online webinar: march 11th - Planning Safe and Effective Field Campaigns=?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=9D_?=online panel

Hi,

 

See below webinar that might be of interest

 

Cheers

Anna

 

Attend the "Planning Safe and Effective Field Campaigns" online panel   March 11, 2026 at 2.00pm to 3.30pm ET | 12.00pm to 1.30pm MT | 10.00am to 11:30am AKT   Planning a polar field season can feel exhilarating — and overwhelming. Join PSECCO and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Ice-Shelf Rumpling Project for a 1.5‑hour panel designed specifically for early‑career researchers preparing for fieldwork in the Arctic or Antarctic.   This conversation brings together experienced field scientists to dig into what actually makes a field campaign run smoothly. Panelists will discuss essential pre‑field training, how to build clear communication structures within your team, and strategies for responding when plans inevitably shift in extreme environments or unforeseen challenges arise.    Participants will walk away with practical tools for preparing before deployment, guidance for navigating challenges in the field, and resources you can use to strengthen your next field campaign — whether it's your first or your fifteenth.    To register for this event, visit this webpage.

 

 

 

Dr Anna Belcher

Catchment Biogeochemist

Aquatic Ecology

 

I work part time (3 days a week) with flexible hours. Please don't feel obliged to respond outside your own hours.

 

 

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Our planet. Decoded.

 

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Fwd: Polar Book Club - A Woman in the Polar Night" by Christiane Ritter

Dear polar enthusiasts and fellow book lovers,

 

our book club discussion 📖🧊- a collaboration of APECS Netherlands, UK Polar Network and APECS Luxembourg- is approaching fast. A bit more than one week to go! 

We are hoping that reading went or is still going well and that by Thursday next week everyone has managed to read and finish the book "A Woman in the Polar Night" by Christiane Ritter. We are looking forward to discussing our reading experiences together!

 

Herewith the details for the Zoom meeting:

Topic: APECS Polar Book Club

Time: Mar 26, 2026 15:00 GMT

Join Zoom Meeting

https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/62498946401?pwd=J5iABJVQFm1yHvPJUWbXIujcSgzIjj.1

 

Meeting ID: 624 9894 6401

Passcode: 849441

 

Join instructions

https://eu01web.zoom.us/meetings/62498946401/invitations?signature=fXVTCZ1zFiPQ6v8qwFUNIETLzQzaftBg3zl279t0D_c

 

Also, if you did not finish the book or quit reading and would still like to participate in the discussion, it would be great to have you join the discussion!

 

In addition, we want to emphasize again that APECS NL will reimburse the books of the first 10 people who signed up, upon participation in the online Book Club meeting.

 

❗ In case you have questions about anything related to the event or want to cancel your participation, please write to: info@apecsnetherlands.nl

 

See you soon,

APECS NL & organizing APECS NCs

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Postdoc opportunity in terrestrial-aquatic biogeochemistry

Hi all, 

There is a Postdoc opportunity available to join the Biogeochemistry of Boreal Ecosystems Research Group (BBERG). 

Please get in touch if you have any questions. 

Best wishes, 

Louise 

Dr Louise Mercer

Postdoctoral Researcher | BBERG

Memorial University 

IASC Fellow

Vice-President UK Polar Network

Two ice sheet modelling postdoc positions at the British Antarctic Survey

Dear colleagues,

 

We are currently advertising two positions in ice sheet modelling at the British Antarctic Survey (closing 23/03/2026). Full details and application links can be found below.

 

Ice Modeller/Emulation Scientist:

https://fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/UKRI-Careers/job/2024

This 3-year position is focused on modelling and emulating Greenland glaciers as part of the ARIA-funded GIANT project.

 

Ice/Ocean Modeller:

https://fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/UKRI-Careers/job/2026

This 2-year position is focused on using a coupled ice-ocean model to assess potential tipping points in the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica as part of the ISOTIPIC project.

 

Informal enquiries about the posts are very welcome and should be addressed to Rosie Williams (chll1@bas.ac.uk),  Paul Holland (pahol@bas.ac.uk) and/or Robert Arthern (rart@bas.ac.uk).

 

With best wishes,

 

Rosie, Paul & Rob

 

 

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"Are you cut out for living and working in Antarctica?"

"Are you cut out for living and working in Antarctica?"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0e30d9wj9o

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Re: Arctic Fieldwork Opportunities

Hi both,

Hope you're well!

I don't quite know the details of whether this is going ahead, or whether it will be of any interest to you, but there is a course undertaken by Lancaster University Env Sci/similar undergrads involving glaciology. The field trip over the past few years has been Arolla, Switzerland, where students focus on more physical glaciology/hydrology, but also soil science. The hike to the glacier is quite demanding, but so rewarding!! I'm doing an MRes in glacial geochemistry so have visited a few times, it's an incredible place!!

The person to contact would probably be Phil Haygarth, who has run the trip over the past few years. His email is here: p.haygarth@lancaster.ac.uk

Feel free to reach out if you have any more questions/if I can help in any other way! I know it's so hard trying to get fieldwork these days!

Best of luck!

Morgan Jarvie

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Subject: Arctic Fieldwork Opportunities

 

Dear all,

 

Hope you are well. 

 

Oscar and I are first year geology undergraduates at Durham University and are fascinated by the Arctic and polar environments. 

 

We are reaching out to enquire about potential field work opportunities in the Arctic this summer.  

  

We would love to contribute to research about an important scientific question in this area of study. We hope this could be by providing an extra pair of hands to conduct scientific sampling and analysis. We are very happy to hike and do physical demanding work.

 

We would be able to fund our travel and accommodation through the Durham University Expedition Society and/or Durham college funds. The deadline for us to apply for these funds is 9th March. 

  

With this in mind, we were wondering whether you have any ongoing or upcoming Arctic research projects that we might be able to contribute to, or could forward this email to anyone you know that is conducting fieldwork this summer?

  

Kind regards, 

Charlie Sawkins & Oscar Billing 

 

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Arctic Fieldwork Opportunities

Dear all,

 

Hope you are well. 

 

Oscar and I are first year geology undergraduates at Durham University and are fascinated by the Arctic and polar environments. 

 

We are reaching out to enquire about potential field work opportunities in the Arctic this summer.  

  

We would love to contribute to research about an important scientific question in this area of study. We hope this could be by providing an extra pair of hands to conduct scientific sampling and analysis. We are very happy to hike and do physical demanding work.

 

We would be able to fund our travel and accommodation through the Durham University Expedition Society and/or Durham college funds. The deadline for us to apply for these funds is 9th March. 

  

With this in mind, we were wondering whether you have any ongoing or upcoming Arctic research projects that we might be able to contribute to, or could forward this email to anyone you know that is conducting fieldwork this summer?

  

Kind regards, 

Charlie Sawkins & Oscar Billing 

 

Two postdoc opportunities at the University of Edinburgh in Greenland ice sheet-ocean interactions

Dear UKPN,

Please see below two postdoctoral research opportunities at the University of Edinburgh in the topic of Greenland ice sheet-ocean interactions.

1. Postdoctoral Research Associate (2.5-year position) in Greenland Ice Sheet-ocean interaction as part of the Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project 7 (ISMIP7). ISMIP7 aims to establish consensus estimates of future sea level contribution from ice sheets. The postdoc will work with the Greenland ice-ocean focus group of ISMIP7 to deliver the ocean boundary conditions needed by ice sheet modelers, to analyse how the ocean around Greenland may change, and to better understand the role of the ocean in Greenland Ice Sheet mass loss. More details on ISMIP7 are at https://www.ismip.org/home and for further details and to apply https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/13674

2. Postdoctoral Research Associate (7-month position) in glacial fjord modelling as part of the Fjord Dynamics and Modulation of Ice/Ocean Exchange (FjordMIX) project. FjordMIX aims to advance understanding of ice-ocean interaction through the development of a fjord box modelling framework and its application on an ice-sheet wide scale. We now have a published box model, and the postdoc will therefore work primarily on its application in idealised or real-world settings, to quantify at a continental scale the role of fjords in ocean heat delivery to the ice and/or freshwater release to the ocean. More details on FjordMIX are at https://glaciology.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/projects/fjordmix and https://github.com/fjord-mix/fjordrpm For further details and to apply https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/13758

The anticipated start date for both roles is 1 September 2026, but some flexibility can be offered. The closing date for both roles is 4 March.

For any questions or if you feel you need more information, contact Donald Slater at donald.slater@ed.ac.uk 

As a research group, we value friendliness, community and a healthy work-life balance. Come and work on an exciting project while enjoying the delights of Edinburgh and Scotland!

Donald Slater

NERC Independent Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh

Website | Google Scholar 

 

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Four ice/ocean modelling postdoc positions at the British Antarctic Survey

Dear Colleagues, 

We are advertising four new postdoctoral positions in ocean modelling at the British Antarctic Survey. These posts are part of four collaborative research projects dedicated to modelling a range of ice-ocean processes in Antarctica and Greenland. More information is available in the application links below: 

High Resolution Ice Ocean Modeller - UKRI Careers

Subsurface Warming Ice Ocean Modeller - UKRI Careers

Dense Water Ice Ocean Modeller - UKRI Careers

Greenland Ice Ocean Modeller - UKRI Careers 

Informal enquiries about the posts are very welcome and should be addressed to Michael Haigh (michai@bas.ac.uk) and/or Paul Holland (pahol@bas.ac.uk) and/or Kaitlin Naughten (kaight@bas.ac.uk). 

With best wishes,

Michael, Paul and Kaitlin 

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Re: Last call for polar entries for our book!

Dear UKPN,

❄️After almost year of requesting your stories for our ebook, Tales from the Poles, we are delighted to launch our ebook TODAY. 

This has been a collaboration between the UK Polar Network (UKPN) and APECS Netherlands, collating voices across the Arctic and Antarctic.

Currently, the ebook has been released as a downloadable PDF on our respective websites.

📖 Read the ebook here

🌐APECS NL website launch

🌐UKPN website launch

Stay turned for physical printed copies of the book.

Thank you to everyone for your contributions, without you, the book would not have been possible.

💘 Happy valentines day reading!

💰 With thanks to APECS international for funding this project.

Best wishes,

Editors: Nadia Frontier, Saule Akhmetkaliyeva and Youri Renkema

Promotion team: Iris Gomez, Catherine Smith, Florine Kooij, Aimee Shepard, Vedant Vairagi

on behalf of UKPN and APECS Netherlands

Le mar. 28 oct. 2025 à 22:42, Nadia Frontier <frontier.nadia@gmail.com> a écrit :

Dear UKPN,

Last call to submit entries to our initiative to publish your stories into a celebration of polar experience and art in the format of a book. We've had a great selection of entries so far and would love to have your voice.

❄️ Tales from the Poles – Call for Contributions ❄️

🌍 Have you lived, worked, or journeyed in the polar regions? Do you have a story, memory, or reflection from your time there?

UK Polar Network (UKPN) and APECS Netherlands are creating a collection of voices from the Arctic and Antarctic — and we would love to hear yours.

📖 Whether you're a scientist, station staff, community member, artist, guide, or someone who's spent time on the ice, we invite you to share a story, poem, haiku, or memory that brings the polar regions to life. We're especially interested in personal experiences that reflect the diversity of people connected to the poles.

✏️ Use this form to submit your contribution:
🔗 Submit here

📷 If you'd like to share a photo alongside your story, please send it to: apecsphotos@gmail.com

Our goal is to publish these contributions —please submit your entries by 14th November 2025.

We hope to produce both an e-book and printed edition by December 2025 — as a way to:

🔹 Celebrate the human side of polar experiences
🔹 Inspire new voices to engage with polar regions
🔹 Highlight the rich diversity of people and perspectives shaping polar stories

Best wishes,

Nadia, Saule and Youri

on behalf of UKPN and APECS Netherlands

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What concerns you most about Antarctica and the Southern Ocean? Help Shape SCAR=?Windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Horizon Scan by 1 March

Dear colleagues, 

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is updating its Antarctic and Southern Ocean Horizon Scan to reflect new priorities and opportunities. The original Horizon Scan - completed in 2014 - brought together the international Antarctic community and produced a widely-used set of 80 priority questions for research and policy. 

As part of our current strategic plan, we will revisit and refine those priorities using a practical, resource-sensitive process: this first broad online survey of SCAR members and stakeholders, workshops at the 2026 SCAR Open Science Conference in Oslo, follow-up online expert fora to prioritise the resulting research questions, and discussion at the 2026 Delegates Meeting. The aim is to distil community concerns into a focused set of horizon-scan research questions that can guide national programmes, funders and policymakers. 

This first survey asks a simple but important question: what concerns you most about Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and why? 

Your responses will directly shape the priorities and questions taken forward in the OSC workshops and the final prioritisation process. 

Thank you for helping to focus international research where it's most needed. Please submit your answers by 1 March 2026 using this link: https://bit.ly/scar-horizonscan

Best wishes,

Johanna

-- 

Dr Johanna Grabow
Project Officer
	johanna@scar.org • www.scar.org Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research c/o Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1ER United Kingdom

 

Fwd: Updates to the APECS Zoom system

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From: APECS International Directorate <info@apecs.is>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 at 18:40
Subject: Updates to the APECS Zoom system
To: Project Groups + Council <council-pg-members@apecs.is>

Dear all,

We would like to inform you that we have made some changes to the APECS Zoom system to address feedback and experiences with the setup that was in place until now. While we will continue to provide the opportunity for any APECS groups to use this Zoom account for internal meetings or public events, we have set up a new system that should make the booking process easier and faster. Please note that this Zoom account can be used for meetings related to APECS but not for any personal meetings.

From now on, you can book Zoom meetings through this link. This new system will either lead you to a scheduling system through which you can get a Zoom link for any internal meetings (e.g. for Project Group or Council meetings) automatically and immediately, or, in case you want to use the APECS Zoom for a public event, forward you to a separate form.

This is the process for using the new Zoom booking system for an internal meeting:

Step 1: Fill out the scheduling form 

Step 2: You will receive a Zoom link automatically via email*

Step 3: Distribute the link to those you want to invite to the meeting**

*Please wait briefly and also check your spam folder if you do not receive a link immediately - it should arrive within a few minutes.

 

**We recommend that meeting organizers not only share the Zoom meeting details via email, but also create and send a calendar invitation. This helps ensure that the meeting is clearly listed in participants' schedules and reduces the risk of missed or overlooked meetings.  

Only one meeting can take place at any given time through the APECS account. You will be able to see the availability of the Zoom account directly in the booking process, i.e. timeslots that are already taken cannot be booked again. Please note that even though you are now technically able to book meetings with a very short turnaround, you should still not wait until the very last minute to book. Please request the Zoom session as soon as you know the date of the meeting.

It is not mandatory to use the APECS Zoom account for APECS meetings. If you choose to use a different meeting service, e.g. through any personal or work accounts, please ensure that all members of your group have the ability to join. 

You can continue to use any sessions that have already been set up and we will handle all requests that have been submitted through the old booking system until now, so you do not need to resubmit requests you sent in earlier. The previously used Zoom booking link and calendar will be removed from the APECS website. We recommend bookmarking the new Zoom scheduler link  in order to have easy access to it. If you need to cancel or change a meeting, contact us at info@apecs.is. 

For booking Webinars or other public events, you will also need to go through the form in the above link, but then be redirected to a Google form, where you will be asked for additional information. The Directorate team will then follow up and create the Zoom session for you. 

Please let us know if you encounter any issues with this new system. We hope these changes make setting up APECS meetings more convenient for you moving forward!

Best regards,

Laila 

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Directorate Officer

APECS International Directorate

Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)

Based at UiT The Arctic University of Norway

In partnership with the Norwegian Polar Institute and the Fram Centre
Web: www.apecs.is

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UK Antarctic Science Conference 2026 – Save the date

Dear Antarctic researchers, 

We are pleased to announce that this year's UK Antarctic Science conference will be held at Durham University on 9th-11th September 2026. The conference will run from lunchtime on the 9th until lunchtime on the 11th to enable daytime travel and to keep accommodation costs down.  

The conference aims to bring together Antarctic researchers from all disciplines and career stages to present their work in a friendly environment and will provide an inclusive forum for discussion on a range of topics. This conference is well-known as a safe space for postgraduates and early-career researchers to present their work and we encourage students and supervisors alike to attend. We are aiming for the conference to be affordable for all, to which end we have booked some university accommodation, and we will aim to keep registration costs as low as possible, especially for early career researchers. 

We will circulate further details, including how to register, in the coming months via all the major mailing lists. If you would like to be kept up-to-date on the conference, please use this link to sign up for our mailing list and we will email you directly with further information when it becomes available. In the meantime, if any groups are interested in conducting activities or workshops within the conference then please contact me by email. 

We look forward to seeing you in Durham in September!

2.5-year postdoc at University of Edinburgh in Ice-sheet Modelling and Data Assimilation

Dear UK Polar Network:

We are seeking to appoint a 2.5-year postdoc in Ice-sheet Modelling and Data Assimilation in the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh.

The post is created as part of the NERC-NSFGEO Pushing the Frontiers project BISTO: Better Ice Sheet forecasts via Transient assimilation and refined Ocean forcing, a joint collaboration between University of Edinburgh, British Antarctic Survey, and Dartmouth College (University), US. 

The successful candidate will work closely with the BISTO team while leading investigations into current and future behaviours of the fast-thinning regions of Antarctica through the assimilation of a multi-decadal record of time-evolving satellite velocities and altimetry. Possible lines of investigation include improving the predictability of marine-terminating ice-sheet models; or constraining and understanding poorly-understood processes such as ice-shelf damage; or other avenues that support the aims of BISTO.

The formal job posting (or use this link: https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/13628)

The full job description is ​​here​​ (and found within the posting).

Please apply here (or scroll to the bottom of the posting). The deadline for applying is 23 February 2026, 11:59 pm London time. Shortlisting and contacting for interviews will occur soon after.

Please reach out to dan.goldberg@ed.ac.uk for more information about the opportunity and about BISTO, or anything you would like to ask about.

WATCH THIS SPACE: There will be another postdoc offered as part of BISTO at the British Antarctic Survey, which will focus on improved modelling of ice-shelf melt rates and coupled ice sheet-ocean modelling. The post is intended to start ~6 months after the post in Edinburgh, and will make use of the developments of BISTO, including those of the Edinburgh team.

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Daniel Goldberg, PhD (he/him)

Reader in Glaciology

School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh
Geography Building, Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP

https://dngoldberg.github.io/

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Fwd: Fw: Opportunit=?UTF-8?Q?=C3=A0_?=di partecipazione a simposio internazionale per ealry careers

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From: 'aliceguzzi@libero.it' via National Committee Representatives <nc-representatives@apecs.is>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 at 11:24
Subject: Fw: Opportunità di partecipazione a simposio internazionale per ealry careers

Hi everyone,
I'd like to share this opportunity with everyone who is interested. Please share it!
Deadline is quite tight 🙂

All the best,

Alice

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 Dear APECS community,

 

We are pleased to share an exciting opportunity for early careers, coming from the Early Career Ocean Professional Network (ECOP), to take part in a high-level international scientific event.

 

CNR-ISMAR, together with leading European and international partners, is organising the International Symposium "Transformative Ocean Sciences – The Ocean Pact in Action", which will take place in Venice, Italy, 24–27 March 2026. The Symposium will bring together around 100 invited participants, including senior scientists, policymakers, innovators, and early-career researchers, to co-design the future directions of ocean science and governance. Attached are two documents with the concept note and symposium programme.

 

The event will address key themes such as ocean observation, deep-sea exploration, biodiversity, ethics, transdisciplinarity, marine education, skills for the future workforce, and the role of science in shaping the European Ocean Pact. A core component of the Symposium will be a series of interdisciplinary Breakout Working Groups, where participants will collaboratively identify grand challenges, innovative approaches, and concrete priorities that will directly feed into a White Paper, Policy Brief, and Strategic Roadmap for future ocean research and policy.

 

We are happy to announce that four early careers will be selected to participate in these Working Groups. This represents a unique opportunity to:

• contribute to a crucial moment for the international ocean science community,
• engage directly with leading scientists and decision-makers,
• expand your knowledge and perspectives,
• build meaningful international networks.

 

While the initiative is coordinated in Italy, applications from early careers who stays outside Italy are strongly encouraged, and we warmly invite all interested early careers to apply. Please note that selected early careers will need to cover their own expenses, unfortunately no economic support is available.

 

How to apply

Please send your application to Alessandro Gibertini, coordinator of the Italian node of ECOP:
📩 alessandro.gibertini@cnr.it

Subject line:
International Symposium Transformative Ocean Sciences in Venice – application Name Surname

 

Please attach your CV and confirm that you will be able to cover your own expenses or explain your plans to get funding to attend the Symposium if you get selected.

 

Deadline:
🗓 Friday, 30 January, 11:00 Central European Time (CET)

 

We strongly encourage you to consider this opportunity to actively represent the ECOP community and contribute to shaping the future of transformative ocean science.

 

Do not hesitate to reach out to Alessandro if you have questions.

 

 

 

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