Penguin Conference: Organisers wanted

Dear All,

Please see the attached for a great opportunity for UK-based penguin
scientists. The organisers of the 8th International Penguin Conference
are looking for early career scientists to join the organising
committee for a prestigious APECS workshop being held in association
with the conference. As always with these kind of opportunities, this
looks great on your CV, provides excellent networking opportunities
and is fun, rewarding work. Please contact Meagan Dewar (Workshop
Convenor) directly if you want to take advantage and get involved!

Best wishes,

Sian Henley
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UK Polar Network

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The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

APECS Career Development Panel at IGS Fairbanks Symposium

APECS is hosting a career development panel at the IGS Symposium on Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a warming climate in Fairbanks, Alaska and YOU are invited!

Have you ever wondered how best to find your next job or your first post-doc after your PhD? Or have you ever wondered how to balance a successful career in polar and cryospheric research with having a family?

Well now is your opportunity to find out...

Panelists include Suzanne Bevan, of Swansea University, Erin Pettit of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Ross Powell of Northern Illinois University, and Ian Willis of Cambridge University. Each panel member will give a short overview of their career to date and then there will be a discussion session with the opportunity for all attendees to ask questions of our panelists on all matters pertaining to building a successful career in polar or cryospheric research.

The panel discussion will take place on Monday, 25 June 2012 from 5:30-6:30 PM in the Wood Center Ballroom on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus - the main presentation hall for the IGS conference. Attendance is open to anyone attending the meeting, but especially graduate students/postgraduate researchers, post-docs and other early career scientists. Sadly, we don't have a budget for any refreshments during the panel but we will be going for drinks, and possibly dinner, at a venue nearby after the session.

More details are available online: http://apecs.is/apecs-meetings-a-events/apecs-meetings-a-events/details/645-planning-your-future-in-polar-a-cryospheric-research

Hope to see you all there,

Amber Leeson, Allen Pope and Kristin Timm

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Amber Leeson
Postgraduate Researcher

Climate change and Impacts group
Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science
School of Earth and Environment
University of Leeds
LS2 9JT

+44 (0) 113 34 31598

RMetS Yorkshire Meeting Wednesday 20th June "Antarctica from the Ocean"

Dear UKPN,

 

The next Yorkshire Royal Meteorological Society meeting may be of interest to UKPN members with a talk from Dr Sarah Norris entitled “Antarctica from the Ocean”.  The talk is free to attend and will take place in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds at 7pm. 

 

Sarah promises to give a lively and interesting talk about living and working on a ship in Antarctic waters and we hope that some of UKPN will be able to come along. Further details are below and attached. Soft drinks and nibbles are provided from 6:30pm.

 

Regards,

 

Victoria

 

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Dr Victoria Smith

tel: +44 (0)113 3434212

v.smith@see.leeds.ac.uk

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From: see-icas-bounces@lists.leeds.ac.uk [mailto:see-icas-bounces@lists.leeds.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Lindsay Bennett
Sent: 13 June 2012 14:18
To: 'icas@see.leeds.ac.uk'
Subject: [See-icas] RMetS Yorkshire Centre Meeting Wednesday 20th June

 

Hello All,

 

The next Royal Meteorological Society Yorkshire Centre meeting is Wednesday, 20th June -

 

“Antarctica from the Ocean”, Dr Sarah Norris, ICAS

 

Sarah’s talk will give us an insight into what it is like to be sent to Antarctica to work on a research ship studying the interactions between the atmosphere and the ocean.  Find out what it is like to live and work in the Southern Ocean, what happens when a storm hits, and how to get your sea legs. Discover the local wildlife and landscapes of the Antarctic Peninsula and Islands, and how you can swim in the Southern Ocean without getting cold.

 

The meeting will be held in the level 8 Seminar Room, 6:30pm for refreshments, talk at 7pm.  

 

This is the last meeting before the summer break. It would be great to see many of you there. 

 

The committee is currently planning the Autumn schedule of talks and we will send out more details soon.  We will also be holding an AGM, probably before the start of the Autumn session.

 

If you have any suggestions for future topics, please get in touch. All our details can be found on the website, http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/research/rmetsoc/.

 

Thanks,

 

Lindsay

 

 

Lindsay Bennett (Chair)

Royal Meteorological Society Yorkshire Centre http://www.environment.leeds.ac.uk/see/research/rmetsoc/

 

Facebook group: Royal Meteorological Society - Yorkshire Local Centre

Twitter: RMetSoc_Yorkshire

 

Email: l.j.bennett@leeeds.ac.uk

Tel: 0113 343 5605

 

Summer job @ BAS: Marine Biological Equipment Assistant

Dear UKPN

 

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/employment/vacancies/job.php?tab=1&JobID=740

 

We now require a Marine Biological Equipment Assistant to support the Marine Science Engineer in the unpacking, maintenance, packing and cataloguing of scientific gear used on our ship the RRS James Clark Ross during the next field season and to help during sea trials.

This is a 3-month contract.

Qualifications: A minimum of 2 A' Levels, including one in a biological science

Duration: 3 months

Salary: Salary will be in the range of £14,620 to £18,910 per annum pro-rata. We offer a generous benefits package including free car parking, flexible working hours and 30 days annual leave per annum, pro-rata.

On-line application forms and further information are available on our website at www.antarctica.ac.uk/employment

These are also available from the Human Resources Section, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET. Tel: (01223) 221508.

Please quote reference: BAS 66/12
Closing date for receipt of application forms is 17th June 2012
Interviews are scheduled to be held w/c 25th June 2012


We welcome applications from all sections of the community. People from ethnic minorities are currently under-represented and their applications are particularly welcome.

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Ella Darlington

President, UK Polar Network

Field assistance for a hydrological research project in Iceland

Dear UKPN

Field assistance is needed for a PhD project looking at the implications of glacial fluctuation on shallow proglacial groundwater systems. Assistance is needed between 6 July - 1 August, but shorter periods can also be considered. The fieldwork is based in SE Iceland. Accommodation will be camping, of which some will be in at the large Skaftafell camp site and some wild camping at Skeidararsandur. Main tasks are sampling and monitoring of groundwater and surface water bodies (rivers, lakes and seeps). Assistance on the project provides great experience in fieldwork and the assistant can also conduct its own research in conjunction. Food and camping costs will be covered by the project. Some assistance might be available for travel.
 For further details please contact Amir Levy asap  on a.levy@epsam.keele.ac.uk

Best wishes,

Amir Levy
Keele University

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Amir Levy
PhD Research student
School of Earth Sciences and Geography
Keele University
Keele, Staffordshire
ST5 5BG

email: a.levy@epsam.keele.ac.uk
Tel. (01782) 733698

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Ella Darlington

President, UK Polar Network