Past Virtual Poster Session Recordings

Session Chair:
Heather Mariash, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Presentations:

Effect of recent climate warming on a high Arctic lake, Svalbard
--- Trine Holm, University of Innsbruck/UNIS
-- View poster: http://www.apecs.is/images/stories/Limnology_DOM/Poster_APECs_Jan_2012._T.M.Holm.pdf

Temperature-altered predator-prey dynamics in freshwater ponds in Arctic Greenland
--- Lauren Culler, Dartmouth College
-- View poster: http://www.apecs.is/images/stories/Limnology_DOM/APECS_Limnology_Culler.pdf

Ultraviolet radiation and zooplankton pigments: a seasonal approach
--- Tobias Schneider, University of Quebec
-- View poster: http://www.apecs.is/images/stories/Limnology_DOM/APECS_poster_Tobias.pdf

Mercury in selected fish species from the Husky Lakes, Northwest Territories, Canada
--- Shannon McFadyen, University of Victoria

Studying the migratory behaviour of anadromous Arctic char using genetic tools
--- Jean-Sebastian Moore, University of British Columbia

Video Recording and Editing Team:
    Julia Schmale and Jenny Baeseman

Special thanks to Bredbåndsfylket for the GoToWebinar platform and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for funding of the editing.

Session Chair:
Julia Schmale– APECS Research Activities Committee Chair, Atmospheric Sciences Discipline Co-Coordinator, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany

Presentations:

Polar Science in a Global Context
--- Mike Sparrow – Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
--- Volker Rachold – International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
--- Jenny Baeseman – Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)

Antarctica Day and Where It Came From
--- Allen Pope, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University, UK

Southern Ocean Marine Food Webs: Engaging Early Career Scientists in an International Collaborative Modeling Community
--- Tosca Ballerini, Old Dominion University, USA

Adding ‘Value’ to Antarctic Social Science Research
--- Daniela Liggett, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Video Recording and Editing Team:
    Sam German and Jenny Baeseman

Special thanks to Daniela Liggett and the University of Canterbury for hosting this session and to the International Science Committee (IASC) and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for funding of the editing.

2011 November – Microbial Ecology from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

This session is a result of the CAREX Conference session on Polar Microbiology organized by SCAR, IASC and APECS

Session Chairs:

Punyasloke Bhadury – Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, India
Jenny Baeseman – APECS

Presentations:

How bacterial communities use nitrogen amendments in hydrocarbon contaminated High Arctic soils
---- Terrance Bell, McGill University, Canada

Little Life on Polar Earth
--- Karen Cameron, University of Washington, USA

Thermophiles in a Polar Volcanic Desert
--- Paul Wilkinson, The Open University, UK

Changes in Bacterial Community Composition of Surface Snow Around Three Sampling Sites in East Antarctica
--- Anna Lopatina, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russia

Cyanobacterial Endemism in Antarctic Stream Microbial Mats
--- Lee Stanish, University of Colorado – Boulder, USA

Video Recording and Editing Team:
       Sam German and Jenny Baeseman

Special thanks to Daniela Liggett and the University of Canterbury for hosting this session and to the International Science Committee (IASC) and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for funding of the editing.

2011 November - Permafrost from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Session Chairs:
Cordula Teschner – AWI, Germany
Inga May – University of Munich, Germany

Presentations:

Alpine Permafrost – Recent State and Future
--- Prof. Dr. Wilfried Haeberli, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Permafrost in Polar Regions: Challenges Caused by Climate Change
--- Goncalo Vieira, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Validation of the GEOtop Model in a Continuous Permafrost Basin in the Arctic
--- Ruth I Mugford, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, UK

Video Recording and Editing Team:
       Sam German and Jenny Baeseman

Special thanks to Daniela Liggett and the University of Canterbury for hosting this session and to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for funding of the editing.

2011 September – Sea Ice from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Session Chairs:
Penelope Wagner – University of Delaware, USA
Angelika Renner – Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway

Presentations:

Antarctic Sea Ice: International Polar Year Cruise-Results from the SIMBA Field Campaign (Sept – Oct 2007)
--- Stephen Ackley, University of Texas – San Antonio

Aspects of the Biology of Sea Ice
--- Rolf Gradinger, University of Alaska - Fairbanks

Sea Ice Detection with Advanced Scatterometer
--- Steve Reeves, Brigham Young University, USA

Arctic Sea Ice Education Package:
and People of a Feather
--- Joel Heath, University of British Columbia, Canada

Video Recording and Editing Team:
       Sam German and Jenny Baeseman

Special thanks to Daniela Liggett and the University of Canterbury for hosting this session and to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for funding of the editing, and to Norden for funding the project.

2011 July – Glaciology from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Session Chairs:
Allen Pope – University of Cambridge, UK
Oliver Marsh – University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Presentations:

The Past (and Future) Loss of the 
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
--- Richard Alley, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Glacier Contributions to Sea-Level: Arctic Canada Awakes
--- Martin Sharp, University of Alberta, Canada and Chair, International Arctic Science Committee Cryosphere Working Group

Origin of Surface undulations at the Kamb Stream Grounding Line, West Antarctica
--- Fiona Seifert, Portland State University, USA

Mass Balance in the Grounding Zone of the Beardmore Glacier, Antarctica Based on Satellite and Ground Based Remote Sensing Measurements
--- Oliver Marsh, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Ice Shelf Basal Mass Balance from Borehole Thermometry
--- Tore Hatterman, Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway

Video Recording and Editing Team:
       Sam German and Jenny Baeseman

Special thanks to Daniela Liggett and the University of Canterbury for hosting this session and to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for funding of the editing, and to Norden for funding the project.

2011 June – Social Sciences from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Session Chairs:
Gerlis Fugmann, Daniela Liggett, Luis Guilherme de Assis, and Yulia Zaika

Presentations:

International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
Social Sciences Working Group
--- Peter Schweitzer, University of Alaska – Fairbanks and Chair, International Arctic Science Committee Social Sciences Working Group

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Social Sciences Action Group
--- Daniela Liggett, University of Canterbury, New Zealand and Co-Chair SCAR Social Sciences Action Group

Dynamics of Human Occupation in Antarctica (in Spanish and English)
--- Nelson Soto, Universidad Católica del Norte - Universidad de Tarapacá, Chile

Architecture and Healing: Collaborative Design in Cape Dorset, Nunavut
--- Morgan Ip, Carleton University, Canada

Video Recording and Editing Team:
       Sam German and Jenny Baeseman

Special thanks to Daniela Liggett and the University of Canterbury for hosting this session and to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for funding of the editing, and to Norden for funding the project.

2011 May – Marine Biology from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Session Chairs:
Silje-Kristin Jensen– APECS Council Chair, Institute of Marine Research, Norway
Claudia Maturana Bobadilla– APECS Marine Biology Discipline Co-Coordinator, Chile
Tosca Ballerini– APECS Marine Biology Discipline Co-Coordinator, Old Dominion University, USA

Presentations:

A ‘Teenage Family’ in a Crowded Mussel
--- Anne Helene Tandberg, Institute of Marine Research, Tromsø, Norway

Whale Watching: a Key Platform to Study Male Sperm Whales in Norway and the North Atlantic
--- Marta Acosta Plata, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

Video Recording and Editing Team:
       Sam German and Jenny Baeseman

Special thanks to Daniela Liggett and the University of Canterbury for hosting this session and to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for funding of the editing, and to Norden for funding the project.

2011 April – Atmospheric Sciences and Climate Change from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Session Chairs:
Julia Schmale– Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany
Jenny Fisher– APECS Atmospheric Sciences Discipline Co-Coordinator, Harvard University, USA

Presentations:

Pollution transported to the Arctic during the POLARCAT-France spring and summer campaigns: source regions and aerosol properties
--- Boris Quennehen, Laboratoire de Meteorologie Physique at the Universite Blaise Pascal, France

Source Identification and Airborne Chemical Characterization of Aerosol Pollution from long-range Transport over Greenland
--- Julia Schmale, Max Planck-Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany

Video Recording and Editing Team:
       Sam German and Jenny Baeseman

Special thanks to Daniela Liggett and the University of Canterbury for hosting this session and to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for funding of the editing, and to Norden for funding the project.

2011 March – Sediment Budgets in Cold Environments from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Session Chair:
Matt Strzelecki –APECS Sediment Budgets in Cold Environments Working Group Chair and Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Poland) and Durham University (U.K.)

Presentations:

The Global SEDIBUD programme
--- Professor Achim A. Beylich, Chair of SEDIBUD, International Association of Geomorphologists, Working Group on Sediment Budgets in Cold Environments with the Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) & Department of Geography, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim.

Signals of recent snow-avalanche activity in birch tree-rings from Northern Iceland colluvial cones
--- Dr. Armelle Decaulne, SEDIBUD Secretary, Geomorphologist, Researcher, CNRS-UMR 6042 Geolab, Laboratory of Physical & Environmental Geography, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Video Recording and Editing Team:
       Sam German, Jenny Baeseman, and Alexey Pavlov

Special thanks to Daniela Liggett and the University of Canterbury for hosting this session and to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for funding of the editing, and to Norden for funding the project.

2011 February – Post-Arctic Frontiers from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Session Chair:
Alexey Pavlov – APECS Marine Geosciences Discipline Coordinator, Arctic & Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

Presentations:

Little auk hunting for prey - what happens to the chicks?
--- Johanna Hovinen, Harald Steen, Haakon Hop and Jørgen Berge, The University Centre in Svalbard, Norwegian Polar Institute, University of Tromsø, Akvaplan-niva, Norway

Life history in Leptagonus decagonus (Atlantic poacher) in Svalbard waters
--- Kristin Heggland, Camilla Ottesen, and Jørgen Berge, The University Centre in Svalbard, University of Bergen, Norwegian Polar Institute, Akvaplan-niva, Norway

Video Recording and Editing Team:
       Sam German, Jenny Baeseman, and Alexey Pavlov

Special thanks to Daniela Liggett and the University of Canterbury for hosting this session and to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for funding of the editing, and to Norden for funding the project.

2011 January – Who and What is APECS? from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Session Chairs:
Kim Jochum – APECS Terrestrial Biology Discipline Coordinator and Research Activities Committee Co-Chair, University of Alaska - Anchorage

Penelope Wagner – APECS Geophysics Discipline Coordinator,
University of Delaware, USA

Presenters:

Angelika Renner,  Kim Jochum, Penelope Wagner, Sílvia Lourenço & Alexey Pavlov

Video Recording and Editing Team:
       Sam German, Jenny Baeseman, and Alexey Pavlov

Special thanks to Daniela Liggett and the University of Canterbury for hosting this session and to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for funding of the editing, and to Norden for funding the project.

Session Chairs:
Pablo Wainstein – APECS Glaciology/Hydrology Discipline Coordinator, University of Calgary, Canada
Andreia Magdalin – Romanian Polar Research Institute

Romanian Polar Research from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Presentations:

ERICON AURORA BOREALIS the biggest icebreaker in the world, a special future opportunity for young scientists
--- Teodor Gheorghe Negoita, Andreia Magdalin & Daniel Iftimescu, Romanian Polar Research Institute

Soil from a toposequence in Bjørdalen, Spitsbergen Archipelago
--- Mihai Niculita, Romanian Polar research Institute, Bucharest,Romania and Faculty of Geography and Geology, University Al. I. Cuza, Iasi, Romania

The Necessity of Integrated Research of Polar Permafrost Crust and Soils
--- T. Gh. Negoita and Gh. Stefanic, Romanian Polar Research Institute, Romania      

Romanian Polar Research Museum
--- Teodor Gheorghe Negoita  and Andreia Magdalin, Romanian Polar Research Institute, Romania

Video Recording and Editing Team:
       Sam German, Jenny Baeseman, and Alexey Pavlov

Special thanks to Daniela Liggett and the University of Canterbury for hosting this session and to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for funding of the editing, and to Norden for funding the project.

India’s Polar Research from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Session Chair:
Kim Jochum – APECS Terrestrial Biology Discipline Coordinator and Research Activities Committee Co-Chair, University of Alaska - Anchorage

Presentations:

India's Initiatives in the Antarctic and Arctic
--- Suhas Shetye, National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research, Headland Sada, Vasco- Da- Gama, Goa, India

Subglacial Lakes of Antarctica
--- Mukul Gupta and Madhur Mittal, Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi, India and Ankur Garg, Cambridge University, UK

Combined spatial interpolation of SAR and LIDAR point elevation data to generate an accurate DEM of the Larsemann hills region
--- Shridhar Jawak, Luis A.J. & Ravindra R., National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Headland Sada, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Goa, India.

Environmental magnetic records of lithogenic input to the Indian sector of Southern Ocean and its climatic linkages
--- M.C. Manoj, M. Thamban & Rahul Mohan, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, 
Headland Sada, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Goa, India and N. Basavaiah, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, New Panvel (W), Mumbai, India

Video Recording and Editing Team:
       Sam German, Jenny Baeseman, and Alexey Pavlov

Special thanks to Daniela Liggett and the University of Canterbury for hosting this session and to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for funding of the editing, and to Norden for funding the project.

Health Problem Increase in the Arctic from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Session Chair:
Bryany Denning – APECS Polar Health Coordinator, Public Health Agency of Canada at the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research in Yellowknife, Canada

Presentations:

Toxoplasma gondii in polar bears and their marine mammal prey; evidence for a marine transmission pathway?
--- Silje-Kristin Jensen, Jon Aars, Christian Lydersen, Kit Kovacs, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway and Kjetil Åsbakk, Norwegian school of Veterinary Science, Section of Arctic Veterinary Medicine, Tromsø, Norway

Plastic ingestion by Arctic seabirds: indicators of change in Arctic waters
--- Jennifer Provencher, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada and Tony Gaston and Grant Gilchrist, Environment Canada, Science and Technology, Ottawa, Canada and Mark Mallory, Canadian Wildlife Service, Iqaluit, Canada and Patrick O'Hara, Canadian Wildlife Service, Saanich, Canada

Place of Residence, Prenatal Care & Neonatal Outcome in Northern Canada
--- Bryany Denning, Queen's University, Institute for Circumpolar Health Research, and Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada and Duncan Hunter, Queen's University, Canada and Susan Chatwood, Institute for Circumpolar Health Research, Yellowknife, Canada

Video Recording and Editing Team:
       Sam German, Jenny Baeseman, and Alexey Pavlov

Special thanks to Daniela Liggett and the University of Canterbury for hosting this session and to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for funding of the editing, and to Norden for funding the project.

Arctic Policy from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Session Chair:
Alexey Pavlov – APECS Marine Geosciences Discipline Coordinator, 
Arctic & Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

Presentations:

Canadian Arctic Policies - A Canadian Strategy for the Arctic Region
--- Marcel Sachse, Fern Universitaet Hagen, Germany 

Corporate Environmental Responsibility: Implications for the Resource-Extracting Companies of the Arctic
--- Alena Ingvarsdottir, University of Akureyri, Iceland

Video Recording and Editing Team:
       Sam German, Jenny Baeseman, and Alexey Pavlov

Special thanks to Daniela Liggett and the University of Canterbury for hosting this session and to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for funding of the editing, and to Norden for funding the project.

E-learning and Teacher Involvement from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Session Chair:
Kim Jochum – APECS Terrestrial Biology Discipline Coordinator and Research Activities Committee Co-Chair, University of Alaska - Anchorage

Presentations:

Arctic Students and Educators requirements in E-learning
--- Kári Fannar Lárusson and Halldór Jóhansson, Arctic Portal, Iceland; Kirsi Latola and Scott Forrest, UArctic, Finland; Peter Weiss, University Centre of the Westfjords

ANDRILL educational activities in Italy; progettosmilla.it, a case-study of an interactive project
--- Matteo Cattadori, Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Trento, Italy

Video Recording and Editing Team:
       Sam German, Jenny Baeseman, and Alexey Pavlov

Special thanks to Daniela Liggett and the University of Canterbury for hosting this session and to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for funding of the editing, and to Norden for funding the project.

2010 March – Whaling and Tourism from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

Session Chair:
Pablo Wainstein – APECS Glaciology/Hydrology Discipline Coordinator, University of Calgary, Canada

Presentations:

Comparative Whaling Research: 
North and South
--- Russell Fielding, Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA 

A Place on the Ice: the stories, images, and experiences that make New Zealand's Antarctica
--- Erin Neufeld and Bryan Storey, Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ and Gary Steel, Lincoln University, Lincoln, NZ

Video Recording and Editing Team:
       Sam German, Jenny Baeseman, and Alexey Pavlov

Special thanks to Daniela Liggett and the University of Canterbury for hosting this session and to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for funding of the editing, and to Norden for funding the project.

Session Chair:
Pablo Wainstein – APECS Glaciology/Hydrology Discipline Coordinator, University of Calgary, Canada

Presentations:

Variations in pelagic-benthic coupling of the Barents and Beaufort seas, Arctic, revealed by sedimentary pigments
--- Nathalie Morata, University of Connecticut, USA and University of Tromsø, Norway

Southern Ocean End-to-End Food Web Model
--- Tosca Ballerini, Eileen Hofmann, Marina Marrari & Kendra Daly, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA

Video Recording and Editing Team:
       Sam German, Jenny Baeseman, and Alexey Pavlov

Special thanks to Daniela Liggett and the University of Canterbury for hosting this session and to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for funding of the editing, and to Norden for funding the project.