new call for proposals in Antarctic.

The objective of this three-year expedition is to provide international scientific community with the opportunity to study the marine environment, the Arctic, the Pacific and the Antarctic, offering to embark aboard the polar sailing yacht of Under The Pole: the "WHY".

This represents a unique opportunity to explore and conduct research using the logistical skills and deep diving experience of Under The Pole. The call for proposals is launched and open to all public research institutions and industrials, and for any type of basic or applied research in the field of marine environmental sciences. The projects will be evaluated on the basis of a presentation pitch of your project submitted to the selection committee including the scientific and technical Managers of the expedition, as well as the independent experts.

Applications must be made by sending back the document "Call_Application_Form_Antarctic". In the folder "Call_For_Proposals_Antarctic", you will find the details of the expedition, the fields of research expected, the process of selection, the resources, the tools at disposal on board and other useful information (equipment of the ship, specialty diving, etc.).

Call for proposals: https://www.underthepole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Call_For_Proposals_Antarctic_UTP_Eng.pdf

Call application form: https://www.underthepole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Call_Application_Form_Antarctic_UTP_Eng.pdf

All our expeditions: https://www.underthepole.com

Deadline
As several scientists asked for a deadline extension, UTP team decided to let the Call open until 30th of August 2018. We invite applicants to apply as soon as they can and not to wait upon closure date.

The Ministry of Earth Sciences and the Research Council of Norway are jointly organising a winter school on "The Arcitc Ocean: atmosphere, ice and ocean interactions - implications for future climate and human activities".

The event will be held at National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Reasearch, Goa from 28 Oct to 2 Nov 2018.

For further details, please visit http://iaws2018.ncaor.gov.in/index.php.

The flyer for the event can be downloaded here.

Student online applications due by 30 July 2018.

German-Russian Summer School: New Monitoring Technologies for environmental research and their application

26 - 31 August 2018, Potsdam/Schloss Schmarsow, Germany

Application deadline: July 1, 2018

Are you interested in learning more about how complex data on climate and landscape development are recorded, processed and utilized then apply for this extraordinary event. Twenty students (10 from each country) will finally be chosen to participate in the summer school.

Over six days you will attend stimulating lectures on latest research results and work intensely within smaller groups to experience the handling, management and visualization of terrestrial and airborne data, all under the supervision of noted scientific and engineering experts.
A full day will be dedicated to the use and application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in science and how to plan and conduct a UAV-mission. Fields trips will complete the scientific programme.

Details on application and requirements can be found in the event flyer.

Announcing the 4th Kobe PCRC Symposium on “Achieving Sustainability in Arctic Resource Development:
The Role of International Law”

A Call For Abstracts by 31 July 2018 (first round)

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Venue: Kobe University, Japan

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Invitation for Collaborative Research on Arctic/Antarctic Legal & Policy Issues
with JSPS Fellowship—Academic Year 2019

Interest must be indicated to the PCRC no later than 17 July 2018.

COSIMENA Summer School - "Modelling Climate Change from a Multidisciplinary Perspective:
How can we achieve climate resilience, sustainable mobility, and tourism in the MENA region?"

9 - 14 September 2018, Alexandria

Cosimena.jpgDeadline for applications: July 1, 2018.

Call for application

WGLogo2kNetworkClimate Variability in Antarctica and the Southern Hemisphere in the past 2000 years

Tuesday 4th- Wednesday 5th September 2018

British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK.

This is an open meeting (limited to 40 participants) to engage a broad spectrum of the scientific community working on climate variability in the southern hemisphere over the past 2000 years. It is open to paleoclimatologists working on a range of archives (such as ice cores, lake sediments, marine records, and terrestrial records), climatologists and climate modellers. Our aim is to review and evaluate our current understanding of the drivers of Southern Hemisphere climate variability, through short presentations, posters and discussion sessions.Bildschirmfoto 2018-06-25 um 20.33.29.png

The final programme will circulated following the CLIVASH2k kick-off meeting in Davos (http://pastglobalchanges.org/ini/wg/2k-network/projects/clivash/meetings/127-pages/1731-polar-18).

Register for this event:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clivash2k-workshop-tickets-46359412250

Registration deadline: 17th August

Travel grants: PAGES will support a small number of travel grants. Priority will be given to early career researchers (PhD students and early post-doctoral researchers) and those from developing countries.

Please indicate when registering if you require financial assistance and submit a justification and estimated costs.

Travel grant deadline: 3rd August

This joint workshop brings together the PAGES 2k project CLIVASH2k http://pastglobalchanges.org/ini/wg/2k-network/projects/clivash
and the SCAR research programme AntClim21 https://www.scar.org/science/antclim21/home/

We look forward to welcoming you in Cambridge!

Liz Thomas and Thomas Bracegirdle

On behalf of the CLIVASH2k and AntClim21 working groups

logo elmer ICEWe would like to announce an Elmer/Ice beginner level course planned for this October in Finland. This will take place at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, in Rovaniemi on Monday 22nd October 2018 and Tuesday 23rd October. Further information is available here:
https://www.csc.fi/web/training/-/elmerice_beginners_oct2018

An Elmer/Ice advanced users workshop will provisionally take place at the CSC-IT Center for Science from the morning of Monday 29th October 2018 until the afternoon of Wednesday 31st October. Further information is available here:
https://www.csc.fi/web/training/-/elmerice_workshop2018

There is also a news item about these events:
http://elmerice.elmerfem.org/102-elmer-ice-courses-in-october

There will be no fees, though attendees will be responsible for their own travel and subsistence costs.

These Elmer/Ice events take place before and after the Nordic IGS meeting in Rovaniemi, for which an independent announcement will be made closer to the time.

Regards,
Rupert Gladstone
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2018 AGU Fall MeetingIt's the time of year for mass-advertising AGU Cryosphere sessions. To help in whatever small way I can with the unnecessary Inbox overload, here's a complete list of AGU 2018 Fall Meeting Cryosphere sessions in numerical order, including cross-listed sessions. Details, conveners and descriptions for each are found at: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/

C001 100 Years of Cryosphere

C002 Advanced understanding of the Arctic hydrologic system in a warming climate of Cryosphere

C003 Advancements in Measurement of Snow Water Equivalent using Coincident Ground and Airborne Data

C004 Advances in Ice Sheet-Ocean Interactions: From Measurements to Climate Impacts

C005 Advances in Observing and Modeling Ice Sheet and Ice Shelf Surface Mass Balance: Past, Present and Future

C006 Advances in Subglacial, Englacial, and Supraglacial Hydrology

C007 Advances in Understanding Processes at the Beds of Glaciers and Ice Sheets

C008 Altimetry of the cryosphere and polar oceans

C009 Atmospheric moisture in the Arctic climate system

C010 At the Front: Observations of Greenland’s Marine-Terminating Glaciers and the Processes They Reveal

C011 Beyond Ice Thickness: Using Radar Sounding to Understand the Dynamics of Glacier Systems

C012 Birth, Life, and Death of Icebergs

C013 Breaking the mold: New sensors, enhanced datasets, new tools and parameters from satellite passive microwave instruments

C014 Collaborative research to address changes in the climate, hydrology and cryosphere of High Mountain Asia

C015 Drivers of change in the high-mountain water cycle

C016 Dust, Black Carbon, and Other Aerosols in the Cryosphere

C017 Forty years of eyes on the planet: An uninterrupted record of earth remote sensing with satellite passive microwave instruments

C018 Glacier Monitoring From In-Situ and Remotely Sensed Observations

C019 Glacier Processes from Large-Scale Remote Sensing

C020 GRACE-FO and ICESat-2: NASA’s Newest Missions for Cryospheric Science

C021 How Technology and Exploration are Advancing Knowledge of the Polar Regions

C022 Ice Core Records of Environmental Change

C023 Integrating Observations and Models to Better Understand a Changing Arctic System

C024 Modeling of the Cryosphere: Glaciers and Ice Sheets

C025 Modeling of the Cryosphere: Seasonal Snow

C026 New data sources for the monitoring of polar ice sheets and their impact on ice sheet prediction

C027 Observing, Modelling, Diagnosing, and Predicting Hydrological and Earth System Change in Cold Regions

C028 Polar Climate: Processes & Predictability

C029 Preliminary discoveries from the 2015–2018 Shackleton Glacier deep field camp, Antarctica

C030 Putting Arctic Science to Work: Using Your Words to Reach Collaborators and Decision-makers

C031 Quantifying Spatial and Temporal Variability of Snow and Snow Processes

C032 Recent Advances in Monitoring, Measuring, and Modeling Snow Processes

C033 Remote Sensing of Sea Ice

C034 Remote Sensing of Seasonal Snow

C035 Reproducible science in water resources: cryosphere and hydrology

C036 Sea Ice and Snow under Change: Using In-Situ Measurements to Enhance Remote Sensing and Model Studies

C037 Sea ice-ocean-atmosphere interactions in the “New” Arctic and Southern Oceans

C038 Seasonal Sea Ice: Processes, properties, and linkages to ocean and atmospheric state across scales

C039 Societal Impacts of Global Cryosphere Change and Associated Mitigation and Adaptation Policies

C040 The Nye Lecture and Honored Member Presentations (not for submissions!)

C041 The Role of Ground Ice in Permafrost Hydrology and Geomorphology

C042 Visualizing the Dynamic Cryosphere

Cross-listed with Cryosphere:

A014 Arctic and midlatitude linkage: Causes and Effects

A015 Arctic Energy Balance and Relevant Atmosphere and Surface Processes: Current Understanding and Challenges

A017 Assessment, Enhancement and Integration of Arctic Observing Systems

A033 Climate Variability and Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Over the North Atlantic

A041 Data Assimilation, Reanalysis, and Observing System Simulation Experiments: Theory and Applications

A046 Extratropical and High-latitude Storms, Teleconnections, Extreme Weather, and the Changing Polar Climate

A080 Observations and Predictability of Atmospheric Processes over Complex Terrain

A081 Polar Atmospheric Processes and Their Interactions with Land, Ice, and Ocean

A103 The Tropical vs. Polar "Tug of War" on the Atmospheric General Circulation Response to Climate Change

A111 Using emergent constraints to reduce uncertainty in projections of future climate change

B020 Comparative Organic Geochemistry of Soils and Aquatic Sediments: A New View in the 21st Century

B037 Impacts of winter climate change on hydrobiogeochemical dynamics of terrestrial and aquatic systems during the winter and shoulder seasons

B041 Interactions between hydrological and biogeochemical change in permafrost environments

B096 Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change

DI002 Advances in Computational Geosciences

ED014 Climate Literacy in Higher Education: Challenges, Opportunities and Engaging Diverse Populations

ED024 Connecting the World to the Poles through Science Communication, Education and Outreach

ED027 Cross-Cultural Scientific Investigation: Connecting Remote Sensors with Ground Sensors

EP039 Signatures of Climate Change in Surface Processes

EP042 The Past, Present and Future of Arctic Coastal Change

EP047 When rock meets water and ice - geomorphic and hydrologic response in periglacial Critical Zones

GC006 Advances in Understanding Causes and Consequences of High-latitude System Changes for Improved Sub-seasonal to Decadal Predictability

GC016 Attribution Science Advancements: Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Hydrosphere, Ocean

GC073 Permafrost Dynamics, Biophysical and Socio-Economic Linkages: Connecting Science to Policy

GC074 Quantifying and Decreasing Uncertainty in Projections of Future Sea Level Change

GC086 The global water cycle: linkages of ocean salinity with the atmosphere and terrestrial hydrology

GC090 The Third Pole Environment (TPE) under Global Changes

GH003 Arctic Geohealth: climate change and health impacts in northern high latitudes

G001 An Ongoing Transformation: High Resolution Topography in the Geosciences

G006 First Results from GRACE Follow-On: Continuing the GRACE Data Record

G011 Glacial Isostatic Adjustment and the Importance of High-quality Instrumental and Geological Constraints

G012 GRACE, GRACE Follow-On, and Beyond

G020 Satellite Geodesy for Climate and Atmospheric Research

G021 Scientific Applications Enabled by the International GNSS Service (IGS) and by Improvements to GNSS Products

H022 Applications in Snow Hydrology: Linking Seasonal Snow to Natural Processes and Society

H051 Ecohydrological Interactions with Precipitation

H103 Recent Advances in the Hydrologic Sciences

H110 Science and Applications Results Based on NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Satellite Mission Products and Validation Experiments

H119 The MacGyver Session: The Place for Novel, Exciting, Self-Made, Hacked, or Improved Sensors, Data Acquisition, and Data Transmission Solutions to Understand the Geosphere

IN016 Communicating Scientific Data Quality through the Lens of Uncertainty

IN041 Innovative Visualization Solutions Merging Earth Science Data Representations and Analytics

IN046 JPSS: Providing advanced global observations to improve knowledge and decisions by a global interconnected community

IN052 New Space: Results from Earth Observing CubeSat Missions

NG011 Stochastic Modelling in Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics

OS001 Advances in monitoring and modeling of subsea permafrost

OS039 Sea Level Change and Coastal Impacts and Flooding

OS044 Unprecedented Bering Sea Ice Extent and Impacts to Marine Ecosystems and Western Alaskan Communities

PA015 Communication of Science - Practice, Research and Reflection

PP012 Development of the cryosphere: evidence from sedimentary records in the high latitudes

PP032 Quantifying Arctic System Change: Past, Present, and Future

PP033 Sea Level and Ice Sheet Reconstructions over Glacial Cycles

PP041 The North Atlantic region in the early icehouse world

PP045 Water Isotope Systematics: Improving Modern and Paleoclimate Interpretations

P020 From the Earth to the Moons: Unraveling the Geologic, Oceanographic and Chemical Mysteries of Ice and Ocean Worlds

P041 Science for a New Era of Lunar Exploration

P046 “The New Mars Underground”: Science and Exploration of a New Deep Frontier

S008 Environmental Seismology: A look at the short past, the current state-of-the-art, and the wide open future

U001 60 Years of Scientific Achievements in the Arctic and Antarctica: Looking Back, Looking Forward

V038 The Emerging Multidisciplinary Science of Fire and Ice: Understanding the causes, timing and consequences of planetary glaciovolcanism

 

Happy session perusing!

Mike Mc Ferrin

Reducing the Incidence of Suicide in Indigenous Groups - Strengths United through Networks (RISING SUN) announces the release of their suicide prevention toolkit.

Under the 2015-2017 U.S. Arctic Council Chairmanship, the RISING SUN initiative used a community-based and consensus-building process to identify common outcomes for evaluating suicide prevention efforts across the circumpolar north. Specifically, RISING SUN was designed to develop a web-based toolkit comprising the key correlates associated with successful suicide prevention interventions across Arctic states. This toolkit includes resources for individuals, families, communities, clinics, and national and/or regional organizations, such as donors, policymakers, and youth organizations.

The RISING SUN toolkit includes:

  • Information on the determinants of suicide across the Arctic,
  • A general introduction to suicide prevention efforts in circumpolar Indigenous communities,
  • Information on what can be done to alleviate this public health threat and practices from communities that have successfully implemented effective suicide prevention interventions,
  • A collection of prioritized outcomes and measures to assess the impact and effectiveness of suicide prevention interventions being implemented across the circumpolar Arctic, and
  • A strategy with good practices for using the toolkit.

For more information, go to:
RISING SUN webpage

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IASC’s International Science Initiative in the Russian Arctic (ISIRA) are pleased to announce the availability of registration fee support for UArctic Congress 2018.

The support includes registration for 10 Russian Early career scientists (320 Euro per student). The costs will be reimbursed after the congress based on receipts that the selected student provides (unfortunately, upfront payment is not possible).
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Requirements for the funding:

  • Bachelor, Master and PhD students from the Russian institutions should have a proof of full-time student status (ID card or letter from your institution or program director) provided with the registration
  • Accepted abstract to present at the Scientific Program
  • The applicant should not have received IASC support in the past 18 months

Please submit your application or related questions to the email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. In the Email Subject please state “Your name, IASC student fellowship application”. Free form application should include the title of your accepted abstract and your contact information. Please attach a short 1 page CV with information about your education, working experience, and the number of publications with your application.

Application deadline is July 8th, 2018 at 23:59 GMT. Late applications will not be considered. No exceptions will be made.

Scientific Committee of the UArctic Congress 2018

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Submit an Abstract


 Further information at the workshop website.

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“2018-2023: Enhancing Knowledge and Understanding of the Arctic”
3e61a0d4-03de-4614-9ad2-0f169d4fd2bb.jpgAt their annual meeting, the Council of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) approved a new strategic plan.

IASC’s core mission is to encourage and facilitate cooperation throughout the Arctic research community. Working to achieve this mission, this new plan is based on three scientific ‘pillars’ that provide direction for a necessary progression from knowledge production, to exchange, to action: Facilitating Arctic Research Cooperation, Promoting Engagement, and Ensuring Knowledge Exchange.

“Considering the profound changes currently taking place in the Arctic, a greater scientific understanding of the region and its role in the Earth system is needed. Importantly, this information must be passed on to policy and decision makers. IASC’s Strategic Plan will assist in this endeavor,” former IASC President Dr. Susan Barr said.

IASC‘s leadership and scientific working groups will now begin implementation of the plan. As IASC aims to serve the whole Arctic science community, IASC encourages the community to reach out to the members of the IASC Council and Working Groups to provide input and suggestions.

The full plan is available for download on the IASC website: https://iasc.info/strategic-plan


New IASC Leadership

In addition, the IASC Council elected a new president and two new vice-presidents to its Executive Committee. Congratulations to:

  • Larry Hinman (President, USA)
  • Henry Burgess (Vice-President, UK)
  • Paula Kankaanpää (Vice-President, Finland)

Vice-President Vladimir Pavlenko (Russia) was re-elected, and Vice-President Huigen Yang (China) continues.

As they begin and continue their four-year terms, the IASC Executive Committee operates as a board of directors and manages IASC’s activities between Council meetings; this group meets twice a year to discuss and evaluate science initiatives, look at new opportunities for international cooperation, prepare the agenda for Council meetings and review the budget.

 

2018 Bulletin
iasc webLast, but not least, IASC released its 2018 Bulletin, reporting on the IASC-supported activites over the past years. In it, the five IASC Working Groups (Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human, Terrestrial) share exciting scientific highlights of their international and interdisciplinary work, IASC partners share their synergistic activities, and IASC leadership and Fellows share their perspectives on working with IASC.

You can download the new Bulletin, as well as previous issues, here: https://iasc.info/outreach/bulletin


All of these announcements are coming from the annual Arctic Science Summit Week, which is part of Polar2018 this year – an international science event bringing together the world’s leading experts and decision makers working in the Arctic and Antarctic, 15-26 June in Davos, Switzerland.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRXNltmJAaZWxl43fC2EHCMb-iB_i_JSXOENzIBouL690J6oAMtThe Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) is now accepting second round of applications for the Arctic Science Fellowship Program 2018.

The Program offers early career researchers from Arctic countries and researchers of Arctic indigenous heritage with an opportunity to cooperate with KOPRI scientists. The participants will be provided with a round-trip airfare, moderate stipend, and accommodation within the KOPRI facilities.

Application for the fellowship is open until July 27, 2018.

Further information on the program can be found on the following webpage:
http://www.kopri.re.kr/eng/html/comm/0501.html?mode=Vno=4e547ee696e5e902cedf2357e4effd02

For any query or submission of the application, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Researchers survey invite input, via the European Space Agency (ESA) project ARC-REACH (PDF - 168 KB), in order to evaluate feasibility to set-up a ship-based low-power long-range dynamic radio network in the Arctic, tailored for tracking of cargo and maritime activity, complemented with remote sensing of the environment. For this user survey, researchers are looking for input and cooperation from ship operators and the scientific research community active in the Arctic.

The objective of the ARC-REACH project is to have a validation of the following key questions:

  • Whether commercial shipping companies have the need of cargo tracking in the region and show a willingness to pay for the service,
  • Whether the proposed technological solution is cost-effective and is proven (on small-scale) to be reliable in a harsh environment, and
  • Whether the scientific community confirms the proposed low-power radio network has a cost positive effect on future remote sensing in the area.

For this project, researchers propose to install a small radio network on different ships (similar to a Wi-Fi router), which allows communication to different types of sensors, both on the ship as well with sensors in the close environment.

For more information and to take the survey, go to:
Survey homepage

NASA's Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment

The Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences for 2018 (ROSES-2018) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Research Announcement (NRA) invites Letters of Intent for research for Terrestrial Ecology: Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) – Phase 2.

The Terrestrial Ecology (TE) Program uses airborne and space-based observations to understand how Earth’s carbon cycle and terrestrial ecosystems respond to environmental changes and human intervention. The goals of the NASA TE Program are to improve understanding of the structure, function, and productivity of terrestrial ecosystems across the globe, their interaction with the atmosphere and hydrosphere, and their role in cycling the major biogeochemical elements and water. The program addresses the spatial and temporal variability of terrestrial ecosystem states and processes, how terrestrial ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles respond to and affect global environmental change, and what future changes might be expected in carbon cycle dynamics and ecosystems.

ABoVE Phase 2 research is solicited in four areas:

  • Analyzing remote sensing data collected during the 2017 ABoVE Airborne Campaign (AAC) to develop the data products required to improve understanding of ecosystem dynamics;
  • Developing a better understanding of the ecophysiological basis of the relationships between surface and satellite measurements of Solar Induced Fluorescence (SIF) for northern ecosystems and its link to ecosystem productivity;
  • Continuing research on the societal impacts of changes to Arctic and boreal ecosystems; and
  • Integrating research results from ABoVE into a coherent modeling framework to diagnose and predict ecosystem dynamics and the consequent societal impacts of changes to the ecosystem.

Phase 2 also includes the opportunity for a person (or persons) to serve as the ABoVE Science Team Lead(s).

Notice of Intent submission deadline: 18 June 2018

To submit a Letter of Intent, go to:
Submission webpage

For more information, go to:
Solicitation announcement

ImageThe World Meteorological Organisation and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, invites you to a meeting of the Satcom Forum, 9th-11th October 2018 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Satcom 2018 is a free event for scientists and engineers working in all areas of environmental science - including meteorology, hydrology, marine and polar science - who make use of satellite communications technology to collect or distribute data. It brings together people from the satcom industry, scientific equipment manufacturers, and scientists using the equipment in the field. It is a great opportunity to learn about what is available, and to share best practice.

They have already lined up a number of industry speakers, including representatives from Eumetsat, Orbcomm, Rock7 (specialist Iridium reseller) and Inmarsat, and hope to have as many of the commercial satellite networks represented as possible.

To register to attend the event, please use the following form: https://wiswiki.wmo.int/tiki-index.php?page=Satcom2018-reg

They are also looking for papers or posters on the use of satellite communications within environmental science. These could include descriptions of existing systems, suggestions for the industry for new products or services, or good or bad experiences and learnings from setting up satellite data collection systems.

To register for a poster or oral paper, please use the following form. https://wiswiki.wmo.int/tiki-index.php?page=Satcom2018-Poster

They hope to make decisions about which will be selected by the beginning of August.

Satcom 2018 is held in conjunction with the Meteorological Technology World Expo, at the RAI exhibition centre in Amsterdam. WMO can provide formal invitations to assist with visa applications if required. We regret that we cannot provide funding for travel costs for speakers or attendees.

Further details can be obtained from the WMO meeting page here https://wiswiki.wmo.int/Satcom2018

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As the Arctic Biodiversity Congress moves closer we would like to remind you to participate in the Arctic Biodiversity Through the Lens photography Competition.

One grand prize winner will receive a trip to beautiful Rovaniemi, Finland. Selected images will be displayed at the Arctic Biodiversity Congress October 9-11, 2018 in Rovaniemi, Finland, and be exhibited across Arctic countries.

The competition welcomes entries across four categories; landscape, biodiversity, peoples of the North and business and science in the Arctic. Young photographers are especially welcome to submit and the competition has special prizes for young photographers under the age of 18. Award-winning photographers Carsten Egevang, Gyda Henningsdottir, Einar Gudmann, Krista Ylinen and Lawrence Hislop will judge winning entries.

The eyes of the world are turning northwards. Arctic landscapes, wildlife, cultures and light have inspired people since time immemorial. The Arctic Biodiversity Through the Lens photography competition is intended to celebrate the beauty of the Arctic as experienced by photographers of all skill levels. Further information can be found at the Arctic Biodiversity Through the Lens Photography Competition and in the terms and conditions.

Deadline for entries: August 1, 2018 by 24:00 GMT.

Please share and distribute this post among your colleagues, within your institution, and with anybody that shares our appreciation for Arctic biodiversity and photography.

Thank you,
CAFF International Secretariat
Borgir, Nordurslod, Akureyri, Iceland
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (+354) 462-3350

 

Bildschirmfoto 2018-05-31 um 13.53.09.pngIndigenous reindeer herding youth win ‘Best in the World’ at 22nd Gourmand International Cookbook Award An international group of young indigenous peoples, with their food book entitled: “EALLU –Food, Knowledge and How We Have Thrived on the Margins” has won the overall Gourmand International Cookbook Award.

The winners were announced at the 2018 “Oscars of the cookbook world” in Yantai, China. In this unique and now acclaimed food book, a team of 50 young indigenous authors presented 14 different Arctic indigenous peoples´ food cultures in one volume, the first of its kind. There were hundreds of entries from entries from across the world, the EALLU food book faced stiff competition (´eallu´ means a herd (of reindeer) in the indigenous Sámi language, closely connected to the word ´eallin´ which means life), and was nominated in as many as 4 categories as well as the main prize itself - Best Food Book of the World, across all categories. The book was 1 of 16 nominees for the main prize, selected from contributions from 116 National States and was a delivery from the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group project EALLU.

More information: http://www.sdwg.org/activities/sdwg-projects-2017-2019/arctic-indigenous-youth-climate-change-and-food-culture-eallu/

NSGG LogoNSGG Postgraduate Research Symposium
Date: Monday 16th July 2018
Venue: School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
Registration fee: £20 standard delegate rate, £15 concessions (students etc).

The Near Surface Geophysics Group (NSGG) invites submissions from postgraduate students for our 2018 Postgraduate Research Symposium. The event is hosted in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds, by the School’s Institute of Applied Geosciences.

The NSGG is a special interest group of The Geological Society, with a remit of advancing, encouraging and supporting the study and practice of near-surface geophysics throughout the industrial and academic sectors. Our postgraduate symposia offer students of near-surface geophysics the opportunity to present their research to their peer group, plus a network of academic and industrial practitioners, in a relaxed and supportive environment.

We solicit abstracts from postgraduate students working in any aspect of near-surface geophysics, including environmental investigations, engineering, archaeology, forensic science, mineral exploration and geological processes. To mark the Geological Society’s “Year of Resources”, we will hold a special session featuring near-surface geophysical methods as applied to the characterisation of subsurface resources (e.g., energy, minerals, water) and their sustainable development (e.g., waste disposal, time-lapse monitoring).

The deadline for the submission of a 500-word abstract, plus 1 optional figure, is 17:00 on Friday 1st June 2018. Abstracts should be emailed to Dr Adam Booth (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.); a preference for oral (15+5 mins) presentation will be assumed unless poster format is requested. All presenters will be considered for the NSGG Best Presentation Award.

Delegates are required to register in advance, but payment can be taken on the day. Your registration fee includes lunch and refreshments, generously sponsored by Geomatrix Earth Science Ltd, and a post-symposium reception at the end of the day.

The detailed scope of the event can be found in the second entry on the NSGG meetings page - http://www.nsgg.org.uk/meetings/

We look forward to welcoming you to Leeds!

Bildschirmfoto 2018-05-31 um 13.46.00.pngVia the ESA funded ARC-REACH project we are investigating the feasibility to set-up a ship-based low-power long-range dynamic radio network in the Arctic, tailored for tracking of cargo and maritime activity, complemented with remote sensing of the environment. The proposed service will use GPS for asset tracking, and the ship's’ satellite communications for linking the local radio network to the internet.

So, what do we actually propose?
We propose to install a small radio network on different ships (which is similar to a Wifi router), which allows to communicate to different types of sensors, both on the ship as well with sensors in the close environment. The radio network can range up to 10 km (!) and it provides connection to wireless sensors which work for many years without charging. The technology is proven as +5 M sensors are already connected in Europe.

Benefits of the new service for research and protection of the environment are multiple:

  • Tracking of individual containers and/or cargo for reduced risk in the fragile Arctic environment;
  • Cost-effective access for environmental research to remote data, which normally requires a much more expensive individual communication network.;

What do we ask you
At this stage, we are in a feasibility study, to evaluate if this proven technology can bring value to you. For this user survey we need the input and cooperation of ship operators and the scientific research community active in the Arctic .
In a second phase we target a small-scale validation of the concept during the summer 2018. Your participation in this validation phase is also important to us.

As a research platform of young researchers active in the Arctic, we would like to ask you 15 minutes of your time to complete the online survey that will allow us to evaluate the need, technical feasibility & economic viability of such a low-power long-range dynamic radio network through an analysis of:

  • your possible interests
  • your possible needs
  • your usability constraints

The online survey can be accessed via the following link: https://surveys.enalyzer.com?pid=p7m5cide

Off course you can forward this mail and our request to your partners, members.
Your and their input is valuable to us!

We will integrate all needs into the feasibility and demonstrator to show the global community we can make a difference in the Arctic region. Through cooperation, we can make a change. So do not hesitate and support us in the change.

Here you find a summary and presentation of the project, with an overview of the rationale behind the study and the possible benefits of the service.

Do not hesitate to contact us if you have remaining questions or need additional input.

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems branding banner“Polar Region Geosystems,” a new Theme in Geochemistry, Geophysics,
Geosystems (G-cubed)


Submissions are now open to “Polar Region Geosystems,” a new Theme in the journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G-cubed): https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/15252027/call-for-papers.html

A G-cubed Theme is like a special issue, except that every paper is published without delay, as soon as it is accepted and typeset, following G-cubed speedy review process. Past G-cubed Themes have been successful in bringing together and highlighting state-of-the-art research on an important topic. (The Themes are now also referred to as G-cubed Special Collections or Special Sections.) The “Polar Region Geosystems” runs for two years, with submissions currently open until 1 May, 2020.

The Theme will include papers on the Arctic, Antarctica and their surroundings from all disciplines of geochemistry, geophysics and geosystems, with topics ranging from the structure and dynamics of the lithosphere and underlying mantle to tectonics and crustal dynamics, nature and origins of intra- and inter-plate volcanism, and ice-sheet dynamics, among others. Submissions will undergo normal external peer review, and the accepted manuscripts will be up to G-cubed usual high standards: technically solid, of broad interest and with a focus on understanding the Earth as a system. This Theme/Special Collection aims to serve as a focal point for important new papers in Polar research.

Organizers:
Fausto Ferraccioli (British Antarctic Survey)
Carmen Gaina (University of Oslo; CEED)
John Goodge (University of Minnesota)
Sergei Lebedev (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)
Douglas Wiens (Washington University)

Bildschirmfoto 2018-05-31 um 11.10.15.pngThe Quantarctica Project (http://quantarctica.npolar.no/) at the Norwegian Polar Institute would like to invite you to an open side meeting at POLAR 2018 in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday, 21 June from 12:30-14:00 in 'A Dischma'. You can view the full POLAR 2018 Side Meetings schedule here: https://www.polar2018.org/side-meetings-osc.html.

In this meeting, we will briefly show some of the many new layers, features, and improvements in the recently-released Quantarctica version 3, before handing the floor to a series of Antarctic researchers at various career stages in diverse scientific disciplines who will demonstrate how they use Quantarctica for planning, fieldwork, analysis, map and figure design, and education. This meeting will also offer an opportunity to engage with the Quantarctica Project Team and other Quantarctica users to ask questions, give feedback, and brainstorm or develop new map ideas.
Quantarctica was developed by and for the Antarctic community, and this meeting is open to all current and - (we hope!) - future users.

Quantarctica enables anyone to analyze high-quality open-access scientific data, plan logistics, and create production-quality maps and figures - on any operating system, free of charge. Quantarctica version 3 was released in early 2018 and adds new features and over 150 new data layers spanning the breadth of Antarctic research and operations, from glaciology and geology to environmental management and social science.

 

POLAR2018Polar wildlife – connecting ecology, health and disease issues in a changing world
Side meeting, Polar 2018, Davos, June 15th 8:00-17:00

Organizers:
Thierry Boulinier (CEFE CNRS-Université Montpellier, France), Susan Kutz (University of Calgary, Canada), Andres Barbosa (CSIC – Natural History Museum-CSIC Madrid, Spain), Meagan Dewar (AHEaD, Federation University, Australia)


Wildlife species are of critical ecological and socio-economic and importance in Polar Regions, yet in the current context of global change they are experiencing increasing health challenges and the persistence of many species is uncertain. A better understanding of wildlife health status, including the diversity of pathogens and ecology of infectious and non-infectious diseases (e.g. toxins, immunity, and stress), is critical in order to anticipate, manage, and mitigate wildlife health issues at the poles.

The aim of this workshop is to identify key scientific knowledge gaps in wildlife health and disease and to foster new research initiatives and collaborations at the interface between ecology and diseases in Polar Regions, (Arctic, Antarctic and sub-Antarctic). We will discuss the importance of including parasites and disease issues in biodiversity observatory networks in polar areas. The implications of some wildlife diseases for human populations in polar areas will also be addressed. Twenty years ago the first workshop about wildlife diseases in Antarctic provided several recommendations on research and monitoring needs. Main outputs of this workshop will include updating the recommendations from the 1998 Antarctic wildlife disease workshop, discussion of protocols for wildlife disease and health surveillance in both Arctic and Antarctic, and identification of major research and monitoring gaps for wildlife health in both regions.

Workshop outline:
The workshop is open to anybody with interest on the topic. It will include invited contributions and time for discussions. Some of the participants, notably some invited early career scientists, are supported by funding from the Terrestrial Working Group of IASC.
08:00- 08:15 Welcome
08:15-10:30 Monitoring wildlife diseases in polar areas: why, what and how?
10:30-11:00 The/coffee break
11:00-12:00 Wildlife Health and ecology - global issues and case studies
12:00-13:30 Break for lunch
13:30-16:00 Break-out groups and general discussion

1) The conservation of polar wildlife biodiversity for the health of the poles
2) Priority concerns and knowledge gaps with respect to polar wildlife health: threats to polar wildlife health and sustainability
3) Solutions: How do we address these concerns to ensure healthy and sustainable polar wildlife?

16:00-17:00 Conclusion-Perspectives

The meeting organized with support from IASC (Terrestrial Working Group) and SCAR-EGBAMM Working Group of Health Monitoring of Birds and Marine Mammals

On Wednesday 16th May, SCAR hosted a lunch function for the Heads of Delegation of the Antarctic Treaty Parties, Observers and Experts to celebrate its 60th Anniversary.

The lunch was entitled The Road Ahead for Antarctic Science. A View from 60 Years of Science Facilitation and was supported by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

SCAR 60th lunch at ATCM 2018

SCAR President Steven Chown gave a short overview of the history of SCAR and particularly its major science facilitation and advice successes. He then focussed on the future, noting that two major scientific challenges face the Antarctic community as a whole:

Understanding the future of the West and East Antarctic Ice Sheets and what this means for sea level rise;
Investigating the ways in which marine and terrestrial systems of the Antarctic will respond to global and local challenges, and what actions should be taken to conserve the region’s ecosystems and species.
He noted that addressing these challenges is in the global interest.

Speaking for the United Kingdom and New Zealand, Ms Amy Laurenson, Head of the Delegation of New Zealand to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, recognised the immense contribution SCAR has made to the work of the Antarctic Treaty system. Ms Laurenson noted the global significance of the outcomes of Antarctic science and the increasing public interest in them. She underscored the important role of the Antarctic community in conveying Antarctic science to the broader global community, including in the context of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. In closing, Ms Laurenson wished SCAR a happy 60th Anniversary and many fruitful years to come.

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Will you need an ice core or an access hole drilled in a glacier or ice sheet in the coming decade? If so, please read on and send us your input!

Each year in the spring the Ice Drilling Program Office (IDPO) of the U.S. Ice Drilling Program works with its Science Advisory Board and with the research community to update the IDPO Long Range Science Plan. This Plan identifies the science in the coming decade that will require the use of ice drilling technology and expertise for the community. This also drives the formation of other plans, for example the IDDO Long Range Drilling Technology Plan. The plans provide the basis for multi-annual planning for the actions and drill development projects of IDPO-IDDO and others, and the plans give the funding agencies advance notice of upcoming community science needs.

If you will need an ice core or a hole drilled in a glacier or ice sheet in the coming decade, or a rock core from under shallow glacial ice, please make sure that the high-level articulation of your science is captured in the current draft update of the IDPO Long Range Science Plan!

Please read through the draft Long Range Science Plan and send corrections, updates, or additions to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ASAP or not later than May 30, 2018.

Submission deadline: 30 May 2018

To download the working draft, please visit:
https://icedrill.org/about/resources.shtml#scienceplan

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The North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI) invites applications and nominations for its Science Technical Advisory Panel. Panel members are appointed for a three-year term.

The 15-member panel of scientists and technical experts plays a critical role for the NSSI and its Oversight Group by providing advice and other forms of assistance concerning scientific research and monitoring activities related to energy development on Alaska’s North Slope.

Panel membership may include representatives of the oil and gas industry, subsistence users, holders of traditional ecological knowledge, conservation organizations, academia and other research institutions, and other entities.

Panel members may possess technical expertise in one or more of the following areas: North Slope traditional and local knowledge, landscape ecology, petroleum engineering, civil engineering, geology, botany, hydrology, limnology, habitat biology, wildlife biology, biometrics, restoration ecology, sociology, cultural anthropology, economics, ornithology, oceanography, fisheries biology, climatology, or other relevant areas of expertise.

Application and nomination deadline: 27 May 2018

For instructions and the nomination form, select 2018 from the Year drop-down list at:
Documents webpage

For more information, go to:
NSSI News Release (PDF 61 KB)

For questions, contact:
Lisa Gleason
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Phone: 907-271-3335

We have extended the deadline of the submission to special issue ‘Polar Climate Change: Driving Processes, Extreme Events, and Global Linkages’. The new deadline is on 31 May 2018.

Although we have received five papers and another five manuscripts will be coming this May. We need more manuscripts for this special issue. You are welcome to contribute to this issue.

Advances in Polar Science (APS) will publish a special issue with the theme ‘Polar Climate Change: Driving Processes, Extreme Events, and Global Linkages’ as a lasting outcome of the workshop, held in October 2017 at Hohai University, Nanjing, China. This issue will be part of APS Volume 29 and will be issue number 3 of 2018 (Series no. 72) as general issue.

We have four Guest Editors for this issue, Zhaomin Wang (Hohai University, China), Kent Moore (University of Toronto, Canada), Annette Rinke (Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany) and John Turner (British Antarctic Survey, UK). Assistant Editors are Mr. Xiaoliang Ling and Dr. Jing Huang (full time staff of Editorial Office). English editing service will be provided free of charge if needed.

This is a thematic issue so we must insist on strict adherence to the following deadlines.

  • 31 May 2018 ― deadline for submitting a manuscript for this issue.
  • 31 July 2018 ― deadline for the submission of final accepted paper.
  • Accepted papers will be published online for open access as soon as authors have returned their proofs and all corrections have been made.
  • The hard copy is scheduled for publication in September 2018

For more information, please go to APS website: http://www.aps-polar.org/.

All the best

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Durham University will be hosting this year's UK Antarctic Science Conference on 10th-12th September 2018 (the conference will run from Monday lunchtime to Wednesday lunchtime). The conference will include oral and poster presentations, and abstracts are invited on any aspect of Antarctic Research.

Further information can be found on the conference website, which will be updated shortly with details of registration, abstract submission, and accommodation booking: https://www.dur.ac.uk/uk-antarctic-science/

The conference dinner will take place in Hatfield College on the evening of Tuesday 11th September. Accommodation has been reserved in nearby Collingwood College. Other accommodation options are available for those who wish to make their own arrangements.

Durham is a spectacular cathedral city with a rich heritage. Narrow cobbled streets wind their way around the rocky peninsula to the majestic Norman cathedral and castle, which are a designated World Heritage Site. The city is well served by motorway access, Durham railway station and Newcastle International Airport (30 minutes by car, 1 hour by rail).

Save the date in your diary!

We look forward to seeing you in September.

Mike Bentley, on behalf of the local organising committee

Michael Hambrey photoThe 2018 SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research has been awarded to Professor Michael Hambrey, Emeritus Professor of Glaciology, Aberystwyth University, UK, for his distinctive insights into the field of glaciology and of particular note the application of our understanding of modern glacial processes to interpreting ancient glacial sequences. Michael Hambrey's work was acknowledged as often the first thorough analysis in a particular sector, but if not, it was invariably groundbreaking.

After receiving the news about his award, Michael commented "I am delighted and honoured to receive the 2018 SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research. I have been fortunate to investigate modern glaciers in many parts of the world, and be able to use the knowledge gained to interpret older glacial sequences in Antarctica and elsewhere. This work could not have been undertaken without the wonderful collaboration I have had from colleagues around the world, notably the Antarctic community, with whom it has been a pleasure to work. I thank them for their contribution, and the SCAR Executive Committee in making this award."

The SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research is awarded in recognition of sustained contributions to research over a career. Selection is based on a person's outstanding contributions to knowledge and the impact of their work on understanding the Antarctic region, the linkages between Antarctica and the Earth system, and/or observations of and from Antarctica. Nominees are welcomed in all areas of Antarctic and Southern Ocean research. A distinguished career in providing scientific advice to policy- and/or decision-makers is also considered a demonstration of excellence in Antarctic research. Awardees should have a distinguished professional career history and have demonstrated involvement in SCAR activities.

Professor Hambrey's application, led by Professor Julian Dowdeswell, was considered by an independent medal committee and approved by the SCAR Executive Committee. The medal will be awarded at the XXXV SCAR Meeting, during the Polar2018 Conference Dinner in Davos on the 21st of June 2018. Michael Hambrey joins a distinguished group of past recipients of this Medal including Robert Dunbar (2016), Steven L. Chown (2014), John Priscu (2012), John Turner (2010), Angelika Brandt (2008), and Paul Mayewski (2006).

For more information on SCAR Medals, please see https://www.scar.org/awards/medals/overview/.

The Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Lab is happy to announce our spring 2018 request for Incubator-project proposals.

For this round of funding, we have identified the following topics as emergent areas of need in the Earth science community, and for this RFP, project proposals that address these areas will be given priority.

  • Proof-of-concept for emerging technologies slated for operational use.
  • Modernization of Earth science workflows using open source, machine learning and/or cloud computing.
  • Data provenance to advance data-driven decision making.

Projects have a 6-8-month duration. A typical budget for Lab projects is $7,000, however, larger budgets will be considered with the firm limit that costs may not exceed $10,000.
Deadline for submission is May 30, 2018.

You can read the full solicitation here: http://www.esipfed.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/May-2018-Request-for-Proposals.pdf

Questions? Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

remotesensing-logoGuest editors invite manuscript submissions for a special issue of the journal Remote Sensing titled Remote Sensing of Dynamic Permafrost Regions.

Manuscripts should highlight the use the multitude of remote sensing platforms and sensors available for describing permafrost region characteristics and dynamics. Submissions that focus on multiple spatial and temporal scales as well as the integration of permafrost region field studies with remotely sensed data are welcome. Guest editors are particularly interested in submissions that deal with ice-rich permafrost landscapes and quantification of thermokarst and thaw-related landscape dynamics. Contributions that demonstrate the development of new techniques, data products, and/or highlight the challenges of remote sensing in permafrost regions are also encouraged.

All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles, and short communications are invited.

For planned papers, a title and short abstract (approximately 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on the website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere, except for conference proceedings papers.

Manuscript submission deadline: 1 June 2018

For more information about the special issue and to submit a manuscript, go to:
Special issue webpage

For information on manuscript preparation and related matters, go to:
Instructions for authors

For questions, contact:
Benjamin M. Jones
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Annett Bartsch
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Guido Grosse
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HomeWe are looking for nominations for the EGU medals and awards.
More specifically, the EGU Division on Cryospheric Sciences awards two prizes each year:

-The Louis Agassiz Medal is reserved for individuals in recognition of their outstanding scientific contribution to the study of the cryosphere on Earth or elsewhere in the solar system. http://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/louis-agassiz/

-The Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award recognizes scientific achievements in the field covered by the cryospheric division, made by an early career scientist.

Please consider submitting a nomination. The medal will only be awarded if at least three nominations will be put forward.

The final deadline for nominating candidates for both of these awards is 15 June 2018.

For more information on proposing candidates and on the selection process, please see:
http://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/proposal-and-selection-of-candidates/

The awards will be presented at the EGU General Assembly 2019 (7 – 12 April) in Vienna.

Nominations for all the Medals and Awards should be submitted on-line:
https://www.egu.eu/login/?next=/user-area/nominations/form/

Before submitting a nomination, please take a look at our checklist to make sure your nomination and supporting documents satisfy the EGU requirements:
http://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/checklist-for-submitting-nominations/

Bildschirmfoto 2018 05 17 um 14.58.56SCIENCE COMMUNICATION LIGHTNING TALKS
For Effective Interdisciplinary Collaboration In Arctic Research

May 22, 2018, 1600 UTC

www.iarpccollaborations.org/webinars

To most effectively solve challenging science questions in Arctic research, scientists must team up across traditional disciplinary boundaries. The IARPC Collaborations platform enables these interdisciplinary connections through its open meetings and website. However, communication across disciplines is challenging due to discipline-specific standards and vocabularies. To build the communication capacity and collaborative research potential of the next generation, IARPC Collaborations offers an online training program for outstanding early career scientists. During this public webinar, these early career scientists will present lightning talks on various topics in Arctic research designed to connect and network with scientists from other disciplines and lay the groundwork for forming new interdisciplinary collaborations. Join not only to see examples of effective science communication and network outside of your discipline, but also to learn more about future science communication training and networking opportunities through IARPC Collaborations’ new science communication forum.

Sam Darling, McGill University, Building capacity for research towards local sustainable development

Jolie Gaeris, Simon Fraser University, Does the amount and type of carbon in a large Arctic river change during the spring flood?

Sappho Gilbert, Yale University, Food insecurity, diet shifts and chronic disease in Canada’s Arctic

Jamie Lee, University Centre of the Westfjords / University of Akureyri, Applying Local Knowledge to Sustainable Use Policy of Seaweed in Iceland

Kaitlin Mattos, University of Colorado, Low-tech alternatives for clean water and sanitation for rural Arctic communities

Sara Pedro, University of Connecticut, Environmental contaminants in Arctic-invading killer whales

Neelu Singh, Mangalore University, National Centre For Antarctic and Ocean Research, India, Continents to poles: journey of pollutants

Further inforamtion can be found here.

 

Winnipeg symposium logoThe first circular for the 'International Symposium on Sea Ice at the Interface', due to be held 18–23 August 2019 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is now online.

The IGS Sea Ice symposium is usually very popular and we are expecting many delegates. To help us in planning for the meeting and ensure all the logistics are ready we ask you to PLEASE REGISTER YOUR INTEREST. That will give us an idea of the number of attendees. And that way you'll receive all communications relating to the symposium. So please go to https://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2019/winnipeg/ and register your interest to attend.

You can access the first circular at the same location.

SCAR logo white backgroundThe Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) is an international, interdisciplinary body that brings together scientists from around the world for information sharing and research collaboration [details here: https://www.scar.org/about-us/scar-overview/]. A key mechanism of SCAR’s work is the suite of “Scientific Research Programs” that are established for fixed periods of time (typically 6-8 years) to catalyze and organize collaborations around particular topics deemed of critical importance by the scientific community. [See the current list of SRPs here: https://www.scar.org/science/srp/]. The current suite of Programs are nearing the end of their designated lifetimes, and a next generation of Programs are now being explored. These will be actively discussed at the 2018 SCAR meetings (https://www.polar2018.org/ ), and final choices will be voted on at the 2020 SCAR meetings. Right now is a key window for helping to shape and steer these choices, and your input to this process is most welcome.

On May 24th at 1:00-2:30 pm edt, we will hold webinar [hosted by some leading U.S. representatives to SCAR: Terry Wilson, Deneb Karentz, David Bromwich] to discuss this program development opportunity and the ways that you can best contribute to this process.

You are encouraged to join us for this discussion, and can register through following link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/webinar-helping-to-shape-the-next-generation-of-scar-scientific-research-programs-tickets-45907474492

If you are interested in this topic but not available on the 24th, we do hope to record the webinar and make it available for viewing at a later date (details TBD). And if you are already quite familiar with SCAR and the SRP process, and would like to go ahead and contribute your suggestions on this matter, you can do so at the following site: https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/4360797/SCAR-SRP-Survey

Feel free to share this invitation with others who you think may be interested, especially students and early career scientists.

 

Organizers invite poster abstracts for the 2018 Arctic Observing Summit (AOS). This conference will convene 24-26 June 2018, immediately following POLAR 2018, in Davos, Switzerland.

The Arctic Observing Summit is a biennial event, designed to bring together those interested, to advance the design, implementation, coordination, and long-term operation of an international network of Arctic observing systems.

Abstracts are invited for poster presentations that highlight important issues and facilitate the exchange of knowledge and ideas to design, build, implement, expand, and provide long-term support for an international Arctic observing systems network.

Ideally, poster presentations should focus on these key themes selected for the upcoming AOS, but other topics that are relevant for AOS are welcome.

Themes include:

Theme 1: The Business Case for a pan-Arctic Observing System,
Sub-Theme 1: The need for the Observing System,
Sub-Theme 2: Implementing and optimizing a pan-Arctic Observing System,
Sub-Theme 3: Operating Observing Systems and Networks, and
Other: Email organizers to discuss other topics prior to submission to ensure inclusion in AOS 2018

Abstract Submission deadline: 30 May 2018

For more information about the conference, go to:
AOS 2018 homepage

For more information about themes, go to:
AOS 2018 theme and sub-themes

For more information about abstracts and to submit a poster abstract, do to:
Poster abstracts submission form

For questions, contact:
Ravi Darwin Sankar
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Phone: 403-220-5775

Maribeth Murray
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POLAR2018Panel Discussion: From Entering the Field to Taking the Helm,
Perspectives of Women in Polar Research

In Coordination with POLAR2018
Wednesday, 20 June 2018 | 12:30-2:00 pm
Room C Aspen, Congress Centre Davos

More Information & Online Registration


This lunch panel discussion, with complimentary bag lunch, will explore the accomplishments, challenges, quality of work experiences, insights, recommendations, and prospects for women in polar research. Panelist perspectives will range across career levels, identities, professional specialties, and poles of interest. Topics on the agenda include achieving inclusivity in polar research, opportunities for networking and mentorship, and how inclusivity influences the quality of polar research and research experiences. The panelists will reflect upon ways to support women in polar research now and in the future.

Participation will be limited to the first 275 registrants. All POLAR2018 attendees are welcome and registration is required.

Organizers of the event are Sandy Starkweather (U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), Renuka Badhe (European Polar Board), Sara Bowden (Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee), and IASC.

For questions, please contact:
Sandy Starkweather or
Meredith LaValley

Sponsors include the International Arctic Science Committee, Tinker Muse Prize, Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, United States Arctic Research Commission International Association of Cryospheric Sciences, Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, and an anonymous private donor.

Clic logo1The World Climate Research Programme is soliciting offers to host an International Project Office (IPO) to coordinate its cryospheric activities from 1st January 2019 onward.

Prospective host institutions and sponsoring organizations are invited to view and download the full call for hosting the CliC IPO from https://www.wcrp-climate.org/news/wcrp-news/1319-call-for-expressions-of-interest-to-host-the-wcrp-international-project-office-for-the-climate-and-cryosphere

Letters of intent to host the CliC IPO should be sent to Dr Mike Sparrow (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) by 1st September 2018.

Thank you and with best regards,
Gwenaelle on behalf of the CliC IPO


Background information:
The Climate and Cryosphere Core Project (CliC) of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) serves as the focal point for climate science related to the cryosphere, its variability and change, and interaction with the broader climate system.

All WCRP IPOs, including CliC, will play a paramount role in refining and implementing WCRP’s upcoming 2019-2029 strategy, including their own strategic contributions to the programme.

CliC activities have resulted in a wealth of cutting-edge research, valuable data products, and innovative use of models to project changes in the Polar Regions and other frozen areas globally.

Past host institutions of the CliC office have consistently benefited from elevated international exposure as well as increased leverage in national and international funding and partnership opportunities. The CliC International Project Office can act as a focus for cryosphere research in its host institution and country and through its network, infrastructure and expertise, can facilitate international research collaboration.

ARCUS Research Seminar SignArctic Research Seminar Series - Arctic Indigenous Scholars Seminar
Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) & Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska
Date/Time: Wednesday, 23 May from 12:00-1:30 p.m. ET

Speakers:Rosemary Ahtuangaruak & Theresa Arevgaq John

Seminar Title:Empowering Arctic Indigenous Scholars and Making Connections: Perspectives from Rosemary Ahtuangaruak of Nuiqsut, Alaska and Theresa Arevgaq John of Nelson Island, Alaska

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) and Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska will host a joint seminar by Rosemary Ahtuangaruak and Theresa Arevgaq John as part of the 2018 Arctic Indigenous Scholars program. The event will be held in the ARCUS D.C. office at 1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. on Wednesday, 23 May 2018 from 12:00-1:30 p.m. ET.

This seminar will be available as a webinar live-stream for those unable to attend in person.

Registration is required for this event.

To register for the event, go to:
ARCUS D.C. Arctic Research Seminar Series homepage

The Empowering Arctic Indigenous Scholars and Making Connections program creates a space for Indigenous scholars to educate and inform policy- and decision-makers engaged in Arctic Issues while visiting Washington, D.C. and provides a platform for traditional knowledge holders to share their expertise with the wider Arctic research community.

This joint Arctic research seminar & webinar will feature presentations by each of the 2018 Arctic Indigenous Scholars:

  • Rosemary Ahtuangaruak is an Inupiaq activist. Rosemary is a graduate of the University of Washington Medex Northwest Physician Assistant Program. She has fought tirelessly for the health and protection of her people and of the Arctic’s unparalleled wilderness that has sustained her culture for thousands of years. Rosemary is a former mayor of Nuiqsut and currently serves on the board of the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, the regional tribal government for the North Slope, and is an executive council member of the Alaska Inter–Tribal Council. She received the 2009 Voice of the Wild Award from the Alaska Wilderness League and is a founding board member of REDOIL (Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands).
  • Theresa Arevgaq John is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cross-cultural Studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Theresa has authored numerous academic articles and a co-author of a book, Yupiit Yuraryarait: Yup’ik Ways of Dancing, and has presented her work at dozens of local, national, and international professional conferences. She currently serves on the National Advisory Council on Indian Education and the International Indigenous Women’s Forum, and is a former member of the Alaskan State Council Arts and the former Chair of the Traditional Native Arts Panel. She is also the recipient of the Governor's Distinguished Humanities Educator Award and Alaska State Library Award. Theresa received her B.S., M.Ed., and Ph.D. from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
    This 1.5 hour event is a brown-bag lunch that will be held in the ARCUS D.C. office (1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. Fourth Floor). Cookies and beverages will be provided.

A live webinar is also available to those unable to attend in person. Instructions for accessing the event online will be sent to “Webinar Only” registrants.

For those of you on Twitter, we also invite you to join us in live-tweeting the event using the hashtag #ARCUSwebinar.

For more information about the Arctic Indigenous Scholars program, go to:
Arctic Indigenous Scholars homepage

 

For questions about the Arctic Indigenous Scholars Program, contact:
Lisa Sheffield Guy
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For questions about the Arctic Research Seminar Series, contact:
Brit Myers
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AWI and USGS, with support from GFZ and the University of Potsdam, are jointly organizing the 15th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium (ICRSS) in Potsdam, Germany, from September 10-14, 2018. The theme of the 15th ICRSS is "Polar Regions in Transformation - Climatic Change and Anthropogenic Pressures". 
Hosted by AWI
The abstract deadline has been extended and the submission portal is still open.

NEW: Abstracts Due Date Extended to 31 May 2018

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NEW: Confirmed keynote speakers so far:

· Charles Miller, NASA / JPL: Deputy Science Lead, Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE)
· Tobias Bolch, University of Zurich, Switzerland: Leader of the research group "Mountain Cryosphere"
· Martha Raynolds, University of Alaska Fairbanks: Research Associate in the Alaska Geobotany Center
· Thomas Krumpen, Alfred Wegener Institute: Research Associate in the Sea Ice Physics Group

 NEW: Updated Scientific Program and Event Outline:

• Conference Website: https://alaska.usgs.gov/science/geography/CRSS2018/index.php

Conference Focus: Earth's Polar Regions feature cold-climate environments characterized by unique landscapes, biota, and processes. Many of these features and dynamics are Cryosphere-driven and either are already subject to or have the potential for fundamental and rapid changes in a warming world. Earth observation technologies provide crucial tools to understand and quantify these changes. This symposium deals specifically with remote sensing applications in the polar environments, both Arctic and Antarctic as well as the third pole (high mountain regions).

We are looking forward to seeing you at the symposium,
Guido Grosse (AWI, Chair) & Ben Jones (USGS, Co-Chair)

Executive members of the Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) seek public review of short statements for the AOS2018.

Executive members of the Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) invite public review and discussion of short statements submitted for the AOS2018 conference, to convene 24-26 June 2018 in Davos, Switzerland.

In preparation for the Arctic Observing Summit 2018, executive members of AOS invited community input in the form of short statements and poster presentations. Articles have been submitted for public review and discussion.

Thematic Working Groups have been preparing synthesis documents to report on the state of Arctic observing under each theme, and to identify linkages among themes, remaining gaps, needs and priorities, and to generate discussion around solutions, implementation, community engagement, and international cooperation.

For more information and to download the short statements, go to:
Statements for public review

For questions, contact:
Ravi Darwin Sankar
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Phone: 403-220-5775

Maribeth Murray
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Ice Core Young Scientists (ICYS) is seeking expressions of interest to join the committee.

ICYS is an informal, international network of early career scientists dedicated to the study of polar and alpine ice cores and ice core-related sciences.
Our purpose is to foster personal connections among young scientists from around the world, in order to build a supportive ice core science community and to inspire future collaborations.

More information can be found at our homepage http://pages.unibe.ch/icys and Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/icecoreys.

Please send your EOI to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Best wishes
ICYS Organizing Committee

SCAR Medal James McClintock ProfileThe 2018 SCAR Medal for Education and Communication has been awarded to James McClintock, Professor at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA, for his important research and educational efforts with their emphasis on Antarctic climate change and impacts on a unique marine biology. The award also acknowledges their focus on increasing awareness of the uniqueness of Antarctica, the protection of its ecosystems, and the inherent value of sustaining it. These represent a sustained commitment to communicating the understanding of Antarctic issues to both his peers and to the general public.

After receiving the news about his award, James commented "I am both honored and thrilled to have been selected for the inaugural SCAR Medal for Education and Communication. This recognition is not only personally rewarding, but will further enhance opportunities for me to speak and write widely on the uniqueness of Antarctica, the importance of protecting its diverse marine ecosystems, and especially its capacity to focus public attention on the global issue of anthropogenic climate change."
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The SCAR Medal for Education and Communication is awarded for the first time in 2018. It acknowledges excellence or innovation in, and sustained commitment to, (a) communicating Antarctic research, (b) making a significant contribution to educating the next generation of Antarctic researchers, or (c) contributing to building new capacity in SCAR member countries. Nominees have a significant record of achievement in terms of the quality, effectiveness and creativity of their engagement in one or more of these three key areas of education and communication.

Professor McClintock's application, led by Charles Amsler, was approved by the SCAR Executive Committee. The medal will be awarded at the XXXV SCAR Meeting, during the Polar2018 Conference Dinner in Davos on the 21st of June 2018.

For more information on SCAR Medals, please see https://www.scar.org/awards/medals/overview/.

Please join us in celebrating the important contributions of Professor James McClintock.

Permafrost Young Researchers NetworkPYRN awards to the best poster and the best oral presentation of young scientists presenting their research during EUCOP 2018. Sign up for evaluation no later than June 01.

The permafrost young researcher network (PYRN) will honor the best poster and the best oral presentation of young scientists presenting their research during the 5th European Conference on Permafrost (EUCOP 2018) in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France. We strongly encourage all young researchers (up to 6 years after completing the PhD) to sign up for evaluation using the following link:

https://goo.gl/forms/v1uWu8K8DjaJOdq32

Please make sure to signalize that you are running for the PYRN award by placing the “running for the PYRN award” logo (found in the registration form online) on your poster header/title slide of your presentation.

PYRN and the EUCOP 2018 local organizing committee

Bildschirmfoto 2018-05-15 um 12.56.15.pngPolar Knowledge Canada (POLAR) is a Government of Canada agency that is seeking your input to inform our next 5-year Research Plan and broader agency-wide Strategic Plan. This is your opportunity to provide input that will help guide POLAR’s future funding, programs and activities over a 5-year period beginning in 2020. You can find out more about the development of these Plans here.

We want input from you!This Call for Input is open until May 31, 2018.
You can participate online via the following links:
English/French: https://ca.research.net/r/polar-polaire
Inuktitut: https://ca.research.net/r/Inuktitut-polar
Inuinnaqtun: https://ca.research.net/r/Inuinnaqtun-polar

If you prefer to complete this Call for Input by fax or mail, please send a message to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or contact us by phone at 613-943-8605.

We encourage you to forward this message to others who may be interested in providing input.

About Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR):
POLAR is a Government of Canada agency with a mandate to advance knowledge of Canada’s North, strengthen Canada’s leadership on polar research and related issues, and provide a research hub at the Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) campus in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. You can find out more about POLAR and the work that we do here.

Terry Wilson SCAR MedalThe 2018 SCAR Medal for International Coordination has been awarded to Professor Terry Wilson, Professor at the Ohio State University, USA, for her long-standing contributions and leadership of the Solid Earth sciences within SCAR. Terry Wilson's contributions were acknowledged with outstanding service noted as SCAR Vice-President, Chief Officer and heading the “Dynamic Earth” component of the Horizon Scan activity. Along with wider national and international leadership roles beyond SCAR, her commitment to supporting the next generation of researchers through a wide range of international training schools were particularly appreciated.

After receiving the news about her award, Terry commented "I am delighted and surprised! I have learned through SCAR the many ways that international and interdisciplinary perspectives and participation leverage science and result in greater excellence and global impact. Working together with international colleagues has been an inspiration and a pleasure in my career – this recognition is thus especially gratifying, and I am greatly honored to receive the SCAR Medal for International Scientific Coordination."

The SCAR Medal for International Coordination is awarded for outstanding and sustained contributions to international cooperation and partnerships. Nomination of persons who have advanced SCAR's mission to initiate, facilitate, co-ordinate and encourage international research activity in the Antarctic region are encouraged. Awardees should have a distinguished professional career history. A record of recognition of international activities by their peers, including prizes, honorary degrees, and other awards, demonstrating the person's impact. The relevance of such coordination work should be demonstrated, for example with regard to capacity building, products of use to the wider community, data and information, etc.

Professor Wilson's application, led by Matt King, was considered by an independent medal committee and approved by the other SCAR Executive Committee members. The medal will be awarded at the XXXV SCAR Meeting, during the Polar2018 Conference Dinner in Davos on the 21st of June 2018. Terry Wilson joins a distinguished group of past recipients of this Medal including Heinrich Miller (2016), Chuck Kennicutt and Rasik Ravindra (2014 joint award), Ian Allison (2012), Alan Cooper and Robert Rutford (2010 joint award), Claude Lorius (2008), and David Walton (2006).

For more information on SCAR Medals, please see https://www.scar.org/awards/medals/overview/.

Please join us in celebrating the important contributions of Professor Terry Wilson.

Arctic Research Seminar Series
Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS)
Date/Time: Friday, 11 May from 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET

ARCUS Research Seminar SignSpeaker: Elizabeth Arnold, University of Alaska Anchorage and Harvard Shorenstein Center Fellow.

Presentation Title: "The Face of Climate Change in the Arctic: The National Media's Role in Public Disengagement"

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar featuring Elizabeth Arnold, University of Alaska Anchorage & Harvard Shorenstein Center Fellow. The event will be held in the ARCUS D.C. office at 1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. on Friday, 11 May 2018 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET. This seminar will also be available as a webinar live-stream for those unable to attend in person.

Registration is required for this event.

Register for this event online


The ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar Series brings leading Arctic researchers to Washington, D.C. to share the latest findings and what they mean for decision-making. These seminars will be of interest to federal agency officials, congressional staff, non-governmental organizations, associations, and the public.

This seminar titled “The Face of Climate Change in the Arctic: The National Media's Role in Public Disengagement” will focus on Arnold’s own experience and current research of media coverage on the human impacts of climate change in the Arctic.

Elizabeth Arnold is a former National Public Radio (NPR) Political Correspondent, an Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Alaska, and the producer of arcticprofiles.com. For twenty years she was a familiar voice on Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and a regular presence on PBS Washington Week, covering Congress, the White House, and the American West. Arnold has received numerous awards, including a duPont Columbia Silver Baton and the Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress. Over the last decade, she has reported on the ecological and human impacts of global warming from some of the most remote areas of the Arctic. She is currently a Fellow at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy where she is researching the role of the press in effectively communicating climate change.

This event is a brown-bag lunch that will be held in the ARCUS D.C. office (1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. Fourth Floor). Cookies and beverages will be provided.

A live webinar is also available to those unable to attend in person. Instructions for accessing the event online will be sent to webinar registrants prior to the event.

For those of you on Twitter, we also invite you to join us in live-tweeting the event using the hashtag #arcuswebinar.

More information

For questions, contact:
Brit Myers
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Michael MeredithThe 2018 Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica has been awarded to Professor Michael Meredith, leader of the Polar Oceans programme at the British Antarctic Survey.

This highly prestigious prize is awarded in recognition of his outstanding interdisciplinary and international leadership in the quest to understand the role of the Southern Oceans in controlling regional and global climate via changes in ocean circulation. His research focus aims to reduce uncertainty in scientific predictions for a future world, and to provide policy makers with science-based assessments of how these issues will affect the everyday lives of people in decades to come.

In accepting the award Professor Meredith said,
“This is a tremendous honour, and I am both humbled and proud to receive this prize. Antarctic research plays a critically important role in understanding our changing world. I am extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to collaborate with fantastic colleagues within British Antarctic Survey and across the international polar sciences community. This award is an endorsement of our collective research effort, and I am hugely grateful to the Tinker Foundation and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research for selecting me as this year’s recipient.’

Professor Meredith was a co-founder and inaugural co-Chair of the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS), and he led the design and implementation of a £10M research programme that is unravelling the role of the Southern Ocean in changing global climate. He is currently Coordinating Lead Author for the Polar Regions chapter in the upcoming IPCC Special Report on Oceans and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate.

Caroline Kronley, President of the Tinker Foundation added,
“We are delighted to congratulate Dr. Meredith on receiving the 10th Tinker-Muse Prize. His outstanding research reinforces the significance of Antarctic science for the entire planet and its inhabitants. The Tinker Foundation is proud to join SCAR in celebrating his accomplishments to date and investing in his continued leadership going forward”.

The US $100,000 international prize, awarded by the Tinker Foundation and administered by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, is presented annually to an individual whose work has enhanced the understanding and/or preservation of Antarctica.

The International School of Space Science of the Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Fisica Spaziale organizes a Course on “The Polar Upper Atmosphere: from Science to Operational Issues”, to be held in L’Aquila, Italy, 17-21 September 2018, directed by G. De Franceschi, M. Mendillo, C. Mitchell.

The goal of the school is to foster excitement and encourage involvement of the next generation of space researchers in studies of the geospace environment of Polar Regions. The importance of these regions is rapidly growing due to modern society’s dependence on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) services and products, strongly affected by ionospheric variability at high latitudes. Topics will focus on the infrastructures for multi-instrument monitoring, data management from sub auroral to polar latitudes, the need for specialized models of the upper atmosphere, and the development of mitigation algorithms to improve GNSS services and products. The school is mainly addressed to graduate and post-graduate students with enthusiastic interest on this topic. Students-teams will be organized through an “inside team building” activity scheduled on the first day of the school. This initial activity will formulate, under the supervision of experts, the “first iteration” of student-led project proposals. The establishment of the student-teams aims to both stimulate the interaction among the new generation of scientists from different countries and furnish the preliminary tools to build successful project proposals. On the final day the students-teams will present their project results and participate in their evaluation by the School Program and Organization Committees.

Applications are due before May 6, 2018.

For more information visit http://www.cifs-isss.org/ or send an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We are pleased to announce the fourth UK Sea level and Coastal Change Field Conference (SLaCC) in partnership with the Quaternary Research Association. This meeting will take place in Fort William with field excursions to the coastline of Northwest Scotland, lead by Prof. Ian Shennan.

Please see the first circular and the meeting website for details: https://www.dur.ac.uk/geography/slacc/2018-fort-william/

Registration is now open (deadline: 29th June) and the deadline for abstract submission is Thursday 31st May.

Postgraduate attendance is encouraged and supported with reduced delegate fees, courtesy of funding support provided by the QRA


On behalf of the organisers, Sarah Woodroffe and Rob Barnett, we look forward to welcoming you to sunny Scotland this September!

@SLaCC_QRA

IEEE-sponsored Antarctic and Southern Ocean Forum for Engineering, Science and Technology (ASOF-fest).

This is a 4-day symposium designed to bring scientists and engineers together to solve polar engineering problems.

Location: CSIRO Auditorium, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Dates: 14 to 17 August, 2018
Website: https://asof2018.ieee.org/
Abstracts deadline: 31 May 2018
Early Registration: 27 June 2018
Flyer: https://asof2018.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/04/Flyer_ASOF-fest-2018_2.pdf

Carleton University’s Institute on the Ethics of Research with Indigenous People (CUIERIP) will hold its 5th annual week-long summer program in Ottawa from June 3rd to the 8th, 2018. It is a six-day immersive experience devoted to learning about good practices in ethical research with First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities.

CUIERIP’s mission is to provide a collaborative and safe learning environment for faculty, students, community members, and professionals working on Indigenous issues and research ethics.

CUIERIP is led by Carleton Faculty, research ethics professionals and community leaders. Presiding Elders guide all participants.

CUIERIP’s 2018 theme: “Story keeping and the story bundle”. Story bundles, a concept that pertains to Western and Indigenous ethical considerations around being a story-keeper, or more specifically, the person who brings the experiences and stories of others forward. During the week-long institute, we will consider the distinctions between different types of stories, the protocols/ethical considerations around who can carry/disseminate stories, historic and contemporary examples of storykeepers, examples of how carriers adapt to the evolution of ever-changing stories, what researchers need in their storybundles, and how a story bundle is developed, maintained and utilized.
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For more information about CUIERIP 2018, please visit our website: https://carleton.ca/indigenousresearchethics/.

We are inviting Session Proposals for the 2018 ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2018) until Friday, May 18, 2018.

In a year of possible renewal of the Network, ArcticNet and its partners invite Northern researchers, stakeholders and decision-makers to the ASM2018 at the Ottawa Shaw Centre between December 10-14, 2018.

The ASM2018 will bring together leading researchers, students, Northerners including Inuit, First Nations and Métis peoples, policy-makers, private sector representatives and media to address the numerous environmental, social, economic and political challenges and opportunities as a result of climate change and modernization in the Arctic.

Call for Sessions

The ArcticNet ASM2018 Organizing Committee welcomes proposals for Topical Sessions of interest to the Northern research community. Proposals should identify at least two co-Chairs planning to attend the Conference. Session proposals including Early Career Researchers as co-Chairs are encouraged. Session proposals should include an informative title (max 150 characters) and a short description (less than 2500 characters). Descriptions should be broad enough to include all interested researchers, regardless of affiliation or research background. Please submit session proposals online using the session submission form, also available on the ASM2018 website.


General Topics

The ASM2018 will be the largest national venue for scientific exchange across a broad range of Arctic research disciplines in natural, human health and social sciences. General topics to be addressed include, but are not restricted to:

• Monitoring, Modeling and Predicting Circumpolar and Regional Arctic Systems
• Ocean and Atmospheric Fluxes through the Arctic
• Sensitivity and Change of Cryospheric Systems
• Tracking and Predicting Socio-Economic, and Cultural Change in the Arctic
• Rapid Arctic Transitions and Impacts on Infrastructure and Planning
• Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in the Arctic Regions
• Mapping the Arctic Ocean, Continental Shelves and Margins
• Arctic Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystem Structure, Biodiversity and Services
• Coastal Processes and the Vulnerability of Communities, Infrastructures and Resources
• Assessing, Understanding and Monitoring the Health of Ecosystems and Humans in the Arctic
• Legal, Political, Security and Navigation Issues in Opening Arctic Waterways
• Sustainable Development and Prosperity in the Arctic
• Adapting New Technologies to the Advantage of Arctic Research and Monitoring
• Arctic Data Management, Access and Integration
• From Knowledge to Decision and Policy-Making
• New Research Priorities listed in the ArcticNet 2018 Call for Letters Of Intent

Visit the ASM2018 website:

Information will soon be available on the Conference, venue, lodging, registration, sponsor/exhibitor opportunities.

Please post and circulate this announcement among your networks.

We look forward to seeing you in Ottawa!

Warm regards,

Leah Braithwaite
Executive Director - ArcticNet

Arctic Data CenterThe Arctic Data Center is soliciting requests for proposals for a Synthesis Working Group. Proposals are due May 23, 2018.

To promote the analysis and synthesis of Arctic data, as well as to inform ongoing development of the data repository, the Arctic Data Center is soliciting requests for proposals for a Synthesis Working Group, with research to begin by October 2018. Funding of up to $54,600 is available to support one Working Group, hosting two meetings of 3-5 days, with approximately 15 participants each at the Arctic Data Center in Santa Barbara, California, over an anticipated 1-1.5 year period. Proposals must focus on Arctic-related research issues, and primarily (but not necessarily exclusively) involve the analysis and synthesis of data contained within the Arctic Data Center Repository.

This year we request that all synthesis proposals explicitly address factors related to one or more human dimensions of the Arctic experience, in addition to environmental aspects. These can include synthesis investigations into social-cultural processes, economic factors, Arctic indigenous peoples’ perspectives, etc., relative to the unique biophysical challenges of life in the Arctic region.

For more information and to submit a proposal, visit https://arcticdata.io/proposals/. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with any questions.

Bildergebnis für 75th Eastern Snow ConferenceRush your 75th Eastern Snow Conference abstracts to completion. Deadline for abstracts has been extended to 23 April 2018.

The preliminary program for the 75th Eastern Snow Conference is posted on the ESC website https://www.easternsnow.org. Registration, lodging and other information is posted under Annual Meeting.

The 75th Eastern Snow Conference will be 5-8 June 2018 at the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, Climate Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, USA College Park, MD.

Early registration ends 1 May.
The lodgings options deadlines are coming up in early May.

Dr. Louis W. Uccellini, NOAA Assistant Administrator for Weather Services and Director National Weather Service, will be the keynote speaker at the 75th ESC Banquet. Dr. Uccellini has published more than 60 journal articles and chapters in books, and is known for coauthoring the widely acclaimed two-volume book, Northeast Snowstorms.

The scientific program is open to sessions on theoretical, experimental, remote sensing, modeling and operational studies of snow, ice, and winter hydrology. This year's theme is "SNOW PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE". The ESC has only plenary (oral and poster viewing) sessions, allowing time to view and discuss the research of each participant. You are invited to submit an abstract for an oral or a poster presentation (please indicate type). (An abstract template is available on the website.) An abstract of 200-250 words should be submitted by 23 April 2018 to the Program Chairman Dr. George Riggs (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

2018 AGU Fall Meeting

The deadline for submitting session proposals for the AGU Fall Meeting is April 18 at 23:59 EDT. https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2018/session-proposals/

The Cryosphere Focus Group presently has 12 submitted session proposals, which you can view here:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/preliminaryview.cgi/Program1676

Please have a look. If you don’t see a place for your permafrost, sea ice, lake and river ice, seasonal snow, glacier or ice sheet science, we hope you will consider submitting a session proposal.

Remember that, as there were last year, alternative session formats will also be offered this year: https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2018/session-proposals/alternate-session-formats/.

New this year will be tutorial talks that you can find described here: https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2018/session-proposals/tutorial-proposals/

Thanks for your help in crafting an exciting and diverse program for this year’s Fall Meeting, in Washington, DC.

Your representatives to the AGU Fall Meeting program committee,

Adam Winstral
WSL-SLF

Arctic Continuities
There is a common way of describing the Arctic – the region, its people and resources – in terms of rapid change and constant transformation. Climate change, scramble for the world’s diminishing natural resources and the rather newly emerged concern for local cultures and knowledge, among others, have contributed to the repeated constructions of the Arctic as something that is constantly in flux. Undeniably, the Arctic and its people have witnessed radical changes. However, the prevailing rhetoric of change dismisses a great deal of what has held its ground, the traits of continuity that make the Arctic what it is. The persistence of northern ways of life, local and indigenous cultures and the practices of using and benefiting from the region’s renewable resources are some of the examples of this continuity. Equally recurring are perceptions and preconceived ideas of the Arctic as a global frontier, as a region rich with exploitable resources and a wilderness to be protected.

The Northern Political Economy symposium of 2018 invites scholars from a range of disciplines to reflect on the elements of continuity in the Arctic and the ways in which continuity and change mesh. Among other questions, the symposium asks to what extent the view of Arctic as a central stage for change works to effectively gloss over powerful continuities, such as the lingering of colonial and exploitative practices and hierarchical center-periphery relations.

Keynote speaker
Kirsten Thisted, University of Copenhagen

Greenlandic Exceptionalisms

Kirsten Thisted is an Associate Professor in the Minority Studies Section, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen. She has conducted cross-disciplinary research in literature, linguistics, media and history. Her research has focused especially on Greenland. In her talk she will reflect on change as a constant factor in the history of Greenland.

Deadline for proposals
Please send your abstract (max. 250-words) with your name, title, affiliation and contact information by 28 June 2018 by email to Marjo Lindroth (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Programme
The programme will include a keynote talk, presentations by the participants and discussions on the basis of presentations. A symposium dinner will be organized.

Confirmations of acceptance will be sent by early July the latest. The final programme will be announced by 8 August.

There is no participation fee and the the organizers will cover the costs of meals during the seminar. Please note that the symposium participants are expected to cover their own travel and accommodation costs.

More information
The symposium is organised by the Northern political economy/Sustainable development research group, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland.
Symposium organizing team: Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Marjo Lindroth (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

HomeThe U.S. Climate Variability and Predictability Program (U.S. CLIVAR) announce the release of a publication titled Arctic Change and Possible Influence on Mid-Latitude Climate and WeatherA U.S. CLIVAR White Paper.

Members from a U.S. CLIVAR Working Group and a recent workshop have published a white paper on Arctic change and possible influence on mid-latitude climate and weather. This report brings together experts in the fields of atmosphere, ocean, and cryosphere sciences to assess the rapidly evolving state of understanding, identify consensus on knowledge and gaps in research, and develop specific actions to accelerate progress within the research community.

To view or download the publication, go to:
Publication webpage

For questions, contact:
Kristan Uhlenbrock
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Phone: 202-787-1682

remotesensing-logoThe MDPI journal Remote Sensing recently launched a special issue on “Remote Sensing of Glaciers at Global and Regional Scales", which is now open for submission. We would like to invite those of you working in this field to submit an article to this special issue by 28 February 2019.

This special issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of recent and upcoming advances in the application of satellite remote sensing to monitoring changes in the state of the Earth's mountain glaciers and ice caps, at regional and global scale. This excludes the main ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland, but we do welcome studies focusing on their peripheral glaciers and ice caps, including the Antarctic Peninsula.

For more information about the Special Issue, and potential topics, please see:

http://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/special_issues/Glaciers

Last year, a highly interesting special issue with a similar focus was published, edited by Frank Paul (University of Zurich) and colleagues. An overview of the papers published in this issue can be found here:

http://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/special_issues/remotesensing_glaciers

For information on manuscript preparation and related matters, please see the instructions for authors:

http://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/instructions

Remote Sensing is an open access journal, with a 2016 impact factor of 3.244 and a 5-Year Impact Factor of 3.749. All submissions will be subject to a pre-screening and peer review.

If you have any further queries about the Special Issue -- its scope, review process, article processing charges, etc. -- please do not hesitate to contact me (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Kind regards, the guest editors

index.pngThe Arctic Horizons has released the Final Report for the Arctic Horizons project. This final report synthesizes the future research priorities that emerged over the course of the project.

The goal of the current Arctic Horizons project was to assemble community input and recommendations on re–envisioning the mission, scope, future priorities, and resource needs of the Arctic social sciences research community.

The objectives of the project were to:

  • Organize, develop, and conduct five regional, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary workshops that integrated expertise from various fields, geographic locations, Indigenous communities, and stakeholder groups to develop a renewed vision of Arctic social sciences and identify key priorities and resource needs in the field for the future;
  • Design and support a broad, inclusive discussion of research priorities, scope, and mission in the Arctic social sciences;
  • Make recommendations to funders and policy makers who support/should support Arctic research; and
  • Produce the final report for the Arctic research community or for Arctic research funders that synthesizes relevant findings on the vision, mission, scope, and priorities of the Arctic social sciences community based on a sixth “synthesis” workshop.

To access and download the report, go to:
Arctic Horizons Final Report

IARPC

IARPC Collaborations Webinar Series: Creating a National Scientific Mission: The Nansen Legacy Project. The Nansen Legacy project breaks new ground in national-scale Arctic research collaborations, forming a national team representing nearly Norway’s entire marine Arctic expertise including 130 scientists, 50 new recruiting positions and Norway’s new research icebreaker. This $97 million project for the exploration and understanding of Norway’s ice-covered water and adjacent Polar Ocean commenced in 2018 and will run for six years. This unique collaboration required the development of new evaluation and financing strategies, challenging research institutions and government. It presents a step towards the future cooperation between the five arctic coastal states in order to comprehend the entirety of the Arctic Ocean. Webinar featuring Dr. Paul Wassman commences April 24, 2018, 12:30 PM Eastern Time.
More info at https://www.iarpccollaborations.org/webinars.html.

ArcticNetAs part of the opportunity to renew the ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence through the 2018 NCE Competition, ArcticNet is pleased to announce a Call for Letters of Intent(LOI) with submissions due June 5, 2018.

LOI Applications from all eligible Canadian researchers whose expertise is applicable in the North are welcome and new applicants are strongly encouraged to submit. Priority will be given to proposed projects with multidisciplinary teams and appropriate partners. Geographically, ArcticNet includes the Inuit Nunangat and, as part of its renewal, is proposed to extend to include the Yukon, the continental Northwest Territories and the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut.

Successful LOI will be used to demonstrate the potential breadth and depth of the ArcticNet Research Strategy in its submission to the 2018 NCE Competition. Decisions on LOI applications will be announced by 29 June 2018. Successful LOI teams will be invited to submit Full Proposals by 15 November 2018. (Note that preparation of Team Full Proposals will need to be undertaken prior to ArcticNet NCE 2019-2024 funding being secured.)

We invite those interested in submitting an LOI application to carefully read the following documents regarding research priorities, eligibility and evaluation criteria, and the LOI submission process :

- Call for Letters of Intent (2019-2024)

- 2018 Review Guidelines

- Letter or Intent Application Form

ipa logo with white frameIt has been 25 years since the Conference on Periglacial Processes in Granada (1993), where the IPA-Spain group was created. The group joined the International Permafrost Association (IPA) one year later. Since then, successive IPA-Spain meetings took place until, and in 2007, the Spanish and Portuguese groups of the IPA began their collaboration, which was reflected in six Iberian conferences, the latest one held in 2017. In parallel, researchers from IPA-Spain and IPA-Portugal have advanced in the scientific knowledge about permafrost and periglacial geomorphology in Iberian and other mountain ranges, as well as in Polar Regions.

On the occasion of this event, it has been proposed that a Special Issue be published in the prestigious journal Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, sponsored by the IPA (impact factor 2.815 in the 2016 Journal Citation Reports®).

The aim is to update knowledge on cold geomorphological processes, including permafrost, in mountain environments where these are restricted to the highest altitudes. To this end, scientific research papers focusing on the study of periglacial geomorphology and permafrost in the Iberian massifs and in other mountains of the Mediterranean region, as well as in other mountain areas of low- and mid-latitudes where these processes are marginal (e.g. high inter-tropical mountains) will be considered for publication.

Researchers interested in participating in this Special Issue should send an e-mail with a brief abstract (max. 200 words) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 20 April, also indicating the title of the contribution and its authors.

The papers sent for the Special Issue must follow the format of the journal (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/10991530/homepage/forauthors.html). The originals can be sent only through the journal’s platform, between 1 September and 31 December 2018.

We are looking forward to receiving your contributions.

Jesús Ruiz-Fernández and Marc Oliva

Permafrost Young Researchers NetworkPYRN renews its current Executive Committee (ExCom), Council and National Representatives for the next two years (2018-2020) beginning after EUCOP2018. This is your chance to get involved in an international network of young experts aiming to organize and foster the future generation of permafrost researchers.

The following positions in the ExCom are open for application:

• President

• Secretary

• Person responsible for next International Conference on Permafrost organization

• Person responsible for next Regional Conference on Permafrost organization

• Newsletter

• Social Media

• National Representatives Coordinator (also acts as the Council Chair)

• APECS liaison

All ExCom positions and their functions are summarized on our website (https://pyrn.arcticportal.org/about-us/constitution-bylaws). Do not hesitate to contact us (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) if you have further questions.

To submit your application, please use the following form:

https://goo.gl/forms/4kE4SMWh1vyjoZiY2

Your application should include a short description (max. 350 Words) of your motivation and why you are interested in PYRN and becoming part of the ExCom, Council or National Representative.

Please submit your application until 01 May 2018.

The current ExCom will collect all nominations and elect candidates into the new ExCom. Nominees will receive a notification on 31 May 2016.

On June 23rd, in connection with the Young researchers Workshop at EUCOP2018 in Chamonix, France, PYRN organizes a general assembly where the new ExCom will be introduced. Attending the EUCOP is no criteria for a nomination.

We are looking forward to your application.

Yours sincerely,

The PYRN Executive Committee

ARCUS Logo [No Text]Date/Time: Wednesday, 18 April from 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET
Speaker: Hong Nong, Institute for China–America Studies
Presentation Title: Examining the Implications of China’s Arctic Policy White Paper

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar featuring Dr. Hong, Executive Director of the Institute of China-America Studies. The event will be held in the ARCUS D.C. office at 1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. on Wednesday, 18 April 2018 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET. This seminar will also be available as a webinar live-stream for those unable to attend in person.

Registration is required for this event.

The ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar Series brings leading Arctic researchers to Washington, D.C. to share the latest findings and what they mean for decision-making. These seminars will be of interest to federal agency officials, congressional staff, non-governmental organizations, associations, and the public.

This seminar, titled Examining the Implications of China’s Arctic Policy White Paper, will explore China's Arctic strategy and policy goals through the lens of a new white paper released by the State Council Information Office of China in January.

Dr. Hong is Executive Director and Senior Fellow of Institute for China–America Studies. Dr. Hong holds a PhD of interdisciplinary study of international law and international relations from the University of Alberta, Canada and held a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the University’s China Institute. She was International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)-Nippon Fellow for International Dispute Settlement (2008-2009) and Visiting Fellow at the Center of Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia (2009) and at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (2007). Dr. Hong is concurrently a research fellow with the National Institute for South China Sea Studies, China, and China Institute, University of Alberta, Canada. Her research takes an interdisciplinary approach to examining international relations and international law, with focus on International Relations and Comparative Politics in general; ocean governance in East Asia and the Arctic; law of the sea; international security, particularly non-traditional security; and international dispute settlement and conflict resolution.

This event is a brown-bag lunch that will be held in the ARCUS D.C. office (1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. Fourth Floor). Cookies and beverages will be provided.

A live webinar is also available to those unable to attend in person. Instructions for accessing the event online will be sent to webinar registrants prior to the event.

For those of you on Twitter, we also invite you to join us in live-tweeting the event using the hashtag #arcuswebinar.

For more information and to register for the event, go to:
ARCUS D.C. Arctic Research Seminar Series homepage

For questions, contact:
Brit Myers
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Organizers announce an extended deadline for abstract submissions and registration for the 5th Polar Prediction Workshop. This workshop will be held 7-9 May 2018 at the Agora Hydro-Quebec in Montreal, Canada.

The workshop will focus on:

  • Polar predictability from subseasonnal to interannual timescales,
  • Sea ice prediction,
  • Operational and research efforts, and
  • End user needs and the capacity of the scientific community to address these needs.

In addition, reviews for the Sea Ice Outlook project and other initiatives related to polar predictions will be discussed.

An important outcome of the workshop will be a consensus forecast statement synthesizing predictions of September mean Arctic sea ice extent, and sea ice conditions during the Arctic shipping season for key regions, the Northwest Passage, and Northern Sea Route shipping corridors. Participants are invited to contribute to any or all of these forecasts using a form that will be circulated to registrants and posted online, and are encouraged to highlight these predictions in their presentations.

Operational forecasters and forecast users are invited to participate.

Extended abstract submission and registration deadline: Friday, 13 April 2018

For more information, go to:
Workshop homepage

For questions, contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) announces a webinar titled Understanding the Arctic Through A Co-Production of Knowledge. This webinar will be presented by Carolina Behe from the Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska and Raychelle Daniel from the Pew Charitable Trust. The webinar will take place 10:00-11:00 a.m. AKDT, Wednesday, 11 April 2018.

The webinar will be available online or in-person at the Akasofu building, Room 407 on the University of Alaska campus.

Webinar Summary:

The Arctic is changing at an accelerated rate due to climate change and increased anthropogenic activity. Given the rate of change, never has it been more important to work toward a holistic understanding of the Arctic’s interconnecting systems. A co-production of knowledge framework will provide the holistic view and comprehension needed to inform effective and adaptive policies and practices. The presenters will underscore the role and value of different knowledge systems with different methodologies and the need for collaborative approaches in identifying research questions. The important components that form a co-production of knowledge framework will be presented.

For more information and instructions on connecting to the webinar, go to:
Webinar homepage

For questions, contact:
Tina Buxbaum
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Snow Measurement Field SchoolSnow Measurement Field School, January 7 – 10, 2019 || Bozeman, MT

Application Deadline: August 1st

CUAHSI is pleased to partner with iSWGR to offer the Snow Measurement Field School, a 4-day field school on making and analyzing snow measurements.

Course Objectives
This course will give fundamental training to students in making and analyzing snow measurements including depth, density, water equivalence, grain size and shape, stratigraphy, temperature and hardness. Students completing this course will be able to perform high-quality fieldwork and design studies making snowpack measurements.

By the end of the course, students should be able to do the following:

  • Excavate and prepare a snow pit.
  • Measure profiles of density, snow temperature, grain size, and hardness.
  • Characterize stratigraphy and layering, snow surface roughness, and snow grain types.
  • Use a Federal snow sampler, an avalanche probe, a Magnaprobe, and other snow measurement equipment.
  • Design their own experiment for sampling snow based on specific scientific objectives.

Eligibility
The course is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, post-docs, professionals and senior scientists, modelers and remote sensers that will make snow measurements as part of their research, or use snowpack data in their research. There are no required prerequisites, but students should be physically able to spend days outside being active in the snow.

How to Apply

Applications will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. EDT on August 1, 2018 via the following Google Form. Applications will be reviewed by course instructors and are evaluated based on the following criteria: clarity of learning takeaways from course; course relevancy to thesis work and/or job; and potential to contribute to university and general science community. Applicants will be notified of acceptance on August 16, 2018.

Visit the event website for additional information on the course and how to apply.

Questions?
Contact Elizabeth Tran at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

A new contribution to the forecast user dialogue platform Polar Prediction Matters is online.

Please read in this new article by Lawrence Hislop, Executive Director of the global Climate and Cryosphere project (CliC) of the WMO World Climate Research Programme, about the outcomes of a workshop that was held during the Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø, Norway in January 2018. A cross-section of sea-ice forecasters from Europe and North America along with key forecast user representatives from the private sector had been invited to Tromsø to discuss issues and opportunities of current sea-ice forecasting systems and how to better meet stakeholders’ needs.

See here for the new PPM article.

The European Polar Board (EPB) and EU-PolarNet are pleased to announce the launch of the European Polar Infrastructure Database. The database, which includes detailed information on European stations, vessels and aircraft available for Arctic and Antarctic research, provides a valuable information source to support the planning of polar research fieldwork and an up to date inventory of European logistical capabilities in the polar regions. The database is fully updateable, with infrastructure managers able to access and manage information on their facilities, and new facilities can be added.

The European Polar Infrastructure Database was compiled by the EPB in collaboration with EU-PolarNet, with data provided by the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), the International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic (INTERACT), and EUROFLEETS2. Work on the database was led by Yves Frenot (Institut Polaire Francais Paul Emile Victor (IPEV)) and Gonçalo Vieira (University of Lisbon (IGOT-UL)) through their work in the EU-PolarNet project. Other contributors to the development of the database were Luis Encalada (IGOT-UL), Carla Mora (IGOT-UL), Joseph E Nolan (EPB), and Renuka Badhe (EPB).

To access the European Polar Infrastructure Database, visit http://www.europeanpolarboard.org/news/article/news/european-polar-infrastructure-database-launched/.

SCAR logo white backgroundSince the introduction of plastic materials in the 1950s, global production has increased more than 500 times. Evidence of plastic debris in both Polar Oceans suggests that they have already spread across the world, and are thus recognized as one of the most important worldwide threats for oceans. However, while there has been a great deal of research into plastic pollution in the more populated regions of the world, little is known about the Polar regions. This is an emerging and timely area of research which necessitates a co-ordinated scientific focus.

The aim of the workshop is to initiate a SCAR Plastic Action Group to:

  1. Collate information on plastic pollution in the Antarctic and Arctic regions.
  2. Assess occurrence, distribution, source and fate of plastics (nano, micro and macro) in Polar regions.
  3. Estimate current levels of pollution in the poles and evaluate the impact on the ecosystem.
  4. Generate a Best Practice protocol for plastic collection and analysis in the Polar regions.

The workshop is open to scientists from different disciplines with interest in the processes regulating the distribution, magnitude and ecosystem impact of plastic debris in Polar environments. Experts on marine plastic debris policy change and mitigation are also welcome.

Sunday, June 17, 2018
9am - 12pm
Room: B Pischa
Open to anyone

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Bildschirmfoto 2018-04-09 um 15.53.20.pngWhat: The Arctic Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) Science Workshop
When: January 14-16, 2019
Where: Finnish Meteorological Institute in Helsinki, Finland.

Jointly organized by the Polar Prediction Project and its International Coordination Office (ICO), the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), and the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), The workshop will bring together YOPP scientists to present and discuss the first results from the Arctic Special Observing Periods in winter and summer 2018, providing a vivid forum for exchange, networking, and interaction. Studies of coupled atmospheric, ocean, sea ice, and land processes will be addressed to share feedback on the latest Arctic observations, modelling and prediction efforts including their benefits to society on time scales from hours to seasonal.

More information on the workshop including session topics will be announced soon. Please direct any questions to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Click here for a PDF version of the first circular.

CAFF greenThe Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), the biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council, is seeking a coordinator to organize the work in the African Eurasian Flyway under the Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative (AMBI). The African Eurasian (AFEU) Flyway Committee Coordinator is a 100% role designed to be taken on by someone familiar with bird conservation in the region and who has experience in working with diverse stakeholder groups. This position will be divided between 60% focussed on AFEU flyway and 40% focussed on AMBI issues across the flyways, and will be based at the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat located in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate the AFEU committee and a multi-stakeholder planning team as necessary
  • Develop a flyway ‘crosswalk’ for the AFEU region
  • Develop an AMBI AFEU Implementation Strategy
  • Work with AMBI Chair, Coordinator and CAFF Secretariat to coordinate activities within AMBI
  • Liaison with partners in the region to help facilitate projects as directed by the flyway committee
  • Travel to relevant meetings to represent AMBI interests
  • Assist in organizing AMBI events in the region
  • Fundraise for both AMBI and the coordinator position

Qualifications:
The following specifies the qualifications, experience and expertise required:

General Qualifications:

  • Ability to communicate proficiently in English. Proficiency in other languages spoken in the flyway are beneficial, but not mandatory.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with others in a cross cultural environment.
  • Familiarity with issues of Arctic migratory bird conservation in the flyway.
  • A working understanding of the Arctic Council and CAFF, including roles and objectives
  • Experience and ability to host meetings, manage documentation, develop information flow and management of a team.
  • Experience in writing scientific summaries and reports.
  • Location within the relevant Flyway preferred, but not mandatory.
  • Ability to travel to relevant meeting at international locations.

General Professional Experience:

  • Previous experience working to advance global migratory species and/or conservation initiatives.
  • Advanced degree in relevant field including conservation, biology, communications, international relations, governance, etc.
  • Recent experience developing international conservation teams.
  • Knowledge of the indigenous peoples in the flyway and experience working with indigenous peoples groups
  • Recent experience managing a cross cultural team.

Assignment Specific Professional Experience:

  • Familiarity with AMBI Work Plan and objectives.
  • In-depth knowledge of policy framework in the flyway as it pertains to conservation, migratory species, development, human well-being and other fields of relevance to conservation.

Timeframe of commitment – May 2018 to May 2019, with the possibility of an extension. You will be expected to travel internationally to up to three meetings during this timeframe, including attending the Arctic Biodiversity Congress in October 2018 in Finland.

Location: The position will be based at the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat located in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

Pay – The AFEU Coordinator will be an individual consultant to be contracted directly or through a legally incorporated company. The compensation for this position is €60,000 for 12 months 1.0 FTE.

AMBI - The Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative (AMBI) is a project designed to improve the status and secure the long-term sustainability of declining Arctic breeding migratory bird populations. Arctic-breeding birds use many different flyways to move from Arctic breeding grounds to overwintering or stopover sites at lower latitudes. Many bird populations are declining at an unprecedented rate for variety of reasons: http://www.caff.is/arctic-migratory-birds-initiative-ambi.

AFEU - The AMBI AFEU Committee consists of representatives from Norway, BirdLife International, the African Eurasian Waters Agreement (AEWA), and the CAFF Secretariat. The AMBI African Eurasian Flyway (https://www.caff.is/arctic-migratory-birds-initiative-ambi/african-eurasian-flyway) covers priority conservation issues and actions relating to migratory Arctic-breeding birds from with a focus on habitat conservation and preventing unsustainable harvest. Supporting the protection of habitat in West Africa for migratory bird species is a major focus of the work under the AEF. Other priorities include ensuring sustainable populations of Lesser White-fronted Geese are protected in collaboration with the AEWA secretariat.

To apply for this position, apply with you CV (max 4 pages) and a letter of interest outlining why your skills match the position.

Deadline for submissionApril 15, 2018 by 24:00 GMT. All applications should be sent to Tom Barry, the Executive Secretary at the CAFF International Secretariat via tom [AT] caff [DOT] is.

Canada and Iceland FlagsWe are pleased to announce that Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR) is seeking applications for its Canada-Iceland Arctic Research Exchange Program. Successful applicants are able to conduct Arctic research at several sites in Iceland to establish links between Canadian and Icelandic Arctic researchers.

The pilot exchange is designed for Masters or PhD students attending universities in Canada or Iceland. The pilot exchange is targeted to occur in 2018, involving one researcher from each country travelling to an Arctic research station in the other country for a 3-6 week period.

The closing date for Canadian applications is April 12, 2018. For more details about the exchange, please find more information about the Call for Applications:

https://www.canada.ca/content/canadasite/en/polar-knowledge/canada-iceland-arctic-research-exchange-program.html

Canadian Applicants must submit their applications to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by the deadline to be considered.

Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR) is a Government of Canada agency established on June 1, 2015. POLAR’s mandate is to advance Canada’s knowledge of the Arctic and strengthen Canadian leadership in polar science and technology.


Research Data Science Winter School - A Theo Murphy Initiative (Australia)


Are you an early- and mid-career researcher (EMCRS) looking to improve your data skills and become more effective at using data for your research?

The Australian Academy of Science, in association with Software Carpentry, CODATA and RDA, would like to invite you to submit an expression of interest to participate in the Research Data Science Winter School at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, on 12-15 June 2018.

The Research Data Science Winter School’s program is based on the successful International Summer school on Research Data Science. It features 2 days of hands-on sessions by Software Carpentry, followed by 2 days of tutorial based sessions on Research Data Management, Research Computational Infrastructure and key considerations when using data for your research.

Who can apply?
Application are open to EMCRs from different disciplines who already have experience collecting and analysing data, but are looking to take their data skills to the next level.
The theme of the school will be Smart Cities and EMCRs whose research aligns with theme will likely find it most useful. This includes, but is not limited to, researchers working in the following areas:

  • urban informatics
  • social sciences
  • demographics
  • environmental sciences
  • health sciences
  • open science

We encourage applications from EMCRs working in and around the above-mentioned disciplines. We particularly encourage expressions of interests from EMCRs who meet any of the following:

  • identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
  • are based in regional areas
  • work outside the university sector.

Find out more about this opportunity and the eligibility criteria. Please submit your expression of interest before Sunday 8 April. If you require any further information about this opportunity please contact us at 02 6201 94 88 or via email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Research Data Science Winter School is part of the Theo Murphy Initiative (Australia).

Arctic Data CenterThe Arctic Data Center is soliciting requests for proposals for a Synthesis Working Group, with research to begin by October 2018. Funding of up to $54,600 USD is available to support one Working Group, hosting two meetings of 3-5 days, with approximately 15 participants each at the Arctic Data Center in Santa Barbara, California, over an anticipated 1-1.5 year period. Proposals must focus on Arctic-related research issues, and primarily (but not necessarily exclusively) involve the analysis and synthesis of data contained within the Arctic Data Center repository.

This year we request that all synthesis proposals explicitly address factors related to one or more human dimensions of the Arctic experience, in addition to environmental aspects. These can include synthesis investigations into social-cultural processes, economic factors, Arctic indigenous peoples’ perspectives, and other topics relating to the unique biophysical challenges of life in the Arctic region.

Visit https://arcticdata.io/proposals/ for more details and to apply.

Proposal submission deadline: 23 May 2018

The Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) announces a call for nominations of new Science Steering Committee (SSC) members. The SSC is comprised of 12 members, each serving a three-year term, with the option to a second term. Nominations from all disciplines and research backgrounds are welcome. Self-nominations are also welcome.

SEARCH is a collaborative program of Arctic researchers, funding agencies, and others that facilitates synthesis of Arctic science and communicates the current understanding to help society respond to a rapidly changing Arctic.

SEARCH seeks nominations of candidates that are broad and cross disciplinary thinkers, good communicators and consensus-builders, and have a strong commitment to the SEARCH vision.

SSC members are expected to:

  • Guide overall directions of SEARCH implementation;
  • Promote and communicate SEARCH activities and plans;
  • Provide guidance to the Executive Director, action teams, and working groups;
  • Work with the Executive Director to establish strong partnerships;
  • Approve annual SEARCH work plans and reports; and
  • Be active participants in SSC meetings (four or more per year) and working groups.

Nominations should include:SEARCH : Study of Environmental Arctic Change

  • Name,
  • Affiliation,
  • Contact information,
  • Area of expertise,
  • Curriculum vitae,
  • A brief statement of why the person would be an asset to the SEARCH program,
  • Confirmation that the nominee would consent to serve.

Nomination submission deadline: Monday, 31 April 2018

Nominations should be sent to:
Brit Myers, ARCUS
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For questions about the SEARCH program, please contact:
Brendan Kelly, SEARCH Executive Director
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To learn about other opportunities to get involved in SEARCH program activities, visit:
SEARCH involvement information

For further information about the SEARCH program, visit:
SEARCH homepage

IAMAS AMRC AWS SSECOrganizers invite registration and applications for stipends for the 13th Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate. This workshop will convene 16-19 July 2018 in Madison, Wisconsin.

This workshop will bring together those with research and operational/logistical interests in Antarctic meteorology, forecasting, and related disciplines. The annual activities and status of the Antarctic Meteorological Research Center, Automatic Weather Station, and Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System efforts will be addressed, and feedback and results from the user communities will be solicited. This workshop will also be a forum for current results and ideas in Antarctic meteorology, numerical weather prediction, and weather forecasting. There will be discussions on the relationships among international efforts and Antarctic forecasting, logistical support, and science.

Papers and posters on these topics are welcome.

Short abstract submission deadline:11 June 2018.

Stipend support for students and early career scientists are being provided by the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences via Madison College. Support will be five stipend awards of approximately $300. Preference will be given to under-represented groups and applicants from countries with developing Antarctic programs.

To apply for a stipend, applicants must submit a one-page curriculum vitae, a brief (one page) statement of the benefit of attendance and how the applicant will contribute to the workshop, and the applicant's budget.

Stipend applications should be sent to Matthew Lazzaraat This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Stipend application deadline: 15 April 2018

Registration deadline: 25 June 2018

For more information, go to:
Workshop homepage

To information about stipends, go to:
Stipend webpage

To register, go to:
Workshop registration webpage

For questions about the workshop, contact:
Carol Costanza
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Phone: 608-261-1429

ISSW (International Snow Science Workshop) 2018, 07-12 October 2018

For the first time in Austria and for the third time in Europe we proudly announce the upcoming event of 2018 the 22th ISSW (International Snow Science Workshop). It is the world's largest conference on snow and avalanches and its success lies in the motto: 'A Merging of Theory and Practice'

Unlike any other symposium, the ISSW promotes an international and interdisciplinary exchange between experts in the snow community. The thematic focus lies on current advances in snow and avalanche science, case studies and innovative technologies at an international level.

We encourage all interested parties to enrich the ISSW in Innsbruck not only by their participation, but also by contributing in the form of oral or poster presentations. Until 23th April the submission of short abstracts is possible in all four conference languages.

Simultaneous translation will be provided during the conference in English, French, German and Italian.

Learn more about the conference by visiting http://issw2018.com/en/or follow us on Facebook (ISSW 2018 - International Snow Science Workshop).


- The ISSW2018 Committee -

We are excited to announce our EGU co-sponsored training school on “Glaciers, moraines and climate: identifying, dating and extracting paleoclimate data from evidence of past glacier change”, which will take place in Inchnadamph in the Scottish Highlands from 13 to 16 August 2018.

Our main aim is to encourage early career (PhD or Postdoc) researchers to integrate different (e.g. geomorphological, sedimentological, chronological, limnological) lines of paleoglaciological evidence. Often, the impact of such inter-disciplinary approaches is greater than the sum of its parts, advancing the potential of paleoglaciological evidence to understand climate change.

Are you interested? Then more information is available at http://eguecrmoraineworkshop.strikingly.com/ including how to register. The registration deadline is 13 May 2018.

Your organizing committee:

Sven Lukas, Jostein Bakke, Clare Boston, Natacha Gribenski, Susan Ivy-Ochs & Willem van der Bilt

The AGU Cryosphere Section Executive Committee reminds you that it is time to nominate your colleagues for the Cryosphere Early Career Award (10 years post-degree) and Nye lecturer. Award nominations are due Sunday, April 15, 2018. Instructions for the nominations can be found below. AGU encourages diversity across awards and requires nominees to abide by AGU’s Ethics Policy (https://ethics.agu.org/).

https://sfg.agu.org/cryosphere/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2018/01/018_27690_Section-Webpage-Logos_Cryosphere-Sciences-.pngKeep up to date on the latest AGU Cryosphere news on our Facebook Group and website.

Sincerely,
Lora Koenig, Cryosphere Section President elect
Tavi Murray, Cryosphere Section President
Sinead Farrell, Cryosphere Section Secretary

Instructions for nominating the Cryosphere Early Career Award: http://honors.agu.org/sfg-award-lecture/cryosphere-early-career-award/. Submissions for this award go through the AGU system.

Instructions for nominating the Nye Lecturer: http://honors.agu.org/sfg-award-lecture/john-f-nye-lecture/
Please send Nye Lecturer nomination packets directly to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for review by the Awards Committee.


More detailed information: Cryosphere Early Career Award

The Cryosphere Early Career Award is given annually to one honoree (no more than 10 years post-degree on 1 January of the year in which the award is to be presented) in recognition of significant early career contributions to cryospheric science and technology.
NOMINATION PACKAGE REQUIREMENTS (2 pages max for each item)

  • Nomination letter outlining the nominee’s significant contributions;
  • Nominee’s curriculum vitae;
  • At least one but no more than three copies of published peer-reviewed papers or published technical reports which illustrate the nominee’s contributions; and
  • Two additional letters of support – preferably on letterhead; diverse supporters are strongly recommended.
  • OPTIONAL: Nominee’s selected bibliography, which should begin by briefly stating the candidate’s total number and types of publications and specifying the number published in AGU publications

Nye Lecture Criteria for Nominee Proposals
a. The candidates history at producing relevant, cutting-edge science in any sub-discipline of cryosphere sciences research, as well as how the candidate’s prominent research would complement the Nye Lecture’s history
b. The candidate’s merit as a prominent member of the cryosphere sciences community
c. The candidate’s merit as an engaging, effective speaker to an audience of non-specialists.

Nominations should be limited to no more than 2 pages (with reasonable formatting choices) including the name, area of expertise, and potential lecture topics of the nominee. We actively encourage diversity in nationality, race, gender and career stage in nominees. Nominations may be submitted by a single individual or multiple individuals, but are limited to a single submission per individual per year. Nominations for the Nye Lecturer are to be submitted to Lora Koenig, (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) before or on the posted deadline.

IASC Medal 2018: Dr. Oran Young

Dr. Oran Young.jpegThe IASC Medal is awarded in recognition of exceptional and sustained contributions to the understanding of the Arctic. This year, IASC recognizes Dr. Oran Young's Outstanding Achievement to Understand Arctic Institutional Dynamics, International Regimes, and Environmental Policy.

Dr. Young is professor emeritus and co-director of the Program on Governance for Sustainable Development at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California (Santa Barbara). He has an outstanding record of oral and written contributions in Arctic governance and international collaboration, with over 100 articles, multiple dozens of books and book chapters in outlets such as Science, Nature, Foreign Policy, International Organization, World Politics, and Global Environmental Politics. Dr. Young has maintained broad community service including participation as an IASC vice-president from 1994-2000 and sustained advocacy for inclusion of social sciences in multiple organizations towards a holistic approach to Arctic studies. During his esteemed career he facilitated the development of the Arctic Council, the University of the Arctic, and other Arctic governance groups. Oran´s work has had high-level impacts in the Arctic Council, especially through the Sustainable Development Working Group, IASC logo.jpgas well as through involvement in a range of Arctic stakeholders collaborations, communities, and the scientific community. Dr. Young has also mentored over 50 graduate students, including 25 PhD students, and seven post-doctoral scholars. Based on his continuous and extremely productive career focus on Arctic environmental affairs, resource management and international regimes, and the human dimensions of Arctic change, IASC is honored to award Dr. Oran Young the 2018 IASC Medal.

Dr. Young will receive the Medal and deliver a keynote lecture at Polar2018 in Davos, Switzerland.

IASC would like to thank this year's Medal Commitee for their service: Jackie Grebmeier (Chair), Joan Nymand Larsen, Tetsuo Ohata, Allison Fong, and Josef Elster.

Bildschirmfoto 2018-04-04 um 11.20.21.pngAlaska Climate Webinar Series - Understanding the Arctic Through A Co-Production of Knowledge
Carolina Behe, Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska
Julie Raymond-Yakoubian, Kawerak, Inc.
Raychelle Daniel, The Pew Charitable Trust
Wednesday, 11 April 2018, 10-11:00 am AKDT

To register for the webinar, please follow the registration link available at: https://accap.uaf.edu/coproduction


The Arctic is changing at an accelerated rate due to climate change and increased anthropogenic activity. Given the rate of change, never has it been more important to work toward a holistic understanding of the Arctic’s interconnecting systems. A co-production of knowledge framework will provide the holistic view and comprehension needed to inform effective and adaptive policies and practices. We underscore the role and value of different knowledge systems with different methodologies and the need for collaborative approaches in identifying research questions. We will present the most important components that form a co-production of knowledge framework.

Available in-person in IARC/Akasofu 407 on the UAF Campus or online

Registration and more information available at: https://accap.uaf.edu/coproduction

The U.S. Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC, http://www.usap-dc.org/) supports investigators funded by the National Science Foundation in documenting, preserving, and disseminating their research results. We register datasets in the Antarctic Master Directory (AMD) to comply with the Antarctic Treaty; facilitate submission of datasets to long-term archives. The data center is operated as part of the IEDA facility which provides a number of other data services and tools for research in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

This webinar will introduce the different services that USAP-DC offers including the submission of datasets to the repository, data publication and long term archiving, registration of NSF-funded projects with the Antarctic Master Directory (AMD), searching for datasets hosted by USAP-DC and using map-based search and visualization tools for other Antarctic data hosted by IEDA including for bathymetry/topography data, Southern Ocean cruise data and GeoMapApp.

The Webinar begins at 3pm Eastern (12 pm Pacific) on Tuesday, May 8th, 2018. The webinar is expected to last about 45 minutes.

To join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone use the link https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/831611429

You can also dial in using your phone.
United States: +1 (312) 757-3121

Access Code: 831-611-429

The webinar is open and registration is not required, but if you are interested in attending, please fill out this form at
https://goo.gl/forms/03Yk37pfiONdP2WT2
We will use this information to adapt the webinar to the interests of the audience.

Arctic Data Center staff will be at POLAR 2018 in Davos, Switzerland, to introduce best practices for data management planning, metadata quality, and ensuring data longevity and interoperability. Arctic Data Center staff will also demonstrate tools for data provenance, automating data submissions, and the Arctic Data Center’s web-based data editor.

All three sessions are open sessions during the Open Science Conference, so join the sessions.

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Introduction to the Arctic Data Center
Data Life Cycle
NSF Standards and Policies
Tools for Writing a Data Management Plan

Tuesday, 19 June 2018
12.30pm – 2pm
Room A Schwarzhorn

Session 2: Best Practices for Data & Metadata Submission

Storing and Preparing Data in Open Source Formats
Stability, Longevity, Interoperability
Metadata Best Practices & Automated Metadata Quality Checks

Thursday, 21 June 2018
12.30pm – 2pm
Room A Schwarzhorn

Session 3: Publishing Data with the Arctic Data Center

Web-based Submission
Automating Submission for Large Datasets
Data and Software Provenance at the Arctic Data Center

Friday, 22 June 2018
12.30pm – 2pm
Room A Schwarzhorn

Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences - 57382nd Edition - ISBN: 9780123750440, 9780123744739Graduate Students and Early Career Scientists - Opportunity to Earn Money, Enrich Your Background, and Get Scholarly Credit

Elsevier is producing a third edition of the Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, and Kirk Cochran, Henry Bokuniewicz and I are serving as co-Editors-in-Chief. The Encyclopedia has gone through two previous editions, in 2001 and 2009. In most cases, articles (generally <4000 words) in the 2nd edition were simply reprinted from the first, so most are ~17 years old. A goal for the 3d edition is to update all articles (as well as to include new ones on topics not included in the previous editions). We have been able to get original authors to update about half the articles, but roughly half remain.

The cryosphere-related sections that have articles needing updating include:

  • Ice-induced Gouging of the Seafloor
  • Ice-Ocean Interaction
  • Ice-shelf Stability
  • Icebergs
  • Sea Ice Overview
  • Sub-sea Permafrost
  • Under-ice boundary layer

I also have a few on climate-change related topics, for which some of you may have expertise:

  • Abrupt Climate Change
  • Economics of Sea Level Rise
  • Fisheries and Climate
  • Heat transport and climate
  • Regime Shifts
  • Sea Level Change and
  • Southern Ocean Fisheries

We are asking for your help. If your research area touches on the areas listed above, we invite you to look through the articles and provide guidance on updating. The articles are short- a few pages- so can be worked through relatively quickly. There are several ways to update an article:

1) if the article is basically OK, you might simply update the “Further Readings” given at the end of the article, or

2) if there have been major advances since the article was written, you can add a section titled “Recent Developments”, in addition to updating the “Further Readings”.

Each article that is updated in the 3d edition will have a “Change History” footnote indicating what changes have been made.

3) A final option is to write a new article based on your research area. This would be an overview of the sort that might be the introduction to your thesis. If you are interested in that option, please talk with us to see how it might fit in.

 

Author credit summary.

Option 1. Updating Further Reading only.

The updater will need to provide a change history and be credited in the footnote. Original authorship will remain with previous author(s).

Option 2. Add new section on Recent Developments and update Further Reading.

The updater will be listed as a co-author. The updater will need to provide a change history and will be mentioned in the footnote as well.

Option 3. Write a new article- full author credit. You can also suggest a new topic.

For any of these options, you will get $100 for each article you update, and access to the full contents of the Encyclopedia (~450 articles) when it is published (2019) provided you agree to Elsevier’s contributor agreement. Email me (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) if you are interested and I will provide further information.

Please contact me as soon as possible if you are interested. And thanks for considering this!!

Dr. Patricia L. Yager
Professor, University of Georgia
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logo SERCEAs you register to attend the POLAR 18 conference organised by SCAR in Davos this June, please consider signing up to attend the SERCE ('Solid Earth Response and influence on Cryospheric Evolution') side meeting, which will take place immediately prior to the main conference.

The role of SERCE is to facilitate research on interactions between the solid Earth and the cryosphere (https://www.scar.org/science/serce/serce/). Our side meeting is open to all and will be relevant to anyone interested in the solid Earth (if you're attending POLAR 18 then we assume you are also interested in the cryosphere...).

During the meeting we will report on recent activities supported by SERCE (including a report from the Antarctic Heat Flux that is taking place this week), outline and discuss plans for future SERCE-supported activities, update on recent research that addresses the scientific aims of SERCE, and invite discussion of plans for the future direction of SCAR's Scientific Research Programs (of which SERCE is currently one, others listed here: https://www.scar.org/science/srp/).

Details of POLAR 18 side meetings are listed here:
https://www.polar2018.org/side-meetings-scariascassw.html
Registration for the SERCE side meeting is free; sign up when you register for the main conference.
The SERCE side meeting will take place 2-4pm, in room A Sertig, on Sunday 17th June.

Please get in touch if you have any questions or would like to suggest points for discussion during the meeting. In particular, we have recently appointed an Early Career Researcher rep (cc'd), so please get in touch with her if there are ECR-facing activities or issues that you would like us to discuss.

Best wishes,
Pippa Whitehouse and Matt King (SERCE joint chief officers)
Nadya Yanakieva (SERCE ECR rep)

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The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering Directorate, in collaboration with the Biological Sciences, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, and Geosciences directorates, has issued a "Dear Colleague" Letter (DCL), Signals in the Soil (SitS), to encourage submission of Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposals for early-stage, high-risk, high-reward research on technologies, models, and methods to better understand dynamic soil processes, including interactions of the macro- and microbiomes with soil nutrients, the rhizosphere, and various abiotic and biotic processes within the soil.

This DCL also encourages proposals that include topics relevant to both the DCL and the NSF "Rules of Life" Big Idea and submissions of Research Advanced by Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (RAISE).

Researchers interested in submitting a SitS EAGER or RAISE proposal must first submit a SitS Research Concept Outline, as described in the DCL. Selected submitters of these Outlines will be invited to submit full EAGER or RAISE proposals for funding consideration.

Research Concept Outlines are encouraged for research that addresses any of the themes to monitor soil properties over time and space for various managed or unmanaged applications, which may include monitoring soil properties for environmental, agricultural, or construction purposes.

Themes include:

  • Sensors: Novel sensors and other materials for sensing soil biological/metagenomics, chemical, or physical characteristics to monitor soil health and changes in properties under different uses, and to address needs for inexpensive sensors buried for long time periods in highly variable soil conditions;
  • Wireless Systems: Advances in wireless communications to collect and transmit data from sensors buried in soils over extended periods of time;
  • Advanced Cyber Systems and Data Analytics: New methods for data fusion and analytics of sensor measurement outputs (data visualization and reporting tools, etc.); and
  • Modeling Soil Ecosystems: Next-generation models of soil biological, chemical, and/or physical components, making use of new sensing and data communications capabilities that can describe interactions among soil biological, chemical, and physical processes at different temporal and spatial scales.

Other topics that meet the goals of this DCL, but are not included in these four themes, are also strongly encouraged.

Research Concept Outlines should be no longer than two pages, be submitted by 13 April 2018 and contain the following information:

  • Title of the SitS research;
  • The suggested directorate(s) that may be interested in the topic. For a RAISE topic, more than one program must be listed, and there should be a clear link to each of those programs. Please note that these program listings are just suggestions. Multiple programs will view these Research Concept Outlines to determine programmatic fits;
  • Description of and justification for the proposed research;
  • Names and affiliations of researchers; and
  • Contact information of the researchers (emails and phone numbers).

The Research Concept Outline should not exceed two pages and must be emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Research Concept Outlines deadline: 13 April 2018

For more information, go to:
Complete Dear Colleague Letter

For questions, contact:
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

SCRiM: a transdisciplinary research network for Sustainable Climate Risk Management

We are accepting applications for the 6th Annual Summer School on Sustainable Climate Risk Management, which will take place 30 July - 3 August 2018 at Penn State.

The Network for Sustainable Climate Risk Management's (SCRiM) annual summer school is designed to foster opportunities for collaboration between scholars and practitioners while providing a solid foundation in the broad, multidisciplinary knowledge, tools, and methods of the diverse fields participating in the network.

A key focus of the workshop will be developing a common vocabulary to help foster enhanced cross-disciplinary communication, catalyzing the potential for future research and decision support collaborations. Participants will also gain hands-on experience with key methods and tools including:

  • use of simple models in a transdisciplinary framework
  • analysis of relevant datasets
  • values-informed robust decisionmaking

This program is targeted at all postdocs, advanced graduate students, and early-career professionals in the decisionmaking and policy communities who are working on issues related to climate risk. Potential candidates representing NGOs and state or local agencies are strongly encouraged to apply.

In most cases, lodging, meals, registration, and travel costs will be fully covered for participants. International applicants are welcomed.

Apply by Saturday 8 April 2018

Program details: http://scrimhub.org/opportunities/summer-school/

Administrative Support Coordinator
Network for Sustainable Climate Risk Management (SCRiM)

Bildschirmfoto 2018-04-04 um 10.27.25.pngThe Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) invites proposals for the Climate Adaption Fund 2018 Grant Program. Grants will be one to two years in length, beginning in December 2018.

This program provides grants to U.S.-based non-profit conservation organizations with approved IRS 501(c)(3) status. Grants can be awarded for projects only within the U.S. and U.S. territories. Public agencies, tribal governments, and universities may partner on proposals submitted by an eligible non-profit conservation organization or work as paid contractors on funded projects.

New this year, the Climate Adaptation Fund is inviting applications for projects that implement joint mitigation and adaptation (JMA) approaches. This new category for proposals is not a requirement for funding, but is in addition to our continuing priority to support wildlife adaptation projects in both urban and rural landscapes.

A strong proposal to the Climate Adaptation Fund will feature a wildlife conservation project with the following characteristics:

  • Designed with climate adaptation as a core goal or outcome of the work;
  • Proposes conservation goals and actions that are grounded in the best available science;
  • Conducts on-the-ground implementation, not research or planning;
  • Focuses on the functionality of ecosystems rather than conserving individual species;
  • Designed for long-term conservation impact;
  • Creates the potential for impact at a landscape scale; and
  • Uses strategic, targeted communications activities to amplify adaptation outcomes.

It is strongly recommended that applicants review the Applicant Guidance Document for information on programmatic priorities and guidelines for writing proposals.

Applicants must register their organization and complete the online pre-proposal application form.

Pre-proposal application deadline: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 6 April 2018

To read the full Request for Proposals, go to:
Climate Adaptation Fund RFP

For more information, go to:
Program Information

Reminder: 30 April 2018 ― deadline for submitting a manuscript to Special Issue ‘Polar Climate Change’

As you know, Advances in Polar Science (APS) will publish a special issue as a lasting outcome of this workshop ‘Polar Climate Change: Driving Processes, Extreme Events, and Global Linkages’, held in October 2017 at Hohai University, Nanjing, China. It is our great honor to have invited four Guest Editors for this issue, Zhaomin Wang (Hohai University, China), Kent Moore (University of Toronto, Canada), Annette Rinke (Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany) and John Turner (British Antarctic Survey, UK). This issue is expected to be published in September of 2018, will be part of APS Volume 29 as general issue.

To know its details, please click the link: http://www.aps-polar.org/news/details/M171215000002MtPw.

We look forward to your submission of new manuscripts to this special issue. We encourage you to share this announcement broadly with interested colleagues.

Would you please complete and return the Feedback Sheet? I am looking forward to your reply at your earliest convenience.

Mr. Xiaoliang Ling

Assistant Editor
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: https://www.aps-polar.org 
Online Submission: https://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/apsci 
Tel 86-21-58713642

Bildschirmfoto 2018-04-04 um 09.26.47.pngIn connection with the upcoming SCAR POLAR2018 in Davos, we invite you to a side meeting of the “AntArchitecture” consortium on *Friday 15 June* 11:00-16:00, A Forum (House A).

AntArchitecture is the name of a proposed new science programme in SCAR whose underpinning goal is to use radar-imaged information on the internal structure of the Antarctic Ice Sheet - i.e., its internal architecture – to inform palaeoclimatic reconstruction and ice-sheet modelling of the future contributions of the ice sheet to global sea level. A first meeting of the group was held in Edinburgh in July 2017, and the scope and outcomes of that meeting are available here:

http://www.sages.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BINGHAM-R-EDi-2017-AntArchitecture-Workshop-Final-Report.pdf

For the AntArchitecture side meeting in Davos, we anticipate discussion following the general outline below, but this is flexible depending on attendees and interest:

1) Progress with tracing or otherwise recording the internal structure of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.

2) Development of workflows for recording, homogenising across surveys, and visualising subsurface information.

3) Identification of regions with good/bad information on internal structure of the ice.

4) Applications: linking ice core age-depth profiles, Oldest Ice, modelling accumulation, ice flow.

5) What do (a) ice-sheet modellers, (b) palaeoclimate researchers / ice-core scientists, and (c) possible other users (?) need as products from AntArchitecture?

PLEASE NOTE that the day of the workshop is the Friday BEFORE the Open Science conference in the following week, and that to attend you must register for the ASSW or other meetings and workshops (30 CHF) – for this you do get free coffee and a lunch, you’ll also be registered for other side interesting side meetings over the same weekend (e.g. AntClim21, SERCE…), and you get the chance to enjoy a nice weekend in Davos before the Open Science conference starts!

If you plan to attend the workshop (calling all icy geophysicists, palaeoclimate researchers, modellers…) please can you email us in advance to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and give an indication of whether you’d like to contribute some slides.

Very best wishes,

Rob Bingham (University of Edinburgh), Olaf Eisen (Alfred Wegener Institute), Nanna Karlsson (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland – GEUS), Joe MacGregor (NASA Goddard), Neil Ross (Newcastle University), Duncan Young (University of Texas at Austin)

Buffalo symposium logoOnline registration is now open for the 'International Symposium on Timescales, Processes and Glacier Dynamics' to be held 3–8 June 2018, in Boulder, Colorado, USA.

Early Bird rates apply until 22 April 2018. The second circular is posted on the IGS website.


Financial support
is available for US based students or recent graduates (after 2012).

True to tradition, the oral and poster sessions will be interlaced with plenty of exciting activities to bring the participants together.

Special highlights include:
· a mid-symposium trip to the Niagara Falls,
· a pre-dinner tour exploring Buffalo’s hottest microbreweries,
· a banquet dinner at Hotel Henry, an iconic architectural landmark of Buffalo and
· a post-symposium glacial geology and landscape excursion to visit western New York’s world-famous drumlin fields and wineries.
· the presentation of the Richardson Medal to Julie Palais
· a special display dedicated to University of Buffalo's past excellence in ice core science with Chet Langway and the world’s largest ice core library

The symposium will also feature a lecture presented by Sebastian Copeland, the award-winning photographer, adventurer and environmental activist, and the author of 'Arctica: The Vanishing North'.

Important information:
- Abstract submission is open until 23:59 GMT on 9 April 2018.
- Early registration deadline is extended until April 22, 2018.
- Application deadline for early career support is 12 April, 2018.
- Book your accommodation ASAP

We have been able to negotiate some extensions on deadlines for booking accommodations. The deadlines for when we have to release the rooms are as follows.

Hilton Garden Inn April 13th
The Hotel Lafayette – April 8th
The Holiday Inn Express – May 3rd, 2018
Embassy Suites – May 3rd

The symposium venue is the Hotel Lafayette so presumably it will be popular.

Please go to https://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2018/buffalo/ to register online, submit your abstract, view the second circular and get the information on the student funding.

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As you register for POLAR2018 in Davos, please take note of a side meeting ‘Paleobathymetry and Paleotopography of Antarctica and Greenland’ that takes place during the Open Science Conference. This workshop is largely focussed on ongoing work for Antarctica under the umbrella of the PAIS (Past Antarctic Ice Sheets) SCAR working group (https://www.scar.org/science/pais/pais/) as a way to generate better palaeo boundary conditions for the community to use in their investigations and modelling studies. We also hope that there might be interest in considering palaeotopographic and palaeobathymetric reconstructions for Greenland and are keen to have discussions that cross both poles.

The workshop will be held on Tuesday 19th June at 6:30-9:30 pm in room B Rinerhorn & Strela (this is immediately after the opening reception so we will have a ‘relaxed’ discussion).

We anticipate discussion following an approximate agenda as outlined below but we will be flexible depending on group interest:

1) Outline of process and progress on Antarctic palaeobathymetry compilation.
2) Outline of process and progress on Antarctic palaeotopography reconstruction.
3) Discussion of how to deal with intermediate timeslices (e.g. times in between reconstructions)
4) Is there interest in a Greenland palaeotopographic/palaeobathymetric reconstruction?
5) What do modellers need from us? Format? Particular timeslices of interest in relation to particular sensitivities?
6) From palaeotopography to palaeolandscape and palaeoceanography – adding context to the reconstructions (e.g. climate, vegetation, ocean circulation etc.) –we are hoping all sorts of people might want to use these products – not just ice sheet modellers so it will be helpful to discuss what the polar community might like to do with such reconstructions.

If you will attend our workshop (it’s free!) then it would be useful if you can email me (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) to indicate you will attend (and provide a sentence of where your interest lies) but otherwise, if you are registered for the Open Science Conference then you will all be most welcome.

Regards,
Stewart Jamieson and Karsten Gohl (Co-chairs SCAR-PAIS palaeobathymetry-palaeotopography group)

There are two key Southern Ocean Observing System-related events in the lead-up to the main POLAR2018 science conference that we would love to invite you to.

1. Southern Ocean data hack – calling scientists and data managers
Come and play with the SeaView data team. They’ve mashed together a Southern Ocean Data Collection species presence-absence data from all through the water column, together with physical oceanographic datasets from GO-SHIP/WOCE, Argo, and SOCCOM floats. Bring your own data, or explore the data they’ve already brought together for you. The data managers in the room will help you explore correlations and opportunities to develop new publication opportunities. This session is open to physicists, biologists, and everyone in between.

The Southern Ocean data hack will be held on Sunday, 17 June 2018, 8am – 4pm in Room B Strela. For more details, contact Steve Diggs on sdiggs [at] ucsd.edu 


2. Polar Federated Data Search Working Group

This is one for the data managers – the Polar Federated Data Search Working Group is a new body to advise polar data management groups (SOOS, SCADM, and ADC) on opportunities to develop better tools to aggregate metadata records and developed federated searching tools. Please join us for an update on our progress so far and to help us plan our next steps.

We’ll be meeting on Monday, 18 June, 8am – 4pm in Room B Strela. For more details, contact Pip Bricher on data [at] soos.aq


Take this as a friendly reminder to get registered now, if you’re planning to join us there. If you are planning on attending any of the side meetings (15-18 June) you’ll also need register for that, for an added 30CHF.

Best regards,

Joana Beja
BAS liaison officer,
ORCHESTRA Programme data manager,
Changing Arctic Ocean Programme data manager,
Requests Officer,
SOOS-DMSC co-chair

British Oceanographic Data Centre
National Oceanography Centre
6, Brownlow Street
Liverpool
L3 5DA
T: 0151 795 4886
Fax: 0151 795 4912

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Who will be the next winner of Science and SciLifeLab’s Prize for Young Scientists?

The Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists is now open for entries! This is the sixth year that Science and SciLifeLab will present this award, which offers four recent PhD graduates a life-changing opportunity.

Recent doctoral graduates in the life sciences may submit a 1000-word essay based on their thesis work. Four winners — in the categories of Cell and Molecular Biology,
Ecology and Environment, Genomics and Proteomics and Translational Medicine — will be selected for this international award. Make sure your recent PhD graduate doesn’t miss out on this opportunity!

Application deadline: July 15th, 2018

The winners will:

  • Have their essay published by Science
  • Receive up to 30,000 USD in prize money
  • Be honored in Stockholm, Sweden in December


APPLY NOW!

Permafrost Young Researchers NetworkThis is a reminder about the PYRN Workshop that will be held June 22 - 24 in conjunction with EUCOP5 (June 24 - 29) in Chamonix. Program outlines are provided on the EUCOP website: https://eucop2018.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/4.

Detailed information will be released in the coming weeks, so please check for updates!

We encourage all young researchers (within 6 years after their PhD) and students interested in attending the workshop to register through the EUCOP booking system: http://events.congres-chamonix.com/event/registration?eventid=21&langue=UK before April 30th, 2018.

This workshop is free of charge!!

If you need any further information, please contact Florence Magnin at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

We are looking forward to seeing you in Chamonix.

Florence Magnin,
On behalf of the PYRN ExCom

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Three leading Antarctic organisations today announce opportunities for early-career researchers. The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) are working together to attract talented early-career researchers, scientists, engineers and other professionals to strengthen international capacity and cooperation in fields such as climate, biodiversity, conservation, humanities and astrophysics research.

Antarctic Organisations Launch Fellowships and Scholarship Opportunities for 2018

SCAR and COMNAP have again joined forces to launch fellowships for early-career researchers. SCAR will offer 3 to 4 fellowships of up to USD $15,000 each for 2018 and COMNAP will offer up to 1 fellowship with funding of up to USD $15,000. The fellowships enable early-career researchers to join a project team from another country, opening up new opportunities and often creating partnerships that last for many years and over many Antarctic field seasons. Note that the application process for SCAR and COMNAP fellowships are now separate and the eligibility criteria differs. The deadline for SCAR and COMNAP fellowship applications is 11 July 2018.

The SCAR and COMNAP schemes are launched in conjunction with the Scientific Scholarship Scheme of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). The CCAMLR Scholarship provides funding of up to AUD $30,000 to assist early-career scientists to participate in the work of the CCAMLR Scientific Committee and its working groups over a period of two years. The objective of the scheme is to build capacity within the CCAMLR scientific community to help generate and sustain the scientific expertise needed to support the work of CCAMLR in the long-term. The deadline for CCAMLR scholarship applications is 1 October 2018. All three schemes are being jointly promoted by the three organisations.

Background information:
For more information on SCAR and COMNAP Fellowships, visit the SCAR website at: www.scar.org/awards/fellowships/information/ 
or the COMNAP website at: www.comnap.aq/SitePages/fellowships.aspx.

For information on CCAMLR Scholarships, visit the CCAMLR website at: www.ccamlr.org/en/science/ccamlr-scientific-scholarship-scheme

 

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
www.scar.org
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+44 1223 336550

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is an inter-disciplinary body of the International Council for Science (ICSU). SCAR is charged with initiating, developing and coordinating high quality international scientific research in and from the Antarctic region, and on the role of the Antarctic region in the Earth system.

SCAR Science Groups represent the scientific disciplines active in Antarctic research. They conduct the scientific business or SCAR and provide regular reports. In addition to carrying out its primary scientific role, SCAR also provides objective and independent scientific advice to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings and other policy-oriented organizations, on issues of science and conservation affecting the management of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

 

The Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP)
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Contact: Michelle Rogan-Finnemore, Executive Secretary
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COMNAP brings together the National Antarctic Programmes of 30 Antarctic Treaty countries. Formed in 1988, the purpose of COMNAP is to develop and promote best practice in managing the support of scientific research in Antarctica. It does this by: Serving as a forum to develop practices that improve effectiveness of activities in an environmentally responsible manner; Facilitating and promoting international partnerships; Providing opportunities and systems for information exchange; and Providing the Antarctic Treaty System with objective and practical, technical and non-political advice drawn from the National Antarctic Programmes' pool of expertise.

 

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
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Contact: Andrew Wright, Executive Secretary
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The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) was established by international convention in 1982 with the objective of conserving Antarctic marine life. CCAMLR is an international commission with 25 Members, and a further 11 countries have acceded to the Convention. Based on the best available scientific information, the Commission agrees a set of conservation measures that determine the use of marine living resources in the Antarctic. CCAMLR practices an ecosystem-based management approach. This does not exclude harvesting, as long as such harvesting is carried out in a sustainable manner and takes account of the effects of fishing on other components of the ecosystem.

Permafrost Young Researchers NetworkPYRN renews its current Executive Committee (ExCom), Council and National Representatives for the next two years (2018-2020) beginning after EUCOP2018. This is your chance to get involved in an international network of young experts aiming to organize and foster the future generation of permafrost researchers.

The following positions in the ExCom are open for application:

• President

• Secretary

• Person responsible for next International Conference on Permafrost organization

• Person responsible for next Regional Conference on Permafrost organization

• Newsletter

• Social Media

• National Representatives Coordinator (also acts as the Council Chair)

• APECS liaison

All ExCom positions and their functions are summarized on our website (https://pyrn.arcticportal.org/about-us/constitution-bylaws). Do not hesitate to contact us (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) if you have further questions.

To submit your application, please use the following form:

https://goo.gl/forms/4kE4SMWh1vyjoZiY2

Your application should include a short description (max. 350 Words) of your motivation and why you are interested in PYRN and becoming part of the ExCom, Council or National Representative.

Please submit your application until 01 May 2018.

The current ExCom will collect all nominations and elect candidates into the new ExCom. Nominees will receive a notification on 31 May 2016.

On June 23rd, in connection with the Young researchers Workshop at EUCOP2018 in Chamonix, France, PYRN organizes a general assembly where the new ExCom will be introduced. Attending the EUCOP is no criteria for a nomination.

We are looking forward to your application.

Yours sincerely,

The PYRN Executive Committee



Highlight your research, program, organization or ideas: Submit a poster abstract for AOS 2018

The fourth Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) will be held in 2018 (June 24-26) in Davos, Switzerland in conjunction with POLAR2018. Your input and contributions in the form of poster presentations are welcome to highlight important issues and to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and ideas to design, build, implement, expand, and provide long-term support for an international Arctic observing systems network. Ideally, poster presentations should focus on these key themes selected for the upcoming AOS, but other topics that are relevant for AOS are welcome:

Theme: The Business Case for a Pan-Arctic Observing System

  • Sub-Theme 1: The Need for the Observing System
  • Sub-Theme 2: Implementing and Optimizing a Pan-Arctic Observing System
  • Sub-Theme 3: Operating Observing Systems and Networks

Presentations that include research results, overviews of initiatives or programs, highlights from ongoing organizations or groups, reviews of priorities or challenges, or proposed solutions for sustained and coordinated Arctic observing, are welcome.

Abstract submission deadline: Friday, 30 March 2018

For information about poster abstract submissions, go to:
Poster abstracts submission form

For information about conference themes, go to:
Conference theme and subthemes webpage

For more information, go to:
Conference homepage

http://www.seaviewdata.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/logo_earthcube_cube-only_SMALL-300x300.pnghttp://www.seaviewdata.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/nsf_logo-300x300.pngFor the past two years, the SOOS Data Management Subcommittee (DMSC) has pursued projects to increase the visibility of and access to all types of Southern Ocean data. These projects include the successfully-launched SOOSmap and popular DueSouth, which aid in the discovery of circumpolar datasets and upcoming field plans.

The SeaView Team is has produced a Southern Ocean data package which brings together critical Southern Ocean datasets in combination with key oceanographic analysis tools. To do this, the team is hosting a workshop and would like to partner with you over the next two months to make this project a success. You, as a member of APECS, are invited to collaborate on this Southern Ocean data aggregation and exploration effort with the goal of supporting the next generation of scientific research. We need your help and expertise to make this project a success.

Benefits for your participation include a jump start on new collaborations, data support for especially interdisciplinary oceanographic research towards faster publication, and expert support and tools built for data intensive analyses based on your research questions. Successful outcomes from this workshop include initiating collaborative research among participants resulting in one or more publications.

The one day workshop will be held in association with the POLAR18/Davos Meeting on Sunday, June 17. Activities will include hands-on evaluation and use of the Southern Ocean data package (including SOCCOM and newly-discovered Antarctic mooring data) in the context of your research questions. Oceanographic data managers will be available for personalized and expert support. Once this project is complete, the aggregated datasets will be re-published through SOOSmap with all participating scientists credited as co-authors.

Limited travel support is available for participating scientists, students are encouraged to apply.

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SeaView is an NSF-funded consortium of ocean data repositories making integrated, science-ready data collections in common formats. To date, driven by input from end-user workshops and interviews, SeaView has produced three data collections, each available as ODV collections, and via a THREDDS server to support R, Matlab, and Python users. Each includes data from multiple repositories around different themes (the Pioneer Array/Mid Atlantic Bight region, the Bermuda Atlantic Time Series, and the Hawaii Ocean Timeseries.)

If this is of interest, please reply to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your questions or comments by Friday, April 6, 2018.

- On behalf of the SOOS DMSC and SeaView Team

SCAR logo white backgroundThe SCAR Remote Sensing Action Group has limited funds available to support one (or more) early-career researchers working with drones in Antarctica and presenting the results at the POLAR 2018 Conference (XXXV SCAR Biennial Meeting) in Davos/Switzerland.

In addition to the Open Science Conference, we are organizing a meeting to discuss the use of drones and satellites for Antarctic biology.
The meeting will take on Sunday, 17th June 2018, 8am to 11am, House A, Room Schwarzhorn.

If you would like to apply, please send the following information to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) by 15th April 2018:

  • Name and affiliation
  • Status (graduate student or PhD student)
  • Title of the presentation
  • Motivation for participating

More information can be found here: https://scar.org/scar-news/remote-sensing-news/funding-polar2018/.

The timescales of the evolution of continental-scale ice masses and the processes that drive them are research topics in an increasing number of scientific disciplines, including paleoclimate, biology, and hydrology, and glaciology. The 2018 IGS Symposium on glacier dynamics, presented in an interdisciplinary sense, will bring together these broad research themes. The meeting will address glacier dynamics through the lens of timescales (from subannual to millennial) and specific physical processes that drive glacier change, both of which require insights from multiple fields, such as glaciology, geology, paleoclimate.
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Abstracts are solicited across five central themes:

  1. Physical processes that occur on a range of timescales relevant to glaciers and ice sheets, including long-term (~100 kyr) evolution of ice masses
  2. Comparison of the observational record to model output in order to attribute changes to specific processes
  3. Distinguishing natural variability from indications of glacier or ice-sheet instability
  4. Links between paleoclimate records (100–100,000 year timescales) and modern observations or models of glaciers and ice sheets
  5. Techniques for incorporating new physical processes into glacier, ice-sheet, or coupled-system models

The symposium will build on the thematic topics listed above through presentations that link paleoclimate research to modern glaciers and ice sheets. More information, including schedule, setting, and excursions, is available at https://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2018/buffalo/buffalo2ndcirc_web.pdf.

A special issue of Annals of Glaciology, themed “Timescales and Processes of Glacier Dynamics”, will accompany the conference.

Please submit your abstract at https://www.igsoc.org/abstracts/a78/. Abstract submission deadline is April 3.

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Collaboration among regional and local governments, Indigenous organizations and researchers in sustainable development in the Arctic
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SEPTEMBER 18-22, 2018

The Arctic-FROST research coordination network is pleased to announce the availability of travel awards for Early Career Researchers to attend The Fifth Arctic-FROST network meeting and Early Career Scholars Workshop in Juneau, Alaska (USA) on September 18-22, 2018.

Arctic-FROST: Arctic FRontiers Of SusTainability: Resources, Societies, Environments and Development in the Changing North is a new NSF-funded international interdisciplinary collaborative network that teams together environmental and social scientists, local educators and community members from all circumpolar countries to enable and mobilize research on sustainable Arctic development, specifically aimed at improving health, human development and well-being of Arctic communities while conserving ecosystem structures, functions and resources under changing climate conditions.nsf logo

The theme of the Annual Meeting and Early Career Scholars Workshop is on Community Sustainability in the Arctic. Papers could deal with (1) Indigenous and local communities and organizations approaches to sustainable development, (2) sustainable development within policy frameworks at regional and local levels, (3) models of collaboration between regional, local and Indigenous governing entities for sustainable development.

The main focus question of the conference is “What models of collaboration among researchers and regional and local governments and Indigenous organizations can lead to sustainable development in the Arctic?”

All participants:
(1) Will present their work at the Annual Meeting (all papers/presentations will be published online and considered for inclusion in the Arctic-FROST edited volume and/or in Polar Geography)
(2) Will participate in discussions and round tables with leading sustainability science researchers
(3) Will participate in the Workshop activities immediately following the Annual Meeting

Eligibility: an applicant shall be
(1) early career scholar (5 years since PhD) or current graduate student;
(2) Arctic-FROST network member by registering at www.uni.edu/arctic/frost
(3) prepared make an oral presentation on the subject related to sustainability and/or sustainable development in the Arctic or Sub-Arctic regions at the meeting and
(4) available to participate in all conference and workshop activities.

We accept applications from eligible applicants from all countries, disciplines and institution types. Applications from Indigenous scholars and Arctic residents are especially encouraged.

Funding: Arctic-FROST will cover full cost of attendance including travel and accommodations normally up to $3,000. Typically funds will be paid after the travel is completed; based on the reimbursement claim. The participants will be expected to comply with NSF travel requirements.

Application Deadline: April 20th, 2018

Application: submit extended abstract of your paper (500-750 words), short biosketch (1 page), statement of interest in workshop participation (1 page), register as Arctic-FROST member at www.uni.edu/arctic/frost.

Send your applications and inquiries to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (copy to both emails).

Please find attached a UN call for scientists, engineers, economists and policy analysts to contribute to a UN report on the impacts of rapid technological change on the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). You may want to consider the following types of contributions focused on one or more of the questions listed in this announcement below:

  • Written, informal responses highlighting empirical evidence and your views grounded in the literature (peer-reviewed references and background papers); and/or
  • Short science-policy briefs comprising abstract, outline of empirical facts and issues, and policy recommendations. The briefs are limited to a maximum of 1600 words including tables and figures. Annexes are not included in the word count. Upon review and acceptance, the brief will be published.

We are looking forward to your submissions to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., as soon as possible and hopefully no later than 29 March 2018. Late submissions will be considered, but please let us know as soon as possible what you plan to submit and by when. All contributors will be acknowledged and submitted ideas will be considered.

This work aims to focus on rapidly emerging technologies that progress so fast and have such broad-ranging socio-economic and environmental impacts so they pose serious challenges for institutions to adapt. Examples include - but are not necessarily limited to - highly interdependent, emerging technology clusters in the areas of automation, robotics, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, nanomaterials, and various digital technologies. The present call is in follow-up to UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/72/242 on the “Impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals” which requested the UN Technology Facilitation Mechanism to present its findings, with an evidence-based approach, at its 3rd Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation” (New York, 5-6 June 2018). An Expert Group Meeting in Mexico city from 26 to 27 April 2018 will be a milestone in the process.

Please feel free to share the call with relevant scientists, engineers, economists and policy analysts – within your organizations and beyond, including younger scientists and research students.

As part of POLAR’s function to enhance research opportunities in Canada's Arctic and to collaborate with the international research community, POLAR is seeking applicants for the Canada-Finland Bioenergy Researcher Exchange Program. This exchange is a pilot project that could develop into an ongoing longer-term exchange program. Below are the details of the exchange, and links to the Call for Applicants document and Registration Form.

What: An exchange program between bioenergy early career scientists in Canada and Finland

Where: Yukon College, Whitehorse, Yukon and Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) in Joensuu, Finland.

Who can apply: PhD-students or scientists holding a PhD degree not older than five years, employed by a university or research organization in Canada or Finland

Deadline to Apply: March 23, 2018

For more information: https://www.canada.ca/content/canadasite/en/polar-knowledge/canada-finland-bioenergy-researcher-exchange-program.html


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iasc webWe are seeking to fill a few more positions for an IASC-funded focus group discussion at the POLAR2018 meeting in Davos, Switzerland. See details below:

Improving our understanding of extreme events in the Arctic using a cross-disciplinary approach.
IASC-funded focus group discussion at the POLAR 2018 conference in Davos, Switzerland (19th-22nd June, 2018).

The dramatic changes in the Arctic over recent decades have attracted widespread scientific and public attention. An increasingly important issue related to this is the rising prevalence and severity of extreme events in the Arctic.

To reconcile the gap between the needs and current efforts of the scientific community surrounding extreme events in the Arctic, and how they relate to various Arctic science sub-disciplines, we are hosting a multi-day focus group discussion at the POLAR 2018 meeting in Davos, Switzerland in June 2018: Improving our understanding of extreme events in the Arctic using a cross-disciplinary approach.

Dates:
A side meeting room has been booked for the evening of Tuesday 19th (6.30pm - 8pm), and lunchtime on Thursday 21st (12.30pm - 2pm) and Friday 22nd (12.30pm - 2pm) June (in A Sertig, at the conference center). A free lunch will be provided!

We wish to encourage applications only from those who can attend all three meetings, although we do appreciate some people might need to leave early or arrive late because of other commitments. The focus group discussions will be written up shortly after the meeting. We thus expect some input (email correspondence) from participants before and after the meeting.

Application:
We are looking to recruit scientists whose expertise span the field of Arctic science including, but not limited to, the themes of the IASC working groups: Atmospheres (e.g. extreme weather event attribution), Cryosphere (e.g. sea ice/land ice response), Marine (e.g. rapid shifts in Arctic circulation/ecosystems), Social & Human (e.g. impacts on indigenous Arctic communities), Terrestrial (e.g. rapid permafrost thawing, coastal erosion). The discussion group will be kept small (~12-15 participants) to encourage active involvement from all participants in the discussions.

We encourage interested applicants to email Alek Petty (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) ASAP with the short application form (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wYtKOKYlIm3MyJg5FlsUizOEoTUJNowP/view?usp=sharing) completed and attached. Brief statements will suffice!

Funding:
The discussion group has received funding from the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), however we expect that the majority of participants were already planning on attending the POLAR 2018 meeting and have funding to do so.

Regards,

Alek Petty (Cryosphere WG)
Thomas Armitage (Marine WG)
Manisha Geneshan (Atmospheres WG)
Jim Overland (Marine WG)

CRSS logoHosted by AWI15th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium — September 10-14, 2018 - Potsdam, Germany

This symposium deals specifically with remote sensing applications in the polar environments, both Arctic and Antarctic.

The theme of the 15th ICRSS in Potsdam, Germany, is Polar Regions in Transformation - Climatic Change and Anthropogenic Pressures.

This symposium will be of interest to scientists, scholars, and industry and government professionals involved in studying and quantifying Arctic and Antarctic Change, renewable and non-renewable resource management, and development of new technologies and methods targeting remote sensing observations of polar environments. The symposium will provide a platform for the exchange of current applied research and best practices, the presentation of new technology and further innovation, and the advancement of international co-operation in the circumpolar regions of the world.

Please see here the flyer with the first call for papers as well as the website for details.

The Arctic Data Center invites applications for their 2018 Data Science Training for Arctic Research. This workshop will convene 13-17 August 2018 in Santa Barbara, California.

Arctic Data CenterThis five-day workshop will provide Arctic researchers with an overview of best practices in data management, training in data science tools, and concrete steps and methods for documenting and uploading data and metadata to the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Arctic Data Center.

Workshop topics will include:

  • Arctic Data Center and NSF Standards and Policies;
  • Data management plans;
  • Effective data management for data preservation, including storing and preparing data in open source formats, stability, longevity, interoperability, and metadata;
  • Publishing data at the Arctic Data Center, including web-based submission and automating submission for large data sets;
  • Data and metadata quality; and
  • Provenance for data and software.

Space for this workshop is limited. Early career and established researchers from the Arctic research community are encouraged to apply.

Applicants must complete the online application form. The application form requests basic demographics in addition to a two-page curriculum vitae and information about research background and data science training and skills. Preference will be given to applicants who perform NSF-funded Arctic research.

Application deadline: 5:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, 30 March 2018

To apply, go to:
Workshop application form

For more information, go to:
Workshop homepage

Fifth International Summer School for Students and Young Scientists, 7-21 July 2018:

"Natural and human environment of Arctic and Alpine areas: relief, soils, permafrost, glaciers, biota and life style of native ethnic groups in a rapidly changing climate"

About the school: The Fifth International Research-Educational Summer School “Natural and human environment of Arctic and Alpine areas: relief, soils, permafrost, glaciers, biota and life style of native ethnic groups in a rapidly changing climate” will start in the cozy city of Tomsk. This famous cultural center has been named “the Siberian Cambridge”. There will be 2 days for the field excursion to the High Altai (1200 km South from Tomsk). This will cross different landscapes, such as south taiga, sub-taiga, forest-step, step, mountain taiga, mountain meadow, mountain tundra, glacial and periglacial areas. Participants will observe different geographical provinces, such as West-Siberian Plain, Piedmont Altai, North Altai, High Central Altai and High South-East Altai. All this will provide an opportunity to become acquainted with a great variety of landscapes, different types of reliefs and paleogeographical relics, well-expressed geological structures and evidences of earthquakes, amazing biodiversity in wild ecosystems, unique archaeological objects and the dynamic variety of nomadic populations. The main part of the School will be held at the Aktru Research Station of the National Research Tomsk State University. The Station was founded by M.V. Tronov, the distinguished scientist and Professor of the Tomsk State University, who is a founder of the Siberian Glaciological Scientific School. There will be various field excursions as well as lectures at the Station and in its surroundings.

The two-day journey back to Tomsk will repeat the trans-zonal excursions. Other interesting places will then be seen and elucidated in the lectures.

Please see the booklet or website for further information.

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Organizers invite registration for the 2018 Arctic Summer Institute titled Arctic Law, Science, and Policy. This pass/fail, two credit or Certificate of Completion course will take place 18-22 June 2018 in Portland, Maine.

The goal of the course is to provide students with an interdisciplinary knowledge base and the tools to practically and responsibly participate in Arctic affairs.

Climate models predict that within ten years the Arctic will be virtually ice-free for at least several weeks during the year and the pace appears to be accelerating. Abrupt climate change is producing Arctic warming and generating new shipping routes, business opportunities, and access to resources in ways that affect states, Indigenous peoples, the Arctic environment, and more. Effective participation in this new Arctic requires a unique combination of knowledge and skills.

Course topics will include:

  • Arctic scienceArctic Futures Institute
  • Law of the Sea,
  • Maritime shipping,
  • Geographic information systems,
  • Maritime history,
  • Indigenous peoples,
  • North Atlantic trade,
  • Governance and environmental Regulation,
  • Geopolitics and maritime security, and
  • Arctic Public Engagement.

Registration deadline: 15 May 2018

For more information, including how to register, go to:
Course homepage

For questions, contact:
Arctic Futures Institute
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Webinar date/time: Friday, 6 April 2018, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Collaborations invites attendance for a webinar titled Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend. This webinar will be held via Zoom Video Conferencing at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Friday, 6 April 2018.

Webinar Summary:

In this webinar, a dentist and an archaeologist team up to reveal one of the least-known animals in the world, including the purpose of its mighty tooth. William Fitzhugh, Director of the Arctic Studies Center at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (SMNH) and Martin Nweeia, Dentist and Clinical instructor at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, will guide attendees through Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend, both an exhibit at the SMNH and a companion book by Fitzhugh and Nweeia. In addition to an exhibit tour, the two will present collaborations between Inuit and scientific communities that are deepening our knowledge of the narwhal and revealing a picture of a changing Arctic.

For more information and instructions on how to join the webinar, go to:
IARPC Collaborations Webinar Series homepage

For questions, contact:
Jessica Rohde
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Phone: 206-931-0090

ICAT organizers are happy to announce that they again will this year run the 2 ECTS points Ice Core Analysis and Techniques (ICAT) PhD school at the Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.The PhD school will run between September 24-29th 2018.

ICAT aims to educate a new generation of ice core researchers and foster a collaborative environment for future glaciological projects. This course will educate young scientists regarding new methods developed for the analysis of ice cores with regard to climate research, with dedicated theoretical and laboratory exercise sessions.

They hope that you will help advertise this exciting PhD school to PhD students and junior postdocs who conduct ice core analysis or are users of ice core data (glaciological, oceanographic, climate modelers, earth scientists).

More information in the link: http://www.iceandclimate.nbi.ku.dk/outreach/icat-phd-school-2018/ or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

LECTURERS INCLUDE Margit Schwikowski, Carlo Barbante, Johannes Freitag, Thomas Blunier, Anders Svensson, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Christine Hvidberg, Paul Vallelonga, Mai Winstrup, Sune Olander Rasmussen, Bo Vinther, Helle Astrid Kjær, and more…

APPLICATION: Submit your application by June 1st 2018. You will be notified of the decision of the Selection Committee by July 1st, 2018. More on the application here: http://www.iceandclimate.nbi.ku.dk/outreach/icat-phd-school-2018/how-to-apply/

REGISTRATION FEE: The course has a registration fee of 100 euro, which will cover lectures, excursion, social and lunches.



Highlight your research, program, organization or ideas: Submit a poster abstract for AOS 2018

The fourth Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) will be held in 2018 (June 24-26) in Davos, Switzerland in conjunction with POLAR2018. Your input and contributions in the form of poster presentations are welcome to highlight important issues and to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and ideas to design, build, implement, expand, and provide long-term support for an international Arctic observing systems network. Ideally, poster presentations should focus on these key themes selected for the upcoming AOS, but other topics that are relevant for AOS are welcome:

  • Theme 1: The Business Case for a Pan-Arctic Observing System
  • Sub-Theme 1: The Need for the Observing System
  • Sub-Theme 2: Implementing and Optimizing a Pan-Arctic Observing System
  • Sub-Theme 3: Operating Observing Systems and Networks

Presentations that include research results, overviews of initiatives or programs, highlights from ongoing organizations or groups, reviews of priorities or challenges, or proposed solutions for sustained and coordinated Arctic observing, are welcome.

The submission form is now OPEN!
The abstract submission deadline is 30 March.

On behalf of the AOS Executive Organizing Committee and our partners, thank you for your contributions!

Vignette_ENG-300x250[1].jpgUniversité Laval's Sentinel North program announces the opening of the third Sentinel North excellence scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships competition, from March 1 to April 10, 2018.
These grants and fellowships aim to encourage the best candidates to undertake or pursue research activities within the Sentinel North research program in a transdisciplinary environment.
New this year, Master’s scholarships add up to the Ph.D. scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships already offered in previous competitions.
Candidates who stand out by the excellence of their academic record and the innovative and multidisciplinary potential of their research project are invited to submit their application.

Deadline to apply: April 10, 2018

Learn more about all Sentinel North training programs: http://www.sentinelnorth.ulaval.ca/en/training-programs and see the flyer. Follow Sentinel North on Facebook and Twitter

Contact:
Marie-France Gévry, Training programs coordinator
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nsf logoThe National Science Foundation’s Engineering Directorate, collaboration with the Biological Sciences, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, and Geosciences directorates, has issued a “Dear Colleague” Letter (DCL) to encourage submission of Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposals to conduct research related to technologies, models, and methods to better understand dynamic soil processes. It also encourages proposals that include topics relevant to both the DCL and the NSF "Rules of Life" Big Idea and submissions of Research Advanced by Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (RAISE).

The DCL notes that soils “are the foundation of terrestrial ecosystems that support economic prosperity and provide services that are essential for humanity” and that “[e]xisting knowledge of dynamic changes in soils under the Earth's surface is hampered by lack of observation capabilities for widespread measurement of key variables over large areas and long periods of time.”

Researchers who are interested in submitting a SitS EAGER or RAISE proposal must first submit a SitS Research Concept Outline, as described in the DCL. Selected submitters of these Outlines will be invited to submit full EAGER or RAISE proposals for funding consideration.

Read the DCL in its entirety here: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18047/nsf18047.jsp
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Related imageKOPRI is pleased to announce the initiation of the KOPRI Arctic Science Fellowship Program.

The Program is designed to promote research collaboration in the Arctic, and provide future generation scientist with networking and research opportunities. They invite prospective candidates to submit applications for the fellowship.

The 2018 Arctic Science Fellowship Program offers early career researchers from Arctic countries and researchers of Arctic indigenous heritage with an opportunity to cooperate with KOPRI scientists. The participants will be provided with a round-trip airfare, moderate living expenses, and accommodation at KOPRI guesthouse.

 Please refer to the announcement for further details of the program.

In order to be eligible, the candidate should be from an Arctic country, i.e. Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States.

 For any query or submission of the application, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Application deadline: April 2, 2018

arice logoFully Funded Transnational Access to the Research Icebreakers CCGS Amundsen, RV Sikuliaq and PRV Polarstern

The EU Project ARICE will open a call for ship-time proposals in early April 2018 to access the icebreakers CCGS Amundsen, RV Sikuliaq and PRV Polarstern. This call will remain open for three months. Specific information on the access to CCGS Amundsen and RV Sikuliaq (including operational areas) will be available at call opening.

The access to PRV Polarstern is offered in the frame of the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) Expedition, the first year-round expedition into the central Arctic exploring the Arctic climate system. Specific access regulations to PRV Polarstern in the frame of MOSAiC apply. Further information at https://www.arice.eu/apply-for-ship-time

NOTE: Proposals submitted to ARICE for PRV Polarstern will require a Confirmation of Endorsement from MOSAiC, a process which is encouraged to be started by potential applicants as soon as possible, as the endorsement process is expected to take 3 weeks from the submission of the request for endorsement until endorsement is confirmed. Detailed information is available at https://www.arice.eu/apply-for-ship-time

logoThe call for proposals for the Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship award is now open. This grant, worth €150,000, offers an exceptional opportunity for a young scientist to carry out research in East Antarctica while operating out of zero emission Princess Elisabeth research station.

The Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship is a joint initiative of the Baillet Latour Fund and International Polar Foundation. This award aims to promote scientific excellence in Antarctica and underscores the crucial role polar science plays in furthering our understanding of the Earth and how it functions.

This fellowship is open to post-doctoral and doctoral researchers from any country in the world who are within 10 years of obtaining their PhD and working in one of four fields (1) atmospheric sciences (2) geology (3) glaciology and (4) microbiology (excluding marine).

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Deadline for applications is 15 May 2018.

Please feel free to contact the International Polar Foundation for any question about the award.

More information and how to apply, go to www.polarfoundation.org/projects/detail/baillet_latour_fellowship.

Contact:
Antarctica Fellowship Secretariat
International Polar Foundation
Fondation d'utilité Publique
42B, Rue des Veterinaires bte 1
B-1070 Brussels, Belgium
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This is to make you aware of a planned special issue in The Atmosphere on the “Cryosphere in around Regional Climate Models”.

atmosphere-logoIn case you’re interested in the representation of the atmosphere-cryosphere interface in either online/fully coupled or offline applications you might consider to submit your work to this special issue. A range of further applications are welcome as well. You’ll find more detailed information on http://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/cryophere_climate_models.

Submission deadline is 15 September 2018.

The TraitTrain logo of a stylised leaf leading up a mountainThe 4th TraitTrain International Plant Functional Traits Course will be held at the University Centre in Svalbard, Norway, 16-27 July 2018.

The TraitTrain International Plant Functional Traits Courses offer a hands-on experience with collecting and exploring plant functional traits data in a real-life field research project setting, along with an introduction to the use of plant trait data in climate-change research and ecosystem ecology.

The TraitTrain4 course will be held at Longyearbyen on Svalbard, Norway (in the High Arctic, at 78°N), 16-27 July 2018. The fieldwork will be carried out at different locations in and around Adventsdalen, both along local bioclimatic gradients such as elevation (0–300m a.s.l.) and in different pre-existing field experiment locations related to climate, grazing pressure, and nutrient availability in high-arctic ecosystems. Participants will be introduced to the environmental, ecological, and taxonomic diversity of the region, and will be involved in one of the following projects:

  1. Assessing the role of climate and biotic factors in determining plant community leaf trait composition
  2. Assessing how temperature variation and leaf functional traits influence leaf ecophysiology
  3. Using a trait-based approach to assess how local plant communities and populations respond to experimental climate and grazing treatments
  4. Measuring how functional trait composition influences ecosystem functioning by measuring CO2-flux within and across plant communities.

Image result for university of BergenThe course is aimed at graduate students – both MSc and PhD – and will give a broad introduction and hands-on experience with trait-based ecology. You will work with international instructors, in teams, and collect data in the field to address a specific research question. You will gain practical experience in measuring plant functional traits and learn standard protocols and several methods. You will become familiar with taking measurements using ecophsyiological equipment including the LiCor 6400 and LiCor 7500. You will learn about the structure and analysis of trait data, be introduced to best practice data management and reproducible coding, as well as having the opportunity to analyse and interpret data yourself.

To apply, send a short personal statement as to why the course fits into your goals and aspirations, as well as your CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by the 1st of April 2018 and rank the four projects above in the order of your interest.

Please visit the website for further information.

SCRiM: a transdisciplinary research network for Sustainable Climate Risk Management


Applications are now open for the 6th Annual Summer School on Sustainable Climate Risk Management, which will take place 30 July - 3 August 2018 at Penn State.

The Network for Sustainable Climate Risk Management's (SCRiM) annual summer school is designed to foster opportunities for collaboration between scholars and practitioners while providing a solid foundation in the broad, multidisciplinary knowledge, tools, and methods of the diverse fields participating in the network.

A key focus of the workshop will be developing a common vocabulary to help foster enhanced cross-disciplinary communication, catalyzing the potential for future research and decision support collaborations. Participants will also gain hands-on experience with key methods and tools including:

  • use of simple models in a transdisciplinary framework
  • analysis of relevant datasets
  • values-informed robust decisionmaking

This program is targeted at all postdocs, advanced graduate students, and early-career professionals in the decisionmaking and policy communities who are working on issues related to climate risk. Potential candidates representing NGOs and state or local agencies are strongly encouraged to apply.

In most cases, lodging, meals, registration, and travel costs will be fully covered for participants. International applicants are welcomed.

Apply by Saturday 8 April 2018

Program details: http://scrimhub.org/opportunities/summer-school/.

Organizers invite abstracts for the 5th Polar Prediction Workshop. This workshop will be held 7-9 May 2018 at the Agora Hydro-Quebec in Montreal, Canada.

The workshop will focus on:

  • Polar predictability from subseasonnal to interannual timescales,
  • Sea ice prediction,
  • Operational and research efforts, and
  • End user needs and the capacity of the scientific community to address these needs.

In addition, reviews for the Sea Ice Outlook project and other initiatives related to polar predictions will be discussed.

An outcome of the workshop will be a consensus forecast statement synthesizing predictions of September mean Arctic sea ice extent, and sea ice conditions during the Arctic shipping season for key regions, the Northwest Passage, and Northern Sea Route shipping corridors. Participants are invited to contribute to any or all of these forecasts using a form that will be circulated to registrants and posted online, and are encouraged to highlight these predictions in their presentations.

Operational forecasters and forecast users are invited to participate.

Abstract submission deadline: 31 March 2018

For more information, go to:
Workshop homepage

For questions, contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded a workshop to bring scientists and experts together to discuss the new era of Arctic science enabled by the availability of high-resolution commercial satellite imagery. Participants will address questions that help drive new science and satellite collection strategies to report in a long-term science community-driven plan. To find out more, please visit https://www.pgc.umn.edu/events/nsf-arctic-smallsat-announcement-may-2018/.
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When: May 21-22, 2018
Where: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Host: Polar Geospatial Center

Application Deadline: March 30, 2018

Application Requirements:
1-2 page document with your contact information describing the new Arctic science enabled by commercial and SmallSat imagery. Also, a shapefile or KMZ describing the geographic extent of the requirement and the optimal times for collection can be included.

Please email your files as attachments to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Abstract submission for the 1st Polar Microbes Symposium, May 14-17 2018 in Finland has been extended to March 19, 2018. Please find the abstract submission form below. Applications covering different cryospheric environments as well as the techniques other than ‘omics’ are encouraged!

Apply here: http://tiny.cc/polarmicro18

United States Permafrost Association


The U.S. Permafrost Association will provide four travel grants for U.S.-based students and post-graduate researchers (within twi years of their terminal degree) to attend the 2018 European Conference on Permafrost in Chamonix, France. Successful applicants will receive $500. Travel grants will be awarded based on the merit of applications and their application to permafrost science and engineering. The applicant must be first author on a permafrost-related research presentation.

Preference will be given to applicants who are current members of both USPA and the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN). Undergraduate students are encouraged to apply. Apply at http://www.uspermafrost.org/.

To view previous USPA travel grant award winners, see http://uspermafrost.org/education/UPEF/.

To renew your membership, please visit http://www.uspermafrost.org/.

The application deadline is March 23, 2018. Award winners will be notified by early April 2018.

Questions? Email Dan Vecellio at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 

The Model Arctic Council 2018 coordinating committee announces that it has extended the deadline for applications to the Model Arctic Council 2018 in Rovaniemi to March 18, 2018. They welcome applications from students interested in Arctic studies! Please see the full announcement, and visit their website at www.uaf.edu/mac for further information and the application.

 

Arctic Biodiversity Through the Lens Photography Competition 2018 .jpgThe Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Arctic Council Working Group in celebration of the Arctic Biodiversity Congress invite you to participate in the Arctic Biodiversity Through the Lens photography Competition.

One grand prize winner will receive a trip to beautiful Rovaniemi, Finland. Selected images will be displayed at the Arctic Biodiversity Congress October 9-11, 2018 in Rovaniemi, Finland, and be exhibited across Arctic countries.

The competition welcomes entries across four categories; landscape, biodiversity, peoples of the North and business and science in the Arctic. Young photographers are especially welcome to submit and the competition has special prizes for young photographers under the age of 18. Award-winning photographers Carsten Egevang, Gyda Henningsdottir, Einar Gudmann, Krista Ylinen and Lawrence Hislop will judge winning entries.

The eyes of the world are turning northwards. Arctic landscapes, wildlife, cultures and light have inspired people since time immemorial. The Arctic Biodiversity Through the Lens photography competition is intended to celebrate the beauty of the Arctic as experienced by photographers of all skill levels. Further information can be found at the Arctic Biodiversity Through the Lens Photography Competition and in the terms and conditions.

Please share and distribute this post among your colleagues, within your institution, and with anybody that shares our appreciation for Arctic biodiversity and photography.

Thank you,
CAFF International Secretariat
Borgir, Nordurslod, Akureyri, Iceland
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In the continuation of the International and Regional conferences convened by the International Permafrost Association, the 5th European Conference on Permafrost (EUCOP 2018) will be held in Chamonix-Mont Blanc, France, 23th June - 1st July 2018. The conference aims at covering all relevant aspects of permafrost research, engineering and outreach on a global and regional levels.

The conference registration is now open: https://eucop2018.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/6

Note that the deadline for Early Bird Registration Rates is 1st April 2018.

Waiting to welcome you in Chamonix-Mont Blanc, France, from 23th June to 1st July 2018,

Best regards,
The Local Organizing Committee of the EUCOP 2018

Chandy Nath webThe Executive Committee of SCAR is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Chandrika Nath as SCAR Executive Director.

Dr. Nath will move, from her position as Acting Director of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) in the United Kingdom, to SCAR in mid-June 2018, on a part-time basis, taking up the position full-time from the start of July.

Dr. Nath has a D.Phil. in high energy particle physics from the University of Oxford, worked as a glaciologist for the British Antarctic Survey between 1998 and 2002, and has since taken various roles in POST. Dr Nath has considerable experience in the evidence-based policy environment, capacity building in the area of research evidence for policymaking, and in the communication of science outcomes to diverse audiences.SCAR logo white background

Dr. Nath brings to the Executive Director’s position, strategic leadership, effective team-building skills, experience in the development of evidence-based policy, and a breadth of capability spanning the natural and social sciences.

On behalf of the entire SCAR community, the Executive Committee extends a warm welcome to Dr. Nath at a time when the Polar Regions are gaining ever more importance on the global stage.

nsf logoThe National Science Foundation has issued a "Dear Colleague" letter inviting researchers to submit proposals in FY 2018 to advance "Navigating the New Arctic" (NNA), one of NSF's 10 Big Ideas (https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/big_ideas/index.jsp).

Through NNA, NSF will build on its leadership in supporting Arctic science and observations to advance understanding of, and predict the rapid and complex environmental and social changes in, the Arctic region and to provide the tools and knowledge that will enable resilience for a globally-significant part of our world.

NNA research proposals may focus on topics such as:

· Establishment of observational research sites, observational platforms, or networks of sites to document key aspects of the changing Arctic coupled across terrestrial, marine, glacial, atmospheric and social systems.

· Studies to understand and forecast changes in the biogeochemical, geophysical, ecological and social processes occurring in the new Arctic. These can include human responses and adaptations as they intersect with environmental change.

· Studies of feedbacks between the design and engineering of urban and rural civil infrastructure and changes in natural ecosystems such as thawing permafrost and sea-ice retreat and social systems, such as increasing marine commerce.

· Studies that advance Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education through Arctic research activities.

Proposal submission deadline: 1 May 2018

Read the letter in its entirety here: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18048/nsf18048.jsp.

The Research Council of Norway and the department of Scientific and academic cooperation of the Institut français de Norvège (French Embassy in Oslo) announces the launch of the Åsgard programme 2018.

This programme comes is composed of two different calls:

  • Åsgard-Research is designed for researchers willing to develop collaborations between France and Norway. It funds a one-week stay in France, allowing the researcher to meet counterparts in universities and research institutions.
  • Åsgard-Innovation is designed for professionals working in technology transfer structures, clusters etc. and aims at exchanging good practices as well as creating new collaborations. It also funds a one-week stay in France.

The programme of visits will be established with the help of the Institut français who will suggest relevant contacts.

Applications are open from February 15th to March 15th. The stay has to take place in 2018. The list of laureates will be published on our website at the end of March.

Feel free to contact us for more information regarding this programme and to share this call!

Information and application.

 

iasc webThinking about submit your photos for the open IASC Photo Call? Do it now! 

IASC will soon be selecting pictures for the cover and contents of the 2018 IASC Bulletin. In addition to all your awesome pictures of Arctic flora, fauna, and landscapes, IASC is particularly interested in pictures where we can show our community at work, in the Arctic.

Gathering some ice samples? Interviewing an Arctic community member? Driving a snowmobile? Sharing a meal with the next door research station? Yes, these are exactly the pictures we are looking for! Just make sure the people in your picture agree to be there, too.

With each photo, IASC requests:

• a short description about what we see and background information on the project/research;
• place;
• name of photographer / Institute;
• contact information.

You can upload your pictures here, along with the information detailed above (in a standard text format). Images should be at least 3600 pixels wide.

If you have any further questions, feel free to contact the IASC Communications Manager, Federica. For more information on IASC’s publications and work, please visit www.iasc.info.

If you want your photos to be considered for the 2018 Bulletin, make sure to upload them before April 3rd 2018.

ARCUS Research Seminar SignCall for Webinar Registration - Arctic Research Seminar Series

Date/Time: Tuesday, 6 March from 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET
Speaker: Marlene Laruelle, George Washington University
Presentation Title: Russia's Arctic Ambitions: Domestic Factors and Foreign Policy Strategies

To register for the event, go to:
ARCUS D.C. Arctic Research Seminar Series homepage

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar Series event featuring Marlene Laruelle from George Washington University. The event will be held in the ARCUS D.C. office at 1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. on Tuesday, 6 March 2018 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET.

This seminar will also be available as a webinar live-stream for those unable to attend in person. Instructions for accessing the event online will be sent to webinar registrants prior to the event.

Registration is required for this event.

The ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar Series brings leading Arctic researchers to Washington, D.C. to share the latest findings and what they mean for decision-making. These seminars will be of interest to federal agency officials, congressional staff, non-governmental organizations, associations, and the public.

This seminar, titled Russia's Arctic Ambitions: Domestic Factors and Foreign Policy Strategies, will discuss the dominant role that domestic factors play in Russia's foreign policy stances for the Arctic.

Marlene Laruelle is Research Professor of International Affairs and Associate Director of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. Marlene explores contemporary political, social and cultural changes in Russia and Central Asia through the prism of ideologies and nationalism. On Russia's Arctic, Marlene has authored Russia's Strategies in the Arctic and the Future of the Far North (M.E. Sharpe, 2013), and edited New Mobilities and Social Changes in Russia's Arctic Regions (Routledge, 2016). Marlene is co-Principal Investigator on several grants from National Science Foundation and Belmont Forum studying Arctic urban sustainability.

This event is a brown-bag lunch that will be held in the ARCUS D.C. office (1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. Fourth Floor). Cookies and beverages will be provided.

For those of you on Twitter, we also invite you to join us in live-tweeting the event using the hashtag #arcuswebinar.

For questions, contact:
Brit Myers
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The Second International Young Scientists Forum on Soil and Water Conservation and ICCE symposium 2018 "Climate Change Impacts on Sediment Dynamics: Measurement, Modelling and Management” will take place 27-31 August, 2018 in Moscow, Russia.

The conference will address:

  • Challenges/actions of soil and water management in the changing world
  • Mechanism/processes and modelling of soil degradation
  • Innovation of technology of soil and water conservation
  • Ecologicalrestoration and regionalsustainable development
  • How to play the roles of youth in soil and water conservation
  • Climate change as a driver of erosion, sediment dynamics, and river morphology transformation
  • Influence of climate change on water quality and drinking water treatment and supply
  • Erosion and sediment transport models and river basin management tools

The World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWAC) will select 10 papers as Outstanding Youth Paper Award from the presentations submitted by young people who is not older than 40 years by the end of 2018. Each awardee will win $1000 (USD) prize and may get some reduction of expenses during the Forum. The awarded paper will published in the journal International Soil and Water Conservation Research(ISWCR) which is hosted by Elsevier.

More information can be found at conference website.

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The second Baikal International Scientific and Practical Conference and a school for scientific youth "Snow cover, atmospheric precipitation, aerosols: technology, climate and ecology" will take place 25 June 2018 - 30 June 2018 in the Khuzhir village located on the Olkhon island, Lake Baikal.

The objectives of the conference: to create a platform for discussing of current knowledge about snow cover, atmospheric precipitation and aerosols; to increase the level of information exchange, both within the scientific community and between the organizations of the research sector and the commercial sector; expansion of methods and tools for scientific interaction and information exchange, both within the framework of individual scientific directions, and also of interdisciplinary nature, improving the quality of life in the regions.

TOPICS

  1. Methods, means, methodology for studying the physicochemical properties and composition of the snow cover, atmospheric precipitation, aerosols.
  2. The impact of climate change and anthropogenic activity on the properties and characteristics of snow cover, atmospheric precipitation, aerosols.
  3. Assessment of the influence of snow cover, atmospheric precipitation, aerosols on natural, socio-economic systems and human health.
  4. Modeling of atmospheric processes, climate change, atmospheric chemistry and snow cover characteristics.
  5. Design, construction, operation of buildings, structures and roads in snow regions.
  6. New approaches to reducing man-made emissions and environmental restoration.
  7. Evaluation of the results of environmental protection in the snow territories and in the Baikal region on the basis of the study of snow cover, atmospheric precipitation, aerosols.
  8. Natural and anthropogenic factors that determine changes in the gas and aerosol composition of the atmosphere.
  9. Cryosphere and biosphere.
  10. History and philosophy of scientific research on the subject of the conference.

More information can be found at conference website.

With ongoing environmental changes in polar regions during the last couple of decades, the Arctic, Antarctic, and High Mountains (the “third pole”) have become a focus for sustained research. Planning and implementation of research projects in the polar regions often involve many uncertainties, including large budgets, complicated logistics, unique risk management, and international collaboration. While these issues need to be considered by operating personnel, there is an increasing demand to employ professional project managers and community managers able to support their colleagues’ operations in the polar regions.

In this regard, we have developed the following survey to learn about the demanded expertise and knowledge of project management and community management professionals as well as the most common challenges they face when implementing their projects.

We therefore request you to help us by taking this survey at https://goo.gl/RL78qg, it should take less than 10 minutes in total of your time. The survey will be open until March 18th, 2018.

Any further questions should be directed to Kirstin Werner (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Luisa Cristini (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

We thank you very much for your time and help with this survey.

With best wishes,

The Survey Developers:
Renuka Badhe (European Polar Board),
Luisa Cristini (APPLICATE),
Sven Lidström (Norwegian Polar Institute),
Allen Pope (International Arctic Science Committee),
Alexey Pavlov (Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART) network),
Kirstin Werner (Year of Polar Prediction),
Yulia Zaika (Lomonosov Moscow State University)

LogoIGS would like to issue a call for papers for the thematic issue of the Annals of Glaciology on ‘Progress in Cryoseismology’.

The deadline for paper submission is 1 January 2019.

We have an esteemed team of scientific editors led by Fabian Walter who will be assisted by Doug MacAyeal and a host of prominent experts in the field.

Please go to the website: https://www.igsoc.org/annals/call_4_papers/cryoseismology/ for full details including a full list of editors, the theme and topics of this exciting issue.


Call for Community Input - Arctic Observing Summit 2018

Extended deadline: 4 March

The Organizing Committee for the Arctic Observing Summit 2018 is seeking input on the topics under discussion at the Summit in the form of brief statements. More details on the AOS process and specific guidance on input sought are provided below. The theme for the Summit is The Business Case for a pan-Arctic Observing System.

Community input can highlight important data, management, or logistical needs or gaps, explore emerging opportunities, address a current challenge, present new initiatives or technology that can contribute to Arctic observing (including global programs), or review on-going observing activities or issues that are relevant for the development, application, operation, or support of a sustained Arctic observing network.

To allow for the broadest participation possible, the submission deadline has been extended even further, to 4 March 2018. In addition, funding has been made available by IASC and others for early career researcher and Indigenous researchers of any career stage at Polar2018, including the AOS. The application process is being administered by APECS, and the deadline is February 28.iasc web

For more detailed information on themes and submissions, please visit the AOS website. Instructions for short submissions are available here.

We also encourage you to submit poster presentations to the AOS. Early-bird registration and accommodation are open for Polar2018 until the end of March!

SCAR logo white backgroundRecognising that many of the community are still on field work, the deadline for nominations for the 2018 SCAR Medals has been extended and will now close on
6 March 2018.

The SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research is awarded for sustained research contributions over a career. Selection is based on a person's outstanding contributions to knowledge and the impact of their work on understanding the Antarctic region, the linkages between Antarctica and the Earth system, and/or observations of and from Antarctica. Nominees are welcomed in all areas of Antarctic and Southern Ocean research.

The SCAR Medal for International Coordination is awarded for outstanding and sustained contributions to international cooperation and partnerships. Nomination of persons that have advanced SCAR's mission to initiate, facilitate, co-ordinate and encourage international research activity in the Antarctic region are encouraged. Nominees should have a distinguished professional career history and a record of recognition of international activities by their peers including prizes, honorary degrees and other awards that demonstrate the person's impact.

The SCAR Medal for Education and Communication will be awarded for excellence or innovation in, and sustained commitment to, (a) communicating Antarctic research, (b) making a significant contribution to educating the next generation of Antarctic researchers, or (c) contributing to building new capacity in SCAR member countries. Nominees should have a significant record of achievement in terms of the quality, effectiveness and creativity of their engagement in one or more of these three key areas of education and communication.

To encourage nominations and ensure an open, fair and transparent selection process, recipients of the medals are selected by committee. There are no age restrictions or limits on nominees and no higher education degree requirements - everyone is eligible to be nominated. However, self-nominations are not accepted.

For further details and to nominate someone for a SCAR Medal, please go to the SCAR Medals section.

To see the past winners, visit the Awardees page.

POLAR serves as a point of contact for the international polar research community for research opportunities in Canada's Arctic and to collaborate with Canadian researchers in the Antarctic. The Canada-Denmark Arctic Research Station Early Career Scientist Exchange Program is a pilot project that could develop into a program that promotes a longer-term exchange of ideas and information, and could be used as a model for other international partnerships. POLAR is committed to inspiring, motivating, and supporting students to continue their education and pursue a career in science and technology, which includes supporting the next generation of researchers.

Where: The Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) campus in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut and Arctic Station in Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland

Who can apply: PhD-students or scientists holding a PhD degree not older than five years, employed by a university or research organization in Canada or Denmark

Included: Travel to each research station and accommodation are provided free of charge

Deadline to Apply: March 23, 2018

Check out the call on POLAR’s website for more information:
https://www.canada.ca/content/canadasite/en/polar-knowledge/canada-denmark-arctic-research-station-early-career-scientist-exchange-program.html


For more information:

Call for Applications
Application Form

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SCAR's GRAPE Expert Group (GNSS Research and Application for Polar Environment) announces the 2018 school "Polar Upper Atmosphere: from Science to Operational Issues", to be held at the International School of Space Science in L'Aquila, Italy on 17-21 September 2018.

The school is mainly aimed at graduate and post-graduate students with an enthusiastic interest in this topic. The goal of the school is to foster excitement and encourage involvement of the next generation of space researchers in studies of the geospace environment of Polar Regions. The importance of these regions is rapidly growing due to modern society’s dependence on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) services and products, strongly affected by ionospheric variability at high latitudes. Topics will focus on the infrastructures for multi-instrument monitoring, data management from sub auroral to polar latitudes, the need for specialized models of the upper atmosphere, and the development of mitigation algorithms to improve GNSS services and products.

Some financial support is available for a limited number of students. Applications, including a brief curriculum vitae, should be made through the school website's application page. The deadline for applications is 5 May 2018.

For more information, visit the International School of Space Science website: http://www.cifs-isss.org/

The course is co-sponsored by SCAR’s GRAPE Expert Group.

Fjord sediment archives in the northeastern North Atlantic
7-8 April 2018, Vienna, Austria


This workshop will gather a broad spectrum of scientists willing to share their expertise and develop original concepts on the identification and reconstruction of post-glacial paleoclimate changes and coastal geohazards based on fjord sediment archives. It will stimulate the submission of a Full IODP proposal for the October 2018 deadline, as an extended and reviewed version of the IODP 915-Pre proposal “Fjord sediment archives in the northeastern North Atlantic”.

Norwegian and Svalbard fjords communicate with the Norwegian Sea and Greenland Sea/Fram Strait, respectively, and constitute extensions of the open ocean towards land. Changes in their modern hydrology and sedimentary budget are related to changes in the volume transport and physical-chemical signature of Atlantic and Arctic-derived water masses circulating over the continental margin, to the seasonal development of sea-ice such as in coastal Svalbard, as well as to processes acting on the hinterland such as precipitation variations and the dynamics of tidewater glaciers (when present). Finally, fjords are characterized by frequent mass-movement events whose understanding is of vital importance given their catastrophic impacts on coastal infrastructures and human lives.

The general paucity of high resolution, continuous, coupled marine and continental records of Holocene environmental changes in the northeastern North Atlantic region since the initial demise of the NW European ice-sheets has precluded any firm understanding of (1) high and low frequency behaviors, and the impact in this region of internal modes of the climate variability such as NAO and AMO, (2) interactions with external climate forcing acting over short and long time-scales, (3) the coupled ocean/cryosphere/atmosphere dynamics and the connections between marine and continental climates, (4) the synchronicity and trigger mechanisms of past mass movements in high latitude coastal environments of Northwestern Europe.

These four overarching themes will be thoroughly debated throughout the workshop in the form of keynotes and open discussions covering a wide range of disciplines and topics related to the motivation and objectives of “FANA”.
This recently endorsed MagellanPlus workshop will be organized as a pre-EGU event, in order to guarantee the participation of key scientists who will also be attending the General Union Meeting from April 9th, 2018.

Registration:
Scientists interested in contributing to the workshop are invited to submit an expression of interest by 15 March 2018 to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Researchers will be accepted based on their research interest related to the scientific goals of the workshop. Applicants will be informed on the outcome immediately after deadline. Early Stage Researchers are particularly welcomed to apply.

The workshop will take place at hotel ARCOTEL KAISERWASSER Vienna within walking distance to the EGU convention Center. It will be limited to 30 pp. max.
All participants will be offered a two nights single bedroom package (arrival April 6th, departure April 8th) + catering. Travel costs to Vienna will be under the sole responsability of the participants.

Organizer:
Jacques Giraudeau, CNRS – Université de Bordeaux, France. On behalf of IODP 915-Pre co-proponents.

Geochronology Logo10th International Geochronology Summer School: Dating techniques in environmental research

Date: 02 - 07 September 2018
Location: Klosters (Switzerland)
Webinfo: http://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/gch/geochronologysummerschool.html

Topics to be covered in lectures, excursions and workshops include dating techniques such as numerical methods (radiocarbon, exposure dating with cosmogenic nuclides, OSL, 137Cs, 210Pb, etc.), dendrochronology, anthracology, archaeomagnetic dating, palaeolimnology, as well as relative methods like soil weathering and Schmidt-hammer technique.

List of Lecturers:
Holger Gärtner (WSL), Paolo Cherubini (WSL), Markus Egli (Univ. of Zurich), Susan Ivy-Ochs (ETH Zurich/Uni Zurich), Dennis Dahms (Univ. Northern Iowa), Irka Hajdas (ETH Zurich), Olga Solomina (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography), Jérôme Poulenard (University Savoie Mont Blanc), Eileen Eckmeier (LMU University of Munich), Rolf Kipfer (EAWAG), Evdokia Tema (Univ. of Torino), Pierre Valla (Univ. of Bern), Nathalie Dubois (EAWAG), Kurt Hanselmann (ETH Zurich) and others.

The Summer School is open to young researchers (PhD students and Post-Docs) worldwide.
Participation is competitive and will be limited to a maximum of 20.
The registration fee (720 CHF) includes accommodation (room sharing required),
half board and lunch, field trips and teaching material.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 30 April 2018
Registration: http://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/gch/geochronologysummerschool/registration.html

On behalf of the organizers

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International Summer School on the Polar Climate System

21 - 25 May 2018 Hohai University, Nanjing, China

This summer school is aimed at postgraduate students and early career scientists who would like to obtain a solid grounding in polar climate system science, with a particular focus on the atmosphere, ocean and sea ice and their interactions.It is desirable that attendees have a basic knowledge of the workings of the climate system, with experience in meteorology, oceanography or the cryospheric sciences. The school will consist of a series of lectures by world-leading experts in polar science, who will deal with the maintenance of the polar climates, their role in the global system, links to lower latitudes, modelling, change over recent decades and how the system my change over the next century. There will also be practical sessions involving analysis of observations and model output.

The organising committee consists of Prof Zhaomin Wang (Hohai University), Prof John Turner (British Antarctic Survey), Prof Kent Moore (University of Toronto), Prof Xiangdong Zhang (University of Alaska Fairbanks), Prof Annette Rinke (Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany).

Limited funding is available to support the attendance of a number of students.

For further information please contact Prof Zhaomin Wang, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; Ms Mengting Yin, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Call for Applications and Abstracts: Arctic Field Summer School 2018
Arctic Coastal Environments in Rapid Transition

Dates: 29 May - 9 June 2018
Locations: Utqiaġvik, Alaska and Fairbanks, Alaska

Application and abstract submission deadline: 28 February 2018

Organizers invite applications for their field school, a part of the International Partnerships for Excellence in Education and Research (INTPART) project "Arctic Field Summer Schools: Norway-Canada-USA collaboration." This opportunity is open only for U.S.-based graduate students enrolled at U.S. universities and the international partners will advertise separately. This field school is tentatively planned for 29 May to 9 June 2018 and be primarily based in Utqiaġvik, Alaska (formerly Barrow).

During this second field school, students will participate in and learn about remote sensing and ground-based field observations in Utqiaġvik, Alaska. The overall theme of the school is the study of processes of the Arctic coastal environment at the intersection between the marine, terrestrial, atmospheric, and cryospheric environments using ground-based and remote sensing observations. The course will be primarily based in and near the Barrow Environmental Observatory (BEO) and will be conducted in close collaboration with Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC) Science, where participating students will receive introductory lectures and collect in-situ and remote sensing data to be analyzed in collaboration with their instructors. Students will formulate a project jointly with instructors and work on their project for the duration of the field school. Participants will make an oral presentation and submit an individual or group report at the end of the school, and will be able to earn credits for participation based on an assessment of the work.

The class will be offered as a two-credit University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) summer course and students willing to earn credits need to enroll for the class in advance. Travel grants (amounts will be determined later) will be issued by the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) to help offset or fully cover travel costs to Utqiaġvik, Alaska, as well as local costs and accommodation.

Applicants must submit a one-page motivation letter that outlines how this course fits into his/her graduate study and career plans, a curriculum vitae, and a recommendation letter from his/her current supervisor.

Applications should be submitted via email to Tohru Saito at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

For more information, go to:
Arctic Field Summer School 2018 webpage

For questions, contact:
Vladimir Alexeev
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Phone: 907-474-6430

Tohru Saito
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nsf logoCall for Webinar Registration: Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation Program
National Science Foundation
23 February 2018
1:00-2:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

Registration deadline: 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, 22 February 2018

The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites registration for a webinar titled Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation Program. This webinar will convene 23 February 2018 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

This solicitation focuses upon the integration of the data and software elements of advanced cyberinfrastructure. By integrating two major and long-running NSF program solicitations, Data Infrastructure Building Blocks (DIBBs) and Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation (SI2), under a single umbrella called Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI), NSF seeks to enable funding opportunities that are flexible and responsive to the evolving and emerging needs in integrated data and software cyberinfrastructure.

The goal of the integrated CSSI program is to create a cyberinfrastructure (CI) ecosystem that spans all levels of the data and software stack and scales from individual or small groups of innovators to large community resources. The program addresses all aspects of cyberinfrastructure, from embedded sensor systems and instruments, to desktops and high-end data and computing systems, to major instruments and facilities. The program will continue to nurture the interdisciplinary processes required to support the entire data and software lifecycle, and will successfully integrate development and support with innovation and research. Furthermore, the program will result in the development of sustainable CI communities that transcend scientific and geographical boundaries. The program envisions partnerships among academia, government laboratories, and industry, including international entities, for the development and stewardship of a sustainable infrastructure that can enhance productivity and accelerate innovation in science and engineering. Integrated education activities will play a key role in developing and sustaining the cyberinfrastructure over time and in creating a workforce capable of fully realizing its potential to transform science and engineering.

For more information and to register for the webinar, go to:
Complete webinar announcement

To view the full solicitation, go to:
Related NSF solicitation

For questions, contact:
Amy L. Walton
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Phone: 703-292-4538

nsf logoNSF Solicitation for Proposals: Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation
Data Infrastructure Building Blocks and Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation

Full proposal deadline: 5:00 p.m. submitter's local time, 18 April 2018

The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites proposals for a Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) umbrella program that encompasses the long-running Data Infrastructure Building Blocks (DIBBs) and Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation (SI2) programs. This solicitation focuses upon the integration of the data and software elements of advanced cyberinfrastructure.

This particular CSSI solicitation requests only Elements and Framework Implementations classes of awards, which include:

  • Elements (Data Elements or Software Elements) that target small groups that will create and deploy robust capabilities for which there is a demonstrated need that will advance one or more significant areas of science and engineering; and
  • Framework Implementations (Data Frameworks or Software Frameworks) that target larger, interdisciplinary teams organized around the development and application of common infrastructure aimed at solving common research problems faced by NSF researchers in one or more areas of science and engineering, resulting in a sustainable community framework serving a diverse community or communities.

Up to 15 Element awards and 13 Framework Implementations awards are anticipated, subject to the availability of funds.

Proposals may only be submitted by the following:

  • Universities and Colleges: Universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in, the U.S. acting on behalf of their faculty members. Such organizations also are referred to as academic institutions;
  • Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research labs, professional societies, and similar organizations in the U.S. associated with educational or research activities; and
  • NSF-sponsored federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) may apply, provided that they are not including costs for which federal funds have already been awarded or are expected to be awarded.

For more information, including additional proposal requirements and guidelines, go to:
View full solicitation

For questions, contact:
Marc Stieglitz,
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Phone: 703-292-2461

Simage.pngummer 2018 Field Course: Arctic Alaska Vegetation - 14-30 June 2018
University of Alaska Fairbanks

Registration begins: 12 February 2018


For more information and to register, please go to:
http://www.uaf.edu/summer/sessions and see the Summer School flyer.


The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) announces a 17-day summer field course in Arctic Alaska Vegetation. Open to undergraduate and graduate students interested in Arctic biology and ecology, the 3-credit course will be held 14-30 June 2018.

The class includes 2 days of classroom instruction and local field trips in the Fairbanks area before a 13-day field excursion to Alaska's North Slope. The course wraps up with 2 days for student presentations and local field trips in Fairbanks at the end. The field excursion will have a strong emphasis on Arctic environments, local people, and field sampling. Students will learn about Arctic vegetation, soils, landforms, permafrost, geology, wildlife, and land-use. The class will travel along the latitudinal transect from Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay, which traverses boreal forest, alpine, and Arctic biomes. Students will undertake an independent research project of their choosing.

Eleven days will be spent camping at different locations along the route. We will also stay 2 nights at Toolik Field Station, a world-renowned Arctic research station. Guest instructors will discuss Arctic ecology, permafrost, life in Arctic communities, and environmental issues related to oilfield development and other aspects of Arctic social-ecological systems.

The cost of transportation and meals during the field excursion is included in the course fee, as well as lodging at Toolik Field Station and on UAF’s campus. (Students are responsible for meals during the 4-day campus portion of the course.) Students will need to bring all-weather clothing including winter jackets and rubber boots, and a warm sleeping bag. Expedition tents will be provided.

The course is limited to 12 undergraduate and/or graduate students. To register or for more information, go to http://www.uaf.edu/summer/sessions. A $500 non-refundable deposit is required by 15 April 2018. The balance of the course payment is due 15 May. International students must submit an International Student Summer Application and supporting documents by 15 March 2018 (see http://www.uaf.edu/summer/whoareyou/new/international/).

Pre-requisites: 6 credits of fundamentals in biology or related science disciplines and permission of instructor.

Call for Applications - Research and Monitoring Projects
Rif Field Station, Melrakkaslétta and Raufarhöfn, Iceland

Application deadline: 2 April 2018

Rif Field Station invites applications for research and monitoring projects from scientists, university students, or groups interested in using the station's facilities for research and monitoring projects during 2018. The station is situated in the village of Raufarhöfn. Raufarhöfn is located in the northern-most part if Iceland in a low Arctic area called Melrakkaslétta peninsula.

The station's main objectives are to promote and enhance research and monitoring in Melrakkaslétta based on the area's unique natural environment; collect, track, and share information; and support the local community through education and guidance on environmental management.

This opportunity offers possibilities for research and monitoring within the field of natural science (e.g. vegetation, bird life, freshwater biology, coastal ecosystems, geology, and geomorphology) and human-nature interactions. Organizers offer accommodation and working facilities for handling of specimens and materials along with a small office space with internet access.

Well-developed student projects deemed relevant for the area and that meet the station's objectives, but are partially-funded or without funding, have the possibility of gaining free access to the station.

Rif Field Station is part of International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic (INTERACT) and has been chosen as one of three stations within the research network to start implementing and testing the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP) of the Conservation of the Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF). The station is supported by six Icelandic research institutions and the Norðurþing municipality.

Applications should be submitted via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Application information is available at: Applications webpage

For more information, go to:
Complete Call for Applications (PDF 860.21 KB)

For questions, contact:
Jónína Sigríður Þorláksdóttir
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Phone: +354-856-9500

The Director of ESIP Lab, Annie Burgess, is pleased to announce the 2018 Raskin Scholarship for students or early-career scientists in Earth science informatics.

In March 2012, the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) lost long-time member, Rob Raskin. Rob was soft-spoken, easy-going, wise and an Earth science information partner extraordinaire. Rob was a mentor to many aspiring Earth science data professionals. In collaboration with Rob’s family, ESIP remembers Rob and his dedication to support the next generation of Earth science data and technology leaders through the Robert G. Raskin Scholarship.

Details in Brief:
Award: $5000/year + Travel to the 2018 ESIP Summer Meeting
Eligibility: Student, Graduate Student, Early Career (5-years post degree)
Application Deadline: April 2, 2018

For more details on eligibility and how to apply, please visit their website.

2018 Ocean Sciences MeetingProgram Directors from NSF’s Office of Polar Programs Arctic Sciences Section will provide an overview of recent and upcoming news of interest to the research community. Topics will include staffing changes in the Arctic Section, proposal pressure in 2017 versus 2016 without proposal deadlines, and upcoming opportunities at NSF of interest to Arctic researchers. NSF anticipates giving a brief presentation with the bulk of the time devoted to questions and discussion.

For more information visit: https://agu.confex.com/agu/os18/meetingapp.cgi/Session/39059.

Inspiring Girls ExpeditionsGirls on Ice Switzerland is a tuition free program for teenage girls 15-17 years old and is one of the expeditions offered by Inspiring Girls Expeditions. We run wilderness science expeditions different from typical technical mountaineering courses or science "summer camps" in that we truly integrate the wilderness challenge with the intellectual challenge. Inspiring Girls Expeditions are taught by teams of professional scientists, artists, and mountain guides.

Girls on Ice Switzerland is hosting an instructor workshop for future expedition leaders. We also want to inspire new partner programs to expand Inspiring Girls Expeditions to other languages, countries and regions, so we can offer this experience to more girls. Erin Pettit, the founder and director of Inspiring Girls Expeditions, will be in Switzerland to lead this workshop.

We are looking for female scientists who are interested in teaching existing Inspiring Girls Expeditions, or who are interested in taking leadership roles in developing new programs based on the successful Inspiring Girls philosophy. For example:
- Girls on Ice: in your language/country
- Girls on Rivers / in Rain Forest / on Volcanoes / in Snow /... : linking kayaking, mountaineering, hiking, skiing with geomorphology, ecology, chemistry, physics, geology or snow science.

Also - if you are an artist or guide who is interested in teaming up with a scientist to develop a program, we can provide help with connecting potential leadership teams.

Please visit http://www.inspiringgirls.org/instructor-workshop-switzerland for more information on the workshop.

The workshop takes place in Switzerland from 11th to 14th of June, 2018. Workshop and accommodation costs are covered by Girls on Ice Switzerland. Travel costs to and from the course location are the responsibility of the participants. If the number of participants is larger than we expected, we might charge a small fee for accommodations.

If you are interested in participating please send your full application via this form until 30th of March, 2018. Let us know why you want to participate and how you could contribute to Inspiring Girls Expeditions. The application should contain your interest in Inspiring Girls Expeditions or new project ideas (Wilderness and Intellectual/Scientific context, Educational philosophy) and your experience in the field of teaching and wilderness.

We will review applications as they come in and we will stop accepting applications when all spots are filled.

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Topic: Hemispheric Asymmetry in Climate

Venue: Finse Arctic Research Center, Hardangervidda National Park, Norway. 


Dates: 17th-28th September, 2018

Application deadline: 10 March 2018 - application form can be found here: https://goo.gl/forms/RBOxDCQXYXLfegnc2

Target: Advanced PhD candidates and early career scientists.

Goal: To mix students and lecturers with empirical and dynamical training within climate science and focus on understanding the basic principles and dynamics relating to asymmetries in climate.

Price: All local expenses (such as accommodation, food and field work) on site are covered by the summer school, but participants have to cover their travel to Norway themselves.

Key topics to be included:
- hemispheric asymmetry in the mean climate
- asymmetry in deep water formation
- hemispheric phasing of Quaternary climate changes
- bipolar seesaw (leads and lags)
- spatial and temporal manifestations of rapid climate changes

Confirmed lecturers: David Battisti (University of Washington), Jake Gebbie (WHOI), Patrick Heimbach (UTexas/MIT), Kerim H. Nisancioglu (UiB/UiO), Øyvind Paasche (UiB), Tore Furevik (UiB), Iselin Medhaug (UiB/ETH Zurich).

Check for continuous updates on list of lecturers and program: http://www.uib.no/rs/acdc

Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/108883495
Facebook: https://facebook.com/acdcsummerschool
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#acdcsummerschool

The Advanced Climate Dynamics Courses (ACDC) are yearly summer schools organized by the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (University of Bergen) in collaboration with the University of Washington, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the University of Texas at Austin with support from the Centre for Internationalization of Higher Education (SiU) and the Research Council of Norway. Partners for this year’s summer school include Harvard University, McGill University, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and IBS Centre for Climate Physics.

For contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. andFlyer

Best regards, on behalf of the ACDC team!

SCAR.jpgThe Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) marks six decades of successful international collaboration. Since its first meeting in The Hague on 3-5 February 1958, SCAR has grown an international network of thousands of scientists who share a common ambition to carry out Antarctic science for the benefit of society.

With a membership representing the scientific communities of 43 countries, SCAR is instrumental in initiating, developing and coordinating high quality international scientific research in the Antarctic and the Southern Ocean. As an inter-disciplinary committee of the International Council for Science (ICSU) SCAR provides objective and independent advice to international bodies such as the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Antarctica and the Southern Ocean have a fundamental role in regulating processes such as climate and carbon uptake, and research in the Antarctic is crucial to understanding processes of global significance and to advancing science. Additionally, rapid changes are occurring in parts of Antarctica that could open the continent to a new level of activities in the coming decades. Antarctic governance, administration and environmental protection must be based on scientific data.

Since 1958, SCAR has been central in defining the vision and goals of science in Antarctica and has facilitated the implementation of Antarctic science by promoting international and transdisciplinary collaborations. The provision of scientific advice, identification of opportunities, and the facilitation of collaboration are the core elements of SCAR’s essential mission.

SCAR President, Steven Chown said: “In the last 60 years, Antarctic scientists have made astonishing discoveries that have changed how we view our changing world. These discoveries have influenced global policies to ban the use of ozone-depleting chemicals; to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems while managing commercial activity; and have informed international discussions on climate change. No one nation can achieve this alone and SCAR is proud of its international leadership role in shaping the Antarctic research agenda.”

Sixty years ago, the International Geophysical Year drew world attention to the importance of continuing international Antarctic collaboration. Today, governments around the world are working together to combat climate change and adapt to its effects. SCAR is very well placed to inform and enable intergovernmental initiatives to chart a new course (in the global climate effort) through its continued ambition for a coordinated international approach to Antarctic science.

Chown added: “Antarctica is changing rapidly. An iceberg of about 5800 square km broke off from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in September 2017: a prelude to the shelf’s eventual disappearance. The Pine Island Glacier continued its rapid retreat, along with that of some 80% of the glaciers of the Antarctic Peninsula. Melting land ice contributes to global sea level rise. Antarctica may contribute more than a metre of sea level rise by 2100 and 13 metres by 2500.

“The area of Antarctic sea ice decreased by 20% below the mean for 1981-2010 in 2016, and stayed 10% below the mean in 2017. The shells of the plankton at the base of the food chain are at risk from spiralling concentrations of carbon dioxide, potentially harming Southern Ocean food-webs. These current, worrying observations make SCAR’s international research collaboration more urgent that ever, as we continue our journey into the Anthropocene.”

SCAR is moving into its seventh decade and has grown substantially in membership – from 12 original members in 1958 to 43 currently. It is now well-established as an internationally recognized and influential organization. This has only been possible through the engagement and support of thousands of researchers from around the world that comprise the
SCAR Antarctic scholarly community, together with the support of the SCAR member organizations. SCAR invites everybody to celebrate its 60th birthday!

SCAR will celebrate its 60th year at its 35th Meeting and the Open Science Conference (POLAR2018) at Davos in Switzerland from June 15-26 June 2018.

For more information on SCAR, see the 60th Anniversary Fact Sheet (104 KB), and browse the SCAR website.

For versions of this press release in languages other than English, please go to the 60th Anniversary folder in the SCAR Library.

cv3 outnowThe Norwegian Polar Institute is proud to announce the release of Quantarctica 3, the latest version of its free, cross-platform compilation of GIS software and high-quality Antarctic scientific data.

Quantarctica 3 is the result of a two-year dedicated development effort. Thanks to the work of the Quantarctica Project Team, Editorial Board, and feedback from hundreds of users around the world, this version is Quantarctica's biggest release yet, adding:

  • Eight new themes with over 50 new datasets in over 100 new layers: Atmospheric Science, Biology, Environmental Management, Geology, Ice Cores, Oceanography, Sea Ice, and Social Science
  • New additions and updates to the pre-existing Geophysics and Glaciology categories
  • The Quantarctica Data Catalog (http://quantarctica.npolar.no/data-catalog), where you can view preview images, metadata, and citation information for every dataset
  • Northward expansion of Quantarctica's project boundary to 40°S, including subantarctic islands
  • Improved and expanded basemap, terrain, and satellite imagery layers
  • Updates, resolution improvements, and stability enhancements to datasets from v1 and v2
  • New features in QGIS and significant enhancements to project stability, speed, and usability

Quantarctica was developed with the feedback, assistance, and experience of dozens of early-career researchers. It's not an exaggeration to say that you are by far our most enthusiastic group of users. We hope that version 3 gives you the tools you need to stand out from the crowd.

Visit http://quantarctica.npolar.no/ to download the latest version. And please consider sharing the news and your own Quantarctica-made creations on social media- #quantarctica, #qgis , and @norskpolar are good things to tag!

And as always, if you have any questions, comments, bug reports, or cool maps, send us an email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Quantarctica is made for and by the Antarctic community - we could not have created this new version without you. We look forward to seeing Quantarctica in use on the ice and in many figures in the years to come!

Happy Mapping,
The Quantarctica Project Team
George Roth
Anders Skoglund
Kenichi Matsuoka

ARCUS Research Seminar SignCall for Webinar Registration: Arctic Research Seminar Series
Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS)

Date/Time: Monday, 12 February from 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET
Speakers: Roberto Delgado and Andrea Horvath Marques
Presentation Title: Promoting Research on Mental Health, Resilience, and Wellbeing in the Arctic


The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar Series event featuring Roberto Delgado and Andrea Horvath Marques, both from the National Institute of Mental Health/National Institutes of Health (NIHM/NIH). The event will be held in the ARCUS D.C. office at 1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. on Monday, 12 February 2018 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET.

This seminar will also be available as a webinar live-stream for those unable to attend in person.

Registration is required for this event.

The ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar Series brings leading Arctic researchers to Washington, D.C. to share the latest findings and what they mean for decision-making. These seminars will be of interest to federal agency officials, congressional staff, non-governmental organizations, associations, and the public.

This seminar titled Promoting Research on Mental Health, Resilience, and Wellbeing in the Arctic will provide an overview of research and other activities supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that aim to improve the mental health and wellbeing of Arctic residents.

Roberto Delgado works in the Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health (ORDGMH) and the Office of Rural Mental Health Research (ORMHR) at the NIMH/NIH, supporting the Institute's efforts to reduce mental health disparities both within and outside of the United States. In this capacity, Roberto is coordinating RISING SUN, an Arctic Council initiative with the goal of producing a toolkit that enables communities, governments, and key stakeholders to measure the effectiveness of suicide prevention interventions among Indigenous Arctic communities. Roberto is also a co-lead of the IARPC Health and Well-being Collaboration Team, participates in the U.S. Arctic Policy Group, and contributes to international working groups on biodiversity and sustainable development for the Arctic Council. Roberto's areas of interest include Arctic Indigenous peoples' issues, basic research, environmental conservation, public health, science policy, and social sciences.

Andrea Horvath Marques serves as Chief of the Mental Health Disparity Program at the NIMH/ORDGMH. Andrea is trained as a psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and public mental health researcher. An experienced psychiatrist and public mental health research professional, Andrea manages a grant portfolio focused on suicide prevention in Native American and Native Alaskan communities and coordinates NIMH efforts related to Mental Health Disparities research and co-leads the NIMH's Mental Health Equity Workgroup. Andrea supports the ORDGMH Global Mental Health Program by serving as a Project Scientist for the Research Partnerships for Scaling Up Mental Health Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Andrea has earned an Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) with specialization in Psychiatry and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychiatry from the University of São Paulo's School of Medicine, and has earned a Masters of Public Health from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

This event is a brown-bag lunch that will be held in the ARCUS D.C. office (1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. Fourth Floor). Cookies and beverages will be provided.

A live webinar is also available to those unable to attend in person. Instructions for accessing the event online will be sent to webinar registrants prior to the event.

For those of you on Twitter, we also invite you to join us in live-tweeting the event using the hashtag #arcuswebinar.

To register for the event, go to:
ARCUS D.C. Arctic Research Seminar Series homepage

For questions, contact:
Brit Myers
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https://uarctic.d120.fwstatic.download/media/1597451/uarctic_congress2018-banner2.png?mode=pad&width=1140&height=713&slimmage=true&bgcolor=fff&format=jpg&mode=boxpad&rnd=131613468400000000The Call for Abstracts for the UArctic Congress is now open until March 16, 2018. We welcome submissions to more than fifty science sessions to be held in Oulu from September 5 and concluding in Helsinki on September 7, 2018.

We look forward to seeing you all in Finland for an excellent series of presentations and discussions.

Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.

Website: https://congress.uarctic.org/program/science-section/call-for-abstracts/

The Office of Polar Programs (OPP), which manages the U.S. Antarctic Program, has issued a policy statement that affirms that the program "is committed to providing a safe and respectful work environment, free of any form of harassment."

The document notes that "harassment can take many forms" and provides definitions of behaviors that are deemed unacceptable, including "any unwelcome verbal or physical conduct" under the heading of "harassment." It also separately defines behaviors that constitute "sexual harassment."

The document is signed by senior OPP officials, as well as a senior representatives of the Program’s logistical support contractor and senior officers of military units that provide logistical support to the program.

The policy encourages members of the Antarctic community who may feel that others are violating the principles and standards laid out in the document to report the objectionable behavior "as soon as safely possible."

Read the document in its entirety here: https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/documents/policy/Non-harassment%20Affirmation%20Policy%202018.pdf.

POSTER youngresearchThe Complutense University of Madrid, through its research group of PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY IN HIGH MOUNTAINS (GFAM), and Guadarrama Monitoring Network (GUMNET) in collaboration with the scientific journal Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica / Geographical Research Letters (https://publicaciones.unirioja.es/ojs/index.php/cig), opens a call for the "Young Researcher Innovation Award in Cryosphere Science and Mountain Areas".

Young researchers in the process of presenting their PhD thesis or who have defended it not before January 1, 2014 are encouraged to participate.

Research topics should be encompassed in one of the two main fields:
a) Cryosphere Science (glaciology, permafrost, snow cover, frozen soils, glacial and periglacial geomorphology, biological processes in frozen areas, etc).
b) Research on Mountain Areas (meteorology, climatology, tectonics, geomorphology, volcanism, soils, biogeography, torrential dynamics, natural hazards, geoheritage, management issues, territorial planning, etc).

All the information (manuscript submission, contacts, awards, key dates etc) are available at:

http://www.ucm.es/gfam/young-researchers-award

You may also contact:Prof. David Palacios ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )

TRAVEL GRANT OPPORTUNITY (pending final NSF approval)
SCAR Open Science Conference
POLAR2018
Davos, Switzerland; 19-23 June 2018

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Open Science Conference (OSC) is held every two years and will be in Switzerland from 19-23 June 2018 (https://www.polar2018.org). The XXXVth SCAR OSC will be held in conjunction with POLAR2018, and bring together scientists from around the world with interests in both Antarctic and Arctic science. The OSC is an excellent opportunity to present and discuss the most recent and important results of research in polar disciplines.

Travel Grant Opportunity: Applications for partial travel support (up to ~$1800; e.g., airfare, meeting registration fees, per diem, lodging or other documented travel expenses) are sought from students, post-doctoral researchers and other scientists at US institutions. Preference will be given to early career investigators (students and those within 5 years of completing PhD). Individuals from underrepresented groups in the sciences (i.e., women, persons with disabilities, blacks, Hispanics, and American Indians) are encouraged to apply. Funding will be provided by the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs (pending final approval).

Eligibility: 1) You must be employed by/enrolled in a US institution, funding cannot be provided to anyone at a non-US institution. 2) You must present a talk or poster on Antarctic research at the 2018 SCAR Open Science Conference. 3) Applicants may not have access to current NSF grants with travel funds already designated for attendance at the SCAR OSC.

Application: The application form is available at https://goo.gl/forms/SyppDbQUGyboCDjP2. Reimbursement of funds will require submission of receipts after travel is completed. Air travel must be purchased through a US-flag carrier (no exceptions). Travel advances are not possible, and credit card statements are not valid as receipts.

Deadline for Applications: 1 March 2018

Questions: Contact Deneb Karentz (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), University of San Francisco

The I (first) International Youth Scientific and Practical Conference «Arctic research: from extensive to integrated development» will be held in Arkhangelsk on 26-28 April 2018.

The conference consists of 4 main sections:

  1. Human in the Arctic

    1.1. Social and economic development
    1.2 Human health
    1.3 History and Culture

  2. Natural and resource potential of the ArcticKonferentsiya logo en

    2.1 Mineral resources
    2.2 Forest and land resources
    2.3 Water resources and animal resources  

  3. Arctic ecosystems and environmental protection

    3.1 Environmental safety and environmental management
    3.2 Organisms and their habitats 

  4. Technological development of the Arctic

    4.1 Industry and infrastructure
    4.2 Construction and power engineering
    4.3 Information technology

Working languages are Russian and English.

The work of the conference will take place in the form of plenary sessions, sectional sessions and poster sessions. The age of the speaker should not exceed 35 years, but senior colleagues and scientific supervisors of young scientists may take part as co-authors of the publication. For people who do not have a PhD degree it is necessary to provide a scanned review from the scientific supervisor.

The conference proceedings will be published by the beginning of the conference.

Participation in the conference is free of charge.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask by e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

Registration form can be found here.

The Northern Science Award is presented annually to an individual or a group who have made a significant contribution to meritorious knowledge and understanding of the Canadian North. In the spirit of the last International Polar Year (2007-2008) the Northern Science Award recognizes the transformation of knowledge into action.

This year marks the 33rd anniversary of the award, which comprises the Centenary Medal, which was created to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the first International Polar Year, 1882-1883, and a prize of $10,000.

The deadline for nominations is January 31st 2018.

For more information, visit the Polar Knowledge Canada website at https://www.canada.ca/en/polar-knowledge/fundingforresearchers/awards.html.

ISS_A-Changing-Arctic_Flyer_2018v2.pngThe International Summer School at the University of Oslo (http://www.uio.no/english/studies/summerschool/) is pleased to offer a 6-week Masters level course, "A Changing Arctic." The highly interdisciplinary course consists of a series of lectures, both by UiO staff and external guests, covering a wealth of issues related to the Arctic domain as well as excursions and public outreach.

This course aims to enhance knowledge and understanding of the Arctic natural habitat, including its changes over time and plausible future trajectories, and to increase awareness about how those changes affect legal developments, political tensions, and international governance challenges. Students will learn about the uncertainties in scientific data and models and will be trained in the use of analytical tools and models that help to describe and diagnose governance challenges and to identify and assess response options. The course also provides understanding of international law rules governing the Arctic region, with particular focus on the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

This year the school will be held from June 23-August 3 at the Blindern Campus in Oslo. The course includes a final examination and group and individual presentations, worth 15 ECTS (Credits).

Scholarship applications close by 1 February.
Self-financed applications close by 1 March.

More information about the course and the International Summer School application process can be found here:
http://www.uio.no/english/studies/courses/iss/summer-school/ISSMN4030/  or you can check out the course Blog and the public outreach assignments https://achangingarctic.wordpress.com/.

ESSEM COST Action ES1404: A European network for a harmonised monitoring of snow for the benefit of climate change scenarios, hydrology and numerical weather prediction

COST action ES1404 on snow
(http://harmosnow.eu) will arrange a spring school on snow, focusing on snow data assimilation. The training school will be held in Bormio, Italy in March 12-16, 2018.

Deadline is January 26, 2018!

Objectives
To learn and discuss the state-of-the art and developing snow data assimilation methods for NWP, hydrology and detailed snowpack models:

  • Importance of snow data assimilation for forecast and applications
  • Availability, uncertainties and usage of observations for the models
  • Methods of objective analysis and data assimilation
  • Using of observations for model evaluation

Target audience

  • PhD and graduate level students who want to learn data assimilation methods for snow
  • Modellers who want to advance their skill in data assimilation and understand the snow observations better
  • Observation specialists who want to learn how the observations are used in models

The participants should have a basic knowledge in snow physics and numerical methods. Applicants from COST inclusiveness countries (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia and Turkey) are welcome

Funding
COST will cover all local expenses including accommodation, food and the field trip. The flight tickets and local transport (up to 300 euros) will be covered by application when necessary. In special cases the travel budget can be extended.

Contents
Lectures, practical exercises and a field trip on:

  • Introduction to NWP/hydrology/snowpack models and their snow data assimilation
  • Methods of data assimilation
  • Snow observations applicable for data assimilation in the models
  • Snow-related applications

Credits
COST ES-1404 considers that the school programme is equivalent to 3 ECTS.

For application procedure, see the school flyer:

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Preliminary program, topics and trainers

Please send your motivation letter and CV to Cemal.Melih.Tanis at fmi.fi and Ekaterina.Kurzeneva at fmi.fi.

We are is pleased to announce the second field school as a part of the International Partnerships for Excellence in Education and Research (INTPART) project “Arctic Field Summer Schools: Norway-Canada-USA collaboration”. The second field school is organized by the University of Alaska Fairbanks and is tentatively planned for May 29 to June 9, 2018.

The “Arctic Field Summer School” is primarily funded by the Research Council of Norway (NFR) and the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education (SIU), under grant agreement number 261786/H30 (http://cirfa.uit.no/intpart-project-to-cirfa-arctic-field-summer-school). The project supports research and education collaboration among UiT-the Arctic University of Norway, the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), USA, and the University of Calgary (UC), Canada. Through a series of summer schools, the project engages graduate students in exploring science questions related to Arctic challenges.

During this second field school, students will participate and learn about remote sensing and ground-based field observations in Utqiaġvik, Alaska (formerly Barrow). The overall theme of the school is the study of processes of the Arctic coastal environment at the intersection between the marine, terrestrial, atmospheric and cryospheric environments using ground-based and remote sensing observations. The course will be primarily based in and near the Barrow Environmental Observatory (BEO) and will be conducted in close collaboration with UIC Science (Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation), where the participating students will receive introductory lectures and collect in-situ and remote sensing data to be analyzed in collaboration with their instructors. Students will formulate a project jointly with instructors and work on their project for the duration of the field school. The participating students will make an oral presentation and submit an individual or group report at the end of the school, and will be able to earn credits for participation based on an assessment of the work. The class will be offered as a two-credit UAF summer course and students willing to earn credits need to enroll for the class in advance.

Travel grants (amounts will be determined later) will be issued by IARC to help offset or fully cover travel costs to Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska, as well as local costs and accommodation. Please send your 1-page motivation letter that outlines how this course fits into your graduate study and career plans, CV, and a recommendation letter from your supervisor.

Important: This opportunity is open only for US-based graduate students enrolled at US universities and the international partners will advertise separately.

For further information or to apply, please contact Mr. Tohru Saito (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Application deadline is February 28, 2018.

We cordially invite you to submit a paper to our “Research Topic” in Frontiers in Earth Science. For this special issue, we aim to compile a collection of articles devoted to the topic “Paleoceanographic Conditions in High Northern Latitudes during Quaternary Interglaciations” (see abstract below). We expect our “Research Topic” to include papers based on various sedimentological, faunal and (organic) geochemical methods. Please note that the journal is willing to assist with removing any barrier to publishing and has developed solutions regarding publishing fees, including numerous institutional agreements that cover the publishing costs, as well as waivers for those without funding. For more information on these solutions, please click here.

What advantages will you have when publishing your paper in our Research Topic?

  • Manuscripts published in Research Topics have higher visibility and have a trend for higher citations compared to solo submissions;
  • All Frontiers in Earth Science articles are fully Gold Open Access with a CC-BY license, so authors retain the copyright to their articles;
  • Frontiers in Earth Science upload articles online as soon as they are accepted for publication without any embargo period;
  • Our “Research Topic” has its own dedicated web page: Paleoceanographic Conditions in High Northern Latitudes during Quaternary Interglaciations;
  • Participation in a Frontiers “Research Topic” helps to engage the community and stimulate discussion;
  • There is opportunity to publish articles in a free Gold Open Access eBook;
  • Our “Research Topic” is being announced simultaneously through three popular sections of the Frontiers Earth in Science journal: Biogeochemistry, Geochemistry, and Quaternary Science, Geomorphology and Paleoenvironment which will attract more attention to its publications.

How to proceed with submitting a paper?

Please notify us vie email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) about your intention to write a paper for our “Research Topic”.

Submit your abstract before 01.02.2018 through the “Research Topic” web page Paleoceanographic Conditions in High Northern Latitudes during Quaternary Interglaciations; and your paper before 28.07.2018.

With best regards,

The editors, Evgenia Kandiano, Tom Cronin, Kirstin Werner, Juliane Müller


Abstract:
Current climate warming is dramatically amplified in high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, notably through sea-ice retreat and melting of the Greenland ice sheet. These processes, in turn, trigger feedback mechanisms affecting ocean temperature and circulation. These oceanographic mechanisms and interactions with sea ice, the atmosphere and adjacent land areas need to be investigated in order to understand the extent and further development of the ongoing climate change.

Paleoceanographic reconstructions of past interglacial periods in high northern latitudes can provide useful insights and scenarios for future climate prediction. However, such reconstructions in subpolar and polar environments involve multiple challenges due to a strong influence of melt water, quantifying temperature calibrations, restricted species’ compositions in many biological groups, and others. Significant recent advances in developing new paleoceanographic methods (especially in the field of geochemistry and biogeochemistry) and elaborating existing methods allow for evaluation of past changes in seasonal sea-ice extent, salinity, and ocean circulation. Paleo-temperature estimations of surface, subsurface and bottom waters also have been considerably improved.

In this Research Topic, we welcome contributions exploring oceanic environments in high northern latitudes during the pronounced Quaternary interglacial periods, especially Marine Isotope Stages 11, 9, 5e, and 1, by means of various paleoceanographical methods, from paleontological to biogeochemical. Suborbital and millennial-scale reconstructions of oceanic conditions and circulation are especially encouraged.

Please consider submitting papers that advance the understanding of seasonal snow to the special issue in Water Resources Research. In addition to regular research articles, WRR provides the option to submit a short format data paper (about a unique dataset) or a short format technical report (about a new sensing technology), and some of these may be very appropriate for this special issue. Also, papers that are not related to the SnowEx field campaign are also very welcome.

Call for Papers for “Advances in remote sensing, measurement, and simulation of seasonal snow”

Snow is critically important to human welfare, affecting water supplies, security, economics, energy and climate. Understanding seasonal snow cover is critical to understanding the fate of frozen ground, glaciers, and sea ice. Global snow reserves are rapidly changing, but we currently lack effective means for accurately tracking snow amounts and how much they are changing. With this special issue, we encourage contributions that increase our understanding and capabilities with regards to sensing and simulating snow amounts across a wide range of environments and spatial scales. Research on data collection and analysis, instrumentation, calibration and validation, modeling (both hydrologic and radiometric), and synergistic applications of snow remote sensing data for improved understanding of other earth processes are all welcome. We encourage contributions related to NASA’s multi-year SnowEx project, designed to advance capabilities and plan for a near-future space mission to monitor global seasonal snow water equivalent.

Manuscripts should be submitted through the GEMS (http://wrr-submit.agu.org/cgi-bin/main.plex) website. For additional information please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Submission Deadline: September 1, 2018

An excellent and exciting opportunity awaits university students interested in the Arctic and Arctic affairs. University of Lapland and University of Oulu (Finland), in cooperation with the Model Arctic Council Thematic Network, will host a Model Arctic Council 2018 in October 29 – November 2, 2018 in Rovaniemi, Finland.

The call for participation can be found here. Bildschirmfoto 2018-01-25 um 09.54.17.png

Bildschirmfoto 2018-01-25 um 09.45.12.pngPlease see below and attached re: winter issue of the Journal of Ocean Technology (JOT) and opportunities to get involved. Feel free to distribute to your professional networks.

Mitigating Risks in the Arctic Region (V13N4)
The winter 2018 issue of the Journal of Ocean Technology – with guest editors Professor Aykut I. Ölcer and Associate Professor Dimitrios Dalaklis of the World Maritime University (a postgraduate maritime university founded by the International Maritime Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations) in Malmö, Sweden – will expand global knowledge in relation to the Arctic Region’s truly pristine environment and promote the understanding of newly emerging technologies and regulatory efforts that are paving the way towards responsible ocean utilization and management.

Would you like to share your research and experiences in this area with our readers? The Journal of Ocean Technology is inviting the submission of technical papers, essays, and short articles. Further details and submission deadlines can be found in attached PDF.

Organizers invite applications for the Software Carpentry and Introduction to High-Performance Computing Workshop. This workshop will convene 16-17 June 2018 during the Polar2018 conference in Davos, Switzerland.

This free two-day workshop is designed for polar scientists interested in learning tools for data analysis and computation using high-performance computing. Prior programming experience helpful, but is not required.

Topics will include:

  • Python programming
  • Shell scripting
  • Git and version control
  • High-performance computers
  • Best practices in data management and reproducible research

Graduate students and other early career researchers particularly encouraged to apply.

The workshop is free but space is limited, apply by filling out this form before 10 February 2018.

Workshop Flyer

Bildergebnis für UAF logoReminder of the upcoming application deadline for the Fifth International Summer School in Glaciology organized by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF), and to be held in McCarthy, central Alaska, from 5 to 15 June 2018.

The course will provide a comprehensive overview of the physics of glaciers and current research frontiers in glaciology with focus on quantitative glaciology and remote sensing. The course is open to 28 graduate students from around the world targeting primarily early stage PhD students who perform glacier-related research.

It will be taught by faculty of UAF’s glaciology group and several invited guest instructors from outside Alaska: Andy Aschwanden, Ed Bueler, Mark Fahnestock, Regine Hock, Martin Truffer (UAF); Kelly Brunt (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Matthew Hoffman (Los Alamos National Lab), Mike Loso (National Parks Service Alaska), Erin Worthon (USGS Tacoma).

Application deadline: 25 January 2018
(note the deadline has been moved back a few days)
If you have sent your application already, but not received a confirmation, please resend. There is a small risk that some applications have been lost due to an email issue a few days ago).

Summer School Sponsors:
NASA, The Norwegian-North American Glaciology Exchange Program RemoteEx, International Glaciological Society (IGS), International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS), Frontiers in Earth Sciences, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks

See for further information: http://glaciers.gi.alaska.edu/courses/summer-school/2018

SCAR logo white backgroundAn essay by Professor Tim Naish on "What does the United Nations Paris Climate Agreement Mean for Antarctica?" was recently published in the New Zealand Antarctic Society journal 'Antarctic'. The essay covers the subject of Prof Naish's SCAR Lecture to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting held in Beijing, China in May 2017.

Naish, T., 2017. What does the United Nations Paris Climate Agreement Mean for Antarctica? Antarctic 35(4), 46-51

The article is available to download, by kind permission of the New Zealand Antarctic Society, from the SCAR Library: https://www.scar.org/scar-library/search/policy/science-to-policy/4967-un-paris-climate-agreement-antarctica-naish

The slides and text of Prof Naish's ATCM SCAR Lecture 2017 are available through the SCAR Library: https://www.scar.org/antarctic-treaty/atcm-presentations/3483-scar-lecture-2017/

For more information on the New Zealand Antarctic Society, please visit their website: https://antarcticsociety.org.nz/.

Arctic Research Consortium of the United States

The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) and the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Alaska invite applications and/or nominations for two Arctic Indigenous scholars. A scholar can be any person who is an expert within their own knowledge system. No formal education is required.

The selected scholars will travel to Washington, D.C. for three to five days and will facilitate meetings with officials at relevant U.S. government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and other groups. Scholars will be able to share their interests, learn of available resources, build relationships, and provide on-the-ground perspectives to key decision-makers. Indigenous Scholars will also provide an open seminar/webinar to Arctic policy-makers and others interested in the Arctic.

Criteria for the selection of scholars will include factors such as the scholar's potential overall impact during the Washington, D.C. visit, applicant's ability to share the benefit from meeting with policy- and decision-makers, and the potential for that applicant to advance knowledge and its application to real-world challenges through broader connectivity.

To nominate an Indigenous scholar, send a letter of nomination outlining why and how the nominee and their community would benefit from this opportunity. Nominations must include the full contact information for the nominee.

Nomination letters can be emailed to Lisa Sheffield Guy (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or mailed to ARCUS office. Letters should be emailed or post-marked by 15 February 2018.

To apply to be a scholar, applications can be submitted by one of the following methods:

  • Online application form;
  • Download a printable application form (PDF 123 KB) and mail to Lisa Sheffield Guy at the ARCUS office.
  • Arrange a telephone interview. To schedule a time, call the ARCUS office at 907-474-1600. Applications via phone will be recorded for committee review.

Nominations and applications submitted via postal mail must be sent to:

Lisa Sheffield Guy, ARCUS
3535 College Roads, Suite 101
Fairbanks, Alaska 99701-3710

Application and nomination deadline: 15 February 2018

For more information, go to:
Indigenous Scholars webpage

For questions, contact:

Lisa Sheffield Guy
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phone: 907-474-1600

IARPCThe Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) invites applications for an Interdisciplinary Science Communication Training Program for Early Career Scientists. This program will take place from February to May 2018 and will be conducted via Zoom webinar software.

During the program, participants will be expected to:

  • Complete the interdisciplinary science communication short course,
  • Deliver a lightning talk during an IARPC public webinar and a collaboration team meeting,
  • Attend two IARPC Collaboration team meetings, and
  • Complete a program evaluation form.

To participate in the program, applicants must:

  • Be a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, or doctoral student/candidate currently conducting research related to Arctic science;
  • Have a good command of English;
  • Have an account on IARPC Collaborations with a complete profile;
  • Commit to participating in the online activities;
  • Commit to attending at least two collaboration team meetings during the training period of 19 February – May 2018;
  • Be excited about interdisciplinary teamwork; and
  • Appreciate the need for science communication skills in cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Applications are available on the program website and must be completed and emailed to Jessica Rohde at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Program duration: February-May 2018

Application deadline: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 2 February 2018

For more information, including course requirements and to access the application, go to:
Training program homepage

To request an IARPC Collaborations account, go to:
IARPC Collaborations homepage

For questions, contact:
Jessica Rohde
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phone: 206-931-0090

ucmThe Complutense University of Madrid, through the Department of Geography and its Research Group of Physical Geography of High Mountains has opened a call for a Young Researchers Award on works related to the cryosphere science and research in mountain areas. The outstanding works will be published on two issues of the journal Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica.

Editors of Cryosphere Science Special Issue: David Palacios (Complutense University of Madrid), Jose M. García-Ruiz (CSIC), Marc Oliva (University of Barcelona), Jose María Fernández-Fernández (Complutense University of Madrid).

Editors of Research on Mountain Areas Special Issue: Nuria de Andrés (Complutense University of Madrid), Amelia Gómez-Villar (University of León), Luis Miguel Tanarro (Complutense University of Madrid), Jesus Ruiz-Fernández (University of Oviedo).

Young researchers in the process of presenting their PhD thesis or who have submitted it not before January 1, 2014 are encouraged to participate. Please find here the guidelines of the award.

AS-301 Risk Assessment of Arctic Natural Hazards (10 ECTS) - UNISAS-301 Risk Assessment of Arctic Natural Hazards (10 ECTS),
Course at UNIS, 4 June - 6 July 2018


Course requirements:

Enrolment in a relevant master programme in natural sciences, environmental sciences, or technology.

Academic content:

This course appreciates the multidisciplinary and multifaceted nature of natural hazards in Arctic environments, with focus on Svalbard. In a rapidly changing Arctic that experiences increased population and touristic pressures, risk assessment of natural hazards threatening people’s lives and key infrastructure becomes essential.

A theoretical foundation for quantitative risk assessment, together with an introduction to the geo-, cryo-, hydro-, and biosphere of the Arctic, precedes four applied modules:

  1. Weather hazards:
    Basic factors characterizing the weather in the Arctic and their impacts on people and infrastructure present in the area will be introduced and discussed; focusing on phenomena like strong winds, low temperatures, and icing on e.g. aircraft, ships and infrastructure. Acquisition and application of weather data for risk assessment will be taught.
  2. Slope hazards: Basic process-controlling factors and their vulnerability to climate change are introduced for Arctic slope processes (snow avalanches, landslides, rockslides). Basic data acquisition methods on analyzing the underlying geophysical processes are applied. Finally, forecasting, prevention, and mitigation measures are discussed and tested.
  3. Biohazards: Sustainable management of Arctic environmental issues is discussed. The natural behavior of polar bears and other large marine mammals is described and discussed in the light of human-animal interaction and de-escalation. The risk of diseases from parasites is demonstrated and best practice routines are introduced.
  4. Cryohazards: Basic process-controlling factors and their vulnerability to climate change are introduced focusing on sea ice dynamics, glacier mass balance and -dynamics, iceberg production, and permafrost evolution. Basic data acquisition methods for analyzing the underlying geophysical processes are applied and tested. Sea ice dynamics and iceberg production are related to safe Arctic shipping.

Finally, gained analytical knowledge and process understanding is combined to a practical risk assessment exercise.

More information can be found under the following link: https://www.unis.no/course/as-301-risk-assessment-arctic-natural-hazards/

Application deadline is 15 February 2018.



The Executive Organizing Committee for the Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) 2018 is seeking community input, in the form of brief statements, that will help guide discussions during the AOS Thematic Working Group sessions. The theme for this Summit, convening 24-26 June 2018 in Davos, Switzerland, is The Business Case for a pan-Arctic Observing System.

The Arctic Observing Summit is a biennial summit that aims to provide community-driven guidance for the design, implementation, coordination, and sustained operation of an international network of Arctic observing systems. The AOS provides a platform to address urgent and broadly recognized needs of Arctic observing across all components of the Arctic system. The AOS 2018 will focus on pressing issues in the implementation and support of sustained observations that can be addressed through a business-case lens.

Community input can highlight important data, management, or logistical needs or gaps, explore emerging opportunities, address a current challenge, present new initiatives or technology that can contribute to Arctic observing (including global programs), or review on-going observing activities or issues that are relevant for the development, application, operation, or support of a sustained Arctic observing network.

Short statements or white papers should link to the themes identified for AOS 2018. A full description of the thematic focus for AOS 2018 can be found on the meeting homepage.

Input on other important and relevant topics related to AOS are welcome under the category of "OTHER: Other high-priority issues for Arctic observing", but organizers ask that authors contact the AOS Executive Organizing Committee by email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and send a proposed title and abstract to discuss the topic prior to preparing the statement for inclusion.

Deadline to submit input: 15 February 2018

For more information about the request for input and to submit a statement, go to:
Short statement submission form

For instructions on preparing a short statement, go to:
Short statement guidelines

For more information about the meeting, including conference sub-themes, go to:
AOS 2018 homepage

For questions, contact:
Ravi Darwin Sankar
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phone: 403-220-5775

Maribeth Murray
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Bildschirmfoto 2017-09-14 um 13.21.33.pngThe European Space Agency (ESA), is pleased to invite you to participate to the Call for Research Proposals of the Living Planet Fellowship 2018. The main objective of this initiative is to support young researchers who have a doctoral degree and who would like to initiate a scientific career in the context of Earth Observation and Earth System Science.

With this call ESA plans to support up to 10 Post-Doctoral researchers (supported by ESA with a ceiling price of 99 KEuro for 2 years under a co-funding scheme) to carry out a research project at a Host Institution in an eligible ESA Member State.

Candidate researchers shall submit research proposals responding to one of following Research Areas:

Advancing Novel Methods and Techniques: Targeted research projects aimed at developing innovative methods, novel algorithms and new EO products and datasets expanding the scientific use of the Sentinel missions, the Earth Explorers or the ESA long-term data archives into new scientific areas and application domains.

Advancing Earth System Science: Cutting-edge scientific activities aimed at maximizing the scientific impact of ESA and European missions in terms of new discoveries and advances in Earth system science addressing the new challenges of the ESA EO Science Strategy.

The documentation (Call for Research Proposals package) can be downloaded from:

http://livingplanetfellowship.esa.int

Projects will be funded under the 5th period of ESA’s Earth Observation Envelope Programme (EOEP-5). EOEP-5 is an optional programme of the Agency, and participation is restricted to institutions which have their registered office in one of the following Participating States: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Slovenia and Canada.

Proposal and all supporting documents must be sent by e-mail to:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by no later than 22nd February 2018 (the Closing Date).

Any questions relating to this Call must be sent, by e-mail to
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., not later than two (2) weeks before the Closing Date.

nsf logoThe National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Polar Computing Research Coordination Network (RCN) was tasked with analyzing opportunities and barriers in the uptake of high-performance and distributed computing (HPDC) in polar science.

Specifically, the RCN was to:

  • Address why the polar sciences are poorly represented in the use of HPDC cyberinfrastructure,
  • Learn how the polar sciences were using and wished to use HPDC resources,
  • Explore how to ensure that plans and design for new and existing NSF-funded cyberinfrastructure efforts are cognizant of the needs of the polar science community, and
  • Understand how best to educate a new generation of polar scientists in the skills needed to realize the opportunities and potential of HPDC.

Having covered the core areas proposed by NSF, organizers seek to engage the broader community in determining the next areas of focus and seek input from individual researchers about how they and their community could team up with the Polar Computing RCN to either expand or deepen our response to the charge detailed above. The RNC seeks proposals for events that will help achieve these goals.

Funding is available for a domestic event (must be hosted in the U.S. for U.S. participants).

To propose an event, send a two-paragraph "proposal" describing your community, your proposed event, and how you would use the available funds to the Principal Investigator, Shantenu Jha at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Proposal deadline: Monday, 15 January 2018

For more information, go to:
Polar RCN Notices webpage

For more information about the Polar Research Coordination Network, including past activities, go to:
Polar Research Coordination Network homepage

IARPCThe Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) is seeking comments on how best to revise and strengthen the Principles for the Conduct of Research in the Arctic. A Federal Register Notice has been published to solicit community input.

The Principles Revision Working Group of IARPC is seeking input from all stakeholders to revise and update the Principles. The update will focus on communicating clearly the Principles for community engagement by Arctic researchers and including language that describes partnerships and collaborations with Indigenous scholars, enhanced community-based observations, fostering community-based participatory research, and the integral contributions of Indigenous knowledge in the co-production and dissemination of knowledge. Input is also sought on enhancing the dissemination and implementation of the Principles.

The current Principles were prepared by the Social Science Task Force of the U.S. Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, approved by the IARPC on June 28, 1990, and published by IARPC in volume 9, (Spring, 1995, pp.56-57) of the journal "Arctic Research of the United States". Since 1990, community engagement and Arctic research have advanced both in theory and in practice, necessitating a review and update of the current Principles.

Comments can be emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or to the Principles Revision Working Group co-chairs, Roberto Delgado of NIH and Renee Crain of NSF.

Deadline to submit comments: Monday, 15 January 2018

To view the Federal Register Notice, go to:
Federal Register Notice

Bildschirmfoto 2018-01-11 um 15.19.53.pngThe Arctic Horizons Steering Committee invites comments to the draft final report for Arctic Horizons. Comments will be given full consideration in the production of the final report, but will not be displayed publicly on the website.

Arctic Horizons, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Arctic Social Sciences Program (ASSP), was designed to assemble community input and recommendations on re-envisioning the mission, scope, future priorities, and resource needs of the Arctic social sciences research community.


The objectives of Arctic Horizons are to:

Organize, develop, and conduct five regional, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary workshops that integrated expertise from various fields, geographic locations, Indigenous communities, and stakeholder groups to develop a renewed vision of Arctic social sciences and identify key priorities and resource needs in the field for the future;
Design and support a broad, inclusive discussion of research priorities, scope, and mission in the Arctic social sciences;
Make recommendations to funders and policy makers who support or should support Arctic research; and
Produce a final report for the Arctic research community, or for Arctic research funders, that synthesizes relevant findings on the vision, mission, scope, and priorities of the Arctic social sciences community based on a sixth "synthesis" workshop.

Deadline for submitting comments: Saturday, 20 January 2018

To access the draft and submit comments, go to:
Arctic Horizons Final Report draft

For questions, contact:
Aaron Presnall
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

BildergebnisThe National Park Service (NPS) invites funding proposals for the 2018 Shared Beringian Heritage Program (SBHP). This program recognizes the unique natural resources and cultural heritage shared by Russia and the United States in the region known as Beringia.

The overall purpose of the SBHP is to advance local, national, and international understanding and preservation of the regional resources and to sustain the cultural vitality of its Indigenous people.

Specific programmatic goals of the SBHP include:

  • Improve conservation, sustainability, and knowledge of the natural and cultural resources of the region;
  • Preserve subsistence opportunities and other historic traditions and practices;
  • Interpret and communicate about the unique and internationally significant resources and values of the region; and
  • Provide opportunities for cultural connections and knowledge exchange.

Eligible applicants include:

  • Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized);
  • Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Servive, other than institutions of higher education;
  • State governments;
  • Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments);
  • Public and state controlled institutions of higher education;
  • City or township governments;
  • County governments; and
  • Private institutions of higher education.

Proposal deadline: 12 February 2018

For more information and to submit a proposal, go to:
View full grant listing

For questions, contact:
Peter Neitlich
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) announce the release of their Cruise Planning webpage. This webpage is available through the UNOLS website.

Information provided on the website covers what organizers need to know to plan a successful cruise, from the proposal writing phase through post-cruise documentation. The website provides links to information outlining the key aspects of pre-cruise planning, including basic timelines, available community resources, permits, packing and shipping, and more. This is general information and should be used in conjunction with vessel operator's policies and procedures. Any vessel-specific questions should go directly to the operator's cruise planning personnel.

The webpage includes a cruise planning timeline and important information regarding:

  • Vessel-specific cruise planning websites;
  • Working in foreign ports and obtaining Marine Science Research Clearances;
  • Available equipment and services; and
  • Conducting radioisotopes, natural isotopes, and stable isotopes work.

To access the cruise planning information, go to:
View the UNOLS Cruise Planning Informtion webpage

POLAR serves as a point of contact for the international polar research community for research opportunities in Canada's Arctic and to collaborate with Canadian researchers in the Antarctic. The Canada-Sweden Arctic Research Station Early Career Scientist Exchange Program is a pilot project that could develop into a program that promotes a longer-term exchange of ideas and information, and could be used as a model for other international partnerships. POLAR is committed to inspiring, motivating, and supporting students to continue their education and pursue a career in science and technology, which includes supporting the next generation of researchers.

Where: Canadian High Arctic Research Station and Abisko Scientific Research Station

Who can apply: PhD-students or scientists holding a PhD degree not older than five years, employed by a university or research organisation in Canada or Sweden

Included: Travel to each research station and accommodation are provided free of charge.

Deadline: February 15, 2018

For more information:
Call for Applications
(PDF version)

Application Form
(PDF version)

See below for the main details about this award, and please check out the call on POLAR’s website for more information: https://www.canada.ca/en/polar-knowledge/canada-sweden-arctic-research-station-early-career-scientist-exchange-program.html

Remind to apply for travel grant before January, 15th!!

pyrn smallThe PYRN (Permafrost Young Researcher Network) will organize a 2-day workshop June 23-24, 2018 at Chamonix (France), in conjunction with the EUCOP5 (European Conference on Permafrost). All permafrost young researchers (current students or early career, within 6 years after their PhD) are invited to attend the workshop. This workshop is entirely supported by sponsors (UFA, IPA, IASC, Petzl, Nunataryuk project, Lions club) and is free of charge for the participants! Affordable accommodations will also be available for PYRN members.

Furthermore, travel grants of up to 250 euros will be offered to a limited number of participants. To apply for a travel grant, please fill in the following form: https://goo.gl/forms/Kas7PySy2Uc1HV3M2. The deadline to submit a travel grant application is January 15, 2018. Travel grant recipients will be asked to submit a short video showcasing their research.

The workshop program is as follows:

Friday, June 22nd 2018: Welcoming ice-breaker

Saturday June, 23rd 2018: Introduction to PYRN activities by the PYRN ExCom, plenary lectures and breakout sessions lead by outstanding senior and junior scientists covering major permafrost topics, career planning, research perspectives, and soft-skills development.

Sunday June, 24th 2018: Local excursion lead by outstanding local researchers and land-planners to learn about environmental settings and land-planning issues in the Mont Blanc massif.

More details will be provided soon. Please, check for updates and submit your abstract on: https://eucop2018.sciencesconf.org/

All young researchers willing to participate to this workshop are invited to sign up to the PYRN: https://pyrn.arcticportal.org/join-us

Please do not hesitate to contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for any inquiries regarding the PYRN activities at ECUOP5.

This is a great opportunity to meet each other, learn about permafrost sciences, and draw research perspectives together. We hope to see you in Chamonix next year!!

Florence Magnin,
on behalf of the PYRN ExCom

The NSF funded Polar Computing Research Coordination Network was tasked with analyzing opportunities and barrier in the uptake of high-performance & distributed computing in polar science. Specifically, the RCN was to:

  • Address why the polar sciences are poorly represented in the use of HPDC cyberinfrastructure,
  • Learn how the Polar Sciences were using and wished to use HPDC resources.
  • Explore how to ensure that plans and design for new and existing NSF-funded cyberinfrastructure efforts are cognizant of the needs of the Polar Science community, and
  • Understand how best to educate a new generation of polar scientists in the skills needed to realize the opportunities and potential of HPDC.

Having covered the core areas we proposed to NSF, we would like to engage and seek the broader community in determining the next areas of focus. We would like to offer $15,000 to host a domestic event (must be hosted in the US for US participants) to achieve these goals. We want to hear from YOU about how YOUR community could team up with the Polar Computing RCN to either expand or deepen our response to the charge detailed above.

Submit just a two-paragraph “proposal” to PI This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. describing your community, your proposed event, and how you would use the available funds.

Deadline for submission is 15 January 2018. More information on the RCN and past activities at http://polar-computing.org.

- Allen Pope

IPCC lead authors request your assistance:

The IPCC is aiming to recognize the importance of Indigenous or traditional knowledge. As such, in the Polar Regions chapter of a special report currently being prepared, the lead authors are eager to include published findings from Indigenous/traditional knowledge studies, alongside the usual findings from standard scientific research. Henry Huntington and Laura Eerkes-Medrano are working with the authors and are asking for your help in providing them with information about your work on Indigenous/ traditional knowledge to help demonstrate its value.

Henry and Laura would like to hear about your published studies in the peer-reviewed literature, including scientific journals and books that document traditional knowledge about sea ice, permafrost, river and lake ice, snow, and glaciers in relation to climate change. Gray literature does not meet the IPCC standards and should not be included. The Polar Regions chapter will also cover the implications of these types of changes, to ecosystems and to human societies. Any of your publications that address other aspects of the climate system are also welcome.

Please add a sentence or two summarizing the key findings of your work to help the authors figure out how to use and cite your paper. The sentence or two can also say something about the type of study (e.g., "In a study of five Inuit communities in northern Quebec..." or "In a study of one Dene community in the Northwest Territories..."). This will help authors to understand the area that the study covers.

The chapter will focus on what has happened since 2012, so recent work is particularly useful. However, earlier studies can also be included if they address points still relevant today.

The deadline to submit a compilation to the chapter authors is 19 January 2018.

IASSA very much appreciates any help you can provide in getting the IPCC to a big milestone.

Please send your responses to:
Laura Eerkes-Medrano at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Henry Huntington at: ​This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

​Supporting the inclusion of the Indigenous Knowledge in IPCC and other high-level reports is an important priority for IASSA.

Thank you in advance!
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Andrey N Petrov
​IASSA President

Bildergebnis für Deutsche Gesellschaft für Polarforschung e.V.On occasion of the 27th International Polar Conference to be held in Rostock, March 2018, a photo contest was initiated.

For the details, please go to: https://www.polarforschung.de/app/uploads/2017/10/Photo-Contest-2018.pdf

The deadline for submitting photos is 1 March 2018.

For the best photos awards are advertised, namely 150, 100 and 50 Euro, respectively, for the first, second and third award.

They are looking forward to receiving many interesting submissions!

The American Fisheries Society is excited to announce a new educational opportunity; they will be launching a new webinar series, to include a range of topics of interest to fisheries professionals! Please join them for January's webinar:

Using Bayesian Clustering Algorithms to Discover Population Genetic Structure

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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

2:00 - 3:00 pm Eastern Time

Register now!


Registration is free, but a limited number of seats are available!

Since the arrival of STRUCTURE (Pritchard et al. 2000), biologists have been using Bayesian clustering algorithms to discover population genetic structure. This webinar will discuss several popular freely-available packages (STRUCTURE, BAPS, structurama, others?) with a focus on understanding the algorithms underlying the packages. The presentation will be as non-technical as possible, and advantages and disadvantages of the different packages will be discussed.

For additional information, contact: Lauren Maza, Student & Professional Development Director at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

nsf logoDear Colleague Letter - Provision of Capabilities for Storing, Curating, and Managing Scientific Ice Cores
National Science Foundation

Written response deadline: 15 February 2018

To read the full Dear Colleague Letter, go to: View Dear Colleague Letter

The Office of Polar Programs (OPP) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking expressions of interest from organizations interested in providing storage, curation, and scientific management capabilities for ice cores collected in support of scientific research. The goal of this effort is to ensure secure, long-term, cost-effective archival of and access to ice cores for use by the scientific community.

OPP currently supports the National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL) housed at the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood, Colorado. NICL is supported with NSF funding through an Interagency Agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey. Scientific management of the collection is provided through a subaward from the USGS to the University of New Hampshire.

The current NICL main archive freezer is near the end of its useful life and utilizes refrigerants that were phased out under the Montreal Protocol. NSF seeks a modern and compliant facility to ensure preservation and scientific access to ice core archives and to manage future operating costs. NSF anticipates investing in refurbishment and/or construction of an upgraded NICL facility along with an annual operations and maintenance budget to ensure the core are available for scientific analysis. Modernization options include but are not limited to a modernized facility within the Denver Federal Center, a new facility at another location, or renovation of an existing facility.

The NICL facility consists of a main archive freezer (55,000 cubic ft., -36˚C), core processing laboratory (12,000 square ft., -24˚C), small filtered-air laboratory, loading dock for receiving shipments, and office space for staff and visiting scientists. Current holdings comprise roughly 19,000 meters of ice core collected from various locations.

NSF is open to considering ideas for new management models and/or partnerships for a modernized facility within the Denver Federal Center, a new facility at another location, or renovation of an existing facility. NSF welcomes innovative management, operational, or technological concepts, including public-private partnerships. All respondents should include a management model, a proposed location and a strategy for scientific oversight that is responsive to the needs of the research community.

Please submit written responses by February 15, 2018. Interested respondents should be clear on their approach and include:

  • Which model is being discussed (modernization and management at the Denver Federal Center, relocation and management at a new faculty, or renovation and management of a new facility);
  • How your approach improves efficiency of service and operations while minimizing capital and ongoing costs;
  • Your approach to science management (core allocation); and
  • Your approach to long-term core curation (core storage and access to the scientific community for sampling and analysis).

Responses to this request do not bind NSF to any further or specific actions related to this topic. This DCL is not a formal solicitation for proposals and conveys neither a financial commitment nor a reflection of a final decision of the disposition of NICL. To the extent that the sender plans to provide any information that it considers proprietary, such status must be unambiguously communicated and clearly marked. Comments received are intended for NSF internal use only. Responses received will not be posted publicly, and the names of the respondents will be protected from public disclosure to the extent permitted by law.

Responses, along with questions and comments, should be submitted in electronic form via e-mail to:

Michael Jackson
Program Director
Antarctic Instrumentation and Research Facilities (AIRF)
Office of Polar Programs
Directorate for Geosciences
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Patrick Haggerty
Program Director
Arctic Research Support & Logistics
Office of Polar Programs
Directorate for Geosciences
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Student and faculty applications are open for the 2018 Juneau Icefield Research Program field season. JIRP is an expedition-based 8-week summer field school for advanced high school, undergraduate, and entry-level graduate students, working out of Juneau, AK. The curriculum centers on glaciology and glacier science. Recent research projects have focused on geophysics, mass balance, geobotany, isotope geochemistry, geomatics, and biogeochemistry. Students receive academic credit through the University of Alaska Southeast. Interested students are encouraged to apply by February 9th, 2018.

The 2018 field season will be from June 20th to August 17th.

We have also opened a faculty application. Applications for first consideration were due in late November, but any interested professors, professionals, postdocs and advanced graduate students are still strongly encouraged to fill out the application form on the website.

Please see juneauicefield.com for further information or contact me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with any questions.

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Advances in Polar Science (APS) will publish a special issue with the theme ‘Polar Climate Change: Driving Processes, Extreme Events, and Global Linkages’ for this excellent workshop, held in October 2017, at Hohai University, Nanjing, China. This issue will be part of APS Volume 29 as general issue.

We have four Guest Editors for this issue, Zhaomin Wang (Hohai University, China), Kent Moore (Toronto University, Canada), Annette Rinke (Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany) and John Turner (British Antarctic Survey, UK). English editing service will be provided free of charge if needed.

This is a thematic issue so we must insist on strict adherence to deadlines:

• 15 April 2018 ― deadline for submitting a manuscript for this issue.
• 31 July 2018 ― deadline for supply of final accepted paper.
• Accepted papers will be published online for open access as soon as authors have returned their proofs and all corrections have been made.
• The hard copy is scheduled for publication in September 2018

Topics of interest are:
1. Polar climate change and its global linkages
2. Polar climate and weather extremes and disastrous ice conditions
3. Polar ocean circulation and ocean-ice-atmosphere interactions

As you know, an international Editorial Board with two Co-Editors-in-Chief (Prof. Huigen Yang and Prof. Ian Allison), and an expert team of 26 disciplinary Editors was established in 2015.

For more information, please visit this link: http://www.aps-polar.org/news/details/M171215000002MtPw


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Editorial Office of Advances in Polar Science

As part of an upcoming special issue on Cryospheric Remote Sensing, we are updating our paper on "Open Access Data in Polar and Cryospheric Remote Sensing." This paper was intended both as reference for those teaching/joining the field and a state-of-the-science commentary. Since its publication in 2014, I know there has been a HUGE proliferation of further satellites, innovative techniques, and new datasets.

If you have a particularly useful satellite or dataset in mind (your own or another that you use, current or upcoming), it would be very much appreciated if you took a minute to fill out this quick form to make sure it gets included: https://goo.gl/forms/lFxeqQqKYP3Vr9DW2.

The deadline for submissions is 5 January 2017.

Thank you for your help in making this a strong reference for the community!

Allen Pope

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Call for Abstracts (deadline):
1 March 2018 (250-400 words)
Draft papers (deadline): 15 June 2018 (4000-6000 words)

The Arctic Yearbook (www.arcticyearbook.com) is calling for abstracts for the 2018 edition.


The Arctic Yearbook is an international and peer-reviewed volume which focuses on issues of regional governance, circumpolar relations, geopolitics and security, all broadly defined. It is an open access, online publication. The Arctic Yearbook is an initiative of the Northern Research Forum (NRF) and UArctic’s joint Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security.

This year’s theme is “Arctic Development: In Theory & In Practice”. This theme aims to describe and define economic, political and social ‘development’ from an Arctic perspective, and critically assess the state of knowledge on the subject.

What do we mean by, and how do we define ‘sustainable development’? What are the popular and media perceptions of Arctic development? How do we reconcile the desire for both economic development and environmental protection? What is the role of governance, including Indigenous self-governance, in addressing Arctic development? Who has the right to define, measure and implement development policies in and for the Arctic region? What can be done at a regional or international level to promote local Arctic development? What strategies actually work to improve economic and social outcomes in remote and disperse Arctic communities?

Topics might include, but are not limited to:

  • an assessment of the relevance of the UN Sustainable Development Goals to the Arctic;
  • development from the perspective of different Arctic regions and communities;
  • the legacy of colonialism in Arctic development strategies;
  • gross production of the Arctic region vs. public investments into regional development;
  • local (e.g. Native/Economic Development Corporations) and global (e.g. shipping, oil) economic development case studies;
  • boom and bust cycles and northern resource economies;
  • the role of military infrastructure in Arctic development;
  • sustainable marine transportation and tourism;
  • dependency and periphery;
  • statistical analyses of local and regional Arctic economic development; the role of governance and governments in addressing Arctic development;
  • Arctic-appropriate indicators of development;
  • livelihoods and material-well-being in the Arctic;
  • best practices and comprehensive strategies for development including education, social supports and health care;
  • and the application of global development literature and studies to the Arctic.

Other topics of contemporary significance to northern peoples, circumpolar relations, Arctic geopolitics and security are also welcome.

Abstracts should be 250-400 words and include author name(s), institutional affiliation and article title, to be submitted to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The deadline for abstracts is March 1, 2018. Notice of acceptance will be provided on March 15, 2018. Articles must be submitted by June 15, 2018. Publication is planned for October 2018. We also welcome proposals for commentaries (1-3 page opinion pieces) and briefing notes (4-7 page analyses) from experts and policymakers on current issues and events.

EDITOR
Lassi Heininen (Professor of Arctic Politics at the University of Lapland, Finland & Visiting professor at University of Akureyri, Iceland; Head of NRF/UArctic Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

MANAGING EDITORS
Heather Exner-Pirot (Strategist for Outreach and Indigenous Engagement, University of Saskatchewan, Canada) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Joël Plouffe (PhD Candidate, École nationale d’administration publique (ENAP), Montréal, Québec, & Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

EDITORIAL BOARD
Lawson Brigham, Chair (Distinguished Professor of Geography & Arctic Policy, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Senior Fellow, Institute of the North, United States)
Gail Fondahl (Professor of Geography, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada)
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (Former President of Iceland)
Hannu Halinen (former Arctic Ambassador, Finland; Special Advisor to the IIASA Director General and Chief Executive Officer Exploratory and Special Projects)
Steven E. Miller (Director of the International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief of International Security, Harvard University, United States)
Alexander Pelyasov (Russian Academy of Sciences; Director of the Center of Northern and Arctic Economics; Ministry of Economic Development & Trade, Russia)

A4EEA7CB-6203-4DAD-9AA7-1C9938187E74.gifThe 2018 Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in AntarcticaTinkerFoundationLogo.gif

Open for nominations until 14 March 2018


The "Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica" is a US$ 100,000 unrestricted award presented to an individual in the fields of Antarctic science or policy who has demonstrated potential for sustained and significant contributions that will enhance the understanding and/or preservation of Antarctica. The Prize is inspired by Martha T. Muse's passion for Antarctica and is a legacy of the International Polar Year 2007-2008.

The prize-winner can be from any country and work in any field of Antarctic science or policy. The goal is to provide recognition of the important work being done by the individual and to call attention to the significance of understanding Antarctica in a time of change. A website with further details, including the process of nomination, closing date and criteria for selecting the prize recipients, is available at www.museprize.org.

The Prize is awarded by the Tinker Foundation and administered by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).

bandeau_ANG_facebook_ecole_artique.jpgSentinel North International PhD School: Shedding Light on Arctic Marine Ecosystem Services, July 12 to 24, 2018, Baffin Bay (Nunavut), Canada

Under the leadership of the Sentinel North program of Université Laval (Quebec City, Canada), the International Ph.D. School (IPS) provides international students with a unique opportunity to interact with high-profile scientists as part of a transdisciplinary and highly technological training program aiming to demystify the role of light in driving arctic marine food webs, ecosystems services, and human health in the North.

Taking place on board the Canadian research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen deployed in Baffin Bay and the Fjords of Baffin Island, Nunavut (Canada), the Sentinel North International PhD School is a unique opportunity to participate in an ocean research program focusing on the links between light, marine ecosystem services and health in the North.

Participants will experience an exceptional transdisciplinary training, in close interaction with top scientists, in an highly technological environment.

Bringing together a wide range of disciplines such as optics, physical and biological oceanography, biochemistry and remote sensing, the school will focus on the following themes:
- The fundamental role of light in marine ecosystems
- The potential of light for the study of the changing Arctic
- Light-driven processes and Arctic marine ecosystem services

We encourage graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of all relevant fields of research to seize this opportunity.
The deadline to submit your application to the Sentinel North International PhD School is January 28, 2018.

More infroamtion here: sentinelnorth.ulaval.ca/baffin2018

A Frozen Ground Cartoon - An International Permafrost Association funded Action Group

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The outreach-related project aims at making permafrost science fun and accessible to children, their parents and teachers. With this project we wish to fill the gap between indigenous knowledge, complex scientific results and outreach to the general public.

How does a reindeer experience climate change? Can a turkey melt? And why is research in the Arctic better than holidays on the beach? Read more about it in a series of brand-new comics about permafrost. Two artists and twelve scientists provide a completely new perspective on the Arctic.

Get more Information and download the cartoons here: https://frozengroundcartoon.com.

 

 




The Executive Organizing Committee for the Arctic Observing Summit 2018 is seeking input on the topics under discussion at the Summit in the form of brief statements. More details on the AOS process and specific guidance on input sought are provided below. The theme for the Summit is The Business Case for a pan-Arctic Observing System.

The AOS 2018 will focus on pressing issues in the implementation and support of sustained observations that can be addressed through a business-case lens. To that end, short submissions are requested that address any and all aspects of the overarching theme and sub-themes.

 For more detailed information on themes and submissions, please visit the AOS website.

SOOS logoThe Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) invite nominations of qualified individuals to serve on the Scientific Steering Committee of the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS).

For further information on this call, please visit http://soos.aq/about-us/ssc/nominations.

The deadline for nominations is 1st February 2018.

Early career scientists (graduate students and individuals within 4 years of their PhD) are invited to apply for funding to attend an Arctic system change workshop at the NCAR Mesa Lab in Boulder, Colorado from April 9-12, 2018.

The application deadline is January 14, 2018.

The workshop will address the natural and anthropogenic drivers of Arctic environmental change. This will include a system-wide perspective on the changing Arctic environment, the influence of local and remote controls, and the importance of coupled interactions. A primary goal of the workshop is to provide new insights on how to better integrate observing and modeling approaches to enhance understanding of Arctic system change. The meeting will include participants from the atmospheric, terrestrial, land ice, sea ice, and oceanographic communities.

To apply for early career scientist funded travel, please fill out the form at: https://goo.gl/mm3N1D.

nsf logoWorkshop on Antarctic Surface Hydrology and Future Ice-shelf Stability at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, New York, on February 21st to 23rd, 2018.

A number of research groups are currently examining processes related to coupling between surface meltwater production and future Antarctic ice loss. Recent studies have suggested that surface hydrological systems in Antarctica may expand and proliferate this century. Meanwhile, numerical models of the Antarctic Ice Sheet that incorporate meltwater's impact on ice shelves, predict Antarctic contributions of up to a meter of global sea-level rise this century in response to atmospheric warming.

Given the emerging interest in surface hydrology, ice-shelf stability and future sea-level rise, it is vital for the scientific community to come together to identify and address critical knowledge gaps in this field.

This workshop will bring together scientists with expertise in ice-sheet dynamics, glacial hydrology, climatology and other disciplines in order to move the community towards answering several fundamental questions raised by observations of Antarctic surface hydrological processes.

These could include:

What climate dynamics are responsible for surface meltwater generation in Antarctica?
What controls the spatiotemporal distribution of meltwater ponds on Antarctic ice shelves?
Where is meltwater generated, where does it pond today and how will this change this century?
What controls the movement of water across the ice surface and into the sub-surface of Antarctic ice shelves?
How will meltwater impact the stability of ice shelves this century?

Specifically we aim to:
(1) Establish the state-of-the-science of Antarctic surface hydrology,
(2) Identify key research questions and future priorities in this field, and
(3) Facilitate collaborations

The workshop will consist of short science talks, poster sessions and group discussions on various topics within this broad field. Oral and poster presentations could report modelling studies, remote sensing, fieldwork, laboratory experiments related to any aspect of the dynamics of Antarctic surface meltwater and ice shelves.

If you would like to attend please email abstracts (300 word limit), including affiliation information to Frances Simpson (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) by January 8th, 2018. Attendance is limited to around 30 people, so if necessary, abstracts will be chosen by the organizing committee based on scientific relevance and diversity, and maximizing gender, geographic and career-stage diversity..

We are very keen to encourage the participation of early-career scientists and under-represented groups of scientists! We have NSF funding to support travel for a limited number of US-based attendees. This funding will be distributed on the basis of need, the potential benefit to early-career scientists and the scientific and diversity considerations listed above. Sorry, only US-based applicants are eligible for travel support.

If you would like to apply for travel support, please include in your application (in addition to your abstract) a separate statement including the length of time since obtaining your last degree, a description of your need for funding and the potential benefit to you that attending this workshop could bring (300 word limit).

Please feel free to contact any of the organizing committee for more details before submitting.

Yours sincerely,

The organizing committee:
Jonathan Kingslake Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Luke Trusel Rowan University (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
Robin Bell Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Indrani Das Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Rob DeConto University of Massachusetts
Christian Schoof University of British Columbia
Alison Banwell University of Cambridge
Jan Lenaerts University of Colorado

pyrn smallThe PYRN (Permafrost Young Researcher Network) will organize a 2-day workshop June 23-24, 2018 at Chamonix (France), in conjunction with the EUCOP5 (European Conference on Permafrost). All permafrost young researchers (current students or early career, within 6 years after their PhD) are invited to attend the workshop. This workshop is entirely supported by sponsors (UFA, IPA, IASC, Petzl, Nunataryuk project, Lions club) and is free of charge for the participants! Affordable accommodations will also be available for PYRN members.

Furthermore, travel grants of up to 250 euros will be offered to a limited number of participants. To apply for a travel grant, please fill in the following form: https://goo.gl/forms/Kas7PySy2Uc1HV3M2. The deadline to submit a travel grant application is January 15, 2018. The extended deadline for abstract submission at EUCOP5 is 15th December. Travel grant recipients will be asked to submit a short video showcasing their research.

The workshop program is as follows:

Friday, June 22nd 2018: Welcoming ice-breaker

Saturday June, 23rd 2018: Introduction to PYRN activities by the PYRN ExCom, plenary lectures and breakout sessions lead by outstanding senior and junior scientists covering major permafrost topics, career planning, research perspectives, and soft-skills development.

Sunday June, 24th 2018: Local excursion lead by outstanding local researchers and land-planners to learn about environmental settings and land-planning issues in the Mont Blanc massif.

More details will be provided soon. Please, check for updates and submit your abstract on: https://eucop2018.sciencesconf.org/

All young researchers willing to participate to this workshop are invited to sign up to the PYRN: https://pyrn.arcticportal.org/join-us

Please do not hesitate to contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for any inquiries regarding the PYRN activities at ECUOP5.

This is a great opportunity to meet each other, learn about permafrost sciences, and draw research perspectives together. We hope to see you in Chamonix next year!!

Florence Magnin,
on behalf of the PYRN ExCom

HND18 Growth in the ArcticWe have the pleasure of inviting you to the High North Dialogue Conference, which takes place in Bodø, Norway, April 18–19, 2018.

The annual High North Dialogue conference gathers experts and stakeholders from a wide range of sectors and has a strong focus on business development and economic growth in the High North. The fact that the conference provides a platform to interact with young academics and professionals with an interest in the Arctic is one aspect that past participants have highlighted as especially useful. The conference coincides with week-long Master and PhD courses that gather more than 120 graduate students from Norway, Russia, China, and many other countries.

The theme of the conference in 2018 is Growth in the Arctic. We will explore topics such as High North scenarios, maritime waste and the regional dimension of development. Business leaders and entrepreneurs will share their thoughts and know-how on how the enormous business potential in the Arctic can be utilized. For the third consecutive year, we present the High North Hero Award to a person or an organization that has contributed to highlighting the importance of the High North. We invite everyone to nominate candidates.

We would also like to invite you to take part in our research workshop on Tuesday April 17, connecting scholars across academic fields to discuss various aspects of growth in the Arctic.

For more information about the conference, please refer to our website at www.highnorthdialogue.com.

The Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science is a unique postdoc program. It awards young researchers around the world with a generous personal research grant, giving them the freedom to work on whatever topic they choose anywhere in the world, for up to five years.

The fellowship is designed for postdocs at home in sciences, engineering and social sciences who are willing to engage in a dialogue on relevant social, cultural, political or economic issues across the frontiers of their particular discipline. Fellows are free to choose their host institution among the top universities worldwide. Once a year in November a symposium takes place'at ETH Zurich to bring together allfellows.

The fellowship program was initiated and financed by the Swiss entrepreneur Dr. Branco Weiss, who passed away in October 2010. The program is based at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH). The current call for applications ends on January 15, 2018.

lf you have further questions please do not hesitate to contact the communications team of The Branco
Weiss Fellowship at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Find more information here: https://brancoweissfellowship.org.

IARPC

Webinar date: Thursday, 30 November 2017 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Modeling Sub-team will host a webinar on High-Resolution Arctic Models. The webinar will be hosted via Zoom Video Conferencing and is open to the public.

This webinar will include three presentations. Eric Chassignet, Florida State University, will focus on the ocean models; Steve Cavallo, University of Oklahoma, will focus on atmosphere modeling; and Wieslaw Maslowski, Naval Postgraduate School, will focus on the coupled system models.

For more information and instructions on connecting to the webinar, go to:
Webinar homepage

For questions, contact:
Emily Osbourne
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CliC logoWCRP-logo-for-white-background.pngWCRP is soliciting offers to host the International Project Office for its Core Project CliC ("Climate and Cryosphere") from July 2018 onward, for a period of at least three years.

Prospective host institutions and sponsoring organizations are invited to download the full call for hosting the CliC IPO​ from: https://www.wcrp-climate.org/news/wcrp-news/1253-call-to-host-the-clic-international-project-office.

Letters of intent to host the CliC IPO should be sent by 31 January 2018 to Dr Mike Sparrow (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). A brief, 1-page form for expressions of interest is included in the above-referenced document. General enquiries are likewise welcome at the same address.

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites Letters of Intent and proposals for the Leading Engineering for America's Prosperity, Health, and Infrastructure (LEAP HI) program.

The LEAP HI program challenges the engineering research community to take a leadership role in addressing demanding, urgent, and consequential challenges for advancing America's prosperity, health and infrastructure. The program will address engineering problems that require sustained and coordinated effort from interdisciplinary research teams. The program will support fundamental research that may lead to disruptive technologies and methods, lay the foundation for new and strengthened industries, enable improvements in quality of life, or re-imagine and revitalize the built environment.

The LEAP HI proposals must articulate a fundamental research problem with compelling intellectual challenge and significant societal impact, particularly on economic competitiveness, quality of life, public health, or essential infrastructure, such as described in the Navigating the New Arctic, one on NSFs 10 Big Ideas for Future NSF Investments.

One or more Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) core topics must be central to the proposal, and integration of disciplinary expertise not typically engaged in CMMI-funded projects is encouraged. Proposals should demonstrate the need for a sustained research effort by an integrated, interdisciplinary team.

These projects will involve collaborating investigators, of duration up to five years, with total budget between $1 million and $2 million. Proposals should include a research integration plan and timeline for research activities.

Proposals may only be submitted by the following:

  • Universities and Colleges: Universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in, the U.S. acting on behalf of their faculty members. Such organizations also are referred to as academic institutions.

  • Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research labs, professional societies and similar organizations in the U.S. associated with educational or research activities.

Letter of Intent deadlines: 15 December 2017 and 16 July 2018
Full proposal deadliness: 5-20 February 2018 and 1-17 September 2018

To view the full program solicitation and proposal guidelines, go to:
View NSF Program Solicitation

IARPC

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) announces the availability of their 2017 Performance Element Reporting Logs. IARPC reports on activity related to their Arctic Research Plan annually to Federal agencies and biennially to Congress.

IARPC has just completed the first year of the five-year Arctic Research Plan FY2017-2021. Implementation of the Plan through Collaboration Teams has resulted in substantial progress towards completing many of the Plan's Performance Elements. Their progress is available for review in the Performance Element Reporting Logs for 2017.

Contributions of related research activities are welcome. Activities may include workshops, synthesis reports, publications, new awards for research, and other research related activities.

Researchers interested in contributing to the reports must first request an accounton IARPC member webpage.

Research contributions can be made through the IARPC Collaborations website by posting an update, document, event, or want/have on the website and tagging the appropriate Performance Element or by posting a comment at the bottom of the related Performance Element's page.

To view the 2017 Reporting Logs, go to:
2017 Performance Element Reporting Logs

For more information on submitting research contributions, go to:
View contribution information

For questions, contact:
Meredith LaValley
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IARPCThe Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) is seeking comments on how best to revise and strengthen the Principles for the Conduct of Research in the Arctic. A Federal Register Notice has been published to solicit community input.

The Principles Revision Working Group of IARPC is seeking input from all stakeholders to revise and update the Principles. The update will focus on communicating clearly the Principles for community engagement by Arctic researchers and including language that describes partnerships and collaborations with Indigenous scholars, enhanced community-based observations, fostering community-based participatory research, and the integral contributions of Indigenous knowledge in the co-production and dissemination of knowledge. Input is also sought on enhancing the dissemination and implementation of the Principles.

The current Principles were prepared by the Social Science Task Force of the U.S. Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, approved by the IARPC on June 28, 1990, and published by IARPC in volume 9, (Spring, 1995, pp.56-57) of the journal "Arctic Research of the United States" (https://www.arctic.gov/publications/related/arotus.html). Since 1990, community engagement and Arctic research have advanced both in theory and in practice, necessitating a review and update of the current Principles.

Comments can be emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or to the Principles Revision Working Group co-chairs, Roberto Delgado of NIH and Renee Crain of NSF.

Comments will be most useful if received by 15 January 2018.

To view the Federal Register Notice, go to:
Federal Register Notice

The Sea Ice Prediction Network South (SIPN South) is inviting contributors to participate in the first coordinated sea ice prediction experiment in the Southern Ocean, targeting February 2018.

For more information about the project and submission guidelines, please follow this link:
http://www.elic.ucl.ac.be/users/fmasson/SIPNSouth_2018_call.pdf

We kindly draw your attention to the deadline for submission of the forecasts: 15th December 2017.
Questions or feedback may be directed to François Massonnet (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

We are looking forward to receiving your contribution,

The SIPN South Leadership team

nsf logoThe International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) program, managed by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE), supports research and research-related activities for U.S. science and engineering students.

The IRES program contributes to development of a diverse, globally engaged workforce with world-class skills. IRES focuses on active research participation by undergraduate or graduate students in high-quality international research, education and professional development experiences in NSF-funded research areas.

The program's overarching, long-term goals are to enhance U.S. leadership in research and education and to strengthen economic competitiveness by training the next generation of research leaders.

The IRES program accepts projects in any disciplinary field that NSF supports. Topics in multi-disciplinary and convergent areas of research, training, and professional development are encouraged.

A new solicitation for IRIS proposals has been issued:
View IRES Solicitation

The solicitation features three mechanisms; proposers are required to select one of the following tracks to submit their proposal:

  • Track I focuses on the development of world-class research skills in international cohort experiences;
  • Track II is dedicated to targeted, intensive learning and training opportunities that leverage international knowledge at the frontiers of research; and
  • Track III calls for U.S. institutional partnerships and coalitions to develop and evaluate innovative models for high-impact, large-scale international research and professional development experiences for graduate students, as individuals or groups.

Each track has a separate deadline for submission, which are listed in the solicitation.

All proposals must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. submitter's local time.

Full proposal deadlines:

Track-I IRES Sites: 30 January 2018
Track-II Advanced Studies Institutes: 6 February 2018

Full proposal target dates:

Track-III New Concepts in International Graduate Experience: 13 February 2018

For more information, including the full Solicitation and guidelines, go to:
View NSF Program Solicitation

ipa logoClic logo1The International Permafrost Association (IPA) and the Climate and Cryosphere project (CliC) initiated a process back in 2014 to seek your input on the definition of research priorities in the field of permafrost science. It is now time to collect your opinion on the relevance of the questions that were submitted.

You can access the survey on the ranking of permafrost research priorities under the following link. The survey will be accessible until December 20th, 2017:

http://www.surveygizmo.eu/s3/90050886/prp

The initial process was very successful and as many as 359 researchers from 37 countries submitted research questions. The respondents were primarily active in the field of geomorphology, ecology, engineering and infrastructure. 79% of them had a PhD and 53.8% of them had more than 10 years of experience in permafrost research.

The core group spent a considerable amount of hours to read the research questions and to come up with a consolidated list to submit for vote. The consolidation consisted in removing duplicate questions, merge questions with very similar foci, correcting the syntax and spelling of the questions and check that the questions answered the criteria put forward in the first phase of the process.

The result is a list of 347 questions organized in 20 categories. Some questions will look very similar to each other, but the core group decided on listing the submitted research questions in a very inclusive manner and not to perform too much merging. This leads to more representativeness of the original questions, but also to a greater number of questions.

In the survey, the responders are invited to review the questions by category and can choose to review only one category or several (i.e. if you are an expert in more than one category, you have the possibility to vote in several of them). The research questions are then displayed randomly to avoid a potential bias linked to questionnaire structure. Each research question is evaluated with a grade going from 0 to 10.

The evaluation period will run until December 20th, 2017. The core group will then examine the answers and come up with a list of consolidated overarching questions reflecting the selection made by the respondents.

Please feel free to share this announcement and the link with any of your colleagues who you think may be interested. Questions can be directed to Ylva Sjöberg, CliC fellow (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Hugues Lantuit, chair of the PRP Core Group (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

It’s only with the generous help of individuals like you that this global community driven list of permafrost research priorities can be successful.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

agu logoAre you a cryospheric scientist currently in school or within 10 years of your PhD? If so, we would like to invite you to the Early Career, Early Entry event at AGU. This event is designed to help our AGU Cryosphere early career members network with program managers, senior scientists, and their peers in an informal and relatively small setting.

The event is Tuesday, 12 December 2017 from 6:15-6:45 P.M. in the Earnest N. Morial Convention Center (MCCNO), Second Floor, Room 295-296. After the event, everyone can walk over to the Cryosphere reception at Mardi Gras World and keep the party going!

Please feel free to contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any questions about the event.

Thank you,
Ellyn Enderlin & Ryan Webb
Early Career Representatives
AGU Cryosphere Focus Group

In the continuation of the International and Regional conferences convened by the International Permafrost Association, the 5th European Conference on Permafrost (EUCOP 2018) will be held in Chamonix-Mont Blanc, France, 23th June - 1st July 2018. The conference aims at covering all relevant aspects of permafrost research, engineering and outreach on a global and regional
levels.

On the EUCOP 2018 website, you'll find the description of the 26 session topics, and some preliminary information regarding the program of this exciting week, the deadlines, the excursions, the social events, and so on.

The abstract submission process has opened on September 1st.
The abstract submission deadline has been extended and is now on December 15th 2017.

You can submit your abstract on the website until December 15th, using a pre-defined template file (MS Word format, max two A4 pages, max 5000 characters, spaces included, including figures and references).

Note that only one submission as first author is allowed for each author. Exception will be made for sessions # 4, 16 and 20 that have a specific Education and Outreach objective : one more submission per first author will be allowed for (only) one of these sessions (specific instructions will be given to authors by conveners of these sessions).

If you have any question, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Local Organizing Committee of the EUCOP 2018

Call for Nominations – 2018 Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research

We are now accepting nominations for the Weston Family Prize, which celebrates extraordinary and inspiring individuals who have devoted their career to natural science research and have demonstrated leadership and mentorship in the Canadian North.
The award includes a prize of $50,000 cash and over $50,000 to support a postdoctoral fellow of the recipient’s choice. The deadline to submit nominations and/or applications is January 31, 2018.

Full details on our website.

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The W. Garfield Weston Awards for Northern Research and Northern Archaeological Research
Applications for the W. Garfield Weston Awards are now being accepted. The deadline to submit applications is January 31, 2018.

Awards are available to postdoctoral fellows and graduate students (PhD and Masters) in northern science and northern archaeology whose research includes a fieldwork component. Curious to see if your research is considered “northern”? Have a look at our Northern Boundary Map.

Full details on our website.

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CALL FOR CONTENT: ARCTIC BIODIVERSITY CONGRESS 2018
ROVANIEMI, FINLAND
OCTOBER 9-11, 2018

The Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), the biodiversity Working Group of the Arctic Council, is seeking individuals and organizations to provide abstracts, organize sessions and submit posters that will encourage a dialogue on Arctic biodiversity among scientists, indigenous peoples, policy makers, government officials, students, industry representatives and others at the Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2018.

Submit via the online submission system by March 30, 2018

CAFF in partnership with the Ministry of the Environment, Finland, is organizing the Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2018 to promote the conservation and sustainable use of Arctic biodiversity. The Congress is relevant to all who wish to make specific and significant contributions to the conservation of Arctic biodiversity.

The Congress will be held in Rovaniemi, Finland on October 9-11, 2018, and will build upon the success of the first Congress, held in Norway in 2014.

Learn more about the Arctic Biodiversity Congress program and register now.

Please submit proposals for presentations, posters and/or sessions that address the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment recommendations and implementation actions by March 30, 2018.

Thank you for your interest in participating in and contributing to the Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2018!

Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any questions.

IASC AOSThe Executive Organizing Committee for the Arctic Observing Summit 2018 is seeking input on the topics under discussion at the Summit in the form of brief statements. More details on the AOS process and specific guidance on input sought are provided below. The theme for the Summit is The Business Case for a pan-Arctic Observing System.

The AOS 2018 will focus on pressing issues in the implementation and support of sustained observations that can be addressed through a business-case lens. To that end, short submissions are requested that address any and all aspects of the overarching theme and sub-themes.

For more detailed information on themes and submissions, please visit the AOS website.

P.S. Early-bird registration and accommodation are already open for Polar2018. Abstract submissions for the science conference are open until 12 November 2017.

Are you a student looking to fund your innovative research in Cryospheric Science? Consider participating in the Flash Freeze competition at this year’s Fall Meeting!

The AGU Cryosphere Section Executive Committee is now accepting applications for the Cryosphere Innovation Award for Students that will be decided in the Flash Freeze competition on Thursday, December 14, 2017. The award is open to all students attending the 2017 Fall Meeting and is given to support and recognize innovative student-led research in the Cryospheric Sciences.

Students wishing to participate in this year’s competition will be required to submit a letter of intent (not to exceed one (1) page) and a CV (not to exceed two (2) pages) to the Innovation Award subcommittee chaired by Brooke Medley via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  by November 17, 2017 at midnight US eastern time.

Approximately twenty (20) applicants will be selected for participation in the Flash Freeze competition and will be notified on December 1, 2017. During the competition, the student will give a two-minute pitch of their innovative idea to a panel of five (5) judges. Slides or props may be used but the pitch cannot exceed the two-minute allowance. The Flash Freeze event will be held at the 2017 Fall Meeting Thursday, December 14, 2017 from 6:15 pm – 8:15 pm in the Hilton Riverside Camp room. It is a requirement that the student must already be attending the 2017 Fall Meeting to participate. This year it is expected that ~5 awards of $1000 each will be awarded to the student winners from the Flash Freeze event to pursue their innovative research.

Further specific details can be found here, and we look forward to seeing exciting and innovative student-led ideas at this year’s event.

ARCUS Logo [No Text]The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the availability of community meeting space at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), to be held 11-15 December 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. One- to two-hour blocks will be available for reservation in Riverside Rooms I and III on the second floor of the Hampton Inn and Suites New Orleans-Convention Center (1201 Convention Center Blvd.).

The Arctic Community Meeting Rooms are hosted by ARCUS to encourage collaboration and to facilitate face-to-face meetings of opportunity, and is funded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Polar Programs. Meeting space is available in one or two-hour blocks for groups working on Arctic research and/or education activities.

Basic audio/visual equipment will be available in both meeting rooms. Catering options are also available and orders may be placed through ARCUS. The deadline to place catering orders is Thursday, 16 November 2017. Catering menus will be provided upon request.

Please check the meeting room availability prior to submitting a reservation request. Meeting room schedules and availability will be periodically updated.

To view meeting room schedules and availability, go to:

To submit a reservation request, go to:
Meeting Room Reservation Request Form

Catering order deadline: Thursday, 16 November 2017.

For further information, please contact:
Stacey Stoudt, ARCUS
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https://i2.wp.com/serconlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/egu_ga.png?w=544&ssl=1Preparations for the EGU 2018 General Assembly (8–13 April, Vienna, Austria) are in full swing, and there are a number of opportunities and news we wanted to draw your attention to, relating to the conference and more. Don’t forget to submit your abstract to the meeting by 1 December 2017 if you’d like to apply for financial support, or by 10 January 2018 if not.

Roland Schlich travel support

To encourage participation of early career scientists, a limited amount of the overall budget of the EGU General Assembly is reserved to provide financial support to those who wish to attend the meeting.

Financial support includes a waiver of the registration fee and a refund of the Abstract Processing Charge (relating to the abstract for which support was requested). Additionally, the grant may include support for travel expenditures, at the discretion of the Support Selection Committee, to a maximum of €300.

Scientists who wish to apply for financial support should submit an abstract, on which they are first authors, by 1 December 2017. If you want to learn more about how the applications are evaluated and funding is allocated, this blog post includes all the details.

Communications Officer Vacancy

Do you like blogging and social media? Are you able to write about complex science topics to a broader audience? If you are looking for a career opportunity in (geo)science communication, check the latest job vacancy at the EGU Executive Office in Munich.

The deadline for applications is 5 November 2017. For more information and how to apply see our website or the EGU official blog, GeoLog.

EGU Public Engagement Grants

Have an idea for an outreach project which aims to raise awareness of geosciences outside of the scientific community, but are struggling to find funds to get it off the ground? Consider applying for one of two EGU Public Engagement Grants! Winners are each awarded a grant of €1000 to help further develop the project and put it into practice. In addition, winners will receive a free registration to attend the EGU 2019 General Assembly. The 2018 call for proposals will open the 15th November 2017 and remain open until 15th February 2018.

POLAR2018Had you meant to submit an abstract to one of the many exciting sessions at POLAR2018 but just didn't get around to doing it? There is your chance - the abstract submission deadline has been extended, it's now on Sunday, 12 November 2017, 6pm CET.

Abstract submission: https://www.polar2018.org/abstracts.html

Session categories, descriptions and conveners: https://www.polar2018.org/session-program-categories.html

All else: https://www.polar2018.org/

We are looking forward to reading your abstract!

SCAR logo white backgroundPeer recognition is a way of rewarding and highlighting those who exemplify the best of the Antarctic community and serve as models for the next generation. To provide this recognition within the Antarctic research community, SCAR created the Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research and the Medal for International Coordination, which were first awarded in 2006. At the SCAR Delegates Meeting in 2016, a new medal was approved, the Medal for Education and Communication, which will be awarded for the first time in 2018.

The SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research is awarded for sustained research contributions over a career. Selection is based on a person's outstanding contributions to knowledge and the impact of their work on understanding the Antarctic region, the linkages between Antarctica and the Earth system, and/or observations of and from Antarctica. Nominees are welcomed in all areas of Antarctic and Southern Ocean research.

The SCAR Medal for International Coordination is awarded for outstanding and sustained contributions to international cooperation and partnerships. Nomination of persons that have advanced SCAR's mission to initiate, facilitate, co-ordinate and encourage international research activity in the Antarctic region are encouraged. Nominees should have a distinguished professional career history and a record of recognition of international activities by their peers including prizes, honorary degrees and other awards that demonstrate the person's impact.

The SCAR Medal for Education and Communication will be awarded for excellence or innovation in, and sustained commitment to, (a) communicating Antarctic research, (b) making a significant contribution to educating the next generation of Antarctic researchers, or (c) contributing to building new capacity in SCAR member countries. Nominees should have a significant record of achievement in terms of the quality, effectiveness and creativity of their engagement in one or more of these three key areas of education and communication.

To encourage nominations and ensure an open, fair and transparent selection process, recipients of the medals are selected by committee. There are no age restrictions or limits on nominees and no higher education degree requirements - everyone is eligible to be nominated. However, self-nominations are not accepted.

Nominations for 2018 Awards are open until 14 February 2018.

For further details and to nominate someone for a SCAR Medal, please go to the SCAR Medals section: www.scar.org/awards/medals/info/

To see the past winners, visit the Awardees section: www.scar.org/awards/medals/awardees/

Arctic Yearbook 2017The Arctic Yearbook 2017 is now available - online and open access - at www.arcticyearbook.com

This year’s Arctic Yearbook focuses on the theme of Change & Innovation in the Arctic: Policy, Society, & the Environment. The field of innovation studies began in earnest in the 1960s, and has seen significant growth in the past decade. However very little work has been done to apply that scholarship to an Arctic context. This year’s Arctic Yearbook is an attempt to address this gap, with the nature of its articles an indication of the early direction of the field. We expect and hope that Arctic innovation studies will continue to develop in the future and are pleased to offer one of the first collections on the subject.

AY2017 consists of an introduction to the topic and five thematic sections:

  • Thinking Arctic Innovation
  • Creative Collaboration
  • Arctic Change & Innovation in Practice
  • Arctic Resources & Development
  • Arctic Governance & Institutions


AY2017 is a collection of 22 Scholarly Articles, paired with 6 Briefing Notes to provide succinct explanations of Arctic phenomena and issues of contemporary significance; as well as 11 Commentaries by esteemed and influential decision-makers and experts that provide unique insight into the events and trends that have captured our interest in the past year. In total, this Yearbook is comprised of the work of over 80 contributors from around the world.

You can now access and share AY2017 in various ways:

AY2017 Flip Book (ideal for tablets and smart phones). You can read the yearbook and share it via: https://issuu.com/arcticportal/docs/ay17_final_pdf_for_arctic_portal_oc.

At that same web address, you also have the option to download the full 498-page PDF, or share it on social media or via email.
Access individual PDFs of the articles, commentaries or briefing notes directly via our AY2017 Table of Contents at our website: https://arcticyearbook.com/toc2017.

IARPCIARPC Collaborations Webinar Series: Updates from the International Arctic Science Committee. US Delegates to the five IASC Working Groups (Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social and Human, and Terrestrial) will present on their recent activities and how to engage with IASC through the forum provided on IARPC Collaborations. November 1, 2017, 4 PM ET. https://www.iarpccollaborations.org/webinars.html

pyrn smallOn behalf of PYRN ExCom & Council we would like to present Fall Newsletter 2017!

In this newsletter you will find some updates on recent PYRN activities as well as information on events to come later this or next year.

Hoping you are well after field seasons,
PYRN ExCom

nsf logoNSF has issued a Request for Information (RFI) in a "Dear Colleague Letter" on Oct. 6 to assess the science and engineering community’s needs for mid-scale research infrastructure. The information will be used to develop an infrastructure strategy, in accordance with the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act.

The submission deadline is Dec. 8. The AICA requires NSF to "evaluate the existing and future needs, across all disciplines supported by the Foundation, for mid-scale projects" and "develop a strategy to address the needs."

The RFI focuses on mid-scale research infrastructure projects with an anticipated NSF contribution of between $20 million and $100 million towards construction and/or acquisition.

After the submission period ends, and the information is analyzed, NSF will summarize the high-level insights drawn from this analysis for the science community and internal NSF use.

PLEASE NOTE: funding for mid-scale RI projects in this range of investment has not been identified; nor does this RFI imply an intent on the part of NSF to issue a call for proposals. In addition, responses to this RFI do not constitute any commitment on behalf of the submitters or their institutions to submit a proposal or carry out an RI project.

To read the DCL in full, please see: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18013/nsf18013.jsp.

https://scandinavianstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/asf_logo.pngThe American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) invites applications for the Fellowships and Grants program for the 2018/19 academic year.

Awards for Research/Study in Scandinavia

The ASF will offer around $300,000 to outstanding American students, scholars, professionals and, artists for study and/or research in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden. Fellowships of up to $23,000 are intended to support an academic year-long stay, and priority is given to students at the graduate level who need to spend time at foreign academic or research institutions. Grants of up to $5,000 are considered more suitable for shorter research visits, both on the graduate or post-doctoral level. Funding is available to candidates in all fields.

Awards for Arctic Research

In partnership with Scandinavian Seminar, a not-for-profit organization sponsoring educational and cultural interaction between Scandinavia and the United States, the ASF annually provides fellowships totaling $50,000 to outstanding American students, researchers, and artists for projects relating to the Arctic and pursued at University of the Arctic member institutions. The purpose of these fellowships is to increase knowledge about the Arctic and issues relating to the Circumpolar North. Past fellowship winners have included scholars pursuing Arctic projects in marine biology, geology, the environment, and Indigenous peoples, as well as artists photographing Arctic landscapes.

Awards for Research/Study in in the United States

The ASF awards fellowships and grants to Scandinavians doing research/study. These are made on the recommendation of ASF's cooperating organizations abroad, with each country setting its own deadline. Contact information for the ASF's cooperating organizations in Scandinavia can be found on the ASF website.

The ASF is a cultural and educational link between the U.S. and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden and works to build international understanding with an extensive program of fellowships, grants, intern/trainee sponsorship, publishing, and membership offerings.

Application deadline: 1 November 2017

For more information and application information, go to: Fellowship and Grants Homepage

For questions, contact:
Carl Fritscher
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LogoThere is a call for papers for the thematic issue of the Annals of Glaciology on ‘Timescales, Processes and Glacier Dynamics’.

The deadline for paper submission is 19 April 2018.

Please go to: https://www.igsoc.org/annals/call_4_papers/a78_call_4_papers.pdf.

iassa logo1The new locations of the IASSA Secretariat and ICASS X (2020) represent a unique collaborative effort between two institutions in the United States and Russia. From September 2017 to August 2020 the IASSA Secretariat will be housed at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in Cedar Falls, USA, while ICASS X in 2020 will be hosted by at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NARFU) in Arkhangelsk, RUSSIA.

The University of Northern Iowa is an emerging hub of Arctic social sciences research in the USA: the Arctic, Remote and Cold Territories Interdisciplinary Center (ARCTICenter) has been established at the University in 2015 to recognize the rapid growth of Arctic research on campus. It now manages multiple Arctic research projects and serves as a home for two NSF Arctic social sciences research coordination networks (Arctic-FROST and Arctic-COAST), as well as for other Arctic cooperation initiatives. The Center’s strategic vision focuses on interdisciplinary, integrative, international initiatives with the emphasis on Arctic social sciences, sustainability research and community well-being studies. Center contributed to such hallmark international projects as Arctic Social Indicators, Arctic Human Development Report, Arctic Resilience Report, ECONOR and others. The Center is directed by Dr. Andrey N. Petrov.

New faces in IASSA Secretariat

First of all, many thanks to the Umea IASSA Secretariat! Peter, Gabriella, Linus and other Secretariat staff at Umea provided excellent service and support to the association, and it will be a hard act to follow. The new Secretariat will try to do its best. Please, meet our team:

Andrey N. Petrov, IASSA President:
I am a social scientist with a ‘circumpolar’ career: I was born, raised and educated in Russia, received my PhD in Canada (Toronto) and now work as Associate Professor of Geography and Director of the ARCTICenter at the University of Northern Iowa, USA. In addition to my two terms on the IASSA Council (2011-2017), I have served as a Vice-Chair and U.S. Representative on the IASC Social & Human Sciences Working Group (since 2017) and as the Chair of the Polar Geography Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers (2015-2017).
My research primarily focuses on economic issues in northern communities and policies of regional development in the Arctic. I study human-environment relationships and Arctic socio-ecological systems as well. I lead a number of circumpolar research initiatives, most importantly the international research coordination networks in Arctic sustainability (Arctic-FROST) and coastal resilience (Arctic-COAST). I have also been a lead contributor to Arctic Social Indicators, Arctic Human Development Report, Arctic Belmont, Arctic Horizons and other major international and interdisciplinary projects.

Ann P. Crawford, IASSA Secretary:
I am an administrative assistant in the Geography Department at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA. I was born and raised in Iowa and am still here! My grandparents came from Denmark to Cedar Falls in the early 1900’s. Even though I was not raised in Cedar Falls but in a small town of 800 people in Southeastern Iowa, I find a true connection to my Danish heritage and enjoy the international connections that have been made available to me in this job.
I work with special projects within the Geography department, including the ARCTICenter. My academic background, although in social sciences, does not directly fit this position with a bachelor’s degree in Social Work and a bachelor’s degree in Gerontology. I do however, have a strong belief that education is never lost and I use what I have learned in those fields all of the time. I have always loved winter and cold weather so I am happy to be working with programs about the Arctic.

IASSA Secretariat Staff:
Graduate assistants: Grant Burke: (Membership & Data), Varvara Korkina (Indigenous and Early Career Engagement), Christopher Pierce (Newsletter production), Matthew Ruiz (Social Media/Website).

Please send all correspondence and entries to the IASSA listserv and Northern Notes to Ann Crawford: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

scholarships in argentina

The Onix Foundation is pleased to announce Partial Spanish Scholarships to attend in Córdoba a Super-intensive Spanish Language Course in January & July 2018. More than 600 students from around the world had the opportunity to study Spanish in Argentina since 2007. This unique program can help students to find an easy way to experience a wonderful international experience in America.

For more information, please visit: www.scholarshipsargentina.org or www.argentineculture.org

The total cost with the partial scholarship of 2 weeks program with 60 hours of Spanish & Culture + activities + accommodation is €420.

About us: https://www.argentineculture.org/about-us

Log EUThe Northern Periphery and Arctic Programmenow invites applications for the fifth call of its project grants. The call for applications is open from 1st October 2017 to 28th February 2018.

The call is open for all 4 Priority Axes. However, Terms of Referencehave been formulated encouraging applicants to address specific actions, target groups, and sectors. The Monitoring Committee will decide on Fifth Call applications on 13th June 2018.

Seminars on how to apply will be organized on 23rd November 2017 and 18th January 2018 at the office of the Joint Secretariat in Copenhagen and will cover areas such as budget and partnership as well as technical sessions. Registration for the seminars is also open from 1st October 2017.

To encourage the development of good quality applications, project idea holders are recommended to apply for a preparatory project. The preparatory project callis ongoing, which means that applications can be submitted at any time.

Click here for more information.

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The ARTEK International Conference 2018 (May 1-3, 2018 in Sisimiut, Greenland) offers an opportunity for the industry, the public sector, the science community and other stakeholders to present, discuss and exchange ideas and experiences on how to plan, design, construct, operate and maintain transportation infrastructure in cold regions.

Communities in the Arctic and other cold regions are strongly dependent on well-functioning transportation infrastructure to sustain business opportunities, health and general well-being. For isolated communities (most coastal Arctic communities) regional or international travel and transportation must rely on air or sea transport. A harsh climate and unstable weather conditions impact constructions and make navigation challenging.

Faced with social and industrial changes, transportation infrastructure in these regions must be adapted to larger traffic loads and changing transportation patterns. At the same time, climate change impacts on permafrost and ground stability, sea ice distribution and properties, changing wave regimes etc., pose severe challenges to transportation infrastructure.

The topical sessions of the conference are:

  • Harbors and offshore constructions: Design, construction and operation of harbors and offshore structures. Ice and wave impacts on structures. Ice-induced vibration. Ice gouging, coastal erosion and sediment redistribution. Structural reliability in a changing climate.
  • Vessel and boat traffic in icy waters: Ice loads from sea ice and glacial ice. Design and strength of ships. Ship performance in ice, including ice resistance. Risk and safety. Regulations.
    Linear infrastructure: Roads, power- and pipelines, sewers. Design and maintenance issues. Technical adaptation solutions. Design and maintenance approaches in permafrost regions.
  • Airports and other large constructions: Airstrips and other large constructions on land. Site investigations and material properties. Design solutions and operating conditions. Design and maintenance approaches in permafrost regions.
  • Navigation, Positioning and Communication Systems: Maritime e-navigation. GNSS assisted take-off and landing procedures. Space weather impacts on navigation in the Arctic. Sea ice and iceberg warning systems. Surveying and geographical information systems.
  • Planning of physical infrastructure: Socioeconomic and sociotechnical impacts of transportation infrastructure, planning infrastructure networks, business opportunities related to infrastructure.

Deadline for abstracts: December 15, 2017.

For more information, see the AIC 2018 website.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS)announces availability of a new webpage, Conducting Research with Northern Communities – Documented Practices and Resources for Productive, Respectful Relationships Between Researchers and Community Members. Scientific research in the Arctic necessitates good communication and cooperation with northern communities. This webpage is a compilation of resources, recommendations, and documented practices from a variety of organizations on working with northern communities. Resources include practices from across the north, relevant information from outside the Arctic, and resources specific to community-based monitoring.

View website: https://www.arcus.org/resources/northern-communities

This webpage is intended to be a living resource and will be updated as new information becomes available. Please visit the link above for more information. This effort is supported by the National Science Foundation - Arctic Sciences Section through Cooperative Agreement PLR-1304316.

UARCtic Congress.pngSession call extended! New deadline is October 15th

The science section of the UArctic Congress will start in Oulu Sept 5 and conclude in Helsinki on Sept 7, 2018.
The call for session proposals is still open
Extended deadline October 15, 2017: submission form.

The UArctic Congress is an integral part of Finland’s Arctic Council chairmanship program, and open to the scientists, students, policy makers, businesses and all other interested stakeholders. The science section will focus on the themes and priorities of the Finnish chairmanship, including the goals of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the Paris Agreement under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

We welcome proposals for session sessions which can be comprised of different forms including dialogues and discussions. Any innovative or new ways of arranging sessions are welcomed. In general the sessions runs for 90 minutes and can have several conveners, however we need one designated primary convener who will also be the main contact person.

The themes of the science sections follow are:

  • Environmental protection
  • Connectivity
  • Meteorological cooperation
  • Education

Proposals are submitted ONLY via our online submission form. Please note that you will have to register to the system. The registration will allow you to go back to your submission and also to evaluate and accept/decline abstracts in the later stage if your session is accepted to the congress.

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How to apply - UNISAGF-350 / 850
The Arctic Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Local Climate Processes(10 ECTS)


A graduate course entitled "The Arctic Atmospheric Boundary Layer and 
Local Climate Processes" will be available spring semester 2018 through
 The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS). The course is intended for master's and PhD students, 
with general knowledge about meteorology.

The course covers themes relevant for the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer including theory of the boundary layer with special emphasis on the stable boundary layer. Amongst the covered topics are also boundary layer turbulence and topographically induced phenomena such as drainage flow, channeling effects and barrier flows. Air-sea-ice interactions are central to the Arctic climate and will be covered and related to e.g. heat fluxes over leads and polynyas.


The course will also include lessons on measurement techniques, numerical modelling and data analysis relevant for the mentioned topics in addition to a significant fieldwork component.



Application deadline: 15th October 2017.

For questions regarding the course content, please contact

Marius O. Jonassen

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For further information about the course or to apply, please go to:
 https://www.unis.no/course/agf-350-the-arctic-atmospheric-boundary-layer-and-local-climate-processes/and
 https://www.unis.no/studies/regulations-and-routines/how-to-apply/

For questions regarding application and admission matters, 
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The Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group requests participation in their questionnaire on good practice in environmental impact assessment (EIA) and public participation in the Arctic. Organizers seek examples of good practice from EIA projects undertaken across the Arctic circumpolar region.
The questionnaire will remain open until 31 October 2017.

The purpose of the questionnaire is to identify and collect good practices in order to share and refine them into good practice recommendations for how EIA should be conducted in the Arctic. The questionnaire is targeted to all EIA stakeholders, including Indigenous peoples, Arctic residents and communities, authorities, developers, consultants, non-governmental organizations, scholars, and any other interested participants.

Participants who would prefer to complete the questionnaire via telephone interview, rather than submit a written response, may contact the project coordinator, Päivi A. Karvinen (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., +358-50-308-0194).

Responses will be analyzed by the Arctic EIA project's Editorial group. Reporting of the results of the questionnaire will happen on a general level and will not be connected to the personal information of the respondent.

Input deadline: 31 October 2017

For more information and to participate in the questionnaire, go to: Questionnaire Webpage

 

http://www.serdp-estcp.org/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/serdp-estcp/images/logos/serdp-logo-45x45/97704-1-eng-US/SERDP-Logo-45x45_medium.pngThe U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) invite proposals for funding of environmental research and development in the Resource Conservation and Resiliency program area.

An informational webinar entitled SERDP Funding Opportunities will take place on Monday, 25 September 2017 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT. Preregistration for the webinar is required.

The Resource Conservation and Resiliency program area supports the development of the science, technologies, and methods needed to manage DoD's installation infrastructure in a sustainable way. SERDP invests across the broad spectrum of basic and applied research, as well as advanced technology development. The development and application of innovative environmental technologies will reduce the costs, environmental risks, and time required to resolve environmental problems while, at the same time, enhancing and sustaining military readiness.

SERDP is requesting proposals that respond to the following focused Statements of Need (SON) in Resource Conservation and Resiliency:

Analysis of Defense Related Ecosystem Services, and Quantifying the Effects of Environmental Nonstationarity at DoD Relevant Scales.
Proposals responding to these SONs will be selected through a competitive process. The SON and detailed instructions are available on the SERDP website.

The informational will take place on Monday, 25 September 2017 at 1:30 p.m. EDT. During the online seminar, participants may ask questions about the funding process, the current SERDP solicitation, and the proposal submission process. Pre-registration for this webinar is required.

Webinar date: Monday, 25 September 2017 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT
Webinar title: SERDP Funding Opportunities – FY 2018

Funding proposal deadline: 19 October 2017, 2:00 p.m. EDT

For more information about the webinar and to register, go to: SERDP Solicitations Webinar

For more information about the funding solicitation, go to: SERDP Solicitations

For questions about webinar registration, contact:
SERDP Support Office
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Phone: 571-372-6565

For questions about the solicitation, contact:
Kolin Beam
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The U.S. Permafrost Association will be awarding six travel grants at a value of $500 each for U.S. based students and post-graduate researchers (within six years of their terminal degree) to attend the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2017. The applicant must be first author on a permafrost-related research presentation at AGU. Preference will be given to an applicant who possesses both USPA and PYRN memberships. Two of the grants are reserved for engineering disciplines. Undergraduate students are encouraged to apply.

The application is due October 20th 2017 at midnight Central Standard Time.

The application can be found at http://uspermafrost.org

Questions? Contact. Daniel Vecellio - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

LogoThe International Glaciological Society would like to issue a call for papers for the thematic issue of the Annals of Glaciology on ‘Cryosphere and Biosphere’.

The deadline for paper submission is 28 January 2018.

Please go to https://www.igsoc.org/annals/call_4_papers/a77_call_4_papers.pdf for more information.

IPTRN 2018 Call for AbstractsCall For Abstracts: 6th International Polar Tourism Research Network (IPTRN) Conference and Community Tour, Yukon Territory, Canada, June 22-28, 2018

The 6th IPTRN conference – Creative Forces in the Polar Regions: Cultures, Economies, Innovations, and Change in Tourism – will follow the IPTRN community tour model. The conference will begin in Whitehorse and travel to several Yukon communities. In addition to papers and other presentations, participants will engage in community activities held in collaboration with local organisations and residents, and engage in a variety of Yukon visitor experiences.

The conference and community tour will engage participants by exploring and seeking solutions to polar tourism concerns and opportunities in relation to a variety of thematic areas, including: the cultural economy; economic diversification and community development; cultural and tourism entrepreneurship; social, cultural, and environmental impacts; tourism planning and development challenges and strategies; visitor experience innovations; and problem-solving in polar areas.

Past IPTRN conferences have examined economic development and environmental aspects of tourism in the polar world (see publication list at the end of this call). Papers presented at the 6th IPTRN conference are encouraged to explore how expectations toward tourism development in peripheral places contribute to the cultural wellbeing of peripheral communities and how cultural tourism can be managed to advance economic benefits, enhance our understanding of human/nature relationships, and protection of the natural environment.

To that end, the 6th IPTRN conference invites papers that examine:

  • Culture and cultural tourism, including policy
  • Parks, protected areas and cultural tourism
  • Winter tourism and cold weather cultures: attractions, visitors, opportunities and challenges
  • Indigenous culture and tourism
  • Community interactions with polar tourists
  • An inclusive Arctic – the role of arts, culture and tourism for demographic diversity (e.g., ethnic groups, the LGBTQ community)
  • Economic geographies of and innovation in polar tourism
  • The social and cultural construction of touristic polar places and spaces

While the conference has a specific focus, abstracts that examine any aspects of polar tourism are welcome.

Abstract Submission:
Abstracts should not exceed 300 words, should include full author(s) names and contact details, and should be submitted in Word format to the conference organisers via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than October 31, 2017. We welcome abstracts for oral, poster or other forms of presentation (e.g., creative output such as music or art work, researcher/community-oriented workshops). Please clearly indicate the type of abstract you are submitting. Abstracts will undergo an external review process, and authors will be informed of the decision by November 30, 2017. Participants presenting papers will be invited to submit an extended version for publication in a soon to be determined forum (e.g., peer review journal or edited volume).

Significant Dates:
Call for abstracts closes: October 31, 2017 – see Information for Students, below
Decision notification: November 30, 2017
Registration opens: January 1, 2018
Registration closes: February 28, 2018
Conference: June 22-28, 2018

NOTE: Delegates are encouraged to arrive in Yukon on June 21 and leave on June 29 to enjoy all aspects of the conference program, and to take advantage of the bus travel (included in the conference fee) from our final destination community back to Whitehorse on the evening of June 28th.

Registration Fee: Registration information and fees will be available on our website by December 1.

Information for Students: Students are an integral part of IPTRN conferences and we welcome your abstract submissions. We encourage you to apply for funding externally, and we are happy to help you with a support letter. IPTRN are also applying for funding to offer some support for student participation. If you are interested to apply for an IPTRN stipend include your student status and a 150 word justification for your attendance at the IPTRN (in Word). In order to be included in our external funding applications, interested students must submit by October 15, 2017.

Conference/Community Tour Highlights:

  • Intimate week sharing scholarship with colleagues from across the poles, and engaging with community residents, tourism operators, and development planners on polar tourism issues and opportunities
  • Begins in Whitehorse and travels to several Yukon communities
  • Follows the IPTRN conference model: paper and other presentation sessions, workshops/discussion forums, community tour around the host territory, and visitor experiences
  • Ends at the beginning of the one-week long, internationally recognized, Adäka First Nations Cultural festival (Whitehorse): http://www.adakafestival.ca/

Interested in getting an “insider experience” of the Adäka festival? Through a partnership with the Adäka festival organizers (the Yukon First Nation Culture and Tourism Association), IPTRN will help pilot an international volunteer program and coordinate opportunities for conference participants to volunteer at the Adäka festival. There may also be lodging opportunities with locals in Whitehorse during the volunteer commitment period. Please indicate your potential interest to volunteer at the Adäka festival in the body of your email when you submit your abstract.

More Information:
For more information go to the conference website (https://sites.google.com/view/polartourismresearch/yukon-2018), “like” our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/IPTRN27), and follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/PolarTourism).

If you have any questions about the 6th IPTRN, please contact Dr. Patrick Brouder or Dr. Suzanne de la Barre via the conference email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Arctic FrontiersYou are welcome to apply for the upcoming Arctic Frontiers Emerging Leaders 2018, - a pan-Arctic mentoring program in the High North - taking place 17 - 23 January.

30 selected candidates from different countries participate in a blend of technical, social and cultural events accompanied by mentors from business, politics and academia. The program starts in the city of Bodø, then continues onboard the Norwegian Coastal Express “Hurtigruten” to Svolvær/Lofoten and ends in Tromsø, “the gateway to the Arctic”. The group may explore the marine resources and potential in the Lofoten Islands, and all participants will be challenged to engage in discussions and presentations during the program.

Emerging Leaders is organized by Arctic Frontiers.

The program is linked to the topic of Arctic Frontiers 2018 “Connecting the Arctic” and includes the following sessions:

  • Session 1: Politics and Security in the High North
  • Session 2: Annual topic: 2018: Connecting the Arctic
  • Session 3: Technology Development and Arctic Business
  • Session 4: Workshop, preparing a presentation

The 2018 topic will relate to marine litter, marine technology and knowledge based management.

The Emerging Leaders programme makes up a unique international network across academia, business and public sector. The participants takes part in a knowledge based Arctic journey that starts in Bodø with a visit to the Norwegian Aviation Museum and the Search and Rescue Headquarter via Lofotens fishing and aquaculture industries, and up to Arctic Frontiers international conference in Tromsø.
The participation fee is 30.000 NOK (mva not included) and covers all expenses related accommodation, food and transport.

Please, note that all applications should be sent asap and confirmed before 1 October 2017.

IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology

Workshop on the Dynamics and Mass Budget of Arctic Glaciers & the IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology Annual Meeting

The meeting will take place at the popular University Center Obergurgl, in Obergurgl, Austria, 22 - 24 January, 2018.

The purpose of the meeting is:
• to present and discuss new results on observations and modeling of the dynamics and mass budget of Arctic glaciers, including the Greenland ice sheet,
• to provide a forum for glaciologists and marine biologists to present and discuss their work and to stimulate future collaborations,
• to plan and coordinate field work with the aim of using available infrastructure and logistics in the most efficient way.

Participation:
The meeting is open to anyone interest in Arctic Glaciology. In particular, we encourage submissions that comply with one of two special themes:
(1) Understanding atmosphere-glacier-ocean interactions and their implications for the pan-Arctic glacier mass budget
(2) The importance of Arctic glaciers for the Arctic marine ecosystem

Please visit the website for details on the special sessions. Besides addressing classical topics on Arctic Glaciology, this year the workshop will host a cross-cutting activity of the Marine and Cryosphere working groups of IASC, with the aim to bring together people from glaciology, marine ecology and oceanography.

Contributions in the form of oral presentations and or posters are welcomed. Presentation will be 15-20 minutes, including discussion. For those who bring a poster, time will be reserved in the program to give a short 2-3 minute introduction to the poster. Three days of talks and poster presentations, as well as open-forum discussions are planned.

Registration deadline is November 10, 2017.

Abstracts and registration:
To sign up for the workshop and submit your abstract please copy-paste this link into your web browser: https://goo.gl/forms/inY9ygyM4ZOrKrjv1

If you have any questions, please email Thorben Dunse (thorben.dunse [at] geo.uio.no). Please indicate whether you prefer oral or poster presentation and if you like to contribute to one of the special sessions.

We have received workshop support through IASC and the IASC-Cryosphere Working Group. Depending on the number of participants, we may request a small registration fee (not more than 30 EUR), in order to ensure sufficient supply of coffee and other refreshments.

For more information on special themes, travel and financial support please visit the IASC-NAG website: https://nag.iasc.info/workshop.iasc web

Best regards,
Thorben Dunse (Chairman IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology)
Michael Kuhn (Chairman local organizing committee)

SCAR logo white backgroundThe Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is pleased to announce the 2017 Fellowship awardees.

This year, a total of 38 applications were received for the Fellowships, which are for up to US$15,000 each. Six SCAR Fellowships will be awarded in this round, thanks to the generous support of an extra Fellowship by India. The details for each of this years Fellows are listed below:

  • Leena Riekkola from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, who will visit the Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, Seattle, USA, for her project entitled – Spatial analysis of humpback whale behaviour and habitat use patterns in Antarctica

  • Julie Janssens from the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Australia, who will visit the Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat: Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (LOCEAN), France, for her project entitled – Representation of iron in a sea-ice biogeochemical model

  • Shramik Patil from the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), India, who will visit UPMC-CNRS Station Biologique de Roscoff, France, for his project entitled – Response of Southern Indian Ocean coccolithophores to climate change: evidence from laboratory culture experiments.Shramik also becomes the third Prince Albert II of Monaco Fellow, funded from the Prix Biodiversite awarded to SCAR in 2013.

  • Hanne Nielsen from the University of Tasmania, Australia, who will visit KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, for her project entitled – Framing Antarctica as Fragile: Tracing the evolution of media narratives about the far south (1945 – 2015)

  • Antonio Aguera Garcia from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, who will visit the University of Otago, New Zealand, for his project entitled – Transgenerational Plasticity (TGP) and acclimation in a keystone Polar Invertebrate in response to a warmer more acidic Antarctic

  • Filip Hrbáček from the Department of Geography, Masaryk University, Czech Republic, who will visit Insubria University, Italy, for his project entitled – Effect of vegetation cover on active layer thermal regime in climatically contrasted environments of Antarctica.

SCAR has been offering scientific fellowships to early career scientists since 2005. The Fellowships support the scientific goals of SCAR, enabling the early career researchers to join a project team from another country, opening up new opportunities and often creating research partnerships that last many years and over many Antarctic research seasons.

Since 2003, 56 SCAR Fellowships have been awarded.

The Fifth International Summer School in Glaciology organized by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF), will be held in McCarthy, central Alaska, from 5 to 15 June 2018.

The course will provide a comprehensive overview of the physics of glaciers and current research frontiers in glaciology with focus on quantitative glaciology and remote sensing. The course is open to 28 graduate students from around the world targeting primarily early stage PhD students who perform glacier-related research. It will be taught by faculty of UAF’s glaciology group and several invited guest instructors from outside Alaska.

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See for further information: http://glaciers.gi.alaska.edu/courses/summer-school/2018

Bildschirmfoto 2017 09 19 um 15.10.44Nominations for the Inuit Recognition Award and the Northern Travel fund are due Friday October 6, 2017.

The focus of the Inuit Recognition Award is to recognize Inuit making strong contributions to meaningful Inuit involvement in Arctic research.

The Northern Travel Fund provides limited funding for Inuit to attend the International Arctic Change 2017 Conference.

We are calling on ArcticNet participants to nominate talented Inuit they have worked with or who would benefit from attending the AC2017.

For more information on the :

Northern Travel Fund, please visit https://www.itk.ca/apply-to-the-arcticnet-northern-travel-fund-2017/
Inuit Recognition Award, please visit https://www.itk.ca/call-for-nominations-inuit-recognition-award/

Please send your nominations by Friday October 6, 2017 to:

Kendra Tagoona
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
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iafs_eng_facebook.jpgApplications for the first Sentinel North International Arctic Field School are now open. On the theme "The changing cryosphere: from sensors to decision-making", the school provides international students with a unique opportunity to interact with high-profile scientists, northerners and managers as part of a transdisciplinary training program that addresses the complex and interrelated scientific and socio-economic issues linked to the changing Arctic cryosphere.

All details: www.sentinelnorth.ulaval.ca/iqaluit2018

Applications are now open until October 29, 2017.

Understanding and Modelling Atmospheric Processes:
2nd Pan-GASS meeting sponsored by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science
26th February 2018 - 2nd March 2018, Lorne, Victoria, Australia

 

Call for abstracts:
The 2nd Pan-GASS meeting focused on ‘Understanding and Modelling Atmospheric Processes’ aims to bring together NWP and climate scientists, observationalists and modellers to discuss the key issues of atmospheric science and to coordinate efforts to improve weather and climate models. The program will include all aspects and methods of model development from deterministic numerics to stochastic forcing; process modelling to parametrization; observational constraints to diagnostic techniques; idealized modelling to operational forecasting and climate predictions.

The meeting will mainly cover the following themes, but can include other topics related to understanding and modelling the atmosphere:

● Surface drag and momentum transport: orographic drag, convective momentum transport
● Processes relevant for polar prediction: stable boundary layers, mixed-phase clouds
● Shallow and deep convection: stochasticity, scale-awareness, organization, grey zone issues
● Clouds and circulation feedbacks: boundary-layer clouds, CFMIP, cirrus
● Microphysics and aerosol-cloud interactions: microphysical observations, parameterization, process studies on aerosol-cloud interactions
● Radiation: circulation coupling; interaction between radiation and clouds
● Land-atmosphere interactions: Role of land processes (snow, soil moisture, soil temperature, and vegetation) in sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) prediction
● Physics-dynamics coupling: numerical methods, scale-separation and grey-zone, thermodynamic consistency
● Next generation model development: the challenge of exascale, dynamical core developments, regional refinement, super-parametrization
● High Impact and Extreme Weather: role of convective scale models; ensembles; relevant challenges for model development

 

On the above topics, we invite you to submit abstracts broadly addressing one of the key ingredients for modelling atmospheric processes:

● Process understanding
● Recent model developments and their impact on weather and climate prediction
● Observational and high resolution constraints for improving models
● Emerging and innovative observing and modelling approaches

Abstract submission is open from 1 September and will close on 31 October 2017.
Abstract submission is free.

Registration for the UMAP meeting will open in mid-September 2017. There will be a fee of 150AUD associated with registration to cover costs. The fee will include all sessions, coffee breaks and lunches for all conference days, a conference ice-breaker, and the conference dinner.

More information can be found on the website at http://singh.sci.monash.edu/Pan-GASS/index.shtml.

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The 4th Snow Science Winter School takes place at Col du Lautaret, France, from Feb. 11-17, 2018. You will learn:

• State-of-the-art snow measurement techniques (measurement of specific surface area by reflection and spectroscopy, near-infrared photography and high-resolution penetrometry and micro-tomography)
• Understanding the physical processes responsible for the evolution of the snowpack
• Understanding vertically resolved snowpack models (Crocus, SNOWPACK) and larger scale land-surface models

Any graduate student or post-doc working on snow or in some snow related field is welcome to participate.
The focus of this workshop lies on alpine snowpacks, field measurements and snowpack models combined with theoretical lessons in the classroom. Field and laboratory measurements will be done in small groups of 3-4 students. Each group of students will have to prepare a report describing the methods, results and interpretation, and a comparison between field measurements and snow modelling results.

More information: http://www.slf.ch/more/snowschool

Northern Quebec: Issues, Spaces and Cultures

The Northern Sustainable Development Research Chair and the Institut nordique du Quebec are launching a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) on Northern Québec on October 10th! It is free, online and open to everyone! Course from October 10 to December 4, 2017

This MOOC offers an introduction to social and political issues of northern Quebec, a territory that is also the traditional home of several Indigenous peoples. The course will provide participants a better understanding of the cultures of northern populations, the place the North occupies in the collective imagination, and its sociopolitical development. This course is for anyone interested in Northern Quebec and in learning more about its territory, history, societies, and issues.

You can register online until October 30, 2017.

Watch the promotional teaser to learn more about the course.

IARPCOutcomes of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council
Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee Collaborations Webinar Series

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) will host a webinar on the Outcomes of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. This webinar will be hosted via Zoom Video Conferencing and open to the public.

The United States chaired the Arctic Council from May 2015 to May 2017, culminating in the Fairbanks Ministerial on 11 May 2017 and producing results focused on science and furthering our understanding of the Arctic region. Additional initiatives focused on research needs and science based-actions, furthering our ability to conduct science and make science-based decisions. The U.S. Senior Arctic Official, Julie Gourley, will provide an overview of the highlights of the U.S. chairmanship. Project leads, Roberto Delgado, John Farrell, and Sarah Abdelrahim, will present the outcomes of select science-related chairmanship initiatives.

Webinar date: Tuesday, 19 September 2017 at 1:00 p.m. EDT

More information and instructions on connecting to the webinar are available at:
IARPC Collaborations Webinar Homepage

For questions, contact:
Jessica Rohde
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HomeThe United States Climate Variability and Predictability (U.S. CLIVAR) project office and invites the U.S. ocean and climate science community to submit proposal for workshops requests. Workshops must be held no earlier than March 2018, unless otherwise justified.

The U.S. CLIVAR program annually sponsors workshops of scientists to coordinate, develop, plan, and implement new or focused activities for the benefit of the scientific community and U.S. CLIVAR.

Workshops should aim to assess the state of knowledge, identify gaps, and discuss needs for future research directions and opportunities for possible scientific activities within the community. The proposed workshops may be national or international in scope and participation, although for workshops held outside the U.S., sponsorship will be limited and available only for travel of U.S. scientists and students.

Funding for support of meetings is limited and priority is given to those efforts that demonstrate high relevance and payoff for U.S. CLIVAR investment. Organizers seeking funding should review the goals and objectives of the U.S. CLIVAR program, particularly the Science Plan. Strategically focused workshops are of highest interest to agency sponsors.

For workshops addressing interdisciplinary topics, with anticipated participation of scientists from multiple disciplines (e.g., other Earth system or operational communities), the organizers are encouraged to identify and submit companion requests for support to other sponsoring programs. In such cases, the organizing committee membership and preliminary invited speaker list should reflect the interdisciplinary expertise required.

Organizers may consider the option of a virtual workshop held via web conferencing system as an alternative to an in-person meeting. This approach requires additional planning and training than for more traditional meetings. Given the staffing requirements to organize a virtual workshop, only a limited number can be supported each year.

Workshop request deadline: 29 September 2017

For the full Request for Proposals, including preparation and submission information, go to:
Call for U.S. CLIVAR Workshops (PDF - 143 KB)

To access the U.S. CLIVAR's Science Plan, go to:
U.S. CLIVAR Science Plan

For question, contact:
U.S. CLIVAR Project Office
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NSF logoThe Geosciences and Education and Human Resources Directorates are partnering to advance and develop understanding of learning environments that build upon the rich interdisciplinary resources emerging from polar investments. To that end, the Office of Polar Programs (OPP), the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) and the Division of Research on Learning (DRL) encourage proposals that will leverage the extensive National Science Foundation (NSF) investment in polar sciences and infrastructure, and STEM education research and development, to promote an informed citizenry and the next generation of polar scientists. In order to advance polar science educational opportunities, OPP, DUE and DRL will accept and review proposals for research and development projects that facilitate access to polar research efforts in (1) undergraduate education, (2) informal science education or (3) formal PK-12 science or math education. Proposals in response to this Dear Colleague Letter must be submitted to either the Improving Undergraduate Science Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) solicitation, the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) solicitation, or the Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) solicitation.

The integration of research and education is essential to NSF's mission. In addition, NSF strives to broaden participation in science and to make the results of research projects widely accessible to students and the public. Specifically, OPP seeks to meet these objectives by supporting the engagement of students, educators, and the public in polar research projects. While participation of educators and students in both Arctic and Antarctic research projects is encouraged, logistics are often difficult and expensive. Therefore, OPP, DUE, and DRL encourage education research and development proposals that make use of innovative technologies and pedagogies to give large groups of students, educators and the public access to polar research efforts in the polar regions without requiring all participants to travel there. Proposals that engage audiences with long-term investments in polar research and logistics (e.g., the Arctic or Antarctic science stations), with databases that have extended lifespans, (e.g., data from the Arctic Observing Network), or with public participation in scientific research, such as crowdsourcing or citizen science related to the Arctic or Antarctic, are particularly encouraged.

1. Improving Undergraduate Science Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE:EHR) deadline of December 12, 2017.
2. Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) deadline of November 6, 2017.
3. Discovery Research K-12 (DRK-12) deadline of November 14, 2017.

Proposals submitted in response to this letter must be identified by starting the proposal title with the term: "EHR-Polar DCL 2017: (Insert Project Title Here)" If travel to the polar regions is included in the project, PIs are strongly encouraged to call the program officer to discuss logistics and related documentation that must be included in the proposal.

Those considering submitting a proposal in response to this opportunity are strongly encouraged to contact Lisa Rom; 703-292-7709, the cognizant program officer who can answer questions and provide further guidance.

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As part of the Earth Observation (EO) Science for Society – Scientific Exploitation element of EOEP-5 program, the European Space Agency (ESA) is organizing an advanced training course on remote sensing of the Cryosphere, devoted to train the next generation of scientists and specialists to exploit EO data for science and applications.

PARTICIPATION

Postgraduate-level, PhD students, post-doctoral research scientists and users from Europe and Canada interested in applications of remote sensing of the Cryosphere are welcome to apply to the 6-day course, held at University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, from 11 to 16 June 2018.

Participants from all other countries are also welcome to apply, subject to availability of places.

FEES

No participation fees will be charged for the training. Participants are expected to finance their own travel and accommodation expenses. The official language of the course is English.

OBJECTIVES

The Advanced Cryosphere Training Course aims at:

  • To train the next generation of scientists on Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere;
  • To provide an advanced understanding of theoretical principles, processing algorithms, data products and their use in applications;
  • To give hands-on practice with tools and methods for satellite data exploitation as well as fieldwork experience for in-situ cryosphere-related data collection;
  • To provide insights of EO challenges/opportunities within the polar context for further studies.

There is a limited number of applications and deadline is on December 15th.

For more information, please visit: http://eoscience4society.esa.int/CTC18/ and see the course flyer.

IACS logoThe International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) is now offering membership. Please join us to be eligible for our Early Career Prize, and for news about grants, symposia, and activities of our working and standing groups. Joining is simple and fast - visit our website for instructions.


We already have more than 150 members! For more information on the benefits of membership, see below.

We’ve also established an IACS Twitter site. Please follow us @iacscryo
https://twitter.com/iacscryo

Benefits of IACS membership:

  • you will receive regular information about IACS activities and opportunities.
  • you are eligible to engage in IACS activities and bodies, even if your country is not a member of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
  • you are eligible for IACS sponsorship and financial support for workshops, summer schools, and other IACS-sponsored activities
  • you are eligible for the IACS early-career scientist prize if you qualify as an early career scientist (see our website).

Your membership will also help to provide travel grants for early-career scientists and scientists from developing countries to attend IACS/IUGG symposia. The next IUGG General Assembly will be held in 2019 in Montreal, and cryospheric sciences will feature strongly there.

Logohttps://www.igsoc.org/images/icelogo.jpgThe IGS newsletter, ICE, issue 173-4 is now online. This is a double issue as we had quite a lot of material to post and it will hopefully enable us to catch up.

It is freely available online at https://www.igsoc.org/ice/2017/173/ice173_col.pdf

We would like to draw your attention to the possibility of advertising in ICE which is published 3 times a year. If you are recruiting or would like to advertise meetings we can accommodate your requests. We will also accepts ads for equipment and merchandise. Our advertising rates are extremely competitive.

Please get in touch with us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

ADGEO coverModern research programs at both national, European and international levels are challenged by an increasing requirement for interdisciplinarity, societal relevance, and educational outreach as well as market-oriented applications. Project management strategies need to adapt to these new demands and incorporate innovative, yet sound and coherent, project management practices to ensure the effective use of the project results for higher societal impact and public awareness.

Following the positive response and participation to several project management sessions at international geosciences conferences, we are preparing a Special Issue on the EGU journal Advances in Geosciences (ADGEO) titled:

Project management in geosciences: systems and practices for high-impact research

With this special issue, we offer project managers from Europe and beyond an opportunity to share their knowledge, experience and best practices for effective management of research and technology projects in the various fields of geosciences.

Contributions are invited on a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, those addressing the following questions:

  • How to design a project structure to optimise project implementation and impact?
  • What are “best practices” in coordinating large international consortia?
  • How can continuity of project management expertise be maintained with project managers mostly employed on non-permanent contracts?
  • Which local, national and international networks of EU project managers exist, and are they useful?
  • How to identify organisational pitfalls?
  • How to deal with the project partners’ different priorities, e.g., interdisciplinary and academic-private sector?
  • How to effectively engage non-research stakeholders to optimise project contributions?
  • What project management concepts/procedures can be transferred from other sectors (e.g., industry) or social sciences (e.g., economics) to geosciences?
  • What are the best tools for transferring knowledge from research to the private sector, decision makers, and the public in general?
  • How can project results and impact be effectively disseminated to the wider community and how can their importance be highlighted to funding agencies?
  • What lessons can be learned from “failed” projects?

Case studies are welcome; however, contributions will need to draw transferable conclusions and recommendations applicable to the majority of geosciences disciplines.

If interested in submitting a manuscript in this special issue, please send first an abstract (max. 300 words) by the 31 October 2017 to the Guest Editors: Luisa Cristini (luisa.cristini at- awi.de) and Sylvia Walter (S.Walter -at- uu.nl).

ARCTOS WorkshopARCTOS invites PhD candidates to a student workshop offering an exciting program for early career scientists working on issues related to the Arctic. The workshop is taking place 21-31 January 2018 in conjunction with the Arctic Frontiers conference and continues afterwards in Svolvær, Lofoten. As part of the workshop, participants have to attend the Arctic Frontiers conference and give a presentation (oral or poster) during the science section of the conference (submit your abstract here).

After the conference, the students will embark on a 5-day seminar to Svolvær, Lofoten, during which they will attend 10-15 lectures covering proposal writing, political science, social science, marine ecology and climate, local art, and arctic entrepreneurship. Students will also prepare a proposal for funding to an imaginary research grant. During the workshop, there will be also some cultural events (visiting art gallery, museum, etc.). The workshop is multidisciplinary and thus suitable for students from all scientific fields.

One main goal of the workshop is networking. During the conference and workshop, students can meet politicians, business people and senior researchers as well as other early career scientists, which are all interested in Arctic issues. Together, the northern areas are facing possibilities and challenges related to the combination of climate change, globalization, and circumpolar problems such as oil and gas development, pollution, public health, reduced biodiversity and loss of habitats. An enormous challenge to handle. The idea behind this workshop is that the solution to the problems ahead lies in the synergy that emerges from international networks, cross-disciplinary cooperation and dialogue.

We offer travel funding for accepted candidates including accommodation during the stay in Tromsø and Svolvær. Candidates are eligible for a reduced conference fee. PhD students are prioritized but Master students and Post-docs may apply as well. The workshop is an official PhD level course (BIO-8516) at the Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø worth 4 ECTS (only PhD students can receive credits).

To apply, go to the ARCTOS homepage.

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Advances in Polar Science (APS) is changing and improving with the establishment of the International Editorial Board with two new Co-Editors-in-Chief (Prof. Huigen Yang and Prof. Ian Allison), and a new expert team of disciplinary Editors in June of 2015. It has no publication fees and all articles are freely accessible on the web as soon as they are released.

In 2017, APS has a new category of paper, the Opinion Editorial (Op-Ed). This, with a maximum length of 2 pages, 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.

APS is an international, peer-reviewed journal jointly sponsored by the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC) and the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration (CAA). It is a quarterly journal, circulated internationally (ISSN 1674-9928, CN 31-2050/P).

For more details, please visit the new website: www.aps-polar.org.

APS welcomes your involvement in future editions. They look forward to the submission of new manuscripts and for any suggestions of future “Special Issues” (which can be made via email to the editorial office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

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The organisers of POLAR 2018 are pleased to announce that a limited number of abstract fee waivers are available to help support participants to attend the conference. This is primarily intended for those who would otherwise struggle to attend e.g. early career scientists and those from low-income countries.

Timeline:

  • 24 September: Deadline to fill in the application form (before you submit through the conference website)
  • 25 September - 6 October: Review of applications by a committee comprised of representatives from SCAR, IASC and APECS
  • mid October: Successful applicants will receive a code with which they can proceed to submit their abstract free of charge
  • 1 November (18:00 CET): Abstract submission deadline

For all enquiries, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Further details pertaining to abstract submission can be found here.

TA INTERACTThe call for applications is open on 1st September-13th October 2017 for Transnational Access and Remote Access taking place between March 2018 and April 2019.

Further TA call information, stations available in the call, descriptions of stations and their facilities, and registration to the INTERACCESS on-line application system can be found from the INTERACT website.

Two on-line webinars, on 11th Sept at 09:00 (CEST) and on 12th Sept at 15:00 (CEST), will be held to provide information about the ongoing TA Call and to answer questions related to the application process and TA/RA in general. Links to the webinars and related material are provided on the TA call information page.

For any additional information, please contact the Transnational Access coordinator Hannele Savela, hannele.savela(at)oulu.fi.

Apply INTERACT Transnational Access to conduct research the coolest places of the North!

The call for proposals for Arctic Field Grant (AFG) 2018 is now published. The deadline for next year’s field season is 1 PM (GMT+1) on 11 October 2017. The call will be activated 6 weeks before the deadline.

This year NOK 2,0 million will be allocated for extra costs related to fieldwork in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. The maximum amount is NOK 80.000 pr. application (100.000 for Jan Mayen).

The grants are intended for students (master’s and doctoral degree) and researchers who are studying or employed at, or collaborating with, a Norwegian institution. Candidates from non-Norwegian institutions are eligible if the work is done in direct collaboration with a Norwegian scientific institution. Students (master and PhD) as well as researchers who are not established in Svalbard will be prioritized.

Please read the call for proposals, Terms & conditions, HowTo and FAQ before starting the application process and ensure that you have all mandatory attachments ready.

For more information see the Svalbard Science Forum Website

TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, www.twas.org, is now accepting applications for the TWAS Research and Advanced Training Fellowship programme.

The fellowships are offered to scientists from developing countries and are tenable at centres of excellence in various developing countries.

Eligible fields include one or more of the following: agricultural and biological sciences, medical and health sciences, chemistry, engineering, astronomy, space and earth sciences, mathematics and physics.

Please see http://www.twas.org/opportunity/twas-fellowships-research-and-advanced-training for the latest information regarding the above programme, including eligibility criteria, guidelines, etc.

Women scientists are especially encouraged to apply. The closing date is 1 October 2017.

ISAR-5 / Fifth International Symposium on Arctic Research / 第5回国際北極研究シンポジウム
Call for Abstract: extended to Sep. 15, 2017



Organizers of the Fifth International Symposium on Arctic Research (ISAR-5), Jan. 15-18, 2018, Tokyo, Japan invite you to submit an abstract and make registration through the website: https://jcar.org/isar-5/.

Important! There are some news and changes for the registration and abstract submission: https://jcar.org/isar-5/index.html.

  • Removed: The requirement of Registration before Abstract submission was removed. Input of Registration ID is not anymore “must” for Abstract submission.
  • In case of the payment by credit card, it will not be charged to your credit card account before December 2017, far later than the accept/reject notice of the submitted abstract.
  • Changed: One day registration does not require specific date. Name card with attending date will be issued at the reception desk.
  • The page on Reception information page is open.
  • Your payment receipt will be issued at the registration desk on-site with your name card.

The deadline of the submission of Abstract is extended to September 15, 2017
The deadline of the early-bird registration is November 15, 2017 and the late registration ends on December 15, 2017.
On-site registration is also available during Symposium (Jan. 15-18, 2018).

Please feel free to circulate this call into your labs, institutes and communities.
Information for side meetings can be found far down below.
The symposium will address “the changing Arctic and its regional to global impact: From information to knowledge and action.” The sessions you can submit your abstract can be found at : https://jcar.org/isar-5/abstract/session_information.html.

  • The general sessions are single disciplinary session and the special sessions are inter/multi-disciplinary session.
  • Please use the template downloading from the website (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) to make your abstract.
  • Now Registration is not required for the submission of your abstract.
  • If it is difficult to find a session, just pick a general session, which is closest to the subject you will present in Symposium.
  • Submission of abstract is limited to one for oral presentation, and two for poster presentation.

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The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) invite the international polar and high altitude community to their joint meeting POLAR2018, hosted by WSL and SLF in Davos, Switzerland.

  • 1 September 2017 Abstract submission opens (session program)
  • 1 November 2017 Deadline abstract submission, early-bird registration opens
  • 31 December 2017 Side meeting requests close
  • 31 January 2018 Acceptance notification with oral/poster information
  • 19 - 23 June 2018 SCAR/IASC Open Science Conference, including the COMNAP Symposium

The goal of POLAR2018 is to bring together excellent research from both poles, as well as from high altitude areas, focusing on the similar challenges those regions face. The program features 65 different sessions, structured into 12 categories. In addition to the parallel sessions, central elements of the Open Science Conference (OSC) will be keynote presentations, mini-symposia, extended poster sessions, and exhibitions. The annual COMNAP symposium will be held during the OSC, as well as a plenary lecture from the 2018 Arctic Observing Summit as an opening to this biennial summit immediately after the OSC. A range of excursions and trips will allow participants to make the most of coming to the Swiss Alps and enjoy science, nature, culture, and sports.

Authors wishing to submit an abstract are required to pay a submission fee of CHF 30 for each abstract. However, the organisers of POLAR 2018 are pleased to announce that a limited number of abstract fee waivers are available to help support participants to attend the conference. This is primarily intended for those who would otherwise struggle to attend e.g. early career scientists and those from low-income countries.

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Davos in June 2018!

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In order to strengthen the dialogue between polar forecast providers and users, the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) together with partners APPLICATE and Blue-Action are today launching the Polar Prediction Matters dialogue platform:

Polar Prediction Matters

What kind of information is needed by the captain of a vessel navigating polar waters? Our knowledge of what really matters at the end of the forecast chain is rather limited. In order to strengthen the dialogue between polar forecast providers and users, the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) together with partners APPLICATE and Blue-Action are launching the Polar Prediction Matters dialogue platform.

Academic researchers and forecasters strive to develop and deliver polar environmental prediction products that can facilitate the decisions of those living and working in polar regions. What kind of information is needed by the captain of a vessel navigating polar waters, or by the pilot of an aircraft operating in Antarctica? Our knowledge of what really matters at the end of the forecast chain is rather limited. One important goal of the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) is to strengthen the dialogue between polar forecast providers and users, in order to guide research towards significantly improved and applied polar prediction capabilities in a way that is meaningful to the various stakeholder groups involved.

We are delighted to launch Polar Prediction Matters today at https://blogs.helmholtz.de/polarpredictionmatters/ with the specific aim to foster the exchange between information users and experts on polar prediction. The platform is a means to collect and share individual insights by polar environmental forecast users. These user perspectives will be complemented with contributions by “providers”, such as natural scientists working at meteorological and sea-ice services and at universities, but also by social scientists trying to shed light on how forecast information and products are created, delivered, and utilised.

Polar Prediction Matters is launched with two short articles: The first contribution is a welcome statement by Helge Goessling, Director of the YOPP Coordination Office, introducing briefly the idea behind Polar Prediction Matters and what to expect from the format. In the second article, Uwe Pahl, who served as the master of a research icebreaker for almost two decades, provides his view on the role of environmental information in the practical planning and management of an ice passage. We hope these articles find your interest and provoke curiosity about forthcoming contributions.

Polar Prediction Matters is hosted by the Helmholtz Association Blogs and is maintained by the YOPP Coordination Office, the PPP-SERA subcommittee, and the EU-funded Horizon 2020 research consortia APPLICATE and Blue-Action. For any questions related to YOPP and Polar Prediction Matters, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Polar Prediction Matters Team

2016-2017 PolarTREC ExpeditionsPolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) is currently accepting applications from teachers, informal science educators, and researchers for teacher research experiences.

For 2018-2019, we are accepting applications from both U.S. informal science educators as well as formal U.S. classroom teachers (teaching in grades 6-12). Informal educators should have the primary focus on outreach to middle and high school students and/or professional development for their teachers. Applications will be to participate in field research learning experiences during the 2018 (usually Arctic) or 2018-19 (usually Antarctic) field seasons.

Researchers that work in the polar regions are encouraged to submit an application to host a teacher and/or an informal science educator during the 2018-2019 field seasons.

More information about candidate criteria, application forms, researcher application questions, and program requirements for both teachers and researchers are available at: https://www.polartrec.com/about/application.

Informational Webinar
Anyone that is interested in learning more about participating in PolarTREC are encouraged to attend an informational webinar on Wednesday, 30 August 2017 at 11:00 a.m. ADT (12:00 p.m. PDT, 1:00 p.m. MDT, 2:00 p.m. CDT, 3:00 p.m. EDT). The webinar will give an overview of the PolarTREC program, its goals

and objectives, program components, the application process, and will address frequently asked questions. Register for the event. If you are unable to attend, you can view the event archive.

Funding
PolarTREC is administered by ARCUS. Final selection for this round of applications is pending funding from the National Science Foundation. We will keep all applicants informed of our funding status.

Application deadline: Monday, 2 October 2017 at 5:00 p.m. ADT

Informational webinar date: Wednesday, 30 August 2017 at 11:00 a.m. ADT

Researchers interested in hosting a teacher should contact program staff as soon as possible at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Additional information about PolarTREC, including program goals, requirements, and frequently asked questions, is available at on the PolarTREC website at:
View PolarTREC Website

Further program information and application instructions, are available at:

View PolarTREC Application Webpage

For webinar information, go to:
View Informal Webinar Webpage

For questions, contact
PolarTREC
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For all Master / PhD students and Junior Researchers from German and Norwegian universities, interested in an exchange scholarship: Check out the recent call of applications of the E.ON Stipendienfonds!

Next deadline October 15, 2017

HomeThe Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) is looking for proposals for the 2017 round of pilot projects. In 2017 the total funds amount to 2 million NOK.


Applicants can submit proposals for two types of projects:

1. Contributions to the State of Environmental Science in Svalbard (SESS) report:
Have you been in the field and taken measurements but not had the time to analyse them? Or would you like to harmonise existing data sets? Would you like your data sets to be considered SIOS core data? The SESS report will be an annual publication in which long-term monitoring on Svalbard is discussed with a focus on interactions between different Earth System Science parameters. Funding is available for contributions to the SESS report. By contributing to the report, researchers will be given the opportunity to propose future investment in new research infrastructure on Svalbard.

2. Access projects:
Applications are open for free access and travel funding to research infrastructure owned by SIOS member institutions.

In the 2017 pilot call, any researcher may apply, but priority will be given to those who follow the vision of SIOS and plan to contribute to the SESS report in future.

For further information, please visit the SIOS webpage at https://sios-svalbard.org/Call2017.

The CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel (SORP) is one of the panels involved in the call, and I am one of the current co-chairs.

Here are some specific details for the SORP part of this call:

* Information on what SORP does and the current membership are available through the following website: http://www.clivar.org/clivar-panels/southern

* SORP would welcome all self-nominations from Southern Ocean and Antarctic researchers, but particularly SORP would welcome nominations from any of the following disciplines, regions and groups that are under-represented (or not represented at all) on SORP at present (or after some members rotate off in this cycle):

  • sea ice remote sensing;
  • global climate modeling;
  • sea-going chemical oceanography;
  • researchers based in South America, developing countries, Scandinavia, the UK;
  • researchers involved in SOOS, APECS, and other groups connected with SCAR, CliC, and CLIVAR;
    women.

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The annual Austral Summer Institute (ASI) organized by the Department of Oceanography and the COPAS Sur-Austral Program of the University of Concepción, Chile provides training for a topic that is timely and of wide interest in the marine science community.

ASI XVIII, to be held in January 2018 at the University of Concepción, is organized around four courses, each one week long, that address different aspects of the general theme:

“Numerical Modeling Tools to Understand Physical and Biological Processes in Mid and High Latitude Marine Ecosystems”

Courses related to this theme are:

• Introduction to hydrodynamic models and statistical tools for modeling validation (3 – 6 January 2018)
• Ocean modeling using the Coastal and Regional Ocean Community Model (CROCO) (8 – 12 January 2018)
• Marine ecosystem modeling - Approaches and Challenges (15 – 19 January 2018)
• Circumpolar ocean and regional circulation models, downscaling techniques (22 – 26 January 2018)

More information for ASI XVIII is available at http://www.sur-austral.cl/asi/.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is providing funding to support participation in ASI XVIII for U.S.-based graduate students and early career researchers. Interested participants should apply through the ASI website (http://www.sur-austral.cl/asi/how-to-apply/) and may apply for one or more individual courses. The application deadline is 15 November 2017. Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee and successful applicants will be notified in late November.

Please contact Eileen Hofmann (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) for questions or additional information about NSF funding for ASI XVIII.

The National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) and the Arctic Data Center invite applications for the 2018 Data Science Fellows program. The full-time Fellowships will be located in Santa Barbara, California and will include a stipend for living expenses and travel to NCEAS from within the United States.

Data Science Fellows will be resident at NCEAS for one or both of two six-month sessions starting in January and July, respectively and will work closely with data and informatics teams to solve data, analysis, and software issues relating to environmental science. Fellows will analyze, document, and archive important ecological, physical, chemical, and social science data from research projects focused on environmental issues in Alaska and the Arctic. This practicum-style program gives fellows the opportunity to gain practical knowledge and skills needed to manage national-scale data repositories.

Training will be customized to the needs of each fellow. Applicants from any discipline are encouraged to apply. This fellowship may be of particular interest to those involved in earth and environmental sciences, library and information sciences, research data management, statistics, or computer science.

Fellowship duties will include:

  • Collaborative data management,
  • Data quality analysis,
  • Metadata creation,
  • Data transformation and integration,
  • Scientific programming, and
  • Instructional resource development.

Required qualification for this fellowship include experience in data management and/or analysis, familiarity with metadata, and experience with a scientific computing language. Interest in ecological or environmental science, experience building structured metadata, proficiency in a scientific computing language (R, MATLAB, Python), experience or comfort with training others and a Doctoral or Master's degree are desired.

Applications should include:

  • A one- to two-page statement explaining the applicant's interest in being a fellow, experience and qualifications, and specific topics of interest in data science;
  • A resume or curriculum vitae outlining relevant experience; and
  • Name, email address, and phone number for two non-peer references.

Submit applications via email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Application deadline for January 2018 Session: Friday, 1 September 2017
Application deadline for July 2018 Session: Thursday, 1 March 2018

For more information about the fellowship and application process, go to: Data Science Fellowship Homepage

For questions, contact: Jesse Goldstein
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The Journal of Ocean Technology (JOT) production team invites the submission of technical papers that describe cutting edge research related to Coastal Ocean Observation for its spring 2018 issue. Papers should present the results of new (i.e., not previously published) research in ocean technology, science or engineering, and be no more than 7,500 words in length. Student papers are welcome.

See PDF for further details.

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) will host a webinar on the Fulbright Arctic Initiative. This webinar will be hosted via Zoom Video Conferencing and open to the public.

The Fulbright Arctic Initiative provides a platform for scholars from across the Arctic region to engage in collaborative thinking, analysis, problem-solving, and multi-disciplinary research. At its core, the Fulbright Arctic Initiative creates a network to stimulate international scientific collaboration on Arctic issues while increasing mutual understanding between people of the United States and the people of other countries. During the U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council (2015-2017), the Fulbright Arctic Initiative brought together 16 scholars from across the Arctic region.

Using a collaborative model to translate theory into practice, the scholars collectively addressed public policy research questions relevant to the Arctic nations' shared challenges in energy, water, health, and infrastructure.

During this webinar, co-lead scholars, Mike Sfraga and Ross Virginia, and other scholars will reflect on their experiences and the impacts of this variation on the Fulbright model.

Webinar date: Friday, 25 August 2017 at 1:00 p.m. EDT

More information and instructions on connecting to the webinar are available at: View Webinar Homepage

For questions, contact: Jessica Rohde
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Postdoc position available in Iceland for highly qualified data management specialistArctic Portal logo

Arctic Portal, a non-profit organisation specialised in Arctic information and data located in Akureyri, Iceland, is looking for a highly qualified data management specialist to fill a postdoc position that will be available as of 1st September 2017 based on an INNOSUP grant.
The selected candidate will be asked to design a Proof of Concept (PoC) for a Beta version of an Arctic Data Management System (ADMS) – a system for interpreting and managing Arctic-related data and knowledge.

The ADMS will identify and retrieve Arctic-related data and knowledge from multiple databases, adapt it to a common international standardised format, and allow end users to retrieve data in a standardised format. The system will have state-of-the-art data intelligence tools, including a geographic information system (GIS), metadata catalogues, and tools to interpretation and visualise data. It will combine the highest level of technical and human elements to interpret data and provide end-users with the highest quality and most appropriate data solutions for their needs.

Tasks for the selected candidate will include:

  • Analysing user needs, including identifying potential data products;
  • Creating detailed specifications to improve the usability of data sets and web-based interfaces for workflow requirements of the scientific community;
  • Using statistical methods, modern scientific calculation and quality assessments for processing data and generating interactive maps;
  • Conducting expert feedback and usability tests to improve visualisations of data and put them into established standardised formats required by the scientific community;
  • Creating a missing link in interaction (conferences, publications, data management) between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the scientific community.

In addtion, the selected candidate will help the hosting organisation (Arctic Portal) to:

  • Position itself as a Data Management System hub for Arctic monitoring networks, Arctic interlinked data, analysis models and decision support tools;
  • Strengthen and improve the existing Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P) Data Management System (DMS), located in Akureyri and designed by Arctic Portal;
  • Generalise and apply similar data management tools for other Global Monitoring Networks. The selected Innovation Associate will contribute to design the Proof of Concept - ADMS Beta version – and therefore contribute to the innovation strategy of the company.

The postdoc will work under the supervision of Arctic Portal's Data Manager, and will be supported by programmers, a web-developers, and a system administrator. The selected candidate will also work closely with the Executive Director and Project Manager.

The duration of the contract, which is financed under the EU Horizon 2020 Innovation Associate Grant, INNOSUP, is 12 months.
Start date: 1st September 2017; end date: 31st August 2018 with the possibility of extention.
Main research field: computer science, data management
Research profile: leading postdoc researcher

For more information, please contact Halldor Johannson by email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or phone +354 461 2800.

Application deadline: open until filled.

Please send your CV and cover letter to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Dear ArcticNet colleagues, collaborators and partners,

Building on the success of its previous Annual Scientific Meetings (video) (video), the ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence and its national and international partners invite the international Arctic research community to the International Arctic Change 2017 Conference (AC2017) to be held at the Québec City Convention Centre December 11 - 15, 2017.

Arctic Change 2017 will bring together leading Arctic researchers, graduate students, Northern community representatives, government and industry partners and stakeholders from all fields. During the week, the world’s foremost Arctic scientists will discuss the emerging global challenges and opportunities arising from climate change and modernization in the circum-Arctic. With over 1500 participants expected to attend, Arctic Change 2017 will be one of the largest trans-sectoral international Arctic research conferences ever held in Canada.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
With over 60 Topical Sessions proposed, Arctic Change 2017 will be an outstanding opportunity to present your Arctic research, and network with a broad range of colleagues, collaborators and policy and decision-makers.

Abstracts for oral and poster presentations addressing all fields of Arctic research are now being accepted by completing the online abstract submission form.

The deadline for abstract submission is September 22, 2017.

PROGRAM
Arctic Change 2017 is a 5-day Conference beginning with Student Day at 8:30 on Monday December 11, 2017. The official opening session of the Conference will be at 8:30 on Tuesday December 12 and the Conference will finish at 12:00 on Friday December 15, 2017.

The Conference Banquet will be held Thursday December 14 at the Québec City Convention Centre and is included with your registration.

AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS
Posters presented by graduate students are eligible for the Graduate Student Poster Awards. This year $7000 CAD in cash prizes will be awarded.

Students may also participate in the One Minute Elevator Pitch Competition – please find the details here: Arctic Change 2017 Student Day. Nearly $1500 CAD in cash prizes will be awarded.

The 2017 Photo Contest is now open and is a wonderful opportunity for Arctic researchers, students, partners and collaborators to share their photography talents and outstanding images of the circum-Arctic, its peoples, communities, landscapes, wildlife and research activities. Over $1500 CAD in cash prizes will be awarded.

REGISTRATION
Online registration for the Conference is now available on the Arctic Change 2017 website. Register before the early-bird deadline of October 31, 2017 to save on your registration fee.

HOTEL
Four conveniently-located Québec City hotels are offering reduced rates for Arctic Change 2017 with cut off dates varying between October 25 and November 10 2017 depending on the hotel. Both Hilton and Delta Québec are linked to the Québec City Convention Centre and the Québec City Marriott Downtown and Hotel Palace Royale are just across the street.

Considering room blocks often fill up before cut off date, we encourage you to book your rooms as early as possible by using the hotel reservation information provided on the Arctic Change 2017 website. Be sure to quote the Group Code when making your reservation by phone in order to take advantage of the Conference rates.

VISIT THE AC2017 WEBSITE
Additional information on the conference, hotel & venue, and sponsor/exhibitor opportunities is available on the Arctic Change 2017 website.

Please post and circulate this announcement among your national and international networks and we hope to see you in Québec City for an exceptional Arctic research and networking meeting.

Warm regards,

Leah Braithwaite, for the AC2017 International Organizing Committee

ArcticNet is pleased to announce the launch of the International Arctic Change 2017 Conference Photo Contest.

They maintain a collection of photographs highlighting the spectacular beauty of the polar regions, and featuring scientific research, landscapes, wildlife, and northern communities. With a growing compilation of stunning images, the ArcticNet Polar Photography Gallery is now a resource for media, education and various research programs. ArcticNet remains committed to communicating the impacts of climate change in the Arctic and Antarctic to diverse international audiences and preserving a legacy of iconic and inspiring imagery for future generations.

The International Arctic Change 2017 Photo Contest is a fantastic opportunity for Arctic researchers, students, partners and collaborators to share their photographic skills and most compelling images of the circum-Arctic, its peoples and their environment, flora and fauna and research activities.

ArcticNet invites you to dive into your hard drives, cameras and computers, and send them your best shots!

The deadline for photo submission is Friday, 27 October 2017. Contest eligibility criteria and submission details are available on the Arctic Change 2017 website. Winners will be announced and photos showcased at the Arctic Change 2017 in Quebec City in December and over $1000 CAD in cash prizes will be awarded. If you wish your photos to be considered for publication in the ArcticNet Annual Report (available in softcover and digital formats) please submit images before August 21 2017.

Thank you in advance for your contributions.

Have a great field season!

The organizational committee for Polar 2018 is looking for 3 APECS members to create a video blog during the conference!

You are:

A person with some science background and an interest in the polar topics and that has the slightest idea (or is willing to learn fast) how to handle a camera and use a video-making program :-)

What is expected from you:

To produce a daily highlight summary of the different talks/sessions and events taking place at the conference center, which is then published and used in plenary sessions etc.

What you get!

Free registration to the conference and... a lot of fame :-)

If you're interested, please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Deadline for international applicants: 16 October 2017

Deadline for U.S. applicants: 30 October 2017

For further information and to apply, visit the site at:

View Fulbright Arctic Initiative Website

View Original Call for Applicaitons

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs is accepting applications for the second Fulbright Arctic Initiative. Faculty and researchers from the eight Arctic Council member states (the U.S., Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden) can now apply for this 18-month collaborative research program, which will begin in spring 2018 and run through the fall of 2019.

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to build relations between the people of the United States and the people of other countries that are needed to solve global challenges. Using a collaborative multidisciplinary model to emphasize communication across disciplines and knowledge co-production, the Initiative will translate theory into practice to address public-policy research questions relevant to Arctic Council member states' shared challenges and opportunities.

Approximately 12 scholars will be selected through an open, merit-based competition to participate in an individual Fulbright exchange and convene with the other scholars for three in-person group seminars and on-going virtual communication to carry out team-based research.

The Fulbright Arctic Initiative will provide a platform for scholars from across the Arctic region to engage in collaborative thinking, analysis, problem-solving, and multi-disciplinary research across two core thematic areas:

1. Resilient Communities: The Arctic is facing profound social, economic, and environmental change and communities are increasingly confronted with critical policy challenges related to issues of health and wellness, energy resource management, environmental protection, sustainability of the Arctic Ocean, infrastructure, Indigenous rights, education, and regional governance. Further research is needed on ways to build social resilience in communities to adapt to changes across the Arctic. This research should focus on, and ideally involve, Arctic communities themselves and consider the application of Indigenous knowledge to help inform policy at local to regional scales, as well as multi-disciplinary research to bring differing or complementary viewpoints.

2. Sustainable Economies: The rapid changes in the Arctic Ocean system resulting from sea ice decline, changes in water conditions, and increasing shipping and energy production have significance for Arctic nations, global markets, and coastal communities. The economic impacts of environmental changes and globalization in the Arctic, together with the region's expanding connections to the global economy, require research to address how commercial opportunities can be supported and balanced with the need for sustained subsistence livelihoods in Arctic communities.

For questions, contact:
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APS would like to invite you to submit manuscripts to Advances in Polar Science (APS).

APS is changing and improving with the establishment of the International Editorial Board with two new Co-Editors-in-Chief (Prof. Huigen Yang and Prof. Ian Allison), and a new expert team of disciplinary Editors in June of 2015.

APS is an international, peer-reviewed journal jointly sponsored by the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC) and the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration (CAA). It is a quarterly journal, circulated internationally (ISSN 1674-9928, CN 31-2050/P).

It has no publication fees and all articles are freely accessible on the web as soon as they are released. For more details, please visit the new website: www.aps-polar.org.

We welcome your involvement in APS’s future editions. We look forward to the submission of new manuscripts and for any suggestions of future “Special Issues” (which can be made via email to the editorial office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). We encourage you to share this announcement broadly with interested colleagues.

 

Mr. Xiaoliang Ling

Assistant Editor
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Website: https://www.aps-polar.org
Online Submission: https://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/apsci
Tel 86-21-58713642
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Editorial Office of Advances in Polar Science
Polar Research Institute of China
451 Jinqiao Road, Pudong New Area
Shanghai 20136, China

Podcast Available: #ThinkArctic Podcast

The #ThinkArctic Podcast explores the challenges and opportunities in the Arctic by highlighting innovation. This podcast aims to advance the dialogue between those that live in the Arctic and those that are looking to the Arctic for opportunity.

Podcast episodes discuss the biggest issues facing the Arctic region, with interviews and insights from those who work, live, and play in the Arctic.

The #ThinkArctic Podcast is available online and iTunes at no charge.

To suggest topics or pursue interest in in being a guest on the #ThinkArctic podcast, contact Brandon Blackwell at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

To access the #ThinkArctic podcast archive, go to: http://www.arctic.gci.com/thinkarctic-podcast.

For questions, contact: Brandon Blackwell
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Phone: 206-487-5444

Journal Volume Available: Etudes/Inuit/Studies
Volume 40, Number 1, 2016

Editors of the journal Etudes/Inuit/Studies announce the release of Volume 40, Number 1 entitled "Inuit Health."

This scholarly journal is devoted to the study of Inuit societies, either traditional or contemporary, in the general perspective of social sciences and humanities including ethnology, politics, archaeology, linguistics, history, and more. In addition to 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.

For further information, including bilingual abstracts and subscription information, go to: http://www.etudes-inuit-studies.ulaval.ca/en.

For questions, contact: Murielle Nagy
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Call for Applications:2018-19 PolarTREC Field Seasons Researchers

Researcher Webinar Registration deadline: Monday, 28 August 2017

Researcher Application deadline: Monday, 4 September 2017

PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) is currently accepting applications from researchers for teacher research experiences. Researchers are invited to submit an application to host a PolarTREC teacher in the 2018 Arctic field season and/or the 2018-2019 Antarctic field seasons.

IMPORTANT! Funding is pending for PolarTREC during the 2018-19 field seasons. ARCUS will keep researcher applicants informed of our funding status. If funding is secured, final matches should be made in December 2017 or January 2018.

A one-hour informational webinar for researchers interested in hosting a PolarTREC teacher on their polar research project will be held on Wednesday, 30 August 2017 at 11:00 a.m. AKDT (12:00 p.m. PDT, 1:00 p.m. MDT, 2:00 p.m. CDT, 3:00 p.m. EDT).

Webinar registration is available through the PolarTREC website at:

Webinar Registration

PolarTREC, a program of the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS), is a project through which middle and high school teachers, as well as informal science educators participate in polar research, working closely with scientists as a pathway to improving science education.

The program integrates research and education to produce a legacy of long-term teacher-researcher collaborations, improved teacher content knowledge and instructional practices, and broad public interest and engagement in polar science. PolarTREC projects focus on a wide variety of research activities occurring in both the Arctic and Antarctic, providing an outstanding opportunity for researchers to share their passion for polar science through topics that naturally engage students and the wider public.

Through PolarTREC, teachers spend two to six weeks in the Arctic or Antarctic, working closely with researchers in the field as an integral part of the science team. PolarTREC teachers and researchers are matched based on similar science interests and selected researchers will have the opportunity to interview top applicants and make final selections.

Teachers participate in an orientation and are trained extensively to meet the program requirements prior to the field season. While in the field, teachers and researchers communicate extensively with their colleagues, communities, and students of all ages across the globe, using a variety of tools including online journals, forums, podcasts, and interactive webinars from the field.

PolarTREC researchers must be at U.S. institutions. Applications from researchers on National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects will receive priority in the selection process. Researchers should have secured funding for their research project prior to applying. If funding is pending and you would still like to host a teacher contact PolarTREC to discuss your situation and future opportunities.

If you are interested in participating in PolarTREC, but are unable to apply during the application period, please contact PolarTREC staff to discuss opportunities for future participation.

Applications and additional information about researcher and teacher requirements can be found on the PolarTREC website at:

View PolarTREC Researcher Application Page

For further information, contact:
PolarTREC
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Phone: 907-474-1600

Resource Available
International Arctic Observations Assessment Framework
Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks
Institute for Defense Analyses, Science and Technology Policy Institute

View and Download the Framework

The Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) and Institute for Defense Analyses Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI) announce the release of the International Arctic Observations Assessment Framework.

The Framework was developed in January 2017 as STPI and SAON co-hosted a workshop, convening experts from international, state, and local governments; industry; academia; and non-governmental organizations to review and revise a framework for assessing the societal benefits derived from Arctic observations. The methodology involved a review of international Arctic strategies for common objectives that rely on Earth observations. The resulting international Arctic Observations Assessment Framework will provide the foundation and justification for future international efforts to assess the value of Arctic observations and to structure a pan-Arctic observing system.

This Framework defines 12 Social Benefit Areas (SBAs) that rely on Arctic observations, including:

  • Disaster preparedness,
  • Environmental quality,
  • Food security,
  • Fundamental understanding of Arctic systems,
  • Human health,
  • Infrastructure and operations,
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems and processes,
  • Natural resources,
  • Resilient communities,
  • Sociocultural services,
  • Terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and processes, and
  • Weather and climate.

The Framework is available to view or download through the SAON website.

Dear Antarctic Researcher:

The SCAR Expert Group ANTOS (Antarctic Near-Shore and Terrestrial Observation System) is a continent-wide biologically-focussed initiative to assess responses to environmental variability and change. A first step in establishing ANTOS is gathering information about which locations in Antarctica and the subantarctic islands might be optimal for gathering these measurements.

The survey below (see link) is intended to cast a broad net, capturing some of the general properties of each site. It is not intended to be exhaustive. Please provide as much information about each site as possible, but don’t feel obligated to provide information beyond that with which you are familiar. While many questions are applicable to sites with established long-term datasets, we welcome proposals for new sites as well.

If you wish to provide information about more than one site, please fill out a different survey for each site.

We would like this survey to have the broadest distribution possible. Forward this message as appropriate to others who may have an interest in this effort. The survey will close 30 September, 2017.

Survey: https://byu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3ehgKVpAF7Ze6vr

Thanks,
ANTOS steering committee

The prestigious Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica for 2017 has been awarded to University of New South Wales (UNSW) scientist Professor Matthew England in recognition of his outstanding research, leadership and advocacy for Antarctic science.

The US $100,000 international prize, awarded by the Tinker Foundation and administered by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, is presented annually to an individual whose work has enhanced the understanding and/or preservation of Antarctica.

Scientia Professor England, of the UNSW Climate Change Research Centre, was honoured for his “sustained and seminal contribution to Antarctic science through profound insights into the influence of the Southern Ocean on the continent and its role in the global climate system”.

He was also recognised for his significant leadership roles in international programs such as the Climate and Ocean – Variability, Predictability, and Change (CLIVAR) project and the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) project of the World Climate Research Program, where he has demonstrated a strong commitment to collegiality, capacity building and the global impact of Antarctic science.

“Importantly, Professor England has consistently shown a rare ability to translate global issues to local impacts, and in an engaging and accessible way to the general public,” the prize citation reads.

“He has led the world in championing the importance of Southern Ocean water masses and circulation in global climate, pioneering our understanding of the Southern Annular Mode and its influence on the coupled ocean-ice-atmosphere system, quantifying rates and pathways of the Southern Ocean overturning circulation, and discovering new insights into the physics of tropical high-latitude teleconnections.”

Professor England said: “I am delighted to receive this award and I wish to pay tribute to my research team and collaborators – past and present – for inspiring my work in Antarctic and Southern Ocean science.

“Antarctica plays a crucial role in regional and global climate. This award will further focus my efforts to better understand Antarctica's climate as well as the ocean circulation around the continent, aiming to improve our knowledge of the region's vulnerability to climate change.

“Preserving the Antarctic environment requires limiting carbon emissions to keep global warming below 1.5–2 degrees Celsius. We need to ensure this commitment is met. Every fraction of a degree of warming poses a greater risk for Antarctic ice sheet stability and catastrophic sea-level rise.”

UNSW Dean of Science Professor Emma Johnston said: “We congratulate Matthew on receiving this well-deserved prestigious award. The Antarctic continent and its surrounding oceans are a critical component of the earth’s climate system. What happens in this oft-forgotten region of the world matters to all of us. Matthew is an outstanding scientist who has dedicated his career to the southern oceans and this is due recognition of his enormous contributions.

“Matthew is also an inspirational leader, training the next generation of Antarctic scientists and using his talent as a science communicator to advocate for strong policy on climate change,” she said.

After appointments at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Toulouse France, and then CSIRO in Australia, England joined UNSW Sydney in 1995 where he has held Australian Research Council Federation and Laureate Fellowships. In 2007, he established the UNSW Climate Change Research Centre with Professor Andy Pitman. The CCRC became the host institution for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science in 2011.

England’s Antarctic research spans oceanography, climate dynamics, atmospheric processes, climate variability, paleoclimate and ice-ocean interactions. He has written seminal papers on the topics of Antarctic water-mass formation, ocean-atmosphere interactions, Southern Hemisphere climate variability, and Southern Ocean ventilation rates, including pioneering work on the use of tracers to evaluate large-scale ocean circulation in the Antarctic region. He has published more than 180 peer-reviewed journal articles during the past 25 years.

England has also been highly active in teaching, research supervision, media and outreach, lecturing to more than 3000 students and supervising projects for more than 50 PhDs and early career scientists.

In 2014, England was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and in 2016 he was elected a Fellow of The American Geophysical Union.

The award will be officially presented to him at the 12th International Conference for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, AMOS-ICSHMO 2018, to be held at UNSW Sydney, Australia from 5 to 9 February 2018.

The Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica includes a US $100,000 unrestricted award presented to an individual in the fields of Antarctic science or policy that has demonstrated potential for sustained and significant contributions that will enhance the understanding and/or preservation of Antarctica. The prize is funded by the Tinker Foundation, whose goal is to recognize excellence in Antarctic research by honouring someone in the early to mid-stages of his or her career. The Prize is inspired by Martha T. Muse's passion for Antarctica and is a legacy of the International Polar Year. For further details, please visit the Muse Prize website.

ARCTIC FRONTIERS 2015Call for Abstracts
Arctic Frontiers Science 2018
Circumpolar Safety, Search, and Rescue Collaboration

21-26 January 2018
Tromsø, Norway

Abstract submission deadline: 19 September 2017

Organizers invite abstract submissions for the Arctic Frontiers Science 2018 conference. The theme of the conference will be "Circumpolar Safety, Search, and Rescue Collaboration." This conference will convene 21-26 January 2018 in Tromsø, Norway.

Conference description:

Search and rescue (S&R) in cold waters is a short race against time. Low temperatures, poor visibility, and bad weather, as well as vast distances, conspire to make S&R operations challenging. Although ice floes can keep people afloat for longer periods, and modern communication systems means there is less search and more rescue, even with the best survival gear the odds are decidedly poorer than in warmer waters. With the advent of dramatically reduced summer ice coverage, human activity in the Arctic Ocean ranging from petroleum exploration and drilling to shipping and cruise traffic is set to increase significantly. Mass rescue operations (MROs) must be handled differently in the Arctic, and to understand how the risk of a large accident in this sparsely populated area should be assessed one must draw on the understanding of the weather conditions, the changing climate, and the limited resources available in this region.

Conference topics will include:

  • Aquaculture in the high north in time of change;
  • The new Arctic in the global context;
  • Resilient Arctic societies and industrial development; and
  • Circumpolar safety, search, and rescue collaboration.

Abstract submission deadline: 19 September 2017.

For submission guidelines and to submit an abstract, view the call for abstracts.

For more information about the conference, go to Arctic Frontiers.

IARPC Collaborations Webinar Series: Outcomes of Arctic Horizons
7/17/17, 1:30pm US Eastern Time
More info: www.iarpccollaborations.org/webinars

The Arctic Horizons project brought together members of the Arctic social science research and indigenous communities through a series of workshops to reassess the goals, potentials, and needs of these diverse communities and NSF’s Arctic Social Sciences Program within the context of a rapidly changing circumpolar North. The Arctic Horizon’s Program Manager and Principal Investigators will describe the outcomes of the workshop series, including the soon to be released final synthesis report which will describe the community’s vision for the future of Arctic social science research.

Speakers:

  • Dr. Andrey Petrov, University of Northern Iowa
  • Dr. Colleen Strawhacker, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado
  • Dr. Shelby Anderson, Portland State University
  • Dr. Anna Kerttula de Echave, National Science Foundation

WCRP and WWRP have established an International Prize for Model Development, awarded annually for an outstanding contribution to weather and climate model development by an early- to mid-career researcher.

More details on eligibility, required nomination material and selection process can be found at http://www.wcrp-climate.org/wmac-activities/ipmd2017.

Nominations of suitable candidates should be forwarded to the WCRP (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and WWRP (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), and must be received by 1 Oct 2017.

Please do not hesitate to forward this announcement to your respective networks and contacts.

arctos logoArctic Frontiers Logo new 2013The Arctic Marine Ecosystem Research Network (ARCTOS network) invites PhD candidates to a student workshop offering an exciting program for early career scientists working on issues related to the Arctic. The workshop is taking place 21-31 January 2018 in conjunction with the Arctic Frontiers conference and continues afterwards in Svolvær, Lofoten. As part of the workshop, participants have to attend the Arctic Frontiers conference and give a presentation (oral or poster) during the science section of the conference (submit your abstract here).

After the conference, the students will embark on a 5-day seminar to Svolvær, Lofoten, during which they will attend 10-15 lectures covering proposal writing, political science, social science, marine ecology and climate, local art, and arctic entrepreneurship. Students will also prepare a proposal for funding to an imaginary research grant. During the workshop, there will be also some cultural events (visiting art gallery, museum, etc.). The workshop is multidisciplinary and thus suitable for students from all scientific fields.

One main goal of the workshop is networking. During the conference and workshop, students can meet politicians, business people and senior researchers as well as other early career scientists, which are all interested in Arctic issues. Together, the northern areas are facing possibilities and challenges related to the combination of climate change, globalization, and circumpolar problems such as oil and gas development, pollution, public health, reduced biodiversity and loss of habitats. An enormous challenge to handle. The idea behind this workshop is that the solution to the problems ahead lies in the synergy that emerges from international networks, cross-disciplinary cooperation and dialogue.

PhD students are prioritized but Master students and Post-docs may apply as well. The workshop is an official PhD level course (BIO-8516) at the Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø worth 4 ECTS (only PhD students can receive credits). Travel and conference funding will be available for course participants. 

Application deadline is Tuesday 19 September 2017.More information on how to apply can be found on the ARCTOS website.

Concurrent with the Arctic Circle Conference 2017, University of the Faroe Islands will arrange a course concerning international cooperation, science diplomacy, geopolitics and globalization in the Arctic. In relation to this event it is possible for ten young polar scientists to receive a grant of 10,000 DKK for participation in Arctic Circle Conference.

The grant can be applied for by any master student, PhD student or Post Doc affiliated with a university or a research institute in Denmark, Greenland or the Faroe Islands. The grant can be used for airline tickets to/from Reykjavik, accommodation in Reykjavik, conference fee, catering and relevant transfers from airport to Reykjavik and back during Arctic Circle Conference.

It is mandatory for the recipients of the grants to participate in the course. The course will start in Reykjavik on Thursday 12 October 2017 and will end in Reykjavik on Sunday 15 October 2017. The course is rated for 5 ECTS points at the University of the Faroe Islands.

In 2017, the Kingdom of Denmark will be officially represented at Arctic Circle Conference in Reykjavik, 13-15 October 2017, and several sessions will be led by Danish/Greenland/Faroese representatives. The annual Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest annual international gathering on the Arctic, attended by more than 2,000 participants from 50 countries. The Assembly is held every October at the Harpa Conference Center and Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland. It is attended by heads of states and governments, ministers, members of parliaments, officials, experts, scientists, entrepreneurs, business leaders, indigenous representatives, environmentalists, students, activists and others from the growing international community of partners and participants interested in the future of the Arctic.

An application (max 500 words) plus a short CV, documentation for exams at university level and a recommendation from supervisor/teacher should be send to Chief Consultant Morten Rasch, Department of Geoscience and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., +45 23227109, no later than 25 July 2017.

The evaluation of applications will be carried out by an evaluation panel with representatives from research institutions in Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. It is a priority to secure participation of Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese ‘young scientists’. The results of the evaluation will be informed to all applicants before 15 August 2017.

Additional information about Arctic Circle Conference, the grants and the related course can be received by contacting either Lau Øfjord Blaxekjær (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., +298 292599) and/or Morten Rasch (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., +45 23227109).

The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites community members to register as potential 2018 Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) panelists.

GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students pursuing research-based masters and doctoral degrees in science or engineering at accredited U.S. institutions. NSF seeks GRFP panels composed of researchers and educators from a wide range of institutions, geographic locations, and disciplinary and interdisciplinary backgrounds.

Serving as a GRFP panelist is an excellent opportunity for community members to apply their research and career expertise to help identify future science and engineering leaders, and to gain valuable perspective to share with faculty and students at their institutions. Panelists will also receive a flat rate payment of $200.00 per day for each full four-hour virtual panel session they attend. However, panelists who are Federal employees, citizens of foreign countries who are not permanent residents, and special visa holders are not entitled to the flat rate payment.

Below are details of the 2018 panels:

- All reviews and panels will be conducted online without travel requirements. There will be no on-site participation for the GRFP panels; the panels are completely virtual.
- In November, panelists must attend an orientation session webinar, selecting one from several available sessions. This is required for both new and returning panelists, as orienting information is subject to change.
- Panelists review graduate school-like applications that include one three-page statement, one two-page statement, transcripts, and three reference letters.
- Each panelist will review approximately 30 assigned applications in early December, over the course of about four weeks.
- Panelists will enter their reviews and ratings online.
- In January 2018, panels will convene online using WebEx for two virtual panel sessions scheduled on two different days (either Monday and Thursday or Tuesday and Friday) to discuss the applicant pool and make selection recommendations to NSF.

To be considered as a 2018 GRFP panelist, please register in the panelist system found at: https://nsfgrfp.org/panelists.

If you have not been a GRFP panelist, you may create a new profile by clicking "Create an account." If you have been a GRFP panelist, please log in with your email address and password, and update your profile.

Registering in the panelist system or creating a profile does not commit you to serving as a GRFP panelist. Based on anticipated needs, NSF will send formal invitations to registered panelists starting in late September.

NOTE: If you have a student applying for the 2018 GRFP program or you will write a letter of recommendation for an applicant in a particular field of study, we request that you do not register to be a panelist in that field due to the conflict of interest. Since GRFP applicants are early in their scientific training and are still developing their interests, most panelists are qualified to review in a range of fields.
If you register in a particular field and subsequently learn of a conflict of interest, please inform us so we can remove your name from the list of potential panelists or attempt to place you on a different panel.

NSF invites community members to share this opportunity to review GRFP applications with their colleagues.

For questions, contact the GRFP Operations Center at:
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Phone: 866-673-4737

To register to be a panelist, go to: https://nsfgrfp.org/panelists.

For additional panelist information, go to: https://www.nsfgrfp.org/panelist_info.

ICSU World Data SystemThe World Data System (WDS) is a body of the International Council for Science (ICSU) that helps to coordinate and supports research data centres and date services worldwide. Our activities span all disciplines, and are designed to ensure that research data are preserved and openly disseminated to safeguard the integrity of science. WDS is also concerned with the availability to scientists and policymakers of the critical information necessary to manage Earth’s resources wisely.

WDS recognizes the important role of Early Career Researchers in developing and promoting best practice in data management and data sharing through its annual Data Stewardship Award. We have now started to create a WDS Network of Early Career Researchers and Young Scientists (collectively ECRs), and we are looking for enthusiastic and brilliant individuals to take this even further by helping foster better communication among ECRs, and to design activities targeting their interests and concerns.

If you are a data scientist or a scientist who collects and uses large data resources then this Network is specifically for you. Moreover, if you are interested in becoming involved in WDS endeavours and would like to contribute to the development of ‘next-generation’ data practices, then please contact the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to find out more about joining the WDS ECR Network.

SvalbardScienceConference2017Svalbard Science Forum and the Research Council of Norway in collaboration with the Norwegian Polar Institute and the Ny-Ålesund Science Managers Committee (NySMAC) invites researchers, research managers and stakeholders to a conference on research in and about Svalbard.

The bi-annual Ny-Ålesund Seminar will be an integrated part of the conference in collaboration with The Norwegian Polar Institute and The Ny-Ålesund Science Managers Committee (NySMAC).

The conference will take place in Oslo, 6-8 November 2017.

It is free to register for the conference and the abstract deadline is 10 August 2017.

Further details, including tentative programme and registration form can be found here.

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We are happy to make a few announcements regarding the activities organized by PYRN during the
2nd Asian Conference on Permafrost (ACOP2017).

PYRN Ice-Breaker

A Permafrost Young Researchers Ice-Breaker will be held at the Hokkaido University Museum Café on July 3rd after the poster session. Food and drinks are going to be offered for free to the registered participants. It will be the ideal occasion to gather and unwind after the first day of the conference.

PYRN-IPA Awards

Awards will be granted during ACOP2017 for “Outstanding Oral Presentation” and “Outstanding Poster Presentation” by a Young Permafrost Researcher.

Please help the judges identify your presentation by putting the “Running for PYRN awards” logo on the title page of our presentation or at the top of your poster. The logo can be downloaded here.

Registration

Please register for the PYRN Ice-Breaker and sign up for the PYRN-IPA Awards by filling up the following form before June 28th: goo.gl/forms/vR3XMCpS3rYMSUj72

Also, make sure you are a registered PYRN members by looking up your name in the PYRN Member List or register for free.

We are also reminding you that you can follow PYRN on Facebook @PYRNofficial, Twitter @PYRN_official and Instagram @PYRN_official.

For any questions regarding the PYRN activities at ACOP2017, please contact Simon Dumais at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

We are looking forward to seeing you in Sapporo!

Simon Dumais and Tatsuya Watanabe on behalf of the PYRN Executive Committee and the ACOP2017 Local Organizing Committee.

COMNAP2016SCAR logo white backgroundA recording of the SCAR-COMNAP-APECS Spanish language Fellowships application writing webinar hosted in March is now available from the SCAR Fellowships Mentoring page.

Writing about research can be difficult, writing in your second (or third) language poses yet another set of challenges. So building on the success of the first webinar that was in English, SCAR, COMNAP and APECS partnered again to hold a similar training webinar in March 2017, but this time in Spanish. This webinar aimed to provide additional tips and tricks for writing applications in English for Spanish speakers.apecs logo web

We had 46 participants joining the webinar, with lots of good advice from a highly qualified and experienced panel, and a wide range of questions from the participants.

To complement the original English language webinar a "Writing for Success" document was produced which includes information on the evaluation of proposals, feedback on positive examples as well as areas where improvement is often needed from those who review applications, and some Frequently Asked Questions on the technical details of submitting an application (also see the FAQs page as new questions are being added regularly, based on the queries we receive).

The deadline for applications for this year's Fellowships Programme is 1 July. For more information, visit the Fellowships Detailed Information page.

PCAS 2017 posterThe Postgraduate Certificate in Antarctic Studies (PCAS) is a 14-week, in‐depth, multi‐disciplinary programme of study that critically examines contemporary scientific, environmental, social and political debates focused on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

Jointly developed by the University of Canterbury and Antarctica New Zealand, this unique summer programme is the only programme in the world to take students to experience life in the Antarctic – at Scott Base, New Zealand’s station on Ross Island, and at a field campsite on the Ross Ice Shelf. The 10-day visit to Antarctica is supported by Antarctica New Zealand, and participants undertake a mix of analytical and interpretive field projects and environmental monitoring projects in the vicinity of Scott Base.

The programme provides a unique Antarctic experience that is valuable for:

  • Future Antarctic researchers;
  • Employees and managers within National Antarctic Programmes;
  • Employees within government agencies involved in Antarctic policy or environmental management;
  • School teachers and university lecturers; and
  • Antarctic enthusiasts.

The programme can be used as part of a Master’s Degree. While the University of Canterbury does not offer scholarships for PCAS, financial support may be available for participants from National Antarctic Programmes and through external funding bodies.

Please note that applications for PCAS close on 1 August 2017.

For further details, please visit the PCAS website.

The Polar HPDC Research Coordination Network (www.polar-computing.org) is offering a free computing skills training.

When: The mornings (approximately 4 hours each day) of August 1-4, 2017
Where: IACS, Stony Brook University
What: Software Carpentry modules on computing fundamentals, as well as content on high performance computing (HPC) and reproducibility.
Cost: The training is free, but participants are expected to cover their own travel and accommodation expenses.

To participate: Please fill out this application formby June 30th.

Sincerely,
The Polar-HPDC RCN

P.S. Please share!

P.P.S. Polar-HPDC RCN is still open to one or two more proposed teams for the Hackathon portion of this event which will take place each afternoon after the training. Please see a flyer for details of the event and how to apply. Click here to access the application template to submit ASAP. Funding is available for Hackathon participants.

Diverse early career professionals in global sustainability, including researchers and leaders in policy, business, civil society and more, can apply for travel grants from Future Earth on a rolling basis.

Future Earth will offer a series of grants to early career professionals to support their travel to sustainability events around the world. The grants are open to early career researchers working in fields relevant to sustainability and to practitioners in policy, business, civil society and more. Interested professionals can apply on a rolling basis throughout the year.

The travel grants will support up to 20 early career professionals each year and provide as much as 1500 Euros in assistance. Professionals can use this support to attend Future Earth events or to serve as ambassadors for the Future Earth mission at other international conferences, workshops and symposia.

For more details about how you can apply for travel support and who is eligible see the official grant description.

For questions about these opportunities, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., capacity building and research enabling officer for Future Earth.

Future Earth is dedicated to supporting early career professionals to become leaders in global sustainability. We work with motivated individuals in and out of research to strengthen their skills in conducting inter- and transdisciplinary research and to build solutions for the challenges facing the world today. As part of these efforts, we partner closely with the Early Career Researchers Network of Networks.

You can learn more about our support for early career professionals here.

There are just over two weeks remaining to the deadline for applications for the 2017 SCAR Fellowship Scheme (http://www.scar.org/fellowship/information).
The deadline for applications is 1 July 2017.

Fellowships enable early-career researchers to join a project team from another country, opening up new opportunities and often creating partnerships that last for many years and over many Antarctic field seasons. Fellows may be awarded up to US$15,000 each and, this year, up to five are being offered by SCAR. Normally we award 4 a year, but thanks to the generous contribution from India, we can offer 5 this year.

Preparing a successful fellowship application is a skill. Often, lack of success with applications is not due to a poor research idea but can come down to the inability to express ideas clearly and confidently, in writing. To help applicants develop their fellowship proposal writing skills, two mentoring webinars were held jointly by SCAR, the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) and the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), one in English in 2016 and a second in Spanish in 2017. These are particularly meant for young researchers in countries with a small or just developing Antarctic research community that may not have adequate mentoring in their home institutions. The webinars can be accessed on the SCAR Fellowships Mentoring page (http://www.scar.org/fellowship/mentoring).

Our partner organization COMNAP will also again offer a Fellowship in 2017, but the eligibility criteria and application process are separate from that of SCAR - details of the COMNAP scheme can be found here. Please also note that another partner, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) also offers a scholarship and details can be found here.

 

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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As part of its efforts to promote and support international collaboration in science and technology, CRDF Global is pleased to announce the 2017 Catalyzing New Research Partnerships Program (Cat-NRP). Through this program, CRDF Global aims to catalyze new international research collaborations designed to open up new scientific directions for U.S. early career scientists, their South/Southeast Asian, Latin American West/Sub-Saharan African counterparts, and the broader international science community.

This solicitation will support travel grants of up to $10,000 for U.S. early-career scientists residing and working in the United States, so that they may travel to one of the aforementioned regions to undertake a new collaboration with a non-U.S. colleague. During visits to their colleague’s institution, CRDF Global expects selected applicants to participate in specific activities including data gathering, preliminary fieldwork, and research planning that will lay the foundation for a new international research partnership.

The scope of the research project that will be eventually undertaken should be in the area of the natural sciences or engineering and must be directly related to one of the following NSF directorates:

  • Biological Sciences
  • Computer and Information Science and Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Geosciences
  • Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Refer to the Request for Proposals (RFP) below for full program guidelines.

To Apply, please submit the required application materials through the electronic proposal submission system: https://eps.crdfglobal.org/CatNRP2017

Interact logoThe call for INTERACT Remote Access is open to 17 terrestrial research stations offering RA in INTERACT. The call is targeted for projects taking place between Oct 2017 and Sept 2018. From now on, the INTERACT Remote Access will be available through continuous calls, i.e. a new call will open right after the previous one closes, and incoming applications are assessed four times per year.

Learn more about Remote Access and the available call from our RA Call webpages, and apply for INTERACT Remote Access to the coolest places of the North!

Interact logoThe first set of INTERACT partners are now offering free access to their datasets and data via the INTERACT Virtual Access. By 2020, altogether 29 partners in the INTERACT network will offer Virtual Access available for all users.

Three stations are currently offering access to their data:

Visit the INTERACT VA single-entry point to learn more about the Virtual Access that is currently available and link to the data, and stay tuned for new VA entries during the upcoming months!

Editors announce a call for papers for a special issue of Polar Record.
This special issue of Polar Record will be dedicated to education, outreach, and engagement related to polar research and will help to draw scholarly attention to this aspect of polar research.

Submission deadline: 31 January 2018.

The special issue will be published in conjunction with the tenth anniversary of the International Polar Year 2007-2008. That International Polar Year led to an upwelling of education, outreach and communication (EOC) initiatives across the polar research community. At the 2016 Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) conference in Kuala Lumpur, the Humanities and Social Science Expert Group identified science communication as a research priority.

Submissions of original research articles of 9,000-12,000 words in length, Research Notes (peer reviewed short articles up to 3,000 words), and Commentaries (focused, view-point coverage of topics relevant to this special issue topic) are invited. Contact the editors if submitting Research Notes or Commentaries prior to submission.

All papers will be subject to the journal's peer-review process and submission does not guarantee acceptance. Accepted papers will be published in FirstView within a month after acceptance with the full special issue due for publication in January 2019.

Papers must be submitted through the journal's online submission center.
Choose the special issue "10 years of Polar Education, Outreach, and Communication initiatives" from the dropdown list in the "special issue question."

To view the full call for papers, go to: https://sciencernr.wordpress.com/2017/04/19/.

To submit a paper, go to: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pol.

For questions and to discuss the submission of Research Notes or Commentaries, contact the co-editors at:

Rebecca Priestley
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Rhian Salmon
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The Journal of Ocean Technology (JOT) production team invites the submission of technical papers that describe cutting edge research related to Ocean Mapping for its winter 2017 issue. Papers should present the results of new (i.e., not previously published) research in ocean technology, science or engineering, and be no more than 7,500 words in length. Student papers are welcome.

See the PDF for further details.

Deadline: August 25, 2017.

Feel free to distribute this invitation to your professional networks or any group you think might be interested.

YOPP LOGO beb4effb3cA concerted international campaign to improve predictions of weather, climate and ice conditions in the Arctic and Antarctic has been launched to minimize the environmental risks and maximize the opportunities associated with rapid climate change in polar regions and to close the current gaps in polar forecasting capacity.

The Year of Polar Prediction takes place from mid-2017 to mid-2019 in order to cover an entire year in both the Arctic and Antarctic and involves the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) and a wide array of partners around the globe.

During the next two years, a large international and interdisciplinary network of scientists and operational forecasting centres will jointly undertake intensive observation and modelling activities in the Arctic and Antarctic. As a result, better forecasts of weather and sea-ice conditions will reduce future risks and enable safety management in the polar regions, and also lead to improved forecasts in lower latitudes where most people live.

“The effects of global warming due to greenhouse gas emissions are felt more intensely in the polar regions than anywhere else. The Arctic and parts of the Antarctic are heating twice as rapidly as the rest of the world, causing melting of glaciers, shrinking sea ice and snow cover. The impact of this is felt in other parts of the globe – as exemplified by rising sea levels and changing weather and climate patterns,” said Thomas Jung, of the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, and chair of the Polar Prediction Project steering committee.

“Arctic sea-ice maximum extent after the winter re-freezing period in March was the lowest on record because of a series of ‘heat-waves.’ Antarctic sea ice minimum extent after the most recent Southern Hemisphere summer melt was also the lowest on record. The rate and implications of polar environmental change is pushing our scientific knowledge to the limits”, said Mr Jung.

The Year Of Polar Prediction was officially launched during WMO’s annual Executive Council meeting. Polar and high mountain activities are among WMO’s top strategic priorities because of the growing impact of climate change from greenhouse gas emissions, because of the need to improve our understanding of weather phenomena in extreme regions and because the poor monitoring network leaves gaping holes in the global weather observing capability.

During special observing periods, the number of routine observations, for example through weather balloon launches from meteorological stations and buoy deployments from research vessels, will be enhanced; coordinated aircraft campaigns and satellite missions will be carried out; and new automatic weather stations will be installed at different polar locations.

In addition, coordinated field campaigns from mid-2017 to mid-2019 will raise the number of observations in both polar regions. A growing number of international projects, networks and organizations are already involved with activities during the Year of Polar Prediction, including several EU Horizon 2020 projects.

Read the full press release.  

For more information on the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP), visit the Polar Prediction website.

A media kit is available with various information including infographics, videos, picture material and a "YOPP explorer" where activities during the Year of Polar Prediction are shown on a map etc. The media kit is accessible at http://www.polarprediction.net/yopp-media-kit/

Link to the brand-new YOPP YouTube channel with the new ICO WMO AWI video production on Polar Prediction and a video with polar prediction experts explaining what the Year of Polar Prediction experts explaining what the Year of Polar Prediction is about.

The National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs has issued a new FAQ to address specific questions regarding proposal submittals to its Antarctic Research program solicitation.

The FAQ, "Compliance Issues to Avoid When Submitting Proposals to the NSF Antarctic Research Program Solicitation (NSF 17-543)", can be found at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf17082.

The Antarctic Research program solicitation (NSF 17-543), describes all requirements for submitting a proposal and can be found in HTML and PDF formats at https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf17543.

The deadline for full proposals is 5:00 PM, at the submitter's local time, on May 23, 2017.

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CAFF to announce the publication of the State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report, a publication from the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program's marine component.

The State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report (SAMBR) is a synthesis of the state of knowledge about biodiversity in Arctic marine ecosystems, detectable changes, and important gaps in our ability to assess state and trends in biodiversity across six focal ecosystem components (FECs):

CAFF invites you to browse through the State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report: Key Findings and Advice for Monitoring or delve deeper with the State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity full report. CAFF also encourages you to download the graphics and data that appear in the report from our Arctic Biodiversity Data Service.

CAFF also would like to take this opportunity to thank all contributors to this report for this excellent achievement, including the CBMP's Marine Steering Group and Expert Networks.

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Each year the Australian Academy of Science runs a Theo Murphy Australian Frontiers of Science Symposium for early- and mid-career researchers. This year’s topic is The Antarctic Frontier: developing research in an extreme environment which is relevant to the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists.

Does your research push the boundaries?

Do you want an opportunity to learn about and form cross-disciplinary collaborations?

Would you like an opportunity to network with the nation’s next generation of science leaders?

Then apply to take part in the 2017 Theo Murphy Australian Frontiers of Science – The Antarctic Frontier: developing research in an extreme environment to be held in Hobart 13 —15 September by the Australian Academy of Science.

Antarctica represents a unique and powerful natural laboratory for science and international collaboration. This symposium will bring together Australasian early- and mid-career researchers (EMCRs) from all fields relevant to Antarctic and Southern Ocean science.

Over two days, EMCRs will share their latest research findings, build networks and create pathways for future interdisciplinary research. This symposium is an outstanding opportunity for EMCRs to take part in shaping the future of Antarctic science.

Approximately 70 EMCRs (up to 15 years post-PhD, excluding career interruptions) will be chosen to attend the conference. The Theo Murphy (Australia) Fund will support the attendance costs of all successful applicants.

Find out more and apply to attend this year’s Frontiers of Science by Thursday 25 May and take part in this unique event which will enhance your career development. Applicants will be notified of the selection outcomes by 30 June. If you require any further information please contact Dr Sandra Gardam on 02 6201 9426 or via email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Dear INTERACTers,

Interact logoOne of our aims in the second phase of INTERACT is to create a collection of state-of-the-art educational materials about the Arctic, for all levels of education (Work Package 2).

An important part of the process is to gather feedback from teachers and educators. In order to do so, we have set up an Internet survey. A link to the survey has been published on our INTERACT website (Outreach section) and on our Facebook page. The survey is anonymous and closes on 2nd June 2017.

And this is where we kindly ask you for your support: please share this link wherever you think it would be appropriate, e.g. on your website, on your official Facebook page, or among teachers and educators you are in contact with. The more answers we get, the better we know what are the teachers' needs and expectations!

The survey is here: http://www.eu-interact.org/outreach2/

and here (a direct link): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd9bpv_iV3Vixbm5NlEurPN5mQstI7Hvx_a1StNzH6_cBG2yg/viewform

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Thank you very much for your support!

Best regards,

Wojciech Piotrowski
Department of Polar and Marine Research
Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
64 Ksiecia Janusza St., 01-452 Warsaw, Poland
Phone: +48 22 6915 817, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

iasc webEach year IASC reports on its activities and highlights international Arctic science initiatives in its Bulletin. The 2017 Bulletin is now available for download on the IASC website. A printed copy was distributed at the ASSW 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic. A limited amount of printed copies is available upon request.

Download the 2017 Bulletin [6 MB] here: http://iasc.info/images/media/print/bulletin/Bulletin2017.pdf

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Want to find out more about IASC's cross-cutting initiatives, like those reported in the 2017 Bulletin?

IASC's 2017 Cross-Cutting funding call is open now until June 30, 2017.

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We would like to draw your attention to our upcoming #GreatAntarcticClimateHack.

The #GreatAntarcticClimateHack will be held October 9-12 2017, at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography Forum, La Jolla, CA. Our first-ever Climate Hack will focus on bringing Antarctic and Southern Ocean observations to bear on evaluating the latest generation of climate and earth system models (with an emphasis on CMIP), producing new climate model metrics for the 21st century.

#GreatAntarcticClimateHack is a workshop to train non-modeling experts to interrogate CMIP model results and evaluate against observational datasets, thereby creating new model metrics and validation tools. The aim of the workshop is to facilitate preparation for the next IPCC report for a much broader science community, increase non-traditional climate modeling publications, and learn to apply/utilize data sets that help develop model validation skills.

This first workshop will accommodate 50 participants on site, and 50 participants to join remotely online.

To learn more or apply to attend, please visit http://www.scar.org/antclim21/antclim21-news.

Submission Deadline is 30 May 2017.

The Organizing Committee
Joellen Russell, Tom Bracegridle, Jeff Severinghaus, Alia Khan and Nancy Bertler

The Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP) announces the availability of the Pathways to Science website, which provides a listing of resources for graduate students, postodoctoral researchers, and early career scientists. Resources include, but are not limited to, fellowships, grants, travel awards, mentoring opportunities, and webinars.

Available resources are listed on the Pathways to Science website at: http://pathwaystoscience.org/index.aspx.

The mission of the IBP is to increase diversity in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce. IBP designs and implements strategies to increase access to STEM education, funding, and careers, with special emphasis on diverse underrepresented groups.
Resources are also available for faculty, administrators, undergraduate students, and K-12 teachers.

For more information about Pathways to Science and to search available opportunities, go to: http://pathwaystoscience.org/index.aspx.

For questions, contact IPB at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

amap logoThe Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) announces the release of new scientific assessments for climate change in the Arctic, adaptation to Arctic change, and chemicals of emerging Arctic concern. The release of the scientific assessments took place at the AMAP-organized science conference in Reston, Virginia on 24-27 April 2017.

Available assessments (policy-makers summaries) include:

Additional documents are available for each assessment and may include a press release, a fact sheet, a summary for policy-makers, and scientific
background documentation. The SWIPA assessment also includes informational videos.

The conclusions and recommendations of these assessments will be presented to the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska on 11 May 2017.

To access all of the assessments and their associated documents, go to: http://tinyurl.com/AMAP-Assessments.

For more information about AMAP, go to: http://www.amap.no/.

Mail-Anhang.pngThe session program for POLAR2018, the joint SCAR and IASC conference, is now online on http://www.polar2018.org/program.html, together with a tentative schedule for the Open Science Conference week and further information about the conference venue.

Abstract submission will open on 1 September 2017. POLAR2018 takes place from 15 - 26 June 2018 in Davos, Switzerland.

Travel grants are available for early career scholars to participate in the Arctic-FROST meeting and the workshop on Community Sustainability in the Arctic: What sustainability theories and practices work and what fail in Arctic Communities? Organized in Narsaq, Greenland, Sept 13-17, 2017.

Arctic-FROST: Arctic FRontiers Of SusTainability: Resources, Societies, Environments and Development in the Changing North is a new NSF-funded international interdisciplinary collaborative network that teams together environmental and social scientists, local educators and community members from all circumpolar countries to enable and mobilize research on sustainable Arctic development, specifically aimed at improving health, human development and well-being of Arctic communities while conserving ecosystem structures, functions and resources under changing climate conditions.

The theme of the Annual Meeting and Early Career Scholars Workshop is on Community Sustainability in the Arctic. Papers could deal with (1) sustainability and sustainable development in the Arctic or Sub-Arctic of particular relevance to the rest of the world, (2) comparative studies of sustainability between Arctic and other regions, (3) studies from various geographic contexts, which provide valuable insights into Arctic sustainability, (4) studies that analyze the role of outside actors in arctic sustainable development are welcome.

The main focus question of the conference is “What sustainability theories and practices work and what fail in Arctic communities?”

  • At this meeting the Arctic-FROST casts a wide net and welcomes papers that address one of the following broad categories:
  • Sustainable environments
  • Sustainable economies
  • Sustainable cultures
  • Sustainable regions/communities

All participants:
(1) Will present their work at the Annual Meeting (all papers/presentations will be published online and considered for inclusion in the Arctic-FROST edited volume and/or in Polar Geography)
(2) Will participate in discussions and round tables with leading sustainability science researchers
(3) Will participate in the Workshop activities immediately following the Annual Meeting

Eligibility: an applicant shall be
(1) early career scholar (5 years since PhD) or current graduate student
(2) Arctic-FROST network member by registering at www.uni.edu/arctic/frost
(3) prepared make an oral presentation on the subject related to sustainability and/or sustainable development in the Arctic or Sub-Arctic regions at the meeting and
(4) available to participate in all conference and workshop activities.

We accept applications from eligible applicants from all countries, disciplines and institution types. Applications from Indigenous scholars and Arctic residents are especially encouraged.

Funding: Arctic-FROST will cover full cost of attendance including travel and accommodations. Normally funds will be paid after the travel is completed; based on the reimbursement claim. The participants will be expected to comply with NSF travel requirements.

Application deadline: May 10th, 2017

Application: submit extended abstract of your paper (500-750 words), short biosketch (1 page), statement of interest in workshop participation (1 page), register as Arctic-FROST member at www.uni.edu/arctic/frost.

Send your applications and inquiries to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (copy to both emails).

The U.S. Permafrost Association will provide travel grants for U.S.-based students and post-graduate researchers (within six years of their terminal degree) to attend conferences, field schools, or pursue field studies directly relevant to permafrost science and engineering in 2017. Successful applicants will receive a minimum of $500, up to a maximum of $1,500. The value of awards will be based on the merit of applications.

For conferences, the applicant must be first author on a permafrost-related research presentation. Early Career Travel Grants will not be awarded for the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting; AGU travel grant opportunities will be announced later in 2017.

Preference will be given to applicants who are current members of both USPA and the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN). Undergraduate students are encouraged to apply.

Apply at http://www.uspermafrost.org/and use the application form.

To view previous USPA travel grant award winners, see http://uspermafrost.org/education/UPEF/
To renew your membership, please visit http://www.uspermafrost.org/

The application deadline is May 15, 2017.

Find here the travel grant flyer. Questions? Email Dan Vecellio at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

On behalf of Arctic 21, ICCI is organizing a "policy preview" afternoon seminar on April 24 at the Arctic Council/AMAP conference venue in Reston (current agenda attached). The seminar will feature participation of many of the lead authors from AMAP's "SWIPA" (Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic) update report that will be officially released the next day; and is organized primarily for Washington policy makers who might not have the chance to attend the entire conference. It will include a panel discussion of the implications of these findings for the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting to be held in Fairbanks on May 11; for Arctic security issues; as well as for the future of the Paris Agreement and the 2018 Stocktaking Exercise.

More info can be found in the workshop program

EU-PolarNet and a group of 50 polar experts and stakeholders are working together to develop a set of polar white papers. These white papers will provide a state of the art for a range of societal relevant polar issues and outline possible approaches on how to address these. We now would like to invite you to contribute to this process.

A brief anonymous online survey aims at giving you a chance to state where you see challenges and opportunities arising in the Polar Regions, which should be solved by future research. Your answers will build a fundamental basis for the white papers, which - once completed - will be given to the European Commission and other funding agencies as recommendations towards which issues need further investigation.

The survey comprises a short list of demographic questions, including your area of expertise, nationality and gender and one main question:

What are the most important topics in relation to your work and/or everyday life (either locally, nationally or internationally) in the Polar Regions that should be solved by future research?

You will be able to list three topics. We will then ask you to categorize your topics under one of the five overarching themes:

o People and societal issues
o Climate and cryosphere
o Sustainable resources and human impact
o Polar biology, ecology and biodiversity
o New technology

Please follow this link to participate in the survey: http://www.eu-polarnet.eu/project-themes/polar-research-for-science-and-society/public-consultation-on-research-priorities/

We are very much looking forward to your input and please feel free to share this survey with anyone who could be interested in participating.

If you have any questions, please get in touch and we will be happy to assist. We apologize if you receive this information from various people.

Thank you and kind regards,
In the name of the EU-PolarNet consortium

The IPA (International Permafrost Association) and IAG (International Association of Geomorphologists) have a reciprocal arrangement to benefit early-career scientists engaged in glacial and periglacial research. IAG funded early-career scientists to go to ICOP this summer, and now the IPA will provide travel grants to 2 early-career scientists attending the 9th International Conference on Geomorphology to be held in New Delhi in November 2017.

Find here the call for applications.


Sarah M. Strand
Executive Director

IPA Secretariat,
International Permafrost Association
Web: www.permafrost.org
Twitter: @ipapermafrost

IASSA is happy to provide stipends for ICASS IX participants. We are currently able to offer a selection of stipends provided by the National Science Foundation.

National Science Foundation (NSF) stipend for persons residing in The Russian Federation (covers full or part of costs for travel, accommodation and participation fee)

National Science Foundation (NSF) for Indigenous Peoples (covers full or part of costs for travel, accommodation and participation fee)

National Science Foundation (NSF) for early career scholars (covers full or part of costs for travel, accommodation and participation fee)

Application form is found here.

Deadline for all open stipends: April 23

If you have any questions regarding travel stipends, please contact Linus Lundström at the IASSA secretariat (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Please find following information on the Call for Nominations for the Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research, generously supported by The W. Garfield Weston Foundation.FINAL LifetimePrize PromoPoster April 2017

Windsled is a zero emissions mobile plattform, an specially designed sled inspired in the inuit sled, moved by giant kites, and able to transport up to 6 passengers and up to 2000 kg of cargo.

A radically new concept created first time in 2000 by Spanish team, and developed through 8 succesfull traverses, and more than 20000km covered, 6 in Greenland, and 2 in Antarctica, In 2005-6. A 4000km traverse Novo-SPI-Vostok-Progress station., And in 2011-12, a 3500 km traverse Novo-SP-Patriot Hills.

Proposed Antarctica Windsled Circunnavigation 2018-19, (AWC-18-19). Expedition want to prove the capability of this plattform for developing scientific research in the high Antarctic plateau in a complementary way to existing plattforms but totally clean, cheap, safe and logistically very simple.

See full Project in enclosed document: AWC-18-19 CRYOLIST.

In resume the Project will be composed of 2 diferent traverses,

A- A light and eficient 7500 km traverse around east antárctica, Novo-SP-Dome C-Dome A-Dome Fuji-Novo. Where only light and simple projects of data gathering can fit.

B- A heavier traverse from South Pole to Vostok and Concordia where 1 or 2 scientist can join the sled and have heavier equipment up to 200 kg.

Researchers or Projects interested in participating into the Windsled Expeditions are welcome to contact and make an aplication to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. you can see more general information about windsled in www.greenland.net/windsled.

Aplicants can send a proposal with a máximum 2 page resume of aplicant CV, institutions involved as well as the Project proposed before May 30th 2017.

Acceptance of projects will take place before July 30, 2017.

The Polar Research Coordination Network is seeking survey input from members of the polar researcher community who plan to attend the Scientific Computing with Python conference (SciPy2017) 10-16 July 2017 in Austin, Texas.

The Coordination Network aims to connect the Polar Science, Data, and High-Performance and Distributed Computing (HPDC) communities to extend computing methods and cyberinfrastructure products further into the polar sciences.

To participate in the survey, go to: https://goo.gl/forms/JArnIDL8ifw3o7ZG3.

The annual SciPy Conference brings together participants from industry, academia, and government to showcase their latest projects, learn from skilled users and developers, and collaborate on code development. The full program will consist of tutorials, talks, and developer sprints.

For more information about SciPy2017, go to: https://scipy2017.scipy.org/.

For more information about the Polar Research Coordination Network, go to: http://polar-computing.org/.

For questions, contact:
Allen Pope
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Abstract submission deadline is 10 May 2017 for the next SCAR/Past Antarctic Ice Sheet (PAIS) conference that will be held in Trieste, Italy from 10-15 September 2017.

This is an international conference organized by OGS in collaboration with the University of Trieste, the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ITCP), The World Academy of Science (TWAS), CNR-ISMAR and supported by SCAR, Univ. of Victoria and also by PNRA, IUGG-IACS and IUGG-IAPSO.

The conference target is to inform and discuss on the latest developments in paleo-ice sheet and climate reconstructions using data and models. Researchers and students from geodynamical, climatological, glaciological, oceanographic, and ecosystem communities are also welcome, since their work is crucial for understanding the processes and dynamics of the integrated system

unnamed.jpegVictoria University of Wellington’s debut MOOC, Antarctica: From Geology to Human History, launches the 15th of April on the edX open education platform.

This virtual field trip to Antarctica is a free, five week course that will let you learn about and explore more than 500 million years of geological history and 250 years of geographical discovery and scientific endeavour on the coldest, driest, windiest continent on Earth.                                   

                                                          Sign up for Antarctica: From Geology to Human History now!

With support from Antarctica New Zealand, Dr Rebecca Priestley and Dr Cliff Atkins visited Antarctica in 2014 to film lectures on location on Ross Island, in the McMurdo Dry Valleys and the Transantarctic Mountains.

Rebecca Priestley, a science historian and writer, visits historically important places and talks to some of the people who are part of shaping today's Antarctica. Cliff Atkins, an Antarctic veteran with 12 seasons on the ice, introduces some of the planet’s most remarkable landscapes and the stories they tell about the past and future of the world's climate.

The course is available through the edX platform—a non-profit, open education platform founded by Harvard and MIT. Enrolments are open now. Sign up and we will see you in Antarctica on April the 15th!

Learn more about this course.

Call for Nominations: Nye Lecturer and Cryosphere Early Career Award
American Geophysical Union, Cryosphere Focus Group Executive Committee

Nomination deadline: 15 April 2017

For instructions about nominations for the Nye Lecturer, go to: http://honors.agu.org/sfg-award-lecture/john-f-nye-lecture/

For instructions about nominations for the Cryosphere Early Career Award, go to: http://honors.agu.org/sfg-award-lecture/cryosphere-early-career-award/

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The American Geophysical Union (AGU) Cryosphere Focus Group Executive Committee announces a call for nominations for the Nye Lecturer and the 2017 Cryosphere Early Career Award.

The Nye Lecturer is selected based on highlighting and recognizing an outstanding cryospheric scientist and her/his recent accomplishments as well as the individual's ability to present exciting science to the non-cryosphere community of AGU scientists. To qualify for the Nye Lecturer, nominees must be an active AGU member.

Formerly known as the Cryosphere Young Investigator Award, the Cryosphere Early Career Award is given annually to one honoree in recognition of significant early career contributions to cryospheric science and technology.

To qualify for the Cryosphere Early Career Award, nominees must be within ten years of receiving their degree, have an active AGU membership, and have their primary affiliation with the Cryosphere focus group.

For more information about award qualifications and nominating instructions for the Cryosphere Early Career Award, go to: http://honors.agu.org/sfg-award-lecture/cryosphere-early-career-award/.

For more information about award qualifications and nominating instructions for the Nye Lecturer, go to: http://honors.agu.org/sfg-award-lecture/john-f-nye-lecture/.

A great opportunity if you are from NU, NWT or Yukon.

For more informtion, please visit the website of the Gordon Foundation: http://gordonfoundation.ca/initiatives/jane-glassco-fellowship/apply/

README leafletThe SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) is the authoritative source for Antarctic place names. It was begun in 1992 and consists of approximately 37,000 names corresponding to 19,000 distinct features. These place names have been submitted by the national names committees from 22 countries. Since 2008, Italy and Australia have jointly managed the CGA, the former taking care of the editing, the latter maintaining the database and website. The SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI) coordinates the project.

Recently, the SCAR Expert Group on Antarctic Biodiversity Informatics and SCAGI have produced an R package around the CGA. This R package (called "antanym") is intended to provide R users with easy access to CGA data, as well as functionality for filtering, searching, and using place names in the R software environment.

The package can be found here, along with installation instructions and examples of its use. Currently the package only exposes data from the CGA but may be expanded at a later date to other place name sources, such as subantarctic gazetteers. For more information about the CGA, see the overview page on the SCAR website or the CGA home page.

Some GIS packages (e.g. QGIS and ArcGIS) are capable of running R scripts, and so the antanym package might also be of interest to GIS users. QGIS users can alternatively access the CGA through Quantarctica, which also provides some of the same functionality for searching and filtering place names.

Screen Shot 2016 09 16 at 10.57.28 AM#GreatAntarcticClimateHack will be held October 9-12 2017, at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography Forum, La Jolla, CA. Our first-ever Climate Hack will focus on bringing Antarctic and Southern Ocean observations to bear on evaluating the latest generation of climate and earth system models, producing new climate model metrics for the 21st century.

#GreatAntarcticClimateHack is a workshop to train non-modeling experts to use observational datasets to interrogate CMIP model results, thereby creating new model metrics and validation tools. The aim of the workshop is to facilitate preparation for the next IPCC report for a much broader science community, increase non-traditional climate modeling publications, and learn to apply/utilize data sets that help develop model validation skills. This first workshop will accommodate 50 participants on site, and 50 participants to join remotely online. To learn more or apply to attend, please visit http://www.scar.org/antclim21/antclim21-news.

The Physical Science Group of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the International Commission on Polar Meteorology (ICPM) of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS) have provided funding to support the participation of graduate students (M.S. and Ph.D.) and early career scientists (within 5 years of graduation of either Ph.D. or M.S.) in the 12th Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate. Support can cover the registration fee of $145, hotel accommodation, and airfare. Depending on the number of applications received and their merit, partial support may be awarded to some or all applications. Preference will be given to under-represented groups and applicants from countries with developing Antarctic programs. Selections will be made by the Organizing Committee for the workshop.

To apply: Send a short CV (1 page), a brief statement of the benefit to your career of attendance and how you will contribute to the workshop (1 page), and a budget for the support you are seeking. Send these materials to Dr. David Bromwich, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Receipt of applications will be acknowledged.

Deadline for receipt of applications: April 1, 2017.

Awards will be announced by April 15, 2017. Successful applicants will pay for their justified expenditures and will get refunded later (up to the award amount) based on receipts provided.

Things to remember: The funding is limited and applications will likely be very competitive. Please keep these factors in mind when completing your application, and make your best case for support.

A Great PhD Opportunity! SCAR logo white background 

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the international organization tasked with coordinating research in Antarctica and as part of its 60yr Anniversary celebration, has decided to open its archives for a comprehensive study. This is SCAR’s veritable legacy of sixty years of research coordination at the bottom of the world. We are looking for an enthusiastic and bright scholar to examine the archival documents in order to better understand SCAR’s role in the shaping of Antarctic science and geopolitics as well as to use the historical evidence to cast new light on Antarctica’s present and future. The SCAR archive consists of official documents and correspondence from 1958 to the early 2000s stored in approximately thirty boxes at the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI, Cambridge, UK). The materials document meetings; projects in glaciology, oceanography, solid earth science, and environmental conservation; negotiations and related agreements in the context of the Antarctic Treaty System.

Application Deadline: 07 April 2017

The researcher will be working under the supervision of Simone Turchetti as first academic supervisor and in coordination with Kieron Flanagan, the second supervisor. He/She will also report regularly on the project’s progress to Jenny Baeseman, the SCAR Executive Director.

The researcher will be employed at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM), University of Manchester, where she/he will receive further training on research methods as well as working space. The PhD student will travel regularly to Cambridge to visit the SCAR archive. SCAR will contribute the office space and incidentals needed by the student to complete the project, as well as some travel costs. SCAR will also provide in-kind assistance to the student while in Cambridge. The investigator may also have the opportunity to attend one of the Antarctic Treaty Meetings to familiarize with the system of scientific governance existing in Antarctica.

The student will familiarize with advanced techniques to carry out archival research including ethical and legal aspects (confidentiality, ethical issues). In defining the historical study, the appointed PhD student will also extensively benefit significantly from the diversity of research interests existing in the supervisory team. She/He will thus draw on other disciplines, including environmental and science studies, international relation studies, and law studies. SCAR’s role will also expose the scholar to a number of other studies in scientific disciplines such as glaciology, oceanography and conservation studies.

Candidates must hold a minimum upper second class honours degree (or equivalent) in areas such as: history of science/technology, general history, historical geography, science and technology studies, environmental history or environmental studies or another subject closely relevant to the themes of the project. Candidates with a Masters in a relevant subject area would have distinct advantage. In some cases we may be able to consider relevant professional experience in place of a Master’s qualification: please contact the academic supervisor for guidance before applying. All applicants should also have at least an Upper Second-class undergraduate degree (or non-UK equivalent: see http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overseas-degree-equivalency-table-and-methodology).

Interviews for the studentship are expected to be held in May 2017.

Funding Notes
This project is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. UK applicants qualify for the full studentship. Students from EU countries other than the UK are eligible for a fees-only award. Only EU applicants who have been resident in the UK for minimum of 3 years prior to commencing the studentship, will qualify for the full award. Applicants whose native language is not English must be able to satisfy the English language entry requirements of the University of Manchester: for further guidance see www.manchester.ac.uk/study/international/admissions/language-requirements/

For more information contact Dr. Simone Turchetti (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

On March 21, Russian International Affairs Council will host an expert discussion titled “Science Diplomacy: US-Russia Cooperation in the Arctic”.
The meeting will be broadcasted online at 12:00


Paul Berkman, Coordinator, Arctic Options and Pan-Arctic Options; Professor of Practice in Science Diplomacy, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; Director, US-Russia Relations Project, Carnegie Corporation, will deliver the key speech at the event.
Leading Russian experts on international cooperation in the Arctic will take part in the discussion.

 

Discussion Points:

● The Arctic on the international agenda: geopolitical interests, sustainable development and ever-increasing research
● Russia–US cooperation in the Arctic against the background of Russia–West crisis
● Promoting connections between science, diplomacy and technology on the path to good governance and informed decision-making
● Science diplomacy as a way to reduce tension and build common Russia-US interests
● Interaction between scholars on the Polar issues: prospects for joint Russia-US research and multilateral formats

 

Working Language: English

The meeting will be broadcasted online at RIAC’s website.
You may send your question to the key speaker at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or RIAC’s Facebook page and we will be glad to voice it.

 

Russian International Affairs Council

Fully funded places for early career researchers based in UK and Russia (travel, accommodation and meals) are available on competitive basis.

The Workshop will address the following research topics:

• Observational evidence of change in coupled snow-frozen ground-hydrology-ecology system
• Present state and future projections of local, regional and pan-Arctic and Antarctic hydrology
• Modelling studies representing landscape evolution, dynamics of water storage and permafrost degradation
• Impacts of cold-region hydrology changes on ecology and local communities

Programme includes lectures from leading researchers, presentations from early career researchers, meeting with local stakeholders, field trip to research sites and local excursions.

Applications open now to early career researchers. Deadline is 26 March 2017.

Workshop website: https://sites.google.com/view/cold-regions-hydrology
Workshop contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We are in the process of putting together and editing a book of collected papers on the role(s) of librarians, archivists, and information professionals working in and with the Arctic social sciences and humanities. The working title of the book is “Arctic Social Sciences and Humanities: The Role of Library, Archival, and Information Sciences in the Circumpolar North.” Our aim is to publish the book through Routledge, the international academic publisher, who has expressed interest in the project.

We are seeking proposals for papers on topics related to the roles, activities, and scholarship of librarians, archivists, curators, and information professionals specifically within the context of Arctic social sciences and humanities.

Priority consideration will be given to submissions from:

  • Persons currently working within Arctic geographies and/or working directly with Arctic materials, information, data, and populations
  • Persons currently involved with library/archival/museum/information/data projects in Alaska, Canada, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden

Proposals pertaining to all types of libraries, museums, and information centres—including academic, public, government, etc.—will be considered. Possible examples of topics might include, but are not limited to:

1. Current, real-life, applied projects and topics in: special collections, archives, digital humanities, cultural heritage, literacy, education, etc.

2. Current, real-life, applied projects and topics in: information representation and retrieval with indigenous languages, particularly in terms of website and/or database development, language translation, online information-seeking behaviours, etc.

3. Current, real-life, applied projects and topics in: social sciences data/dataset management and curation, particularly related to libraries’ involvement in quantitative or qualitative data for specific disciplines such as anthropology, communication, geography, history, political science, psychology, sociology, etc.

4. Critical, conceptual, and theoretical papers about: libraries and museums as spaces for the communication, display, and critique of Arctic societies and cultures—perspectives from anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, communication studies, gender studies, philosophy, psychology, etc. are encouraged

We are only interested in high-quality proposals. If you have an idea or project in mind and would like to submit a proposal for consideration, please email, in English, the following:

  • Names, institutional affiliations, and brief biographical information of all intended authors
  • Email address of primary author/main contact
  • Proposed title of paper
  • Proposed abstract of paper (i.e., tell us about your intended paper, please be as specific as possible)

Deadline for proposal submissions: 17 April, 2017.

Authors will be notified of proposal status on: 1 May, 2017. Authors of accepted proposals will be asked to write a paper aimed for academic and professional audiences. Papers must be original submissions not published elsewhere. Papers must be submitted to the editors in English to be included in the book. Complete details for writing the full paper will be sent to authors whose proposals are accepted.

Expected deadline for final paper submissions: 1 September, 2017.

If you have any questions about the proposal process, please contact us. We look forward to hearing from you!

Thank you and best regards,

Spencer Acadia, editor
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Marthe T. Fjellestad, editor
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We would like to invite you to submit manuscripts to a special issue of the journal Advances in Polar Science (APS) on “Response of polar organisms and natural environment to global changes”.

APS is an international, peer-reviewed and open-access journal jointly sponsored by the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC) and the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration (CAA). It is a quarterly journal published in March, June, September and December and circulated internationally (ISSN 1674-9928, CN 31-2050/P). Articles published in APS are free of charge with generous funding from PRIC. For more details, please see the attached introduction file or visit the APS’s websites: http://www.aps-polar.org/.

We thank you in advance for your consideration to submit manuscripts to this special issue, and we encourage you to share this announcement broadly with interested colleagues. Any queries should be addressed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 

Special Issue on “Response of polar organisms and natural environment to global changes”

High altitude and high latitude regions on Earth are experiencing rapid changes in climate, with impacts on polar organisms and the environment. The persistent cold and sometimes inhospitable conditions create unique ecosystems and habitats for polar organisms. This thematic issue will focus on various polar organisms and natural environmental changes including the polar fauna and flora, polar microorganisms, the carbon and nitrogen cycles of the polar tundra, polar environmental change and contamination. In addition, there is an urgent need to identify sensitive indicators of ecosystem history, which may be sentinels for change or adaptation. For instance, plant quadrats are one platform to study the correlations of vegetation (e.g. hair grass, mosses, lichens), microbiology and environmental characteristics, and to monitor the influence of climate change on these organisms. This Special Issue seeks to bring together polar researchers studying different ecological systems and components of the food web, and to consider these sensitive natural environments in a changing global perspective. We welcome relevant contribution on this topic.

Submitted manuscripts, except for review papers, should be complete and adequately supported by original investigation; they should not be versions of communications submitted or published elsewhere. All manuscripts will undergo regular review by members of the Editorial Board and other appropriate experts.

 

The schedule for this special issue is:

• Paper submission deadline: 10 February 2017 (extended into 30 March 2017)

• Final acceptance deadline: 30 April 2017 (extended into 30 May 2017)

• Publication: June 2017

 

Details can be found at http://www.aps-polar.org/news/details/M161017000002OvRy

 

Prof. Xiaoliang Ling

Assistant Editor

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Website: https://www.aps-polar.org

Online Submission: https://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/apsci

 

AMAP Assessment 2015: "Temporal Trends In Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Arctic" has now been published.

Find the electronic version here.

You are kindly asked to contact the AMAP Secretariat if you would like a printed copy.

 

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The registration for FRISP 2017 which will be held in Bergen, Norway June 19th-22nd is open: http://folk.uib.no/ngfso/FRISP/news.html

The deadline for registration is 10 April, 2017, but why not do it now?

Master and PhD students can apply for a 30% reduction of the conference fee - the deadline for student application is 15 March, 2017. The support is primarily targeting advanced Master students and PhD candidates, but subsidiaries will be distributed as long as funding is available.

The meeting will take place at Panorama Hotell and Resort on Sotra, an island outside Bergen, Norway, see link above for details.

The FRISP - Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes - is an opportunity for scientists working on ice shelf processes to meet in an informal setting and exchanging ideas, results and field plans. Since 2016 FRISP is also confirmed as an Expert Group under the SCAR Physical Sciences Group to focus on the glaciological, oceanic and atmospheric processes governing the behavior of ice shelves that are key to the ice sheet contribution to sea level change: http://www.scar.org/ssg/physical-sciences/frisp

Feel free to spread the word and looking forward to see you in Bergen!

Best wishes from this year's FRISP organizing committee

iassa logo1In June 8-12, 2017 International Arctic Social Science Association (IASSA) are organizing the Ninth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IX) in Umeå, Sweden.

IASSA is now happy to provide stipends for ICASS IX participants! Please note that we aim to open additional stipends to apply for in the near future. We will update the ICASS IX web page as soon as we know which supplementary stipends we can offer. We currently await final approval on a large application to provide funds to American, Russian, and Indigenous scholars.

 Current open stipends:

  • For persons residing in The Russian Federation (covers full or part of costs for travel, accommodation and participation fee)
  • For persons residing in Norrbotten in Sweden (covers full cost for travel, accommodation and participation fee)
  • For persons residing in Nordic countries outside Sweden (covers participation fee)

For more information and application, please visit the ICASS IX website Travel stipends.

If you have any questions regarding travel stipends, please contact Linus Lundström at the IASSA secretariat (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

 

Dear APECS Friends,

Join us for an exciting Young Scientist meeting this summer: the Gordon Research Seminar “Marine Molecular Ecology” at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from July 22-23, 2017!

Entitled “Molecular Insights into Marine Ecological Interactions from Micro to Macro Scales”, the seminar focuses on cross-disciplinary studies of interactions between all domains of marine life and the ecological impact of climate change. Focal topics include molecular adaptations to changing oceans, marine holobiont functioning, symbioses, chemical signaling, metabolic exchange, co-evolutionary dynamics, and virus-host ecology (http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?id=17043).

In addition to oral/poster sessions where everyone can present and discuss their research, we’ll have two exciting talks by senior scientists: the Keynote Presentation by Rebecca Vega Thurber ("Tracking the Dynamic Roles of the Microbiome and Virome in 250 Million Years of Coral Evolution") as well as a dedicated Mentorship Session with Jed Fuhrman (“Where Marine Microbiology is Going and Advice on How to Get There”).

The seminar offers multiple benefits for young scientists: getting experience in scientific presentation, an informal atmosphere which is ideal for networking and discussion, and vital guidance on career development and hot topics in marine sciences through the Mentorship Component. The seminar is followed by a prestigious Gordon Conference, which everyone should definitely attend as well - two exciting conferences on Marine Molecular Ecology at a fantastic meeting venue overlooking the ocean! A real advantage of Gordon conferences is their small size, with everyone staying/eating at the same place: this guarantees plenty of networking opportunities and social exchange. Last but not least: meals, lodging and sea view are included in the registration fee!

For registration and further details, please visit http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?id=17043

Looking forward to see you in Hong Kong!GRS2017

Quixote Expeditions is excited to announce its 2017-2018 Guest Scientist programfor our Jan 27 – Feb 27, 2018 trip to the Antarctic Peninsula.

Quixote Expeditions has a Guest Scientist Program where scientists can join any of our regularly scheduled trips in order to help them carry out their active research. This can be anyone working on a master’s or PhD thesis, professors and researchers at universities, and scientists associated with non-profits. We offer a free space onboard any of our scheduled trips for scientists to perform their research. We sail in remote places that are often hard for scientists to get to and for those with limited funding, impossible due to the expensive nature of working in remote areas. We hope that by offering these spaces – one per trip, that amazing and interesting science can be continued here at the end of the world.

 

In exchange we ask that the scientists to contribute the following:

  • To involve the other guests onboard with the research and data collecting if possible (Its not always possible!).
  • To present some of their current or past research while onboard.
  • At the end of the trip to prepare a short write up about the trip and the science that will then be posted on the QuixoteExpeditions Website.
  • To help operate the vessel (standing watch, helping in the galley, etc). Ocean Tramp, while a large sailboat, is still small compared to a larger research vessel. We ask that all scientists chip in, along with our guests.

 

We can offer free room and board to one scientists per trip. All other related costs are at the expense of the scientists. Please go to our website for the application and full details http://www.quixote-expeditions.com/guest-scientist/

 

Cheers,
Laura, Owner
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SCAR and COMNAP Fellowships 2017 and CCAMLR Scientific Scholarships 2017


Three leading Antarctic organisations today announce opportunities for early-career researchers. The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP) and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) are working together to attract talented early-career researchers, scientists, engineers and other professionals to strengthen international capacity and cooperation in fields such as climate, biodiversity, conservation, humanities and astrophysics research.

SCAR and COMNAP have again joined forces to launch fellowships for early-career researchers. SCAR will offer 4 to 5 fellowships of up to USD $15,000 each for 2017 and COMNAP will offer up to 1 fellowship with funding of up to USD $15,000. The fellowships enable early-career researchers to join a project team from another country, opening up new opportunities and often creating partnerships that last for many years and over many Antarctic field seasons. Note that for 2017 the COMNAP eligibility criteria and application process are separate to that of SCAR. The deadline for SCAR and COMNAP applications is 1 July 2017.

The SCAR and COMNAP schemes are launched in conjunction with the Scientific Scholarship Scheme of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). The CCAMLR Scholarship provides funding of up to AUD $30,000 to assist early-career scientists to participate in the work of the CCAMLR Scientific Committee and its working groups over a period of two years. The objective of the scheme is to build capacity within the CCAMLR scientific community to help generate and sustain the scientific expertise needed to support the work of CCAMLR in the long-term. The deadline for CCAMLR applications is 1 October 2017.

All three schemes are being jointly promoted by the three organisations.

For more information on SCAR and COMNAP Fellowships, visit the SCAR website at: http://www.scar.org/awards/fellowships/information.htmlor the COMNAP website at: www.comnap.aq/SitePages/fellowships.aspx

For information on CCAMLR Scholarships, visit the CCAMLR website at: http://www.ccamlr.org/en/science/ccamlr-scientific-scholarship-scheme

 

Background information:

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

www.scar.org

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The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is an inter-disciplinary committee of the International Council for Science (ICSU). SCAR is charged with initiating, developing and coordinating high quality international scientific research in and from the Antarctic region, and on the role of the Antarctic region in the Earth system. SCAR Science Groups represent the scientific disciplines active in Antarctic research. They conduct the scientific business or SCAR and provide regular reports. In addition to carrying out its primary scientific role, SCAR also provides objective and independent scientific advice to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings and other policy-oriented organizations, on issues of science and conservation affecting the management of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

 

The Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP)

www.comnap.aq

Contact: Michelle Rogan-Finnemore, Executive Secretary

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+643 364-2273

COMNAP brings together the National Antarctic Programmes of 30 Antarctic Treaty countries. Formed in 1988, the purpose of COMNAP is to develop and promote best practice in managing the support of scientific research in Antarctica. It does this by: Serving as a forum to develop practices that improve effectiveness of activities in an environmentally responsible manner; Facilitating and promoting international partnerships; Providing opportunities and systems for information exchange; and Providing the Antarctic Treaty System with objective and practical, technical and non-political advice drawn from the National Antarctic Programmes' pool of expertise.

 

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)

www.ccamlr.org

Contact: Andrew Wright, Executive Secretary

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+61 3 6210 1111

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) was established by international convention in 1982 with the objective of conserving Antarctic marine life. CCAMLR is an international commission with 25 Members, and a further 11 countries have acceded to the Convention. Based on the best available scientific information, the Commission agrees a set of conservation measures that determine the use of marine living resources in the Antarctic. CCAMLR practices an ecosystem-based management approach. This does not exclude harvesting, as long as such harvesting is carried out in a sustainable manner and takes account of the effects of fishing on other components of the ecosystem.

http://www.scar.org/contacts/

The AGU Cryosphere Focus Group Executive Committee reminds you that it is time to nominate your colleagues for AGU Fellow, AGU Ambassador, Cryosphere Early Career Award (10 years post-degree), and Nye lecturer. Fellow/Ambassador nominations are due March 15, 2017 and award nominations are due April 15, 2017. Instructions for the nominations can be found below. AGU is looking to increase diversity across awards and particularly encourages international and female nominees. International nominees are required to be AGU members for at least 3 years. As a reminder, nominations of Fellows and Ambassadors who declare multiple focus group/section affiliations will be reviewed within each focus group/section they declare within AGU.

If you are interested in participating in the AGU Cryosphere Executive Committee please contact one of the officers listed below. Follow us on Facebook at Cryosphere Focus Group for more information.

Sincerely,

Noah Molotch, Awards Chair

Tavi Murray, President

Lora Koenig, President elect

Sinead Farrell, Secretary

 

Instructions for nominating an AGU Fellow:

https://honors.agu.org/fellows/union-fellows-nomination/

Instructions for AGU Ambassador:

http://honors.agu.org/medals-awards/ambassador-award/

Instructions for nominating the Cryosphere Early Career Award:

http://honors.agu.org/sfg-award-lecture/cryosphere-early-career-award/

Instructions for nominating the Nye Lecturer:

http://honors.agu.org/sfg-award-lecture/john-f-nye-lecture/

 

Nye Lecture Criteria for Nominee Proposals

Nominations for Nye Lecture should succinctly address:

a. The candidates history at producing relevant, cutting-edge science in any sub-discipline of cryosphere sciences research, as well as how the candidate’s prominent research would complement the Nye Lecture’s history

b. The candidate’s merit as a prominent member of the cryosphere sciences community

c. The candidate’s merit as an engaging, effective speaker to an audience of non-specialists.

Nominations should be limited to no more than 2 pages (with reasonable formatting choices) including the name, area of expertise, and potential lecture topics of the nominee. We actively encourage diversity in nationality, race, gender and career stage in nominees. Nominations may be submitted by a single individual or multiple individuals, but are limited to a single submission per individual per year. Nominations for the Nye Lecturer are to be submitted to Noah Molotch, Cryosphere Science Focus Group Awards Chair, before or on the posted deadline.

The Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies announces a call for papers for the Summer/Fall 2017 issue.

The Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies (JTMS) is an interdisciplinary journal of research on territorial and maritime issues sponsored by the Northeast Asia History Foundation, with editorial offices hosted by Yonsei University in South Korea. The journal provides an academic medium for the announcement and dissemination of research results in the fields of history, international law, international relations, geography, peace studies, and any other relevant discipline. The journal covers all continental areas across the world, and it discusses any territorial and maritime subject through the various research methods from different perspectives. Practical studies, as well as theoretical works, which contribute to a better understanding of territorial and maritime issues are encouraged.

Manuscript submissions should include four sections:

- A title page,
- A structured abstract,
- A main body, and
- References.

Manuscripts must be submitted electronically.

Manuscript submission deadline: 1 April 2017.

To submit a manuscript, email all required documents to:
Lonnie Edge
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For information on proposal guidelines and style guide, go to:
http://www.journalofterritorialandmaritimestudies.net/submissions.

For questions, contact:
JTMS Editorial Office
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The 5th European Conference on Permafrost (EUCOP 2018) will be held in Chamonix-Mont Blanc, France, 22 June - 1st July 2018. The conference aims at covering all relevant aspects of permafrost research, engineering and outreach on a global and regional level.

We have opened at the beginning of February the call for session proposals, which should be submitted until 15 April 2017.

Each session will be organized by two to three co-conveners (i.e. those that submit the session proposal). We encourage a high degree of internationality for the convener boards. At least one convener should be a member of the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN). PYRN conveners are students or young researchers within six years after completion of their doctoral thesis, however, they must not be students or formally under the supervision of the senior conveners of the according session. The conveners will be responsible for the selection of abstracts and for the organization of oral or poster presentations.

Inspired from the research developments exposed during the last conferences on permafrost, the following general themes denote the diversity of research to be presented at the conference: Mountain permafrost - Lowland permafrost - Periglacial geomorphology and paleoenvironments - Planetary permafrost - Permafrost and climate change – Climate and carbone feedback - Ecology, microbiology, biogeochemistry - Natural hazards - Foundation engineering and infrastructure on permafrost - In-situ and remote observation techniques and programs - Modelling - Socioeconomic and cultural dynamics - History of permafrost engineering and research - Education and outreach - Infra-periglacial geomorphology - Risks on permafrost-affected slopes – Forest/ice/snow covers on permafrost - Critical zone - Etc.

Those themes are by no means restrictive and we especially wish to favour a transdisciplinary, holistic and systemic vision of the questions that the permafrost community faces. This latter includes researchers as well as stakeholders, socio-economic, political and cultural actors, commonly engaged to address the societal challenges of permafrost in a warming world.

By 30 May 2017, a decision by ISC/LOC will be presented on the acceptance of submitted sessions. The decision will be based on the inherent scientific interest and quality of the session proposal, the potential to attract participants, the thematic overlap and number of available slots at the conference.

The call for abstracts for the accepted sessions will open 20 August 2017 until 15 December 2017. After that date, depending on number of abstracts being submitted to each session, the LOC and the ISC may propose to merge, modify or cancel sessions.

We are looking forward to receive your session proposals for the EUCOP 2018 (session title, names of the conveners with their e-mail, summary of 10-15 lines) asap by e-mail (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Polar Programs has issued a new solicitation for Antarctic research proposals.

The NSF-managed U.S. Antarctic Program supports scientific research on the southernmost continent and provides related operational research support. OPP’s Antarctic Sciences Section supports research to:

· expand fundamental knowledge of the Antarctic region;
· improve understanding of interactions between the Antarctic region and global earth systems;
· utilize the unique characteristics of the Antarctic continent as an observing platform.

Antarctic fieldwork is supported for research that can only be performed or is best performed in Antarctica. The Antarctic section encourages research using existing samples, models, and data that does not require fieldwork as well as research that crosses and combines disciplinary perspectives and approaches.

The new solicitation, which describes all requirements for submitting a proposal, may be found in HTML and PDF formats here:

https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?WT.z_pims_id=5519&ods_key=nsf17543

The deadline for full proposals is 5 p.m., at the submitter's local time, on May 23.

SCAR Biology Symposium 2017The XIIth Biology Symposium of the Scientific Committee of Antarctic Research (SCAR) with the general theme 'Scale Matters', will be held in Leuven, Belgium from Monday 10th to Friday 14th July 2017.

We would like to inform you that our deadline for abstract submission has been extended, to allow more time for researchers still returning from field expeditions. The local organizing committee (LOC) and the scientific committee (SC) will consider all abstracts submitted to the conference until Tuesday, the 28th of February 2017. Abstracts must be relevant to one of the Conference sessions and authors are requested to mark one of them, under which their abstract should be evaluated by the referees.

Furthermore, we are happy to announce following keynote speakers for the Symposium:

  • Renuka Badhe
  • Christophe Barbaud
  • Alexander Choukèr
  • Don Cowan
  • Karin Lochte
  • Irene Schloss
  • Scarlett Trimborn
  • Lily Simonson as artist in residence

The International SCAR Biology symposia were initiated in 1973 with the purpose of bringing fundamental and applied scientists together with an interest in Antarctic terrestrial and marine life sciences, including man. Symposium themes under consideration include: Distribution and trends; Adaptation and processes; New insights through multi-disciplinary research; Threats and impacts: from the poles to the globe to the poles; Societal impact of Antarctic biological science; Human biology at the poles.

For information, registration and abstract submission (deadline: 28th of February 2017!), see http://www.scarbiology2017.org and the pdf-file in attachment of this e-mail.

"Sustainable Tourism and Natural Resource Conservation in the Polar Regions"
Tourism in the Arctic and Antarctic regions is growing rapidly. Tourism operations in the polar-regions capitalize on the regions' natural assets, including their landscapes, wildlife and remoteness. Tourists from across the world are attracted by the pristine character, the sparsely or non-populated wilderness areas and the unique historical and cultural assets. However, the Arctic and the Antarctic are among the regions in the world where climatic changes are most rapid and profound, turning them into a focal point of economic and geopolitical development. Tourism development can be both seen as a contributor and a victim of these developments, with potential implications for natural resource use and peripheral communities. This Special Issue explores how expectations towards tourism development in the polar regions can be managed to enhance the conservation of natural resources, the protection of the environment, and the wellbeing of peripheral communities. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

* Impacts of tourism on polar wilderness area
* Human-wilderness/wildlife interactions in the polar regions
* Regulation and management of polar tourism and wilderness protection
* Tourist motivations for visiting the polar regions
* Community interactions with tourism enterprises and polar tourists
* Tourism and land use competition
* Economic geographies of polar tourism
* Accessibility and transportation in polar areas
* The social construction/performance of touristic polar wilderness
* Global change and the polar regions
* Parks and protected areas (including marine) in the polar regions

This Special Issue is targeted at the papers presented at the International Polar Tourism Research Network (IPTRN) conference held in Iceland in August 2016, but the call is also open to others. We would like to invite a feature contribution from you (i.e., either a long review or research paper). Papers will be published *free of charge* in this Special Issue (contrary to normal papers published in this open access journal).

We encourage you to check out the Special Issue website at:
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/resources/special_issues/polar_tourism
The official deadline for submission is 30 April 2017. The call is open now.

Resources (ISSN 2079-9276) is an Open Access journal of natural resources. The journal is indexed by ESCI (Web of Science), Scopus, and gets high visibility.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/resources

We look forward to your papers.

Kind regards,

Dr. Machiel Lamers, Wageningen University, the Netherlands (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Dr. Edward Huijbens, University of Akureyri, Iceland

Depths & Surfaces: Understanding the Antarctic Region through Humanities and Social Sciences

  • A conference to be hosted by the University of Tasmania, Hobart, 5-7 July 2017
  • Deadline for Abstracts: 3 March 2017 
  • Conference Website
  • Keynote Speakers: Prof. Sanjay Chaturvedi (Panjab University), Prof. Anne Noble (Massey University) and Prof. Tim Stephens (University of Sydney). 

Antarctica rarely makes it onto the map of the humanities and social sciences. While artists have produced responses to the continent for centuries, non-scientific researchers have been reluctant to venture intellectually into the far southern latitudes. The continent’s lack of an indigenous or permanent human population, together with a popular Antarctic exceptionalism which frames the continent as immune to the political, social and economic forces that affect the rest of the globe, has made it seem off-limits to analysis outside of a scientific framework.

Increasingly, however, public attention is being drawn to Antarctica, as the surface of its ice plays host to tourists, proliferating stations, heroic re-enactments, and national manoeuvring; its icy depths reveal the environmental history of our planet; and its ocean currents ominously undermine the glaciers around its edges. While scientific efforts are crucial, understanding the Antarctic region – past, present and future – requires contributions across the disciplinary spectrum. This conference aims to bring together humanities, creative arts and social sciences researchers interested in the Antarctic, fostering a community of scholars who can act in concert with natural scientists to address the issues that face the Antarctic region.

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CALL FOR PAPERS

We invite papers from a broad range of disciplines – including history, literary and cultural studies, creative arts, sociology, politics, geography and law – that engage with the Antarctic, sub-Antarctic and Southern Ocean. Contributions from scientists interested in engaging with the HASS community are encouraged. Both proposals for individual papers (20 minutes with 10 minutes question time) and interdisciplinary panels are welcome.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

  • Antarctic texts and subtexts
  • Antarctic cryoscapes
  • Anthropocene Antarctica
  • Ice cores as cultural and political objects
  • Submerged issues in the Antarctic region
  • Connections and collaborations between the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences (particularly oceanography and bathymetry)
  • History of polar science
  • Antarctic historiography
  • History and politics of the Southern Ocean
  • Digging into the past: archives, artefacts, archaeology
  • Subantarctic islands: histories and cultures
  • Postcolonial Antarctica
  • Ice and identity politics
  • Islands and ice
  • Antarctic nationalisms
  • Polar geographies and geopolitics
  • Antarctica and the global commons
  • Transpolar connections
  • Polar mobilities, vertical and horizontal
  • Antarctic tourism and travel
  • Inhabiting the ice: structures and dwellings
  • Polar heritage and museums
  • Antarctic aesthetics
  • Antarctica and emotions
  • Antarctic futures

ABSTRACTS of up to 250 words, including a short bio note, in WORD doc format, should be emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 3 March 2017, with notification of acceptance by 31 March 2017. There will be an opportunity for selected papers to be expanded into one or more publications stemming from the conference.

For enquiries please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The 2017 Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica is open for nominations until 17 May 2017.

The "Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica" is a US$ 100,000 unrestricted award presented to an individual in the fields of Antarctic science and/or policy who has demonstrated potential for sustained and significant contributions that will enhance the understanding and/or preservation of Antarctica. The Prize is inspired by Martha T. Muse's passion for Antarctica and is a legacy of the International Polar Year 2007-2008.

The prize-winner can be from any country and work in any field of Antarctic science and/or policy. The goal is to provide recognition of the important work being done by the individual and to call attention to the significance of understanding Antarctica in a time of change. A website with further details, including the process of nomination, closing date and criteria for selecting the prize recipients, is available at www.museprize.org.

The Prize is awarded by the Tinker Foundation and administered by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).

The SCAR SRP AnT-ERA is happy to inform you that a limited amount of SCAR funds had been allocated to support especially early career scientists and representatives of
underrepresented national programs to join the SCAR Biology Symposium 2017 in Leuven, Belgium. Applications for mini-grants are to be sent by email to Julian Gutt (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and should contain:

  • Name of the applicant and affiliation
  • Status (graduate student, PhD student or post-doc)
  • Title of the presentation
  • Short paragraph (approx. 4 lines) of the motivation, why the participation in the symposium is important;
  • Amount of money needed for e.g. ticket and accommodation  (max: $500 for European; $1500 for non-European participants).
  • Relevance of the presentation to the SCAR SRP AnT-ERA (approx. 4 lines, for implementation plan see http://www.scar.org/scar_media/documents/science/antera/AnTERA_ImplPlan_160127.pdf)

Deadline: 12 February with an option to get a decision before the deadline for abstract submission 15 February.

This US National Science Foundation sponsored Antarctic Biology Course will be held during January 2018 in Antarctica, at the United States Antarctic Program’s McMurdo Station. The training program is designed to provide early-career scientists with opportunities to work in Antarctica and to study polar biology. Applications are invited from graduate students currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program and researchers who have completed a Ph.D. within the past five years. This is an international training program, open to all nationalities. Partial support is available to cover the cost of travel from each participant’s home institution. While in Antarctica, full support is provided for room & board and science activities. The emphasis of the Antarctic Biology Course is on integrative biology, with laboratory- and field-based projects focused on adaptations to extreme polar environments. This program will also provide opportunities to understand and appreciate the complexities and logistical challenges of undertaking successful science in Antarctica. A diverse instructional faculty will offer participants the opportunity to study a wide range of Antarctic organisms (bacteria, algae, invertebrates, fish), using different levels of biological analysis (spanning molecular biology, physiological ecology, species diversity, and evolution).

Deadline for receipt of completed applications is April 17, 2017. More information and the on-line application form are at https://www.usfca.edu/arts-sciences/antarctic-biology-training-program and https://goo.gl/forms/7zAH4pzRf85x5Tt62.

Are you planning your next months and wondering at which meeting you could present your brand-new, groundbreaking data? You might consider the Gordon Research Conference in Polar Marine Science and the associated Gordon Research Seminar for early carrier scientists in Ventura, CA, USA in March 2017. Both the conference (chair: Jackie Grebmeier) and the seminar for early career scientists (chairs: Ingrid Wiedmann and Nicole Couto) aim to bring together outstanding scientists to discuss how technological advancements, long time series and biophysical modelling can enhance our understanding of polar marine ecosystems.


(detailed information: www.grc.org/programs.aspx?id=12642, and www.grc.org/programs.aspx?id=14834)
Application deadline is February 25th!

CBSS logoThe Baltic Science Network (BSN) launched A Baltic Sea Region-Wide Survey of Academic and Researchers’ Mobility Trends and would welcome participation from APECS members in the following countries:

  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • Germany
  • Iceland
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Sweden
  • Russia (Russian North Western Region only).

The deadline for survey submission is 20 January 2017

SCAR is pleased to share the 2017-2022 SCAR Strategic Plan. The plan was written by a team of dedicated SCAR-affiliated scientists and leaders (listed below) over the course of 2016, in consultation with SCAR’s Delegates, National Committees, Partners and concerned scientists and educators.

SCAR’s vision is to create a legacy of Antarctic research as a foundation for a better future. In line with this vision, through scientific research and international cooperation SCAR will establish a thorough understanding of the nature of Antarctica, the role of Antarctica in the global system, and the character and effects of environmental change and human activities on Antarctica. SCAR's work in the next five years will focus on key objectives:

  • To amplify its leadership in Antarctic research by further strengthening and expanding high-quality collaborative and visionary Antarctic research, including observations from Antarctica;
  • To offer independent scientific advice to Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings and other bodies dealing with Antarctic and Southern Ocean matters;
  • To enhance and grow research capacity in SCAR member countries;
  • To enhance public awareness and understanding of Antarctic issues through communication of Antarctic research results in a timely and accessible manner; and
  • To facilitate unrestricted and free access to Antarctic research data.

As part of our efforts to reduce our environmental impact, we will not be printing a large quantity of these plans as the pdf is available online. If you would like a printed copy, please fill out the online request form before 31 January or contact the SCAR Secretariat.

We would particularly like to thank the Core Writing Team for their many hours of work:
Huw Griffiths, Julian Gutt, Daniela Liggett, Yan Ropert-Coudert, Aleks Terauds, Anton Van de Putte, Jerónimo López-Martínez and Jenny Baeseman.

And much appreciation to the larger SCAR Leadership group for constructive feedback through the process:
Karin Lochte, Azizan Samah, Bryan Storey, Terry Wilson, Nancy Bertler, Dave Bromwich, Carlota Escutia, Adrian Fox, Jesus Galindo, Graham Hosie, Berry Lyons, John Storey and Steven Chown.

This new plan replaces “Antarctic Science and Policy Advice in a Changing World: SCAR Strategic Plan 2011-2016” and went into effect on 1 January 2017.

Registration and abstract submission are now open for the Polar Prediction Workshop 2017 (PPW 2017) and the 2nd Sea Ice Model Intercomparison Project Meeting (2nd SIMIP Meeting).

The workshops will be held at Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum in Bremerhaven, Germany from 27th to 30th March 2017. Both events are jointly organized by the Polar Climate Predictability Initiative (WCRP-PCPI), the Polar Prediction Project (WWRP-PPP), the Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN), and the Sea Ice Model Intercomparison Project (SIMIP).

Polar Prediction Workshop 2017 (March, 27th morning - March, 29th noon)

The Polar Prediction Workshop 2017 (March, 27th morning - March, 29th noon) will start with the public Alfred Wegener Lecture where every other year a distinguished climate scientist is invited to report on emerging fields of research for scientific exchange. This time, the lecture entitled “A Decade of Sea Ice Prediction“ will be given by Cecilia Bitz (Atmospheric Science Department, University of Washington) who is going to review rapid advances in predicting skills of Arctic sea ice conditions since The Sea Ice Outlook began collecting and reporting predictions in 2008.

The focus of the subsequent Polar Prediction Workshop is on environmental prediction in the polar regions on subseasonal to interannual timescales, thereby helping to build a "seamless“ polar prediction community. As in previous years, sea ice prediction will play a central role. Desired outcomes include the compilation of recommendations for the 2017 Sea Ice Outlook season, as well as the stimulation of collaborations in the context of the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP; mid-2017—mid-2019).

Confirmed keynote speakers are:

* Dirk Notz

* François Massonnet

* Leif Toudal Pedersen.

For the Polar Prediction Workshop 2017, we invite abstracts related to polar prediction topics such as:

* Predictability,

* Modelling, data assimilation, and forecasting,

* Observations,

* Verification, and

* User needs.

SIMIP workshop (March, 29th noon - March, 30th noon)

The SIMIP workshop (March, 29th noon - March, 30th noon) is devoted to discussions about the sea ice simulations from the upcoming CMIP6 experiments (SIMIP), with three distinct aims:

1. To discuss and define best practices for the evaluation of sea-ice simulations against observations
2. To identify and define new remote sensing and in situ sea ice observations that will allow for improved model evaluation and initialization
3. To discuss and coordinate the analysis of CMIP6 sea ice simulations for improved understanding of sea ice processes and improved sea ice projections.

The SIMIP workshop will primarily be a discussion meeting with a few invited presentations to set the scene. The SIMIP workshop is organized by the WCRP-CliC Sea ice and Climate Modeling Forum.

Registration

To register and/or submit an abstract, please use this online form for both workshops. Abstracts can be submitted only for the PPW 2017. Registration and abstract submission are open until the 30th of January.

There is some funding available to support early-career scientists. If you’d like to apply for early-career travel support, please indicate so in the online form.

Information on the venue and accomodation can be found here.

For any questions, please contact the PPP International Coordination Office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.<mailto:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>

Best wishes,

The Workshop Organisers

Helge Goessling

Cecilia Bitz

Ed Blanchard-Wrigglesworth

Ed Hawkins

John Fyfe

Alexandra Jahn

Dirk Notz

Kirstin Werner

Permaconf Logo 2017The registration now is open at http://cryosol.ru/en/registration-en.html ! The next important date is April 15, 2017 – the final possibility to send us you abstracts (not longer than 4000 characters with spaces). The early summer is good time on the Oka river, and we hope that you will fulfill this time with productive disscussions. The motto for 2017 conference is «Earth's Cryosphere: Past, Present and Future», it will be organized June 4-8 in the Institute of Physico-chemical and Biological problems of soil science.
All information is available at http://cryosol.ru/en/cryoconference-2017.html. It is still not late to suggest new session topics, round tables or became a partner of the conference, like Earth Cryosphere Institute (ikz.ru) and Beta Analytic (radiocarbon.com). If you have general questions, like why we include lunch snacks into the registration fee and where to
stay in Pushchino – the conference e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. is the right place to send them.
Pushchino is situated not far from Moscow, Russia (one-hour bus drive from Uznaya underground station). The conference fee is 7000₽ (~100$) and 2000₽ (~30$) for students; it covers participant set, coffee and lunch during the working days and the permafrost dinner at one of the evenings (surely with dancing). We will speak Russian and English, simultaneous translation will be provided.
The sections will cover all topics of permafrost research:
- Regional aspects in polar and mountain areas
- Paleoreconstructions
- Carbon in permafrost
- Cryosphere as ecosystem: microbiological, biotechnological and astrobiological aspects
- Permafrost soils
- Permafrost hydrology and hydrogeology
- Physico-chemical peculiarities of frozen ground
- Geophysical investigations in permafrost areas
- Antarctic permafrost and soils
-Philosophical ideas about past, present and future of cryosphere

Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR) is pleased to announce that it is supporting the Polar Data Catalogue (PDC) in establishing a National Antarctic Data Centre (NADC) for Canada.

The Antarctic Treaty (section III.1.c) requires that Antarctic scientific observations and results be exchanged and made freely available. The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) coordinates the Antarctic Data Management System (ADMS), which is a comprehensive international directory of Antarctic data and metadata. As Canada’s NADC, the PDC will work with POLAR and the broader Canadian Antarctic research community to serve as Canada’s national focal point for this system, and support Canadian Antarctic researchers in preparing and submitting metadata and hosting data as needed.

Canada’s NADC will facilitate access to and use of Canadian Antarctic data to facilitate further polar research and discovery at the national and international levels. In the coming months, PDC will be reaching out to past and present members of the Canadian Antarctic research community to begin to identify Canadian Antarctic data holders and associated metadata.

For more information about Canada’s NADC, please contact Gabrielle Alix, Polar Data Catalogue at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

More information about Polar Data Catalogue (PDC)
Polar Data Catalogue (PDC) is an online database of metadata and data that describes, indexes, and provides access to diverse data sets generated by polar researchers. PDC is Canada’s primary source for data and information about cold regions and has a growing master directory for data from Canadian and international polar research programs.

For more information about the PDC, please see: https://www.polardata.ca/

More information about Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR)
Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR) is Canada’s lead federal agency that was established on June 1st, 2015 to strengthen Canadian leadership in polar science and technology. POLAR consists of a knowledge management function to support Arctic and Antarctic research; a pan-northern Science and Technology program; and the world-class Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) campus.

POLAR is a full member and Canada’s adhering body to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), which initiates, develops and coordinates scientific research internationally regarding Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

For more information about POLAR please see: https://www.canada.ca/en/polar-knowledge/index.html

The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) is pleased to announce the first Call for papers and posters for the 9th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IX) to be held at Umeå University, in Umeå, Sweden, 8-12 June 2017.

ICASS IX’s theme is People and Place. Research on social sciences and humanities have a great responsibility to address the challenges for sustainable development in the Arctic, with a specific focus on the many different parts of the Arctic and the people that live there. The multiple Arctics have lately been addressed by many policy makers and researchers. The purpose is often to counteract the stereotypic understanding of the Arctic too often represented by icebergs and polar bears. A focus on people and place highlights the many variances across the region in terms of climate, political systems, demography, infrastructure, history, languages, health, legal systems, land and water resources etc. etc. We welcome sessions and papers on all facets of the North. And, as always, we also welcome sessions and papers on all other subjects of relevance to our members.

Please submit your paper and/or poster proposals using the ICASS IX Submittal Form available on the ICASS IX website. ICASS IX sessions are divided in themes which all of them are led by one chair. You will find the themes listed at the conference website together with a list of proposed sessions which are listed under each theme. Choose your preferred session in the theme to submit your abstract. You are also most welcome to submit a poster presentation within a theme.

Please not that all presenters must submit an abstract on the ICASS IX website, including Session chairs who intend to give a presentation in his/her proposed session.

Submissions should contain:

  • name and contact details of the author(s)
  • title of paper or poster
  • a 150 words (maximum) summary / abstract

Please note: that some sessions due to special funding situations and programs are invited papers only and are marked as closed (these sessions are generally open to participation, though). Session proposers have been asked to fill out various data about their session proposals, but this information has not all been gathered, so please be aware that changes will occur and extra information will be added to some of the sessions later.

  • Submitting a proposal for a paper or a poster presentation is at this stage non-committing. Registration for ICASS IX will open in mid-January 2017. The early-bird registration fee will be 350 Euros. Membership to IASSA is required and is set to 100 Euros, with reductions for students, unemployed, retired and Russian participants.
  • Prospects for the funding of your participation in the Congress. We hope to be able to provide some travel funding to students, early career researchers, Indigenous participants, and participants from Russia (and individuals who have limited means to attend). Please indicate if you wish to be considered for financial support in the ICASS IX Submittal Form. We anticipate announcing the travel awards in February 2017.
  • A maximum of two paper proposals per person please, although you may submit as many posters as you wish.

The deadline for submitting paper and poster abstracts is 16 December 2016.

We encourage participation of Indigenous peoples, Northern residents, decision-makers and politicians, as well as academics, so that ICASS IX provides a rich environment in which to advance discussions on sustainabilities in the North and on other Northern matters.

Please note that in addition to the ICASS conference fee, membership in IASSA is mandatory for all ICASS participants – to become a member or renew your membership visit: http://iassa.org/membership

Follow developments regarding ICASS IX at our conference website: http://iassa.org/icass-ix

The Ice Core Young Scientists (ICYS) are pleased to share the news that they will be providing a limited number of travel grants to early career researchers attending the 2016 AGU Fall Meeting. The funds have generously come to us recently from the SCAR Standing Scientific Group on Physical Science. Awards are intended to help with travel expenses for presenting authors whose research focuses on or relates to ice cores. We plan to make 10 awards of $200 each.

Eligibility:
1) First author presenting either a poster or a talk at AGU
2) Early career researcher in a field related to ice core science
3) In need of financial assistance

To Apply:
Fill out this Google Form no later than December 5: https://goo.gl/forms/e7q3jBV3aaXsuTMs2

Due to the proximity of the meeting, we aim to turn these grants around quickly. We will be in touch via email to let you know the status of your application.

REMINDER: Submit your session to POLAR2018's Open Science Conference before the end of November 2016

SCAR & IASC Conference POLAR2018 - Call for Sessions is open

POLAR2018 is a joint event of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research SCAR and the International Arctic Science Committee IASC and will take place in Davos, Switzerland from 15 - 27 June 2018. It includes the XXXV SCAR Biennial Meetings, the Arctic Science Summit Week 2018 and the joint SCAR and IASC Open Science Conference.

The organizers of POLAR2018 are now accepting session proposals for the joint SCAR and IASC Open Science Conference “Where the Poles meet“ which will be held on 19 - 23 June 2018.

A template to submit session proposals, including a brief session description, the contact information of the session conveners and other session details, is available on . We are looking for sessions that cover a broad range of topics across the spectrum of Polar and high altitude research, such as, but not limited to, climate, glaciology, social and human sciences, ice sheets, atmospheric sciences, oceanography, biology, astronomy, geology, economic aspects, sustainable development, technology and education. There will be oral and poster sessions as well as further session formats.

* The organizing committee strongly encourages session topics that encapsulate research conducted in both the Arctic and Antarctic.
* We also encourage including early career scientists as conveners and encourage diversity regarding conveners’ nationalities, gender, and where possible, indigenous peoples.

The tasks of the conveners include:
• Soliciting submissions for their session;
• reviewing the abstracts submitted for the session;
• working with the International Scientific Organizing Committee to arrange the program of their session, including oral and poster presentations and
• chairing the session.

Depending on the session proposals received, the International Scientific Organizing Committee might have to merge similar session where necessary and appropriate.

Session proposals can be submitted until 30 November 2016. Lead conveners will be notified on 31 March 2017 and the final list of sessions will be announced in spring 2017. Abstract submission will open on 1 September 2017 with a submission deadline not earlier than 1 November 2017 and notification of acceptance after 31 January 2018. Further information can be found on .

Any questions should be directed to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The co-chairs of the International Scientific Organizing Committee
Martin Schneebeli
Karin Lochte
Huigen Yang

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The call for applications is now open with a deadline of 18th December 2016 for transnational access taking place between March 2017 and April 2018.

Further TA call information, stations available in the call, descriptions of stations and their facilities, and registration to the INTERACCESS on-line application system from the INTERACT website.

For additional information, please contact the Transnational Access coordinator Hannele Savela, hannele.savela(at)oulu.fi.

Apply INTERACT Transnational Access to visit the coolest places on the Earth!

The UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has opened nominations for the WMO research Award for Young Scientists. This yearly award, granted by WMO, aims to encourage young scientists, particularly in developing countries, to undertake outstanding research work in all fields of meteorology and hydrology. More information about the award can be found here.

In the effort of promoting excellent science undertaken by early career scientists, the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) intends to provide informal recommendations to the nomination process - through WMO and/or the respective Permanent Representatives - on a few outstanding young scientists in climate research. Please note that a WCRP recommendation would not guarantee the nomination or granting of the award, as the final selection will be made by the WMO Executive Council. In the meantime, WCRP will continue to promote those identified candidates through its community newsletters and other media, to enhance visibility and opportunities for further engagement with related WCRP activities.

How to apply for the WCRP recommendation?
Send a short paragraph (0.5 page) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. mentioning ‘WMO Young Scientist Award’ in the subject line of your email.
Please explain in the short paragraph your research background and your connection to meteorology or hydrology and WCRP climate science.
Attach a short CV and a recent scientific publication.

NOTE: the deadline is 14 November 2016.

Points for consideration:
- Read the WMO guidelines for the award carefully.
- Please note the WMO’s Award for Young Scientists application process must be done through the WMO Permanent Representatives – i.e. you can not apply directly.
- Ensure your research is connected to meteorology or hydrology, as desired by WMO.
- Preferably your research has a strong link with the WCRP Grand Challenges and/or Core Projects.
- Note that the final selection for the award will partly be based on a recent publication in an international scientific journal.

WCRP is looking forward to your application and will let you know if you are selected for a WCRP recommendation before the 30th of November.

Please don’t hesitate to contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have further questions.

The Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS), is seeking nominations for the international Scientific Steering Committee. Nominations of qualified individuals are due 11 November 2016.

SOOS is an international initiative of SCAR and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) with the mission to facilitate the collection and delivery of essential observations on dynamics and change of Southern Ocean systems to all international stakeholders (researchers, governments, industries), through design, advocacy and implementation of cost-effective observing and data delivery systems.

Nominations should only be made for those with the capacity to be actively involved in driving SOOS forward. The SSC meet annually, whilst the majority of SSC activities and input is managed via email. In some instances, SSC members will be invited to represent SOOS at scientific meetings, usually on an opportunistic basis. Membership on the SSC is for a 3-year period, with the potential for renewal for an additional 3 years, on approval of the EXCOM.

For more information about SOOS and its SSC please visit the SSC webpages or contact the Executive Officer, Louise Newman (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

The Social and Human Working group of the International Arctic Science Committee is sponsoring the participation of early career scientists or traditional indigenous knowledge holders in a multi-disciplinary workshop at the 2017 Arctic Science Summit Week in Prague with three travels grants. The workshop, "Meaningful multi-disciplinarily and the governance of evolving global dynamics in the Arctic", explores new ways to define and respond to challenges and opportunities in global, regional, and local governance, as intersections between science, technology, and different societies in the Arctic increase. The sum of each grant is 650€. The deadline for applications is November 27th 2016. The 2017 Arctic Science Summit Week will take place in Prague March 31 - April 7.

Further information about the workshop, eligibility, and applying is available in the attached document.

*** The general call for abstract submissions for the session (24. Meaningful multi-disciplinarity and the governance of evolving global dynamics in the Arctic: Towardsa more materialistic study of world politics) the workshop is part of is now also open at: http://www.assw2017.eu/session-list.htm) ***

The International Conference “Polar Routes of the Arctic” will take place as part of the Fifth Murmansk International Business Week at Murmansk Arctic State University, Murmansk, Russia on 15 November 2016.

Main purposes of the Conference:

  • To involve early career scientists in an active process of unexplored territory development by means of realization of interesting research and cognitive projects in cooperation with advanced research centers and organizations engaged in developing the Arctic region resources.
  • To draw general public’s attention to development of prospecting, expedition and research activities in the Arctic on basis of historical experience, prospects of economic and innovation development of the Arctic territories.
  • To discuss prospects of national and regional project realization in accordance with state interests of the Russian Federation in the Arctic.
  • To form a modern education research base for young specialist training by means of intellectual potential development in the field of usage of high-end technologies in the northern latitudes.
  • To develop international cooperation in the field of research expedition activity and organization of circumpolar studies in the Arctic.

Conference Participants:

  • Early Career Scientists, travelers and explorers of the Arctic.
  • The Russian and foreign public, scientific and political men.
  • Managers of the Russian Arctic.
  • Representatives of research institutes and centers.
  • Public youth organizations.
  • Business communities.
  • Mass media.

Conference Structure

  • Plenary meeting with participation of representatives of the Federal and Regional authority, leading research and education centers of Russia and the Barents/Euro-Arctic Region, practicing travellers.
  • Panel discussion «Arctic for the youth and the youth for Arctic»
  • Session “Historico-geographical expeditions and studies in the Arctic”.
  • Round table “Science and innovations in the Arctic: challenges for young

To learn more please check the information in attached file

ASSW2017Abstract submission for the 2017 Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) conference in Prague, 31 March - 7 April is now open!

Please use this form to submit your abstract to one of the 28 sessions by 16 December 2016. Further details are available here.

pyrn smallThe Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) has published its Fall Newsletter 2016. In this newsletter you will find some updates on recent PYRN activities as well as information on events to come later this or next year. 

Nacht der WissenschaftFrom Portugal to Germany, gathering over 3000 visitors and 10 countries!

On the last sept 30, polar science was one of the hot topics in the European Researchers’ night event in Kiel, Germany, thought the IRRESISTIBLE project.

This event, open to all ages, had the purpose of lead the public to interact and learn more about Polar Science and climate change, as well as Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI).

The Portuguese team presented the work developed by students, teachers and researchers in collaboration with their schools (EB de Vale Rosal and Externato Cooperativo da Benedita), creating an opportunity for exploring Polar Regions and Polar science throughout the interactive exhibits and for sharing ideas and experiences.

The games developed by students that resulted from the research previously conducted over the polar regions, polar science and RRI, allowed visitors - kids, parents, teachers, scientists and other adults - to understand the current situation of the polar regions and their influence on global climate, science contribution to understandability and minimising the resulting consequences of the observed changes, as well as highlight the crucial role of each of the social actors in this process - the objectives of participation in the event.

Patrícia Fialho Azinhaga
Institute of Education, University of Lisbon

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Early career researchers and professional newcomers now have the opportunity to join Future Earth's Knowledge-Action Networks by applying to become a member of their development teams. The deadline is 2 November 2016.

Future Earth is opening up its Knowledge-Action Networks to early career researchers and early career professionals. Becoming part of Knowledge-Action Networks in their early stages will allow you to shape innovative research agendas over the coming years and connect with a global network of leading academics and professionals.

Future Earth explicitly welcomes applications from both practitioners and scientists, so from both university graduates and professionally trained people without a university degree. Eligible candidates should have started their careers or finished their master’s degree maximum ten years ago. It is also a necessary requirement to be a member of an early career network, group or organisation. All applicants need to have a strong link to sustainability.

Apply now by filling in this form until 2 November 2016 and become part of Future Earth’s innovative research projects for global sustainability!

More information on our website: http://futureearth.org/news/call-applications-early-career-representatives-knowledge-action-networks

The U.S. Permafrost Association (USPA) invites applications from U.S. based students and post-graduate researchers for travel grants to attend the 2016 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meetings in San Francisco.

Eight grants will be awarded at a value of $500.00 each. Applicants must be first author on a permafrost-related research presentation at the AGU Fall Meetings. Preference will be given to applicants who possesses both USPA and Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) memberships.Two of the grants are reserved for engineering disciplines. Undergraduate students are encouraged to apply.

Application deadline: 16 October 2016

For further information and to download the application, go to: www.uspermafrost.org.

Or, contact: 

Daniel Vecellio
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

25 Years ago today, on 4 October 1991, the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty was adopted in Madrid. That outcome was the project of many people over many years, and has made a lasting difference ot the way Antarctica is both conceptualised and used for human activity. The Madrid Protocol (as it is now generally known) banned mining in Antarctica, and set aside the icy continent as a natural reserve, devoted to peace and science. It remains the cornerstone for environmental protection over the 10% of our planet that is Antarctica.

The Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP) is an advisory body establihsed by the Environmental Protocol. To celebrate 25 years since the signing of the Madrid Protocol, the CEP have released a publication about the emergecne of the Protocol, the work of the CEP, and the reasons behind Antarctica being designated as a reserve dedicated to peace and science. 

The central principles of the Protocol are:

  • The designation of Antarctica as a ‘natural reserve, devoted to peace and science’;
  • A prohibition on mining and mineral resource activities in the Antarctic Treaty area;
  • The requirement that protection of the environment shall be a fundamental consideration in the planning and conduct of all activities in the Antarctic;
  • A comprehensive framework for assessing environmental impacts in Antarctica, including prior assessment of all activities;
  • A requirement to establish contingency plans and provide for prompt and effective response to environmental emergencies in the Antarctic;
  • The establishment of the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP).

To find out more about what the six annexes of the Madrid Protocol contain, visit the Antarctic Treaty System website here or download the CEP publication (available in the official Antarctic Treaty languages of English, French, Russian and Spanish).

iasc webFollowing a competitive hiring process with various highly qualified candidates, the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) is happy to announce that Dr. Allen Pope will be IASC´s new Executive Secretary as of 01. January 2017.

AllenPopeBefore coming to IASC, Dr. Allen Pope held positions as a research scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado Boulder) and the Polar Science Center (University of Washington) where he researched remote sensing of glaciers. He also was a visiting scientist at Dartmouth College where he taught a course on Polar remote sensing. Allen holds a Ph.D. and a M.Phil. in Polar Studies from Cambridge University where he worked on multispectral remote sensing of Arctic glaciers and conducted glaciological fieldwork in Antarctica, Iceland, Svalbard, Sweden, Alaska, Canada, and Nepal. He has worked extensively with a range of international scientific organizations, including as a council member of the American Geophysical Union and president of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists. You can find out more about Allen and his research at https://about.me/allenpope. He also enjoys sharing and discussing polar science with the public and tweets @PopePolar.

SAONSAON (Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks) was recently reviewed by an external committee, which included APECS member Justiina Dahl. The committee looked at SAON's accomplishments and made recommendations for future directions.

SAON was formally established in January of 2012, although the concept had been under development under the auspices of the Arctic Council as early as 2007. Its purpose is to support and strengthen the development of multinational engagement for sustained and coordinated pan-Arctic observing and data sharing systems that serve societal needs, particularly related to environmental, social, economic and cultural issues. SAON promotes the vision of well-defined observing networks that enable users to have access to free, open and high quality data that will realize pan-Arctic and global value-added services and provide societal benefits.

In 2016, the SAON board convened an external review committee to review the first five years of SAON's accomplishments and make recommendations for future directions. The review committee concluded that SAON is valued by the Arctic observing community, but has yet to reach its full potential. The committee offered recommendations in several critical areas. Both the executive summary and the full report are available online. Click here to access the executive summary, and click here to access the full report.

 

Invitation to Participate

EMERGING LEADERS

for the Arctic challenge, Norway 18 - 24 January 2017

Future activities and operations in the Arctic call for a broad understanding of the opportunities and challenges to ensure sustainable development. Emerging Leaders calls for young professionals and Ph.D. students/post docs to meet with representatives from academia, business and the public sector through an inspiring and educational program.

PROGRAM

Emerging Leaders will take place from 18th to 24th January 2017. 30 selected candidates from different countries will participate in a blend of technical, social and cultural events accompanied by mentors from business, politics and academia. The program starts in the city of Bodø, then continues onboard the Norwegian Coastal Express “Hurtigruten” and ends in Tromsø, “the gateway to the Arctic”. To explore the marine resources and potential in the Lofoten Islands, a stopover will be made in Svolvær. The participants will be challenged to engage in discussions and presentations during the program.

The Emerging Leader program is linked to the topic of Arctic Frontiers 2017 "White Space – Blue Future" and includes the following sessions:

  • Session 1 Politics and Security in the High North
  • Session 2 New Conditions for Blue Growth
  • Session 3 Technology Development and Arctic Business
  • Session 4 Workshop, preparing a presentation

Further information
Emerging Leaders enrolls approximately 30 participants, under the age of 35, both Norwegians and internationals, with a blend of Ph.D. students/post docs and young professionals from the public and business sectors. The program fee is NOK 37.500 VAT included per participant. Ph.D. students/post docs affiliated with Norwegian university colleges, universities and research institutes may apply for a grant from the Research Council of Norway. Ph.D. students/post docs at research institutions abroad who has a scientific focus relevant for Emerging Leaders 2017 could also be considered. The fee covers:

  • Accommodation (hotel accommodation for six nights) and transport (including Hurtigruten from Bodø to Stamsund)
  • Food and cultural activities (including RIB trip and Lofotr Viking Museum.)
  • Registration fee for the two-day policy section (23. – 24. January) at the Arctic Frontiers 2017 conference

For questions concerning Arctic Frontiers' Emerging Leaders program or how to apply for funding for young scientists made available by the Research Council of Norway, please contact project manager Laura Johanne Olsen (email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or phone: +47 90 75 12 75).

Please note that registration is open until November 1st.

Here you can find the program for Emerging Leaders 2016 and funding criteria. The program for Emerging Leaders will be published as soon as possible.

The ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada and its partners are pleased to welcome the Arctic research community to Winnipeg, Manitoba for the 12th ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2016) to be held from December 5 – 9th 2016 at the RBC Convention Centre.
As the largest annual Arctic research gathering held in Canada, the ASM welcomes over 500 participants annually and is the ideal venue to present results from all fields of Arctic research and stimulate national and international networking and partnership activities. Scientists, policy and decision makers, representatives of government and non-government organizations, the private sector, Inuit and northern stakeholders and media are invited to join us at ASM2016 to address the global challenges and opportunities brought to the Arctic by climate change and modernization.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS:
Abstracts for oral and poster presentations addressing all fields of Arctic research are now being accepted by completing the online abstract submission form available on the ASM2016 website. The deadline for abstract submission is Monday October 3, 2016.

There are also several proposed dedicated Topical Sessions – please contact the convener if you wish to participate:

  • Kitikmeot Region Marine Science Program (Kristina Brown: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
  • Hudson Bay Region (Lauren Candlish: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
  • GEOTRACES (Roger Francois : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
  • Oil in the Arctic – Science and Policy Issues (Gary Stern / Casey Hubert: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
  • Inuit Health Metrics That Matter (Sherilee Harper: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
  • Glacier Changes (Luke Copland / Anna Crawford: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
  • Sea Ice Physical and Biological Processes (C.J. Mundy: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
  • Participatory Research: State of the Field (Noemie Boulanger-Lapointe: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )

Posters presented by graduate students are eligible for the Graduate Student Poster Awards.

PROGRAM :
The ASM2016 is a 5-day Conference beginning with Student Day at 8:30 on Monday December 5, 2016. The official opening session of the Conference will be at 13:30 on Tuesday December 6 and the Conference will finish at 12:00 on Friday December 9, 2016.

The Conference Banquet will be held Wednesday December 7 at the RBC Convention Centre and is included with your registration.

ArcticNet is very pleased to have the 2016 Arctic Inspiration Prize Awards Ceremony in conjunction with its annual meeting. This event will be held Thursday December 8 at 8:00 pm at the Centennial Concert Hall (transportation will be provided) and will feature a performance by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Nunavut Sivuniksavut Performers.

REGISTRATION:
On-line registration for the Conference is now available on the ASM2016 website. Register before the early-bird deadline of Monday October 31, 2016 to save on your registration fee.

HOTEL:
Our host hotel for the ASM2016 is the Delta Winnipeg, ideally situated in the heart of the city and conveniently connected by Skywalk to the RBC Convention Centre and in close proximity to downtown Winnipeg attractions.

Our block of rooms is guaranteed until November 7, 2016. Please book your rooms as early as possible by using the hotel reservation information provided on the ASM2016 website. Be sure to quote ASM2016/ArcticNet when making your reservation by phone in order to take advantage of the Conference rates.

VISIT THE ASM2016 WEBSITE:
Additional information on the conference, hotel & venue, and sponsor/exhibitor opportunities is available on the ASM2016 website.

NPI logo engQuantarctica logo v3 nobgThe Norwegian Polar Institute is pleased to announce a limited opportunity for full travel funding (airfare + accommodation) to students and researchers attending the Nordic Branch of the IGS meeting in Tromsø, Norway, from 26-28 October 2016.

http://www.npolar.no/en/events/2016/10-annual-meeting-of-the-nordic-branch-of-the-international-glaciological-society/

Funding is provided by the Quantarctica project (http://quantarctica.npolar.no) and is contingent on active participation in the Quantarctica User Workshop on the morning of Wednesday, 26 October. Eligibility is not strictly limited to Antarctic researchers. However, we ask that only those who have a genuine interest in including Quantarctica/QGIS in their research toolbox apply.

Those interested should submit a short (1-2 paragraph) summary of their research background and statement of interest to the Quantarctica Project Coordinator, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Any questions are also welcome.

Please note that due to cost concerns and the regional scope of the meeting, we limit submissions to Antarctic researchers based in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). However, researchers from other countries may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

The Quantarctica project strongly encourages applications from students and early-career researchers.

iassa logo1The IASSA Council has prolonged the deadline for Session proposals to 7 October 2016.

The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) announces the 9th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IX) to be held at the campus of Umeå University, in Umeå, Sweden, 8-12 June 2017. ICASS is arranged every three years, bringing together people from all over the world to share ideas about social science and humanities research in the Arctic. ICASS VIII, held in May 2014, attracted 470 participants from 27 different countries.

Please submit your session proposals by 7 October 2016 to Gabriella Nordin (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Please include session title, name of organizer and complete contact information, and a brief description of the session. General ideas on sessions will also be gratefully accepted.

ICASS IX's theme is People & Place. Research on social sciences and humanities have a great responsibility to address the challenges for sustainable development in the Arctic, with a specific focus on the many different parts of the Arctic and the people that live there. The multiple Arctics have lately been addressed by many policy makers and researchers. The purpose is often to counteract the stereotypic understanding of the Arctic too often represented by icebergs and polar bears. A focus on people and place highlights the many variances across the region in terms of climate, political systems, demography, infrastructure, history, languages, legal systems, land and water resources etc. etc. We welcome sessions and papers on all facets of the North. And, as always, we also welcome sessions and papers on all other subjects of relevance to our members.

We encourage the participation of indigenous peoples, northern residents, decision-makers and politicians, as well as academics, so that ICASS IX provides a rich environment in which to advance discussions on sustainabilities in the North and on other Northern matters.

The Call for Papers will be distributed in Autumn 2016, with a preliminary list of sessions.

Special Issue in Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research (AAAR): "Environmental Change and Impacts in the Kangerlussuaq Area, West Greenland"

Manuscript Submission Deadline: 01 February 2017

Research Topics: Terrestrial Ecology, Fjord Ecology, Glaciology, Hydrology, Limnology, Geomorphology, Biogeochemistry, Permafrost, and Quaternary Geology.

The Kangerlussuaq area has been an important location for intense research activities for many decades. This region of Greenland contains a large diversity of geomorphic systems from a sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet to a proglacial foreland exposed to fluvial, aeolian and limnological environmental change to a long and narrow fjord. Significant progress in understanding ecological, geomorphological, and climatic processes in the Arctic derives from studies conducted in the Kangerlussuaq area. However, as with most other regions in the Arctic the Kangerlussuaq area is undergoing climate-driven environmental change and impacts and it has become even more important to document and understand the ecological and geological implications of these changes. In this context, robust case studies and cross-system analyses from the Kangerlussuaq area serve as a valuable source of knowledge for progressing our understanding of processes, mechanics and modeling. We invite contributions t
hat address all aspects of physical and biological research on all ranges of spatial and temporal scales conducted in the Kangerlussuaq area.

Please contact Jacob Clement Yde This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in the first instance. Inquiries are encouraged prior to manuscript submission.

If you have colleagues working in West Greenland, please let them know about this special issue.

Further details available at: http://instaar.colorado.edu/news-events/instaar-news/submit-papers-for-aaar-journals-special-issue-about-west-greenland-environments/

We are looking forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Jasmine Saros, John Anderson, Eric Post, Jon Telling and Jacob Yde
(Guest Editors, AAAR)

Take part in helping to shape AGU’s future in the 2016 AGU Election. Get to know this year’s candidates and vote through 27 Sept! 

This year there are quite a few cryospheric scientists up for election. In addition to the Cryosphere Focus Group (Lora Koenig & Ian Howat for president, Sinead Farrell & Byron Parizek for secretary), other polar scientists are up for election - including Robin Bell (running for President of AGU), TJ Young (for student candidate of the AGU Council), and Anna Hogg (for early career member of the AGU Council).

Every AGU member will have been sent their voting credentials individually. If you have not received san email, please contact AGU member services.

Every vote counts! Vote and let your voice be heard to choose your Earth and space science community leaders. Deadline is 27 September.

Best,
Allen Pope

Every year around spring, the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) publishes its yearbook. Around 1500 copies of the IASC bulletin are widely circulated by mail and distributed at the Arctic Science Summit Week. For graphics and photographs we depend solely on what our council members, related research institutes and scientists themselves send us. For the publication of the yearbook 2017 and other IASC publications such as the website, brochure and calendar, we are looking for new photographs. We welcome images depicting all areas of arctic science: ranging from scientists in the field, animals, landscapes, to everyday life on the work floor and much, much more.

Although we are not able to pay for the copyrights, we of course mention the photographers name and (if required) the institute he or she works for. The photographer always receives a copy of the print by regular mail. The image quality must be around 3500 x 2500 pixel.

With each photo we would appreciate:
• a short description about what we see and background information on the project/research;
• place;
• name of photographer / Institute;
• contact information.

You can send the photographs by e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Should the files be very large, please send me a short note with your name and I will send you an invitation for a dropbox folder where you can upload the photographs.

We thank everyone who takes the effort to send in their photos. However, we usually receive more photographs than we can place and therefore have to make a selection based on geographical and thematic representation. We only notify the photographers who's contributions are selected for publication.

Unless, indicated otherwise, we will assume that we are free to use the photograph for any IASC involved publication. Non of the photographs in our database are used for commercial purposes. Should we receive a commercial request we will always refer the inquirer to the photographer.

If you have any further questions feel free to contact me (e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). For more information on our publications and work, you can visit our website at www.iasc.info

Thank you and best wishes,
Ursula Heidbach
(IASC Secretariat)

POLAR2018The organizers of POLAR2018 are now accepting session proposals for the joint SCAR and IASC Open Science Conference “Where the Poles meet“, which will be held on 19 - 23 June 2018.

A template to submit session proposals, including a brief session description, the contact information of the session conveners and other details, is available here. This pages uses google forms; if the use of google forms is blocked by your institute, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to receive a word document. We are looking for sessions that cover a broad range of topics across the spectrum of Polar and high altitude research, such as, but not limited to, climate, glaciology, social and human sciences, ice sheets, atmospheric sciences, oceanography, biology, astronomy, geology, economic aspects, sustainable development, technology and education. There will be oral and poster sessions as well as e-poster sessions with a mini-oral.

  • The organizing committee strongly encourages session topics that encapsulate research conducted in both the Arctic and Antarctic.
  • We also encourage including early career scientists as conveners and encourage diversity regarding conveners’ nationalities, gender, and where possible, indigenous peoples.

The tasks of the conveners include:

  • Soliciting submissions for their session;
  • reviewing the abstracts submitted for the session;
  • working with the International Scientific Organizing Committee to arrange the program of their session,
  • including oral and poster presentations and
  • chairing the session.

Depending on the session proposals received, the International Scientific Organizing Committee might have to merge similar session where necessary and appropriate.

logoArcticNetThe ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada and its partners are pleased to welcome the Arctic research community to Winnipeg, Manitoba for the 12th ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2016) to be held from December 5 – 9th 2016 at the RBC Convention Centre.

As the largest annual Arctic research gathering held in Canada, the ASM welcomes over 500 participants annually and is the ideal venue to present results from all fields of Arctic research and stimulate national and international networking and partnership activities. Scientists, policy and decision makers, representatives of government and non-government organizations, the private sector, Inuit and northern stakeholders and media are invited to join us at ASM2016 to address the global challenges and opportunities brought to the Arctic by climate change and modernization.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS:
Abstracts for oral and poster presentations addressing all fields of Arctic research are now being accepted by completing the online abstract submission form available on the ASM2016 website. The deadline for abstract submission is Monday October 3, 2016.

Anyone interested in organizing specific topical sessions should contact me as soon as possible at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Posters presented by graduate students are eligible for the Graduate Student Poster Awards.

PROGRAM :
The ASM2016 is a 5-day Conference beginning with Student Day at 8:30 on Monday December 5, 2016. The official opening session of the Conference will be at 13:30 on Tuesday December 6 and the Conference will finish at 12:00 on Friday December 9, 2016.

The Conference Banquet will be held Wednesday December 7 at the RBC Convention Centre and is included with your registration.

ArcticNet is very proud to host the 2016 Arctic Inspiration Prize Awards Ceremony in conjunction with its annual meeting. This event will be held Thursday December 8 at 8:00 pm at the Centennial Concert Hall and will feature a performance by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Nunavut Sivuniksavut.

REGISTRATION:
On-line registration for the Conference is now available on the ASM2016 website. Register before the early-bird deadline of Monday October 31, 2016 to save on your registration fee.

HOTEL:
Our host hotel for the ASM2016 is the Delta Winnipeg, ideally situated in the heart of the city and conveniently connected by Skywalk to the RBC Convention Centre and in close proximity to downtown Winnipeg attractions.

Our block of rooms is guaranteed until November 7, 2016. Please book your rooms as early as possible by using the hotel reservation information provided on the ASM2016 website. Be sure to quote ASM2016/ArcticNet when making your reservation by phone in order to take advantage of the Conference rates.

VISIT THE ASM2016 WEBSITE:
Additional information on the conference, hotel & venue, and sponsor/exhibitor opportunities is available on the ASM2016 website.

ice flows game startScientists and games developers have joined forces to help communicate the impact of climate change on the Antarctic Ice Sheet.

The ice held in the Antarctic Ice Sheet has the potential to cause significant changes in sea level in the future, which will affect many people around the world. As a result, it is important that people have an awareness of the impact of a changing climate on the world’s ice sheets, but this complex system is difficult to understand and predict.

Now the scientists and games developers have produced a free-to-use interactive game, “Ice Flows”, to help demonstrate how the Antarctic Ice Sheet responds to climate change in an accessible way to children and game players of all ages. The game, which can be played at www.iceflowsgame.com, will be launched at the SCAR Open Science Conference in Kuala Lumpur on the 23rd August. It will be free to download from app stores.

The game is built on a simple representation of how ice flows in Antarctica and how it responds to changes in the environment - through changes in snowfall and ocean temperature. It allows players to impose climatic changes to control the extent of the ice sheet to guide penguins to fish; if they get it wrong, the penguin may meet its doom in the jaws of a leopard seal. The aim is to promote understanding of the complexity of the ice sheet system by enabling the player to carry out their own ice sheet model experiments, much like the scientists working on the research. The game has a number of levels representing how different parts of the Antarctic will respond to climate change.ice flows game play

The game development is funded as part of a research project ‘Ice shelves in a warming world’, investigating the Filchner Ice Shelf system in Antarctica, combining field measurements with numerical modelling of ice flow, ocean currents and the atmosphere. This region is potentially highly vulnerable to changes in ocean currents driven by a changing climate.

ice flows game playThe game has been developed by Anne Le Brocq at the University of Exeter, in collaboration with games developers Inhouse Visuals and Questionable Quality, and the British Antarctic Survey, who are leading the research project. The project also involves researchers from the UK Met Office, National Oceanography Centre, University College London, the University of Oxford and the Alfred Wegner Institute in Germany.

Dr Anne Le Brocq, Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography at the University of Exeter, said: “The response of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to a changing climate is very complex and, as a result, is difficult to communicate in a clear and understandable way. The use of a game helps not only to visualise the system, but also to provide an immersive environment for the player to fully understand the behaviour of the ice sheet and how it responds to changes in the environment. Hopefully it’s fun to play too!”

The game development was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council.

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) are pleased to announce this year’s Fellowship awardees.  The Fellowships are worth up to US$15,000 each and seven Fellowships (four SCAR, three COMNAP) will be awarded in this round. The SCAR Fellowships are awarded to: Lavenia Ratnarajah, Jilda Caccavo, Graeme Clark and Ryan Reisinger. Graeme Clark becomes the second Prince Albert II of Monaco Fellow, funded from the Prix Biodiversité awarded to SCAR in 2013. The COMNAP Fellowships are awarded to: Chris Horvat, Blanca Figuerola and Ronja Reese.

This year, 55 applications were received. The winners of the Fellowships will carry out a range of scientific research in areas including sea ice distribution, ecological response to environmental change, invasive species and iron fertilization in the Southern Ocean. 

SCAR has been offering scientific fellowships to early career scientists since 2005. Such fellowships have enabled Antarctic scientists to participate in a range of significant research including using ice cores to determine proxies for the Southern Annular Mode, a molecular study of Antarctic ostracods, and investigating particulate carbon and biogenic silica in sea ice in both the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Since 2005, 38 SCAR Fellowships have been awarded.

In 2011, COMNAP launched the Antarctic Research Fellowship Scheme, offering one fellowship for an early career person in order to carry out research within a COMNAP National Antarctic Program. With this year’s awards, there have been twelve COMNAP Fellowships or joint Fellowships awarded.

The Fellowships support the scientific goals of SCAR and the international cooperation goal of COMNAP to develop and promote best practice in managing the support to Antarctic science. The Fellowships enable the early career researchers to join a project team from another country, opening up new opportunities and often creating research partnerships that last many years and over many Antarctic research seasons.

Dear Colleagues of the Antarctic Community,

With 2016 marking the 25th anniversary of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (Madrid Protocol), we would like to investigate how communication between scientists and policy makers could be enhanced, thereby improving our stewardship of Antarctica. With this aim in mind, we would like to invite you to participate in a brief online survey to investigate current engagement between Antarctic researchers and policy-makers. We anticipate that the outcomes of the survey will be used to inform the thinking of SCAR, Antarctic Treaty System Parties and other stakeholders.

The survey will take about 25 minutes to complete. We would kindly ask you to complete the survey within four weeks.
You can access the survey here:Antarctic-science-policy.

This work is associated with the Mini-Symposium “Linking Antarctic Science with environmental protection: Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Madrid Protocol” of the SCAR Open Science Conference at Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia, August 2016), where issues of science-policy interactions will be discussed further. To obtain more information about the Mini-Symposium go to http://scar2016.com/symposia-session.php.

Please forward this email to colleagues in your network. If you have any queries, or comments after taking the survey, please send them to Daniela Liggett (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Gabriela Roldan (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) who are coordinating the survey in association with the University of Canterbury.

We greatly appreciate your help and participation in this research.

With thanks and very best wishes,

Daniela Liggett, José Xavier, Annick Wilmotte, Kevin Hughes and Gabriela Roldan

P.S. This research project has been reviewed and approved by the Human Ethics Committee of the University of Canterbury (Ref: HEC 2016/36/LR-PS).

The call for proposals for the 2016 – 2018 Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship is now open. The Fellowship provides young scientists with the opportunity to conduct research in East Antarctica operating out of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station.

A joint initiative of the Baillet Latour Fund and the International Polar Foundation, the €150,000 research grant aims to promote scientific excellence in Antarctica and underscores the crucial role polar science plays in furthering our understanding of the Earth and how it functions.

Young researchers interested in conducting research in the atmospheric sciences, glaciology, geology and microbiology (excluding marine microbiology) at, or near, the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica are encouraged to apply.

Since 2012, the Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship has been open to applicants from any country around the world. Applicants must be either doctoral researchers or post-doctoral researchers who have completed their PhD within the past 10 years. The successful applicant will continue to work at their current research organisation.

More information is available at http://www.polarfoundation.org/projects/detail/baillet_latour_fellowship

CAFF LogoCAFF is seeking a 10% position to coordinate the East Asian-Australasian Flyway of the Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative (AMBI), and envisions a post-doc or other graduate student to conduct the tasks alongside their studies, research or other work.

Applicants from East Asian-Australasian Flyway countries (East Russia, Singapore, Japan, China, Republic of Korea) are strongly encouraged to apply.

Tasks include:

  • Organize and guide the EAAF Working Group (comprised of country AC and observer country and organization representatives) tasked with implementing the AMBI workplan
  • Coordinate, organize, host, and act as rapporteur for monthly EAAF Working Group online conference calls
  • Liaise and communicate with the AMBI coordinator and CAFF International Secretariat on EAAF progress
  • Help to organize and participate in the AMBI EAAF project meeting in Singapore, January 2017
  • Work with the overall AMBI coordinator and CAFF international secretariat to prepare and deliver the EAAF portion of the AMBI mid-term review
  • Contribute to the overall AMBI mid-term review process in collaboration with the AMBI coordinator and CAFF international secretariat
  • Fundraise to support continuation of this position beyond April 2017

Applications sought by July 27 and the work is planned to start in early August.

For full job desciption and details of how to apply please click here.

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During the ASSW meeting in Fairbanks earlier this year, AMAP and EU-PolarNet organised a workshop to discuss research needs for Arctic Health and Wellness. Climate change has the potential to disrupt traditional ways of life in the North and thereby precipitate worsening health and wellness of those who live there. This workshop aimed to discuss these issues and possible ways forward.  The format of the workshop was talks by invited experts followed by open discussions of themes raised during the presentations. The report summarising this workshop has now been published and can be accessed here.

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International Conference on Arctic Science: Bringing Knowledge to Action will take place in April 24-27, 2017 Reston, Virginia, USA, organized by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP).
Building on the 2011 Arctic Messenger of Change Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark, the 2017 International Conference on Arctic Science: Bringing Knowledge to Action will provide updated scientific, decision-making and policy-relevant information across a broad array of different Arctic issues and related scientific disciplines. Emphasis will be on what state-of- the-art research is now telling us about present and future change within the Arctic- and its implications for policy- and decision-making. Organized to include plenary and breakout sessions covering both disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, results from the various sessions will be used in shaping future science priorities and strategies across the Arctic Council’s six Working Groups.

To learn more please visit AMAPs' website or check the information in attached file.

Save the date!

This is the First Announcement for the 12th ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2016) to be held from 05 to 09 December 2016 at the RBC Convention Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

As the largest annual Arctic research gathering held in Canada, the ArcticNet ASM is the ideal venue to present results from all fields of Arctic research and stimulate networking and partnership activities.

Building on the success of previous ASMs, the 2016 Meeting will welcome researchers, students, Inuit, Northerners, policy makers, stakeholders and the media to address the global challenges and opportunities brought by climate change and modernization in the Arctic.

Detailed information on the meeting, registration, call for abstracts and sponsor/exhibitor opportunities will be available on the ASM2016 website in July 2016.

epb logo desktop 2015The European Polar Board (EPB) is looking for an Assistant Policy Officer to assist with creating and editing internal and external policy documents, handle communications and provide administrative support for the organisation. The post is part-time (80% or 4 days a week) and is based in Den Haag (The Hague) in the Netherlands.

The deadline for applications is 14 July 2016. Full details of the post are available on the EPB's vacancy webpage.

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is pleased to announce that Dr. Robert Dunbar, from the USA, has been selected to receive the 2016 SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research.

Dr. Dunbar, Professor at Stanford University, California, USA, has contributed many important advances to our knowledge of environmental changes in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean both now and in the past. In addition, SCAR would like to note his particular selfless dedication to scientific investigation, support of early career researchers, ability to collaborate across disciplinary boundaries and the leadership he has given to the SCAR community.

After receiving the news about his award, Rob commented "Wow wow wow! That is my reaction as this is surprise – a really nice one! I’ve always worked in Antarctica as part of a team, sometimes as a team leader and sometimes as a follower – so any recognition for excellence in Antarctic research is in fact a tribute to lots of people and many programs. What makes me most happy is the recognition for international collaboration and for supporting other scientists – at all levels of experience. We have many scientific grand challenges to be solved in Antarctica, challenges that impact the entire world. We can only meet them by working together as scientists from many nations – and by making sure we have the next generation of Antarctic investigators well-trained, well-funded, and well-prepared.”

The SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research is awarded in recognition of sustained contributions to research over a career. Selection is based on a person's outstanding contributions to knowledge and the impact of their work on understanding the Antarctic region, the linkages between Antarctica and the Earth system, and/or observations of and from Antarctica. Nominees are welcomed in all areas of Antarctic and Southern Ocean research. A distinguished career in providing scientific advice to policy- and/or decision-makers is also considered a demonstration of excellence in Antarctic research. Awardees should have a distinguished professional career history and have demonstrated involvement in SCAR activities.

Dr. Dunbar’s application, led by Martin Siegert, was considered by an independent medal committee and approved by the SCAR Executive Committee. He will be presented with the Medal at the SCAR Open Science Conference Banquet on 25 August 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Rob Dunbar joins a distinguished group of past recipients of this Medal including Steven Chown (2014), John Priscu (2012), John Turner (2010), Angelika Brandt (2008) and Paul Mayewski (2006).

In addition, SCAR recently announced that Dr. Heinz Miller is the recipient of the 2016 SCAR Medal for International Collaboration and the SCAR President’s Medal for Outstanding Achievement will be announced soon. For more information on SCAR Medals, please see http://www.scar.org/awards/medals.

Please join us in celebrating the important contributions of Dr. Robert Dunbar.

IARPC Arctic Data Collaboration Team (ADCT) Meeting and Webinar

June 30, 2016 13:00 EDT (09:00 AKDT)

Webinar

Adobe Connect : https://iarpc.adobeconnect.com/ctmeetings/

Bridging across data barriers: From Arctic permafrost to global connections

Lynn Yarmey, Research Data Alliance
Colleen Strawhacker, National Snow and Ice Data Center

Abstract: Of critical importance to the ultimate success of Arctic data efforts is the ability to connect data across geospatial and temporal scale, domain, and national boundary among other dimensions. While rarely can a project or program address all of these at once, partnering and collaboration offer mechanisms to advance data efforts. In this talk we present one example of this type of partnership and opportunity by looking at connections within the national and international permafrost data communities, and then between permafrost efforts and broader global cross-disciplinary work. Partnering permafrost and data management expertise, the NSF-funded PermaData project led by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has the goal of making existing permafrost data easier to access and use across scales. PermaData has partnered with national and international teams from the Arctic Observing Viewer (AOV) the international Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P), the Arctic Data Committee and others to ensure a widely useful approach that will support meaningful change to make permafrost data easy to use. The Research Data Alliance is a community-driven, distributed organization committed to enabling the open sharing of data by building social and technical bridges. With similar goals and communities, collaboration and partnership across Arctic and global efforts present a natural path forward to advance the work of data and research more broadly.

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) announces that applications are now available for student travel grants for assistance in attending the 2016 AGU Fall Meeting which will be held from 12-16 December 2016 in San Fransisco, California.

The AGU Fall Meeting General Student Travel Grant provides some funds to assist with travel costs. Awardees traveling from the U.S. and Canada will receive a $500 award, and awardees traveling from outside the U.S. and Canada will receive $1000 in funds. Funds are delivered after Fall Meeting and are not meant to reimburse specific travel costs (i.e. airfare, hotel, etc.), rather they are meant to help recoup costs of traveling to Fall Meeting.

To be eligible to apply for a student travel grant, the applicant must meet the following requirements:

  • Current student member of AGU;
  • Be either a high school student, 2 and 4 year undergraduate student, or a graduate student;
  • Successfully-submitted abstract prior to filling out travel grant application (abstract reference number will be required on the application); and
  • First author presenting a paper or poster.

Preference will be given to applicants from demographic groups who underrepresented in the sciences. After students are rated for diversity, students who meet the following criteria will be selected:

  • Students with sufficient additional funding resources to cover the remainder of the meeting registration and travel expenses;
  • Students whose abstracts show strong scientific merit to application reviewers in their respective Sections/Focus Groups; and
  • Students who thoroughly answer the short essay questions.

Application Deadline: 10 August 2016.

For more information, including specific instructions on how to apply, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/AGU-Student-Travel-Grants.

For more information on the AGU Fall Meeting 2016, go to:
https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2016/.

For questions, please contact:
Pranoti Asher
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Rob Deconto lowresThe 2016 Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica has been awarded to Professor Robert DeConto, University of Massachusetts-Amherst. This recognition comes for his outstanding work on past and future Antarctic climate and for research integrating geological data with modelling to reveal likely consequences for future sea level rise from ice sheet melt.

Rob DeConto’s background spans geology, oceanography, atmospheric science and glaciology. He studied at the University of Colorado in the late 1980s and early 1990s before undertaking one of the first PhD studies on Earth System modelling to help understand warm climates in the geologic past. This was followed by post doctoral positions at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), before joining the faculty of the University of Massachusetts.

In the last fifteen years, Rob’s work has focused on the climate of Antarctica, the dynamics of ice sheets, and the sensitivity of the Antarctic Ice Sheets (and sea level) to conditions warmer than today. The need for model/field data integration was born in part from an international workshop he organized in 2002 that laid the ground work for what would eventually become the SCAR Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE) and SCAR Past Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics (PAIS) scientific research programmes. His leadership has been instrumental in bringing ice sheet modelling and data acquisition communities together, enabling a data-constrained modelling approach to understanding the past and future behaviour of Antarctica’s ice sheets. This initially led to the now classic 2003 Nature paper with modeller David Pollard, Pennsylvania State University, which presented a new coupled ice sheet-climate model showing how atmospheric CO2 levels declining below ~3 times pre-industrial levels could initiate ice sheet growth on Antarctica.

Rob’s pioneering data-model integration strategy was also key to the success of the ANDRILL programme, central to SCAR ACE and PAIS, and eventually adapted by the International Ocean Drilling Program’s (IODP) science plan with an emphasis on the role of the South Polar region in climate evolution and sea level history.

Over the last decade, Rob has worked with colleagues to build on this basic methodology in a series of influential papers, incorporating new and significant ice loss processes that provide improved comparisons between model results and geological data. In their most recent article (DeConto and Pollard, Nature, March 2016), the models predict a doubling in the amount of sea level rise by the end of the century and beyond, compared with the 2013 assessment by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This increased sea-level rise comes from melting ice sheets if atmospheric CO2 emissions continue to rise as at present. They also show that aggressive reductions in CO2 emissions in order stabilize global warming at no more than 2 degrees C agreed in the Paris Climate Change Accord, substantially limits Antarctic ice sheet melting and future sea-level rise.

Rob DeConto says, “I am thrilled to receive this award. Our work indicates we do still have choices in addressing climate change and sea-level rise. The award will stimulate my work with colleagues to improve the robustness of this new generation of models, hopefully leading to greater confidence in confronting the issue.”

Julie Brigham-Grette, Head, Department of Geosciences. University of Massachusetts Amherst, and chair of the U.S. National Academy Polar Research Board, says, “DeConto has forged an international reputation through his work with colleagues toward understanding the processes and dynamic interactions of past ice sheets and climate. The latest article reflects his evolving research focus toward Antarctica’s future and global-to-local sea-level impacts, by informing international climate mitigation policy.”

The award will be officially presented to him at the SCAR 2016 Open Science Conference in Kuala Lumpur on August 23.

The Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica includes a $100,000 USD unrestricted award presented to an individual in the fields of Antarctic science or policy that has demonstrated potential for sustained and significant contributions that will enhance the understanding and/or preservation of Antarctica. The prize is funded by the Tinker Foundation, whose goal is to recognize excellence in Antarctic research by honouring someone in the early to mid-stages of his or her career. The Prize is inspired by Martha T. Muse’s passion for Antarctica and is a legacy of the International Polar Year. For further details, please visit the Muse Prize website.

Heinz Miller 2016The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is pleased to announce that Dr. Heinrich Miller, from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany, has been selected to receive the 2016 SCAR Medal for International Coordination.

Dr. Miller has an outstanding breadth of expertise and scientific contribution across glaciology, geophysics and applications to ice core research. Of particular note has been his active involvement in SCAR and significant contribution to large-scale international scientific projects, as well as his involvement in the Council of Managers for Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), the Antarctic Treaty, helping link SCAR and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), and his leadership in and vision for Antarctic science.

After receiving the news about his award, Heinz commented "I feel greatly honoured by receiving the SCAR Medal for International Coordination and I thank those who thought me worthy enough for this award. However, all I have ever done in Antarctic science was just governed by my fascination for science on and around this beautiful continent.”

The SCAR Medal for International Coordination is awarded for outstanding and sustained contributions to international cooperation and partnerships. Nomination of persons who have advanced SCAR's mission to initiate, facilitate, co-ordinate and encourage international research activity in the Antarctic region are encouraged. Awardees should have a distinguished professional career history. A record of recognition of international activities by their peers, including prizes, honorary degrees, and other awards, demonstrating the person's impact. The relevance of such coordination work should be demonstrated, for example with regard to capacity building, products of use to the wider community, data and information, etc.

Dr. Miller’s application, led by Hubertus Fischer, was considered by an independent medal committee and approved by the SCAR Executive Committee. He will be presented with the Medal at the SCAR Open Science Conference Banquet on 25 August 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Heinz Miller joins a distinguished group of past recipients of this Medal including Chuck Kennicutt and Rasik Ravindra (2014 joint award), Ian Allison (2012), Alan Cooper and Robert Rutford (2010 joint award), Claude Lorius (2008), and David Walton (2006). SCAR will also be announcing the recipients of the 2016 SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research and the SCAR President’s Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the coming weeks.

Please join us in celebrating the important contributions of Dr. Heinrich Miller.

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The first circular is available for the Arctic Science Summit Week 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic, including a reminder that session proposals can be submitted until 30 June 2016. More information here.

International Penguin Early Career Scientists (IPECS) is accepting abstracts for a small number of oral presentations during our 1st Early Career Forum on Sun., Sept. 4, 2016. The Forum is a scheduled session of our International Penguin Careers workshop (Sept. 2-4), to be held the weekend before and in partnership with the 9th International Penguin Conference in Cape Town, South Africa (Sept. 5-9). This workshop is free to attend, thanks to the generosity of our Major Sponsor, the Global Penguin Society.

If interested, early career scientists should submit abstracts for oral presentations during our Forum no later than Thurs., June 30, 2016. Each speaker will receive time to share their penguin research, time to answer questions, and then personal feedback from IPECS' expert mentors on how they can improve their presentation.

For information on workshop registration and abstract submission, please visit our website: www.ipecs.org/workshop

Please e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or tweet @iPenguinECS with any questions.

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The SCAR SRP State of the Antarctic Ecosystem (AntEco) is pleased to be able to provide a contribution to travel funding (up to $1000 US) for a few Early Career Researchers* to attend the SCAR Open Science Conference in KL, Malaysia in late August this year.

Please answer the following three questions in your application:

1) Are you presenting either a poster or talk at the OSC? If so please provide the title
2) Please provide up to 2 sentences on how your work addresses the key objectives of AntEco
3) Please provide up to 2 sentences on how it will help your career to attend the OSC.
4) A one sentence budget detailing how you will spend the funds.

Please send your application to Huw Griffiths (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) AND Jan Strugnell (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) by Friday 17 June.

Please note: *ECR is defined for these purposes as less than 5 years post PhD. Applicants with a career break meaning that they are beyond 5 years post PhD will also be considered.

 

PolarMusNet imageThe Polar Museums Network is a new international initiative to strengthen and spread the knowledge of polar history, science and exploration. The PMN is open to all museums, institutions and individuals with an interest in the collection, preservation, research and interpretation of polar artefacts. (Further information about the PMN can be found at: www.polarmuseumsnetwork.org.)

The PMN will be holding its inaugural conference this autumn, 21–23 October 2016 at the Fram Museum, Oslo, Norway. The conference theme is Polar Partnerships: Working together to spread the knowledge of polar history, science and exploration. The conference will feature presentations and discussion sessions.

The PMN invites proposals for presentations and discussion sessions. Your proposal should include your name and email address, the title or topic, and an abstract of no more than 500 words. Please see the attached Call for Papers or the PMN website for further details. Please submit all proposals to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 3 June 2016.

aklogo enHuSArctic project organizes an international conference on Human and Societal Security in the Circumpolar Arctic in March 25-28, 2017 in Enontekiö, Finland and Kautokeino, Norway. The specific focus of the conference is on the Barents region and its environment, sustainability and development.

HuSArctic project teams up researchers from numerous countries and various backgrounds to jointly elaborate on multiple vulnerabilities and challenges to the Arctic population, with a specific reference to the Barents region. The project is hosted by the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law at the Arctic Center of the University of Lapland.

In order to bring together these researchers, we organize an international conference on the Finnish-Norwegian border, in a beautiful Lappish setting. As the conference will take place during the St Mary’s Day (Marianpäivät), we will also visit the Sámi festival in Hetta (Enontekiö).
Transportation from Rovaniemi to Enontekiö will be arranged, and a number of travel grants are available for covering travel costs to Rovaniemi.

Call for papers by 15 July
We welcome academic papers from early career scientists at their advanced level of doctoral research as well as from the post-docs to present at the conference.
Please send your abstract (maximum 300 words) with your name, title, affiliation and contact information by 15 July, 2016 by email to the following address: husarctic.conference2017(at)gmail.com.

The accepted abstracts will be announced by July 30, 2016. The deadline for paper submission is 15 September, 2016.

More information:
Detailed call for papers can be found from here.

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The Explorers Club is proud to be accepting applications on behalf of the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) Maritime University under the auspices of the Russian Geographical Society. Philanthropist, polar explorer, and Honorary Director Dr. Fredrik Paulsen is sponsoring this Antarctic Circumpolar Research Expedition in 2016-2017.

NOTE: DEADLINE DATE IS MAY 27th 2016 17:00 CET

The ACE Maritime University is offering Masters and early Ph.D. students from the UK, Australia, South Africa, France, Switzerland, Russia, Norwayand the USA the opportunity to follow a 3-4 week intensive course onboard the Akademik Treshnikov during a ~25 day transit cruise prior to the expedition. The departure from Bremerhaven (Germany) is planned on November 20th and will arrive in Cape Town, South Africa approximately on December 16th 2016.

Applications will be accepted from graduates with a background in marine sciences. Master level students and Ph.D. students registered at a university in the ACE partner countries (Australia, France, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom) and the USA are eligible. Five to six US applicants will be selected by The Explorers Club.

Among other areas, students should be interested in studying one or more of the following themes:

• Physical Oceanography
• Biological Oceanography
• Biogeochemistry and the Carbon Cycle
• Atmospheric Science
• Marine Instrumentation
• Data Management and Analysis

There will be 40-45 students onboard together with approximately 20 experienced researchers who will be setting up their equipment for the ACE cruise and will contribute to the teaching/mentoring on the ACE Maritime University expedition. Additionally, the group will be split into 2 groups, each with one coordinator and will do both classroom and practical work.

All costs (including one night in Bremerhaven and Cape Town, and all travel and subsistence will be covered apart from the students’ medical coverage (private or university health insurance) and their outdoor gear for the cruise (which should not require anything exceptional).

Please visit the website to download application form.

Click here for additional important program details

All Applicants should send their application files/forms in one batch to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by May 27th 2016 with a copy to The Explorers Club at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Announcements of awards are expected by early July.

NOTE: The eligibility of applicants is determined by his/her academic affiliation, not his/her nationality (i.e. a Swiss student studying at an Italian university will not be eligible; and an Australian citizen studying in the UK will fall under the UK group, and is eligible).

The Department of Agriculture of the Falkland Islands plans to create a film on biosecurity issues to show to all incoming passengers and thereby help to protect the environment, wildlife, people and the economy of the Falkland Islands.

Footage is particularly welcomed of:

  • general landscape and scenery
  • Falkland's wildlife
  • People (locals and tourists)
  • Industries (farming, fishing, tourism etc.)
  • Footage with a strong biosecurity message from memorable events e.g. foot and mouth

All footage will be credited.

Please send footage to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Full details here.

The UTP Team invites international scientists to take part in the UTP III Expedition "From Pole to Pole" onboard a polar schooner, the "Why". The idea is to propose to young scientists to conduct their fieldwork onboard this science international expedition. The UTP III expedition is a three years of circumnavigation and submarine exploration from Arctic to Antarctic dedicated to scientific programs focusing on a better understanding of the marine world.

The goal is to offer to scientists a unique opportunity to study the marine environment of the Arctic, Pacific, Antarctic and Atlantic oceans by providing them innovative human underwater exploration facility from the surface down to 130 meters. The expedition scientific team and experts will select 10 research projects focused on marine science, marine biology, chemistry, marine conservation, biodiversity and aiming to unravel key scientific questions arising from recent and innovative research.

For further information about Under The Pole and its series of underwater expeditions, please visit the website.

For detailed instructions for applying including expedition planning information, the polar schooner the "Why", services and underwater tools, selection criteria, please download the full announcement.

For questions, please contact the scientific team at : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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The Collaborative Innovation Centre for Territorial Sovereignty and Maritime Rights (CICTSMR), the Research Institute of Environmental Law (RIEL), Wuhan University, China and the School of Law, University of New England, Australia are pleased to announce the call for papers for the “Conservation of Marine Living Resources in the Polar Regions: Science, Politics and Law” Conference.

The conference will be held on 25-26 March 2017.

Abstracts of no more than 400 words should be emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 15 September 2016. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed by an international panel of reviewers. Selected speakers will be notified by 15 November 2016. It is anticipated that an edited book of papers or a special issue of journal articles from the Conference would be published in 2018.

For more details and a list of confirmed speakers please visit the conference website.

Arctic Summer CollegeEcologic Institute US and Ecologic Institute Berlin are now accepting applications until May 29, 2016, from motivated students and professionals passionate about the people and the environment of the Arctic.

Through this one-of-a-kind 8-week virtual campus, participants from around the world learn about contemporary issues affecting the Arctic and engage in discussions with experts, exchanging views and creating a lively learning environment. The curriculum focuses on climate change adaptation, natural resource management, biodiversity protection, environmental governance, energy policy, security, and human health.

The College provides opportunities to develop academic skills, broaden professional and academic networks, and engage with policy and thought leaders working every day on the critical issues facing the Arctic.

This year, we are offering two tracks to choose from: Arctic Summer College for Students and Arctic Summer College for Professionals, each tailored to best benefit the participants.

Both programs offer:
To learn more about each track and begin your application, follow the link below to your preferred program.

Application for Arctic Summer College for Students:
http://goo.gl/forms/Q4w0wbXr0a

Application for Arctic Summer College for Professionals:
http://goo.gl/forms/1RqBUhTiHx

Application deadline: May 29, 2016

For questions about the application process, write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. To learn more about past programs, visit http://arcticsummercollege.org.
We look forward to receiving your application.

Sincerely,
The Arctic Summer College Team

SCAR logo white backgroundAs SCAR’s current Strategic Plan expires at the end of 2016, efforts are underway for the development of a new plan to meet the future needs of SCAR in the period 2017-2022.

As it was approved in the last SCAR Delegates Meeting, we have been working to develop a new strategic plan, under the guidance of the SCAR Executive Committee, Chief Officers, staff, and several other leaders within the organization.

This next Strategic Plan is intended to be reviewed yearly by the SCAR Executive Committee and Chief Officers, and is to be a living document – remaining relevant to SCAR’s changing needs in the period 2017-2022. The goal is to streamline the plan and make it short, succinct, direct, and purposeful. One of the main outcomes of the Strategic Plan meeting (held in conjunction with the SCAR ExCom 2015 meeting) was to focus on communication and strengthening SCAR, under the auspices of the SCAR Antarctic Science Horizon Scan. Thus the vision for the next SCAR Strategic Plan is:

SCAR’s vision is to be an engaged, active, forward-looking organization that promotes, facilities, and delivers scientific excellence and evidence-based policy advice on globally significant issues that are relevant to Antarctica.

The current version has been through several iterations by the Strategic Plan Team, and many national delegates, leaders of SCAR groups, and SCAR partners have provided feedback. We hope that you will find the document useful to enhance and communicate SCAR’s mission and carry out its goals for years to come.

We are now seeking feedback from the full SCAR community as we work to further refine the plan. Please provide specific comments to SCAR’s Executive Director, Jenny Baeseman <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.> by 6 June 2016.

The next version of the plan will be ready for the SCAR Delegates meeting in August 2016 in Malaysia.

The SCAR Strategic Plan 2017-2022 should be a consensus, inclusive document prepared after an open and iterative process of consultation. Therefore, we would like to count on your cooperation in reviewing and providing input to the SCAR Strategic Plan, Draft 6, which is attached in both pdf and MS Word versions.

SAONThe Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) is an initiative of the Arctic Council together with the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The purpose of SAON is to support and strengthen the development and multinational engagement for sustained and coordinated pan-Arctic observing and data sharing systems that serve societal needs, particularly related to environmental, social, economic and cultural issues.

The SAON Board has established an External Review Committee to conduct an external review of SAON. The plan for the review states that the Committee should organise a survey among Arctic stakeholders. The outcomes of the survey will be used to inform the External Review Committee’s deliberations and be part of the report that the External Review Committee delivers to the SAON Board by 1st September 2016. There is more information about the External Review Committee and timelines for the work here.

The survey has 25 questions and will take 10-15 minutes to fill in. We should kindly ask you to complete the survey by 1st June.

Link to survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VX9XVVS

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We are pleased to announce the International school-conference for young scientists “Climate, geography and environment of the Russian Arctic” which will take place in Apatity town, Murmansk region, Russia on 4-10 September 2016.

The conference is organized by the Institute of the North Industrial Ecology Problems (Kola Science Center RAS), Institute of Geography RAS, the Faculty of Geography Lomonosov Moscow State University and A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics RAS. We would like to invite you to register to our event especially if you are Bachelor, Master or PhD students or young scientists under 35 years old. The school will have a focus on research in the field of geography, palaeogeography, climatology and oceanography of polar regions of Russia within the following topics:

  1. Evolution and modern dynamics of terrestrial and marine ecosystems of the Arctic;
  2. Present conditions and projected changes of the climatic system of the Arctic;
  3. History of study and exploration of the Russian Arctic;
  4. Ecologic, economic and social problems of the Arctic;
  5. Perspectives of the development of Arctic region in the changing climate

The conference programme will be complimented by the lectures and presentations of senior scientists and experts in the field of Arctic research. The most interesting presentations of the young scientists will be considered for publication in the periodicals of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

No registration fee is required. Travel and accommodation costs are the sole responsibility of participants. Official languages of the conference – Russian and English.

Important deadlines:

1 May – Conference website launched, registration form is available online at http://apatity2016.ru

1 June– Registration deadline

For any questions, please get in touch with the Organizing Committee at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

More information coming soon!

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The Arctic-FROST research coordination network announces the availability of travel awards for Early Career Researchers to attend The Third Arctic-FROST network meeting and Early Career Scholars Workshop on Arctic Sustainability in the Global Context in Vienna, Austria on 9-12 September 2016.

Application Deadline: 30 April 2016

Arctic FRontiers Of SusTainability: Resources, Societies, Environments and Development in the Changing North (Arctic-FROST) is a new NSF-funded international interdisciplinary collaborative network that teams together environmental and social scientists, local educators and
community members from all circumpolar countries to enable and mobilize research on sustainable Arctic development, specifically aimed at
improving health, human development and well-being of Arctic communities while conserving ecosystem structures, functions and resources under
changing climate conditions

The theme of the Annual Meeting and Early Career Scholars Workshop is on Arctic Sustainability in the Global Context. Papers should deal with one
of the following topics:

Sustainability and sustainable development in the Arctic or Sub-Arctic of particular relevance to the rest of the world;
Comparative studies of sustainability between Arctic and other regions;
Studies from various geographic contexts, which provide valuable insights into Arctic sustainability; and
Studies that analyze the role of outside actors in arctic sustainable development.

The main focus question of the conference is "What Can Arctic Sustainability Research Learn from or Teach the Rest of the World?"

To be Eligible, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Be an early career scholar (5 years since PhD) or current graduate student;
- Be an Arctic-FROST network member. You can register online.
-Be prepared to make an oral presentation on the subject related to sustainability and/or sustainable development in the Arctic or Sub-Arctic regions at the meeting; and
- Be available to participate in all conference and workshop activities.

Applications are being accepted from eligible applicants in all countries, disciplines and institution types. Applications from Indigenous scholars and Arctic residents are especially encouraged.

To apply please send an extended abstract of your paper (500-700 words) a short biosketch (1 page), and a statement of interest for
participating in the workshop (1 page) to Ann Crawford (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Andrey Petrov (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Arctic-FROST will cover full cost of attendance including travel and accommodations. The participants will be expected to comply with NSF travel requirements.

For more information, go to: http://uni.edu/arctic/frost/

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COMNAP2016

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP) have launched their 2016 Fellowship Programme for early-career researchers. The fellowships are worth up to USD $15,000 each and up to six fellowships in total are on offer for 2016. They enable early-career researchers to join a project team from another country for a short time, opening up new opportunities and often creating research partnerships that last for many years and over many Antarctic research seasons. The deadline for applications is 1 June 2016. Full details of the scheme, including the application process, are on the SCAR website at http://www.scar.org/fellowship/information.

The SCAR and COMNAP Fellowships are launched in conjunction with the CCAMLR (Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) Scientific Scholarship Scheme. For more information, visit http://www.ccamlr.org/en/science/ccamlr-scientific-scholarship-scheme.

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The International Permafrost Association (IPA) is pleased to introduce a call for funded Action Groups. Action Groups are meant to fund targeted groups working towards the production of well-defined products. Action Groups will be funded on a competitive basis at up to 2500 € per year (maximum of 5000 € over the life of an Action Group). Up to 10 000 € per year of the IPA total budget will be devoted to Action Groups. These groups will have limited terms and will need to focus on clearly defined research outputs, such as maps, science plans, or databases, that can be supported through the organization of workshops, management support, technical support, etc.

The application form is available online.

The application process requires the demonstration of a clear timeline and clear deliverables for the Action Group. It also calls for the involvement of young researchers and a commitment to disseminate results.

Do not hesitate toThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. the Secretariat of the IPA for more information. Proposals must be submitted electronically to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., IPA Executive Director, by April 30, 2016. Please also send the proposals in cc to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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Nominations are now open for the 2016 Tinker Muse Prize. Nominations are open until Wednesday 11 May 2016.

The “Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica” is a US$ 100,000 unrestricted award presented to an individual in the fields of Antarctic science and/or policy who has demonstrated potential for sustained and significant contributions that will enhance the understanding and/or preservation of Antarctica. The Tinker Foundation’s goal is to establish a prestigious award that recognizes excellence in Antarctic research by honouring someone in the early to mid-stages of his or her career. The Prize is inspired by Martha T. Muse’s passion for Antarctica and is a legacy of the International Polar Year 2007-2008.


The prize-winner can be from any country and work in any field of Antarctic science or policy. The goal is to provide recognition of the important work being done by the individual and to call attention to the significance of understanding Antarctica in a time of change.
The Prize is awarded by the Tinker Foundation and administered by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).

QuantarcticaQuantarctica User Survey (5 minutes): http://www.quantarctica.org/user-survey.html

The Norwegian Polar Institute has developed the free, standalone open GIS package Quantarctica [quantarctica.org] for Antarctic science and mapping. This geospatial data package is built on the open-source, cross-platform QGIS software, and includes a wide range of cartographic basemap layers, geophysical and glaciological datasets, and satellite imagery. The next version of Quantarctica, releasing in 2017, will focus on increasing the breadth and depth of the included open data from an expanded array of international partners and investigators. Priorities for this new version include Antarctic climatology, biology, oceanography, and atmospheric sciences. The Quantarctica project is also expanding its educational outreach through online and video user tutorials and user workshops.

As part of this enhanced outreach effort, the buildup to the 2016 SCAR Open Science Conference in Kuala Lumpur, and the upcoming release of Quantarctica v3, the Quantarctica project team has assembled a User Survey, with three main goals:

  • Collecting basic demographic information about Quantarctica's diverse user community
  • Soliciting and identifying new datasets for inclusion in future versions of Quantarctica
  • Identifying user priorities for new features and technical improvements

The User Survey is meant for everyone in the Antarctic community, including those who have never used Quantarctica or GIS software. Feedback from this survey will be used to prioritize improvements and additions to Quantarctica v3. The survey will close on May 31st.

Access the User Survey here: http://www.quantarctica.org/user-survey.html

Watch a quick tour of Quantarctica v1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HV_VbxKKDM

Registration for the (free!) Quantarctica User Workshop at the SCAR OSC in Kuala Lumpur, Saturday 27 August:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RR7G3PF

From all of us on the Quantarctica project team, we appreciate your feedback, and look forward to bringing the next version of Quantarctica to you, the Antarctic community!

George Roth, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Kenny Matsuoka, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
on behalf of the Quantarctica project team at the Norwegian Polar Institute

The IUCN Global Marine and Polar Programme invites you to submit up to 3 photographs per category: (A) Marine Life (B) The Poles (C) Destinations (D) Human impact (E) Marine Conservation (F) Open Choice.

Please send your photos and any questions to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For rules and more information visit: www.tinyurl.com/2016GMPPphotocompetition. Open for entries until the 25th of May 2016

NSF Arctic-FROST ANNUAL NETWORK MEETING AND EARLY CAREER SCHOLARS WORKSHOP: Arctic Sustainability in the Global Context: What can we learn from or teach the rest of the world?

VIENNA, AUSTRIA, SEPTEMBER 9-12, 2016

The Arctic-FROST research coordination network is pleased to announce the availability of travel awards for Early Career Researchers to attend The Third Arctic-FROST network meeting and Early Career Scholars Workshop on Arctic Sustainability in the Global Context in Vienna, Austria (September 9-12, 2016).

Arctic-FROST: Arctic FRontiers Of SusTainability: Resources, Societies, Environments and Development in the Changing North is a new NSF-funded international interdisciplinary collaborative network that teams together environmental and social scientists, local educators and community members from all circumpolar countries to enable and mobilize research on sustainable Arctic development, specifically aimed at improving health, human development and well-being of Arctic communities while conserving ecosystem structures, functions and resources under changing climate conditions

The theme of the Annual Meeting and Early Career Scholars Workshop is on Arctic Sustainability in the Global Context. Papers could deal with (1) sustainability and sustainable development in the Arctic or Sub-Arctic of particular relevance to the rest of the world, (2) comparative studies of sustainability between Arctic and other regions, (3) studies from various geographic contexts, which provide valuable insights into Arctic sustainability, (4) studies that analyze the role of outside actors in arctic sustainable development are welcome.

  • The main focus question of the conference is “What can Arctic sustainability research learn from or teach the rest of the world?”

At this first meeting the Arctic-FROST casts a wide net and welcomes papers that address one of the following broad categories:

  • Sustainable environments
  • Sustainable economies
  • Sustainable cultures
  • Sustainable regions/communities

All participants:

  1. Will present their work at the Annual Meeting (all papers/presentations will be published online and considered for inclusion in the Arctic-FROST edited volume and/or in Polar Geography)
  2. Will participate in discussions and round tables with leading sustainability science researchers
  3. Will participate in the Workshop activities immediately following the Annual Meeting

Eligibility: an applicant shall be

  1. early career scholar (5 years since PhD) or current graduate student;
  2. Arctic-FROST network member by registering at www.uni.edu/arctic/frost
  3. prepared make an oral presentation on the subject related to sustainability and/or sustainable development in the Arctic or Sub-Arctic regions at the meeting and
  4. available to participate in all conference and workshop activities.

We accept applications from eligible applicants from all countries, disciplines and institution types. Applications from Indigenous scholars and Arctic residents are especially encouraged.

Funding: Arctic-FROST will cover full cost of attendance including travel and accommodations. Normally funds will be paid after the travel is completed; based on the reimbursement claim. The participants will be expected to comply with NSF travel requirements.

Application Deadline: April 30th, 2016

Application: submit extended abstract of your paper (500-750 words), short biosketch (1 page), statement of interest in workshop participation (1 page), register as Arctic-FROST member at www.uni.edu/arctic/frost

Send your applications and inquiries to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (copy to both emails).

ASSW2017Organizers of the Arctic Science Summit Week 2017 in Prague (Czech Republic) on 31 March – 7 April 2017 are now accepting session proposals for the ASSW 2017 Science Symposium, entitled „A Dynamic Arctic in Global Change“. The Science Symposium will be on 4-7 April 2017 and address the three sub-themes: (a) Changes in the Arctic, (b) Global Implications of Arctic Changes and (c) Impacts of Global Change on the Arctic. More information is available on the conference website: www.assw2017.eu.

An online form to submit session proposals, including a brief session description, the contact information of the proposed session conveners and other session details and suggestions for the meeting, is available here.

To facilitate the participation of early career scientists and indigenous peoples, the organizers recommend that each session proposal includes one early career scientist co-convener and/or one indigenous co-convener, if applicable. Session proposals should also consider the overall geographic and gender balance of the proposed co-conveners.

The tasks of the conveners include:

- soliciting submissions for their session;
- reviewing the abstracts submitted for the session;
- working with the Scientific Steering Committee to arrange the program of their session, including oral and poster presentations and chairing the session.

Depending on the session proposals received, the Scientific Steering Committee will possibly have to merge similar sessions.

Session proposal can be submitted until 30th June 2016. Lead conveners will be notified in July and the final list of sessions will be announced September 2016. Abstract submission will open on 1st October 2016 with a submission deadline not earlier than 30th November 2016 and notification of acceptance after 15th January 2017.

Any question should be directed to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The International Congress A European Arctic Policy: the role of non- Arctic Member States (June 10, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) will discuss the role played by non- Arctic European Member States in designing a regional Arctic policy. The conference will be developed on the basis of the papers received through the call issued in April 2015.

The call for papers is open to all early careers, researchers and senior scientists whose contributions can enrich the reflection on the topic.

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS - DEADLINE 30 APRIL 2016

More information here. 

The latest edition of the IASC Newsletter has just been published and it focuses on events at ASSW 2016 which was held in Fairbanks, Alaska.IASC april2016

The U.S. Permafrost Association will provide travel grants for U.S.-based students and post-graduate researchers (within six years of their terminal degree) to attend the 2016 International Conference on Permafrost in Potsdam, Germany. Successful applicants will receive $2,000. Travel grants will be awarded based on the merit of applications and their application to permafrost science and engineering. The applicant must be first author on a permafrost-related research presentation. Preference will be given to applicants who are current members of both USPA and the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN). Undergraduate students are encouraged to apply. Apply at http://www.uspermafrost.org/ by 24 April, 2016.

To view previous USPA travel grant award winners, see http://uspermafrost.org/education/UPEF/.

To renew your membership, please visit http://www.uspermafrost.org/.

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There are a number of exciting events for early career scientists at EGU!

The EGU defines an Early Career Scientists (ECS) as an undergraduate or postgraduate (Masters/PhD) student or a scientist who has received his or her highest degree (BSc, MSc, or PhD) within the past seven years [excluding parental leave]

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The Arctic Observing Summit 2016, which was held in Fairbanks in March, has just released their conference statement which identifies the need for a united circum-polar monitoring network. Specifically seven major recommendations were elucidated:

1. Develop international principles and protocols that establish ethical guidelines for research, for the involvement of Arctic Indigenous Knowledge holders, for the use of Indigenous Knowledge and the co production of knowledge. Develop mechanisms to enable collaborative approaches and building of trust among partners, such as researchers, Indigenous Peoples, private sector entities and others, to define observational needs, and to plan, prioritize, implement, and use sustained observations.

2. Propose to the highest levels of government, the business case for a comprehensive pan-Arctic observing system. This proposal should assess the costs and demonstrate the benefits for society at various levels, including an Implementation Plan that builds upon the present system and past planning, and that identifies needed resources including infrastructure, instrumentation, human capacity, the pathways to financing, and a strategy for sustained financing.

3. Create opportunities for stakeholder engagement as a critical component of an effective pan-Arctic observing system that includes strategies for improved communication, takes advantage of existing natural capital, creates avenues for research collaboration, identifies resources for capacity building and participation of local and Indigenous knowledge holders, and resolves jurisdictional, regulation and policy hindrances to active participation.

4. Coordinate the implementation of a pan-Arctic observing system with regional and global observing initiatives, and organize efforts in securing resources for its sustained operation through the leadership of the Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) initiative.

5. Advance a strategy for international funding, ideally with a single application and review process and contributions of resources from all partner countries, along with established national support mechanisms. Full implementation of a pan-Arctic Observing System requires coordination of funding efforts to support a globally connected and internationally accessible network.

6. Prioritize, on an ongoing basis, observations that should be started and maintained over the long-term by operational and other relevant agencies. Collaborative, sustained observations need to be implemented through a combined research-operational system that extends across all scales relevant to those it serves, making use of both long-term national/institutional funding and of project based competitive funding.

7. Work, through the IASC-SAON Arctic Data Committee, to develop a broad, globally connected Arctic observing data and information system of systems that is based on open access data and standards, in addition to recognizing and addressing ethical use and proprietary rights of Indigenous Knowledge and that delivers value to Arctic and global communities.

 

Call for Sessions
The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) announces the 9th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IX) to be held at the campus of Umeå University, in Umeå, Sweden, from 8-12 June 2017.

ICASS is held every three years, bringing together people from all over the world to share ideas about social science and humanities research in the Arctic. ICASS VIII, held in May 2014, attracted 470 participants from 27 different countries.

IASSA is now seeking proposals for sessions. Please submit them by 23 September 2016 to Gabriella Nordin (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Please include session title, name of session, organizer and complete contact information, and a brief description of the session. General ideas on sessions will also be gratefully accepted.

ICASS IX's theme is People & Place. Research on social sciences and humanities have a great responsibility to address the challenges for sustainable development in the Arctic, with a specific focus on the many different parts of the Arctic and the people that live there. The multiple Arctics have lately been addressed by many policy makers and researchers. The purpose is often to counteract the stereotypic understanding of the Arctic too often represented by icebergs and polar bears. A focus on people and place highlights the many variances across the region in terms of climate, political systems, demography, infrastructure, history, languages, legal systems, land and water resources etc. etc. We welcome sessions and papers on all facets of the North. And, as always, we also welcome sessions and papers on all other subjects of relevance to our members.

We encourage the participation of indigenous peoples, northern residents, decision-makers and politicians, as well as academics, so that ICASS IX provides a rich environment in which to advance discussions on sustainabilities in the North and on other Northern matters.

The Call for Papers will be distributed in Autumn 2016, with a preliminary list of sessions.

The University of Vienna, in cooperation with the European University in St. Petersburg is pleased to announce the call for a Ph.D. summer school that will take place from 08.28. to 09.09.2016 in Vienna, Austria.

VASS is an intensive mix of lectures, workshops and a field trip for Ph. D. students and young researchers, focusing on topics including tourism, resource extraction and infrastructure. The excursion to the Alps showcases a region that has many similarities with the Arctic and has faced similar challenges in the past.

Ph.D. students and early career scholars from the Arctic social sciences are encouraged to apply no later than April 04, 2016 under ilja.steffelbauer(at)univie.ac.at.

For further information see the attached long call or visit our website at:
https://ksa.univie.ac.at/forschung/projekte/enmote-research-group/univie-vass-vienna-arctic-summer-school/

Wanted: Autonomous vehicle for 2,000 kilometre mission under sea-ice
Reward: 500 000 Swiss francs

The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation have launched a new Polar Challenge to develop an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) capable of a 2,000 km mission under the sea-ice in the Arctic or Antarctic.

The aim is to stimulate innovation into new monitoring tools for the Polar oceans, to complement satellite observations and ultimately expand scientific research capabilities and climate services in both the Arctic and Antarctic.

The Polar Challenge – with a prize of 500 000 Swiss francs – is being announced during the Arctic Science Summit Week, 12-18 March in Fairbanks, USA.

“With the Polar Challenge, we hope to open new horizons in under-ice navigation, endurance and environmental monitoring,” said WCRP Director David Carlson. “This is vital to improve our understanding of the polar oceans which are key indicators of environmental change and which have major influences on global climate.”

“The reliability of long-term climate change outlooks in Polar regions is severely limited by the scarcity and cost of in-situ systematic observations of the sea-ice and below,” emphasized WCRP Senior Scientist Michel Rixen.

“New generation AUVs such as underwater gliders provide a potential cost-effective option for scaling up observing networks for the Polar regions. The Polar Challenge seeks to stimulate innovation in new technology to help scientists unravel some of the mysteries hidden under sea ice,” said Mr Rixen.

The WCRP and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation hope the competition will promote technological innovation towards a future cost-effective, autonomous and scalable observing network for ice-covered ocean regions based on a fleet of such platforms, similar to what ARGO, a global network of more than 3,500 free-drifting floats, has accomplished for the open ocean.

AUVs are already used in an operational context around the world in ice-free zones, and they surface on a regular basis to get a GPS fix and to transmit environmental data. They are able to collect crucial and high quality oceanographic observations (such as temperature, salinity, chlorophyll and acidity) at much lower cost compared to conventional observing systems.

But under the sea-ice, the operating range, positioning and data transmission represent major challenges for current underwater vehicles. The integration of recent progress regarding power systems, and navigation and communication techniques for example, would expand the scope of applications of such vehicles, currently mainly limited to the open ocean.

The Polar Challenge will be at least three-fold, in terms of under-ice navigation, endurance and environmental monitoring. It will include a set of specified and required scientific measurements. The challenge offers new potential to develop data sets of ice and under-ice properties in unexplored territories. Eventually these vehicles will help scientists monitor ocean heat, fresh water inputs and exchanges, and ocean acidification in those regions.

The WCRP is inviting contributions from all relevant stakeholders to this important and exciting initiative. This effort advances WCRP research priorities in polar oceans. It will also contribute to the World Meteorological Organization’s Polar initiatives and is expected to benefit the wider stakeholder community (weather, ocean, environment, safety, transport, energy, tourism, etc).

The World Climate Research Programme is sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO.

For further details, including competition rules and registration, see the Polar Challenge website.

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Calling all polar scientists -

The EarthCube Polar High-Performance Distributed Computing Research Coordination Network (Polar HPDC RCN) is recruiting science proposals for a polar computing hackathon at XSEDE16 this July 17-21 in Miami. Polar science research questions from any domain(s) are welcome and experience in high performance computing is not required. The deadline for the *2-page* proposal submission has been extended to April 15, 2016. Winners will receive travel and expenses to attend the XSEDE ’16 conference and will have the opportunity to work with a team of computer scientists at no cost to make significant progress on their polar project over the course of a 2-day hackathon.

Please see the following link for submission information and help spread the word by forwarding along to others who may be interested.
More hackathon details can be found here: http://polar.crc.nd.edu/index.php/workshops/com-workshop-1
The 2-page proposal template is here: http://polar.crc.nd.edu/images/Documents/ProposalTemplate2016PlusSurvey.docx

Thank you,
The Polar HPDC RCN team
polar-computing.org

iasc webThe IASC Bulletin 2016 is now available online.

Each year the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) reports on its activities and highlights international Arctic science initiatives in its Bulletin. The 2016 Bulletin is now available for download on the IASC website. Those who prefer a printed version and plan to attend the ASSW 2016 in Fairbanks, we recommend to pick up a copy during the Summit. IASC partners, Council and Working Group members will receive their copies either by regular mail or at the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) meetings in Fairbanks.

For a digital copy, please use the following link: http://iasc.info/images/media/print/bulletin/2016Bulletin_IASC.pdf

The Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART) is an official network of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) that aims at investigating past, present and future changes in the Arctic marine ecosystem and their linkages to atmospheric, terrestrial and human components of the Arctic. ART was founded and remains steered by Early Career Scientists, with the support of an advisory board composed of leading Arctic scientists and previous ART Executive Committee members from different disciplines.

The ART network seeks new Executive Committee members in order to strengthen its interdisciplinarity, to develop the scientific vision of ART, and to implement new network activities. New ART EC members are expected to be in the beginning of their scientific career including late PhD students and postdoctoral researchers who are motivated by the scientific framework of ART and seek stimulating experience in network management and scientific leadership.
To apply, please complete the application form available here.

We are looking forward to your application!

Deadline: 1st April 2016.

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact:
Dr. Monika Kędra (ART co-chair)
Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
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Dr. Nathalie Morata (ART co-chair)
Akvaplan-niva, Norway
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Marine science experts from around the world gathered at UNESCO’s Headquarters in a two-day working meeting to explore possible new marine World Heritage sites in the Arctic. Experts discussed unique and exceptional Arctic features that could potentially merit inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage list for their nature conservation values.

The Arctic is home to geological features and animals found nowhere else in the world. It is also ground zero for climate change, warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world. As sea ice retreats and the area becomes increasingly accessible to shipping and oil and gas development, the need for conservation of the area’s Outstanding Universal Values grows.  At present, there are just two World Heritage sites in the region: Ilulissat Icefjord and Natural System of Wrangel Island ReserveEarlier work by the World Heritage Centre and International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) determined that the Arctic region is underrepresented on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

Participants debated the Arctic regions’ most unique natural features that are currently underrepresented on the World Heritage List, including distinctive geological processes, iconic species and high densities of endemic biodiversity found nowhere else. They also studied potential new sites that could meet the World Heritage criteria and compared them with sites that are currently listed on the tentative World Heritage List.

A key conclusion of the meeting centered on the intimate interaction between local communities, traditional cultures and the Arctic’s natural environment and agreed that the Outstanding Universal Value of the Arctic region should be considered from both its cultural and natural perspectives.

This week’s scientific meeting was part of an innovative multi-year project led by IUCN in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the World Heritage Centre’s Marine Programme. It is made possible through the generous support of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. The results are expected to be launched at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii, September 2016.

Links: 

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The Federal Research Center for Integrated Studies of the Arctic – FRC ISArctic hereby announces the outset for registration to the Second international scientific conference «NATURAL RESOURCES and INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT of COASTAL AREAS in the ARCTIC ZONE» (Conference), which is to be held on 27–29 September, 2016 in Arkhangelsk, Russia.
The conference is arranged as a venue for collaboration and discussion between researchers, public authorities, businessman and stakeholders involved into implementation of tasks and objectives of the Russian Arctic policy. Conference is aimed at elaboration of research-based practical measures and instruments for realization of human, natural and transport-logistical potential of the Arctic zone, including development of the Northern Sea Route and implementation of models of integrated coastal areas management.
Conference organizers are: Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Government of Arkhangelsk region, Ural branch of the RAS (UB RAS), FRC ISArctic and International Arctic Science Committee.

The Conference agenda in 2016 will cover the following issues:
- Northern Sea Route and development of economic potential of coastal areas in the
Arctic;
- Technologies and methods of the Arctic research;
- Eco-systems and infrastructures under industrial development and climate change
impacts;
- ethno-social and socio-cultural processes, indigenous population’ and international
cooperation in the Arctic;
- integrated management and governance in the Arctic.


The Conference will be followed by traditional Scientific school for young researchers for students, post-graduates and young researchers (up to 35 years old).

Registration is open until 31 May, 2016.

First Call letter.

Registration form.

The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat invites international Early Career Scientists to take part in a joint Swedish-Canadian research expedition on board icebreaker Oden in the High Arctic 2016. Preliminary dates for the expedition are 5 August–20 September 2016.

Submit your application before 7 March 2016.

More information: http://polar.se/en/utlysning-av-platser-pa-oden-yngre-forskare/

czech

Polar Ecology Conference is organised by the Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemiafrom September 19th to September 21st 2016 - see programfor more info. Main focus of the conference is the recent dynamics of Arctic ecosystems. Geographically the conference aims to the Arctic with special emphasis on Svalbard. However studies from Antarctica or high mountainous regions are highly appreciated as well.

During last decades the Czech Republic is slowly becoming an important member of the scientific community in the Arctic. We feel that the opportunity of meeting new people and creating new partnerships is especially appreciated by our young scientists and students. Therefore, the main goal of the conference is to welcome especially young researches from both fields of biological and Earth sciences. This conference is supposed to be an ideal place for exchanging knowledge and experiences.

Special attention will be paid to young scientists. The best poster and best oral presentation will be awarded a special prize by the scientific committee. Young scientist category is defined by being a student at the time of the conference or having the PhD finished less than 5 years ago.

APECS PANEL

In cooperation with Yulia Zaika(APECS) and Maja Lisowska (IASC) we will organize an APECS panel on "International scientific cooperation and fundraising". Practical tips from our experienced mentors would certainly help you to proceed in your future career, plan your research stays and prepare all whats necessary! The meeting is intended especially to young scientists but all the others are welcomed as well!


For more information please visit the conference website: http://polar.prf.jcu.cz/pec/pec2016/pec2016.html

pyrn smallNow is YOUR opportunity to shape the future of the next generation of early career permafrost researchers!

The Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) seeks for a renewal of its current governing bodies - the Executive Committee (ExCom), Executive Council, and National Representatives. The terms for the new committee are for two years (2016-2018) and begin following the International Conference on Permafrost 2016 in June.

Apply by May 1, 2016!

Positions

PYRN is led by the Executive Committee (ExCom), supported by the Council, and several national representatives. The ExCom directs the activities of PYRN. It consists of 12 positions: president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, newsletter editor, web manager, representative for the next permafrost conference following ICOP2016, and the PYRN executive council. You may apply for particular position; however, you are not required to state the office you are applying for.

The council is an advisory panel responsible for providing feedback from PYRN members to the ExCom. No formal positions exist, however council members may support the ExCom by participating in ExCom task groups.

A national representative can be any regular PYRN member representing their country. A nation can be represented by several people. All national representatives are automatically part of the Council.

For more information regarding these positions, you can read the PYRN Constitution and Bylaws.

Application Procedure

Please send your application by May 1, 2016, in the form of a motivation letter (max. 300 words) to the current PYRN president George Tanski (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Your application should include the following points:

  • Motivation: Why are you interested in PYRN and being part of the ExCom, Council or National Representatives?
  • Responsibility: What is your major interest/responsibility (e.g. website, newsletter, social networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn), organizing workshops and meetings, outreach)?
  • Experience: Do you have any previous experience within PYRN or other networks?
  • Vision: Where do you see PYRN in the future and how would you like to contribute shaping the future of young permafrost researchers?

Selection Process and Announcement of new leadership

All applications will be received and reviewed by an application committee. Applicants will receive a notification acceptance by May 31, 2016. The new PYRN ExCom will be inaugurated during the PYRN general assembly on June 19, 2016, following the Young Researchers Workshop.

With best wishes,
Your current PYRN ExCom

icarp3 logoThe official outcomes of the Third International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP III) were published online today. The report, entitled "Integrating Arctic Research – A Roadmap for the Future“ presents the key messages that emerged from the 2-year ICARP III process.

Initiated by the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) with engagement from its partners, ICARP III provided a process for integrating priorities for forward-looking, collaborative, interdisciplinary Arctic research and observing, and for establishing an inventory of recent and current synthesis documents and major developments in Arctic research. The report identifies the most important Arctic research needs and provides a roadmap for research priorities and partnerships. The ICARP process points the way for scientists to take action, in cooperation with rights holders and stakeholders, to produce results that will have global impact. It concludes that the role of the Arctic in the global system, the prediction of future climate dynamics and ecosystem responses, and improved understanding of the vulnerability and resilience of Arctic environments and societies must be prioritized.

For more information please see the report and visit the ICARP III website: http://icarp.iasc.info.

ipa logoThe International Permafrost Association´s (IPA) annual publication, Frozen Ground, is now available. It describes a selection of the activities of the International Permafrost Association over the past year. The Country Reports give additional details concerning the great variety of permafrost science and engineering initiatives underway around the globe. We hope that you will enjoy reading about these activities.

IPA also asks you to update your IPA membership. If you are not already a member, consider joining the International Permafrost Association and to spread the word about this opportunity. Paid individual memberships constitute a small but growing source of revenue for the organization that can be used to enhance its activities.The funding received allows the International Permafrost Association to undertake numerous activities, including financing Action Groups and funding early career researchers to attend permafrost conferences. The reports from Global Terrestrial Network-Permafrost (GTN-P), Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) and Action Groups in Frozen Ground show the importance of these initiatives and we are grateful for your ongoing membership.

We look forward to seeing you all in June 2016 at the 11th International Conference on Permafrost.

February 11 is the “International Day of Women and Girls in Science” and we are using this occasion to remind you of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) event: “Celebrating Women in Antarctica” Wikibomb* held in conjunction with the SCAR Open Science Conference in Kuala Lumpur on 23 August.

This event will be a celebration of female Antarctic researchers and those involved in supporting science by raising their profile to help provide more visible female role models for early career scientists and girls around the world.

If you want to nominate influential female Antarctic researchers and those involved in supporting research, both past and present, to potentially be included in our Wikibomb* event you can find more instructions here: http://www.scar.org/women/nominate

We are looking for APECS members as volunteers to help us put together short biographies of nominated women and create their wikipages before the SCAR 2016 conference. The SCAR Community will help provide the content for the biographies. No previous experience with Wikipedia is necessary, SCAR will provide training, but it’s pretty straightforward.

If you are interested, please contact Rachel Downey at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (before 21 Feb) or Jenny Baeseman at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For more information on the Wikibomb event and to nominate an outstanding Antarctic Woman, visit http://www.scar.org/outreach/women.

We hope you will join us for this fun and important contribution to Antarctic science!

Rachel and the Antarctic Women Wikibomb Organizing Committee

* A wikibomb is an event where people work together to produce lots of papers of content for Wikipedia on one specific topic – in this case Women involved in Antarctic Research

 

вымывмывямыApplication deadline is 15 Febuaryплав

Expedition Dates: June 05-24, 2016

Expedition Duration: 20 days

Expedition Organizers: Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M. V. Lomonosov, Roshydromet, Russian Geographical Society

Expedition Route: Arkhangelsk – Kolguev Island – Matveev Island – Dolgy Island – Belyi Nos Meteostation – Varnek Settlement (Vaygach Island) – Meteostation named after Fedorov (Vaygach Island) – Malye Karmakuly Settlement (Novaya Zemlya) – Russkaya Gavan’ Bay (Novaya Zemlya) – Mac Bay (Novaya Zemlya) – Inostrantsev Bay (Novaya Zemlya) – the Zhelaniya Cape (Novaya Zemlya) – Sosnovets Island – Arkhangelsk.

Expedition participants: 56 people (students, post-graduate students, research fellows of both Russian and foreign scientific and academic institutions)

RESEARCH PROGRAM:

- assessment of the conditions and degree of contamination of the local island territories of the former industrial activity zones in the areas of work for elimination of the accumulated environmental damage in Novaya Zemlya;

- study of the species diversity and populations at Novaya Zemlya archipelago and adjacent waters in the context of climate change;

- comprehensive monitoring of changes in the vegetation of the Arctic tundra transition zones in the context of climate change;

- study of the historical and cultural heritage of the Russian Arctic national park in order to develop tourism and educational activities;

- study of human body adaptation mechanisms to the conditions of high latitudes in the Arctic;

FINANCING

An organization of the expeditions is carried out by means of co-financing by the organizations participating in the project.

A participation fee per person is 280 thousand rubles. The fee covers: accommodation (the bed in the cabin, meal, and network connection), the transport expenditures and administrative costs during expedition.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION
February 15, 2016

Application should be send to e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

CONTACT PERSON:

Elena Kalinova,

assistant of project leader, NARFU

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Application form 1 and form 2

Travel Funds Anticipated for U.S. Participants in the SCAR Open Science Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - August 20th – 27th, 2016

It is expected that funds will be available to support participation of U.S. scientists in the 7th biennial SCAR Open Science Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (meeting website: http://scar2016.com). The theme is Antarctica in the Global Earth System: from the Poles to the Tropics. The Open Science Conference is an international and interdisciplinary meeting that brings together scientists of all ages from around the world with interests in Antarctica and the southern ocean. Funds are intended primarily to support early-career scientists , graduate students and individuals who would increase the diversity of the polar science community. Participation in the SCAR Open Science Conference and ancillary meetings of SCAR scientific groups provides individuals with the opportunity to contribute to international science initiatives. Individuals at all levels (students to senior researchers) interested in engaging in international collaborative activities and, potentially, assuming active leadership roles in SCAR groups, are particularly encouraged to participate. Those with meeting travel funds included in their Antarctic awards are not eligible for this travel support.

Eligibility and Application: Successful applicants must present a talk or poster at the symposium and must be enrolled at or employed by a U.S. institution. An application form will be posted on the U.S. SCAR web site: usscar.org. To apply for travel funds, download the application form and send it together with your submitted OSC abstract to Terry Wilson (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) by March 15th, 2016. In order to maximize the number of participants supported, we anticipate that the funding per individual will be in the range of $1,000-2,250 USD, with lesser amounts awarded to more well established applicants. All associated air travel must be on US-flagged carriers.

If you plan to apply for a travel award, could you please send an email right away to Terry Wilson (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) to notify us of your interest?

The Abstract Deadline for the OSC is February 14th, 2016 – Submit soon!

SCAR and COMNAP Antarctic Research Fellowships 2016 and CCAMLR Scientific Scholarships 2016

Three leading Antarctic organisations today announce opportunities for early-career researchers. The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP) and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) are working together to attract talented early-career researchers, scientists, engineers and other professionals to strengthen international capacity and cooperation in fields such as climate, biodiversity, conservation, humanities and astrophysics research.

SCAR and COMNAP have again joined forces to launch fellowships for early-career researchers. The SCAR and COMNAP fellowships are worth up to USD $15,000 each and up to six fellowships in total are on offer for 2016. The fellowships enable early-career researchers to join a project team from another country, opening up new opportunities and often creating research partnerships that last for many years and over many Antarctic research seasons. The deadline for SCAR and COMNAP applications is 1 June 2016.

The SCAR and COMNAP schemes are launched in conjunction with CCAMLR's Scientific Scholarship Scheme. The CCAMLR Scholarship provides funding of up to AUD $30,000 to assist early-career scientists to participate in the work of the CCAMLR Scientific Committee and its working groups over a period of two years. The objective of the scheme is to build capacity within the CCAMLR scientific community to help generate and sustain the scientific expertise needed to support the work of CCAMLR in the long-term. The deadline for CCAMLR applications is 1 October 2016.

All three schemes are being jointly promoted by the three organisations.

For more information on SCAR and COMNAP Fellowships, visit the SCAR website at: http://www.scar.org/awards/fellowships/information.html
or the COMNAP website at: www.comnap.aq/SitePages/fellowships.aspx

For information on CCAMLR Scholarships, visit the CCAMLR website at: http://www.ccamlr.org/en/science/ccamlr-scientific-scholarship-scheme

Background information:

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
www.scar.org
Contact: Eoghan Griffin, Executive Officer (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is an inter-disciplinary committee of the International Council for Science (ICSU). SCAR is charged with initiating, developing and coordinating high quality international scientific research in the Antarctic region, and on the role of the Antarctic region in the Earth system. The scientific business of SCAR is conducted by its Standing Scientific Groups which represent the scientific disciplines active in Antarctic research and report to SCAR. In addition to carrying out its primary scientific role, SCAR also provides objective and independent scientific advice to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings and other organizations, on issues of science and conservation affecting the management of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

The Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP)
www.comnap.aq
Contact: Michelle Rogan-Finnemore, Executive Secretary (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

COMNAP brings together the National Antarctic Programmes of 30 Antarctic Treaty countries. Formed in 1988, the purpose of COMNAP is to develop and promote best practice in managing the support of scientific research in Antarctica. It does this by: Serving as a forum to develop practices that improve effectiveness of activities in an environmentally responsible manner; Facilitating and promoting international partnerships; Providing opportunities and systems for information exchange; and Providing the Antarctic Treaty System with objective and practical, technical and non-political advice drawn from the National Antarctic Programmes' pool of expertise.

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
www.ccamlr.org
Contact: Andrew Wright, Executive Secretary (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) was established by international convention in 1982 with the objective of conserving Antarctic marine life. CCAMLR is an international commission with 25 Members, and a further 11 countries have acceded to the Convention. Based on the best available scientific information, the Commission agrees a set of conservation measures that determine the use of marine living resources in the Antarctic. CCAMLR practices an ecosystem-based management approach. This does not exclude harvesting, as long as such harvesting is carried out in a sustainable manner and takes account of the effects of fishing on other components of the ecosystem.

JohnWalshThe International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) is pleased to announce that the 2016 IASC Medal, which is awarded in recognition of exceptional and sustained contributions to the understanding of the Arctic, goes to

John E. Walsh

The IASC Medal Committee (David Hik (Chair), Yves Frenot, Jackie Grebmeier, Joan Nymand Larsen, Sivaramakrishnan Rajan) reviewed the nominations received and unanimously decided to honor Dr. John Walsh for exceptional contributions to modeling and evaluating climate change impacts in the Arctic, particularly with regard to his sustained and distinguished contributions to quantitatively improving our understanding of the Arctic, from climate and weather extremes to hydrology, sea ice variability and the human dimensions of climate change impacts; and for his outstanding record of service and leadership to the wider Arctic science, education and policy community.

Congratulations!

The 2016 IASC Medal will be awarded by the President of IASC during the Arctic Science Summit Week 2016 in Fairbanks. The award ceremony will include a short introduction by the IASC President and a 30 minutes lecture by the awardee.

Dr. John E. Walsh is the Chief Scientist of the International Research Center at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. His research has addressed Arctic climate and weather, with an emphasis on the variability of sea ice and snow; the drivers and of Arctic change; and the future evolution of the Arctic system. His work has bridged observational data and model simulations. Walsh was a Convening Lead Author for the Arctic Climate Assessment and the U.S. National Climate Assessment (2014), and a lead author of the Polar Regions chapter for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Before joining the University of Alaska in 2001, he was on the faculty of the University of Illinois, Urbana. He has co-authored a textbook, Severe and Hazardous Weather. He is an Editor of the Journal of Climate and a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and of the Association for the Advancement of Science. He received his B.A. in Mathematics from Dartmouth College in 1970 and a Ph.D. in Meteorology from M.I.T. in 1974.

The 2016 Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica

Open for nominations until 11 May 2016

The “Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica” is a US$ 100,000 unrestricted award presented to an individual in the fields of Antarctic science or policy who has demonstrated potential for sustained and significant contributions that will enhance the understanding and/or preservation of Antarctica. The Prize is inspired by Martha T. Muse’s passion for Antarctica and is a legacy of the International Polar Year 2007-2008.

The prize-winner can be from any country and work in any field of Antarctic science or policy. The goal is to provide recognition of the important work being done by the individual and to call attention to the significance of understanding Antarctica in a time of change. A website with further details, including the process of nomination, closing date and criteria for selecting the prize recipients, is available at www.museprize.org.

The Prize is awarded by the Tinker Foundation and administered by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).

During this year’s ASSW meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska, the air Pollution in the Arctic: Climate, Environment and Societies (PACES) project will hold a meeting entitled “Arctic air pollution: A collaborative framework for natural and social science” to which we would like to invite you.

The purpose is to draw together researchers active in the physical/chemical science of air pollution with those active in social science topics (e.g., development, sustainability, risk, adaptation, policy, health and more). We would like to explore common interests and begin to outline joint research objectives under PACES.

When: 14 March, 3-5h30 pm

Where: ASSW, Fairbanks, Alaska (room information will be circulated shortly before the meeting)

If you are unable to attend ASSW but would like to join remotely (please note the shift to Alaskan time), we would be happy to arrange this. Please let us know by 1 March if you plan to attend remotely.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us in case of questions (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

We are looking forward to seeing many of you.

The organizing committee
Sandy Starkweather, Kathy Law, Julia Schmale, Steve Arnold, Chuck Brock

uarcticcongress2016280915wide.pngThe University of the Arctic welcomes scientific abstracts for the first ever UArctic Congress. The Call for Abstracts is open until March 31, 2016.

Hosted by Saint Petersburg State University, the Science Section of the UArctic Congress will take place in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in September 13-16.

We now invite abstracts for sessions under the following themes:

  • Vulnerability of Arctic Environments
  • Vulnerability of Arctic Societies
  • Local and Traditional Knowledge
  • Building Long-Term Human Capacity
  • New Markets for the Arctic, Including Trade, Tourism and Transportation

The first ever UArctic Congress will feature Science and Meeting Sections, including:

  • Acclaimed keynote speakers and scientific experts presenting their latest research
  • Parallel sessions on an array of Arctic science, policy and education topics
  • Formal meetings for representatives of the Board of UArctic, Council of UArctic, Rectors’ Forum, and UArctic Thematic Networks
  • Side-meetings to foster contacts and enhance networking
  • Opportunities for promoting and marketing your organization and activities
  • UArctic Student Forum with workshops
  • Cultural and Social program like no other

Congress information, full session descriptions, abstract submission details, and an online submission form are available at www.uarctic.org/congress2016

Abstract submission deadline: March 31, 2016

Acceptance of abstracts: End of April, 2016

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Concurrent bachelor courses are available in The Middle Polar Atmosphere, Polar Meteorology and Climate, and Polar Ocean Climate at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) in Autumn 2016 (August-December). Together, these courses provide students with a rigorous and hands-on introduction to geophysical processes and feedbacks between components of the Arctic atmosphere and ocean. The courses are available for any bachelor student enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education in Norway or internationally. Master's students can also be eligible for these courses. All instruction is in English.

The application deadline for these Autumn 2016 courses is February 15, 2016. More information on these courses, other course offerings, and UNIS in general can be found at www.unis.no

AGF-210, The Middle Polar Atmosphere
http://www.unis.no/course/agf-210-the-middle-polar-atmosphere/
This course will lead to basic understanding of key processes controlling the stratosphere and mesosphere in the polar regions. These include radiation, chemistry, dynamics and circulation, particle precipitation, aerosol physics and wave activity in the middle atmosphere. The formation and effect of planetary and gravity waves will be described. The importance of waves in connecting the middle atmosphere to the troposphere will be discussed. Special attention will be paid to how radar, lidar, optical and rocket instrumentation can be used to investigate the middle layers of the atmosphere.

The students will get an introduction to the physics of dust/aerosol particles and their role in formation of the noctilucent clouds, polar stratospheric clouds and mesospheric radar echoes. The fieldwork at the Kjell Henriksen Observatory (KHO) will be connected to airglow observations. Radar and lidar measurement techniques will be introduced during a trip to And?ya Space Center (ASC).

AGF-213, Polar Meteorology and Climate
http://www.unis.no/course/agf-213-polar-meteorology-and-climate/
The course covers a variety of themes important for the weather and climate in polar areas: small and local scale meteorology; boundary layer meteorology; turbulence; local wind phenomena such as katabatic and mountain winds; dynamic meteorology; radiation and remote sensing; atmospheric chemistry; numerical modelling and weather forecasting; climate processes and climate change. Emphasis will be on the differences between the polar atmosphere and the atmosphere at mid-latitudes and on understanding the physical processes involved.

The field component of the course provides an introduction to a number of meteorological observational techniques. Special attention will be paid to exchange processes between the atmosphere and diverse surfaces, local meteorological processes typical of polar regions and the challenges of weather forecasting in the Arctic.

AGF-214, Polar Ocean Climate
http://www.unis.no/course/agf-214-polar-ocean-climate/
The course gives an overview of the water masses and current systems in the Arctic Basin, the Greenland, Norwegian, and Barents Seas, and a comparison with the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. Convection associated with cooling and freezing of surface water influences the vertical structure of the water masses. The thermobaric effect on the compressibility of seawater has its relevance for determining the deep circulation in the world?s oceans. The small-scale double diffusion also has an impact on convection in regions where the conditions for this process are favourable.

The dynamic theory is associated with the circulation and current systems in the different Polar Regions, in particular the Arctic Basin, the Greenland Sea, and the circulation around Antarctica. Essential processes here are the wind-induced circulation, including rotational effects, upwelling and downwelling associated with wind-induced divergence and convergence, and also tidal currents. Frontal dynamics and the topographic impact on current systems are also covered.
Fieldwork will take place during a scientific cruise with a research vessel. Students make reports from selected field measurements.

The University Centre in Svalbard
The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) is the world's northernmost institution for higher education and research, located in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen at 78?N. UNIS offers high quality courses at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level in Arctic Biology, Arctic Geology, Arctic Geophysics and Arctic Technology. There is no tuition fee at UNIS, but in order to do a course at UNIS all students need to pay a semester fee of NOK 500 (ca. EUR 58).

-- Marius O. Jonassen Associate Professor Department of Arctic Geophysics The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) +47 7902 3300

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research dollars on servers instead of science?

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Dear Colleagues,
We would like to draw to your attention and request that you consider submitting a manuscript to Journal Advances in Polar Science (APS) sponsored by Polar Research Institute of China and Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration.
We are now soliciting papers on relevant polar research topics for of APS Vol. 27 No. 1, No. 2 to be published towards the March, June of 2016 respectively. APS accepts four types of manuscripts:
(1) Reviews: Summarizing results and achievements in a particular topic or an area, commenting on the current situation, and advising on research directions.
(2) Articles: Reporting important original results in any area of polar science.
(3) Letters: Briefly presenting novel and innovative findings related to polar science.
(4) Trends: Reporting important scientific news, information, and academic affairs, as well as major international programs in all areas of polar science.
We hope that you might consider submitting a paper to this issue which will have a quick review and publication time.
Submission of new manuscripts can be made online at http://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/apsci and should follow the format given in the "Instructions" for authors at the journal website http://journal.polar.org.cn/EN/volumn/current.shtml.
We welcome your involvement in this and future editions of Advances in Polar Science. We look forward to the submission of new manuscripts and for any suggestions of future ?Special Issues? (which can be made via email to the editorial office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). We encourage you to share this announcement broadly with interested colleagues.

Mr. Xiaoliang Ling

Associate Editor
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Website: http://journal.polar.org.cn/EN/volumn/current.shtml
Submission Online: https://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/apsci
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Polar Research Institute of China
451 Jinqiao Road, Pudong New Area
Shanghai 20136
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SCAR 2016 LOGO NEWThe Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the SCAR 2016 Open Science Conferenceto be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 22-26 August 2016. This conference will focus on Antarctica in the Global Earth System: From the Poles to the Tropics and how the changes that we are currently seeing in Antarctica will affect the rest of the world.

Early bird registration is available at a reduced rate until 5 May. http://scar2016.com/registration.php

This is also a reminder that abstracts are due on 14 February and early submission is encouraged. The conference programme, including sessions and descriptions, is available on the conference website: http://scar2016.com/

We are also happy to announce the availaiblity of exhibitor space. If you are intersted, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

We would also like to encourage you to nominate outstanding women working in Antarctic research, support and coordination for the Wikibomb that will be held as part of the conference. For more information, please visit http://www.scar.org/outreach/women.

We would also like you to note that many of the SCAR groups will be meeting the Sunday before the conference (21 August) and that the SCAR Delegates meeting will be held after the Open Science Conference from 28-30 August, and that the COMNAP XXVIII General Assembly will be held ‘near-by’ in Goa India, from 16-18 August 2016. So please plan accordingly.

The SCAR Conference is sponsored by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia together with the Sultan Mizan Antarctic Research Foundation and the National Antarctic Research Centre, together with SCAR.

Dear colleagues,

the "Cryospheric Sciences" section of "Frontiers in Earth Sciences" was launched in June 2015, and the first papers have been published.
http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/earth-science/section/cryospheric-sciences

"Cryospheric Sciences" aims for rapid publication of original, innovative, high-quality research on all aspects of the cryosphere. So far a total of 10 papers including topics on glaciers, ice sheets, sea-ice and permafrost have been published with an average of 3.5 months between first submission and acceptance (when the paper instantaneously is available online).
http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/earth-science/section/cryospheric-sciences#archive.
Around a dozen papers are currently in review.

Selected features of the journal include:
- a wide range of article types
http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/earth-science#article-types
- Submitted or rejected papers are not online at any time.
- an innovative online review system enabling direct discussions between authors, editors and reviewers
- innovative system of impact metrics
- Special issues (so-called 'Research Topics') can be initiated by anybody (Special issues have 25% lower fees).
- FEES are independent of number of pages or use of color, depending only on the article type. Rejected articles are not charged any fees.
Original research papers: $1900; Mini Reviews, Perspectives... : $875; Opinion...: $250; Book Review, Commentary...): free
- COPYRIGHT is retained with the authors.
- Currently there are 17 Associate Editors covering the breadth of cryospheric sciences, and >100 so-called 'Review Editors' who constitute a pool of primary 'go-to reviewers'.
http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/earth-science/section/cryospheric-sciences#editorial-board

We hope this new journal complements the existing ones in our field. Looking forward to your submissions.

New grid of terrestrial gravity anomalies in Antarctica released
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Announcing the release of a gridded dataset of terrestrial
(free-air and Bouguer) gravity anomalies in Antarctica. It is for the
first time that a gravity anomaly dataset comprises almost the entire
Antarctic continent. It is based on 13 million data points and covers an
area of 10 million km**2 corresponding to 73% of the Antarctic continent.

The new dataset is given as grid with a resolution of 10 km and
comprises free-air gravity anomaly, Bouguer anomaly as well as an
accuracy measure. The data are available at:
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.848168.

The derivation of the data grid is described by an article entitled "New
Antarctic Gravity Anomaly Grid for Enhanced Geodetic and Geophysical
Studies in Antarctica" by M. Scheinert et al., published in "Geophysical
Research Letters" (accepted article online at
https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL067439 since 8 January 2016, proofreading
still in progress).
Please cite this paper whenever you publish results of your work using
these data.

I would also like to acknowledge the huge efforts by numerous colleagues
at many different institutions worldwide, who managed to accomplish
gravity measurements in Antarctica and contributed data. This fruitful
international cooperation is coordinated in the framework of IAG
(International Association of Geodesy) Subcommission 2.4f ?Gravity and
Geoid in Antarctica? (AntGG) and SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic
Research) ?Expert Group on Geodetic Infrastructure in Antarctica?
(GIANT), which I?m delighted to chair. With more data to be compiled,
updates of the Antarctic gravity grid are planned to be released in the
near future.

Mirko Scheinert

illustratorswanted

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«A Frozen Ground Cartoon» is a scientific outreach project that aims at presenting and promoting international permafrost research via a series of comic strips and illustrated media products. The project is officially supported by the International Permafrost Association as a targeted ‘Action Group’ and will run from February 2016 to January 2018.

The final outcome of the project will be a series of comic strips, each ranging from 5 to 10 pages (letter/A4 format). These strips will show the diversity of permafrost research activities at the international level, with a special emphasis on fieldwork. The target audience is the general public, focusing more specifically on teenagers and young students who have to choose career paths at high school or college levels.

Interested? Please send a one page letter of motivation (A4 or letter format) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 31 January, presenting your past experience and own vision for this particular project. Also, a few portfolio samples or link(s) to online material must be provided.

Full details of the project and a timetable of deadlines can be accessed here.

 

12279042 1013741738646776 8171818202453358889 nThe International Youth Forum “Arctic – Made in Russia” will be held from February 29 to March 6, 2016.

Over 200 young professionals, scientists, graduate and postgraduate students from Russia and countries of the Arctic Council, whose sphere of scientific and creative interests relates to the development of the Arctic region, and in particular - the oil and gas industry, are expected to be among the participants.

The mission of the forum is to facilitate the exchange of ideas, skills and knowledge as well as to recruit personnel for existing Arctic projects. The forum especially welcomes young individuals with the following specializations and experience:

- Project Managers
- Petroleum Engineers
- Construction Designers
- Process Engineers for Hydrocarbon Resource Development
- Drilling Engineers
- Cryolithologists
- Shipbuilders
- Geologists
- Resource Economists
- Industrial Safety Engineers
- Oceanographers
- Ecologists

Participants will be divided into 15 teams of 14 individuals with 12 Russians and 2 foreigners per team. Each team will have opportunities to showcase their professional skills, work on cases, and engage in discussions about the Arctic with heads of Russian corporations, ministries, professors of the Russian Academy of Sciences and rectors of the leading Russian universities.

Subjects of roundtable discussions include: "Prospects for import substitution", " Search and exploration of hydrocarbons on the Arctic shelf", "Design and engineering ", "Feasibility of oil platforms", "Development and exploitation of oil fields on the Arctic shelf", and "Preservation technologies".

Participants from the most active and successful team will be rewarded with an internship opportunity in Russia’s leading oil and gas company.

It should be noted that the top management of Russia’s Public Joint Stock Company (PJSC) "Gazprom" already expressed interest in the forum. Artur Chilingarov, the First Vice President of the Russian Geographical Society also supported the involvement of "Gazprom" in the preparation and execution of this youth forum.

To get more information about further details and registration, please get in touch with Anna Aperyan by email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dear colleagues - Some of you may be interested in the recent appearance of new
releases of GMBAL, a compilation of global data on the annual and multi-annual
mass balance of glaciers, obtained by direct (glaciological) and geodetic methods;
and GMBANAL, a continuation of GMBAL in which regional and global estimates are
provided by means of arithmetic averaging of the data and also by spatial
interpolation to unmeasured glaciers.

These new releases, each labelled as R1501, are now downloadable from
http://www.trentu.ca/geography/glaciology (click Global Glaciology, then Mass
Balance of Small Glaciers for GMBAL or Global Analysis of Mass Balance for
GMBANAL). They supersede the previous release R1301 of two years ago and feature
continued steady growth of in-situ glaciological measurements and continued rapid
growth of geodetic measurements, especially regional-scale geodetic measurements.

As before, most of the glaciological measurements are drawn from the Fluctuations
of Glaciers database of the World Glacier Monitoring Service, but GMBAL includes
some that are not (yet) in that database. However GMBAL is currently by far the
most complete source of geodetic measurements. GMBANAL relies on version 5.0 of
the Randolph Glacier Inventory for its description of global glacier geography.

The Asian Forum for Polar Sciences (AFoPS) Secretariat has published the third issue of AFoPS Newsletter. You can read it here.

The Canadian Northern Studies Trust (CNST) is the student awards program of the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS). It was established in 1982 to further the Association’s mandate to advance knowledge and understanding of Canada’s North by offering student awards for exceptional northern-based research. The purpose of the CNST is to foster scholars and scientists with northern experience and at the same time to enhance educational opportunities available for northern residents to obtain post-secondary education at Canadian colleges and universities.

The following awards are offered:

  1. CNST Scholarship $10,000
  2. Polar Knowledge Canada Scholarship $10,000
  3. The W. Garfield Weston Award for Northern Studies (Doctoral) 10 x $50,000
  4. The W. Garfield Weston Award for Northern Studies (Masters) 15 x $15,000
  5. Northern Resident Scholarship (graduate) 4x $10,000
  6. Northern Resident Award (undergraduate) 8x $5,000
  7. Caribou Research and Management Award $1,500 - $5,000
  8. Arctic Co-operatives Award $2,500
  9. Research Support Opportunity in Arctic Environmental Studies
  10. The W. Garfield Weston Postdoctoral Fellowship in Northern Research 4 x $50,000 + up to $10,000 in travel/conference expenses

To be eligible for a CNST award you must be:

  • Canadian citizen or permanent resident
  • Enrolled in full time post-secondary education at a recognized Canadian University or College
  • For the majority of the awards, you must have an aspect of northern or circumpolar fieldwork included as part of your research that is conducted within the term of your award. (ACUNS defines “northern” Canada as on or north of the line indicated on our Northern Boundary Map. To view the map, please consult our website.

Additional, award-specific requirements are included in award guidelines. The awards and amounts offered may change depending on availability.

Award deadline: January 29, 2016

For more information, applications and guidelines please visit: www.acuns.ca

imageываArctic.ru provides current information about the Arctic in English and Russian. The information is presented in an interesting, interactive format, including videos, photos, interactive maps and infographics.

The website features the following thematic sections: geography, climate change, infrastructure, population, natural resources, wildlife and environment, and economy, among others. It offers news, analysis, a calendar of events, photos and videos.

Arctic.ru publishes a large amount of exclusive material. Staff members attend Arctic-related events, go on trips, and obtain accurate and up-to-date information about the Russian Arctic while interacting with reputable organizations in the field: the Polar Explorers Association, the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East, the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Northern (Arctic) Federal University, the Arctic Regional Public Foundation for the Support of Expeditionary Activity, and the Expedition Center of the Russian Geographical Society.

Check it here: http://arctic.ru/ 

The presence and impact of female Antarctic researchers has increased rapidly. In the 1950s most countries did not allow women to work in Antarctica and there were few female Antarctic scientists. Today females are playing leading and influential roles in Antarctic research.

To help acknowledge the many great leading Antarctic women researchers, SCAR is hosting a Wikibomb* event to promote and celebrate the achievements of female Antarctic scientists within the SCAR community at the next Open Science Conference, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (22-26 August 2016). The aim is to increase the visibility of these leading and influential role models for our younger female researchers and to stimulate girls around the world to pursue science careers.

We are seeking nominations from the community for outstanding women involved in Antarctic Research. Get involved and nominate a female Antarctic researcher here: http://www.scar.org/outreach/women

For more information, please contact the Wikibomb organizer, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

* A wikibomb is a coordinated effort to increase the number of wikipedia entries on a specific topic. This was successfully done in Australia in 2014, and SCAR is following a similar procedure to help increase the presence of Female Antarctic Researchers on Wikipedia.

Arctic Yearbook 2016
Call for Abstracts (deadline): 1 March 2016 (250-400 words)
Draft papers (deadline): 15 June 2016 (4000-6000 words)

The Arctic Yearbook (www.arcticyearbook.com) is calling for abstracts for the 2016 edition.

The Arctic Yearbook is an international and peer-reviewed volume which focuses on issues of regional governance, circumpolar relations, geopolitics and security, all broadly defined including global aspects. It is an open access, online publication. The Arctic Yearbook is an initiative of the Northern Research Forum (NRF) and University of the Arctic's joint Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security.

This year's theme is "The Arctic Council: 20 Years of Regional Cooperation and Policy-Shaping". This theme is meant to evaluate the structure, impact and influence of the Arctic Council, within the context of the circumpolar region as well as a model of international organization. Many facets of the Arctic Council remain underexplored and scholars are invited to propose pieces that provide critical analysis and expand our knowledge and understanding of the organization and its role.

Topics may include, but are not limited to: analysis of the form and function of the Arctic Council, including the Ottawa Declaration in retrospect; a history of the Arctic Council including the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS) and different proposed models in retrospect; assessment and evaluation of the progress and impact of Arctic Council deliverables and agreements; the Senior Arctic Officials, Permanent Secretariat, Task Forces, Working Groups, Permanent Participants, Observers, chairmanships and/or funding structure; the role of non-Arctic Observer states and NGOs in relation to Permanent Participants and/or Working Groups; funding mechanisms and capacity-building efforts for the Permanent Participants; the Arctic Council's interaction with other international bodies and the international system (e.g. IMO, IHO, WMO, UN etc.); media perceptions/representations of the Arctic Council; the role and impact of the six Working Groups, either in combination or separately; the role and function of ancillary organizations such as the Arctic Economic Council and/or the Arctic Coast Guard Forum; the role (or lack of) of sub-national organizations in the Arctic Council; theoretical perspectives on the Arctic Council within an international relations context; the role and limitations of the Arctic Council in regional policy-shaping/policy-making; and future directions of the Arctic Council.

Other topics of contemporary significance to regional development, northern peoples, circumpolar relations, Arctic geopolitics and security will also be welcome.

Abstracts should be 250-400 words and include author name(s), institutional affiliation and article title, to be submitted to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The deadline for abstracts is March 1, 2016. Notice of acceptance will be provided on March 15, 2016. Articles must be submitted by June 15, 2016. Publication will occur in Fall 2016.

We also welcome proposals for commentaries (1-3 page opinion pieces) and briefing notes (4-7 page analyses) from experts and policymakers on current issues and events.

EDITOR

Lassi Heininen (Professor of Arctic Politics at the University of Lapland, Finland & Chair of the Northern Research Forum (NRF) Steering Committee, Head of NRF/UArctic Thematic Network on Geopolitics & Security) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

MANAGING EDITORS
Heather Exner-Pirot (Strategist for Outreach and Indigenous Engagement, University of Saskatchewan, Canada) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Joël Plouffe (PhD Candidate, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP), Montréal, Québec, & Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

EDITORIAL BOARD
Lawson Brigham, Chair (Distinguished Professor of Geography & Arctic Policy, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Senior Fellow, Institute of the North, United States)
Alyson Bailes (Visiting Professor, University of Iceland Faculty of Political Science, United Kingdom)
Gail Fondahl (Professor of Geography, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada)
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (President of Iceland)
Hannu Halinen (former Arctic Ambassador, Finland; Special Advisor to the IIASA Director General and Chief Executive Officer Exploratory and Special Projects)
Steven E. Miller (Director of the International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief of International Security, Harvard University, United States)
Alexander Pelyasov (Russian Academy of Sciences; Director of the Center of Northern and Arctic Economics; Ministry of Economic Development & Trade, Russia)

This US National Science Foundation sponsored course will be held in Antarctica at Palmer Station (Antarctic Peninsula) in July 2016. The course is designed to train scientists who are interested in the study of extreme environments and the biology of Antarctic organisms. Applications are invited from graduate students currently enrolled in a PhD program and researchers who have an earned Ph.D. within the past five years. This is an international course, open to all nationalities. Partial scholarships are available to cover the cost of travel from home institution and full support is provided for room/board and science activities while in Antarctica. The emphasis of the Antarctic Biology Course is on integrative biology, with laboratory- and field-based projects focused on adaptations in an extreme polar environment. This program will also provide opportunities to understand and appreciate the complexities and logistical challenges of undertaking successful science in Antarctica. A diverse teaching faculty will offer students the opportunity to study a wide range of Antarctic organisms (bacteria, algae, invertebrates, and fish), using several different levels of biological analysis (molecular biology, physiological ecology, species diversity, and evolution). Deadline for receipt of completed applications is January 25, 2016. For more information and the on-line application see https://www.usfca.edu/arts-sciences/antarctic-biology-training-program and http://goo.gl/forms/aoNP63pRhF.

SCAR logo white backgroundThe Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) was present in Paris meetings at COP21 this month by holding side events and press briefings. The impacts of climate change on the polar regions was highlighted. Although these issues are hugely complicated by multi-disciplinary environmental, physical and biological interactions – a major message has emerged – “there is a need to better implement results from climate impact projections into conservation strategies”.

SCAR reports that “Dr Julian Gutt, Chief Officer of the SCAR Science Research Programme Antarctic Thresholds - Ecosystem Resilience and Adaptation (AnT-ERA), has produced a report on the SCAR events at COP21 last week, which is available on the AnT-ERA website.”

“SCAR partnered with the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI) to host a press briefing on the impact of climate change on the cryosphere which was webcast live. A recording of the webcast is available on the UNFCCC media website.”

“A side event was also held in the COP21 Nordic Pavilion in the afternoon entitled “View from Two Poles: Climate Lessons from the Arctic and Antarctica”. It was opened by Dr Valérie Masson-Delmotte, winner of the 2015 Muse Prize and Co-Chair of the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Working Group 1.”

Applications are now being accepted for the 71st annual Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP). The 2016 field season will take place June 24 - August 19.

Please submit applications by February 15 for priority consideration. Applicants will be notified by March 1.

APPLY HERE: http://juneauicefield.com/apply/

The Juneau Icefield Research Program's mission is to provide an unrivaled educational and expeditionary experience in the stunning Coast Mountains of Alaska and British Columbia. We give students a wide range of training in Earth sciences, wilderness survival, and mountaineering skills, and provide unique opportunities for team building and personal growth.

The Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) is an eight-week immersion in the wilderness of the Juneau Icefield, during which participants (undergraduate, graduate, and high school juniors and seniors) traverse from Juneau, Alaska to Atlin, British Columbia.

Please explore the JIRP website for more information: http://juneauicefield.com/

Moscow State Institute for International Relations (MGIMO) cordially invites you to the Moscow Youth International Model Arctic Council (MAC-2016).
MAC-2016 is to take place in Moscow, February 17-19, 2016. MAC-2016 is a simulative “business game”, which involves modelling the work of:

  • Arctic Contaminants Action Program (ACAP) Working Group;
  • Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) Working Group;
  • Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Working Group;
  • Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR) Working Group;
  • Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) Working Group;
  • Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG);
  • Arctic Economic Council;
  • Senior Arctic Officials’ Meeting;
  • Ministerial Meeting.

The event will also have a varied educational program, which includes lectures, seminars and workshops led by distinguished experts from Russia, as well as other Arctic States. At MAC-2016 you will also be able to meet Vladimir Barbin, Ambassador at Large, Senior Arctic Official of the Russian Federation, members of the Arctic Council Secretariat, representatives of businesses, members of Russian polar expeditions.

For more information, please read the information letter.

The new wgms Glacier App has been launched! This new information system for mobile
devices is jointly launched with UNESCO in the forefront of the UN Climate
Conference in Paris and aims at bringing glacier fluctuation data to
decision makers at governmental and intergovernmental levels as well as
reaching out to the interested public. With the glacier change data, the
app provides information on the latest observers for all glaciers with
available information. In this way, we want to increase the visibility of
the hundreds of investigators sharing their data with the international
community. For more details see the media release.

You can download the wgms Glacier App for:
iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wgms-glacier/id1055588979?mt=8
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.wgms.glacierapp

In consideration of the 20th birthday of the Arctic Council next year, the WWF Canada aims at creating Scorecards, to monitor to what degree recommendations of the Arctic Council have or have not been implemented by the Arctic Council member states and to also see whether or not other international fora have drawn upon the recommendations of the Arctic Council. 

Please contact Marc-André Dubois (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) – who is working for the WWF Canada if you would like to help to collect and analyze the data on which these Scorecards shall be based.

U.S. Ice Drilling Program Ice Bits Newsletter: Fall 2015
Ice Drilling Program Office - Ice Drilling Design and Operations

The U.S. Ice Drilling Program Office announces that the Fall 2015 Ice Bits newsletter of U.S. Ice Drilling Program activities is now available at:

http://www.icedrill.org/icebits/

Topics include:
- Scientific Drilling in the Polar Regions AGU Town Hall Meeting
- Subglacial Access Drilling: IDPO Science Planning Workshop
- Applications Sought for IDPO's School of Ice 2016
- Field Support to Antarctic Projects
- 2015 Technical Advisory Board Meeting

IMG 8473For the first time since 1997, the 12th Northern Forum General Assembly was held in Yakutsk (November 4-6, 2015) .

This General Assembly’s agenda focused on environmental impact on Northern regions’ sustainable development. Whereas the main panel discussion has reviewed Adaptation of regional administrations to climate change, discussion sections were dedicated to Biodiversity and environmental protection in the regions, development of business cooperation in the North, development of infrastructure in the North and the most attended section – Positive Life strategy. The latter section has indicated both high level of awareness of social and physical health issues common with the Northern regions and interest of moderating bodies – Sakha Strategic Research Center and Russian Ministry for Economic development.

One of the most important propositions of this General Assembly was creation of working groups on entire directions of project work, according to Resolution 177. This measure must link work of project participants to local and interregional authorities, what increases its effect on actual, visible results. Previous system of projects united into programs was not enough efficient, due to its distance from the actual decision-makers; this time, this gap gets smaller.

Therefore, in administrative terms – the main expectation now rests with future of membership in the Northern Forum, as more regions are actively observing decisions taken on the General Assembly and are considering to join. Such signals are coming from the State of Alaska, Northern provinces of Canada, Finnish Lapland, Chinese Heilongjiang and several Russian Arctic regions. The issue of last two resolutions may indicate a path of future development of the Northern Forum that was discussed during the General Assembly agenda.

You can check out the working documents and resolution of the Assembly here.

If you are a freshwater scientist or have been involved in freshwater research you are invited to participate in a survey to help shape the science priorities for Arctic freshwater science over the next decade.

Dr. Philip Blaen, of University of Birmingham, UK, and Paschale Bégin at Universite Laval, are conducting an online survey to identify future priorities for Arctic freshwater science from an early-career researcher perspective. This follows an interactive discussion, held during the latest Arctic Science Summit Week (Toyama, Japan; May 2015), in which delegates were invited to suggest important topics in Arctic freshwater science.

This survey is designed to understand which of these topics are considered most important by the next generation of Arctic researchers. We expect to submit the results for publication in the new open-access journal Arctic Science in early 2016.

Please click on the following link: http://goo.gl/forms/MkG3crza6E

For more information please feel free to contact Dr. Blaen at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Google Earth Engine Scholars program is a new travel scholarship program to support 15 students in the geoscientific fields who would like to attend AGU's Fall meeting, December 14-18, 2015, in San Francisco, CA.

Benefits:

  • Transportation, housing, and registration to the conference
  • Access to groundbreaking research presented at AGU
  • Networking opportunities
  • Opportunity to attend Earth Engine training

If you are an undergraduate or graduate student at an accredited college, university or community college in the US and at least 18 years old, we encourage you to apply.

Please read carefully through the information on the FAQ page before applying, then complete the application form. The application deadline is midnight PST November 24, 2015.

NRM641 Remote Sensing Applications Using ArcGIS 

Spring 2016 3 credits

Dave Verbyla will be teaching s a distance-delivery class, primarily via taped video sessions and weekly ArcGIS assignments.

https://elearning.uaf.edu/course-details-2/?crn=37176

COURSE GOALS:

1) To explore changes in Alaska associated with climate warming in Alaska including greening of the arctic, browning of the boreal forest, mapping wildfire severity and hotspots, mapping shrinking lakes and coastal erosion, etc

2) To learn basic image processing methods using ArcGIS including panchromatic and color image display, image fusion, image georeferencing, change detection methods, supervised and unsupervised classification, and accuracy assessment methods.

3) To learn about sensors especially applicable to vegetation applications in Alaska including color infrared aerial photography, LIDAR, IFSAR,Landsat, MODIS, and AVHRR sensors and data products..

If you are interested please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

This US National Science Foundation sponsored course will be held in Antarctica at Palmer Station (Antarctic Peninsula) in July 2016. The course is designed to train scientists who are interested in the study of extreme environments and the biology of Antarctic organisms. Applications are invited from graduate students currently enrolled in a PhD program and researchers who have an earned Ph.D. within the past five years. This is an international course, open to all nationalities. Partial scholarships are available to cover the cost of travel from home institution and full support is provided for room/board and science activities while in Antarctica. The emphasis of the Antarctic Biology Course is on integrative biology, with laboratory- and field-based projects focused on adaptations in an extreme polar environment. This program will also provide opportunities to understand and appreciate the complexities and logistical challenges of undertaking successful science in Antarctica. A diverse teaching faculty will offer students the opportunity to study a wide range of Antarctic organisms (bacteria, algae, invertebrates, and fish), using several different levels of biological analysis (molecular biology, physiological ecology, species diversity, and evolution). Deadline for receipt of completed applications is January 25, 2016. For more information and the on-line application see https://www.usfca.edu/arts-sciences/antarctic-biology-training-program and http://goo.gl/forms/aoNP63pRhF.

IACS

The International Association for Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) is proud to announce its 2016 Early Career Scientist Prize.

The IACS Early Career Scientist Prize is an annual cash prize of € 1000 awarded to a nominated early career scientist who is assessed as having published the best scientific paper on a cryospheric subject during the previous calendar year. The objective of the prize is to recognize excellence in cryospheric science by honouring and promoting someone in the early-stages of her or his career, and to draw attention to the work of IACS.

IACS now welcomes nominations of scientific papers satisfying the eligibility criteria (see guidelines on-line at http://www.cryosphericsciences.org/iacsECSP.html).

Please submit nomination packages until 12 February 2016 the latest to ecsprize (at) cryosphericsciences.org with the subject line labeled as "IACS: 2016 ECS Prize". All submissions will be acknowledged. If in doubt, please contact the Chair of the Selection Committee (rehock (at) alaska (dot) edu).

The Selection Committee will announce the winner late-March 2016 and the 2016 Prize will be formally presented an IACS affiliated conference in 2016.

This paper is a community paper contributed by 20 authors from multiple disciplines, including glaciology, geology, oceanography, atmospheric sciences, and climate. It reviews the current status of our knowledge, and highlights the knowledge gap, and discusses key directions of the future research. The inventorying work presented in the paper found 170 ice rises and 510 ice rumples, which is available at:
https://data.npolar.no/dataset/9174e644-3540-44e8-b00b-c629acbf1339

This is a direct output of an International Workshop on Antarctic Ice Rises in 2013, sponsered by SCAR's Standing Scientific Group of Physical Sciences, CliC, APECS, Research Council of Norway, British Antarctic Survey and Center for Ice, Climate and Echosystems of the Norwegian Polar Institute. We thank all of the workshop participants and the sponsers.

These paper/dataset as well as workshop presentation materials are downloadable from the workshop web site hosted by CliC.
http://www.climate-cryosphere.org/meetings/past/2013/ice-rises-2013/downloads

The 2015 edition of the Arctic Yearbook is now online at www.arcticyearbook.com . The theme of this year's edition is "Governing and Governance", including a comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed articles under the following sections: local, sub-national and national governance; Arctic regional governance; and international and global governance. Topics include issues such as energy resources, sustainable development, maritime affairs, foreign policy making, identities and indigenous self-determination, environmental regimes, Arctic Council politics, multi-level institutions, state and non-state cooperation, and security and defense policy.

The 2015 Arctic Yearbook includes 19 scholarly articles, 16 expert commentaries, and 7 briefing notes, from 68 authors from 18 countries. It is open access.

You can access AY2015 in various ways:

1. AY2015 Flip Book (ideal for tablets and smart phones). You can read the yearbook and share it via: https://www.joomag.com/magazine/arctic-yearbook-2015/0555303001444902597
2. At that same web address, you also have the option to download the full 455 page PDF.

3. Access individual PDFs of the articles, commentaries or briefing notes directly on our website at www.arcticyearbook.com.

uarcticcongress2016280915wide.pngThe first ever UArctic Congress will take place in Saint Petersburg, Russia from September 12-16, 2016. Hosted by Saint Petersburg State University, the inaugural UArctic Congress 2016 will feature Science and Meeting sections.

We invite proposals for organizing scientific sessions for the UArctic Congress 2016. Proposals are encouraged to address one of the selected themes identified in the ICARP III (International Congress on Arctic Research Planning) statement.

Session proposals that explore interdisciplinarity or relate to education at any level are also welcome. A session runs for 1.5 hours, and can consist of oral or poster presentations, a panel discussion, or a combination of these.

For more information please visit the website.

The U.S. Embassy in Oslo, together with the Arctic Frontiers Secretariat, is excited to announce an opportunity for young U.S. citizens with a professional interest in the Arctic to learn more about the region. Deadline for Applications: November 5, 2015.

For more information see http://norway.usembassy.gov/emergingleaders2016.html

The enclosed Fall 2015 edition of the IASC Progress provides an overview of ongoing activities and initiatives of the five IASC Working Groups (WGs): Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human and Terrestrial. IASC is engaged in all fields of Arctic research and the WGs are the main scientific working bodies. Their primary function is to encourage and support science-led circumarctic international programs by offering opportunities for planning and coordination, and by facilitating communication and access to facilities. Each WG is composed of up to two scientists from each IASC member country, appointed by the national adhering bodies, and engages Early Career Scientists through the IASC Fellowship Program.

 

ICYS logoOpportunity from Ice Core Young Scientists:

There will be a joint special issue of Climate of the Past and The Cryosphere in honor of the upcoming International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences (IPICS) meeting in March 2015. The volume will be titled "International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences Second Open Science Conference (CP/TC Inter-Journal SI)". The special issue is already open to submissions, and the submission closing date is 20 May, 2016.

We are seeking several ECRs to be involved in the editorial process of this issue, each shadowing one of the main editors. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about the editorial and publication process. If you are interested please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please provide a short (100 word) expression of interest and indicate which of the following editors/topics you would be most interested in shadowing.


List of editors/topics:
Eric Wolff (Chief editor, can cover most topics)
Michiel van den Broeke (meteorology, snow)
Barbara Stenni (isotopes)
Ed Brook (gases and much else)
Kumiko Goto-Azuma (chemistry)
Hou Shugui (non-polar cores and other topics)
Tas van Ommen (climate statistics and most topics)
Catherine Ritz (ice dynamics)

SCAR 2016 LOGO NEWThe Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) would like to announce the Call for Abstracts for the SCAR 2016 Open Science Conference to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 22-26 August 2016. This conference will focus on Antarctica in the Global Earth System: From the Poles to the Tropics and how the changes that we are currently seeing in Antarctica will affect the rest of the world. It is sponsored by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia together with the Sultan Mizan Antarctic Research Foundation and the National Antarctic Research Centre, together with SCAR.

The conference programme, including sessions and descriptions, is now available on the conference website: http://scar2016.com/?page_id=3681.

The submission of abstracts is open until 14 February. We encourage those participating in Antarctic expeditions to submit abstracts early. Early bird registration ends on 5 May.

As the only international Antarctic research conference of its kind, this meeting brings together people and groups with various interests - and thus we are happy to provide the opportunity to hold side meetings together with this conference. If you would like to hold a side meeting, please fill out the form as soon as possible. Space is limited and allotted on a first come, first served basis: http://scar2016.com/?page_id=3355.

We would also like you to note that the SCAR Delegates meeting will be held after the Open Science Conference from 28-30 August, and the COMNAP XXVIII General Assembly will be held ‘near-by’ in Goa India, from 16-18 August 2016. More information can be found at https://www.comnap.aq/. So please plan accordingly.

We hope to see many of you in Kuala Lumpur!
http://www.scar.org/contacts/

The 11th International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP 2016) will be held in Potsdam, Germany, 20-24 June 2016. The conference aims at covering all relevant aspects of permafrost research, engineering and outreach on a global and regional level. Check out the conference trailer here: http://www.icop2016.org/index.php/medias/videos.

We hereby open the call for abstracts. Abstracts should be submitted online until 1 December 2015 via the external conference registration system ConfTool (https://www.conftool.pro/icop2016/). For this system you have to register (as user) to be able to start with the registration for the conference (as participant), to upload abstracts, register for local excursions and field trips and other events and meetings. Payments can be carried out by bank transfer, credit card (MasterCard and VISA) and via Paypal.

A list of sessions and their descriptions are available at http://www.icop2016.org/index.php/program/overview. Please note that a maximum of two abstracts can be submitted per first author, out of which only one can be a submission for oral presentation. Particularly, early-career researchers are encouraged to submit abstracts.

By 1 February 2016, authors will be informed about the decision on submitted abstracts. Depending on the number of accepted abstracts, sessions may be subject to cancellation or combination with other sessions. The final conference program will be released 15 April 2016.

Please note that the hotel registration is NOT included in the conference fee and needs to be done following the instructions on the website or via https://www.cbooking.de/v4/Login.aspx?id=hukg&allotmentcode=ICOP2016&lang=en

We look forward to receiving your submissions and registrations and to seeing you in Potsdam next June!

The ICOP 2016 Local Organizing Committee

The Arctic Observing Summit 2016 is calling for White Papers and Brief Statements to identify to help guide discussions during the AOS Thematic Working Group sessions. White paper authors may be invited to give presentations during AOS 2016, and a synthesis of white paper issues will inform recommendations and action items adopted at the Summit and conveyed to Arctic Council Working Groups and other local, national and international bodies overseeing, supporting or carrying out sustained Arctic observations.

Community input was invited during the inaugural AOS in 2013 and Thematic Working Groups prepared synthesis documents and recommendations for the design and implementation of a system of Arctic observing systems, and to guide future Summits. Please visit our AOS 2013 link for examples of input submitted previously.

Deadline for White Paper submission and submission of abstracts for poster presentations is October 18, 2015 at the AOS 2016 website: www.arcticobservingsummit.org

Call for Organizing Committee Nominations by November 6, 2015
Advancing Integrated, Cross-cutting Practices for Arctic Flux Observations in Terrestrial Environments

Please submit nominations to: Eugenie Euskirchen This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Additional questions may also be directed to: Sandy Starkweather, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Luca Belelli Marchesini, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

An international workshop is being proposed to bring together the expertise and resources of the Atmospheric, Cryospheric and Terrestrial communities that conduct energy, moisture and carbon flux observations in Arctic terrestrial environments. A series of formal and informal discussions and previous terrestrial flux workshops have identified the following topics where progress could be made:

  1. Frame pan-Arctic synthesis science questions to address as an interdisciplinary community considering in particular what can be done with the existing set of Arctic flux observations.
  2. Identify inter-operable data products (and the collaboration infrastructure that will support their development) that could address these questions; focusing across the current pan-Arctic infrastructure of Arctic flux observations; considering Arctic-specific constraints; involving the relevant range of disciplines as well as the modeling and satellite community in data product design. Develop strategies for data product design that promotes data sharing, but also facilitates spatial-temporal scaling. Address how data will be documented and accessed.
  3. Develop consistent practices for site (land surface and subsurface) characterization across the current locations where flux measurements are made; consider consistent practices for up-scaling.
  4. Identify and champion expansion of observational capacity of terrestrial cryosphere, ecosystems and atmosphere in under-sampled processes and regions.

For further background on the initiative, see: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/iasoa/sites/default/files/IASOA%20Surface%20Flux%20WG%20Prospectus%20v.05.07.2014.pdf

A starting point for developing collaborative research objectives and refining community interest would be an open workshop in 2016. Given the complexity and interdisciplinarity of this challenge, the initiating group would like to solicit nominations from the international science community for organizing committee members for this workshop. Relevant expertise for this committee would include:

  • A background in acquiring, processes or applying “flux” observations
  • Experience with characterizing Arctic landscapes and addressing up-scaling issues
  • A background in cryospheric observations of the surface and sub-surface, including a background in permafrost physics
  • An interest in using terrestrial flux observations to validate model outputs
  • Experience with the following projects: PAGE21, ICOS, Ameriflux, Fluxnet, GTN-P
  • A background in data management related to flux or permafrost observations
  • Early career nominations welcome

Time line: 
November 2015 – February 2016: Teleconferences (3) to broadly establish workshop objectives
March 2016: Half day in-person organizing committee meeting in conjunction with Fairbanks-2016, Arctic Summit Science Week/Arctic Observing Summit meetings
April – October 2016: Workshop development & logistics
November 2016: Workshop

Registration Available

2016 Arctic Science Summit Week & Arctic Observing Summit
March 12-20, 2016
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

Register online: https://assw2016.org/register
Early-Bird Deadline: 20 December 2015
Final Deadline: 12 February 2016

Meeting Description:
Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) is the annual gathering of international organizations involved in Arctic research. The Summit provides opportunities for coordination, collaboration and cooperation in all areas of Arctic science, and to combine science and management meetings to save on travel and time. The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) chairs the Arctic Science Summit Week, and meetings include IASC Working Groups and several additional open and closed meetings. More information: https://assw2016.org

The Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) is a high-level, biennial summit that aims to build a common vision for sustained, long-term observations of the Arctic and serve as a forum for the planning and coordination of such measurements. Organized by the International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC), the Summit brings together researchers, stakeholders and funding agency representatives to facilitate the design, implementation, coordination and sustained long-term (decades) operation of an international network of Arctic observing systems. More information: http://www.arcticobservingsummit.org

For questions or more information:
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Polar Data Forum II: International Collaboration for Advancing Polar Data Access and Preservation
27-29 October 2015 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

The Polar Data Forum II (PDF II) provides an opportunity for collaboration to organizations and individuals preserving, providing access to, and using valuable Arctic and Antarctic data and information. We welcome data managers, Arctic and Antarctic scientists, students, Aboriginal and northern residents, funding agency representatives, and others interested in improving management of polar and other data. The Forum will be held in conjunction with meetings of the Arctic Data Committee (ADC) of the International Arctic Science Committee and Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (IASC/SAON), the Standing Committee on Antarctic Data Management (SC-ADM) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), and a variety of other organizations and groups.

For further information, including the Provisional Agenda, please see: http://www.polar-data-forum.org

The FINAL Registration deadline is this Friday, 9 October 2015
To register online, go to: http://www.polar-data-forum.org/registration

Please forward this message to interested colleagues.

Thank you, and we hope to see you in Waterloo!

—Polar Data Forum II Advisory and Organizing Committees and many generous partner and sponsor organizations

Polar Educators International (PEI), a vibrant network promoting polar education and research to a global community, is pleased to announce the fourth in the Master Class Series targeting a dual audience:

  • Educators seeking cutting-edge professional development on the latest science discoveries
  • Researchers interested in learning proven strategies for communicating scientific concepts in a clear and meaningful way to non-technical audiences

What will happen to penguins and other Antarctic animals: Evidence of climate change in Antarctica from a marine perspective, features leading researcher, Dr. Jose Xavier, and polar educator, Patricia Azinhaga.

Webinar date/time: Monday, 26 October, 2015 at 2100 GMT/UTC

Registrations are due by 21 October 2015

NOTE: if you are unable to take part in the live webinar, you can still take part in the Master Class by watching the archived version which will be posted on the PEI website discussion group after 27, October 2015—registration is required.

Online discussion forum will follow the web seminar: 28 October-4 November, 2015

Cost: Free to all participants. (Membership in PEI is required for participation in Master Class activities.)

Further information on how to participate is available at: http://www.polareducator.org/activities/master-class

epb logo desktop 2015

The European Polar Board Strategy Action Group would like to solicit input from all EPB stakeholders regarding future strategic direction of the European Polar Board. Your views will help the Action Group to develop a clear vision of the objectives and expectations for EPB. Your feedback will form an important input for creating the next EPB Strategic Plan. Please help us by filling out a short form (5 questions only!):

The last date for providing your input is Friday, 30th of October.

In case of any queries, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

 

FRAM Science Days, 10-11th November 2015, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway

“Multi-stressors in the Arctic Marine Ecosystem”

Deadlines: Registration, poster abstract, and applications for Young Scientist FRAM travel grant is the 10th of October in 2015 on this link

Present a poster! Apply for Young Scientist Travel Awards. See updates.

Confirmed speakers and titles:

  • Jackie Grebmeier, University of Maryland Centre for Environmental Science, USA “Multi-stressors in a changing Arctic Ocean”
  • Helen Johnson, University of Bergen and University of Oxford , UK. “Changes in ocean –glacier dynamics affecting the Arctic system”
  • Howard Browman, Institute of Marine Research, Norway. “Applying organized skepticism to ocean acidification research, or some marine organisms will do just fine in a high CO2 world”
  • Angela Wulff, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. “Primary producers in a changing Arctic - some do not care”
  • Catriona Clemmesen-Bockelmann, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), Germany. “Effect on recruitment on Atlantic cod under end-of-century ocean acidification”
  • Mats Granskog, Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway. “Changes in sunlight exposure in the Arctic Ocean – potential effects on biogeochemistry”
  • Hallvard Strøm, Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway. “The importance of tidewater glaciers for marine mammals and seabirds”
  • Sissel Andersen, Institute of Marine Research, Norway. “Can carbon captured in primary production be a way to counteract anthropogenic CO2-emission?”
  • Martin Biuw, Akvaplan-niva, Norway. ”Herring and whale superabundance in North Norway fjords: Opportunities and challenges for local fisheries, tourism and aquaculture”
  • Hartvig Christie, Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Norway.
  • Randi Ingvaldsen, Institute of Marine Research, Norway. “Future fisheries in a changing Arctic Ocean?”

Theme:
The Arctic Ocean and its adjacent seas and coasts are currently undergoing unprecedented changes reflected in summer sea ice decline, warming, increased Atlantic water heat transport, freshening, retreat of glaciers, and ocean acidification. These changes are affecting the chemical and physical environment such as stratification, nutrient availability, air-sea gas exchange and light conditions. Consequently, these changes will impact the primary and secondary production and subsequently the whole marine ecosystem.

The 1st FRAM Science Days, taking place the 10-11th November 2015 in Tromsø, northern Norway, focus on the theme “Multi-stressors in the Arctic Marine Ecosystem”, and presents some of the research that have been performed during the first four years in the Fram Centre flagships programs.
Invited keynote speakers will introduce and describe several aspects of the occurring changes in the biogeochemical processes and the marine ecosystems in the Arctic Ocean, and in the transition zones such as the Barents Sea and high north coastal systems.
The conference includes sessions to encourage and stimulate discussions. Topics will include effect and trends in ocean acidification, potential changes in the advection of water masses, increased freshening and glacial melt water input, air-sea CO2 interaction, warming, changing sea ice, land- ocean interaction and impacts on the marine ecosystems in a changing climate.

Some research questions to be addressed in the talks and posters:

  • What are the major changes in the Arctic Ocean with consequence for the marine ecosystem?
  • Is the Arctic freshening? And what are the consequences of a fresher Arctic Ocean on the ecosystem?
  • Will the vanishing summer sea ice cover have consequences for the ecosystem?
  • Are there likely changes on the primary and secondary production?
  • How will fish and higher trophic levels respond to multiple environmental stressors?
  • Adaptation?
  • Do we have evidence for northward mass migration of benthos, fish, mammals, birds?

Registration: There is no registration fee for this event. All meals and social events are sponsored by the Fram Centre. The conference is limited to 200 participants and registration is necessary.

Deadlines: Registration, abstract deadline and applications for Young Scientist FRAM travel grant is the 10th of October in 2015 on this link.

Conference chairs and organizers:

  • Melissa Chierici (IMR and Fram Centre, Flagship leader “Ocean Acidification”)
  • Lis Jørgensen (IMR and Fram Centre, Flagship leader “Coast and Fjord”)
  • Laura de Steur (NPI and Fram Centre, “The Arctic Ocean”)
  • Jo Aarseth (Fram Centre, Flagship coordinator)
  • Helge Markusson (Fram Centre, outreach coordinator)

The U.S. Permafrost Association will be awarding up to eight travel grants between $500-$1000 for U.S. based students and post-graduate researchers (within six years of their terminal degree) to attend the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2015. The applicant must be first author on a permafrost-related research presentation at AGU. Preference will be given to an applicant who possesses both USPA and PYRN memberships. Two of the grants are reserved for engineering disciplines. Undergraduate students are encouraged to apply.

The application can be found at www.uspermafrost.org or by emailing Jennifer Frederick at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The application is due October 30th 2015 at midnight Pacific Standard Time.

Северный форум ввввоThe Northern Forum is a non-profit, international organization composed of sub-national or regional governments from eight northern countries.

Northern regions share characteristics that set them apart from other areas of the world. These include:

  • Economies based upon the extraction of natural resources.
  • Lack of internal capital resources.
  • Limited infrastructural development.
  • Harsh climates and vulnerable ecosystems.
  • Diverse and relatively strong indigenous cultures.
  • Sparse populations.

Such complex factors create unique challenges for regional Governors and other executives.

From throughout the North, the Northern Forum brings these leaders together to address common political, environmental and economic issues.

The Northern Forum developed from a Northern Regions Conference held in 1990 in Anchorage, Alaska, attended by more than 600 delegates from 10 countries.

The Forum was formally established in November 1991.

For more information please check the Northern Forum's website or visit its Facebook page.

This year Northern Forum will host its 12th General Assembly in Yakutsk, November 4-6. The main goal of the meeting is to discuss and outline main perspectives and challenges for interregional cooperation in the changing World realities, all aimed to a same goal - to maintain and achieve new heights in making the North a convenient, friendly and safe place to live.

The General Assembly is attended by Governors and representatives of the Northern Forum member regions from State of Alaska (USA), Sakha Republic, Khanty-Mansiyskiy AO, Yamalo-Nenetskiy AO, Chukotskiy AO (Russia), Kamchatskiy Kray; Town of Akureyri (Iceland), Gangwon Province (Republic of Korea), Lapland (Finland); business partners, project coordinators and participants. Representatives from other regions, the Arctic Council observer organizations, other international organizations and Arctic business circles are also invited to the event.

For more information on Assembly please check this page.

 

Antarctic Organisations Announce 2015 Fellowship Recipients

SCAR Antarctic Science Fellowships
COMNAP Antarctic Research Fellowships

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) are pleased to announce this year’s Fellowship awardees.

The Fellowships are worth up to $US15,000 each and six Fellowships (four SCAR, one COMNAP and one joint SCAR/COMNAP) will be awarded in this round. The SCAR Fellowships are awarded to: Jennifer Newall, Sebastian Rosier, Rowan Trebilco and Christine Dow. Rowan Trebilco becomes the first Prince Albert II of Monaco Fellow, funded from the Prix Biodiversité awarded to SCAR in 2013. The COMNAP Fellowship is awarded to: Alejandro Velasco Castrillón. A co-funded SCAR/COMNAP Fellowship was awarded to: Inka Koch.

This year, 37 applications were received. The winners of the Fellowships will carry out a range of scientific research in areas including ice sheet modelling and grounding zones, Southern Ocean ecosystems, terrestrial ecology and subglacial hydrology. Candidates come from a wide geographic spread of countries, including Argentina, Australia, France, India, Italy, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.

SCAR has been offering scientific fellowships to early career scientists since 2005. Such fellowships have enabled Antarctic scientists to participate in a range of significant research including using ice cores to determine proxies for the Southern Annular Mode, a molecular study of Antarctic ostracods, and investigating particulate carbon and biogenic silica in sea ice in both the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Since 2005, 34 SCAR Fellowships have been awarded.

In 2011, COMNAP launched the Antarctic Research Fellowship Scheme, offering one fellowship for an early career person in order to carry out research within a COMNAP National Antarctic Program. With this year’s awards, there have been nine COMNAP Fellowships or joint Fellowships awarded.

The Fellowships supports the scientific goals of SCAR and the international cooperation goal of COMNAP to develop and promote best practice in managing the support to Antarctic science. The Fellowships enable the early career researchers to join a project team from another country, opening up new opportunities and often creating research partnerships that last many years and over many Antarctic research seasons.

Background information:

The Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR)
www.scar.org
Contact: Eoghan Griffin, Executive Officer
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+44 1223 336556

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is an inter-disciplinary committee of the International Council for Science (ICSU). SCAR is charged with initiating, developing and coordinating high quality international scientific research in the Antarctic region, and on the role of the Antarctic region in the Earth system. The scientific business of SCAR is conducted by its Standing Scientific Groups which represent the scientific disciplines active in Antarctic research and report to SCAR. In addition to carrying out its primary scientific role, SCAR also provides objective and independent scientific advice to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings and other organizations on issues of science and conservation affecting the management of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

The Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP)
www.comnap.aq
Contact: Michelle Rogan-Finnemore, Executive Secretary
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+643 364-2273

COMNAP brings together the National Antarctic Programs of 30 Antarctic Treaty countries. Formed in 1988, the purpose of COMNAP is to develop and promote best practice in managing the support of scientific research in Antarctica. It does this by: Serving as a forum to develop practices that improve effectiveness of activities in an environmentally responsible manner; Facilitating and promoting international partnerships; Providing opportunities and systems for information exchange; and Providing the Antarctic Treaty System with objective and practical, technical and non-political advice drawn from the National Antarctic Programs' pool of expertise.

A new six-week online course 'Antarctica Online', hosted by Victoria University of Wellington, is available to enrol with now.

The fully online course is offered by the Science in Society group. The course starts on Monday 28th September and finishes on Friday 6th November. Fee is $120.

Featuring lectures that were filmed on the ice over 10 days around Scott Base, this course examines contemporary Antarctic scientific research, placing it in a wider scientific, historical, social and cultural context and includes three two-week modules, on Antarctic Science History, Geology and Palaeoclimate and Constructing Antarctica.

To enrol go to http://cce.victoria.ac.nz/courses/352-antarctica-online. Or to enrol by phone: +64-4-463 6556

 

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Polar Data Forum II: International Collaboration for Advancing Polar Data Access and Preservation
October 27 - 29, 2015 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

The Polar Data Forum II (PDF II) provides an opportunity for collaboration to organizations and individuals preserving, providing access to, and using valuable Arctic and Antarctic data and information. We welcome data managers, Arctic and Antarctic scientists, students, Aboriginal and northern residents, funding agency representatives, and others interested in improving management of polar and other data. The Forum will be held in conjunction with meetings of the Arctic Data Committee (ADC) of the International Arctic Science Committee and Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (IASC/SAON), the Standing Committee on Antarctic Data Management (SC-ADM) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), and a variety of other organizations and groups.

For further information, including the Provisional Agenda and Excursions to Toronto and Niagara Falls, please see: http://www.polar-data-forum.org

The hotel Room Block reservation deadline is coming up: 21 September 2015
To book a room online, go to: https://www.deltahotels.com/Groups/Delta-Waterloo-Groups/Polar-Data-Forum

The FINAL Registration deadline is 30 September 2015
To register online, go to: http://www.polar-data-forum.org/registration

Tuesday, 27 October: We will provide a Data Management Workshop: Learn how to manage your data! This 3-hour hands-on Workshop is directed at graduate students and early career researchers interested in preserving their research data for the future. All are welcome to register for the Workshop. Attendance is first-come, first-served.

Please forward this message to interested colleagues.

Thank you, and we hope to see you in Waterloo in October!

—Polar Data Forum II Advisory and Organizing Committees and many generous partner and sponsor organizations

Dear all,

We are happy to announce that the registration for the 2nd Snow Science Winter School is opened.

The 2nd Snow Science Winter School will take place on 14-20 February 2016, at Preda and Davos, Switzerland. It aims to teach advanced techniques for snow characterization, such as micro-tomography, measurements of specific surface area by reflection and spectroscopy, high-resolution penetrometer... The school is organized in field and laboratory training courses, combined with theoretical lessons in the classroom.

Any graduate student or post-doc working on snow or in some snow related field is welcome to participate. The course corresponds to 3 ETCS-Points.

Registration and detailed information on the 2nd SSWS are available on the website:
http://www.slf.ch/dienstleistungen/events/snowschool/index_DE
Special funding is available for students form member states of the Arctic Council.
Applications will close on November 10, 2015.

For further questions, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Martin Schneebeli and Neige Calonne
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF

We are pleased to announce that the latest SCAR Bulletin (number 191) is now published on the website.

It contains the SCAR Annual Report for 2014-15 and is available to view and download at: http://www.scar.org/outreach/scar-bulletin

A training school focused on exploring glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) modeling will be held from 13-19 September 2015. The school entails training on GIA modeling and relevant processes, including ice mass change, solid-earth deformation, and sea-level and geoid variations. Virtual participation in the lecture segments of the course has been organized. As a virtual participant, you will have the option of attending 11 lecture sessions beginning on 14 September and concluding on 18 September 2015. At the website address below you will find links for each lecture as well as important instructions for using the webinar software interface.

http://polenet.org/?page_id=2261

 

Future activities and operations in the Arctic call for a broad understanding of the opportunities and challenges to ensure sustainable development. Emerging Leaders calls for young professionals and Ph.D. students/post docs to meet with representatives from academia, business and the public sector through an inspiring and educational program.

Attached you will find an invitation to send participants to Arctic Frontiers Emerging Leaders 2016, as well as information regarding potential funding for young scientists provided by the Research Council of Norway (special criteria). Since the details for Emerging Leaders 2016 is being finalized within the next weeks, we invite you to take a look at enclosed program from 2015.

You also find information regarding the scholarships for young scientists here: http://www.arcticfrontiers.com/arena/emerging-leaders

We are looking forward to your response.

Best regards,
Kriss Rokkan Iversen,
Project manager Arctic Frontiers Emerging Leaders

 

 

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The Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Raskin Scholarship (due 10/1) and ESIP Student Fellows (due 10/9).

ESIP Student Fellows are graduate students interested in bridging the gap between informatics and Earth Science. This fellowship provides students a chance to work closely with professionals in an interdisciplinary, cross-sector group (ESIP collaboration area) on current Earth Science problems. Student fellows become engaged in ESIP collaboration areas as rapporteurs, documenting group activities on monthly telecons and at ESIP’s semi-annual meetings (Summer/Winter). As fellows become more familiar with collaboration-area activities they may choose to integrate their own research, which can result in publication and additional funding opportunities. Student Fellows will receive a stipend of $2000 plus travel expenses to the summer and winter ESIP meetings.

The Raskin Scholarship is in memory of Rob Raskin, a long-time ESIP community member and major contributor to Earth science informatics field. The scholarship is awarded to a current graduate student studying an Earth science, computer science or closely related discipline and have an interest in fields related to current technical, scientific or applied activities of the ESIP Federation. In addition to a cash prize, the awarded scholar will give a keynote talk at the 2015 ESIP Summer Meeting.

Please feel free to forward these opportunities along to other networks of interest. For full details on the either of these opportunities see the ESIPFed website. For questions, please e-mail me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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Annual International Forum “The Arctic: today and the Future” will take place in St-Petersburg on December. The Forum summarizes public agenda in sphere of the Arctic zone development, gather topical issues, initiatives and propositions in annual Resolution which reflect all-Russian, regional and sectoral agendas. 

Forum “The Arctic: today and the Future” is held under the aegis of the IRPO “Association of Polar Explorers”. Association of Polar Explorers is a public leader and participates in north regions development through joint efforts of all public parties interested in Russian Arctic development.

The Forum is an effective instrument for direct interaction of business and society representatives concerning ecological management of natural resources, transport and transit potential and energy complex, education and science, national safety and international cooperation. 

More than 1000 delegates of the International Forum “The Arctic: today and the Future” from Russia and foreign countries are expected to participate. Representatives of federal and regional authorities, state corporations, scientific and educational organizations, civil society, foreign participants of the international cooperation will be among them. There will be an exhibition covering more than 1500 sq.m in the specialized area.

For more information please visit - http://forumarctic.com/eng/conf2015/

The Russian National Committee of APECS - The Polar Initiative - is invited to participate in this forum and take part in some of the panels and discussions.

Federal Arctic Forum «ARCTIC DAYS in MOSCOW» organized by Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation will take place November 19 – 21, 2015,  in Moscow.

This year's forum promises a lot of interesting activities. Last year The ARCTIC DAYS, November 2014, was attended by over 3500 people. More than 2000 scientists and specialists  from Moscow, Russian Arctic Regions, Great Britain, Germany, Norway, Island, Chech took part  in discussion of topical issues of the Arctic region at the scientific conference "The Arctic Open", which has become a key event of  ARCTIC DAYS in MOSCOW. The Federal Arctic Forum «ARCTIC DAYS in MOSCOW» is held from 2010 and traditionally causes the  huge public & media interest. This event is very popular in scientific and political circles. In 2015 ARCTIC DAYS in MOSCOW includes next events: Panel Dicussion «THE BUSINESS CLIMATE IN THE ARCTIC», II International Scientific Conference «OPEN ARCTIC», Folk Festival «HELLO! IT'S ARCTIC!», Multimedia Exhibition «THE ARCTIC».

The main goals of the forum: drawing attention to the natural, historical and cultural sites in the Arctic, increasing of the tourism attractiveness of the Far North of Russia, showing Great North and dialogue about environmental problems in the Arctic.

For more information please visit the conference's website - http://arctic-days.ru/en/

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Organizers of the Polar Data Forum II: International Collaboration for Advancing Polar Data Access and Preservation announce a call for early bird registration. The forum will convene 27-29 October 2015 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Early bird registration deadline: 31 August 2015

The Polar Data Forum II (PDF II) will build on successes of the first Polar Data Forum, which convened during October 2013 in Tokyo, Japan, and a series of other international and national meetings that have identified priority themes and key challenges in the domain of polar data management. PDF II will further refine these themes and priorities and will accelerate progress by establishing clear actions to address the target issues, including meeting the needs of society and science through promotion of open data and effective data stewardship, establishing sharing and interoperability of data at a variety of levels, developing trusted data management systems, and ensuring long-term data preservation. The forum will be held in conjunction with the scheduled annual meetings of the Arctic Data Committee (ADC) of the International Arctic Science Committee and Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (IASC/SAON) and the Standing Committee on Antarctic Data Management (SC-ADM) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).

Organizers welcome data managers, Arctic and Antarctic scientists, students, aboriginal and northern residents, funding agency representatives, and others interested in improving management of polar and other data.

A data management workshop directed at graduate students and early career researchers interested in preserving research data will be held on Tuesday, 27 October 2015. The workshop is open to anyone interested in data management. Attendance will be first come, first served.

A room block has been arranged for reduced accommodation rates. Block reservation deadline: 21 September 2015.

For more information about block reservations, go to: https://www.deltahotels.com/Groups/Delta-Waterloo-Groups/Polar-Data-Forum.

Limited travel funding support for students, early career researchers, and indigenous participants is available. For more information about travel funding please contact the Local Organizing Committee online: http://www.polar-data-forum.org/contact-form.

Travel funding application deadline: Monday, 31 August 2015.

Early bird registration deadline: 31 August 2015

For more information, and to register online, go to: http://www.polar-data-forum.org/registration.

For further information, including excursions to Toronto and Niagara Falls, please see: http://www.polar-data-forum.org.

The OntoSoft project is offering training sessions for geoscientists to learn best practices in software and data sharing, provenance documentation, and scholarly publication. These training sessions will be offered in different modalities throughout 2015. Training materials will be freely available on line.

Upcoming trainings:
August 17, 2015 at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
September 28, 2015 at NCAR, Boulder, CO
September 28, 2015 at USGS, Golden, CO
October 9, 2015 at LDEO, New York, NY
October 30, 2015 at UT Austin, Austin, TX
November 2, 2015 at GSA, Baltimore, MD
December 2015 at the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Webinars will be held:
Wednesday September 16, 2015 at 10am PDT
Monday November 9, 2015 at 10am PDT

For more information, please visit http://www.ontosoft.org/gpf/training-sessions

Dear APECS members,

The Early Bird registration to our forthcoming conference ”In the Spirit of the Rovaniemi Process – Local and Global Arctic” is open until 31 August.

Please note also the discount prices for PhD and MA students!

With the theme “Local and Global Arctic” the conference will discuss global, regional and local views on the ongoing developments in the Arctic. In addition to discussing the local impacts of global projects and processes in the Arctic, also the roles of organizations such as the Arctic Council and the European Union in bridging Arctic stakeholders will be highlighted. More information: www.rovaniemiprocess.fi

The conference will take place in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland on 24-26 November 2015. The conference is organized by the City of Rovaniemi, the University of Lapland and its Arctic Centre and the Arctic Society of Finland.

The program will consist of keynote speeches in two Plenary Sessions as well as scientific presentations in Parallel Thematic Sessions. Moreover, a variety of social program is organized, such as a Pre-Conference excursion on 24 November. More information at the Conference website: www.rovaniemiprocess.fi/en/programme andwww.rovaniemiprocess.fi/en/socialprogramme.

Thematic sessions and chairs:

A The European Union and the Arctic – Paula Kankaanpää, Marine Research Centre of the Finnish Environment Institute, and Malgorzata Smieszek and Markku Heikkilä, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland

B Arctic Transportation Infrastructure and Services: Regulation, Public-private Partnerships, Weather and Climate Information – Tero Vauraste, Arctia Shipping and Petteri Taalas, Finnish Meteorological Institute

C Natural Resources in the Arctic – Jukka Similä, University of Lapland, Virpi Alenius, Natural Resources Institute Finland and Vesa Nykänen, Geological Survey of Finland

D Geopolitics of the Global Arctic by the Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security – Lassi Heininen, University of Lapland and Matthias Finger, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

E Arctic Urbanization, Urban Politics and Sustainable Development – Monica Tennberg, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland and Aileen Espiritu, the Barents Institute, University of Tromso

F Arctic Cities and Design – Päivi Tahkokallio, Tahkokallio Design+ Ltd. and Timo Jokela, University of Lapland

G Contemporary Art and Northern Heritage - Art as Innovation – Timo Jokela and Glen Coutts, University of Lapland

H Arctic Indigenous Peoples Livelihoods and Languages – Liisa Holmberg, Sámi Education Institute

I Work and Well-Being in the Arctic – Hannu Rintamäki, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

J Indigenous Tourism in the Arctic Region – Opportunities and Challenges – Johan Edelheim and Daniela Tommasini, Multidimensional Tourism Institute

Keynote speakers in Plenaries and Thematic Sessions include:

Tara Sweeney, Arctic Economic Council

Johnny Edmonds, World Indigenous Tourism Alliance WINTA

Petteri Taalas, Finnish Meteorological Institute

Tero Vauraste, Arctia Shipping

Timo Koivurova, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland

Link to the online registration form:

www.rovaniemiprocess.fi/en/registration

More information about the conference:

www.rovaniemiprocess.fi

Facebook: www.facebook.com/rovaniemiprocess

Twitter: #rovaniemiprocess

Contacts:

Conference manager: researcher Ilona Mettiäinen, Arctic Centre, University of This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Rovaniemi-Lapland Congresses: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We hope to see you in Rovaniemi in November!

The Organizing Committee

We would like to introduce to you "Celebrating Antarctica," a book aimed at young audiences which introduces the Antarctica treaty using simple text, beautiful imagery, and illustrations from children themselves!

The book is available for free download at: http://celebratingantarctica.tumblr.com/

We are trying to make it available in as many languages as possible. There are versions in English, simplified Chinese, French, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal & Brazil), and Spanish available, and we are working on Arabic, Bulgarian, traditional Chinese, German, Italian, Hebrew, Japanese, Russian, and Vietnamese.

We encourage scientists and educators to use this as a tool to spread awareness of the Antarctic Treaty, polar science, and international cooperation using science as a common language.

Sincerely,
Julie Hambrook Berkman & Allen Pope

Please feel free to share as widely as possible. More information on OurSpaces & Antarctica Day also available at www.ourspaces.org.uk/

 

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PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) is currently accepting applications from researchers for teacher research experiences. Researchers are invited to submit an application to host a PolarTREC teacher during the 2016 (usually Arctic) or 2016-2017 (usually Antarctic) field seasons.

More information and application forms are available at: http://www.polartrec.com/researchers/application

Application Deadline: Tuesday, 8 September 2015, 5 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time

ABOUT PolarTREC:

PolarTREC—a program of the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS)—is a professional development program for educators, which pairs teachers with researchers to improve science education through authentic polar research experiences. The program integrates research and education to produce a legacy of long-term teacher-researcher collaborations, improved teacher content knowledge and instructional practices, and broad public interest and engagement in polar science.

PolarTREC teachers will spend three to eight weeks in the Arctic or Antarctic, working closely with researchers in the field as an integral part of the science team. PolarTREC teachers and researchers will be matched based on similar goals and interests, and teachers will be trained to meet the program requirements prior to the field season. While in the field, teachers and researchers will communicate extensively with their colleagues, communities, and students of all ages across the globe, using a variety of tools including online journals, photos, other multimedia, and web-based seminars.

Teachers and research projects will be selected and matched to fill the approximately 12 openings available. All major expenses associated with teacher participation in PolarTREC field experiences are covered by the program and program partners, including transportation to and from the field site, food, lodging, and substitute teacher costs.

PolarTREC researchers must be at U.S. Institutions. Applications from researchers on NSF-funded projects will receive priority in the selection process. Researchers should have secured funding for their research project prior to applying; if funding is pending and you would still like to host a teacher, please contact PolarTREC at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to discuss your situation.

PolarTREC is funded by the National Science Foundation and administered by the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Further information about PolarTREC, including program goals, requirements, and frequently asked questions, is available at: http://www.polartrec.com/researchers

Or contact PolarTREC:
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phone: 907-474-1600

A special meeting of the Asian forum for Polar Sciences (AFoPS-XV) was held on 23 April 2015, during the ASSW at Toyama International Conference Center, Japan. The meeting, attended by 15 delegates from 5 Members and an observer (Thailand) was presided by Dr. Kazuyuki Shiraishi of NIPR, the designated acting Chair for the Toyama gathering.

The AFoPS Committee discussed a range of issues on research/logistics cooperation and AFoPS operation, aided by 9 working and 6 information papers. The following highlights the key decisions made by the Members:
- The Committee endorsed and encouraged all 5 proposed AFoPS cooperative projects. The project proponents will be asked to report its progress to the Committee regularly.
- The Members commonly recognized a need for a well-functioning, strong secretariat and agreed to carry on with a discussion on how to en- sure the stability. The draft Terms of Reference for the secretariat submitted by Malaysia was accepted with minor changes. Proposed standard procedures for the meeting management have been agreed by the Committee.
- The Members welcomed interorganizational cooperation with
IASC and SCAR. Accordingly, this will be communicated to the IASC-SCAR representatives for their internal considerations.

This new initiative of AFoPS was introduced to the ATCM XXXVIII in Sofia Bulgaria as an information paper which was welcome by the Parties and the SCAR President.

Newsletter available here

AOS2016Invitation for community white papers and short statements for Arctic Observing Summit (AOS 2016)
http://www.arcticobservingsummit.org/community-white-papers-and-short-statements-submission-form

The Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) is a high-level, biennial summit that aims to provide community-driven, science-based guidance for the design, implementation, coordination and sustained long-term (decades) operation of an international network of Arctic observing systems. The AOS provides a platform to address urgent and broadly recognized needs of Arctic observing across all components of the Arctic system. The upcoming AOS 2016 will be held 15-18 March in Fairbanks, Alaska, in conjunction with the Arctic Science Summit Week 2016.

The design, development, implementation and sustained operation of an adaptive, relevant and responsive Arctic observing system requires the expertise and input from everyone affected by, or interested in, observing activities, applications and derived products. Community input and perspectives are invited in the form of white papers and short statements for AOS 2016. Community input can serve to highlight important data, management, or logistical needs or gaps, explore emerging opportunities, address a current challenge, present new initiatives or technology that can contribute to Arctic observing (including global programs), or review on-going observing activities or issues that are relevant for the development, application, operation, or support of a sustained Arctic observing network. Community white papers and short statements should link to the six themes for AOS 2016 below:

  • International and national strategies for sustained support of long-term Arctic observing
  • Technology and innovation for sustained Arctic observations
  • Contributions of the Private Sector and Industry to sustained Arctic observations
  • Actor and Stakeholder engagement and needs in sustained Arctic observations
  • Arctic Observations in the context of Global Observing initiatives
  • Interfacing Traditional Knowledge, Community-based Monitoring and Scientific Methods for sustained Arctic observations

Deadline for submissions is October 18th, 2015. For more information visit the AOS 2016 website : http://www.arcticobservingsummit.org/aos-2016-themes-and-important-announcements

We would like to call your attention to the WWRP/WCRP/Bolin Centre Polar Prediction School that will be held at the Abisko Field Station in Arctic Sweden from 5-15 April 2016 (next year) sponsored by WWRP, WCRP, and the Bolin Center. The school is part of the WWRP Polar Prediction Project and the WCRP Polar Climate Predictability Initiative.

This course on Polar Prediction will provide training for 30 PhD and early career post-doctoral polar scientists, focusing on topics such as: polar mesoscale atmospheric processes; sea ice prediction, near term ensemble prediction, and seasonal-to-decadal climate variability and prediction in the polar regions. The program will combine lectures on key areas relevant for polar prediction and a number of field observation and modelling exercises to foster an interactive learning environment.

If you would like to apply for a place on the school, but did not fill out the Expression of Interest (EOI) after the 1st call in May, then please do so. Candidates for a full application will be selected from these EOI's. We are asking for people wishing to apply to this school to fill out the Expression of Interest form by 20th July. You can find the form here: http://www.climate-cryosphere.org/wcrp/pcpi/meetings/abisko-pp-2016/expression-of-interest

Limited travel support may be available, particularly for participants from developing countries.

For more information on the school, visit http://www.climate-cryosphere.org/wcrp/pcpi/meetings/abisko-pp-2016. For any questions, contact Jonny Day <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>.

On behalf of the organizing committee,
Jonny

Dr Valérie Masson-Delmotte has been awarded the 2015 Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica for her work on the characterization, quantification and understanding of past changes in climate and water cycle, translating the isotopic data to paleo-temperature records.

Dr Masson has used combinations of the water isotope data to interpret the transport route for the moisture reaching Antarctica and elevation changes of the deep drill sites in Antarctica. She has an interdisciplinary profile in isotopic geochemistry, glaciology, climate modelling and paleoclimatology. She has also contributed to the paleoclimate chapters of two IPCC reports: as Lead Author of IPCC AR4 and as Coordinating Lead Author of IPCC AR5. Her leadership roles in major international Antarctic collaborations include the IGBP-PAGES International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences (IPICS)Ice Core Sciences (IPICS) and with the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS). Her research prizes include the prestigious 2013 Prix Irène Joliot Curie for “Scientific woman of the year” and she was recognised as “Highly cited scientist” by Thomson Reuters (2014). She is currently head of the scientific and technical council of LSCE (Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement) at CEA (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives). Dr Masson would like to acknowledge her research on Antarctic ice cores could not have been possible without the support of the French Polar Institute (IPEV).

The Prize Ceremony will be held at the PAGES Antarctica2K meeting in September.

Background information: The Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica is a US$ 100,000 unrestricted award presented to an individual in the fields of Antarctic science or policy that has demonstrated potential for sustained and significant contributions that will enhance the understanding and/or preservation of Antarctica. The prize is funded by the Tinker Foundation, whose goal is to recognize excellence in Antarctic research by honouring someone in the early to mid-stages of his or her career. The Prize is inspired by Martha T. Muse’s passion for Antarctica and is a legacy of the International Polar Year. For further details, please visit the Muse Prize website.

In order to address growing disparities in Polar remote sensing, and in particular to articulate the satellite needs specific to the Southern Ocean, last year SOOS (The Southern Ocean Observing System) and CliC (Climate and the Cryosphere Project) coordinated a community survey to canvas uses of remote sensing and define limitations and recommendations for improvement of Southern Ocean remote sensing.

These survey responses have been brought together into a summary report, which we are now circulating again around the entire Southern Ocean community (both operational and research). Sections of the report include sea ice variables, atmospheric parameters, SST, SSH, SSS, terrestrial cryospheric connections, marine microbes / ocean color, marine biology, surface winds, and more.

We encourage all interested members of the Southern Ocean community to review relevant sections and submit any comments edits by the end of July. We want you, the community, to ensure that the content is complete and that the report’s recommendations are detailed, innovative, and accurate. The aim is that this review will represent the Southern Ocean community’s satellite data needs for the coming decade. It is designed to stand as an important strategy paper that provides the rationale and information required for future strategic planning and investment.

We ask that you use a Google Doc to provide feedback, so that it can be a more collaborative effort (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oCXwPU8ykGYv9h4W0i5lzIqWpcpF0m4JX6MRP6BjEJs/edit?usp=sharing; there is a linked table of contents to make it easier to access your section of interest). However, if you are unable to access the Doc for some reason, please contact us (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; subj: Southern Ocean Satellite Report) and we will be able to provide you with a PDF or Word version.

Thank you for taking the time to contribute to this valuable community effort!

Sincerely,

Allen Pope, NSIDC/UW; Penelope Wagner, MetNo; Rob Johnson, UTAS; Jenny Baeseman, CliC; Louise Newman, SOOS

“Multi-stressors in the Arctic Marine Ecosystem”

The Arctic Ocean and its adjacent seas and coasts are currently undergoing unprecedented changes reflected in summer sea icedecline, warming, increased Atlantic water heat transport, freshening, retreat of glaciers, and ocean acidification. These changesare affecting the chemical and physical environment such as stratification, nutrient availability, air-sea gas exchange and lightconditions. Consequently, these changes will impact the primary and secondary production and subsequently the whole marineecosystem.

The 1st FRAM Science Days, taking place the 10-11th November 2015 in Tromsø, northern Norway, focus on the theme “Multi-stressors in the Arctic Marine Ecosystem”, and presents some of the research that have been performed during the first fouryears in the Fram Centre flagships programs.
Invited keynote speakers will introduce and describe several aspects of the occurring changes in the biogeochemical processesand the marine ecosystems in the Arctic Ocean, and in the transition zones such as the Barents Sea and high north coastalsystems.
The conference includes sessions to encourage and stimulate discussions. Topics will include effect and trends in oceanacidification, potential changes in the advection of water masses, increased freshening and glacial melt water input, air-sea CO2interaction, warming, changing sea ice, land- ocean interaction and impacts on the marine ecosystems in a changing climate.

Some research questions to be addressed in the talks and posters:

· What are the major changes in the Arctic Ocean with consequence for the marine ecosystem?
· Is the Arctic freshening? And what are the consequences of a fresher Arctic Ocean on the ecosystem?
· Will the vanishing summer sea ice cover have consequences for the ecosystem?
· Are there likely changes on the primary and secondary production?
· How will fish and higher trophic levels respond to multiple environmental stressors?
Adaptation?
· Do we have evidence for northward mass migration of benthos, fish, mammals, birds?

Registration: There is no registration fee for this event. All meals and social events are sponsored by the Fram Centre. Theconference is limited to 200 participants and registration is necessary.

Deadlines: Registration, abstract deadline and applications for Young Scientist FRAM travel grant is the 10th of October in 2015 onthe following link: http://mform.imr.no/view.php?id=42242

Conference chairs and organizers:

Melissa Chierici (IMR and Fram Centre, Flagship leader “Ocean Acidification”)
Lis Jørgensen (IMR and Fram Centre, Flagship leader “Coast and Fjord”)
Laura de Steur (NPI and Fram Centre, “The Arctic Ocean”)
Jo Aarseth (Fram Centre, Flagship coordinator)
Helge Markusson (Fram Centre, outreach coordinator)

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Melissa Chierici, Ph.D
Seniorforsker/Sr. Scientist
Havsforskningsinstituttet/ Institute of Marine Research
Postboks 6404
9294 Tromsø
Norway

Phone: +47 900 54 479
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iasc webIASC Medals are awarded in recognition of exceptional and sustained contributions to the understanding of the Arctic. A maximum of one award is made each year, assuming that there is a nominee of appropriate quality. The award of medals is normally by the President of IASC during the Arctic Science Summit Week (or exceptionally at another major international meeting) following the ratification of the award.

Nominations for the IASC Medal 2016 can be submitted to the IASC Secretariat until 31 December 2015. The Medal Awards Committee, composed of Rajan Sivaramakrishnan,Yves Frenot and David Hik, will consider the nominations received and the Medal will be awarded at the Arctic Science Summit Week in Fairbanks (USA) on 12-18 March 2016.

More information on the IASC Medal, including a compilation of previous medalists, is available on the IASC website at http://www.iasc.info/home/iasc/iasc-medal where you can also download the nomination form. Nominations for the IASC Medal 2016 can be submitted to the IASC Secretariat until 31 December 2015. The Medal Awards Committee, composed of Rajan Sivaramakrishnan,Yves Frenot and David Hik, will consider the nominations received and the Medal will be awarded at the Arctic Science Summit Week in Fairbanks (USA) on 12-18 March 2016.

For more information please contact the IASC Secretariat.

Dr. Volker Rachold
Executive Secretary
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
Telegrafenberg A43, 14473 Potsdam, Germany

Secretariat +49-331-2882214
Direct +49-331-2882212
Mobile +49-160-90664174
Fax +49-331-2882215
www.iasc.info

The SOOS/WCRP/ESA Workshop on Southern Ocean air-sea fluxes will be held in Frascati, Italy on 21-23 September 2015.

The workshop is motivated by a goal to improve air-sea flux estimates in the Southern Ocean and Antarctic marginal seas, though the issues addressed in the workshop will also have a global reach. We anticipate a 5-part agenda, with your presentation fitting into topic 3:
1. Science applications for air-sea flux estimates;
2. A brief review of challenges associated with existing flux products;
3. New opportunities that will enable forward progress (including in-situ observations, remote sensing, assimilation/modeling);
4. Workshop outcome #1: Defining requirements for essential climate variables and essential ocean variables for air-sea exchange;
5. Workshop outcome #2: Planning for a pilot observing system.

Details about the workshop, including a registration form, are posted on the SOOS website: http://soos.aq/calendar?view=event&cid=82

The abstract submission form will be available in the next day or so, and we ask (if possible) to have abstracts before June 30th. There is no registration fee for the workshop, but note that lunches and the conference dinner will be organized on a "no-host" basis. Participants are responsible for their own travel and hotel arrangements; please see the website for a hotel and taxi booking form.

We have a limited amount of travel funding available, intended primarily for early career scientists or investigators from developing countries. We encourage participants if possible to seek other sources of funding to support their participation. Travel grants can be requested as part of the abstract submission form. Abstracts received before June 30th will be considered for oral presentation, and travel grant requests also need to be submitted within this time frame.

The SOOS/WCRP/ESA Workshop on Southern Ocean air-sea fluxes will be held in Frascati, Italy on 21-23 September 2015.

The workshop is motivated by a goal to improve air-sea flux estimates in the Southern Ocean and Antarctic marginal seas, though the issues addressed in the workshop will also have a global reach. We anticipate a 5-part agenda, with your presentation fitting into topic 3:
1. Science applications for air-sea flux estimates;
2. A brief review of challenges associated with existing flux products;
3. New opportunities that will enable forward progress (including in-situ observations, remote sensing, assimilation/modeling);
4. Workshop outcome #1: Defining requirements for essential climate variables and essential ocean variables for air-sea exchange;
5. Workshop outcome #2: Planning for a pilot observing system.

Details about the workshop, including a registration form, are posted on the SOOS website: http://soos.aq/calendar?view=event&cid=82

The abstract submission form will be available in the next day or so, and we ask (if possible) to have abstracts before June 30th. There is no registration fee for the workshop, but note that lunches and the conference dinner will be organized on a "no-host" basis. Participants are responsible for their own travel and hotel arrangements; please see the website for a hotel and taxi booking form.

We have a limited amount of travel funding available, intended primarily for early career scientists or investigators from developing countries. We encourage participants if possible to seek other sources of funding to support their participation. Travel grants can be requested as part of the abstract submission form. Abstracts received before June 30th will be considered for oral presentation, and travel grant requests also need to be submitted within this time frame.

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The June 2015 edition of the IASC newsletter is now available here. This edition provides a summary of Arctic Science Summit Week 2015 in Toyama, Japan. On page 3 there is an article about the IASC Fellowship program which APECS is closely involved with.

The 10th Arctic Frontiers conference will be arranged in Tromsø, Norway from Sunday 24 January to Friday 29 January 2016. The title for the 2016 conference is Industry and Environment.

The Arctic is a global crossroad between commercial and environmental interests. The region holds substantial natural resources and many actors are investigating ways to utilise these for economic gain. Others view the Arctic as a particularly pristine and vulnerable environment and highlight the need to limit industrial development.

Arctic Frontiers 2016 will discuss the balance between resource utilisation and preservation, and between industrial and environmental interests in the Arctic. Envisioning a well-planned, well-governed, and sustainable development in the Arctic, how can improved Arctic stewardship help balance environmental concerns with industrial expansion? How can the environmental footprints from future business activities be minimised? And last but not least what role will existing and emerging technologies play in making industrial development profitable and environmentally friendly, securing a sustainable growth scenario for Arctic communities?

The Arctic Frontiers conference is a central arena for discussions of Arctic issues. The conference brings together representatives from science, politics, and NGOs to share perspectives on how upcoming challenges in the Arctic may be addressed to ensure sustainable development. Arctic Frontiers is composed of three sections: Arctic Frontiers Policy, Arctic Frontiers Science and Arctic Frontiers Business.   

Arctic Frontiers Science 2016 will address three main themes:

  1. I.Environmental footprints
  2. II.Arctic stewardship
  3. III.Technology needs

This call for papers addresses only the science section that takes place from 27-29 January 2016.

On behalf of the scientific program committees, we have great pleasure in inviting you to submit one or more abstracts, for oral or poster presentation, to any of the three parts. We ask you to do so in accordance with the instructions provided on the Call for Papers page at www.arcticfrontiers.com.

All abstracts will be reviewed by members of the three scientific committees for rating of abstract quality and presentation content.

Call for Papers closes on 21 September 2015

EUPolarNet logo2EU-PolarNet is the world’s largest consortium of expertise and infrastructure for polar research. Seventeen countries are represented by 22 of Europe’s internationally-respected multi-disciplinary research institutions. From 2015-2020, EU-PolarNet will develop and deliver a strategic framework and mechanisms to prioritise science, optimise the use of polar infrastructure, and broker new partnerships that will lead to the co-design of polar research projects that deliver tangible benefits for society. By adopting a higher degree of coordination of polar research and operations than has existed previously the consortium engages in closer cooperation with all relevant actors on an international level.

For more information go to http://www.eu-polarnet.eu/ or find them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1442027029433733/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/EUPolarNet

SCAR is pleased to announce that Dr. Jenny Baeseman has just been hired as
the new SCAR Executive Director.  Jenny has been the Executive Director of
the WCRP Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) project since 2012 and previous to
that was the Founding Director of the Association of Polar Early Career
Scientists (APECS). She has a strong history working with SCAR in these
capacities and in addition has spent 3 field seasons in the McMurdo Dry
Valleys and participated in a Students On Ice Antarctic University
Expedition to the Antarctic Peninsula. She will begin to transition into
the role starting 1 July and be full time starting 1 September. We look
forward to Jenny continuing the excellent trajectory marked by our
previous executive directors, Colin Summerhayes and Mike Sparrow.


We also want to take this opportunity to publicly thank Mike Sparrow for
his efficient work and important contribution to SCAR during the last
years as Executive Director, and wish him all the best in his new job. We
also thank Rosemary Nash and Eoghan Griffin for their continued  excellent
work and commitment to SCAR, especially in these particularly busy times.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Baeseman as the new SCAR Executive
Director.

http://www.scar.org/contacts/

Traditional Knowledge has been formally recognized by the Arctic Council as important to understanding the Arctic in numerous Ministerial Declarations, including the 1996 Ottawa Declaration on the establishment of the Arctic Council.

The Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples Secretariat (IPS), in partnership with Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (ANNDC), led two workshops in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 with the objective of developing recommendations for consistent and practical use of traditional knowledge in the work of the Arctic Council. At these workshops, IPS facilitated discussions and debate amongst experts nominated by the six Indigenous Peoples Organizations being Permanent Participants (PP) to the Arctic Council, who collectively developed a set of 13 fundamental principles on Traditional Knowledge for the use in the Arctic Council.

The principles are known as the" Ottawa Traditional Knowledge Principles“ and can be found here:

http://www.arcticpeoples.org/images/2015/ottradknowlprinc.pdf

The ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada and its partners are pleased to welcome the Arctic research community to Vancouver for the 11th ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2015) to be held from 7 to 11 December 2015 at The Westin Bayshore in Vancouver, British Columbia.

As the largest annual Arctic research gathering held in Canada, the ASM welcomes over 500 participants annually and is the ideal venue to present results from all fields of Arctic research and stimulate national and international networking and partnership activities. Scientists, policy and decision makers, representatives of government and non-government organizations, the private-sector, northern stakeholders and media are invited to join us for the ASM2015 to address the global challenges and opportunities brought by climate change and modernization in the Arctic.

We are pleased that the Northern Contaminants Program (NCP) will be joining us at The Westin Bayshore for the 2015 NCP Results Workshop from 7 to 8 December. Please contact the NCP Secretariat for further information: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Call for Abstracts

Abstracts for oral and poster presentations addressing all fields of Arctic research are now being accepted by filling out the online abstract submission form available on the ASM2015 website.

Anyone interested in organizing specific topical sessions should contact me as soon as possible at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Posters presented by graduate students are eligible for the Graduate Student Poster Awards.

The deadline for abstract submission is Friday, 2 October 2015.

Program

The ASM2015 is a 5-day conference beginning with Student Day at 8:30 on Monday, 7 December and ending on Friday, 11 December. Exceptionally this year, the official opening session of the conference will be at 13:30 on Tuesday, 8 December and the conference will finish at 12:00 on Friday, 11 December.

Registration

On-line registration for the conference is now available on the ASM2015 website. Register before the early registration deadline of Monday, 2 November 2015 to save on your registration fee.

Hotel

Our host hotel for the ASM2015 is The Westin Bayshore in Vancouver, ideally situated on the waterfront, next to beautiful Stanley Park. Our block of rooms is guaranteed only until 6 November 2015. Please book your rooms as early as possible by using the hotel reservation information and code provided on the ASM2015 website.

Be sure to quote ASM2015/ArcticNet when making your reservation in order to take advantage of the conference rates.

Visit the ASM2015 website:

Additional information on the conference, hotel & venue, and sponsor/exhibitor opportunities is available on the ASM2015 website.

Please post and circulate this announcement among your national and international Arctic networks.

We hope to see you in Vancouver for what promises to be another exceptional Arctic research and networking meeting.

Best regards,

Martin Fortier, for the ASM2015 Organizing Committee

Last month in the building of the Murmansk Marine Biological Institute the 15th International Scientific Conference of students and graduate students "Problems of the Arctic region" was held.

The welcoming words were addressed by Professor Dr.Vladimir K. Zhirov from Russian Academy of Sciences, who told that this conference is organized every year and it became a tradition for the young scientists of Murmansk region and beyond such as Siberia, the Urals, Central Russia and the Far East.

The range of issues covered in the course of the scientific sections was wide from "Biology and Medicine", "Geology and Geophysics of the Arctic region", "Humanities and social challenges", "Information Technology and Mathematical Methods" "Marine biology" to "Problems of education in the Arctic region", "physical problems", "Chemical and technological problems", "Ecology of the North", "Economic Problems of development of the Arctic."

This year the number of reports submitted to the conference was quite large, and therefore conference "Problems of the Arctic Region" is a great place for young researchers to try their hand at public speaking, to be able to competently write and arrange their thesis work and receive important and sensible comments on their research by the colleagues.

ECC 2015The conference for early career scientists: "The 6th Early Career Scientists conference – Looking ahead: Oceans, Earth and Human Impact".
When: October 5th to 7th, 2015
Where: Wissenschaftszentrum, Kiel, Germany
The conference is organised mainly by and for PhD students and PostDocs and continues the Early Career Scientists Conference series initiated by the three German Marine and Climate Science Clusters of Excellence in Bremen (MARUM), Hamburg (CliSAP) and Kiel (Future Ocean).
More information at: https://conferences.geomar.de/event/ecc2015

Abstract submission and iregistration is now open and ends July 31.
There is no conference fee!

Ecologic Institute and its partners are pleased to announce the 2015 Arctic Summer College and are seeking applications from emerging leaders working to improve Arctic governance from around the world. The Arctic Summer College creates a network of emerging leaders and experts that will be brought together for 8 weeks in a series of web-based seminars (webinars) Thursdays from 18:00-20:00 Central European Time from June 25 to August 13. The program aims to build a lasting, policy-oriented network of Arctic professionals to strengthen communication between peoples and nations, scientific disciplines, policy areas, and across the science-policy interface to improve governance and sustainable development in the Arctic. Fellows may earn spots to travel and present their work at this year's Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik. Participation in the Arctic Summer College is open to applicants with a minimum of two years of experience in a related field, and a desire to share perspectives and seek professional collaboration with a network of peers. The course will be conducted in English. Applicants will be accepted until June 11.

More information here or go to the Arctic Summer College 2015 website http://arcticsummercollege.org/

On June 1 2015, Canadian Minister Valcourt Announces Establishment of New Federal Organization - Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR):

Polar Knowledge Canada merges the mandate and functions of the Canadian Polar Commission with those of the Canadian High Arctic Research Station initiative at Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada to form one organization.

You can find the full text of the news release by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada here.

 

As the APECS representative to the Canadian High Arctic Reserach Station (CHARS) management committee I attendeed the most recent meeting in May 2015. At the meeting an update of staffing and projects run by CHARS was given. Although CHARS supports numerous projects throughout the Canadian north, the main part of the program will run out of the reserach station in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Construction on the buiding is now underway, with the triplexes that will house staff and visiting researchers the first phase. Once this phase is complete, the construction of the main resrach buildings will begin. 

Also in the works is the change from CHARS being a program within Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development of Canada (AANDC) to joining with the Canadian Polar Commisssion (CPC) and becoming a crown corporation. This transition has taken up much of the man-power of the CHARS/CPC staff, but is slated to be finalized in the coming months. You can read more about CHARS here

The management committee also discussed how future calls for proposals will function, and how the priorities will be determined. Working groups will be formed from the management committee and invited experts to determine scientific priorities and needs CHARS will focus on under the Canada's Northern Strategy.  

Lastly, the proposals submitted for this years funding were reviewed. A selection committee made up of ten members from the manangement committee reviewed each proposal in detail and made recommendations to the larger management committee on what projects were to be funded this round. A large emphasis on placed on assessing how projects involved northerns. The management committee accepted the recommendations of the selection committee, and those recommendations will now be presented to the AANDC minister for final approval (since CHARS is still technically under AANDC). 

The management committee is slated to meet next via a conference call in the fall to discuss the next call for proposals. 

Ships plying Arctic and Antarctic waters face specific environmental regulations for the first time, after the International Maritime Organization agreed rules to combat polar pollution on 15 May. The environmental provisions are designed to prevent pollution from oil, sewage and rubbish from vessels, and will begin coming into force in 2017. The rules are an addition to the ‘Polar Code’, which was adopted in 2014 as the first set of standards specifically regulating polar shipping (see go.nature.com/xhsanz).

There are just two weeks remaining to the deadline for applications for the 2015 SCAR and COMNAP Fellowship Schemes.

SCAR and COMNAP fellowships are worth up to US$15,000 each and up to six fellowships in total are on offer for 2015. The fellowships enable early career researchers to join a project team from another country, opening up new opportunities and often creating research partnerships that last many years and over many Antarctic research seasons. The deadline for applications is 3 June 2015.

For more information on SCAR and COMNAP Fellowships, visit the SCAR website at: www.scar.org/fellowship/information or the COMNAP website at: www.comnap.aq/SitePages/fellowships.aspx.

The SCAR and COMNAP schemes have again been launched in conjunction with CCAMLR's Scientific Scholarship Scheme, which provides funding of up to AU$ 30,000 to assist early career scientists to participate in the work of the CCAMLR Scientific Committee and its working groups over a period of two years. The scheme was established in 2010 and a maximum of three awards will be made in 2015. The objective of the scheme is to build capacity within the CCAMLR scientific community to help generate and sustain the scientific expertise needed to support the work of CCAMLR in the long-term. The deadline for CCAMLR applications is 1 October 2015. For more information, visit the CCAMLR website.

Second Polar Data Forum
27-29 October 2015
University of Waterloo, Canada

On behalf of the International Advisory Committee and the Local Organizing Committee, we are pleased to announce the Second Polar Data Forum (PDF II) which will be held 27-29 October 2015, at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

PDF II will build on successes of the first Polar Data Forum (PDF I) held in Tokyo, Japan, October 2013. PDF I and a series of other international and national meetings have identified priority themes and key challenges in the domain of polar data management . PDF II will further refine these themes and priorities and will accelerate progress by establishing clear actions to address the target issues, including meeting the needs of society and science through promotion of open data and effective data stewardship, establishing sharing and interoperability of data at a variety of levels, developing trusted data management systems, and ensuring long-term data preservation. The Forum will be held in conjunction with the scheduled annual meetings of the Arctic Data Committee (ADC) of the International Arctic Science Committee and Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (IASC/SAON) and the Standing Committee on Antarctic Data Management (SC-ADM) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).

The abstract submission and registration system will open on 15 May 2015 and abstracts are due 1 July 2015. Limited travel funds are available.
Please see our website at http://www.polar-data-forum.org/ for more details.

Kind regards,

Peter Pulsifer, Ellsworth LeDrew, Co-Chairs of the PDF II International Advisory Commitee
Julie Friddell, Chair of the PDF II Local Organizing Commitee

CUIERIP Postcard
This June, Carleton University will offer Canada's first program dealing with the ethics of engaging in Aboriginal research - a five-day course for a diverse audience of researchers, government representatives and non-governmental organizations, as well as First Nations, Inuit and Métis community members.

The intensive course on the Ethics of Research with Indigenous Peoples takes place on campus from June 8 to 12. It will equip researchers of all kinds with tools to implement ethical practices when working with Aboriginal communities or conducting research on their traditional territory.
''We want to explore the life cycle and best practices of research with Indigenous people and communities so that people can conduct effective, ethical studies to support policy change and positive action,'' said Katherine Graham, professor emerita at Carleton's School of Public Policy and Administration.

Featured speakers will have expertise in community engagement and research ethics, design and review. Participants will work together in small groups using case studies. Elders and experts will be on hand for consultations, while a model ethics review body will provide feedback.

Building on the advances of Aboriginal communities in governing their own research, Carleton has the expertise and capacity to deliver a curriculum that will provide a solid grounding in community-based research principles and academic research standards and processes. The curriculum is also intended engage Aboriginal communities and organizations to build bridges on ethical research.

The importance of the program has been widely recognized and it has received support from all faculties at Carleton, as well as the Government of Canada's Secretariat for Responsible Research and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

The university's goal is to share knowledge and build cultural awareness as it seeks to expand its base to community and government researchers who engage in projects that directly affect Aboriginal peoples in Canada.

Supporting Aboriginal communities, promoting cultural awareness and positioning Carleton as a university of choice for Aboriginal students and faculty is a key goal of Carleton's Strategic Integrated Plan.

To register, and for more information, please go to: https://carleton.ca/indigenousresearchethics/registration/.

For more information:
Christopher Cline
Media Relations Officer
Carleton University
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(613) 520-2600, ext. 1391
(613) 355-0336 (cell)

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Arctic Science Summit Week 2015 in Toyama, Japan (23–30 April) brought together nearly 700 international scientists, students, policy makers, research managers, Indigenous Peoples and others interested in developing, prioritizing and coordinating plans for future Arctic research. The Conference was organized by the International Arctic Science Committee and the Science Council of Japan, with the support of many other international partners (www.assw2015.org).

 

The full conference statement is available as a pdf here.

We are happy to announce that the Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART) network developed seven priority sheets of future Arctic marine and coastal research from an international early and mid career scientists' perspective. They are now ready for download from the ART (http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/art/background/publications/art-priority-sheets) and ISTAS (http://istas.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/11) websites. For those of you attending the upcoming ASSW (http://www.assw2015.org/) and ICARP III (http://icarp.iasc.info/) meetings in Toyama, Japan, the sheets will also be distributed as printouts, in particular during the ART session (session C2 on April 30), the APECS workshop (April 26), the poster session (April 29-30) as well as in the exhibition area.

The seven ART priority sheets comprise perspectives on 'Arctic Biodiversity', 'Arctic Oceanography', 'Physical Processes in Sea Ice, 'Arctic Land-Ocean Interactions, 'Paleoceanographic Time Series from the Arctic, 'Proxy Calibration and Verification', and 'Law in the Arctic'.

Background information:
The seven ART priority sheets are the product of the second international science workshop ISTAS (Integrating spatial and temporal scales in the changing Arctic System: towards future research priorities, http://istas.sciencesconf.org/) that was jointly organized in October 2014 by the Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART) network, the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS and APECS France), and the European Institute for Marine Studies (IUEM, Brest, France). During this workshop, future Arctic research priorities were discussed with regard to the natural variability of the Arctic marine and coastal systems over various spatial and temporal scales. One of the main priorities for future Arctic research includes the need to further interdisciplinary studies of the Arctic marine system in order to improve the knowledge on the modern and past Arctic Ocean's physical dynamics, biogeochemical cycles and ecosystems, and thus to help predicting future scenarios in the high northern latitudes.
The priority sheets are one of the ART network's contributions to the ICARP III conference in Toyama, Japan in April 2015, fostering an improved understanding of the presently changing Arctic system as a whole in future Arctic research.

Dear APECS Colleagues,

Wanted! Case Studies for Environmental Science research in the Yukon!

The Yukon College is currently developing an Environmental Science online course and is seeking input from researchers working in the Yukon on topics related to Environmental Science! This is an opportunity to highlight your Yukon-based research in a Yukon College online class room by either providing content for the course or through participation in an online-webinar during the course.

Background: The ENVS100 online course, a 100-level Environmental Science course, with a focus on community impacts will be offered online through Yukon College. Every second week of the course, a Case Study related to the weekly course theme will be presented to the students. This Case Study would be based in the North (ideally in the Yukon), can be conducted by communities, academics, government agencies, or private entities. Themes/topics of environmental science research can be focused on terrestrial, water (freshwater and marine), wildlife, contaminants or integrate one or more of these topics. Case studies should focus on ‘western science’ but can include traditional knowledge methods. Students enrolled in this course are not pursuing a science program but wish to learn more about the physical and biological processes that shape our environment. Students will thus appreciate high-level overviews of your important work, which introduce your subject of expertise and highlight the relevance of your research to them and their communities in an accessible way!

Ways you can contribute:

1.       Provide content (to be readied by mid-June 2015)

a.      You provide raw materials (and work with the instructor and YC staff on creating content)

b.      You provide online content (with the aid from YC staff and instructor)

2.       Participate in a webinar (dates TBD)

Length: the final content of each Case Study should be a maximum of 20 minutes in duration.

Types of material sought:

1.       Voice over power point slides (or alike presentation platform)

2.       Video explaining theory being applied in research (during field work / lab work / etc)

3.       Online short-courses or virtual labs or demonstrations etc

4.       Interactive online teaching tools or Social Media interactions

Themes / topics: Water, Terrestrial, Wildlife, and Contaminants

If you are interested in contributing to ENVS100 or wish to receive more detailed information on how, please respond to this email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or contact Dr. Nikolaus Gantner at (250) 532 9780 by April 30th 2015.

All contributions must be confirmed by May 15th 2015 to allow for timely inclusion in the course curriculum.

 

Note: You received this email as you have been identified as a leader or member of a relevant organization or research project. Should you or a member of your organization or project team not be able to contribute, we would appreciate if you could suggest colleagues that might be interested in contributing to us or pass this invitation on to a colleague on our behalf. Apologies for cross postings.


We look forward to hearing from you!

Regards,

Nikolaus Gantner

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Dr. Nikolaus Gantner
Curriculum Developer
Yukon College
500 College Drive, PO Box 2799
Whitehorse, Yukon  Y1A 5K4 Canada

Phone: (250) 532 9780 (off campus)
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www.yukoncollege.yk.ca

 

The 9th Graduate Climate Conference will assemble a broad range of talks and posters featuring high-quality student research focused on past, present, and future climate, its changes, and their impacts. Students at all stages of their graduate career are encouraged to apply. Abstracts are sought on climate research from a variety of disciplines from the sciences, engineering, and humanities, including: oceanography, atmospheric sciences, biology, geosciences, environmental science and engineering, geography, public policy, economics, law, ethics, and anthropology.

The conference will be held November 6th-8th in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The abstract submission period opens April 15th and closes June 1st. Lodging and meals are provided for all participants, and limited travel funds are also available. Please see the conference website for more information and to submit an abstract: www.graduateclimateconference.com

SAVE THE DATE
Sea Ice Prediction Network Webinar
Observations of Arctic Snow and Sea Ice Thickness
from Satellite and Airborne Surveys

Speaker: Nathan Kurtz, NASA

Tuesday, 5 May 2015
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. AKDT

For further information about the Sea Ice Prediction
Network, please go to: http://www.arcus.org/sipn

Or contact:
Betsy Turner-Bogren
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The Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN) announces an open webinar entitled "Observations of Arctic Snow and Sea Ice Thickness from Satellite and Airborne Surveys" presented by Nathan Kurtz of NASA's Cryospheric Sciences Lab at Goddard. This one-hour webinar is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. AKDT (11:00 a.m. PDT, 12:00 p.m. MDT, 1:00 p.m. CDT, and 2:00 EDT) on Tuesday, 5 May 2015.

This webinar is designed for the sea ice research community and others interested in learning about the current state and availability of snow and sea ice thickness data. While this is an open event, attendees should be aware that the discussions will be largely of a technical nature.

The decline of Arctic sea ice thickness has been well documented using multi-decadal surveys from submarine sonar data, however such data are limited in temporal and spatial coverage. Recent technological advances in radar and laser altimetry are now providing a means to determine the thickness of sea ice and its snow cover over much broader scales opening new avenues for improving seasonal sea ice predictions and enabling studies of long-term climatological change.

This talk will focus on the current state and availability of snow and sea ice thickness data from two operational data sets: NASA's Operation IceBridge airborne surveys and the European Space Agency's CryoSat-2 satellite mission. The accuracy and limitations of the data sets will also be discussed to place the utility of the data in context for use in a variety of study areas.

More details including registration instructions will be announced closer to the event. The webinar will be archived and available online after the event.

For further information about the Sea Ice Prediction
Network, please go to: http://www.arcus.org/sipn.

For questions, please contact Betsy Turner-Bogren at ARCUS
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10YEARS PYRN logoWelcome to the Spring newsletter from the PYRN executive committee!

The information about it is placed in the Publications -> Newsletter part of pyrn.arcticportal.org site.

You can also read the newsletter online

 

LenaD Workshop

The workshop "The Lena Delta region from different points of view" will take place 26-30 June 2015 in Tomsk, Russia. The workshop will be a part of the conference on Computational Information Technologies for Environmental Sciences CITES-2015 (26-30 June, 2015, Tomsk, Russia), which is already announced here http://www.scert.ru/en/conferences/cites2015/ . Workshop section is 'Complex study of the state and climate variability of the East Siberian sector of the Arctic.

This workshop is the first one in a series of four workshops in frame of BMBF Russian-German project 'Die Entwicklung von numerischen Modulen für die Lena Delta Region' (The development of Numerical Modules for the Lena Delta region). Particular focus of the workshop is the analysis and simulation dynamics in the Lena Delta region. Accordingly, the round table 'Development of numerical modules for the Lena Delta Region, theoretical and data gaps, possible solutions' will be organized.

The main purpose of the workshop is engaging of all available information about morphology, hydrodynamics features, temperature regime, permafrost conditions, chemical composition of water, concentration of organic material in different freshwater channels in the Lena Delta and etc. Early career researchers are especially encouraged to participate. The travelling and other grants for young scientists are possible. 

 

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The winner of the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) 2015 Early Career Scientist Prize, the inaugural award, is Dr Mathieu Morlighem, Assistant Professor at University of California Irvine, USA. The IACS Early Career Scientist Prize is an annual cash prize of €1000 plus a certificate awarded to a nominated early career scientist who is assessed as having published the best scientific paper on a cryospheric subject during the previous calendar year (2014). The objective of the prize is to recognize excellence in cryospheric science by honouring and promoting someone in the early-stages of her or his career, and to draw attention to the work of IACS. For more details see the IACS awards website. The 2015 Prize will be formally "presented" during the IACS Plenary Administrative Session on 26 June 2015 during the XXVI IUGG General Assembly in Prague.

The 2015 Prize was awarded to Dr Morlighem for his paper "Deeply incised submarine glacial valleys beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet" (M. Morlighem, E. Rignot, J Mouginot, H. Seroussi, and E. Larour. Nature Geoscience, 7(6):418–422, June 2014). In this paper, Dr Morlighem and his colleagues use high resolution satellite measurements of surface elevation and surface ice velocity, plus an ice-mass conservation optimization scheme, to infer ice thickness and bed topography along the periphery of the Greenland ice sheet where the ice is sliding on its base. Their results, which are at a much higher level of spatial detail than previous airborne radar measurements, reveal widespread ice-covered valleys that extend significantly deeper below sea level and farther inland than previously thought. These findings imply that the outlet glaciers of Greenland, and the ice sheet as a whole, are potentially more vulnerable to ocean thermal forcing and peripheral thinning than previously inferred.

Dr Morlighem's paper was awarded the Prize against very strong competition from nominated papers by other Early Career Scientists. The Selection Panel for the Prize expressed their pleasure at the very high standard of the nominated entries. The Prize will be awarded again in 2016.

In an attempt to better represent the Glaciers that make up the Fluctuations of Glaciers database in the Glacier Photograph Collection (GPC) we are looking for photos (including aerial pictures) of the following glaciers in particular (see list below), but will welcome any photo of FoG glaciers.

If you are willing to share photos that you took, please send your best high-resolution photos to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and include your name, the date the photo was taken, glacier name and coordinates if possible. Your name will appear as the photographer along with other metadata, if the photo is added to the GPC. Photos can be sent until April 17th, 2015. Some of the best high-resolution photos will be displayed in a UNESCO COP21 poster exhibit. It might turn out to be one of yours - so send us your photos now!

CANADA (CA):

  • Melville South Ice Cap Devon Ice Cap

NORWAY (NO):

  • Grasubreen

RUSSIA (RU):

  • Leviy Aktru Vodopadniy (No. 125)
  • No. 31
  • No. 104
  • Praviy Aktru
  • Tseya
  • Marukhskiy
  • Koryto

KAZAKHSTAN (KZ):

  • Shumskiy
  • Molodezhniy
  • Manshuk Mametova
  • Igli Tuyuksu
  • Mayakovskiy
  • Ordzhonikidze
  • Partizan
  • Visyachiy-1-2
  • Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya
  • Muravlev

KYRGYZSTAN (KG):

  • Abramov
  • Suek/Suyok Zapadniy
  • Khakel

NEPAL:

  • MeraPokalde
  • Rikha Samba
  • DX080
  • Kongma Tikpe
  • Kongma
  • EB050
  • AX030
  • Gyajo
  • Thulagi
  • Amphu Laptse
  • Lhotse
  • Lhotse Nup
  • Rolwaling
  • Kyimoshung

CHINA:

  • Xiao Dongkzmadi
  • Meikuang
  • Qiyi

INDIA:

  • Shaune Garang
  • Chhota Shigri
  • Gara
  • Gor Garang
  • Neh Nar
  • Changmekhangpu
  • Chorabari
  • Tipra Bank

GEORGIA:

  • Tbilisa
  • Koiavgan
  • Viatau
  • Visyachiy

logoTwo Canadian and two U.S. partners in the International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic (INTERACT) announce a call for transnational access for European-based research groups.

The access is available to the following research stations: The CEN Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik Research Station and the Kluane Lake Research Station in Canada, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Toolik Field Station and the Barrow Environmental Observatory in Alaska, U.S. The access to the Canadian stations is supported by CEN and AINA, and the access to the Alaskan stations is supported by the U.S. NSF.

The support includes access to station facilities and support for travel and freight costs. The research should be conducted in 2015. Research groups where the group leader and majority of the group members are from EU Member State or Associated State are eligible to apply for access.
Proposal submission deadline: Tuesday, 31 March 2015
For further information and application instructions, go to:
http://www.eu-interact.org/transnational-access/grants-to-north-american-sites/

For questions, please contact:
Hannele Savela
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As a result of an online survey and a meeting attended by 88 early career researchers prior to EUCOP 2014 in Portugal, PYRN (with help from APECS members) has released a paper in Cryospheric discussions outlining the top five questions for future permafrost research as part of ICARP III. The five questions are:

1) How does permafrost degradation affect landscape dynamics at different spatial and temporal scales?
2) How can ground temperature models be improved to better reflect permafrost dynamics at high spatial resolution?
3) How can traditional environmental knowledge be integrated in permafrost research?
4) What is the spatial distribution of different ground ice types and how susceptible is ice-rich permafrost to future environmental change?
5) What is the influence of infrastructures on the thermal regime and stability of permafrost in different environmental settings?

You can read the full paper here.

Special Issue focused on “Limnological processes in permafrost environments” will published in the journal Sedimentary Geology (IF: 2.134).

Given that permafrost lakes and ponds have effects that extend far beyond the Cryosphere, such as the implications of their greenhouse gas emissions on the global carbon cycle, and that these lakes and ponds, in turn, affect landscape evolution in permafrost regions, we seek to include papers touching on diverse topics in permafrost environments to underline the importance of these regions in global change studies. We welcome manuscripts that encompass temporal scales ranging from hours to millennia, focus on highly variable physical, biological and geochemical conditions, and consider the importance of the sedimentary records of permafrost lakes as archives of past climate and environmental conditions.

The aim of the special issue is to highlight the state of the art in understanding limnological and paleolimnological processes in permafrost areas.

Papers can be submitted from now until 30th June 2015.

The Elsevier Editorial System is currently open for article submission. Instructions for submission:

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Dear APECS Members,

Currently, SCAR is undertaking an important structural review, which is part of the preparations for the next SCAR Strategic Plan. SCAR are asking for all Antarctic-focused researchers to give their opinion on this in a short questionnaire (click link below). Note that you only need answer questions that you feel are relevant to you and your organisation. Questionnaire feedback deadline is Wednesday 8th April 2015. All comments and views are very much appreciated!

SCAR Structure Survey:

WE NEED YOUR INPUT...please!
 
In 2014, the first SCAR Antarctic and Southern Ocean Science Horizon Scan assembled Antarctic scientists, policy makers, leaders, and visionaries to identify the most important research questions that will likely be addressed by research in and from the Antarctic over the next two decades.​ The result was the publication of a list of 80 of the most important Antarctic research questions identified by the community. The list was published in Antarctic Science​ (Kennicutt et al, 2014) as "A roadmap for Antarctic and Southern Ocean science for the next two decades and beyond".
 
Many of the national Antarctic programs are now developing their own strategies on how they will deliver their science programmes in the future. Delivery of such a  "roadmap" is not without its challenges. 
 
Therefore COMNAP is leading the second stage in the process within the ARC Project in order to assist national Antarctic programs to understand the challenges and develop ways to address the challenges, and share any innovation or access to such technology.  The ARC project focuses on answering the question: "How will national Antarctic programs meet the challenges of delivery of their Antarctic science in the next 20 to 30 years?"
 
Using the SCAR Horizon Scan roadmap as an indication of future Antarctic science, a review of the 80 questions proposed reveals a number of challenges for national Antarctic programs of a practical and technical nature. The COMNAP ARC Project will focus on three of the challenges identified: Technology, access and extraordinary logistics requirements.
 
HOW YOU CAN PROVIDE YOUR INPUT...is by way of two community surveys.
The first survey is ready for your input. It is focused on understanding critical technology challenges.  We invite wide input from a range of disciplines (science and non-science) and backgrounds.
Enter your responses by the deadline of 15 April 2015.
 
A second survey will be launched in May 2015 which will focus on the remaining challenges.  
You can participate in both surveys, or only one, but please participate.
 
Any questions?
Email one of the COMNAP ARC Project co-conveners:
Chuck Kennicutt This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Yeadong Kim This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

ipa logoThe Executive Committee of the International Permafrost Association (IPA) is pleased to release the yearly newsletter (Frozen Ground Bulletin, Nr. 38) which reports on the major activities and highlights over the past year.

The Bulletin is now available for download on the IPA website:
http://ipa.arcticportal.org/publications/frozen-ground.html

           Content:
        * Message from the President
        * EUCOP4 Wrap-Up
        * IPA Action Group Reports
        * New IPA Action Groups
        * Obituary J. Ross Mackay
        * XII. Congress of the International Association of Engineering Geologists (IAEG)
        * The Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost: News about the GTN-P Database
        * Workshop report: Impacts of permafrost thaw in mountainous areas of Canada and beyond
        * E&O Report
        * PYRN Report
        * Upcoming Events & Contacts

 UKOA-NERC are hosting an international workshop:

"THE RESPONSE OF PTEROPODS TO OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE"

http://www.oceanacidification.org/Events/pteropod_workshop


Deadline for contribution: 30 April 2015

A limited number of travelling fellowship will be offered to support the participation of PhD students and junior researchers who otherwise in raising funds (deadline for application 15 April 2015).

The international pteropod workshop will take place at the British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge between 1st and 3rd of June 2015, prior to the open meeting "Ocean acidification: what's it all about?" that will be held at the Royal Society, London on 4 and 5 June, providing outcomes of the UKOA and BIOACID research programmes.

Clic logo1The Climate and Cryosphere Project is pleased to release its 2014 Annual Report which summarizers the amazing number of activities that we sponsored, supported, and in many cases, initiated over the past few years. We hope you will take the time to read the achievements, as well as our plans for the coming year(s). 
 
Citation: Baeseman, J. and G. Hamon. 2015. 2014 Climate and Cryosphere Project Annual Report. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15879
 
 

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The second decade of the 21st century is marked by transformation of the Arctic into the one of prioritized directions of the Russian Federation’ social-economic policy, spatial development and international cooperation. A primary provisions and practical activities of Russia, including those on account of the current international situation, suppose an intensive realization of human, natural and transport-logistical potential of the Arctic zone coastal areas’ for purposes of the long-term national progress. At that an actual activities held by other sub-Arctic states demonstrate a crucial significance of scientific research for national competitiveness and geopolitical positions.

Actualization of agenda and elaboration of practical measures for effective collaboration between public authorities, business, science and communities within economic projects and implementation of innovative macro-regional development models are stated as goals for the international scientific conference «NATURAL RESOURCES and INTEGRATED COASTAL AREAS DEVELOPMENT in the ARCTIC ZONE» (Conference), which is to be held on 29 September – 01 October, 2015 in Arkhangelsk.


More information could be found at conference's website.

A Quarter of a Century of International Arctic Research Cooperation

In the context of its 25th anniversary this year, the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) presents a comprehensive publication on its history from the planning process in the late 1980s until today. The book compiles and analyzes the history and development of IASC and its initiatives and achievements. A PDF version is available at http://iasc25.iasc.info. Printed copies will be presented at the ASSW 2015 in Toyama (Japan).

The publication is complemented by a short film, including interviews with those who were involved in the development of IASC. The film „IASC After 25 Years" is now also available on the IASC History website: http://iasc25.iasc.info/film. If you are interested in receiving a high-resolution version please contact the IASC Secretariat.

European Snow Science Winter SchoolThe 1st European Snow Science Winter School (ESSWS) took place in Sodankylä, Northern Finland, from 8. - 14. February 2015. Organized by Juha Lemmetyinen from the Finish Meteorological Institute FMI and Martin Schneebeli from the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF from Davos, Switzerland, the snow school aimed at teaching graduate students in modern snow measurement techniques. In addition to the lectures, different measuring instruments are available for the students to get hands-on experience in the field. The list of instruments was long, ranging from hand lenses and crystal plates for traditional snow pits up to high-resolution lasers and penetrometers.

The FMI facilities at Sodankylä were a perfect spot for this event and for hosting the 27 students. The FMI campus offers next to the main institute building with lecture rooms and offices, a canteen and guest houses for the students, and, most important, tons of undisturbed snow to measure! After the usual morning lectures, most of the time was spend outside. After the first day of introduction, the students were using the instruments on their own by groups of 3-4, and studied different kinds of snowpacks (forest, open area, tundra) with different instruments. The last day was then an excursion to Saariselkä, as Tundra site, with a highly wind-influenced snowpack. The task was to characterize the snowpack as detailed as possible using all the available instruments over a distance of 7 km starting from our hotel to a weather station in the middle of the tundra area. Skis, some pulkas and two skidoos for material transport and safety were provided, and the rest was left to the students. Thus the exercise was to plan a small "expedition", with everything which has to be considered: environmental conditions (cold temperatures and wind, time of daylight...), transport of equipment, where and what to measure, sampling design, but also non scientific issues such as group dynamics, personal wellness of group members, hypothermia and fatigue had to be considered. A really open exercise, which was well addressed by the students, but also lots was learned!

Overall, the 1st ESSWS was a big success, with highly motivated students which managed to infect also the lectures with their positive vibes. The throughout professional FMI organization, plenty of social events (Sauna!), the fantastic weather and of course the northern lights made this snow school a great event for all participants. A 2nd ESSWS is thought to take place in Davos next year, so stay tuned!

SCAR logo white backgroundThree leading Antarctic organisations today announce opportunities for early career researchers.  The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP) and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) are working together to attract talented early career researchers, scientists, engineers and other professionals to strengthen international capacity and cooperation in fields such as climate, biodiversity, conservation, humanities and astrophysics research.

COMNAP Web banner V2dSCAR and COMNAP have again joined forces to launch fellowships for early career researchers.  The SCAR and COMNAP fellowships are worth up to USD $15,000 each and up to six fellowships in total are on offer for 2015.  The fellowships enable early career researchers to join a project team from another country, opening up new opportunities and often creating research partnerships that last many years and over many Antarctic research seasons.  The deadline for SCAR and COMNAP applications is 3 June 2015.

The SCAR and COMNAP schemes are launched in conjunction with CCAMLR's Scientific Scholarship Scheme.  The CCAMLR Scholarship provides funding of up to AUD $30,000 to assist early career scientists to participate in the work of the CCAMLR Scientific Committee and its working groups over a period of two years.  The scheme was established in 2010 and a maximum of three awards will be made in 2015.  The objective of the scheme is to build capacity within the CCAMLR scientific community to help generate and sustain the scientific expertise needed to support the work of CCAMLR in the long-term.  The deadline for CCAMLR applications is 1 October 2015.

All three schemes are being jointly promoted by the three organisations. 

For more information on SCAR and COMNAP Fellowships, visit the SCAR website at: http://www.scar.org/awards/fellowships/information.html or the COMNAP website at:www.comnap.aq/SitePages/fellowships.aspx

For information on CCAMLR Scholarships, visit the CCAMLR website at: http://www.ccamlr.org/en/science/ccamlr-scientific-scholarship-scheme

IASC is pleased to announce that the 2015 IASC Medal, which is awarded in recognition of exceptional and sustained contributions to the understanding of the Arctic, goes to

Jacqueline Grebmeier

The IASC Medal Committee reviewed the nominations received and unanimously decided to honor Jacqueline Grebmeier for her exceptional contributions to the understanding of Arctic benthic ecology and marine ecosystem dynamics; her pioneering work interpreting geochemical and stable isotope measurements in sediments; her commitment to the establishment of long-term observatories through international collaboration; and her outstanding leadership and mentorship within the Arctic science community.Jaqueline Grebmeier 2014

Congratulations!

The 2015 IASC Medal will be awarded by the President of IASC during the Arctic Science Summit Week 2015 in Toyama (Japan). The award ceremony will include a short introduction by the President and a 30 minutes lecture by the awardee.

Jacqueline Grebmeier is Research Professor and a biological oceanographer at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Dr. Grebmeier earned a Bachelor of Arts in Zoology from the University of California, Davis in 1977 and went on to receive Masters Degrees in Biology from Stanford University in 1979, and in Marine Affairs from the University of Washington in 1983, specializing in applications of Arctic science to Arctic policy. Dr. Grebmeier earned a Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1987. She has played a leadership role in coordinating and promoting national and international arctic research. She recently completed her service as the U.S. delegate to, and a vice-president of the International Arctic Science Committee, and as a member of the U.S. Polar Research Board of the National Academies, and she also served formerly as a Commissioner of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission following appointment by President Clinton. She has contributed to other coordinated international and national science planning efforts including service on the steering committee for U.S. efforts during the International Polar Year. Over the last thirty years she has participated in over 45 oceanographic expeditions on both US and foreign vessels, many as Chief Scientist, and she was the overall project lead scientist for the U.S. Western Arctic Shelf-Basin Interactions project, which was one of the largest U.S. funded global change studies undertaken in the Arctic. Her research includes studies of pelagic-benthic coupling in marine systems, benthic carbon cycling, benthic faunal population structure, and polar ecosystem health, and she has published approximately 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers and she has also served as editor of several books and journal special issues. Her research is focused on understanding how arctic marine ecosystems respond to environmental change, particularly efforts to illuminate the importance of benthic biological systems.

The 2015 Martha T. Muse Prize
for Science and Policy in Antarctica

Nominations close on 13 May 2015

The "Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica" is a US$ 100,000 unrestricted award presented to an individual in the fields of Antarctic science or policy who has demonstrated potential for sustained and significant contributions that will enhance the understanding and/or preservation of Antarctica. The Prize is inspired by Martha T. Muse's passion for Antarctica and is intended to be a legacy of the International Polar Year 2007-2008.

The prize-winner can be from any country and work in any field of Antarctic science or policy. The goal is to provide recognition of the important work being done by the individual and to call attention to the significance of understanding Antarctica in a time of change. A website with further details, including the process of nomination, closing date and criteria for selecting the Prize recipients is available at www.museprize.org.

The Prize is awarded by the Tinker Foundation and administered by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).

The World Climate Research Program (WCRP) is launching a Polar Challenge to reward the first team able to send an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for a 2000km mission under the sea-ice in the Arctic or Antarctic.

The ultimate aim is to demonstrate a sorely-needed monitoring tool for the Polar regions to expand scientific research capabilities and climate services in both the Arctic and Antarctic.

"The cryosphere is a major indicator of global climate change and plays a fundamental role in our climate system," said WCRP Director David Carlson.

"Despite numerous model improvements, the reliability of long-term climate change outlooks in Polar regions is severely limited by the scarcity and cost of in situ systematic observations of the sea-ice and underneath to complement satellite observations," emphasized Dr Carlson.

The Polar Challenge is being announced on the sidelines of the Arctic Frontiers conference, 18-23 January in Tromsø, Norway.

New generation AUVs such as underwater gliders provide a potential low-risk, cost-effective option to scaling up observing networks for the Polar regions.

The WCRP hopes the competition will promote technological innovation towards a future cost-effective, autonomous and scalable observing network for ice-covered ocean regions based on a fleet of such platforms, similar to what ARGO, a global network of more than 3,500 free-drifting floats has accomplished for the open ocean.

AUVs are already used in an operational context around the world in ice-free zones, and they surface on a regular basis to get a GPS fix and to transmit environmental data. They are able to collect crucial and high quality oceanographic observations (such as temperature, salinity, chlorophyll and acidity) at lower cost compared to conventional observing systems.

But under the sea-ice, the operating range, positioning and data transmission represent major challenges for current underwater vehicles. The integration of recent progress regarding power systems and navigation techniques for example would expand the scope of applications of such vehicles, currently mainly limited to the open ocean.

The challenge will be at least three-fold, in terms of under-ice navigation, endurance and environmental monitoring.

The WCRP welcomes the involvement and contribution of all relevant stakeholders in this important and exciting initiative.

More information at http://www.wcrp-climate.org/index.php/polarchallenge

Dear colleagues,

It is our pleasure to invite you to the 11th International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP 2016) to be held in Potsdam, Germany, 20-24 June, 2016.

The Alfred Wegener Institute has teamed up with UP Transfer GmbH and the University of Potsdam to organize a great conference for you, permafrost researchers. The conference aims at covering all relevant aspects of permafrost research, engineering and outreach on a global and regional level.

The conference website, containing all relevant information, is now online: www.icop2016.org and will be updated on a regular basis.

If you wish to get all conference updates, please subscribe to our newsletteron the website. The newsletter will replace circulars.

We hereby open the call for session proposals that should be submitted online until 1 April 2015:

http://icop2016.org/index.php/program/call-for-session

If you intend to submit a session proposal, the following items will be requested in the online form:

1.) Title of session;

2.) Conveners (name, affiliation, and e-mail), including the indication of PYRN convener(s);

3.) Session description (max. 300 words).

Each session will be organized by up to three conveners (i.e. those that submit the session proposal).We encourage a high degree of internationality for the convener boards. At least one convener should be a member of the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN). PYRN conveners are students or young researchers within six years after completion of their doctoral thesis, however, they must not be students or formally under the supervision of the senior conveners of the according session. PYRN will find a suitable candidate, if a session was proposed without involvement of PYRN conveners. The conveners will be responsible for the selection of abstracts and for the organization of oral or poster presentations.

The following themes denote the diversity of research to be presented at the conference, but are by no means restrictive:

1.   Lowland permafrost

2.   Mountain permafrost

3.   Planetary permafrost

4.   Subsea permafrost and gas hydrates

5.   Periglacial geomorphology

6.   Periglacial paleoenvironments

7.   Permafrost and climate change

8.   Permafrost in the water cycle

9.   Ecology, microbiology, biogeochemistry, and gas fluxes

10.  Natural hazards: assessment, adaptation, and mitigation

11.  Foundation engineering and architecture

12.  Infrastructure on permafrost

13.  In-situ and remote observation techniques and programs

14.  Modeling

15.  Socioeconomic and cultural dynamics

16.  History of permafrost engineering and research

17.  Education and outreach

If key fields are not represented in the submitted list of session proposals, the ICOP Local Organizing Committee (LOC) and the International Scientific Committee (ISC) will suggest special sessions to cover all relevant topics.

By 30 May 2015, a decision will be presented on the acceptance of submitted sessions. The decision will be based on the inherent scientific interest and quality of the session proposal, the potential to attract participants, the thematic overlap and number of available slots at the conference. 

The call for abstracts for the accepted sessions will open 1 August 2015 until 15 December 2015. After that date, depending on number of abstracts being submitted to each session, the LOC and the ISC may propose session joining or cancelling.

We are very much looking to receiving your contribution and to seeing you in Potsdam to ICOP 2016!

Best wishes,

Karina Schollaen

On behalf of the ICOP 2016 International Scientific and Local Organizing Committees

The Arctic Institute of North America (AINA) is turning 70 in 2015, and invites the Arctic community to be a part of the celebration! Through 31 October 2015, AINA will be running a 70th anniversary photo contest.

Help illustrate the magnificent beauty of the Arctic by submitting photos for the chance to be featured on the cover of the December 2015 issue of ARCTIC, a journal with a long legacy of publishing the latest in northern research, events, people, and places. If you want to be a part of the milestone anniversary, get out there, take some photos, and send them in. Each person can submit a total of 5 photos so be sure to pick the best ones for your chance to be on the cover. There will be one grand prizewinner and several honorable mentions that will be featured on the AINA Flickr page.

Submission deadline: 31 October 2015.

Full contest information can be found at:
http://arctic.ucalgary.ca/70th-anniversary-photo-contest

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In the context of its 25th anniversary this year, the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) is pleased to present a comprehensive publication on its history from the planning process in the late 1980s until today. Printed as a special issue of the IASC yearbook, the publication compiles and analyzes the history and development of IASC and its initiatives and achievements. A collection of historical documents, a film and a brochure presenting a timeline of the most important events in the development of IASC in the last quarter of a century complement the publication.

The book „IASC After 25 Years“, edited by Odd Rogne, Volker Rachold, Louwrens Hacquebord and Robert Corell, as well as the supporting documents are now available on the IASC History Website: which is kindly hosted by the Arctic Portal. Printed copies of the publication will be available at the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2015 in Toyama, Japan.

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The International Geographical Union (IGU) will meet in Moscow this summer for the third time since the International Geographical Congress of 1976, when over 2,000 participants from around the world gathered in the Soviet capital for lectures, discussions, workshops and excursions. The pace of global change has since accelerated in directions that once seemed unimaginable. At the 2015 IGU Regional Conference, participants will have ample opportunity to discuss these changes in light of current political-environmental challenges. The conference theme is “Geography, Culture and Society for Our Future Earth.” It will take place at Lomonosov Moscow State University (LMSU) from 17-21 August, 2015.

The 2015 IGU Regional Conference will be a chance for geographers from around the world to converse in a range of intriguing locations. This dialogue within and between disciplines will address critical issues in geography today, strengthening collaboration in response to global challenges through research and education. Registration began on 10 November 2014. We look forward to seeing you in August!

The deadline for abstract submissions is approaching!

For more information please check the conference's website.

You can also download flyer of the conference.

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Frozen into the Arctic ice for 6 months - #NICE2015Arctic expedition led by the Norwegian Polar Institute starts in Longyearbyen, Svalbard this week. Research vessel Lance will be frozen into first year sea ice north of Svalbard with an ice camp deployed nearby the ship. A broad range of observations will be carried out by Norwegian and international collaborators during the drift to better undertsand processes in the ocean, ice and atmosphere and ongoing Arctic change.
 

Find out more about this campaign at http://www.npolar.no/n-ice2015

 
Follow hashtag #NICE2015Arctic for real-time updates from the expedition. News will come from accounts of the Norwegian Polar Institute (www.twitter.com/NorskPolar and www.facebook.com/NorskPolar) and from its Oceans and Sea Ice Group on www.instagram.com/OceanSeaIceNPI, www.twitter.com/OceanSeaIceNPI, and www.facebook.com/OceanSeaIceNPI

Co-leads Drs. Ross Virginia (Dartmouth College) and Mike Sfraga (University of Alaska - Fairbanks) are hoping to attract a diverse team of scholars, applied researchers, and leaders who will work together to advance knowledge useful to solving problems facing the North. The deadline for international applicants is February 2 and for US scholars, February 16.

The basics of the program are:

Fulbright Arctic Initiative will bring together a network of scholars, professionals and applied researchers from the United States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia and Sweden for a series of three seminar meetings and a Fulbright exchange experience. The Initiative will provide a platform for scholars from across the Arctic region to engage in collaborative thinking, analysis, problem-solving and multi-disciplinary research in one of four areas: Energy, Water, Health, and Infrastructure.
Sixteen outstanding scholars from the U.S. and abroad will be selected to participate in the program as Fulbright Arctic Initiative Scholars through an open, merit-based competition. Co-Lead Scholars Dr. Michael Sfraga and Dr. Ross A. Virginia will provide intellectual leadership throughout the Program, in addition to mentoring program participants and facilitating discussion and collaboration among the Arctic Initiative Scholars. Program activities will commence in spring 2015 and conclude in fall of 2016.

Program Activities
At its core, the Fulbright Arctic Initiative will create a network to stimulate international scientific collaboration on Arctic issues while increasing mutual understanding between people of the United States and the people of other countries. Using a collaborative model to translate theory into practice, program participants will address public-policy research questions relevant to Arctic nations' shared challenges. Program activities will commence in spring 2015 and conclude in fall of 2016.

Eligibility
Candidates must be from one of the eight Arctic Countries (United States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia and Sweden). Successful candidates will include scholars at all career stages, to included applied researchers, professionals, and indigenous and traditional knowledge experts active in academic, public or private sectors that demonstrate outstanding qualifications and a record of experience and accomplishment in an a area clearly related to the program research themes: Energy, Water, Health and Infrastructure.

For more information on how to apply and eligibility requirements, please visit our website or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Witness stunning scenery, examine fascinating natural phenomena, and challenge your physical abilities while skiing, hiking, and living in this extreme environment.
The Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) provides an expeditionary learning experience for upper level high school, undergraduate and graduate students. During the 8-week expedition, students traverse the 75-mile distance across the Juneau Icefield participating in long-running surveys of glacier dynamics and mass balance, state-of-the-art scientific research, academic lectures, and independent research projects.

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Earn college credits and build valuable field research experience while learning in this incredible outdoor classroom. JIRP features a diverse academic curriculum in Earth System Science taught by leading researchers in the fields of glaciology, geology, climatology, meteorology, environmental sciences, ecology, biology, and other disciplines. Since 1946, over 1,400 students have participated.

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JIRP has a long history of research in glacier dynamics and mass balance, geology, and alpine ecology. JIRP has maintained one of the longest-running glaciological research programs in the world, making it an ideal location to document the impacts of climate change on alpine and glacial environments. Student participants have gone on to become leading researchers in a wide range of fields, including glaciology, geology, biology, space science, and medicine. Participants have also become artists, photographers, adventurers, writers, and teachers.

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The cost of the 8-week program is $5,970, including all transportation, food, lodging, and instruction following arrival in Juneau, Alaska. Participants are responsible for transportation to and from Juneau. Some scholarships are available. For more information, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Arctic Frontiers - Business to Business

Arctic Frontiers is growing and we have now integrated a Business section alongside Arctic Frontiers Policy, and Arctic Frontiers Science. Arctic Frontiers Business will focus on the drivers for industrial growth in the north.

During Arctic Frontiers Business 2015 the main focus will be on Barents Sea oil and gas and the Arctic mineral industry. It is expected that development in these two industries will have a great impact on the future economic development in the north. What will be discussed is the role of these industries as drivers for economic development, the effects for suppliers to these industries, and what can be achieved in these sectors through northern business collaboration.

As a part of the Business Conference Arctic Frontiers is hosting a conference on Regional Cooperation and Economic development in the Arctic. The conference is organised in collaboration with the Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation.

Read the entire newsletter here.

The 45th International Arctic Workshop will be held in Bergen, Norway, 11-12 May, 2015. There will be an icebreaker in the evening of 10 May and an optional field trip to the fjords on 13 May.

The Workshop, which is essentially a conference rather than a workshop, is open to all interested in high-latitude environments, including the past, present, and future. Previous Workshops have included presentations on Arctic climate, geomorphology, hydrology, soils, glaciology, oceanography, ecology, archeology, Quaternary history, paleoenvironment, atmospheric chemistry, environmental geochemistry and more. This year, there will also be a special session on the theme of "Changes in Arctic hydroclimate?".

The Workshop will consist of both talks and poster sessions. Student support will be offered to a number of presenters. The conference website will be open for registration and abstract submission in January 2015. Deadline for submission of abstracts will be April 15, 2015. In the meantime, you can email your questions.

For general info on the Arctic Workshop series, based at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado-Boulder, click here.

idpo logoThe U.S. Ice Drilling Program Office announces that the Fall 2014 Ice Bits newsletter of U.S. Ice Drilling Program activities is now available here.

Topics in this newsletter include:

  • Scientific Drilling in the Polar Regions AGU Town Hall Meeting
  • Field Support to Antarctic Projects
  • Education and Public Outreach
  • 2014 Technical Advisory Board Meeting
  • Media Kit
  • Field Support to Science Projects
  • Requesting Ice Drilling Support

Gene Petrescu of the National Weather Service will discuss the new Arctic Test Bed that in the "Enabling Scientific and Technological Improvements to Meet ACCAPCore Partner Service Requirements in Alaska" webinar on 9 December, 2014.

Test beds, such as the Joint Hurricane Test Bed (Miami, FL) and the Hazardous Weather Test Bed (Norman, OK) have been highly effective in meeting unique or pressing science and service challenges for the NWS. NWS Alaska Region leadership has developed plans for a significant enhancement to our operational capabilities in Alaska to address the emerging requirements of the Arctic: An Arctic Test Bed.

Historically, the complexity of forecast operations and the inherent challenges in Alaska have not been addressed well by the R&D programs and projects that support the CONUS regions of the NWS. In addition, there are science and technology, and unique service challenges (e.g., sea ice forecasts) and opportunities (Bilateral agreements with Canada, Russia, and Norway) that would best be worked through Alaska operations. A dedicated test bed will provide a mechanism to transfer technology, research, and observations advances into operations in a timely and effective manner.

A NOAA Arctic Test Bed will provide a crucial nexus for ensuring NOAA's developers understand Alaska's needs, improve NOAA's responsiveness to its Arctic-related science and service priorities among the NWS and OAR (CPO and ESRL), and enable better leveraging of other research initiatives and data sources external to NOAA which are particular to the polar region (e.g., WWRP Polar Prediction Project).

Registration and more information available at this website.

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The Innsbruck Summer School of Alpine Research (InnSAR) on Surface-Atmosphere Exchange over Mountainous Terrain to will be held in Innsbruck, Austria from 23-29 August 2015.

Surface-Atmosphere exchange processes play an essential role in a wide range of fields such as numerical weather prediction, climate modeling, glaciology, air pollution assessment and environmental modeling and hydrology. In complex mountainous terrain not only the models need to be adapted to slanting surfaces and inherently non-homogeneous conditions, also many observational techniques require special attention and process understanding must be revisited. InnSAR will provide state-of-the-art knowledge on these topics through lectures, excursions and hands-on student projects with a focus on:

Planetary boundary layer processes in complex terrain
Trace gas and aerosol exchange in mountainous region
Mass and energy fluxes over snow and ice surfaces
The Summer School is organized by the Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Innsbruck, Austria. Interested PhD students and young scientists are invited to watch the InnSAR website for further information send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

After an intensive recruitment process, Dr Eoghan Griffin has been appointed as the new Executive Officer of SCAR from 1st January 2015.SCAR logo white background

From 1994, Eoghan spent the next 15 years at University College London in the Atmospheric Physics Laboratory studying the polar upper atmosphere, first as a PhD student and then as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow until 2009. He then joined the Imperial College INSPIRE teacher training programme and became a qualified teacher in 2010 before joining SCAR as a Project Officer in September 2011. In this role he has helped manage aspects of the Open Science Conferences, Climate Change communications and most recently the day-to-day finances at the Secretariat.

Eoghan will work with the outgoing Executive Officer, Renuka Badhe, during December to ensure a smooth handover. Renuka will be the new Executive Secretary of the European Polar Board from January 2015.

The United Kingdom's Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has invited the international polar science community to submit comments on the concept design of a new polar research vessel, in terms of its science capability and capacity requirements. This new vessel, which will enter service in Fall 2019, will be operated for NERC by the British Antarctic Survey. The deadline for comments is January 31st, 2015.
For more information, and to submit any input you may have, we encourage you to visit the following link:
http://www.nerc.ac.uk/about/whatwedo/engage/consultations/nprv/

idpo logoThe U.S. Ice Drilling Program Office (IDPO) is once again organizing a Town Hall meeting at the Fall AGU Meeting entitled 'TH13C. Scientific Drilling in the Polar Regions'. Ice sheets and the underlying bedrock and sediment hold crucial evidence of past climate and cratonic geology. National and international collaboration for drilling in the remote polar regions requires strategic coordination between science, technology, and logistics. This town hall will provide the research community with updates on IDPO-IDDO, NICL, IPICS, RAID, WISSARD and ANDRILL initiatives. Opportunities for community involvement will be showcased, and input from the audience will be solicited.

The workshop will take place from 12:30 - 13:30 in Moscone West in Room 2006 on Monday, 15 December 2014.

For more information, please contactThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.or visit this link.

The University of Manitoba, in collaboration with the Greenland Institute for Natural Resources and Aarhus University in Denmark, has established the Arctic Science Partnership (ASP). As part of this partnership, the Department of Environment and Geography at the University of Manitoba will be offering a field course in Arctic Science entitled GEOG 7400 Field Topics in Arctic System. The focus of this year's field course is on Snow Covered Sea Ice. This field school will bring together 15 graduate students with diverse backgrounds in Arctic science examining the role snow covered sea ice plays in the Arctic system. Through lectures, field activities, and interactions with the local community, the students will learn about various aspects of snow covered sea ice, including the physical, biological and social importance of it, as well as the methods to measure and study the micro- and macro-scale features. The field school also aims to engage the local communities by developing and implementing an outreach program for local students, and by including elders as instructors.

The field school will take place in Nuuk Greenland from 13-20 February 2015.

Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for inquiries about the workshop and/or to request the application form. The application deadline is 31 December 2015.

More information about the workshop will be available here soon.

The first European Snow Science Winter School will take place from 8-14 February 2015 in Sodankylä, Finland. Any graduate student or post-doc working on snow or in some snow related field is welcome to participate. Those fields may cover glaciology, hydrology, oceanography, geography, but also biology or chemistry as well as engineering or material sciences.

Participants will learn about state-of-the-art snow measurement techniques in the field and related theory.

Field measurements will be done in small groups of 3-4 students. Each group of students will have to prepare a report describing the methods, results and interpretation. The course corresponds to 3 ETCS-Points.

The total cost of the course is €200 including full accommodation (details on the web page). The registration deadline is 31 December 2014 (number of participants is limited to 25).

The workshop is organized by the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Juha Lemmetyinen, Leena Leppänen, Anna Kontu, the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Martin Schneebeli, and Martin Proksch

To send inquiries or to register for the workshop, please send an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Lecturers will include:

  • Martin Schneebeli, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF
  • Juha Lemmetyinen, Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI, Finland
  • Chris Derksen, Environment Canada
  • Jean-Charles Gallet, Norwegian Polar Institute NPI, Norway
  • Alex Langlois, Universit? de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
  • Martin Proksch, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF
  • Anna Kontu, Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI, Finland
  • Isabelle Gouttevin, IRSTEA, Lyon, France

For more information, please visit this link.

AOOS logoThe Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) (in concert with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP), the Alaska Sea Grant, the Alaska Marine Conservation Council, and UAF's Ocean Acidification Research Center), will be sponsoring a workshop on ocean acidification on Tuesday, 2 December 2014 at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. This workshop aims to bring concerned and/or interested individuals together to hear the latest research, policy implications, community perspectives, and potential impacts along Alaska's coast and oceans.

The workshop will focus on the following:

role of glaciers, pteropods and policy
community perspectives
local, state, national efforts
biological, economic and community impact
To learn more and RSVP, please visit this link.

Compendium to the Report on the State of Northern Knowledge in Canada (Canadian Polar Commission)

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The report on the State of Northern Knowledge in Canada (March 2014) analyses the significant gains made since the beginning of International Polar Year 2007 with a view to determining today's high-level research opportunities. Focusing on the perspectives of northerners, it highlights new knowledge that can be used to address many of the issues northerners have identified as important.


This compendium includes the methodology used to compile the report and some background topic summaries which provide a greater level of detail than it was possible to include in the report itself. Summaries are available on the following topics:

  • Communications, Infrastructure and Transportation Systems
  • Economic Development
  • Energy
  • Food Security
  • Health and Well-Being
  • Housing
  • Read the Compendium

The Implementation Plan for the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) has been officially released. It is available at http://www.polarprediction.net/documents.html.

YOPP is a key activity of the WMO/WWRP Polar Prediction Project (PPP) and aims to enable a significant improvement in environmental prediction capabilities for the polar regions and beyond, by coordinating a period of intensive observing, modelling, prediction, verification, user-engagement and education activities.

YOPP is a community effort and that everyone interested is invited to make contributions. For further information visit http://www.polarprediction.net.

Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) Canada is pleased to release the first issue of the SAON Canada Results Bulletin, which highlights results from monitoring initiatives occurring across the Canadian North, along with their links to policy. This Bulletin was developed in partnership with the Canadian Polar Com­mission and the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) Canada.

The registration deadline for the PEI Polar Educators Workshop in Hannover, Germany, April 1 - 4 2015 is coming up on 15 December 2014! See the attached poster for information.

If you have already registered, thank you. the workshop organizers will be sending out acceptances with information about travel early in January. Stay tuned!

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ARC logo A4 s h pos transparentThe Arctic Offshore Conference will be held 27-28 November 2014 in Aarhus, Denmark. The focus of the conference will be on regulatory governance of offshore activities, with an emphasis on risks of oil spill in the Arctic seas.

As climate change is dramatically affecting the Arctic environment, the region is witnessing substantial new development opportunities in sectors like fossil energy oil, gas and renewable energies (e.g. wind
power, hydroelectricity and geothermal power). Complex challenges simultaneously arise in terms of environmental protection, health and social issues in regions where indigenous peoples and civil participation in decision-making on public issues is still evolving.

Timo Koivurova, Director for the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, Arctic Centre/University of Lapland, will be the keynote speaker at this event. Other presenters with expertise on the Arctic region from both Aarhus University and international institutions will be coming from a wide spectrum of disciplines such as political science, law, anthropology, bioscience, health etc. For further information on the conference, please click here.

From Chemistry to Modelling via Biology and Physical Oceanography in the Changing Polar Systems
March 14-15, 2015
Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco Resort
Lucca (Barga), Italy

The Gordon Research Seminar on Polar Marine Science is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The GRS will allow attendees to exchange and communicate their research within the young scientific community but also with the senior mentoring scientists present. We will evolve from small scale to the larger scale for both the Arctic and the Antarctic, the different disciplines will be covered within the different scales of study.

The meeting will feature approximately 10 talks and 2 poster sessions. All attendees are expected to actively participate in the GRS either by giving an oral presentation or presenting a poster. Therefore, all applications must include an abstract.

Applications for this meeting must be submitted by February 14, 2015. Any applicants who wish to be considered for an oral presentation should submit their application by December 14, 2014. Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed (full) before this deadline. If the meeting is oversubscribed, it will be stated here. Note: Applications for oversubscribed meetings will only be considered by the Conference Chair if more seats become available due to cancellations.

The Chairs will select speakers from abstracts submitted by December 14, 2014. Those applicants who are not chosen for talks and those who apply after the deadline to be considered for an oral presentation will be expected to present a poster.

The Polar Marine Science Gordon Research Seminar will be held in conjunction with the Polar Marine Science Gordon Research Conference. Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Please refer to the Polar Marine Science GRC web page for more information.

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to draw your attention to the upcoming Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART) session at the ISAR-4/ICARP III Symposium (27-30 April, 2015) during the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2015 in Toyama, Japan. The Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART) network is a multidisciplinary initiative that aims to integrate spatial and temporal variability in Arctic marine system. We kindly invite submissions by anyone sharing a common interest in improving our understanding of past, present and future changes in the Arctic and developing dialogues on interdisciplinary Arctic research approaches and future directions. Submissions can be made via the conference website at http://www.assw2015.org

SESSION C2: Arctic in Rapid Transition – future research directions from the perspective of early career scientists

SESSION DESCRIPTION: Much research has been conducted in the Arctic in the past few decades, however some areas received more scientific attention than others, i.e., Atlantic and Canadian Arctic is more advanced than Pacific and Central Arctic. Pan-Arctic research is important to quantify the changes occurring within the complex Arctic systems, especially since the ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles could have strong regional variability. Contribution from Asian countries to Arctic research is not large in comparison with European and North American countries due to geographical limitations. In order to fill the geographical gaps in Arctic research, it is fundamental that Asian early career to mid-career scientists become involved in international collaborations. Also, research resources such as personnel, facilities and funding are still limited in the world. Thus, involvement of Asian early to mid-career scientists into the frame of international collaborations is important to logistically, as well as scientifically, improve pan-Arctic research in coming decades.

This session specifically aims at allowing early career scientists, to get involved in international collaborations under the umbrella of the Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART) network, with especially encouraging scientists from Asia. The Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART; http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/en/ART/), an official network of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), is an integrative, international, interdisciplinary, Pan-Arctic network to study the spatial and temporal changes in biogeochemical cycling and ecosystem functioning of the Arctic Ocean over multiple time scales. Early career researchers' perspective is of great importance to ensure the involvement of the next generation of Arctic researchers, since they will be the ones sustaining current monitoring and implementing new projects into
the future. The goal of this session is to integrate studies from various Arctic research fields in order to better understand the changing Arctic system beyond its regional variability and across multiple time-scales, and will also include outcomes from the former ART science workshop held in Sopot 2012 as well as the upcoming workshop in Brest 2014 (http://istas.sciencesconf.org/), and the session of the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN; http://pyrn.arcticportal.org/index.php/en/) at the upcoming EUCOP-4 conference (http://www.eucop4.org/) in Portugal.

CONVENERS:

Makoto Sampei, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Japan, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Carolyn Wegner, GEOMAR Helmholtz Center of Ocean Research Kiel, Germany, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Monika Kedra, Institute of Oceanology Sopot, Poland, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstracts are now being accepted for the Ilulissat Climate Days 2015 conference and workshop. This conference and workshop is dedicated to science talks and discussions regarding the current and future changes of the Greenland and Arctic cryosphere. It will be held in Ilulissat, Greenland, from 2- 5 June 2015 at the Arctic Hotel. Ilulissat Climate Days is arranged by a committee from Danish, Greenlandic and Icelandic organizations. The scientific committee consists of the following scientists: K. Steffen, I Joughin, M Drinkwater, P Wadhams, J Box, J-O Hagen, G Adalgeirsdottir,

The workshop component of Ilulissat Climate Days will highlight overviews of current changes, as measured from space, airborne and in-situ methods, and future projections of changes. The meeting is a follow up on the similar event "Nuuk Climate Days" 2009, and will involve both scientists and stakeholders in discussions on cryosphere changes, and their effects on the Greenland environment and society. Additional activities include the final conference for the Nordic Centre of Excellence SVALI (Stability and Variations of Arctic Land Ice) as well as meetings related to the ESA Climate Change Initiative.

 The deadline for submission of abstracts is January 30, 2015.

For details see the website

The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) will host a webinar titled "A Tale of Two Synthesis Efforts: The PacMARS and SOAR Programs" on Tuesday, 18 November 2014 from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. AKST. It will be presented by Jackie Grebmeier (UMCES) and Sue Moore (NOAA/Fisheries).

Over the past 2-3 years, the PacMARS and SOAR programs have focused the efforts of a suite of researchers, Arctic residents, and resource managers on providing a synthesis of existing information regarding the state of the Pacific Arctic marine ecosystem. While the two programs have similar goals, the approach taken by each can be likened to the 'tortoise/SOAR and hare/PacMARS' story.

The Synthesis of Arctic Research (SOAR/5 year program), supported by the BOEM, Alaska Region, was initiated in 2011 with the overarching goal to increase scientific understanding of the relationships among oceanographic conditions, benthic organisms, lower trophic prey species (forage fish and zooplankton), seabirds, and marine mammal distribution and behavior in the Pacific Arctic--with results of this effort the publication of peer-reviewed papers as a 'special issue' of a science journal coupled to outreach communications to local residents, resource managers and the public (http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/soar/).

The Pacific Marine Arctic Synthesis (PacMARS/2 year program), supported by the North Pacific Research Board (NPRB), was initiated in 2012, with the overall goal to provide guidance for scientific research needs in
the region, as well as to serve stakeholder needs for understanding this important ecosystem and its vulnerabilities--with results of this effort the publication of a final report listing all relevant data sources and the establishment of a data portal to provide efficient access to these data for scientists, resource managers and the public
(http://pacmars.cbl.umces.edu/).

Speakers: Jackie Grebmeier, UMCES and Sue Moore, NOAA/Fisheries

Tuesday, 18 November 2014
10:00-11:00 a.m. AKST

To register for the webinar, please go to:
https://accap.uaf.edu/PacMARS_SOAR

For further information on the ACCAP Alaska Climate webinars, to
subscribe to their podcasts, and for archived webinars please go to:
http://accap.uaf.edu/webinars.

For questions, please contact:
Tina Buxbaum
Phone: 907-474-7812
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The International Association for Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) is proud to announce its 2015 Early Career Scientist Prize.

The IACS Early Career Scientist Prize is an annual cash prize of € 1000 awarded to a nominated early career scientist who is assessed as having published the best scientific paper on a cryospheric subject during the previous calendar year. The objective of the prize is to recognize excellence in cryospheric science by honouring and promoting someone in the early-stages of her or his career, and to draw attention to the work of IACS.

IACS now welcomes nominations of scientific papers satisfying the eligibility criteria (see guidelines on-line at http://www.cryosphericsciences.org/iacsAwards.html).

Please submit nomination packages until 13 February 2015 the latest to ecsaward.iacs (at) slf.ch with the subject line labeled as "IACS: 2015 ECS Prize". All submissions will be acknowledged. If in doubt, please contact the Chair of the Selection Committee (ian.allison (at) utas.edu.au).

The Selection Committee will announce the winner late-March 2015 and the 2015 Prize will be formally presented during the IACS Plenary Administrative Session at the XXVI IUGG General Assembly in Prague in June 2015.

iarpcIARPC Collaborations is an innovative collaboration space that brings together funding agencies and Arctic scientists from Federal, State,academic, non-governmental, industry, and other organizations to share knowledge and resources on a range of topics related to U.S.-federally-funded research in the Arctic. IARPC wishes to harness talent and expertise from as many sources as possible. If you can contribute your expertise, please request an IARPC account at this link and join the conversation.

IUGGAbstracts are now being accepted for a session on the representation of the cryosphere in CMIP5 modelsat the 26th International Union on Geodesy and Geophysics general assembly from 22 June - 2 July 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic.

The Fifth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) provides a large multi-model ensemble of historical simulations, idealized experiments, and future projections that were used extensively in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report. Although some initial evaluation of the ability of the CMIP5 models to simulate aspects of the cryosphere was undertaken in Chapter 9 of the IPCC report, more in-depth evaluation remains to be done. This symposium invites contributions in which cryosphere components (sea-ice, snow, ice sheets, permafrost, etc) in CMIP5 models are evaluated by comparison to a range of in-situ and remotely-sensed data. Novel evaluation approaches, in which important physical processes are identified and probed, are particularly
welcome, as are contributions to understanding the link between model quality (as evaluated by comparison to historical observations) and confidence in model predictions on seasonal to interannual time scales, and in model projections of longer-term future climate. Careful evaluation of model biases and shortcomings also helps guide ongoing model development through the identification of processes or feedbacks that are not well represented. Therefore, this symposium also invites contributions in which model evaluation is applied to understanding shortcomings in the representation of cryospheric processes and linking these to improvements that have or could be made. This symposium is co-sponsored by CliC (Climate and Cryosphere, World Climate Research Programme).

Convener: Alexandra Jahn (Boulder, Colorado, USA)
Co-conveners: Gerhard Krinner (Grenoble, France) and Francois Massonnet (Louvain, Belgium)

The Los Alamos National Laboratory is pleased to announce the release of the Community Ice Sheet Model (CISM) version 2.0, a next-generation ice sheet model for use in predicting ice sheet evolution in a changing climate. CISM 2.0 is freely available to the glaciology and climate modeling communities. It serves as the ice dynamics component of the Community Earth System Model (CESM), which is one of the first global climate models to include coupled, dynamic ice sheets. The starting point for CISM 2.0 is the Glimmer ice sheet model developed at the University of Bristol and elsewhere. With CISM 2.0, the original Glimmer model has been extended to include higher-order ice dynamics and scalable parallelism. This work has been done by the U.S. Department of Energy with contributions from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the University of Montana, the University of Colorado, New York University, the University of Bristol, the University of Edinburgh, Swansea University, and the University of Zurich. CISM 2.0 runs on a regular mesh using a mixture of finite-difference, finite-volume, and finite-element methods. While written in Fortran 90, it includes and allows for software interfaces to code written in C++. CISM 2.0 is open-source software licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).
CISM 2.0 includes the following new features relative to the Glimmer and Glimmer-CISM models: 

*   Robust, parallel, 2D and 3D, higher-order accurate approximations to the Stokes momentum balance (Blatter-Pattyn, SSA, L1L2) 

*   3D, parallel mass and temperature transport 

*   Software interfaces to modern C++ based solver libraries (e.g., Trilinos 

*   Replacement of Autotools build system with Cmake build system 

*   Addition of new higher-order test cases, including several with analytical solutions 

*   Re-ordering of time step to be fully consistent with explicit forward Euler scheme 

*   New high-level "cism_driver", which replaces and reproduces functionality of several old drivers and allows for more flexible integration of additional and/or external dycores 

*   Re-arrangement of directory structure 

*   Modifications to Glint coupling software to support coupling to CESM and other climate models that compute the surface mass balance external to the ice sheet model 

*   New and updated documentation

CISM 2.0 will be hosted by the CISM Github organization (A download link for an archive of the code is also available from the CISM website). More information, including full documentation of the code and information on user mailing lists, can be found at the CISM website.

Applied Research in Environmental Sciences Nonprofit, Inc. are hosting two upcoming Web seminars using WebEx.

Webinar 1.
Topic: Coastal Erosion Workshop for Alaska's North Slope: Weather and Regional Shoreline Changes
Host: Kathleen Fischer
Date and Time:
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 10:00 am, Alaska Daylight Time (Anchorage, GMT-08:00)
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 11:00 am, Pacific Daylight Time (San Francisco, GMT-07:00)
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 1:00 pm, Central Daylight Time (Chicago, GMT-05:00)
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 2:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
Speakers:
John Lingaas and Louise Fode, National Weather Service, on North Slope weather.
Ann Gibbs, USGS Santa Cruz, on shoreline changes using GIS.

Webinar 2.
Topic: Coastal Erosion Workshop for Alaska's North Slope: Monitoring Basics and Online Tools
Host: Kathleen Fischer
Date and Time:
Thursday, October 30, 2014 10:00 am, Alaska Daylight Time (Anchorage, GMT-08:00)
Thursday, October 30, 2014 11:00 am, Pacific Daylight Time (San Francisco, GMT-7:00)
Thursday, October 30, 2014 1:00 pm, Central Daylight Time (Chicago, GMT-05:00)
Thursday, October 30, 2014 2:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
Speakers:
Orson P. Smith, University of Alaska Anchorage College of Engineering (retired) on North Slope coastal erosion causes, responses, and related data needs.
Nicole Kinsman, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, on online tools developed by her agency.

For more information, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

From 29th October to 31st October 2014, the Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania, Australia will be hosting the 7th Polar Law Symposium. In a time of rapid change in both geographical and geopolitical arenas, the way we manage the polar regions through international legal mechanisms are of critical importance.

We invite APECS members to follow the proceedings of the conference which will cover various aspects of polar law; including human rights, environmental law, territorial law, with a special focus on the role of Asian states in polar affairs. The program can be found here: polarlaw2014/program

The live streamed event, which is accessible all over the globe, can be found at http://new.livestream.com/accounts/7587656/events/3517964. This stream will also be linked with social media, where you can ask questions of the speakers:
Facebook: polarlawsymposium
Twitter: @polar_law or #polarlaw
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ARCUS color logoThe Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) will host a three-part series of webinar workshops addressing coastal erosion on the North Slope of Alaska over the next several weeks. 

This series of webinar-based workshops will include presentations and discussions of how coastal erosion on the North Slope of Alaska impacts local communities, the best practices for a long-term observing (LTO) network that could contribute to community planning and response, and how citizens can contribute to monitoring erosion along their coast. General questions for workshop discussions include: 

- What are the best practices for a long-term observing network so that it contributes to community understanding and planned response to coastal erosion?
- What are the best strategies for informing and engaging the community?

The remaining two webinar series includes:

"Coastal Erosion Workshop for Alaska's North Slope: Shoreline: Changes and Weather"
Date: Tuesday, 28 October 2014 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am (AKDT)
Speaker: Ann Gibbs, U.S. Geological Survey

"Coastal Erosion Workshop for Alaska's North Slope: Monitoring Basics"
Date: Thursday, 30 October 2014 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am (AKDT)
Speakers: Orson Smith, Alaska Vocational Technical Center (AVTEC) and University of Alaska Anchorage, retired, and Nicole Kinsman, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Survey
Topics: Monitoring network fundamentals and online monitoring tools.

For more information about these webinars, please see the Arctic Calendar or contact Kathleen Fischer

PYRN is happy to present its' first newsletter after this summers' election of the new ExCom  at EUCOP4 at Evora!

You can read the newsletter here or by visiting Publications -> Newsletter at  pyrn.arcticportal.org.

 

wsccaClimate change is among the major challenges of modern times. As the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has shown, there are still many challenges ahead and many needs to be met, calling from action not only from government, but also from various stakeholders.

Apart from the knowledge offered by modelling and forecasts which allows us to understand the problem and how it develops in the future, we need to know more about approaches, methods and tools, which may help us to cope with the social, economic and political problems posed by climate change now. In order words, we need to speed up developments in the field of climate change adaptation.

It is against this background that the "World Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation" is being organised. The event is a joint initiative by Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), the Research and Transfer Centre "Applications of Life Sciences" of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) and the Baltic University Programme in Uppsala (Sweden), in cooperation with the International Climate Change Information Programme (ICCIP) and the United Nations University initiative "Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development" (RCE). The Symposium will be a truly interdisciplinary event, covering some of the key areas in the field of climate change adaptation.

The "World Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation" will focus on "innovative approaches to implement climate change adaptation", and will contribute to the further development of this fast-growing field.

Details of the Symposium are available here.

An abstract submission form and guidelines are available here
:

The abstract submission deadline is 20 December 2014
The early bird registration deadline for the symposium is 30 January 2015
The deadline for submission of full papers is 30 March 2015
The symposium registration deadline is 30 May 2015

 

Abstracts are now being accepted for oral and poster presentations for the four-day ISAR/ICARP III symposium at the Arctic Science Summit Week 2015 in Toyama, Japan. Abstracts will be accepted until 10 November, 2014.

Two sessions currently accepting abstracts include:

B3: Changing permafrost and its impact on the physical, ecological, economic and cultural Earth system
C7: Arctic freshwater system, changes and effects on Arctic freshwater ecosystems
For a full listing of the available sessions, please visit this link.

Session B3 Description:

Permafrost is a widespread feature of polar regions that underlies virtually all of the non-glaciated terrestrial Arctic and Antarctic. Permafrost has become one of the focal points of modern environmental polar science because of the impacts associated with the widespread thawing currently occurring and its potential impact on the Earth system. Further, permafrost landscapes play a vital role in both historical and contemporary subsistence practices, yet there are today few studies of human interaction (i.e. land use) with permafrost dynamics and a clear need for integration of physical and social sciences in permafrost research. The session will identify future directions for permafrost research in the ICARPIII process. In particular, this session will investigate the implications of degrading permafrost for northern communities, industry, wildlife, as well as the storage, decomposition and release of carbon (as carbon dioxide or methane) and nitrogen in and from frozen ground. It will feature results from interview and participant observations, field process studies, monitoring programs, remote sensing, modelling, and interdisciplinary efforts to include local processes in global climate models and vice-versa. Introduction of international collaboration among diverse scientific and social communities, outreaches and social involvements to scientific activities are also welcomed. Since this session offers various discussions of changing permafrost, the regional coverage is not only Arctic in the narrow sense but also mid-latitude and high mountainous regions with potential permafrost. By encompassing all aspects of cold land processes, including those related to geology, geomorphology, biogeochemistry, hydrology, microbiology, engineering, anthropology, policy studies and social science, and their interactions, this session will highlight the role of permafrost in the Earth System and the impact of its changes on the environment and society.

CONVENERS:

Ylva Sjöberg
Hiroki Takakura
Mamoru Ishikawa

Session C7 Description:

Climate change and variability are affecting freshwater systems within the Arctic and subarctic. As water integrates and propagates effects across the Arctic, these transformations will have a profound effect on both society and environment, also beyond the Arctic. This session focuses on how major Arctic freshwater sources, fluxes and storage components are being modified, including: atmospheric and river transport, precipitation-evaporation-permafrost/soil moisture regimes, glacier and ice cap mass balances, sea-ice formation and dynamics, and marine exchanges including oceanic storage and release of low-salinity water. Also of interest are ecological and socio-economic effects that cascade from changes in these freshwater components and related processes. Freshwater ecosystems that are rapidly changing due to warming will be of specific focus, including effects on their biodiversity, food webs, and ecosystem function as well as ecosystem services. This session will be presenting key results concerning the Arctic freshwater system, and aims to collate information on current studies on the biodiversity and ecosystem function of Arctic and sub-arctic freshwater ecosystems. For these reasons, the format of the session will be of both presentation and workshop/brainstorming type. Presentations of key results synthesized from studies related to the Arctic freshwater system is followed by brief presentations on current research activities concerning Arctic freshwater ecosystems. The session will end with a discussion forum to synthesize some of the main topics of the session and draft a plan for possible dissemination i.e. roadmap for future research activities. The outcome of the proposed session will enable us to understand the cumulative effect of current changes in the Arctic, which will be applicable for enhanced management of freshwater resources in the Arctic.

Scientific fields: Hydrology, with links to atmosphere, ocean, ecosystems (freshwater), and social and human dimensions

CONVENERS:

Alexander Milner, University of Birmingham, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Warwick Vincent, Université Laval, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Terry Prowse, University of Victoria, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Johanna Mård Karlsson, Stockholm University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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We invite you to submit abstracts to the session C5: Advances in Transdisciplinary Arctic Research: Progress on Building Collaborative Agendas for Research Supporting Solutions for Sustainability as part of the ISAR-4 / ICARP III Symposium within the ASSW 2015 to be held in Toyama, Japan on April 27-30 2015. The Symposium will address the overarching themes "Rapid change of the Arctic climate system and its global influence" (ISAR-4) and "Integrating Arctic Research: a Roadmap for the Future" (ICARP III).

For more information and to submit your abstract to this session please visit:

http://isar-4.jp/abstract.html

Please note the deadline for abstract submission is November 10, 2014.

Read more: ISAR-4/ICARP III Symposium C5 Session

PEI logoPolar Educators International (PEI), a vibrant network promoting polar education and research to a global community, (http://www.polareducator.org) is pleased to announce the second in the new Master Class series targeting a dual audience:

· Educators seeking cutting-edge professional development on the latest science discoveries

· Researchers interested in learning proven strategies for communicating scientific concepts in a clear and meaningful way to non-technical audiences

The class: Natural and Anthropogenic (that pesky word!) Climate Impacts: Evidence from Ice Cores.

Featuring leading researcher, Dr. Joe McConnell and polar educator, Ms. Linda Morris, the class is being offered free to all participants. Membership in PEI is required for participation in Master Class activities. Registrations are due by 25 October 2014, with the initial web seminar taking place Wednesday, 29 October 2014 at 2000 GMT. A two-week online discussion forum 30 October- 14 November 2014 will follow the web seminar.

Further information on how to participate is available at: http://www.polareducator.org/activities/master-class

Arctic and Antarctic weather and climate prediction and predictability issues are high up on the polar (research) communities' agenda. A vast amount of information is available in different media. To help connect sending and receiving parties, a dedicated electronic mailing list tailored to people interested in Arctic and Antarctic prediction and predictability is being set up. We will strive to keep you informed about upcoming events, recent findings, new papers and developments.

To be added to the list, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the subject line: subscribe prediction
mailing list.

Members of the list will be able to post directly. If you are not a member and you would like to send something, please send your message to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The North Atlantic-Arctic Planning Workshop organizing committee
announces that the draft North Atlantic-Arctic System Science Plan is
now available for public comment.

The international workshop, which convened in April 2014, provided a
forum to discuss the state of science in the North Atlantic-Arctic
system and begin planning the next phase of interdisciplinary research,
with an emphasis on mechanisms to facilitate international
collaboration. A meeting report summarizing key discussions that took
place at this workshop was published in the 2 September 2014 issue of
Eos

The outcome of this workshop will be a community-vetted science plan
that outlines a core vision for advancing the next phase of research on
the North Atlantic-Arctic system and strengthening international
collaborations within and between the European Union and North America.
The science plan will be finalized by early 2015, and will be used by
U.S. and international funding agencies for planning and coordination of
future North Atlantic-Arctic research opportunities.

Deadline for submitting comments: Friday, 17 October 2014.

Comments may be submitted via email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

For further information and to download the draft science plan, please
go to: http://www.whoi.edu/website/NAtl_Arctic/.

To read the EOS meeting report abstract, please go to:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014EO350007/abstract.

arcus logo 75The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) and International
Arctic Science Committee (IASC) announce a call for input to the Arctic
Calendar.

The Arctic Calendar is an online searchable calendar of conferences,
lectures, webinars, and field trainings relevant to the Arctic science,
education, and policy communities. It is a community resource for
tracking and publicizing major Arctic events and conferences and for
helping to avoid conflicting meeting dates. The calendar is maintained
and hosted ARCUS in collaboration IASC.

To maintain the calendar's usefulness as a communication and planning
tool ARCUS and IASC encourage anyone organizing a meeting to submit the
event for inclusion on the calendar. They also welcome other Arctic
organizations to link to the Arctic Calendar.

To view the Arctic Calendar, please go to:
http://www.arcus.org/events/arctic-calendar.

For further information about ARCUS, please go to:http://www.arcus.org/.

For further information about IASC, please go to:http://www.iasc.info.

To submit events via the online form, please go to:
http://www.arcus.org/events/arctic-calendar/submit.

Or, contact:

Judy Fahnestock

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The EU is inextricably linked to the Arctic region by a unique combination of history, geography, economics and scientific achievements (COM (2008) 763 final). Three Arctic countries are EU Member States (Denmark, Sweden and Finland) and the EU maintains close relations with Iceland and Norway through the European Economic Area. Canada, Russia and the United States are also strategic partners of the EU. The European Commission has set out the EU's interests in the Arctic and has proposed action around three main policy objectives: 1) Protecting and preserving the Arctic in unison with its population; 2) Promoting sustainable use of resources; 3) Contributing to enhanced Arctic multilateral governance (COM (2008) 763 final). However, the best way to ensure that the EU's interests are protected and that the policies it pursues are adopted has not been mapped out. While the EU is willing to pursue its involvement within the relevant international framework (e.g., the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and Convention on Biological Diversity) on Arctic issues such as climate change, biodiversity, ecosystem-based management, persistent organic pollutants, marine protected areas, energy, fisheries, tourism, international navigation and indigenous people (JOIN (2012) 19 final), choices must be made as to which policy avenue to pursue. How these choices are to be made and which avenues are the best to pursue its policy objectives are some of the many questions which have yet to be fully addressed by scholars.

Call for abstracts

This conference will bring together academics and practitioners from relevant disciplines such as international law, international relations, political science and marine biology, NGOs, representatives from EU institutions and international organizations to discuss the EU's potential contribution to enhance Arctic governance. A roadmap for increasing the effectiveness of the EU's action in the Arctic will be drawn at the end of the conference. This conference is timely as the Council of the European Union recently (Council conclusions on developing a European Union Policy towards the Arctic Region, 24 May 2014) requested the European Commission and the High Representative to present proposals for the further development of an integrated and coherent Arctic Policy by December 2015.

Abstracts of no more than 400 words should be emailed to Dr. Nengye Liu (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) by 15 January 2015. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed. Selected speakers will be notified by 31 January 2015. It is anticipated that an edited book of papers from the conference will be published in 2016.

For more detailed information, visit: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/law/events/details/call-for-papers--the-european-union-and-the-arctic-2015-eu-arctic-conference.php

SCAR logo white backgroundThe latest issue of the SCAR newsletter is now available, the first of 2014. The considerable work involved in creating the new website and preparations for the XXXIII SCAR Meetings and OSC in Auckland have made it impossible to issue one until now. This bumper edition covers:

• SCAR focus on . . . the Antarctic Environments Portal
• Results of the 1st Antarctic and Southern Ocean Science Horizon Scan
• SCAR News and Announcements
• Antarctic Science News
• Tributes to Phil Smith and Martha Muse
• An update from APECS
• Forthcoming SCAR Meetings

... and more!

The newsletter is available to view and download from the SCAR website at
www.scar.org/scar_media/documents/news/newsletters/SCARnewsletter36_Sep2014.pdf
or go to http://www.scar.org/scar-newsletter

Two Antarctic organisations have joined forces to launch Fellowships for early career researchers. The Fellowships are worth up to $US15,000 each and 6 Fellowships (4 SCAR, 2 COMNAP) were awarded in 2014. The SCAR Fellowships are awarded to: Jaimie Cleeland (Australia), Camila Negrão Signori (Brazil), Fiona Shanhun (New Zealand) and Manoj M.C. (India). The COMNAP Fellowships are awarded to: Sandra Potter (Australia) and Keith Soal (South Africa).

This year, 25 applications were received. The winners of the SCAR Fellowships will carry out a range of scientific research in areas including long-term mark–recapture data on albatrosses, microbial diversity in the Southern Ocean, CO2 flux in Antarctic Dry Valley soils and biomarker based reconstruction of late Quaternary palaeoceanographic conditions. The COMNAP Fellowship recipients will carry out a project on topics of environmental policy and a technical project to understand ice loading on polar research vessels. Candidates come from a wide geographic spread of countries, and further detailed demographic information will be available on the SCAR website in the coming weeks.

The Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) has been offering scientific fellowships to early career scientists since 2005. Such fellowships have enabled Antarctic scientists to participate in a range of significant research including using ice cores to determine proxies for the Southern Annular Mode, a molecular study of Antarctic ostracods, and investigating particulate carbon and biogenic silica in sea ice in both the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Since 2005, twenty-nine SCAR Fellowships have been awarded.

In 2011, the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) launched the Antarctic Research Fellowship Scheme, offering one fellowship for an early career person in order to carry out research within a COMNAP National Antarctic Program. With this year's awards, there have been two COMNAP Fellowships awarded for a total of six awards since the scheme began. The Fellowships support the scientific goals of SCAR and the international cooperation goal of COMNAP to develop and promote best practice in managing the support to Antarctic science. The
fellowships enable the early career researchers to join a project team from another country, opening up new opportunities and often creating research partnerships that last many years and over many Antarctic research seasons. Many of the projects' results were presented at the recent SCAR Open Science Conference held in Auckland, New Zealand in late August 2014.

Background information:
The Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR)
www.scar.org
Contact: Renuka Badhe, Executive Officer
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+44 7889719766

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is an inter-disciplinary committee of the International Council for Science (ICSU). SCAR is charged with initiating, developing and coordinating high quality international scientific research in the Antarctic region, and on the role of the Antarctic region in the Earth system. The scientific business of SCAR is conducted by its Standing Scientific Groups which represent the scientific disciplines active in Antarctic research and report to SCAR. In addition to carrying out its primary scientific role, SCAR also provides objective and independent scientific advice to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings and other organizations on issues of science and conservation affecting the management of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

The Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP)
www.comnap.aq
Contact: Michelle Rogan-Finnemore, Executive Secretary
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+643 364-2273

COMNAP brings together the National Antarctic Programs of 29 Antarctic Treaty countries. Formed in 1988, the purpose of COMNAP is to develop and promote best practice in managing the support of scientific research in Antarctica. It does this by: Serving as a forum to develop practices that improve effectiveness of activities in an environmentally responsible manner; Facilitating and promoting international partnerships; Providing opportunities and systems for information exchange; and Providing the Antarctic Treaty System with objective and practical, technical and non-political advice drawn from the National Antarctic Programs' pool of expertise.

SAVE THE DATE

Sea Ice Prediction Network Webinar

Sea Ice Outlook: Post-season Discussion

Thursday, 9 October 2014

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. AKDT

For further information about the Sea Ice Outlook or Sea Ice Prediction

Network, please go to: http://www.arcus.org/sipn

Or contact:

Betsy Turner-Bogren

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The Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN) announces an open webinar focused

on post-season analysis and discussion of the 2014 Sea Ice Outlook

(SIO). The SIO produces reports in June, July, and August that

synthesize a variety of predictions and perspectives on the arctic sea

ice minimum. More information about SIO, including this year's reports,

is available at: http://www.arcus.org/sipn/sea-ice-outlook.

This webinar will provide a venue for discussion of the 2014 SIO,

including processes that influenced sea ice melt this year and a review

of the differing approaches to predicting the sea ice minimum extent.

The webinar is open to all interested participants, including sea ice

researchers, students, decision-makers, and others.

The webinar is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. AKDT

(12:00-1:00 p.m. PDT, 1:00-2:00 p.m. MDT, 2:00-3:00 p.m. CDT,

and 3:00-4:00 p.m.EDT) on Thursday, 9 October 2014. More details,

including registration instructions, will be announced closer to the event.

The webinar will be archived and available online after the event.

For further information about the Sea Ice Outlook or Sea Ice Prediction

Network, please go to: http://www.arcus.org/sipn.

For questions, please contact Betsy Turner-Bogren at ARCUS

(This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

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All early career researchers planning on attending Arctic Frontiers 2015 in Tromsø, Norway from 18 - 23 January 2015 here are some great opportunities for you:

1) Volunteers needed for Arctic Frontiers 2015

Arctic Frontiers is looking for the right group of people to contribute to the continual success of making the Arctic Frontiers Conference the main platform for international discourse in the high north. To be able to continue this work we are dependent upon a devoted team of volunteers.If you are interested in this exclusive opportunity, please send an email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a short description of yourself and your background. Please include a description of your technical and language skills as well as any relevant experience you might have. For more information on the volunteer opportunities during Arctic Frontiers go to http://www.arcticfrontiers.com/2015-conference/volunteers

2) Young Scientist Forum PhD/student workshop

In concert with Arctic Frontiers, the ARCTOS network arranges a student workshop – "BIO-8516 Arctic Frontiers PhD/student workshop" (master students may apply, but PhD students are prioritized). As part of the workshop, students have to participate in the entire conference, political and scientific part and give a presentation (oral or poster). After the conference, they will embark on a 5 day seminar to Lofoten, during which they will prepare a proposal for funding to an imaginary research grant. During the workshop there will be lectures about proposal writing as well cultural events. Travel and conference funding is available for workshop participants. For more information on the workshop go to http://www.arcticfrontiers.com/2015-conference/young-scientist-forum-2015/phd-workshop-2015

3) More Young Scientist Forum activities in cooperation with APECS

APECS is a partner to Arctic Frontiers and is contributing as every year to the Young Scientists Forum. Information on our planned activities will be announced in the coming weeks.

The 9th Arctic Frontiers conference will be held in Tromsø, Norway, with the title: Climate and Energy, from Sunday 18 January to Friday 23 January 2015. The Arctic Frontiers conference is a central arena for discussions of Arctic issues. The conference brings together representatives from science, politics, and civil society to share perspectives on how upcoming challenges in the Arctic may be addressed to ensure sustainable development. Arctic Frontiers is composed of a policy section and a scientific section.

Arctic Frontiers has published its September Newsletterwith important information for all of you that are planning on attending the conference.

Dear Colleagues,

Every year around spring, the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) publishes its yearbook. Around 1500 copies of the IASC bulletin are widely circulated by mail and distributed at the Arctic Science Summit Week. For graphics and photographs we depend solely on what our council members, related research institutes and scientists themselves send us. For the publication of the yearbook 2015, which will appear in April next year, and other IASC publications such as the website, brochure and calendar, we are looking for new photographs. We welcome images depicting all areas of arctic science: ranging from scientists in the field, animals, landscapes, to everyday life on the work floor and much, much more.

Although we are not able to pay for the copyrights, we of course mention the photographers name and (if required) the institute he or she works for. The photographer always receives a copy of the print by regular mail. The image quality must be around 3500 x 2500 pixel.

With each photo we would appreciate:

• a short description about what we see and background information on the project/research;

• place;

• name of photographer / Institute;

• contact information.

You can send the photographs by e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Should the files be very large, please send me a short note with your name and I will send you an invitation for a dropbox folder where you can upload the photographs.

We thank everyone who takes the effort to send in their photos. However, we usually receive more photographs than we can place and therefore have to make a selection based on geographical and thematic representation. We only notify the photographers who's contributions are selected for publication.

Unless, indicated otherwise, we will assume that we are free to use the photograph for any IASC involved publication. Non of the photographs in our database are used for commercial purposes. Should we receive a commercial request we will always refer the inquirer to the photographer.

If you have any further questions feel free to contact me (e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by telephone: 0049 331 288 2214 ). For more information on our publications and work, you can visit our website at www.iasc.info

Thank you and best wishes,

Mare

Mare Pit, Executive Officer
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
Telegrafenberg A43, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Secretariat +49-331-2882214
Direct +49-331-2882212
Fax +49-331-2882215
www.iasc.info

The International Arctic Science Committee has published its latest IASC Progress newsletter. This special fall issue is dedicated to the 3rd International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP III) and includes:

short summaries of ICARP III events that occurred during the last few months,
an outlook on upcoming activities,
the perspectives of new ICARP III partner organizations and
an introduction to the forward-looking Horizon Scan conducted by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
We hope you will enjoy the reading.

For more information on ICARP III, please visit the website at icarp.iasc.info

The final ICARP III Conference will take place from April 27-30 2015 in Toyama, Japan. More details are available at assw2015.org

The 2014 board meeting of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) working group fo the Arctic Council took place August 25-28 in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. APECS was once again invited to participate, and I was able to attend the meeting as a representative. Much of the first day of the meeting was spent agreeing on realistic deliverables deriving from a series of 17 policy recommendations made following the recently completed Arctic Biodiversity Assessment. This is obviously extremely important in terms of translating the knowledge generated during this landmark assessment into actions that will make a difference for endangered biodiversity in the Arctic regions. Details of the upcoming Arctic Biodiversity Congress in Trondheim in December were also discussed. APECS will be present at the congress and will be organizing social events and a session on education and outreach, so if you have an interest in biodiversity, you should definitely consider attending! Finally, recent progress and future efforts on the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP) were detailed. There might be exciting opportunities for APECS members to get involved, so stay tuned! It was also a lot of fun to see the small Northern community of Cambridge Bay come together to welcome the international delegates who all seemed to be enjoying themselves tremendously!

Jean-Sébastien Moore

The International Permafrost Association (IPA) and the Climate and Cryosphere project (CliC) are seeking your input. We invite you to participate in a survey on 'Permafrost Research Priorities', which aims at identifying the top priorities in permafrost research. The process will span much of 2014 engaging the research community and will result in a short publication listing and putting into context research priorities. The document shall become the benchmark against which permafrost research should be gauged starting in 2015. The final document of priorities will be sent to national and international funding agencies, international organizations, policy makers, and others with interests in supporting permafrost research. It will form one of the outputs of the International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP III).

We are interested in collecting forward-looking research questions (max. 3) from individuals with professional interests in understanding physical, biogeochemical, ecological, and social processes that affect permafrost areas in the Arctic, the Antarctic and in mountain regions.

The following link will guide you to the survey and detailed background information on the PRP process:
http://permafrostpriorities.org

The survey will take ~10 minutes of your time. Guidelines for creating a good question are below:
1. Need to be answerable through a realistic research design (which can rely on future technological developments),
2. Need to have a factual answer that does not depend on value judgments,
3. Need to address important gaps in knowledge and/or technology,
4. Need to have a spatial and temporal scope that could reasonably be addressed by a research team or a consolidated research program,
5. Should not be formulated as a general topic area (e.g. geomorphology, ecology)
6. Should not be answerable with 'it all depends',
7. Except if questioning a precise statement ('does the Earth go round the sun?'), should not be answerable by yes or no (i.e. not 'is X better for permafrost than Y'),
8. If related to impact and interventions, should contain a subject, an intervention and a measurable outcome.

IPA, CliC and the PRP Core Group welcome and value your ideas!

The window for input will remain open until September 20, 2014.

After the deadline has passed, the PRP Core Group will work to group questions into various themes. Once that is complete, the next step in the process will involve voting by the community to help select the most important questions. If you entered your email when you submitted your questions, you will receive an invitation to help us rank the priorities. We hope you will continue to be engaged in this important process.

Please feel free to share this email and the link with any of your colleagues who you think may be interested. Questions can be directed to Karina Schollaen, Executive Director of the IPA (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Jenny Baeseman, Director of CliC (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

It's only with the generous help of individuals like you that our overview of global permafrost research priorities can be successful.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Karina Schollaen and Jenny Baeseman,

on behalf of the Permafrost Research Priorities Core Group

Sponsored by:

Endorsed by:

Permafrost Research Priorities Core Group:
Hugues Lantuit (AWI, Germany, Chair)
Michel Allard (Université Laval, Canada)
Mauro Guglielmin (Insubria University, Italy)
Margareta Johansson (Lund University, Sweden)
Gleb Kraev (Centre for Forest Ecology and Productivity, Russian Federation)
Michael Krautblatter (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Gerhard Krinner (LGGE Grenoble, France)
Edward A. G. Schuur (University of Florida, USA)
Ylva Sjöberg (Stockholm University, Sweden, CliC Fellow)
Jenny Baeseman (CliC, Ex-Officio)
Karina Schollaen (IPA, Ex-Officio)

The Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Secretariat in celebration of the Arctic Biodiversity Congress and in cooperation with sponsors, invite you to participate in the Arctic Biodiversity "Through the Lens" photography competition.
One grand prize winner will receive a trip to the beautiful Ilulissat Icefjord, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Selected images will be displayed at the Arctic Biodiversity Congress December 2-4th, 2014 in Trondheim, Norway, and be exhibited across Arctic countries.
The competition welcomes entries across four categories; landscape, biodiversity, peoples of the North and business and science in the Arctic. Young photographers are especially welcome to submitt and the competition has special prizes for young photographers under the age of 18 and 14. Award-winning photographers Carsten Egevang, Paul Nicklen, Einar Gudmann, Cristina Mittermeier and Lawrence Hislop will judge winning entries.
The eyes of the world are turning northwards. Arctic landscapes, wildlife, cultures and light have inspired people since time immemorial. Arctic Biodiversity "Through the Lens" photography competition is intended to celebrate the beauty of the Arctic as experienced by photographers of all skill levels. Further information can be found at Arctic Biodiversity "Through the Lens" photography competition and in the terms and conditions.
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The selection committee for the 'Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica'announces that the 2014 prize has been awarded to Tim Naish.

The prize, awarded by the Tinker Foundation and administered by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), is presented to an individual in the fields of Antarctic science or policy who has demonstrated potential for sustained and significant contributions that will enhance the understanding and/or preservation of Antarctica.

Tim Naish has been awarded the 2014 Muse Prize, for his outstanding research in understanding Antarctica's response to past and present climate change and the role of Antarctica's ice sheets in global sea-level change through time. He led the first season of the ambitious and highly successful Antarctic Drilling Program (ANDRILL) where his international team pioneered innovative drilling technology to obtain sedimentary records of the past 13 million years, paving the way for further successful drilling in previously inaccessible ice-covered areas. As Chair of the ANDRILL Steering Committee, he continued to be actively involved in overseeing the program, including securing funding for the next phase. More recently, he has played an influential role in the process of translating science into policy as a lead author on the Paleoclimate chapter of the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He is currently Director of the Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, which continues to develop and has more than trebled its capacity under his direction.

The prize ceremony will be held during the SCAR 2014 Open Science Conference, which will convene 25-28 August in Auckland, New Zealand.

For more information about Naish and past award recipients, please see the Muse Prize website: http://www.museprize.org/news.html.

For more information about the Martha T. Muse Prize, contact:
Renuka Badhe
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The International Permafrost Association (IPA) and the Climate and Cryosphere project (CliC) are seeking your input. We invite you to participate in a survey on 'Permafrost Research Priorities', which aims at identifying the top priorities in permafrost research. The process will span much of 2014 engaging the research community and will result in a short publication listing and putting into context research priorities. The document shall become the benchmark against which permafrost research should be gauged starting in 2015. The final document of priorities will be sent to national and international funding agencies, international organizations, policy makers, and others with interests in supporting permafrost research. It will form one of the outputs of the International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP III).

We are interested in collecting forward-looking research questions (max. 3) from individuals with professional interests in understanding physical, biogeochemical, ecological, and social processes that affect permafrost areas in the Arctic, the Antarctic and in mountain regions.

The following link will guide you to the survey and detailed background information on the PRP process:

http://permafrostpriorities.org

The survey will take ~10 minutes of your time. Guidelines for creating a good question are below:

1. Need to be answerable through a realistic research design (which can rely on future technological developments),

2. Need to have a factual answer that does not depend on value judgments,

3. Need to address important gaps in knowledge and/or technology,

4. Need to have a spatial and temporal scope that could reasonably be addressed by a research team or a consolidated research program,

5. Should not be formulated as a general topic area (e.g. geomorphology, ecology)

6. Should not be answerable with 'it all depends',

7. Except if questioning a precise statement ('does the Earth go round the sun?'), should not be answerable by yes or no (i.e. not 'is X better for permafrost than Y'),

8. If related to impact and interventions, should contain a subject, an intervention and a measurable outcome.

IPA, CliC and the PRP Core Group welcome and value your ideas!

The window for input will remain open until September 20, 2014.

After the deadline has passed, the PRP Core Group will work to group questions into various themes. Once that is complete, the next step in the process will involve voting by the community to help select the most important questions. If you entered your email when you submitted your questions, you will receive an invitation to help us rank the priorities. We hope you will continue to be engaged in this important process.

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The official outcomes of the 1st SCAR Antarctic and Southern Ocean Science Horizon Scan were published online today as a COMMENT in Nature (512, 23–25; 2014) entitled "Six priorities for Antarctic science".scar logo 2013

In April 2014, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) convened 75 scientists and policy-makers from 22 countries to agree on the priorities for Antarctic research for the next two decades and beyond. This is the first time the international Antarctic community has formulated a collective vision through discussions, debate and voting. The Horizon Scan narrowed a list of hundreds of scientific questions to the 80 most pressing ones.

The questions fall broadly into six scientific priorities:

1) define the global reach of the Antarctic atmosphere and Southern Ocean;

2) understand how, where and why ice sheets lose mass;

3) reveal Antarctica's history;

4) learn how Antarctic life evolved and survived;

5) observe space and the Universe;

6) recognize and mitigate human influences.

A few examples of critical questions that need to be answered include:

a) How will the recovering ozone hole and rising greenhouse-gas concentrations affect regional and global atmospheric circulation and climate?

b) Will changes in the Southern Ocean result in feedbacks that accelerate or slow the pace of climate change?

c) What factors control Antarctic sea-ice seasonality, distribution and volume?

d) Are there thresholds in atmospheric CO2 concentrations beyond which ice sheets collapse and the seas rise dramatically?

e) What do geological signatures of past relative sea level tell us about when and where planetary ice has been gained or lost?

f) What are the genomic, molecular and cellular bases of adaptation in the Antarctic?

g) What is the nature of the Dark Universe?

h) What is the current and potential value of Antarctic ecosystem services and how can they be preserved?

The assembled experts concluded that to answer the 80 highest priority questions, it will be necessary to provide long-term sustained and stable research funding; access to all of Antarctica throughout the year; application of emerging technologies; strengthened protection of the region; growth in international cooperation; and improved communication among all interested parties. Maximizing scientific return while minimizing the human footprint should be the goal, and coordinated international efforts that engage diverse stakeholders will be crucial.

Former SCAR President Mahlon 'Chuck ' Kennicutt II, who lead the Horizon Scan, summarized that "Antarctic science is clearly globally important. The southern polar community must act together if it is to address some of the most pressing issues facing society.... It is time for nations involved in southern polar research to embrace a renewed spirit of cooperation as espoused by the founders of the Antarctic Treaty - in actions not just words." While this is the first Antarctic Horizon Scan, it is recommended that SCAR repeat the Horizon Scan exercise every four to six years in support of national strategic planning efforts and emerging integrated science, conservation and policy efforts.

Communicating the global importance of Antarctica to the public must be a priority. Narratives need to better explain how the region affects and is influenced by people's daily lives. Antarctic success stories, such as signs of ozone recovery, engender confidence in the power of changes in behavior. SCAR President, Jerónimo Lopez-Martin concluded, "Antarctic science has never been more important to our understanding of how the Antarctic and Earth system work, what this foretells about the future of our planet and the role that humans play in observed change. The challenge is to find new ways for the global Antarctic community to act together to realize this potential for the benefit of all."

Your input is needed to help identify Societally Significant Information and Products (SSIPs) to assess the capacity of observational networks in the Arctic.

The Arctic Observing Assessment (AOA) is being conducted to support the U.S. Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) and the international Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) objectives for observing coordination and data interoperability. Details about the assessment, its relationship to IARPC and SAON, including FAQ's, are available on the ArcticHub (http://www.arctichub.net) under the Arctic Observing Assessment header. In this first step of the assessment, we are building a list of Arctic societal priorities that will help scope the effort.

There are two methods for submitting Arctic societal priorities to this effort – via an anonymous online web form (http://bit.ly/ssip2014) or via e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Online and e-mail submissions will be compiled into one list. Additional priorities will be sourced from available Arctic vision, strategy, and priority documents and reports.
Examples of Arctic priorities that have been drawn from documents and could scope this effort include food security, freshwater security, and coastal vulnerability.

A full list will be circulated via the ArcticHub. The deadline for input via the form and e-mail is July 11, 2014. We encourage you to distribute and share this message widely to make this opportunity for input known to all.

There will be future opportunities to provide input into next stages of this assessment. Please visit the ArcticHub (http://www.arctichub.net) for updates.

Call for Input

Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic

Community Survey

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To participate in the survey, go to:

http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/AACA/interview/survey

The survey will be open until: Sunday, 20 July 2014

For questions about the survey, please contact:

Courtney Sanborn

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Phone: 907-474-7536

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The Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic (AACA), a project of the

Arctic Council's Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP),

announces a call for input on a community survey about changes in the

Beaufort, Bering, and Chukchi Regions.

The Arctic region is changing rapidly in terms of climate, ecosystems,

economics, and resource development. The AACA project is being conducted

to better understand how existing information about these changes may

inform action. The project will target the marine and surrounding

terrestrial areas of three Arctic regions: the Barents Region, the

Baffin Bay/Davis Strait Region, and the Bering/Chukchi/Beaufort Seas

Region. This survey solicits information about the Beaufort, Bering, and

Chukchi Region.

The goal of the AACA project is to determine what actions people are

taking to adapt to the rapid changes that have occurred in the Arctic,

how scientific information can help inform decisions, and what

information is needed to better respond to these changes in the Arctic.

These include changes in climate, changes in economy, changes in access,

and changes anticipated in the next 20 and 70 years. The survey also

solicits information about ideas or actions already implemented and what

information stakeholders need for decision-making to prepare for the

changes coming in the future.

AACA seeks as broad a perspective as possible. Names and responses will

not be published without explicit consent. Names will only be share

among the researchers

The survey will be open until: Sunday, 20 July 2014.

To participate in the survey, go to:

http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/AACA/interview/survey.

Or, contact Courtney Sanborn to schedule a telephone interview

(This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or call 907-474-7536.

For questions about the survey, please contact:

Courtney Sanborn

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Phone: 907-474-7536

The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) is the annual gathering of the international organizations engaged in supporting and facilitating Arctic research. The purpose of the summit is to provide opportunities for coordination, collaboration and cooperation in all areas of Arctic science. The summit attracts scientists, students, policy makers and other professionals from all over the world.

The ASSW 2015will be held in Toyama (Japan) on 23-30 April 2015 and will include the Fourth International Symposium on the Arctic Research (ISAR-4) and the Third International Conference on the Arctic Research Planning (ICARP III), in addition to the business meetings of the participating organizations:

April 23-25 – ASSW Business Meetings
April 26 – Public Lecture, Excursions
April 27-30 – ISAR-4 and ICARP III Symposium
The combined four day ISAR-4 and ICARP III Symposium will be composed of plenary presentations, panel discussions and parallel sessions addressing both the ISAR-4 theme "Rapid change of the Arctic climate system and its global influence" and the ICARP III theme "Integrating Arctic Research: a Roadmap for the Future". It will also present an opportunity to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) and to recognize those who have been instrumental in its founding, development and growth.

The organizing committee decided that the scientific sessions of the ISAR-4 and ICARP III Symposium would be mainly driven by the scientific community. Proposals for both sessions presenting and discussing scientific results as a contribution to ISAR-4 and sessions addressing scientific synthesis or research planning activities within ICARP III are invited. Each session will have three conveners. The organizing committee will strive as far as possible for a balance with respect to senior scientists, junior scientists, gender and geographic origin. The involvement of an indigenous convener is specifically encouraged for ICARP III related sessions. Session proposers are encouraged to suggest names for conveners. Session proposals should be submitted to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than 30 June 2014 and include the following information:

Proposer's name, affiliation, corresponding e-mail address and short bio,
Main convener's and co-conveners' name, affiliation, corresponding e-mail address and short bio
Theme of the session (ISAR-4 or ICARP III)
Session title (up to 100 characters)
Session description (up to 500 words)
Scientific field(s) of the session (e.g. geospace, atmosphere, ecosystems (land, ocean), cryosphere, ocean (physical and chemical), social and human dimensions etc.)
Proposers will be notified about the status of their session in August 2014. Note that sessions will possibly have to be rearranged by the organizing committee to avoid redundancy and/or to fill gaps. The convener(s) of the accepted sessions will become members of the program sub-committee and will be requested to evaluate the abstracts submitted for their session and to build the program of the session (poster and oral presentations). At least one of the co-conveners of an accepted session is expected to participate in the symposium and to chair the session.

Please find the full text of the 2nd Circular and Call for Sessions here http://www.assw2015.org/ASSW2015_2nd_Circular.pdf

SCAR and COMNAP Antarctic Research Fellowships 2014 and CCAMLR Scientific Scholarships 2014

Three leading Antarctic organisations today announce opportunities for early career researchers. The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP) and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) are working together to attract talented early career researchers, scientists, engineers and other professionals to strengthen international capacity and cooperation in fields such as climate, biodiversity, conservation, humanities and astrophysics research.

Antarctic Organisations Launch Fellowships

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) have again joined forces to launch fellowships for early career researchers. The SCAR and COMNAP fellowships are worth up to US$15,000 each and up to five fellowships in total are on offer for 2014. The fellowships enable early career researchers to join a project team from another country, opening up new opportunities and often creating research partnerships that last many years and over many Antarctic research seasons. The deadline for SCAR and COMNAP applications is 4 June 2014.

The SCAR and COMNAP schemes are launched in conjunction with the Scientific Scholarship Scheme of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). The CCAMLR Scholarship provides funding of up to AU$ 30,000 to assist early career scientists to participate in the work of the CCAMLR Scientific Committee and its working groups over a period of two years. The scheme was established in 2010 and a maximum of three awards will be made in 2014. The objective of the scheme is to build capacity within the CCAMLR scientific community to help generate and sustain the scientific expertise needed to support the work of CCAMLR in the long-term. The deadline for CCAMLR applications is 1 October 2014.

All three schemes are being jointly promoted by the three organisations.

Background information:

For more information on SCAR and COMNAP Fellowships, visit the SCAR website at: http://www.scar.org/awards/fellowships/information.html or the COMNAP website at: www.comnap.aq/SitePages/fellowships.aspx

For information on CCAMLR Scholarships, visit the CCAMLR website at: http://www.ccamlr.org/en/science/ccamlr-scientific-scholarship-scheme

The 9th Arctic Frontiers conference will be held in Tromsø, Norway, with the title: Climate and Energy, from Sunday 18 January to Friday 23 January 2015.

The earth is in the midst of major climate changes. The Arctic is experiencing the impact of these changes more and faster than other parts of the globe. Processes starting in the Arctic may have deep and profound impacts on other parts of the globe. At the same time the Earth's population is rising and with it the global energy demand. New and greener energy sources are gaining market shares, but still the energy mix of the foreseeable future will have a substantial fossil component. The Arctic is expected to hold major oil and gas resources, while the regions green energy potentials are less explored. How will the Arctic's energy resources contribute to the global energy mix in the decades to come? How will the climate changes impact the Arctic environment and societies? And where will we find a balance between the planet's energy demand and the necessity to reduce CO2 emissions?

The Arctic Frontiers conference is a central arena for discussions of Arctic issues. The conference brings together representatives from science, politics, and civil society to share perspectives on how upcoming challenges in the Arctic may be addressed to ensure sustainable development. Arctic Frontiers is composed of a policy section and a scientific section.

The 9th Arctic Frontiers science section Climate and Energy will address three main themes:

Arctic climate change – global implications
Ecological winners and losers in future Arctic marine ecosystems
The Arctic's role in the global energy supply and security.
This call for papers addresses only the scientific section from 21 January to 23 January 2015.

On behalf of the Scientific Program Committees, we have great pleasure in inviting you to submit one or more abstracts (for oral or poster presentation) to any of the three parts, in accordance with the instructions provided.

All abstracts will be reviewed by members of the three scientific committees for rating of abstract quality and presentation content.

The Call for Papers closes on 22 September 2014

For the full call for abstracts and to submit your abstract go to http://www.arcticfrontiers.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=63&Itemid=271

The Belmont Forum is hosting a second researcher matching webinar on Tuesday, June 3rd, from 12pm-1:30pm Eastern Time that focuses on the breadth of end users and best practices for engagement of end users in the development and implementation of research projects. The webinar features a panel of experts representing a variety of end user perspectives and organizations. Webex details, including a link to international dialing options, are below. Slides will be shown via Webex and discussion will be handled via the international phone lines provided.

End users provide a required expertise on Belmont Forum proposals. The term "end user" encompasses a variety of organizations in citizen, indigenous, policy, government, academic, industry, advocacy, and managerial domains. The panel represents a cross-cut of end users and representative organizations active in Arctic natural and social science research.

A moderated panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A session. Panelists for the June 3rd event include:

Christina Anderson, Willow Environmental LLC
Jim Gamble, Aleut International Association
Eva Kruemmel, Inuit Circumpolar Council
Gordon McBean, Centre for Environment and Sustainability, Western University / President-elect International Council for Science
Zach Stevenson, Northwest Arctic Borough
Aki Tonami, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen

The webinar will be recorded and made available on the ArcticHub (http://www.arctichub.net) after the event under the Long-Term Observing Management Discussion Group.

Join the ArcticHub today and utilize the "help wanted ads" functionality to connect with other researchers and end users to submit a proposal to the Belmont Forum. This researcher matching capability allows you to post messages looking for collaborators or offering your expertise to a proposing team. Additional researcher matching to can be sought through the Belmont Forum website: https://www.igfagcr.org/user/register.

1. Go to https://nsf.webex.com/nsf/j.php?MTID=m56d7d10f5c7fd33bde94a3e9c9795568
2. If requested, enter your name and email address.
3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: arctic
4. Click "Join".

The new US National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Research Coordination Network (RCN) - Sustainability Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES) network, entitled "Arctic-FROST: Arctic FRontiers Of SusTainability: Resources, Societies, Environments, and Development in the Changing North" announces a call for membership.

Arctic-FROST is an international interdisciplinary collaborative network and platform for research exchange, developing interdisciplinary synthesis, and international research about Arctic and sub-Arctic sustainability. The network teams together environmental and social scientists, local educators, and community members to enable and mobilize research on sustainable Arctic development. The research is specifically aimed at improving health, human development, and the well-being of Arctic communities while conserving ecosystem structures, functions, and resources under changing climate conditions. The network is based at the Arctic Social and Environmental Systems Research Laboratory at the University of Northern Iowa under the direction of Andre Petrov.

Over the next five years Arctic-FROST will fund multiple meetings and workshops on various subjects pertaining to sustainability and sustainable development in the Arctic. Community members with academic or practical interests in these areas are invited to become Arctic-FROST members. Arctic-FROST membership is free and open for all. Membership benefits include:

Opportunity to connect with network researchers and receive interdisciplinary and international collaboration experience;
Eligibility for funding to participate in Arctic-FROST activities and events;
Access to special workshops and funding for early career scholars;
Ability to receive members-only research updates, announcements, teaching materials, calls for papers and proposals, and other network-related information; and
Priority in submission of papers and abstracts for Arctic-FROST sponsored publications and activities.
For further information and to register, go to: http://www.uni.edu/arctic/frost.

For questions, contact: Andrey Petrov; Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) has released a new report on Arctic Ocean Acidification (AOA). This new report is a summary, of the scientific/technical information presented in the comprehensive AMAP AOA published in 2013. This summary is aimed at the general public for educational use. All AMAP reports published on the AMAP website are freely available OpenAccess publications. AMAP encourages their use for individual and educational purposes. A limited number of printed copies of reports are available at the cost of shipping.

To download the new AMAP summary aimed at the general public and the AMAP scientific reports aimed at the scientific and research community, and additional AMAP technical reports please go to: http://www.amap.no/documents/18/scientific/21.

To download additional AMAP technical reports, please go to: http://www.amap.no/documents/18/technical-reports/17.

To view AMAP films and video productions, please go to: http://vimeo.com/amap/groups.

For more information, please contact AMAP Secretariat (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Two practical multidisciplinary ship-based training courses for European Graduated and Postgraduated Students of Marine Related Sciences are organized within the EUROFLEETS programme, and will be held in summer 2014:

Multidisciplinary Ship-based training for European graduates and postgraduates students of marine related sciences - 4th - 9th July 2014, Messina- Italy

The practical ship-based training course on board R/V Urania is designed to enable Postgraduates and Graduate Students to acquire the practical skills necessary to conduct offshore multidisciplinary marine science research through the core disciplines of Physical and Chemical Oceanography, Marine Biology and Geosciences.
This 6 days course will comprise four days of multidisciplinary ship-based training, and two shore-based day of RV logistic and survey planning (pre-survey day), data processing, analysis and integration (post-survey day).
Please note the course is funded through Eurofleets and the National Research Council of Italy, including onboard accommodation and subsistence. All other expenses, including travel and on land accommodation will be paid for by the student.

Practical onboard training course for the PhD students on using new technologies for multidisciplinary oceanographic research - Tallinn, Estonia, August 17th-22nd, 2014

The practical ship-based training course on board R/V Salme is designed to enable PhD Students to acquire advanced practical skills for using new technologies for multidisciplinary oceanographic research (including gliders, autonomous profilers, ferryboxes, and towed instruments).
These 6 days will include two days of multidisciplinary ship-based training, shore-based training of RV logistic and survey planning, data processing, analysis and integration. Students will be accommodated in an academic hostel free of charge.
Travel expenses to and from Tallinn will have to be paid by the students.

Please visit www.eurofleets.eu for more information.

Online application forms (for one or both courses) are available to access at the following links: http://eurofleets.sp.ismar.cnr.it/ or http://150.145.136.9/Eurofleets_Training_2014.html

Online applications must be received by Friday May 23rd at 17:00 hrs (CET)

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The Third International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP III) is a decadal event coordinated by the International Arctic Science Council (IASC) aiming at identifying Arctic science priorities for the next decade (more info at: icarp.arcticportal.org). It is of particular interest that early career researchers participate in this process and therefore the Permafrost Young Researchers Workshop PYRW) includes an ICARP III activity. We invite all early career permafrost researchers to participate in shaping our contribution to ICARP III!

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During the workshop we will work with identifying permafrost research questions for the next decade. These questions will be discussed and refined during the PYRW workshop at EUCOP4. You may submit your questions following the instructions in the link below. There, you can also find more information about ICARP III and how our activity feeds into this process.

Please, submit your question(s) before May 23rd following this link!

Thank you for your time!

Organizing Committee for PYRW

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Topic: Slip Sliding Away: Ice Sheets and Sea Level Rise
Presenters: Dr. Richard Alley and expert educator Ms. Nell Herrmann

Polar Educators, International (PEI), a vibrant network promoting polar education and research to a global community, is pleased to announce the development of a new Master Class series targeting a dual audience: educators seeking cutting-edge professional development on the latest polar science discoveries and researchers interested in learning proven tactics for communicating scientific concepts in a clear and meaningful way.

We welcome your support in getting the word out to your member networks to participate in the first Master Class: "Slip Sliding Away: Ice Sheets and Sea Level Rise", held 7-23 May 2014.

Featuring leading researcher Dr. Richard Alley and polar educator, Ms. Nell Herrmann, the class is being offered free to all participants. Membership in PEI is required for participation in Master Class activities. Registration is due by 2 May 2014, with the initial web seminar taking place Wednesday, 7 May 2014 @ 8PM EDT/Thursday, 8 May 2014 @ 0000 GMT.

More information on the Master Class: http://www.polareducator.org/activities/master-class/may-mc
Visit the full site here: http://www.polareducator.org/

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The Canadian Polar Commission has released a wide-ranging new report on the state of northern knowledge in Canada that analyses the significant gains made since the beginning of International Polar Year 2007 with a view to determining today's high-level research opportunities. The report was released in Yellowknife today.
"Northerners have the greatest vested interest in northern research, " said the Commission's Executive Director, David J. Scott. "Therefore our study focuses on their perspectives on progress and future knowledge needs."

"The increased use of the traditional knowledge of the region's Aboriginal peoples is an essential part of that increased northern involvement," said Scott. "The importance of traditional knowledge cannot be overstated."

The Canadian Polar Commission (CPC) is Canada's national institution for furthering polar knowledge and awareness. The report was produced under its mandate to monitor and report to Canadians on the state of knowledge of the polar regions.

 

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The Belmont Forum has released a call for proposals on Arctic Observing and Research for Sustainability as part of its 2014 International Opportunities Fund to encourage interdisciplinary and trandisciplinary science. The call seeks to bring together integrated teams of natural scientists, social scientists, and stakeholders to develop projects that utilize existing Arctic observing systems, datasets and models to evaluate key sustainability challenges and opportunities in the Arctic region.

This funding opportunity will support projects that advance research utilizing and developing both the relevant information streams and the sustainability science necessary to assess, predict, inform, and communicate resilient pathways. The call focuses on four themes relevant to observing and sustainability that hold particular urgency in the Arctic: the natural and living environment, the built environment and infrastructures, natural resource management and development, and governance. Recognizing that the Arctic is a highly interdependent system, these themes are not unrelated and projects may address interactions amongst these themes.

Three types of submissions are being sought – small collaboration grants, synthesis projects, and research proposals. Available funding for meritorious projects is 13 million euros, comprising contributions from Canada, China, France, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, the Nordic Council of Ministers, Norway, Russia, the United States of America, and the World Ocean Council. Possibilities for collaboration with non-participatory countries exist as well. All proposals require collaboration amongst three or more countries and integrate across natural and social sciences while also including end-users, policy-makers, or other relevant stakeholders in the project. A researcher matching tool is available on the Belmont Forum website to better enable connection between interested international proposers.

For more information about research themes, national priorities and agency contacts, proposal submission documents, and to access the researcher matching tool, please visit the funding website: http://igfagcr.org/cra-2014-arctic-observing-and-research-sustainability . Proposals for this funding opportunity are due 31 July 2014.

iasc webEach year the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) reports on its activities and highlights international Arctic science initiatives in its Bulletin. The 2014 Bulletin is now available for download on the IASC website. For a digital copy, please visit the SERVICE section of their website under http://www.iasc.info/images/service/Bulletin2014.pdf

APECS contributed an update to the 2014 IASC Bulletin which can be found in chapter 9 "Capacity Building" on page 94.

by Katriina O'Kane
Profiles from the Arctic, a web-documentary series about research in the Canadian high Arctic, was released today at http://www.arcticprofiles.ca. Distributed over the next several months as a set of 25 profiles, it will bring life to science and field stories from the Arctic, and discuss the importance of conducting research in this challenging environment.

The series will feature interviews conducted with prominent scientists, students, and staff who work around Resolute Bay's Polar Continental Shelf Program (PCSP), an important research facility and logistics' centre in the Canadian high Arctic. New profiles will be released regularly, in which the audience can engage with audio clips, short videos, and photographs.

A key message of the series is the urgent need for more research in the Canadian Arctic. As the Arctic warms, there is growing interest in developing resources and introducing other forms of economic activity such as shipping. Yet questions remain unanswered about how landscapes and animals across the North will respond. Researchers are helping to answer those questions, studying subjects like contaminants, bacteria, permafrost, glaciers, sharks, lakes, a meteor impact, narwhals, and more. Their field work exposes them to encounters with polar bears and wolves, and offers them a chance to visit some of the most spectacular landscapes in Canada. This web-documentary series is a rare chance to get an intimate view of what researchers do, and the challenges they face.

To explore, visit: www.arcticprofiles.ca

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1 - Catherine Girard is a master's student at the University of Montreal, studying contaminants in food and their digestion by the body. She will be one of the researchers profiled for the web-documentary series: www.arcticprofiles.ca (Katriina O'Kane / Canadian Polar Commission)

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2 - The PCSP (pictured) is an important research station and logistic's centre in the Canadian high Arctic, located near Resolute Bay, Nunavut (Katriina O'Kane / Canadian Polar Commission).

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3 - Marie-Claude Williamson (right) prepares to have her photograph taken, while Katriina (left) holds up a reflector to balance out the strong Arctic sun (Evan Hall / Canadian Polar Commission)

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4 - George Benoit (left) is the warehouse manager at the PCSP, and has been working up in Resolute Bay for 40 years. Christopher Omelon (right) is a scientists studying bacteria-mineral interactions. Both will be profiled in the web-documentary series (Evan Hall / Canadian Polar Commission).

 

 

The April 15, 2014 deadline to nominate a title for the William Mills Prize is fast approaching.

The William Mills Prize for Non-Fiction Polar Books was established in memory of William Mills, a core member of Polar Libraries Colloquy during its middle years and a consummate polar librarian as well as author.
The book prize honors the best Arctic or Antarctic nonfiction books published throughout the world. The prize consists of $300 US and the right to use the William Mills Prize logo when advertising the winning book.
Qualifications for Nomination
1. The book must be nonfiction, about the Arctic or Antarctic.
2. The book may be any type of substantive work of nonfiction, or reference resource. Textbooks, anthologies, edited works, and other small-scale efforts will not be considered unless they are truly outstanding contributions to polar literature.
3. The book must have been published for the first time within the two calendar years before the Colloquy at which the award will be given. The timeframe for the 2014 award is January 2012 to December 2013. Re-releases, translations of older materials, and updated editions will not be eligible.
4. The official language of the Colloquy is English. For this reason books must be published in an English language version to be eligible.
Nominations should include information such as the title, author(s), publisher and date of publication, as well as a statement from the nominator explaining why the the book should be considered for the prize and what value the title brings to polar literature.
For more information about the William Mills Prize, or to submit nominations, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The deadline to submit a nomination is April 15, 2014.
A list of previous William Mills prize winners is available at http://arcticcentre.ulapland.fi/polarweb/plc/mills.asp

The editors of "Witness the Arctic" invite article suggestions for future issues, including the spring 2014 issue that will be published in mid-June. Welcomed topics include Arctic sciences, data management, related agency updates, and policy or international news.

"Witness the Arctic" is a newsletter that serves an audience of Arctic scientists, educators, agency personnel, and policymakers. It provides information on current Arctic research efforts and findings, significant research initiatives, science education, national policy affecting Arctic research, international activities, and profiles of institutions with major Arctic research efforts. The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) publishes three issues of the newsletter per year with funding from the NSF's Arctic Sciences Section.

"Witness the Arctic" editors welcome suggestions for news items or short articles appropriate for the newsletter and relevant to its audience. Articles should provide information of interest to a broad cross-section of the Arctic and climate change research community. Editors will work with individuals to develop articles based on the suggestions received."

To provide suggestions for articles, please email Betsy Turner-Bogren
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For further information about Witness the Arctic, please see:
http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic.

Or contact:
Betsy Turner-Bogren
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The Arctic Data Explorer (ADE) is looking for your opinions and expertise. The ADE is an interdisciplinary data search tool that lets you find data across many data centers at once. It was created by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and the Advanced Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Service (ACADIS). We are looking for volunteers for a one hour, online interview to look through a series of webpages. No experience necessary - just bring your opinions, hopes, and dreams (for data search that is). APECS members are especially sought after because of your dedication, experience, and Arctic knowledge. We would like to thank you for your volunteer service by providing a $20 gift certificate to Amazon.com. Your feedback will be used to make immediate and longer-term changes to the ADE. Please contact us via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Thank you!

Young researchers interested in conducting research in the atmospheric sciences, glaciology, geosciences and microbiology (excluding marine microbiology) at, or near, the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station (located in Dronning Maud Land in East Antarctica at 71.57°S 23.20°E) are encouraged to apply.

Applicants must be either doctoral researchers or researchers who have completed their PhD within the past 10 years and should submit an original research proposal for a project which will include field campaigns operating from the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station during two austral summers (2014–15 and 2015–16). Please note that the successful applicant will continue to work at their current research organisation.

The deadline for applications is Thursday April 10, 2014.

A joint initiative of the InBev-Baillet Latour Fund and the International Polar Foundation, the €150,000 research grant aims to promote scientific excellence in Antarctica and underscores the crucial role polar science plays in furthering our understanding of the Earth and how it functions.

Detailed information and application documents are available at: http://www.polarfoundation.org/projects/detail/inbev_baillet_latour_fellowship

For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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Polar Ecology Conference is organised by the Centre for Polar Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemiafrom September 21st to September 25th 2014 - see program for more info. Main focus of the conference is the recent dynamics of Arctic ecosystems. Geographically the conference aims to the Arctic with special emphasis on Svalbard. However studies from Antarctica are highly appreciated as well.

To learn more please visit the conference's website - http://polar.prf.jcu.cz/conference.htm or check the first circular - http://polar.prf.jcu.cz/data/PEC_2014.pdf

We will also organize an APECS panel on "Organizing succesful field-work". Practical tips from our experienced mentors would certainly help you to plan your field work and prepare all whats necessary! The meeting is intended especially to young scientist but all the others are welcomed as well!

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The Russian Academy of Sciences, the Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Arkhangelsk Scientific Centre of the Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences in partnership with the Government of the Arkhangelsk region and International Arctic Science Committee organize the international conference "COMPETITIVE POTENTIAL OF THE NORTHERN AND ARCTIC REGIONS" which is to be held on October 8–10, 2014 in Arkhangelsk, Russia.

The extreme climate conditions, low ecosystem stability, low population density, insufficiently developed infrastructure and transport/logistics network demand a new solutions for development of the Arctic and Northern territories by integrating the practical experience with modern technologies and science activities for effective implementation of existing competitive advantages of this macroregion.

The conference is a common arena for the representatives of the research community, the regional governments and business for discussing the instruments providing the stable development of the Arctic and Northern territories and securing the high quality of life of population.

THE CONFERENCE COVERS THE FOLLOWING ISSUES AND TOPICS:

natural resources and development of the coastal territories in the Arctic;

technologies of research of the Arctic and the North;

transport/logistic infrastructure in the macroregion;

securing the life activities and protection of the natural environment;

preservation of the traditional lifestyle of indigenous population.

 

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The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) is proud to announce that the IASC Medal 2014 is awarded to Prof. Julian Dowdeswell Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute.

The IASC Medal Committee reviewed the nominations received and unanimously decided to honor Prof. Dowdeswell as a World leader in the field of Arctic glaciology, recognizing his outstanding and unique contributions to the understanding of glacier dynamics and ocean - ice sheet interactions. The committee also highlighted Prof. Dowdeswell´s outreach and communication activities which have been instrumental for public understanding of Arctic change.

The Medal will be awarded by the President of IASC during the Arctic Science Summit Week 2014 in Helsinki (Finland). The award ceremony will be on the ASSW 2014 Common Day on April 8 and include a short introduction by the IASC President and a 30 minutes lecture by the awardee. Congratulations!

With the objective of to encourage, recognize, promote and reward young people who demonstrate, through videos, the importance of activities from Brazil in Antarctica the Navy of Brazil promoted a video contest. The target audience were students (15-19 years) of High school of Basic Education. Four students were selected and the prize is a trip to Antarctica for the students (two from private education and two from public education) and four teachers! The selection, from more than 200 videos, was performed by a judging panel which the APECS-Brazil took part. Students will to Antarctica in March and they will experience the logistics of travel and arrival in Antarctica, know the structure that Brazil has in the region, as well as participate in research activities together with researchers from Brazilian Antarctic Program.

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The InBev-Baillet Latour Fund and the International Polar Foundation (IPF) would like to announce the opening of the 2014 Call for Proposals for the InBev-Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship.

The 150,000 Euros fellowship has been created to promote research activities to be carried out at, or in the vicinity of, the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station located in the Sør Rondane Mountain Range, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica.

This year's Call for Proposals is open to doctoral and post-doctoral researchers (within 10 years of completing their PhD) from any country in the world. Proposals in the research areas of atmospheric sciences, glaciology, microbiology (excluding marine microbiology) and geology are invited.

The deadline for submission of proposals is 10th April 2014.

Detailed information about the InBev-Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship and a downloadable poster are available on our website: http://www.polarfoundation.org/projects/detail/inbev_baillet_latour_fellowship

We would appreciate if you could disseminate this announcement within your research organization/institution as well as to all potentially interested young researchers via your website, newsletters and contact networks.

For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Announcement of Opportunity

SCAR and COMNAP Antarctic Research Fellowships 2014 and CCAMLR Scientific Scholarships 2014

Three leading Antarctic organisations today announce opportunities for early career researchers. The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP) and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) are working together to attract talented early career researchers, scientists, engineers and other professionals to strengthen international capacity and cooperation in fields such as climate, biodiversity, conservation, humanities and astrophysics research.

Antarctic Organisations Launch Fellowships

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) have again joined forces to launch fellowships for early career researchers. The SCAR and COMNAP fellowships are worth up to US$15,000 each and up to five fellowships in total are on offer for 2014. The fellowships enable early career researchers to join a project team from another country, opening up new opportunities and often creating research partnerships that last many years and over many Antarctic research seasons. The deadline for SCAR and COMNAP applications is 4 June 2014.

The SCAR and COMNAP schemes are launched in conjunction with the Scientific Scholarship Scheme of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). The CCAMLR Scholarship provides funding of up to AU$ 30,000 to assist early career scientists to participate in the work of the CCAMLR Scientific Committee and its working groups over a period of two years. The scheme was established in 2010 and a maximum of three awards will be made in 2014. The objective of the scheme is to build capacity within the CCAMLR scientific community to help generate and sustain the scientific expertise needed to support the work of CCAMLR in the long-term. The deadline for CCAMLR applications is 1 October 2014.

All three schemes are being jointly promoted by the three organisations.

Background information:

For more information on SCAR and COMNAP Fellowships, visit the SCAR website at: http://www.scar.org/awards/fellowships/information.html or the COMNAP website at: www.comnap.aq/SitePages/fellowships.aspx

For information on CCAMLR Scholarships, visit the CCAMLR website at: http://www.ccamlr.org/en/science/ccamlr-scientific-scholarship-scheme

The Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR)

www.scar.org

Contact: Renuka Badhe, Executive Officer

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The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is an inter-disciplinary committee of the International Council for Science (ICSU). SCAR is charged with initiating, developing and coordinating high quality international scientific research in the Antarctic region, and on the role of the Antarctic region in the Earth system. The scientific business of SCAR is conducted by its Standing Scientific Groups which represent the scientific disciplines active in Antarctic research and report to SCAR. In addition to carrying out its primary scientific role, SCAR also provides objective and independent scientific advice to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings and other organizations on issues of science and conservation affecting the management of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

The Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP)

www.comnap.aq

Contact: Michelle Rogan-Finnemore, Executive Secretary

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COMNAP brings together the National Antarctic Programs of 29 Antarctic Treaty countries. Formed in 1988, the purpose of COMNAP is to develop and promote best practice in managing the support of scientific research in Antarctica. It does this by: Serving as a forum to develop practices that improve effectiveness of activities in an environmentally responsible manner; Facilitating and promoting international partnerships; Providing opportunities and systems for information exchange; and Providing the Antarctic Treaty System with objective and practical, technical and non-political advice drawn from the National Antarctic Programs' pool of expertise.

Please note that the deadline for submitting abstracts to the SCAR 2014 Open Science Conference is the 14th of February.

To submit your abstract please go to: http://www.scar2014.com/call-for-abstracts/

The SCAR Open Science Conference in Auckland will focus on Global Messages from Antarctica and how the changes that we are currently seeing in Antarctica will affect the rest of the World. In addition to regular oral and poster sessions, morning plenary sessions will address the following themes which are expected to be of wide interest:

• Antarctic Conservation, Steven Chown (Joint SCAR-COMNAP session)
• Innovation in Antarctic Science, Martin Siegert, Charlie Lee, Maria Velikova
• Connections between the southern continents, Marcelo Leppe

Key-note lectures on the opening day of the SCAR OSC will include:

• Global messages from Antarctica, Dana Bergstrom
• Deciphering past climate and ice sheet dynamics from sedimentary records, Carlota Escutia (Antarctic Science Lecture)
• Southern Ocean Acidification, Richard Bellerby (Weyprecht Lecture)
• Martha T Muse Lecture (Winner for 2014 to be announced)

SCAR will also implement a new award at 2014 OSC for the most innovative communication of Antarctic science, with the competition held in Session 48. (http://www.scar2014.com/assets/SCAR_OSC_Award_for_Innovation_in_Communicating_Antarctic_Science.pdf)

For further details see: www.scar2014.com or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Many of you understand how important communicating your science is and spend countless hours of your spare time making great educational things happen. We would like to draw your attention to an opportunity to share your communication projects, and receive professional credit for your efforts.

Please consider submitting an abstract to Session 47: Antarctic Education, Outreach and Training at the SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) Open Science Conference from 25-28 August 2014 in Auckland - New Zealand.

Session Description:

With the increased attention on the changing Polar Regions, effective science education, outreach and communication need to be higher priorities within the scientific and policy communities. To help increase the effectiveness of outreach and to help stimulate new efforts among Antarctic researchers, SCAR programs and groups, and partner organization, this session will bring together examples of capacity building, education, outreach and communication efforts of researchers, educators, communicators, and others involved with Antarctic knowledge transfer and dissemination. We particularly encourage presentations that not only share experiences, but also include the lessons learned and advice for others interested in developing similar activities.

The closing date for abstracts is 14 February.

See http://www.scar2014.com/ for more information about the meeting.

We hope to hear about your great education, outreach and training projects in New Zealand!

Jenny Baeseman (Climate and Cryosphere, Norway) and Erli Schneider Costa (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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Do you want to make an impact in polar science communication? Become active in Polar Educators International and the PEI leadership. Apply to be a part of the PEI Council. The one-year Council term begins 1 March 2014 and we encourage YOU to consider applying for it -- help us shape our organization and the future of polar science education! To find out more about what the PEI Council does, see the FAQ in the "Read More" section below.

Applications are due Friday, 14 February 2014

How do you apply for the PEI Council? It's easy! Please provide:
• Current contact information,
• Brief biography (around 200 words)
• Current picture of yourself (no hat or sunglasses/balaclavas)
• Name and email address of 1 reference
• Let us know if you are interested in sitting on the Executive Committee
• Expression of Interest Letter (around 500 words) explaining the following:
- Why you are interested in PEI and sitting on the Council? This includes any ideas you have for PEI projects, a desire to become more connected to the polar community, ways to improve PEI, and ideas to strengthen and grow the
international community of polar educators.
- Any major periods of anticipated future extended absence, such as field work, long vacations, or intense exam periods.
- Your experiences (including previous PEI or other polar education projects)
and why you are interested in the Polar Regions.

Go to the "Read More" section below for a more detailed description of the application procedure for the PEI Council. Applications to the PEI Council can be sent to the Executive Committee at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please use "PEI Council Application" in your subject line. Applications are DUE Friday, 14 February 2014.

If you have any questions about what it means to be a member of the PEI Council, the application process, etc. Email Sarah Bartholow at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

**Any current council members interested in remaining on the council do not need to complete the application. Additionally, let us know if you are interested in being on the Executive Committee. We can send you the ExCom Charter and more
information. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 

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Best wishes,

PEI Executive Committee 2013
Louise Huffman
Gary Wesche
Sarah Bartholow
Heidi Roop

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SCAR is seeking new and innovative ways to communicate Antarctic Science to everyone (scientists, managers, the public) with greater impact.

At the SCAR OSC 2014, there will be a science session (#48) at which a valuable prize will be awarded for the most innovative presentation of Antarctic research results in any discipline. This is the first such award given at SCAR OSC, and is a follow-on to the linkage of science and creative arts activities at the last SCAR OSC meeting.

Researchers' presentations will be video-taped and judged for innovation and impact and the award will be presented at the OSC banquet. The winner will receive a new iPad Air (64GB) and their presentation will be posted on the SCAR website for viewing by the research community. We encourage you to read the information about Session #48 on the 2014 OSC website, and consider submitting your abstract to Session #48 to compete for the award. The deadline for abstracts is 14 February 2014.

For further details, see: http://www.scar2014.com/assets/SCAR_OSC_Award_for_Innovation_in_Communicating_Antarctic_Science.pdf

The "Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica" is a US$ 100,000 unrestricted award presented to an individual in the fields of Antarctic science or policy who has demonstrated potential for sustained and significant contributions that will enhance the understanding and/or preservation of Antarctica. The Prize is inspired by Martha T. Muse's passion for Antarctica and is intended to be a legacy of the International Polar Year 2007-2008.

The prize-winner can be from any country and work in any field of Antarctic science or policy. The goal is to provide recognition of the important work being done by the individual and to call attention to the significance of understanding Antarctica in a time of change. A website with further details, including the process of nomination, closing date and selection of the Prize recipients is available at www.museprize.org.

The Prize is awarded by the Tinker Foundation and administered by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).

Nominations close on 22 May 2014!

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The University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Permafrost offers an International Bachelor Permafrost Summer Field School in Svalbard, 19 June to 11 July 2014. We welcome senior bachelor students, who are interested in obtaining an overall knowledge about permafrost.

Time: 19 June- 11 July 2014, at the University Centre in Svalbard, UNIS, Longyearbyen, Svalbard.

The course will offer insights into:
• Permafrost history and its distribution globally.
• Permafrost temperatures in various parts of the World – climatic and other controls.
• Methods of permafrost observations, focusing on drilling, coring and instrumentation.
• Permafrost databases and their use in permafrost analyses.
• How does permafrost affect local community infrastructure and cultural life?
• Interaction between carbon and water in permafrost landscapes.
• How sensitive are permafrost landforms towards climate change?

Read the full description

Application deadline: 15 April 2014, using the UNIS online application system (http://www.unis.no/10_STUDIES/1030_Admission/how_to_apply.htm)

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