Skype a school

Dear all,

 

We are looking for a polar expert to spare a little time to skype a school in the US.

 

The class is 6^th grade (students are around 11-12 years old), and they have been studying Antarctica in geography. They participated in our UKPN Antarctica flags scheme, designing flags and sending them off to with scientists. Now, they just got a webcam and are really enthusiastic to have a quick chat.

 

If you’re interested, please reply to education@polarnetwork.org. Great international outreach experience, and only a one-off so it won’t take up much of your time!

 

Thanks,

 

Holly

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Holly Jenkins

PhD student, SPITFIRE DTP & Changing Arctic Ocean (NERC)

UK Polar Network committee

 

National Oceanography Centre Southampton

University of Southampton Waterfront Campus

 

Room: 344/35

Phone: 02380598724 (ext. 28724)

Email: hollyjenkins@soton.ac.uk

 

 

Education and Polar Science in Action - Cambridge 2019

Hi everyone,

 

A great workshop/event is coming to Cambridge this year led by Polar Educators International and in partnership with us here at UKPN as well as SPRI, BAS and SCAR.

 

https://polareducator.org/events/conferences/cambridge-2019/

 

The conference runs 8-11^th April 2019 (flyer attached) and is a chance for researchers and educators to come together and discuss how we communicate science and connect people with the poles. There are plans for some great workshops on science communication, as well as a chance for you to pitch your research ‘elevator pitch’ and get feedback from educators as to how to make it better for the general public/school kids etc. It should be a great opportunity to form some new networks, and if you’ve any budding outreach ideas, an ace way to get some feedback and develop those ideas. They’ll be folks from SPRI, SCAR and BAS there too.

 

Registration for this is now open – see the Eventbrite page here :)

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pei-2019-education-and-polar-science-in-action-registration-50821391149

 

Early bird price until 14^th January

 

They’re also looking for some volunteers to help with set up/registration (you’ll still be able to participate fully in the conference). Should be another chance to open up more networking opportunities and they’ll be funding available to support volunteers. Get in touch with lead organiser Sophie Weeks (sophie.weeks@gmail.com) if you’re interested in being a volunteer.

 

Please pass onto your networks too,

 

Cheers

 

Anna

 

Dr Anna Belcher | Ecological Biogeochemist| British Antarctic Survey

High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET

Email: annbel@bas.ac.uk |Tel: +44 (0)1223 221281

 

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FW: For UKPN Please - Funded PhD Studentship: Impact of Arctic snow on soil and sea ice

Please see below an Arctic PhD opportunity.

 

Hi All –

 

We are currently advertising a funded three year PhD studentship in "Impact of Arctic snow on soil and sea ice". I would be grateful if you could bring this to the attention of suitable students.

 

Project description:

The thermal properties of Arctic snow play a vital role in mediating energy exchanges between the atmosphere and tundra soils or sea ice. Thick snowpacks with low thermal conductivity will insulate the substrate during cold winters leading to warmer soils and thinner sea ice. Thin snowpacks with high thermal conductivity have the opposite effect.

 

Permafrost active layer dynamics as well as sea ice formation and duration are therefore strongly controlled by the mass and properties of overlying seasonal snow. However, our understanding of spatial variability in snow properties and snow mass is poorly constrained in Arctic environments, principally as we are strongly limited by current remote sensing capabilities and accurate retrieval of snow mass. This project will allow you to explore ways of removing these limitations through measurements and modelling for future development in snow remote sensing:

 

1.            Measurements of snow properties and snow mass from a wide range of tundra and sea ice environments will allow you to create a much-needed robust quantification of variability in Arctic snowpack properties. Opportunities will be made available for you to add to these measurements yourself as part of international field campaigns in Arctic environments (e.g. Trail Valley Creek, NWT, Canada).

 

2.            Recent advances in modelling of snowpack structure (e.g. Flexible Snow Model) and microwave radiative transfer in snow (e.g. Snow Microwave Radiative Transfer model) will allow you to explore and develop new approaches to spatially distributed simulation of Arctic snow that will directly feed into development of future low-cost satellite mission ideas.

 

You will be supported to develop your numerical modelling skills, e.g. using high performance computing, and your analyses will feed into international multidisciplinary networks of modelling and monitoring Arctic environmental change. This is a collaborative project externally co-supervised by Dr Chris Derksen (Environment and Climate Change Canada / University of Waterloo, Canada) and Dr Mel Sandells (CORES Science and Engineering Ltd, UK). 

 

 

Start Date: 1 March 2019 (application deadline is 4 January 2019) or 1 October 2019 (application deadline is 1 July 2019)

Interview Date: if 1 March 2019 start would be week commencing 21 January 2019 (via Skype)

*** If a suitable candidate is identified in the first round of applications, then any applications received after 4 January 2019 will not be taken forward ***

 

 

Funding Notes:

The studentship includes a full stipend, paid for three years at RCUK rates (for 2018/19, this is £14,777 pa), as well as a research and training support budget. The studentship includes fees for Home/EU and International students. This is a collaborative project with University of Waterloo, Canada.

 

Further details and a link to the online application: https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=103478

 

Any questions, please email me directly.

 

Cheers,

Nick

 

 

Dr Nick Rutter

Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences

Northumbria University

Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK

+44 (0)191 227 4735

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DEADLINE 22nd Nov: ARCTIS 2019 FULLY FUNDED UK-Russia Field Course

Hi all,

 

The deadline for applications to ARCTIS2019, the fully funded UK-Russia field course for early career scientists, is on the 22^nd of November. The course is interdisciplinary spanning marine, cryosphere, social & humanities, atmosphere and terrestrial subjects with lectures and practical elements. The course will be ran by lecturers from the UK and Russia and will also include a future project development session. More info on the course can be found here http://polarnetwork.org/2018/10/ukpn-and-apecs-russia-present-arctis2019/

 

If you have any questions do not hesitate to email president@polarnetwork.org

 

Many thanks,

Chelsey

 

Chelsey Baker

PhD Student

Co-President of the UK Polar Network

Office: 344/31

Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems

University of Southampton

National Oceanography Centre

Southampton

SO14 3ZH

 

Reminder: #CryoMentoring @ the AGU Fall Meeting - senior colleagues particularly encouraged to sign up!

Dear UKPN members,

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.

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Q+A webinar on funding opportunity: Antarctic Science Intl. Bursary

Hi everyone,

 

The 2019 round of Antarctic Science Bursaries will be open in January:

 

http://www.antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/

 

To help support those applying, the UKPN in coordination with APECS are running two webinar sessions. This will give applicants the chance to speak to people on the bursary panel (that review and award bursaries) as well as past recipients. This will be a great Q+A session and really give everyone the chance to get advice about their application.

 

Sign up here:

 

Session 1 - Jan 24, 2019 3:00 PM in Universal Time UTC:

 https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O42YGdS8QNG2H48P80dx0w

 

Session 2 Jan 24, 2019 8:00 PM in Universal Time UTC: 

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Nk5aH923SseifN7Hpc_AWw

 

 

A little information about the bursaries:

Bursary awards are intended to support the career development for promising early career scientists worldwide, working in any field of Antarctic science.

Grants of up to £6000 are awarded to extend the scope of an existing research project. Please note that this award is NOT offered to support work on an existing research project. It is intended to support a distinct extension activity, usually arising from previous work.

 

Eligibility for application for bursaries:

Grants are given to individuals and managed through their organisations. Applicants normally need to be enrolled in a PhD or employed as an early career researcher, with payment being to an institutional account.

Applicants can apply from anywhere in the world.

Early career researchers are eligible to apply for up to 10 years after their PhD.

 

So get thinking about your ideas now J

 

Cheers

 

Anna

 

Dr Anna Belcher | Ecological Biogeochemist| British Antarctic Survey

High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET

Email: annbel@bas.ac.uk |Tel: +44 (0)1223 221281

 

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FW: NERC CAO: Three PhD positions Nansen Legacy

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PhD studentships going at university of tromso J

 

 

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From: CROCKET Kirsty <k.crocket@ed.ac.uk>
Sent: 19 November 2018 11:03
To: CROCKET Kirsty <k.crocket@ed.ac.uk>
Cc: Rolf Gradinger <rolf.gradinger@uit.no>
Subject: NERC CAO: Three PhD positions Nansen Legacy

 

Dear all,

 

For information and circulation.

 

The Nansen Legacy project are advertising 3 PhD studentships, to be based at UiT, in the areas of:

1) Sea ice and pelagic primary production with molecular mapping of primary producers,

2) vertical flux in different ice regimes and seasons, with focus on pelagic-benthic coupling, and

3) population dynamics and productivity of zooplankton (main focus on copepods) in different seasons.

 

Full information and instructions to apply here:

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/160639/three-phd-position-in-arctic-marine-ecology-at-uit-the-arctic-university-of-norway

Please circulate this information to any students who might be interested.

 

Best wishes,

 

Kirsty

 

Dr Kirsty Crocket

Science Coordinator

NERC Changing Arctic Ocean

School of GeoSciences

University of Edinburgh

The King’s Building

James Hutton Road

Edinburgh EH9 3FE

UK

Email: k.crocket@ed.ac.uk

Profile: https://www.changing-arctic-ocean.ac.uk/profile/dr-kirsty-crocket/

Changing Arctic Ocean: https://www.changing-arctic-ocean.ac.uk/

Twitter: @NERC_CAO and @KirstyCrock

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2171-3010
Google Scholar: https://tinyurl.com/KirstyCrocket

 

 

 

From: Rolf Gradinger <rolf.gradinger@uit.no>
Date: Monday, 19 November 2018 at 10:39
Subject: Three PhD positions Nansen Legacy

 

Dear colleagues,

 

please distribute the opportunity for three PhD positions with UiT within your scientific network.

 

The positions are linked to:

1) Sea ice and pelagic primary production with molecular mapping of primary producers,

2) vertical flux in different ice regimes and seasons, with focus on pelagic-benthic coupling, and

3) population dynamics and productivity of zooplankton (main focus on copepods) in different seasons.

 

They are part of the Norwegian Nansen Legacy effort.

 

complete application information at:

1) Sea ice and pelagic primary production with molecular mapping of primary producers, 2) vertical flux in different ice regimes and seasons, with focus on pelagic-benthic coupling, and 3) population dynamics and productivity of zooplankton (main focus on copepods) in different seasons.

Complete application information at:

 

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/160639/three-phd-position-in-arctic-marine-ecology-at-uit-the-arctic-university-of-norway

 

thanks a lot

Rolf

 

Rolf Gradinger
UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet
Postboks 6050 Langnes
N-9037 Tromsø
Norge
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Software workshop resources

Hi all,

For those who missed out (and those who were able to come and want to go back over the materials), here are the slides from our recent Polar Software Workshop:

Adam Jackson (UCL)- Open science and sustainable software presentation source files

David Perez-Suarez (UCL)- Testing, Testing, One, Two… slides repository

Ruari Rhodes (Hiscox)- Multi-lingual workflow and spatial data resources

Yo Yehudi (InterMine, University of Cambridge)- Open Scientific Code using Git and GitHub materials slides

Chris Rapley (UCL)- Climate Change- Delivering Value slides

I am also sending some information from one of our hackday sponsors, Indorse, explaining how their network works and providing an opportunity to earn money reviewing code, well worth a look!

Thanks once again to Indorse, the Software Sustainability Institute, APECS, UKPN, Airbus, CPOM UCL and UCL Earth Sciences for making this all possible. 

Best wishes,

Sammie

AWI-call for application -shipboard training

Hi everyone,

 

See the below opportunity with AWI for shipboard training.

 

Cheers

 

Anna

 

Dr Anna Belcher | Ecological Biogeochemist| British Antarctic Survey

High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET

Email: annbel@bas.ac.uk |Tel: +44 (0)1223 221281

 

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Subject: AWI-call for application

 

View this email in your browser APPLICATION for a ship board training  on board the RV Polarstern June 2019   The Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) jointly with the Nippon Foundation, POGO and Atlantos are pleased to announce a new call for applications to join a training cruise on board the Polarstern in June 2019. The training comprises a Pre-cruise training (landbased) in Punta Arenas end of May 2019, and the research cruise, starting directly after this workshop on the 02.June 2019 from Stanley ending 29.06.2019 in Bremerhaven, Germany.  25 berth and scholarship are available for travel to the departure port and return flight from Bremerhaven as well as live on board. The target beneficiaries are the ocean experts of the future and the programme will focus on training postgraduate students (Masters or PhD) of marine-related science and technology. Emphasis will be given to students from less equipped countries. Diversity of race, gender and ethnicity will be encouraged and will promote cultural exchange and understanding. Call for application is open from the 05.11.2018 until 30.11.2018. Successful candidates will be informed until the middle of December. Apply online on:  https://form.jotformeu.com/82573705471359 For any questions, please contact Dr. Eva-Maria Brodte via eva-maria.brodte@awi.de       REGISTER NOW Copyright © *2018 * CD mailing list*, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: training@iode.org Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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