http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/arctic-lakes--biogeochemistry-and-paleoecology-phd-postitions-available PhD Scholarship Announcement Arctic lakes- biogeochemistry and paleoecology of lake sediment cores for understanding carbon cycling and greenhouse gas production in thermokarst lakes in Siberia and Alaska University of Alaska, Fairbanks Water and Environmental Research Center Advisors: Asst. Professor Katey Walter and Professor Mary Edwards Application Deadline: Wednesday, May 25, 2008 For further information, please go to: http://www.alaska.edu/uaf/cem/ine/walter/ Or contact: Dr. Katey Walter Phone: (907) 474-6095 Email: ftkmw1@uaf.edu Dr. Mary Edwards Phone: (44)(0)23 8059 2217 Email: M.E.Edwards@soton.ac.uk http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/arctic-lakes--biogeochemistry-and-paleoecology-phd-postitions-available Sun, 04 May 2008 22:36:53 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-workshop-in-st-petesburg http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-workshop-in-st-petesburg Fri, 02 May 2008 11:04:41 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/comments-welcome-on-draft-of-apecs-constitution The first draft of our APECS Constitution is now available for your review. Please click here to read more and send us your input. This organization is ours to build, so we need everyone's comments to assure its future!. http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/comments-welcome-on-draft-of-apecs-constitution Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:51:36 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/young-researcher-funding-for-the-5th-northern-research-forum-open-assembly The Northern Research Forum announces special funding for young researchers to attend the 5th NRF Open Assembly, "Seeking Balance in a Changing North," taking place in Anchorage, Alaska, 24-27 September 2008. Eligibility: Young researchers and professionals, primarily advanced graduate students and those who have recently passed their MA or PhD, are eligible to receive full or partial travel funding from the NRF in order to participate in the Assembly. Applicants should submit a brief statement of interest, a one-page resume, and a presentation abstract. For further application details, seewww.nrf.is. Submit applications to gudrunth@unak.is. The deadline for funding applications is 15 May 2008. Seeking Balance in a Changing North The Fifth NRF Open Assembly Anchorage, Alaska 24-27 September 2008 The 5th Open Assembly of the Northern Research Forum, "Seeking Balance in a Changing North," will take place in Anchorage,Alaska, 24-27 September 2008. The event is being organized by the Northern Research Forum and the 5th NRF Host Organizing Committee, representing the Office of the Governor of Alaska, the Office of the Mayor of Anchorage, the US Arctic Research Commission, the Inuit Circumpolar Council, the Institute of the North, the University of Alaska Anchorage, the Alaska Native Science Commission, The Northern Forum, the Chickaloon Village Traditional Council, the Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Cinza Research, and the Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau. The plenary themes and sub-themes of the Assembly are: The Future of Northern Co-operation 1. New Northern Policies of the Arctic States 2. The Arctic Council and Multilateral Co-operation 3. Bilateral relationships The New Geography of a Warming North 1. Climate Change: Facts – Scenarios 2. Alternative Energy 3. Threats to Man-made Environment 4. Human Security: e.g. health and wellbeing - education 5. Threats to Sovereignty and Local Autonomy 6. Human – Environment Relationship The Accessible Arctic in the Global Economy 1. Oil, Gas, and Coal 2. Renewable Energy 3. Energy Security of the Arctic and the World 4. New Sea Routes – Revolution in Global Shipping and Trade Leadership in the Age of Uncertainty 1. Impacts of Climate Change 2. Climate Change: "Awakening" and Good Governance 3. Citizenship and Climate Change: Adaptation - Implementation Assembly Structure: Four plenaries by themes; five round tables on themes; four project sessions; an excursion to Chickaloon and Palmer, Alaska. Deadlines: Funding application deadline for Young Researchers: 15 May 2008 Deadline for position papers: 15 June 2008 Deadline for early-bird registration: 15 August 2008 Sponsors: The Icelandic companies of Glitnir and Eimskip are currently the main financial sponsors of the Northern Research Forum. Information: For general information on the NRF and for assembly updates, please visit: www.nrf.is Or contact The Northern Research Forum E-mail: nrf@unak.is Postal address: NRF Secretariat, c/o Stefansson Arctic Institute, Borgir, Nordurslod, IS-600 Akureyri, Iceland. Or Amy L. Wiita NRF Steering Committee, YR representative Cinza Research, Owner/Principal Research Consultant 9138 Arlon St., Suite A3-104 Anchorage, Alaska 99507 cinzaresearch@alaska.net http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/young-researcher-funding-for-the-5th-northern-research-forum-open-assembly Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:26:27 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-a-huge-success-at-egu I would just like to thank all the people that came to see me at the APECS poster at the European Geosciences Union (EGU), last week in Vienna. It was really fantastic to talk to so many people, from students and their supervisors, post docs, early faculty members and senior scientists to administrators and managers. There really needed to be at least two of me, so I apologise if you passed by but did not get a chance to chat to me about APECS. Almost all of the flyers I brought along disappeared even before the poster session time, so next time I will be sure to bring more. All in all, it was very successful and I was really motivated by the enthusiasm and passion for polar regions that was evident in all those that I talked to. I hope you all enjoyed EGU and I look forward to seeing you all again soon. Narelle http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-a-huge-success-at-egu Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:05:16 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/involvement-of-young-researcher-in-arctic-research-planning Involvement of young researcher in Arctic Research Planning – the long process of ICARP II and what came out of it In November 2005 the second International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP II) took place in Copenhagen. It brought together over 450 scientists, policy makers, research managers, Indigenous Peoples and others interested in and concerned about the future of Arctic Research, The conference was the culmination of a 24-month planning process involving over 140 scientists working to develop research plans around thirteen critical research themes identified to guide international cooperation over the next 10-15 years (see: www.icarp.dk). What was new was that young scientists were deeply involved from beginning on in developing the research plans. It became clear during the work of the Conference that the Arctic is a system that can no longer be divided into traditional disciplines. The linkages to other disciplines and other knowledge systems and to the global system are critical and must be addressed in the post-conference process. To build on the ICARP II effort, chairs and young scientists from the working groups, representatives of the sponsoring agencies and members of the steering group met in Potsdam, Germany, in November 2006 to use the rationale laid out in the working group reports to focus future science activity in the post International Polar Year environment. The original marine working groups were, unavoidably, somewhat arbitrarily divided into shelf, margin/gateways and deep basin regions. Through their membership, each group reflected longstanding differences in scientific disciplines and focus on each of these segments of the Arctic Ocean. These cultural differences are evident in the WG reports as redundancies in and gaps between the WG reports. During the follow-up meeting the three marine working groups were integrated to develop joint, cross-disciplinary ICARP II studies. To integrate the science activities coming out of the three existing ICARP II marine working groups and to animate their recommendations AOSB has established an ICARP II Marine Roundtable (http://www.aosb.org/programs.html). The ICARP II Marine Roundtable is initially chaired by Bernie Coakley with assistance from young scientists (Karen Frey and Carolyn Wegner). After the first meeting, it is the intention of the Roundtable to turn over this initiative to the early career scientists. This is a first step to really integrate young scientists into long-term research planning and a great opportunity to actively promote the international interdisciplinary dialog necessary to make the marine science plans a reality. The first meeting will take place in St. Petersburg on 7 July 2008, just preceding the SCAR/IASC Open Science Conference. To further involve young scientists in Arctic research planning AOSB created funding to support early career scientists in international arctic marine planning meetings. This new initiative entitled NRG (New Research Generation) aims to promote the inclusion of early career Arctic scientists and engineers in the Arctic marine science planning process. This is a great chance to get involved and everybody interested in international science planning should benefit from it! For more information contact Carolyn Wegner or Hugues Lantuit. http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/involvement-of-young-researcher-in-arctic-research-planning Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:06:18 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/clic---cryosphere-managers-meeting-vienna-egu---16-april-2008 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/clic---cryosphere-managers-meeting-vienna-egu---16-april-2008 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:28:58 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/cysc-meeting-in-edmonton On April 8, 2008 the CYSC met in Edmonton at the Telus World of Science Centre for a day of meetings to discuss the development and collaboration of our three main education and outreach projects. This meeting brought together seven CYSC members from across Canada including Isabelle Turcotte, Alexis Schafer, Isla Myers-Smith, James Hudson, Bronwyn Brock, Meaghan Thompson, Marie Auger-Methe. We were also joined by Hugues Lantuit, Ian Church, Marianne Douglas, and numerous others via teleconferencing throughout the day. We discussed the creation and development of the CYSC Time Capsule, which will involve the collection of art, photographs, stories, and surveys to create a "snapshot of the Arctic through the eyes of youth" during this IPY; the development of classroom resources for our "Outreach Up North" project which will see graduate students visit classrooms in northern Canada; and the development of the Grassroots project, to try and secure seed funding for youth-initiated grassroots projects in northern communities. http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/cysc-meeting-in-edmonton Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:16:18 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/report-released-global-scientific-challenges-perspectives-from-young-scientists An international conference celebrating 75 years of ICSU http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/report-released-global-scientific-challenges-perspectives-from-young-scientists Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:40:24 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/signing-of-the-charter-for-the-university-of-the-arctic 33 university leaders, Presidents, Vice-Presidents and Rectors from throughout the Circumpolar North, representing member universities of the University of the Arctic gathered at Rovaniemi, Finland, to attend the Second University of the Arctic Rectors' Forum, 17-19 February 2008. This was the first time such a large number of northern university leaders have assembled to address common issues and cooperation. Mauri Yla-Kotola, Rector of the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi commented, "It is a privilege to be hosting such a prestigious and historic event here in Rovaniemi, but, then again, Rovaniemi has often played a significant role in Arctic cooperation." The University of the Arctic itself was launched at the University of Lapland in 2001. The University of Lapland has hosted the UArctic International Secretariat ever since. The Rectors' agenda included plans for joint influence on arctic policy, as well as cooperation in research and education. The meeting highlight was the signing of the Charter for the University of the Arctic. "The Charter will clearly lay out the commitment of UArctic's higher education members, currently at 84, to cooperation in research, education programming, marketing as well as mobility," mentioned Steve Jones, Chair of the UArctic Rectors' Forum, and Chancellor of the University of the Alaska, Fairbanks, US. He continued, "this is a momentous event in university cooperation in the Circumpolar North: big research intensive institutions and small northern colleges and indigenous institutions, all united behind the same Charter and commitment. This is a unique document between such a diverse group of institutions." The second day of the Forum was dedicated to a joint seminar with the Standing Committee of Arctic Parliamentarians. The seminar gathered the Rectors' Forum and parliamentary delegations from the Arctic Council member countries to address two topical issues for the Arctic today: adaptation to climate change in the Arctic and Borders and Access to the Sea in the Arctic. Lars Kullerud, President of UArctic, stressed the importance of the gathering: "It is important that university leaders work with policy makers to ensure that also the south realizes that the Arctic is an extremely important region for them: it has most of the untapped energy and mineral resources, it is rich in fish and forest, and it has the largest pristine nature areas in the world. It has a diverse population, both indigenous and non-indigenous. The universities in the eight Arctic countries as well as the parliaments need to join forces to tackle big issues like adaptation to climate change before it is too late. The universities as generators of knowledge and institutions responsible for capacity building in the region need to be active players in developing the Arctic. What happens in the Arctic is extremely relevant for the whole globe." For more information, please go to: http://www.uarctic.org/ Or contact: Lars Kullerud President, University of the Arctic Phone: +47-9087-0099 E-mail: lars.kullerud@uarctic.org Steve Jones Chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Phone: 907-474-7112 E-mail: chancellor@uaf.edu Outi Snellman UArctic Director of Administration and University Relations University of the Arctic Phone: +358-40-501 0209 E-mail: outi.snellman@uarctic.org http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/signing-of-the-charter-for-the-university-of-the-arctic Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:23:28 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/veco-polar-resources-april-newsletter-available Here is some interesting reading from one of the Arctic logistic support companies, Veco. Download Newsletter http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/veco-polar-resources-april-newsletter-available Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:41:20 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/april-newsletter-available We are trying something new with the newsletter this month. We are http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/april-newsletter-available Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:56:52 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/us-nsf-releases-to-guidelines-for-broader-impacts Dear Colleague Letter on Broader Impacts Proposal Requirements http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/us-nsf-releases-to-guidelines-for-broader-impacts Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:57:49 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/nasa-p3-b-is-flying-as-part-of-the-arctas-mission At 12:00 UTC on April 8th, 2008 the NASA P3-B departed Fairbanks Alaska for Thule Greenland. The NASA P3-B is flying as part of the ARCTAS mission, a POLARCAT airborne science field campaign during the International Polar Year. During research flight six the aircraft performed a series of experiments designed to test the radiative properties of the Arctic troposphere. The instruments aboard measure upwelling and downwelling radiation, ice/snow surface characteristics as well as trace gases and aerosols. As we crossed the Arctic Ocean we frequently observed leads in the ice (Fig. 1) while flying as low as 200' in formation with the NASA DC-8 (Fig. 2). Hours later we flew over Axel Heiberg Island with spectacular views of its once tropical now glacier ground then wind swept landscapes [Fig. 3 & 4]. Later we flew over the AERONET/LIDAR installation at Eureka Nunavut so we could compare to their observations in the high Arctic (Fig. 5). Can you spot the igloo? As we approached Thule Air Base the high winds meant that the DC-8 aircraft was diverted to Iqaluit, Nunavut. The P3-B continued to Thule and made what NASA pilot Shane Dover described as a "sporty" landing - over drinks later the ground crew agreed it was impressive. All the native Greenlanders, Danes, Canadians and Americans we met were great. At the community center we met a local woman who acted as translator for her friend, an older native Greenlander. With obvious hand signals we watched as he explained through her that the thickness of the ice is changing and that he's worried about his livehood hunting on the ice. Hope everyone's having as much fun as we are, wherever you are, studying the planet! Best Wishes from the American-, Canadian-, German-, Hawaiian's in the High Arctic. Steve, Cam, Steffen and Tony (back in Fairbanks) -- Cameron S. McNaughton, MSc. Earthstronaut Department of Oceanography University of Hawai'i at Manoa 1000 Pope Rd. Honolulu, HI 96822, USA Phone: (808) 956 5192 Fax: (808) 956 7112 Email: csmcnaug@hawaii.edu Web: http://www.earthstronaut.org/ http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/nasa-p3-b-is-flying-as-part-of-the-arctas-mission Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:35:50 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/-apecs-workshop-in-new-zealand-30th-june-08---first-announcement Hi all, I am writing to announce that an APECS workshop entitled ‘Career paths for NZ http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/-apecs-workshop-in-new-zealand-30th-june-08---first-announcement Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:24:00 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-news-from-portugal Dear friends Great news from the tropics:) This last month we had the launch of various events that had major national impact: - Adventure book. We asked well-known writers that write children´s books (like "The famous five" of Enid Blyton) and working with young scientists, they took one adventure to the Antarctic. The launch was a massive success. - Exhibition linking Art and Science. Directed to the general public, this exhibition deals with questioning everyone about their own conceptions about the polar regions. - Scientists go to schools. Scientists and schools are working pretty well together and despite we were doing fieldwork very recently, we just returned to the schools to show our latest results. In the future, we are organizing a "Polar weekend" where young scientists will be providing workshops showing their work and it will be directed to schools pupils, teachers and families. We will keep you posted on the Science, Education and Outreach initiatives in Portugal... José Xavier and the LATITUDE60! team http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-news-from-portugal Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:45:11 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-outreach-activities Hi all, LOADS of really exciting activities are being developed by the Education and Outreach committee at the moment. These include developing a resource book with activities for both scientists and teachers, a polar youth forum, national workshops and meetings.. and plans for big celebrations in February. Our next call is tomorrow, Thursday April 10th., at UTC 1900. We'll be meeting by skype. if you'd like to join us, or learn more about this group, please email me and I'll tap you in! Rhian ipy.ras@gmail.com http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-outreach-activities Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:32:14 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-ipy-polar-youth-forum---policy-enthusiasts-and-translators-needed APECS is proposing an IPY Polar Youth Forum to be held in conjunction with the April 2009 Joint Arctic Council/Antarctic Treaty Meetings. The IPY Polar Youth Forum will bring youth from around the world to engage in polar issues, providing insight, motivation, skills, and a understanding of the importance of the Polar Regions in world affairs. Participants will develop the ideas and experience necessary to protect and manage the Polar Regions as unique and vital elements of the global community. The proposed forum format will see young delegates join their respective country delegations at the meetings as observers; participate in simulated Antarctic Treaty and Arctic Council meetings; produce a Polar Youth Declaration; attend side events (including Linking Science and Policy Making, Polar Connections, Youth and the Polar Regions, and Sustainable Polar Futures); and conduct post-forum outreach activities in their respective communities. The planning committee for the IPY Polar Youth Forum is looking for volunteer translators for the simple 2-page circular about this event. If you know a language other than English and are willing to provide a translation of the Polar Youth Forum Overview the planning committee would be very grateful. We hope to have this document available in as many languages as possible. Please email Amber Church (amber@alkhemedia.com) for a Word version of the text if you are able to provide a translation. For more information about the Forum in general, or to get involved, visit the website at: http://arcticportal.org/apecs/get-involved/ipy-polar-youth-forum or contact Amber Church at amber@alkhemedia.com. Note: Youth in this context refers to people under the age of 35, and above the age of 16. http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-ipy-polar-youth-forum---policy-enthusiasts-and-translators-needed Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:07:22 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/test Hoddi is testing the news page! http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/test Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:09:40 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/arctic-marine-science-planning-funding-available Application Deadline: Wednesday, 30 April 2008 For further information, please visit: http://www.aosb.org -------------------- The Arctic Ocean Sciences Board (AOSB) is pleased to announce the creation of funding to support participation of early career scientists in international arctic marine planning meetings. This new initiative, the New Research Generation (NRG), aims to promote the inclusion of early career arctic scientists and engineers in the arctic marine science planning process. It is AOSB's intent that through this project early career scientists will not only attend meetings, but will become involved in the planning process over the long-term, finding ways to contribute to their future as arctic researchers. Early Career Scientists are defined as individuals under 35 years old or individuals with less than 5 years experience since receiving their doctorate. International planning meetings are those aimed at developing plans for future research activities. Examples include the Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) workshops and Arctic Science Summit week (ASSW). International planning meetings are not open science conferences where papers on past research are presented. International planning meetings do not have to be specifically dedicated to marine research, but they should have some marine component. Individuals meeting requirements may apply for any international planning meeting occurring between 1 September 2008 and 31 March 2009. Applicants should submit a half page statement describing their motivation for attending the planning meeting, how doing so will advance his/her research goals in arctic marine sciences, and what long-term activities s/he hopes to engage in to facilitate international collaboration. A 2-page CV must also be submitted with the application. For complete application guidelines, please go to: http://www.aosb.org/pdf/announcement.pdf For more information on the AOSB please visit the AOSB website at: http://www.aosb.org. Applications should be submitted no later than Wednesday, 30 April 2008. Please submit applications with "NRG application" in the subject line to: NRG_application@aosb.org http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/arctic-marine-science-planning-funding-available Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:25:31 -0000 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/permafrost-workshop-article-in-eos http://arcticportal.org/apecs/documents/eos-permafrost-workshop.pdf http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/permafrost-workshop-article-in-eos Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:11:39 -0000 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-march-newsletter we are working on fixing the formatting of these news announcements, so please be patient :) Attached is the newsletter as a pdf or you can read the text below. APECS March 2008 Newsletter Spring is almost here for some of us, and others are bidding farewell to summer. The landscapes are changing. March brings with it the Changing Earth IPY Day, be sure to launch a balloon and participate. Please send any items or information for the next newsletter to APECSinfo@gmail.com by the 30th of March to be included in the next Newsletter. This newsletter can also be viewed on the APECS website at http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news. 1. Our Deepest Sympathies to our Antarctic Colleagues and their Friends and Families 2. UK Polar Network, APECS, and the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) in the News! 3. SCAR Fellowships Available 4. SCAR/IASC St Petersburg Conference Workshop Update 5. AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting Update 6. Education and Outreach Committee Update 7. APECS Partners with Global Youth Service Day 8. APECS Executive Meeting in Iceland 9. APECS participation on the Arctic Frontiers Conference and PhD workshop 10. University of the Arctic Newsletter Available 11. National Committee Information 12. Updates to the Website! 13. Get Involved! 14. Submitting information to the APECS Community 15. IPY and APECS Promotional Materials and Merchandise 1. Our Deepest Sympathies to our the Friends and Families of our Antarctic Colleagues APECS extends our deepest sympathies to the families and friends of those killed in the helicopter crash off the German Antarctic Base, Neumayer II. We wish the three injured, all young researchers a full and quick recovery. For more information see the press release from the Alfred Wegener Institute at http://tinyurl.com/2ajzhl 2. UK Polar Network, APECS, and the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) in the News! Young Researchers and our organizations are getting some great press lately! Check out a wonderful article on the UK Polar Network and their members at http://www.earthzine.org/. We also have an article in the American Geophysical Union (AGU) weekly publication EOS on the Permafrost Techniques Workshop held in conjunction with PYRN and the Otto-Schmidt Laboratory in St. Petersburg, Russia. If you are an AGU member you can log on and read it on their site, or you can go to the APECS News part of our website and read the pdf. Keep up the great work on publicizing our efforts to “Shape the Future of Polar Research”. If you have an article that you would like us to feature on our website and in the newsletter, send it to APECSinfo@gmail.com. 3. SCAR Fellowships Available SCAR is announcing the launch of its 2008-9 Fellowship Programme, which this year is in two parts: (i) the Standard SCAR Fellowship - for postgraduate and/or post-doctoral researchers from within the 34 SCAR Member countries to undertake research at an institute in another SCAR country. (ii) SCAR/IPF/IAI/UNEP Sixth Continent Initiative Fellowships - for postgraduate and/or post-doctoral researchers from within the 34 SCAR Member countries, or from non-traditional polar countries, to undertake research and development activities in the Antarctic. The SCAR Fellowship Programme is designed to encourage the active involvement of early career scientists and engineers in Antarctic scientific research, and to strengthen international capacity and cooperation in Antarctic research. Deadline for submissions is the 15th of May. Further details: http://www.scar.org/awards/fellowships/ 4. SCAR/IASC St Petersburg Conference July 8 to 11, 2008 APECS is hosting a free one-day professional development workshop prior to the joint SCAR/ IASC conference on the 7th July in St Petersburg. It's an international and multidisciplinary event aimed at early career researchers addressing key issues such as grant proposal writing, research productivity, communication and international collaboration with sessions run by leading polar researchers. Applications for funding are now closed, but people can still apply to attend the workshop. At this point we have 86 applicants from 20 countries. The selection committee will be meeting in the next two weeks and applicants that will receive funding will be notified by April 18th, before the early bird registration for the conference. 5. AGU Ocean Sciences APECS Meeting At last week's Ocean Sciences Meeting in Orlando, FL, a small but exquisite group of APECS members met over lunch and were joined by Christy Reed, freelance writer for Science Careers. In best networking fashion this meeting was all about building connections. We soon discovered how our research in completely different fields is linked not only by being polar but by the interplay of the different disciplines. The beauty of science! Thanks to the support of Alex Poulain, ASLO student representative (American Society of Limnology and Oceanography), we decided to work on links between ASLO and APECS. This will provide new opportunities for the marine and aquatic communities within APECS. We plan to have an APECS workshop, meeting or roundtable discussion at the ASLO summer meeting in St. John's, New Foundland in June. If you want to get involved and promote the marine and aquatic side of APECS, contact Angelika Renner (angelika.renner@polarnetwork.org) or Alex Poulain (poulain at mit.edu). 6. APECS Education and Outreach Committee Update The APECS Education and Outreach Committee held its first meeting of the year via conference call on the 25th February. This call was attended by 12 people representing and presenting activities from 10 national groups (Netherlands, Sweden, Canada, New Zealand, Alaska, UK, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Belgium) and including two new members to the group: Megan O'Sadnick and Ken Mankoff, both from the US. The main aim of the meeting was to reconnect the national outreach groups and to update each other on our activities, which include school visits, participation in science festivals, a time capsule project capturing the Arctic through the eyes of youth, workshops for young scientists, lab open days, an exhibition linking science and art, a tribal concert, high school student expeditions to the Antarctic, and videos. We also talked about international projects that the group will be involved with: IPY summer schools, Taking IT Global's climate campaign, IPY days and Global Youth Service Day. The group also discussed getting involved in organising celebrations to mark the end of IPY in 2009. To find out more about the activities mentioned above please read the meeting minutes (http://arcticportal.org/apecs/get-involved/committees/committees/education--outreach) or to join the APECS Education and Outreach Committee, contact Melianie or Rhian. 7. APECS Partners with Global Youth Service Day On April 25-28, 2008, millions of young people in more than 100 countries throughout the world will participate in the 20th annual Global Youth Service Day. As the largest service event in the world, this three-day event will mobilize youth to identify and address the world's most pressing problems, such as climate change, poverty, disease, disaster relief and prevention, violence, and more. Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) is a year-round effort to expand the impact of the youth service movement. The initiative launches new service organizations, policy changes, and sustainable service programs to create a culture of engaged youth. Internationally, Youth Service America works with the Global Youth Action Network as a key partner, along with an International Coordinating Committee of more than 40 members and over 100 national coordinating committees, to bring GYSD together. APECS has become a member of the International Coordinating Committee, a consortium of prestigious international organizations that contribute their extensive international presence, offer experience and connections to broaden GYSD's impact, and evaluate its development as an international event. This new partnership has provided several exciting opportunities to APECS. GYSD distributes a weekly briefing worldwide to over 45,000 subscribers highlighting upcoming events, initiatives, opportunities to get involved in programs and news. If anyone within APECS has an item they wish to have distributed through this media please contact APECS's liason to GYSD, Amber Church (amber@alkhemedia.com). GYSD provides microgrants ($500 US) to organizations internationally to aid with projects that further the overall goals of the organization. They have an extensive online resource centre that provides toolkits that many APECS members may find useful. Examples of toolkits available include fundraising, working with the media, connecting to politicians and advocacy. GYSD would like to bring polar issues and climate change to the forefront of their program for this coming year. To further this goal GYSD is hoping that national APECS organizations will take up the challenge of becoming lead organizations or local organizers for this year's GYSD. Lead organizations will help to coordinate GYSD within their country and report on its success, while local organizers will focus on a local event and report their results to their nation's lead organization. This is a fantastic opportunity for national APECS organizations to help the world in celebrating youth volunteerism and bring attention to polar issues while recruiting new members for their organizations. Please visit www.gysd.org to access tools to help you plan your project, find grants to support your planning efforts, and to register your organization as Global Youth Service Day participant. To apply to be a lead organizations or local organizer go to: http://www.gysd.net/apply. For more information on GYSD or its partnership with APECS, please contact Amber Church (amber@alkhemedia.com). 8. APECS Executive Committee Meeting in Iceland The APECS Executive Committee met in Akureyri, Iceland March 2 through the 6th. We were joined by Dave Carlson, Halldor Johannsson, members of the IPY Iceland Committee, University of Akureyri, the Town of Akureyri, and other partners. In a few days of intense discussions, we completed the first draft of our organization’s Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure, which will be open for discussion on the website forum until the first week in April. The APECS Council will vote on these important documents in April. We have also started to forumulate a strageic vision for APECS and in consultation with the advisory committee have discussed the need for organizational stability, an APECS International Directorate Office, and partnerships with other polar organizations for legal and financial management. We will be sending out a separate email on the details of this meeting shortly. It was also decided at this meeting that APECS will not have council meeting prior to the SCAR/IASC Open Science Conference, but rather have a meeting during the week to increase attendance and recruit new memebers. This meeting will include information about APECS and our activies, and the new structure of the Open Council. If you are interested in attending this meeting, please contact Jenny Baeseman. Our deepest gratitude to Halldor Johannsson of the Arctic Portal and Teikn Design for making this meeting possible. We would also like to extend our thanks to the University of Akureyri, the Town of Akureyri, the Northern Research Forum, IPY Iceland Committee, the Icelandic Research Council, and Ragnar Baldursson for your generous hospitatlity and interest in our organization. 9. APECS participation on the Arctic Frontiers Conference and PhD workshop The Arctic Frontiers Conference is a new arena for cross-disciplinary discussions between scientists, politicians, organizations and the public with an Arctic perspective. The thematic focus of the conference changes from year to year, with the common feature that is a hot topic for the environment, humans, politics and development in the northernmost regions of the world. The conference is built upon an initial political conference, followed by a scientific conference. The 2nd annual Arctic Frontiers conference was hosted by the University of Tromsø in January 2008, organized and financed by stakeholders from the private and public sector. The political conference was dedicated to the associations between Arctic oil and gas activities and environmental challenges, society, socioeconomics and indigenous peoples. In addition, recent findings on the impact of climate changes on glaciers and permafrost were reviewed. The Scientific conference included the presentation of the scientific findings of the “Assessment of Oil and Gas Activities in the Arctic”, coordinated by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program AMAP), a permanent working group of the Arctic Council, which was completed in 2007. This was supplemented by invited oral and poster presentations, For the 2nd year in a row, a PhD workshop was run parallel with the conference, allowing early career scientists with arctic research perspectives to present their work through poster presentations and to network and learn from senior scientists. One of the goals for the PhD workshop is to build interdisciplinary and multinational connections, creating an inspiring and energetic mixture of natural and social scientists from many countries in the northern hemisphere. The participants followed both parts of the conference, continued by an intensive workshop after the main conference, where students worked in groups with senior mentors on topics related to the conference focus. The student feedback from the two first PhD workshops have been extremely positive and early career scientist should definitively join in on the third one in 2009! The Arctic Frontiers Conference has shown to be an important site for knowledge transfer and networking. This year, both the President (Kriss Rokkan Iversen) and the Director of APECS (Jenny Baeseman) found their way to Tromsø in January. They used their time well and extended the APECS network in many directions. The word of APECS was spread to polictial bodies, as well as the most important group for APECS - the early career scientists. Several APECS members participated in the PhD workshop and hopefully some new ones were recruited! APECS has been approached to help sponsor the PhD workshop next year. If you are interested in helping, please contact Kriss or Jenny. The beautiful surroundings of Tromsø and its vibrant social and cultural scene enhanced the quality of the conference. As one APECS member so neatly put it: “The Arctic Frontier Conference is not just a conference; it is an experience!” 10. University of the Arctic Newsletter Available The University of the Arctic (UArctic) is a cooperative network of universities, colleges, and other organizations committed to higher education and research in the North. Members share resources, facilities, and expertise to build post-secondary education programs that are relevant and accessible to northern students. The overall goal is to create a strong, sustainable circumpolar region by empowering northerners and northern communities through education and shared knowledge. They promote education that is circumpolar, interdisciplinary, and diverse in nature, and draw on our combined strengths to address the unique challenges of the region. The University of the Arctic recognizes the integral role of indigenous peoples in northern education, and seeks to engage their perspectives in all of its activities. To read their latest newsletter: http://www.uarctic.org/newsListing.aspx?m=83 11. National Committee Updates NEW ZEALAND Workshop for students and early career polar researchers Monday 30th June 2008, University of Otago Career Paths in NZ Polar Research: from student to PI As part of the Antarctica New Zealand’s Annual Conference, a morning workshop is being held for students and early career polar researchers to provide an informal venue for this group to network. The workshop will take the form of a panel discussion, drawing on the experience of Antarctic scientists at various stages in their careers to talk openly about the challenges and rewards of career paths in polar research. The focus will be on the transition from student to PI and how this process is supported in New Zealand. This is a great opportunity to make contacts with other students as well as established polar experts, and to share and form new ideas about how to continue our careers in the Polar Regions. Registration for the workshop will begin in May as part of the registration process for Antarctica New Zealand’s Annual Conference. All welcome from students to established scientists. For more information about the workshop, please contact Mélianie Raymond. In association with APECS, Antarctica New Zealand, and the University of Otago Polar Environments Research Theme. SWEDEN The Swedish APECS group will be hosting an Interdisciplinary Science Workshop from 7-9 May, 2008 to be held in the Stockholm archipelago, on Utö. The workshop will be open to early career scientists that are active at Swedish Universities, or Swedish people who are active with research in other countries. The workshop is funded by the Swedish IPY committee and all costs for participants will be covered by our organization. To date, we received 16 applications and happily, able to accept everyone. Together with the organizers, we will be 22 people at the workshop. We will continue working on finalizing the program. For more information or if you want to get involved, contact Arvid Bring (arvid.bring@natgeo.su.se). 12. Updates to the Website! Thanks to the wonderful staff at Teikn Design, we have been able to make a number of updates to our website which make it more functional, dynamic and informative. There will be more changes in the near future. Please stop by our site and check out the updates! http://arcticportal.org/apecs Our website site is hosted through in-kind support from the Arctic Portal, managed by Halldor Johannsson of Iceland. We are very grateful for this support and all the hours of hard work these folks are putting in to help us maintain our on-line community and connections to our members around the world. 13. Submitting information to the APECS Community If you have information you would like distributed to the APECS community, please send it to APECSinfo@gmail.com and it will be passed along. Also, feel free to add items to the APECS news section of the website. 14. Get Involved! We are always interested in learning where APECS members are going and what they are working on. If you are organizing an event for young researchers or want to get together at an upcoming meeting, let us know and we can help you plan an event. Along these lines, opportunities to represent APECS at various meetings or in other ways are always popping up. If you are going to a specific conference or would like to represent APECS at a meeting, in your country, etc, please email Jenny Baeseman and express your interests. If you would like to become more involved in any of the APECS international or regional working groups, please visit arcticportal.org/apecs/get-involved or contact the APECS Director, Jenny Baeseman. 15. IPY and APECS Promotional Materials and Merchandise So you eat, sleep and breath polar research and by extension, the International Polar Year (IPY) - now you can wear it! APECS, together with the International Polar Year International Program Office, has created an online store for IPY and APECS gear. All profits go towards supporting early career researchers and increasing polar literacy! Show your support for the IPY, young researchers, and polar literacy by visiting: http://www.cafepress.com/ipy. For more information please contact APECS. We know all of you want to help spread the word about our organization and advertise in your departments, at meetings, on your websites, and wherever. We have provided you with some materials that you can use for those purposes. You will find several large format and smaller format posters, quarter sheet hand-outs and bookmarks that you can print and distribute at http://arcticportal.org/root/home/apecs/resources/apecs-promotional-materials. Contact Information Dr. Jenny Baeseman Director - Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) ARCUS Program Development Coordinator International Arctic Research Center University of Alaska - Fairbanks 930 Koyukuk Drive, PO Box 757340 Fairbanks, AK 99775-7340 Office: 907-474-1963 jbaeseman@gmail.com skype: jbaeseman http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-march-newsletter Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:37:07 -0000 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/changing-earth-ipy-day2 Dear Colleagues, The next International Polar Day, focussing on our Changing Earth, is in two weeks. We have prepared a number of webpages, resources, and links to relevant IPY science. These can all be accessed from the link on IPY.org (top right), or directly at http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/earth/ There are also three aspects of particular interest that I hope you can inform your networks about: 1. EDUCATIONAL FLYERS Flyers can be downloaded from the educators page at http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/earth_educators Information flyers about the science being discussed are available in 9 languages:English, Russian, Portugese, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Inuktitut, and Arabic. Educational flyers encouraging participation in the Day and suggesting a simple classroom activity are available in 19 languages: Russian, Polish, Spanish, Afrikaans, Malay, German, Swedish, Danish, English, Dutch, Portugese, French, Finnish, Norwegian, Chinese, Inuktitut, Japanese, Arabic, and Italian. Please download and distribute the appropriate flyer across your networks. Alternatively, I am happy to send you the relevant flyer for your language (I have NOT attached to this mail as they are 1MB each).Many thanks to the many volunteers who helped make these translations. 2. LAUNCH A VIRTUAL BALLOON We encourage everyone, whether IPY participant, journalist, teacher, student, or other enthusiast, to launch a balloon and show your IPY participation. This is one of the few global IPY initiatives that provides feedback about which areas we are accessing, and so helps us develop our future programmes. The page is already active so have a try now,- and ask students to launch a balloon after learning something about the polar regions. Simple instructions, and the interactive map, can be found at http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/changing_earth_launch_a_virtual_balloon/ Incase of technical difficulties, you can alternatively email ipy.balloon@gmail.com with details of name, location (lat, lon or town, country), and IPY message. There might, however, be a delay of up to 48 hours before this balloon is launched. Please also consider acting as a local contact for your area and either launching the balloons yourself, or forwarding these details to the above address. 3. LIVE EVENTS Four live events will be occurring to celebrate this Day. Full details of these activities, and how to join, can be found at http://www.ipy.org/index.php?ipy/detail/changing_earth_live_events/ First Event: World Ocean Observatory Technology required: internet and computer with sound Time: March 12, 2008 @ 01.00.00 UTC Second Event: ARCUS PolarTrec Live From IPY Technology required: phone (minimum) and internet (optional) Time: March 12, 2008 between 18.00 - 20.00 UTC Third Event; IGLO/NASA videoconferencing I Technology required: turn up to one of the local science centres in Mexico, Beijing, & Melbourne, or watch the webcast. Time: midnight UTC (night of March 12th, morning March 13th) Fourth Event; IGLO/NASA videoconferencing II Technology required: turn up to one of the local science centres in Chicago, Cardiff, Lisbon, Egypt, and Cape Town, or watch the webcast. Time: 13.00 UTC March 13th We hope you, and your networks, will enjoy the day and Get Involved! Please contact me if you have any questions best wishes, Rhian and the IPY Education and Outreach Team Dr Rhian A Salmon IPY Education and Outreach Coordinator ipy.ras@gmail.com +44 (0) 7711181509 AIM / skype: rhiansalmon International Polar Year: www.ipy.org http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/changing-earth-ipy-day2 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:12:38 -0000 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-education-and-outreach-conference-call-invitation We'd like to have a call this Monday for APECS/YSC members around the world to touch base about what we have all been up to lately, and talk about some cool stuff that's coming up. I hope you can join us at: Monday Alaska 1030, east coast 1430, UK 1930, europe 2030, NZ Tuesday 0830 We will meet by skype. If I don't know it already, send me your skypename or skype me at: rhiansalmon. If the call line is terrible, I will try and arrange back up numbers. Agenda: Chair: Melianie/Rhian - updates from participants/countries (Melianie) - summer schools (James) - Global Youth Service Day (?) and Discovery Conference components (Amber) - IPY Day (Rhian) - APECS EOC webpage (Jenny) - End of IPY celebrations (Rhian/Melianie) - Strasbourg IPY EOC meeting (Rhian) March 17-20. - call for co-chairs? - AOB - next call cheers! Rhian Dr Rhian A Salmon IPY Education and Outreach Coordinator ipy.ras@gmail.com +44 (0) 7711181509 AIM / skype: rhiansalmon http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-education-and-outreach-conference-call-invitation Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:44:23 -0000 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/governor-cites-kus-contributions-in-proclaiming-polar-education-day Feb. 18, 2008 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/governor-cites-kus-contributions-in-proclaiming-polar-education-day Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:42:32 -0000 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/changing-earth-ipy-day Dear colleagues, The next IPY Day, focusing on our Changing Earth, will occur on March 12th, 2008. Full details, contacts, activities, events, and resources can be found on the Changing Earth page at http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/earth including flyers and summary sheets in multiple languages and details of four live events that will connect students to polar scientists in time-zones around the world. There is also an announcement about this on the homepage of IPY.org at: http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/march_12th_the_next_ipy_day_changing_earth/ I attach the english summary for you,- please circulate widely and encourage your networks to get involved and launch a virtual balloon! Best wishes, and thanks as ever for your support and involvement Rhian http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/changing-earth-ipy-day Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:17:35 -0000 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-council-meeting APECS Council Meeting http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-council-meeting Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:28:25 -0000 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-february-newsletter The light is returning to the Arctic and starting to fade from the Antarctica, and APECS members have been very busy! As always, we would love to hear about local meetings, opportunities, activities, and developments. Please send any items or information for the next newsletter to APECSinfo@gmail.com by the 28th of February to be included in the next Newsletter. This newsletter can also be viewed on the APECS website at http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news. 1. APECS Meeting at AGU Ocean Sciences 2. SCAR/IASC St Petersburg Conference July 8 to 11, 2008 3. International Glaciological Society supports APECS Early Career Researchers 4. IPY and APECS Promotional Materials and Merchandise 5. IASC’s Review and Strategy Report Meeting Summary 6. Antarctic Treaty Summit 7. APECS Environmental and Social Responsibilities Committee Update 8. New Vision for the Polar Discovery Conference 9. National Committee Information 10. APECS Executive Meeting in Iceland 11. Submitting information to the APECS Community 12. Get Involved! http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-february-newsletter Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:55:40 -0000 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/field-techniques-in-interdisciplinary-sea-ice-research *Course Announcement: Field techniques in interdisciplinary sea-ice research * Sea Ice Field Course Announcement, University of Alaska Fairbanks & Hokkaido University Field techniques in interdisciplinary sea-ice research 17-28 May 2008 Barrow, Alaska, USA For course and registration information please visit: _http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/research/seaicebiota/barrowcourse/_ For further information please contact: Hajo Eicken (_hajo.eicken@ gi.alaska.edu_) Rolf Gradinger (_rgradinger@ ims.uaf.edu_) University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA Kunio Shirasawa (_kunio@ lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp_) Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan University of Alaska Fairbanks and Hokkaido University announce a sea-ice field course that is open to graduate-level students and post-graduate professionals from relevant fields; openings may also exist for a small number of advanced undergraduate students with appropriate background with permission from the instructors. The course offers a hands-on introduction to the principal field techniques employed in sea-ice studies of an interdisciplinary (geophysical-biogeochemical) nature. The course focuses on sea ice as an instructive example of the close intertwining between ocean, ice and biosphere processes and humans in the polar regions. The use of the ice cover by different stakeholders in the context of research program design will receive particular attention. The course will consist mostly of field- and lab-based instruction with some introductory lectures and evening seminars/discussions. In the spirit of the International Polar Year, the instructor team includes recognized experts from a number of different nations who will lead different course modules (see web site for details). Tuition for the course includes University registration fees and a $500 course fee (modest support may be available to help a very small number of students who may be lacking funds participate in the course, see course application documents). Prior to final registration, applications will be reviewed by the instructors (submission deadline February 22, for details see course web site) with the selection of course participants to be announced in early March. http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/field-techniques-in-interdisciplinary-sea-ice-research Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:37:10 -0000 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/ipy-and-apecs-merchandise So you eat, sleep and breath polar research and by extension, the International Polar Year (IPY) - now you can wear! The International Polar Year International Program Office, together with the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists, has put together an online store for IPY and APECS gear. All profits go towards supporting early career researchers and increasing polar literacy! Show your support for the IPY, young researchers, and polar literacy by visiting: http://www.cafepress.org/ipy For more information please contact APECS at APECSinfo (at) gmail.com http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/ipy-and-apecs-merchandise Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:21:44 -0000 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/new-masters-program-in-circumpolar-health New Master's Program in Circumpolar Health and Well-being University of Oulu, Finland, and Partner Universities Application Deadline: Monday, 31 March 2008 For further information, please go to: http://arctichealth.oulu.fi/suomi/maisterikoulu.html or contact: Kirsi Latola E-mail: Kirsi.latola@oulu.fi -------------------- The new Master's Program in Circumpolar Health and Well-being (MCH) is an international two-year program open for students holding a Bachelor degree or equivalent in Health Sciences. MCH is established and managed in collaboration by the following partner universities: University of Oulu, Finland (Centre for Arctic Medicine and Department of Health Sciences); Center for Health Education, Greenland/University of Southern Denmark; Lulea University of Technology, Sweden; Northern State Medical University, Russia; Pomor State University, Russia; University of Lapland, Finland; and University of Manitoba, Canada. Northern environment places specific demands on the delivery of health care and well-being services in the North. The ongoing changes in climate, environment, and social structures have significant influence on the health and well-being of Northern residents, as well as on cultures across the borders in the Northern region. MCH graduates will be capable to act as professionals in multidisciplinary fields of health and well-being, e.g., administrative and managerial positions in health care services and health promotion, as well as in education, development, planning, and research. The program consists of an online course package, on-site studies, exchange period, and theses. The minimum requirement for studies at the University of Oulu is 15 ECTS. Program has no tuition fees, however students are responsible for their own living costs. The application deadline is Monday, 31 March 2008. For further information, including application instructions please go to: http://arctichealth.oulu.fi/suomi/maisterikoulu_howtoapply.html http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/new-masters-program-in-circumpolar-health Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:55:37 -0000 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/uk-polar-network-newsletter Check out all the things we are doing in the UK at: <http://www.polarnetwork.org/newsletter/jan2008.pdf> IThe newsletter covers our activities since September, and some of what we have planned. Thanks to Helen Freeman and Sinhue http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/uk-polar-network-newsletter Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:38:58 -0000 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-meetup-at-ocean-sciences If you are planning to attend the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2008 in March and you'd like to meet up with other APECS members during that week drop Angelika a line! Following the spirit of the previous meeting at the AGU FM 2007, it has been suggested that we have a social gathering to keep/get the networking and community building and socialising going. Suggestions for a time and a pub or other meeting places are welcome! Send an email to angelika.renner( at )polarnetwork.org http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-meetup-at-ocean-sciences Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:09:12 -0000 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/tepo-yamburg-summer-field-course TEPO (Technical-Environmental Permafrost Observatories)–Yamburg is the summer field course in West Siberia and consist of series of research sites along a north-south transect on the Tazovskiy Peninsula, from the southern limit of discontinuous permafrost near the city of Novyi Urengoi to the continuous zone at the industry camp of Yamburg. The course objectives are studying of permafrost and impact assessment on it from different natural factors, including climate warming and also analysis of geoecology problems. The course works are including daily lectures prepared by instructors and students, covering a wide range of topics (with the main theme – permafrost); field works; excursions to the major gas fields (Yamburg, Yubileinoe, and Zapolyarnoe) and associated industrial complexes and settlements. The course program is consist of five major blokes: 1. Regional specific features of West Siberia cryolythozone 2. Cryogenic process 3. Monitoring research of permafrost 4. Cryogenic soil 5. Permafrost engineering and problems of development in permafrost regions. Course is planned for August 05 – 26, 2008. Group starts at: Dept. of Cryolithology and Glaciology, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov State University Moscow, State Oil and Gas University Tumen. Planned costs (for one person after arrive in Moscow) max 740 min 350 A detailed schedule is attached below For further information please contact us: Valeri Grebenets, Department of Cryolithology and Glaciology Geography Faculty, Moscow State University E-mail: vgreb@inbox.ru http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/tepo-yamburg-summer-field-course Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:38:52 -0000 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-january-newsletter Happy New Year! This is the first of our monthly newsletters that we hope to send out to keep you informed about APECS activities. We would love to hear about local meetings, opportunities, activities, and developments. Please send any items or information for the next newsletter to APECSinfo at gmail.com by the 25th of January to be included in the next Newsletter. 1. APECS website updates and plans 2. SCAR/IASC St Petersburg Conference July 8 to 11, 2008 3. AGU APECS Meeting 4. Permafrost Meeting, St Petersburg, December 2007 5. PIM XXXII ‘Pacem in Maribus’ Conference 2007, International Ocean Institute, in Malta 6. Planning for the Arctic Ocean Sciences Board Young Researchers Travel Scholarships Committee 7. APECS Finances Update 8. National Committee Information 9. Everything you ever needed to know about APECS 10. Get Involved! 11. Special thanks to ARCUS and IARC for support of the APECS International Secretariat Office http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs-january-newsletter Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:58:03 -0000 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs--fall-agu Open Meeting Announcement Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2007 Fall Meeting San Francisco, California When: Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. Where: Marriott Hotel, Sierra A (5th floor) -------------------- The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) will hold an informational meeting and roundtable discussion at the 2007 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco, California. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, 12 December 2007, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. at the San Francisco Marriott Hotel, Sierra A (5th floor). Participation from undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and new faculty is sought. APECS also encourages senior polar researchers interested in mentoring young researchers and the organization to attend. Bring your lunch and join APECS for a roundtable discussion on issues important to early career polar researchers and those that would like to begin a career in cryospheric science. APECS is an international and interdisciplinary organization for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, early faculty members, and educators with interests in polar regions and the cryosphere. APECS provides networking and career development opportunities to raise the profile of polar research by developing effective leaders in education and outreach, and stimulating interdisciplinary and international research collaborations. APECS builds on extensive national and disciplinary networks to develop integrated research directions, meet career development needs, and communicate the urgencies of polar science to a worldwide audience. The meeting at AGU will consist of a short presentation on recent activities of the group including a recap of the first APECS planning meeting held in Stockholm in September where APECS merged with the national committees formed from IPY Project 168, the International Youth Steering Committee. The meeting will also feature discussion of the recent Permafrost Techniques workshop held in conjunction with the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) and the Otto-Schmidt Laboratory for Polar and Marine Research in St. Petersburg, Russia, as well as the upcoming New Generation of Polar Researchers Symposium and a career development workshop planned for the SCAR/IASC Open Science Meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, in July 2008. APECS will also discuss a number of upcoming changes in the organization, as well as host a roundtable discussion on early career polar researcher needs. This event is open to all who are interested in polar research. APECS would like to gather as much input from early career and senior researchers as possible to help plan the next steps of its growing organization. A number of new professional development tools are planned and APECS requests input to assure the community's needs are met. Individuals who are unable to attend the meeting at AGU but would like to provide input are invited to contact Jenny Baeseman, APECS Director, at: baeseman@arcus.org. http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/apecs--fall-agu Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:59:31 -0000 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/hello-ysc-national-committees-leaders-and-apecs-members Hello YSC National Committees Leaders and APECS Members, http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/hello-ysc-national-committees-leaders-and-apecs-members Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:08:03 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/web-site-issues We are currently working to bring the web site up to speed. There may be issues with registering and/or logging in, and we are working to fix this. Please keep checking back. If you have any questions please email Peter DiFiore (pdifiore at princeton.edu). http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/web-site-issues Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:08:03 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/august-apecs-activity-report2 Hi Everyone, Below is a list of all the things APECS has been up to in the past few months. It is quite a long list, but it is really important that all of you take a few moments to read through it. We are looking for input into our current activities. We have a lot going on and need additional people to help form the direction of this organization. If you are interested in getting more involved in APECS, please contact us at APECSinfo@gmail.com Thanks! Jenny and Hugues August 2007 Activities Report 1 Mission statement http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/august-apecs-activity-report2 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:08:03 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/1st-apecs/ysc-planning-meeting The IPY office has received corporate sponsorship for the 1st APECS/YSC Planning Meeting for Early Career Scientists. To view meeting details and learn more, click here. For those of you who cannot make the meeting, but wish you could, we will be having a live webcast of part of the meeting on Saturday, Septebmer 29th at 0700UTC. More details to come. Thanks http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/1st-apecs/ysc-planning-meeting Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:08:03 +0100 http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/new-website-thanks-to-the-arctic-portal If you have checked the APECS website lately, you have probably noticed that you now land on a brand new APECS website when you type in the old URL in your browser. You can now access the APECS website at http://www.kent.edu/polar and/or http://arcticportal.org/apecs http://arcticportal.org/apecs/apecs-news/apecs-news/new-website-thanks-to-the-arctic-portal Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:08:03 +0100