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Celebrate Antarctica Day on December 1, 2017!

Join the celebration of this unique part of our world. There are numerous events planned around the world and anyone can participate.

Antarctica Day activities as well as the virtual balloon launch can be found at Our Spaces (see link above).

PolarTREC Alumni Armando Caussade is hosting the first ever Antarctica Day celebration in Puerto Rico!

Despite the post-hurricane issues, Armando was able to obtain approval from Metropolitan University to hold a three-hour event geared towards a small number of graduate students attending the university. The event will feature a talk on the Antarctic treaty, short documentaries on Antarctica and Antarctic science (including Dr. Jim Madsen's "Chasing the Ghost Particle), plus his own experience with PolarTREC. There will be a round table discussion with students for them to share their opinions.

You can read all about Armando's experience working with the IceCube project:
https://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/ice-cube-neutrino-observatory-2014

You can also download his book, A Puerto Rican in the South Pole:
https://www.polartrec.com/resources/article/a-puerto-rican-in-the-south…

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Modeling Sub-team will host a webinar on High-Resolution Arctic Models. The webinar will be hosted via Zoom Video Conferencing and is open to the public.

This webinar will include three presentations. Eric Chassignet, Florida State University, will focus on the ocean models; Steve Cavallo, University of Oklahoma, will focus on atmosphere modeling; and Wieslaw Maslowski, Naval Postgraduate School, will focus on the coupled system models.

For questions, contact:
Emily Osbourne
Email: emily.osborne [at] noaa.gov

ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar Series
Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS)

Date: Thursday, 30 November 2017 at 12:00-1:00 p.m. EST
Speaker: Courtney Carothers (University of Alaska Fairbanks) and Laura Zanotti (Purdue University)
Presentation Title: In a Climate of Change: Co-producing knowledge and community-researcher relationships in the Leadership and Strength project in Utqiagvik, Alaska

To register for the event, go to:
https://www.arcus.org/research-seminar-series

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar Series event featuring Courtney Carothers (University of Alaska Fairbanks) and Laura Zanotti (Purdue University). The event will be held in the ARCUS D.C. office at 1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. on Thursday, 30 November 2017 at 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET.

This seminar will also be available as a webinar live-stream for those unable to attend in person.

Registration is required for this event.

The ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar Series brings leading Arctic researchers to Washington, D.C. to share the latest findings and what they mean for decision-making. These seminars will be of interest to federal agency officials, congressional staff, non-governmental organizations, associations, and the public.

This seminar titled "In a Climate of Change: Co-producing knowledge and community-researcher relationships in the Leadership and Strength project in Utqiagvik, Alaska" will discuss best practices for social science environmental research programs that operate at the nexus of conservation, community-directed heritage efforts, community-based practice, and multi-institutional partnerships.

Courtney Carothers is an Associate Professor of Fisheries in the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She is an environmental anthropologist currently researching how fishery systems are being remade by enclosure and privatization processes and the total environment of change facing Arctic Indigenous communities. Her work explores human-environment relationships, cultural values, equity, and well-being. She has co-edited two books and published over 30 articles and book chapters on these topics. She currently serves on a number of boards and working groups, including: the SEARCH (Study of Environmental Arctic Change) Science Steering Committee, the North Pacific Research Board Science Panel, the Alaska Sustainable Salmon Fund Expert Panel, the State of Alaska's Salmon and People.

Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Purdue University and holds a PhD from the University of Washington. She also has affiliations with the Center for the Environment, American Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies, and the Climate Change Research Center. Zanotti is an environmental anthropologist and interdisciplinary social scientist whose research program partners with communities to better understand how local, mostly rural, livelihoods and well-being can be sustained for future generations. Using a feminist political ecology framework, Zanotti maps out spatial inequalities and injustices experienced by resource-dependent communities and highlights local creativity in the context of acute change. In all of her work she stitches together insights from visual anthropology and engaged anthropology to create collaborative and meaningful projects. Her work has resulted in over ten published articles, an edited volume with Routledge, and several book chapters. Her book, Radical Territories in the Brazilian Amazon: the Kayapo’s Fight for Just Livelihoods, was recently published by the University of Arizona press. Zanotti’s research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and Purdue University.

This event is a brown-bag lunch that will be held in the ARCUS D.C. office (1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C. Fourth Floor). Cookies and beverages will be provided.

A live webinar is also available to those unable to attend in person. Instructions for accessing the event online will be sent to webinar registrants prior to the event.

For those of you on Twitter, we also invite you to join us in live-tweeting the event using the hashtag #arcuswebinar.

For more information and to register for the event, go to:
https://www.arcus.org/research-seminar-series.

For questions, contact:
Brit Myers
Email: brit [at] arcus.org

We invite registrations and abstract submissions to the International Conference on Snow Hydrology (SnowHydro18) which takes place from 12 to 15 February 2018 at Heidelberg University (Germany).

We welcome contributions on all aspects of snow and hydrology, with emphasis on the following specific topics:

• Remote sensing of snow properties
• Experimental research and new measurement techniques
• Spatial variability of snow
• Snow-vegetation interaction
• Snow data assimilation for modelling purposes
• The prediction of snow melt and runoff
• Simulation models of snow, model comparisons
• Snow in semi-arid environments
• Climate change, snow conditions and water supply
• Teaching concepts in snow hydrology

Selected deadlines:

• 31 August 2017: Early bird registration
• 30 September 2017: scientific session proposals
• 30 November 2017: abstract submission ends

The Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) at the link above invites individuals or groups of individuals from the U.S. research community to submit White Papers on topics in science, engineering, and/or STEM education that are ripe for international network-to-network collaboration. Topics should hold the potential to accelerate discovery and advance research outcomes.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) will use the white papers to inform OISE planning, including the potential need for a future program or program emphasis.

The deadline for white paper submission is: 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time November 30, 2017.

For more details please follow the link above.

MEC (former NBE) is an informal and friendly conference which participants attend to exchange ideas and information dealing with media education, educational use of ICTs and learning environments. MEC is organized by the Centre for Media Pedagogy at the University of Lapland.

The first international NBE Conference was held in 2005 and the second one, NBE 2007 Conference, The Power of Media in Education in 2007. The third NBE conference was held in connection with the ISATT 2009 Conference. These three conferences were organized at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland. The fourth NBE Conference, The Social Media in the Middle of Nowhere, NBE 2011, was organized in Sallatunturi, Salla and the fifth, Media Education in No Man’s Land, in 2013 as well as the sixth, In the Light of the Midnight Sun in 2015 in Pyhätunturi, Finland.

In 2017 the conference returns to Rovaniemi and it is organized right before the FERA Conference on Education, which offers you the excellent opportunity to combine these two events.

Deadline for abstract submissions: 21 August 2017

Notification of acceptance sent to authors by: 2 October 2017

Deadline for early-bird registration: 16 October 2017

DEADLINE, Dec. 15 and subsequent dates: New solicitation, issued for proposals to NSF’s Leading Engineering for America's Prosperity, Health, and Infrastructure (LEAP HI), includes Arctic projects

The Leading Engineering for America's Prosperity, Health, and Infrastructure (LEAP HI) program, managed by the Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) in NSF’s Directorate for Engineering, challenges the engineering research community to address critical challenges for advancing America's prosperity, health and infrastructure, including project such as such as described in Navigating the New Arctic (NNA), one on NSFs 10 Big Ideas for Future NSF Investments.

Among the 10 Big Ideas announced by NSF Director France A. Córdova, the agency proposes to “establish an observing network of mobile and fixed platforms and tools across the Arctic to document these rapid biological, physical, chemical and social changes, leveraging participation by other federal agencies.”

See: https://www.nsf.gov/about/congress/reports/nsf_big_ideas.pdf

Questions about the #Arctic aspects of the LEAP HI solicitation should be directed to OPP’s Diane McKnight: dmcknigh at nsf.gov / (703) 292-4897.

The LEAP HI program will support fundamental research that may lead to “disruptive” technologies and methods, lay the foundation for new and strengthened industries, enable improvements in quality of life, or re-imagine and revitalize the built environment.

Submission of Letters of Intent is required, as described in the solicitation.

Deadlines for Letter of Intent: Dec. 15, 2017 and July 16, 2018
Full proposal deadlines: February 05, 2018 - February 20, 2018, September 01, 2018 - September 17, 2018.

One or more CMMI core topics must be central to the proposal, and integration of disciplinary expertise not typically engaged in CMMI-funded projects is encouraged. Proposals should demonstrate the need for a sustained research effort by an integrated, interdisciplinary team.

The International Glaciological Society will hold an International Symposium on ‘Cryosphere and Biosphere’ in 2018. The meeting will be held 14-19 March 2018, in Kyoto, Japan.

THEME:

The cryosphere is now acknowledged as a unique biome that, in spite of the cold and harsh conditions, is inhabited by a diverse range of micro- and macroorganisms. Since the organisms play important roles in the cycling of carbon, nutrients and other elements within and around the cryosphere, these processes have received significant research attention from biogeochemists and microbiologists. However, the presence
and activity of microorganisms within the cryosphere also demands attention from glaciologists with interests in the physical and chemical properties of snow or ice. This is because melting and the crystallization of snow and ice are enhanced or even induced by the presence and activity of organisms. For example, supraglacial microbes can darken and increase melting on glaciers and ice sheets, while some species of bacteria can act as ice nucleators. Their influence upon the chemistry of ice and ice crystal interstices also has relevance to the interpretation of ice cores. However, biological processes on, within and under the ice are still insufficiently understood for us to incorporate their direct and indirect effects into current models of the Earth system. Furthermore, most organisms in the cryosphere are physiologically adapted to low temperatures and an improved understanding of these mechanisms has great potential for application to agriculture, food science, medical and material engineering. This symposium will therefore provide an opportunity for glaciologists and biologists to meet and discuss the various phenomena associated with life in the cold. The goals of this symposium are: (1) to provide a forum for presenting the current knowledge of life and ecosystems in the cryosphere; (2) to discuss the important gaps in our understanding of interactions between biological activity and
physical/chemical phenomena in the cryosphere, from molecular to system level; and (3) to encourage participants to form a new scientific community, discussing the state and direction of glacial biology or bio-glaciology.

SUGGESTED TOPICS:

We welcome all submissions for presentation under the broad topics of glaciology in the biosphere and/or biology in the cryosphere. The key focus areas are:

1. Microbes and biogeochemistry in glaciers and ice sheets
2. The role of sea ice, icebergs and glacier calving fronts in marine ecosystems
3. Permafrost and terrestrial biota
4. Interaction between snow cover and forest
5. Cryosphere ecosystems and climate change
6. Biological ice nucleation
7. Biomarkers and biogeochemistry in ice cores and frozen ground
8. Physiology of cold adaptation and applications of biogenic material to low temperature technology
9. Emerging areas of cryosphere/biosphere research

Online abstract submission for the International Symposium on 'Cryosphere and Biosphere' is now open.

Abstract submission deadline: midnight on 21 November 2017 GMT.

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 2018.

The IASC Fellowship Program is meant to engage ECS in the work of the IASC Working Groups (WGs): Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human, and Terrestrial. Each year, one Fellow per WG is chosen.

IASC Fellows are doctoral or postdoctoral researchers who actively participate in selected activities of the IASC WGs. Fellows are expected to contribute scientifically but also to help organize specific activities and to coordinate the reporting to the IASC Secretariat. Thus, the Fellowship Program provides the opportunity for ECSs to become involved in leading-edge scientific activities at a circumarctic and international level, to build an international network, and also to develop management skills.

The total duration of the IASC Fellowship Program is 1+2 years. In their first year, selected Fellows will receive travel support to attend two consecutive Arctic Science Summit Weeks (ASSWs) where the annual WG meetings are held. After the first year, Fellows have the opportunity to stay involved for up to 2 more years without dedicated funding support from IASC. Note: The travel support during the first fellowship year is the only financial remuneration for the Fellows. Salary is not included during the fellowship.

For more information, please see the link above or contact the IASC Fellowship Coordinator Maja Lisowska (maja.lisowska [at] us.edu.pl) or the APECS Executive Director Gerlis Fugmann (info [at] apecs.is).

The application deadline is Monday 20 November at 13:00 GMT. Late applications will not be considered. Successful applicants will be notified before the end of the year.