Past Events

Join the U.S. National Ice Center for an overview of the products and resources offered by this multi-agency organization.

The U.S. National Ice Center provides global-to-tactical-scale ice and snow products, ice forecasting, and other environmental intelligence services. Center Director CDR

During the Third Polar Data Forum (PDF) held in Helsinki in November of 2019, members of the Polar Data Community gathered to share information and knowledge and to make practical progress towards greater data sharing and interoperability. PDF III followed on a series of meetings that have resulted

The tools and techniques for making monthly and season scale climate forecasts are rapidly changing, with the potential to provide useful forecasts at the month and longer range. We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction

New to the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee and have questions about how this interagency body works? Join us for a 30-minute webinar introduction to IARPC and IARPC Collaborations. This webinar will include an overview of IARPC member agencies, the current Arctic Research Plan, the

The Inspiring Girls* Expedition program seeks 16 and 17-year-old girls for tuition-free mini-research expeditions to study at the elbows of glaciologists, oceanographers, artists, and other professionals. Girls on Ice is the original expedition where girls study glaciers, volcanoes, and the alpine

The IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology (NAG) invites you to a short online meeting. The meeting will start with three invited 30-minute presentations within the theme glacier – atmosphere interactions:

1. Koji Fujita (Nagoya University, Japan) - Physically based summer

Speakers:

- Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Rick Lader, International Arctic Research Center (IARC) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Jeremy Littell, Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center (USGS)

In the

Join Ed Bowlby, retired Marine Biologist, as he shares stories and photos from some of his marine mammal research and adventures in the Arctic, Antarctic, West Coast, and tropics. Over his multi-decade career Ed has investigated a variety of marine mammals ranging from Hawaiian monk seals to sea

International Glaciological Society Global Seminar:

Speaking: Regine Hock, University of Oslo, "Assessing and Projecting Global Glacier Mass Changes".

Please register in advance for the seminars. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining

The next SO-CHIC webinar will be 'Ocean Variabilities in the Southern Weddell Sea', with Shenjie Zhou (British Antarctic Survey, UK), Svein Østerhus (NORCE, Norway), Andrew Meijers (British Antarctic Survey, UK) and Casimir de Lavergne (Sorbonne Université, France). The webinar will discuss long

The planning of the 2021 field season is well underway, and several important Synoptic Arctic Survey (SAS) cruises will take place.

On this occasion we would like to invite you to join the SAS January Webinar, where we will be learning about some of these cruises, and the finer details that

Learn about the current status and future of cultural heritage protection in the Arctic region by participating in this virtual event.

Rapid changes in the Arctic pose many challenges and opportunities to cultural heritage protection in the region. Climate change and increased human activity in

*At the moment POAC 2021 is planned as online conference. In case the situation will be developed in a positive way, we will change the format into on-site / hybrid format. The Organizing Committee has been closely and continuously monitoring the COVID19 situation as it has developed both globally

The Joint Science Education Project (JSEP) is an international collaboration between Greenland, the United States, and Denmark to educate and train the next generation of polar and STEM professionals.

JSEP is currently seeking applications from U.S. high school students currently in 11th grade

For public safety and health reasons, the 88th Annual Meeting of the Western Snow Conference will be held in a virtual format. The virtual format this year provides a unique opportunity to increase participation, particularly among those who would otherwise be unable to attend due to financial

Arctic Frontiers 2021 goes digital!

The COVID-19 crisis continues to change the world, including the Arctic. What the effects will be remains unclear. In these uncertain times, one thing we know for sure is that Arctic Frontiers 2021 will be different. While we believe now more than ever in

The International Association for Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) is soliciting nominations for the IACS 2020 Early Career Scientist (ECS) Prize. The IACS ECS Prize is a bi-annual cash prize of € 1000 awarded to two early career scientists who have published the best scientific papers on a cryospheric

Due to the continued uncertainties created by the pandemic, we have made the decision, like many other events in 2021, to move the IBFRA 2021 Conference to an entirely online format. The dates for the conference remain unchanged, August 16-20, 2021.

This year's conference is all virtual, so

The long awaited multidisciplinary SIOS workshop on snow research in Svalbard will be held online 1-3 & 5 February. Registration is free and now open! Join us for 4 exciting mornings with focus on snow observations and research, technology development and many other topics.

Snow covers all of