An exciting, fully funded sea ice field techniques fieldcourse will be running in Finland between 11th and 18th March 2014. Training will cover sea ice physics, chemistry and biology, and instrumentation to sample and monitor the hostile yet critical and changing environment. This has been funded by NERC.
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The week-long course will be held at Tvärminne Zoological Station on the Finnish Baltic Sea (TZS http://luoto.tvarminne.helsinki.fi/english/index.htm) between 11 and 18 March 2014. It will be delivered by Andrew Brierley (University of St Andrews), David Thomas (Bangor University), Mark Brandon (Open University), Jeremy Wilkinson (British Antarctic Survey), Harri Kuosa, Hermanni Kaartokallio and Letizia Tedesco (Finnish Environment Institute, SYKE), and Veijo Kinnunen (Tvärminne Zoological Station). All associated costs will be covered.
Application details: http://biology.st-andrews.ac.uk/postgraduate/seaice/
Application details: http://biology.st-andrews.ac.uk/postgraduate/seaice/
Application deadline: 1st December 2013
All the best,
Ella Darlington
Vice President, UK Polar Network
