The Alfred Wegener Institute is setting up the first cross-institutional centre of excellence for questions about the Arctic To be able to offer…

The Korea Polar Research Institute will hold the 23rd International Symposium on Polar Sciences in Incheon, the Republic of Korea on May 17-18, 2017.…

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) has announced that Dr. Allen Pope will be IASC´s new Executive Secretary as of 01. January 2017.

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research recently announced that the APECS International Directorate will be hosted by AWI at its research centre in Potsdam, Germany for five years from February 2017.

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), in cooperation with the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), invites Early Career Scientists (ECS) to apply for the IASC Fellowship Program 2017.

The organizers of POLAR2018 are now accepting session proposals for the joint SCAR and IASC Open Science Conference “Where the Poles meet“, which will be held on 19 - 23 June 2018 in DAVOS, Switzerland. Deadline for session proposals is 30 November 2016.

Asian Forum of Polar Sciences (AFoPS) has published a newsletter with articles on the future of AFoPS and significant ASIAN polar activities.

Dr. Ho-Il Yoon will replace Dr. Yeadong Kim as the President of KOPRI from 1. August 2016.

Nature Canada has published its Polar Continental Shelf Program Science Report 2015 presenting results of their logistical support for leading-edge scientific research in Canada and its Arctic.