WHAT DOES APECS DO?

We are an active group of over 700 young researchers from around the globe, working together to accomplish our goal through the following activities:

• Providing opportunities for early career researchers to work with senior researchers on polar science planning activities and developing mentoring relationships
• Hosting career development workshops, networking and round table sessions at national and international meetings together with senior mentors
• Maintaining a website with current job opportunities, upcoming polar events, a discussion forum for idea exchange, photo gallery and recent cryosphere journal publications and popular press articles
• Distributing a newsletter with new information from the website, other opportunities and career development advice from international senior researchers
• Working with polar institutions, organizations and projects to share resources to develop a Polar Career Development Guide
• Providing access to education and outreach materials generated by early career researchers that can be used for teaching polar science to a variety of age groups, concentrating on building up resources for use in tertiary education
• Remaining flexible to adapt new programs and initiatives to meet the needs of our members