Polar scientist needed - Antarctic iceberg specialist

Dear UKPN members, 

We have received a request for an Antarctic iceberg specialist to speak with Georgina, a science reporter for the BBC, in the new year. If interested please read the message below reach out to Georgina! 

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Good afternoon,

 

I'm a climate and science reporter with BBC News. I'm doing a story in January about the A23a iceberg, and I'm keen to speak to an expert about the iceberg's movements and the bigger picture of increased carving in Antarctica.

I'd like to talk to an early career expert if possible, which is why I'm emailing you. Is there anyone you can recommend who is happy to talk to media?

I appreciate it's almost the Christmas break – I'd be keen to talk early in the new year, not immediately today!

Please get in touch with me at georgina.rannard@bbc.co.uk

 

Best wishes,

Georgina

 

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UKPN Member Training Survey 2024-25

Dear UKPN members,

The UK Polar Network is committed to ensuring that membership is a valuable asset for all our members. To achieve this, we want to better understand what you, our membership base, want from us as an organisation. We are asking you to complete a very short survey (less than 5 minutes) to help us understand what specific training you are interested in. Thank you for your input, the survey deadline is 17th January 2025.

UKPN Member Training Survey 2024-25

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Earth Observation Data Scientist position at Earthwave

Hi UKPN members,

I'm excited to announce that we are currently hiring an "Earth Observation Data Scientist" (fixed-term, with a view to extend) to join our dynamic team at Earthwave. Earthwave is a small UK-based (Edinburgh) Earth Observation company working primarily in the field of Cryosphere.

More info about us and job advert can be found here: https://earthwave.co.uk/careers/

Feel free to also get in touch with me (livia@earthwave.co.uk) if you have any questions or queries.

Best wishes

Livia Jakob, CSO at Earthwave

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Tales from the poles

❄️ Calling Polar Early Career Researchers (ECR) willing to share their tales from the polar regions. ❄️

 📚 UKPN and APECS Netherlands would like to collate a book with stories/poems/haiku's et al. from the poles.

 

🧊 Have you spent time at either pole between field work, living on a research station or on board a research vessel?

 

✏️ If you are willing, please use the form to share with us a short account (or multiple accounts) from your polar experience. Be creative and feel free to include anecdotes or descriptions that will help the polar regions come to life in the public's imagination.

 

🔗 Link to survey. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_c-FgS89dEyUI1yvNy0bvEZiasSQ7O7hpYei6Df8pwZCyBw/viewform?usp=sf_link

 

🌎 The aim of the book is to serve as a tool for prospective researchers and to unite current and past scientists from different stations.

 

We would like to publish this collation of stories as an e-book and a printed copy by December 2025.

 

📷 Please send any extra photos to: apecsphotos@gmail.com

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PDRA opportunity on Arctic Ecology

Dear UKPN,

here is an upcoming opportunity for a PDRA position in Arctic Ecology.

https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/11777

Dr. Claudia Colesie

Senior Lecturer in Physiological Plant Ecology

Webpage  |  Edinburgh Global Change Institute 

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th’ ann an Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, clàraichte an Alba, àireamh clàraidh SC005336.

AtlantiS - berth applications are now open

Forwarded message that may be of interest to ECRs looking for ship-based field work experience. The deadline for applications is 5th January and the cruise will be on the James Cook (belonging to National Oceanography center (NOC)) in June 2025.

 

AtlantiS – berth applications are now open

 

Are you a student or Early Career Researcher seeking ship-based filed work experience? Berth applications are now open for the next AtlantiS PAP site expedition (JC278). Applications can be made by completing this form as well as the standard fellowships application. Visit the Atlantis website for full details.

 

Application deadline for JC278: 5^th January 2025

 

With kind regards,

 

Jackie

 

Jackie Pearson | Engagement and Partnerships Officer 
National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH

email: jfpea@noc.ac.uk| web: noc.ac.uk

 

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International Polar Year and membership horizon scan

Dear UKPN members, 

 

We are conducting a horizon scan to understand the anticipated needs of the UK Polar Early Career Researchers (ECR's) as we look forward to the International Polar Year (IPY) in 2032/33 as UKPN has been asked to provide input about ECR needs to various committees. We want to make sure that the input we are providing is based on feedback from the community so we want to hear from our members about what they think their needs will be over the lead up to the IPY in order that they can take advantage of all the IPY has to offer. 

 

We have received feedback from various sources that standard membership of UKPN is less beneficial than it has been in past when UKPN was a smaller organisation. We as a committee have been reflecting on how we might change this so we have included some questions about how we might make membership more useful for ECR's and what current members would find most useful for us to provide. We would really appreciate input from members on this so that as UKPN continues to grow membership continues to be beneficial for all.

 

Please fill out the following form:

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Thanks, 

Millie

Member at Large

UK Polar Network (https://polarnetwork.org/)

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5 fully-funded PhD studentships in Antarctic Geosciences at the University of St Andrews

Good morning UKPN,

The University of St Andrews have many exciting and fully-funded PhD projects in Antarctic geoscience—we encourage motivated candidates to reach out and enquire further with the lead supervisors, and to apply! We particularly welcome applicants from non-traditional and minority backgrounds to consider applying. 

Deadlines for IAPETUS-listed studentships are 03 January 2025, and 14 February 2025 for St Leonard's College studentships. 

1. IAPETUS: How does ice flow enhancement and rearrangement impact the West Antarctic Ice Sheet? This project will combine ice-penetrating radar analysis and ice sheet modelling frameworks to constrain the ice flow history of the Weddell Sea sector to assess the implications of the future evolution of the larger West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Lead supervisors: TJ Young (St Andrews), Neil Ross (Newcastle), Carlos Martin (British Antarctic Survey)

https://iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships/how-does-ice-flow-enhancement-and-rearrangement-impact-the-west-antarctic-ice-sheet/ 

2. IAPETUS: Quantifying variations in Southern Ocean primary productivity over the last 2000 years from Sulfur Isotopes in Antarctic Ice cores. This project has two major aims: calibration of the sulfur isotope proxy from snow and firn samples over recent time periods where satellite observations of ocean productivity and volcanic gas emissions are available and (2) reconstruction of centennial to millennial changes in biological productivity over the last 2000 years. Lead supervisors: Andrea Burke (St Andrews), Liz Thomas (British Antarctic Survey)

https://iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships/quantifying-variations-in-southern-ocean-primary-productivity-over-the-last-2000-years-from-sulfur-isotopes-in-antarctic-ice-cores/

3. IAPETUS: The Ocean's Evolution: Deciphering Circulation Changes Since the Last Glacial Maximum. This project aims to answer the following research questions: What changes took place in the ocean circulation between then and now, and what role did those changes play in creating the comparatively warm and stable climate that we have today? Lead supervisors Graeme MacGilchrist and James Rae (St Andrews), Paola Moffa-Sanchez (Durham)

https://iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships/the-oceans-evolution-deciphering-circulation-changes-since-the-last-glacial-maximum/

4. St Leonard's College: Groundwater under Antarctica: Impact of deep subglacial groundwater on Antarctic ocean circulation. The objective of this project is to characterise the impact of recently-discovered active groundwater systems on the Antarctic Ice Sheet and the surrounding Southern Ocean. Lead supervisors: TJ Young and Graeme MacGilchrist (St Andrews)

https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/scholarships/scholarships-catalogue/postgraduate-scholarships/world-leading-scholarship-05-geography-earth/

5. St Leonard's College: Westerly winds overturning oceans. This project investigates what governs the strength of the southern westerly winds ("the roaring forties"), their empirical relationship between wind strength and latitude, what determines the position of major ocean currents in the Southern Ocean, and the response of the coupled atmosphere-ocean system at the southern mid-latitudes. Lead supervisors: Mike Byrne and Graeme MacGilchrist (St Andrews)

https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/scholarships/scholarships-catalogue/postgraduate-scholarships/world-leading-scholarship-03-earth-sciences/ 

Please do forward these positions to anyone in your departments and networks that you think may be interested in these exciting opportunities.

TJ

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Recruiting UKPN EDI Officer

Dear UKPN members,

We would like to invite applications for the role of EDI Officer as part of the UK Polar Network committee. Details of the role and associated responsibilities can be found here. 

Apply using the linked form. The deadline for applications is 3^rd Jan 2025. 

Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. 

All the best, 

Lucy

Lucy Stephenson (she/her) | Scientific Data Coordinator | UK Polar Data Centre | British Antarctic Survey

Antarctic President | UK Polar Network 

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Email: lustep@bas.ac.uk  

 

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