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US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) @usapecs.bsky.social · 13d

🎥 Missed our Proposal Review Workshop? Catch the recording here: youtu.be/wWuhvajVR8U?...

Co-hosted with
@ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social

, it’s packed with tips for Early Career Researchers on what reviewers look for in proposals.💡

🎙️ Expert panel + Q&A

#PolarScience #ECR #GrantWriting #UKPN #USAPECS

Grant Research Proposals Peer Review Workshop | USAPECS and UK Polar Network

YouTube video by US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists

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UK Polar Network @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social · 10d

📢 Join us for the next edition of the Polar Book Club!

📚 We will read "Michel the Giant: An African in Greenland" by Tété-Michel Kpomassie.

🕑 2nd October 2025, 3pm GMT

Registrations here: lnkd.in/ezxdCnqF

UK Polar Network @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social · Sep 8

📣Missed the deadline to apply for our upcoming polar field skills course this winter?

📅 Don't worry, by request we've extended the deadline to THIS FRIDAY (September 12th 2025). For more details: polarnetwork.org/events/polar...

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UK Polar Network @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social · Aug 14

⏰ Deadline reminder!

There's still chance to apply to join the UK Polar Network Committee for 2025/26! Fill in the application form by the 18th August. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Any questions, drop us a message! 👋

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UK Polar Network @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 31

📣 We are delighted to announce PolarSTEP, an intensive field-course for UK-based early career polar scientists and professionals!

PolarSTEP will bring together ECR's and professionals for a field course designed to provide a mix of polar field skills! ⛺🧊

Apply here docs.google.com/forms/d/1aEK...

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UK Polar Network @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 31

📣 Join the UK Polar Network Committee!

Are you interested in supporting polar ECR's through networking, education and outreach, and making polar science a welcoming, and inclusive place for all?

🚨 To apply, fill in the application form below by the 18th August 2025

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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UK Polar Network @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 10

📝 The UK's Environmental Audit Committee report on the UK and the Antarctic environment for which UKPN submitted written evidence has been published. Read it here ⬇️

Environmental Audit Committee @commonseac.parliament.uk · Jun 9

"It is impossible to overstate how critical this region is to our shared future." - @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social, Chair

Read our report on the UK and the Antarctic environment: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...

Image of an Antarctic iceberg with white text on a green background reading: We've published a report on the uk and the Antarctic environment

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UK Polar Network @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 10

Fantastic work, Ravidu! 👏

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The Lowry Academy @lowryacademy.bsky.social · Jun 10

Congratulations to our talented Year 7 student, Ravidu, for winning @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social’s Antarctica Day Flag Competition! 🌟🇦🇶🐧

His incredible design was selected to travel all the way to Antarctica, where it was displayed at the Rothera Research Station by marine biologist, Pati Glaz. 👏

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Sam Hartharn-Evans @hartharnsam.bsky.social · Jun 2

On Thursday, I attended the British Antarctic Territory's annual stakeholder meeting, representing @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social. It was a great opportunity to think about new collaboration opportunities to promote polar research, and share UK Polar Network's excellent work this year

A group of 7 BAT stakeholders sat around a meeting table, with a wide video conferencing screen in the background with more online attendees

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UK Polar Network @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 6

Check out what went down at the Nottingham and Cardiff Science Festivals earlier this year! 🧊 Thanks to the UKPN Festivals Team for hosting 2 fantastic events! 👏

Read our latest blog post here ➡️ polarnetwork.org/2025/05/uk-p...

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UK Polar Network @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social · May 6

✍️Join us for an online peer review workshop!

A webinar aimed at helping ECRS navigate and better understand how to peer review journal articles successfully.

📍 Zoom bas-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98922453196
📅 Wednesday 7th May 2025
⏰ 17:00-18:00 BST

See you there!

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UK Polar Network @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social · Apr 29

Are you a secondary school student or teacher? Can you speak French? Would you like to write to Antarctica?

UKPN & APECS-France are working in partnership to produce a Language Polar Pen Pals Scheme for a letter exchange scheme. Find out more here!

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UK Polar Network @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social · Apr 27

Early Career Research programme onboard R/V Skagerak to Greenland in August 2025! Apply now!

9-day science and ship-based training cruise to central-east Greenland, starting and ending in Reykjavik onboard the R/V Skagerak.

Find out more here: www.polar.se/nyheter/2025...

Call for applications: Early Career Research programme onboard R/V Skagerak to Greenland in August 2025

The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, the University of Gothenburg, the British Antarctic Survey and the NERC Arctic Office jointly invite early career researchers (ECRs) affiliated with universitie...

www.polar.se

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · Apr 3

A team of scientists and engineers will head to Greenland next month to test fly drones in the Arctic, in the hope of pioneering a new low-cost surveillance system that will transform monitoring of the ice sheets.

Ice-monitoring drones set for first tests in the Arctic

High-speed drones will be put to the test in the extreme Arctic environment as part of a project to assess how quickly glaciers in Greenland are retreating

www.newscientist.com

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · Mar 29

📰 Catch up with our latest news including:

🔥 Climate change amplifying UK fire risk
⛈️ New projects on early warnings of climate tipping points & storms
🎶 Musical tech meets moth activity
🧊 Antarctica fieldwork report

🪰 🐝 And get ready to count pollinators!

buff.ly/H587YMp 🧪

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Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) @scar-antarctic.bsky.social · Mar 3

Our partners have also announced opportunities for early-career professionals today:

➡️ COMNAP // Deadline: 1 June 2025: www.comnap.aq/early-career...
➡️ IAATO // Deadline: 1 June 2025: iaato.org/supporting-s...
➡️ CCAMLR // will open later this year: www.ccamlr.org/en/science/c...

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Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) @scar-antarctic.bsky.social · Mar 3

🚨 Applications for the 2025 SCAR Fellowships are now open! 🚨

With up to $15,000 in funding and 4–5 fellowships available, this is your chance to collaborate internationally and advance your research.

➡️ Apply by 31 July 2025
scar.org/scar-news/20...

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polareducators.bsky.social @polareducators.bsky.social · Feb 22

Lots of over-heating #penguins & melting #ice at #Nottingham Central Library #science day with UKPN\ @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social #polar #outreach #education #Antarctica #Arctic

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Domino Jones @dominoajones.bsky.social · Mar 3

Good times at the Cardiff Science Festival this weekend! Thanks to our wonderful volunteers ☺️

@ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social festivals team ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Domino Jones @dominoajones.bsky.social · Mar 6

Very artsy pictures for the Nottingham Science Festival team!

Everyone who worked on the event, from the organisers to the library staff, were a dream to work with. And thanks to our volunteers!

@ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social festivals 🤩🤩

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polareducators.bsky.social @polareducators.bsky.social · Mar 29

Built some great 'Polar Bridges' @ 6th International Workshop for @polareducators.bsky.social #PEI2025-USA in Boulder #assw2025 #icarpiv @scottpolar.bsky.social @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social @iasc-arctic.bsky.social @scar-antarctic.bsky.social

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UK Polar Network @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social · Feb 18

For more on the aims of AntClimNow, visit: AntClimNow Research Programmes.
We look forward to your applications!

UK Polar Network @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social · Feb 18

Deadlines:
Abstract submission: 25th February 2025.
Travel Award application: 4th March 2025.
Notification of awards: 17 March 2025 (conditional on abstract acceptance)

GOOGLE FORM LINK: forms.gle/D3R88aVAsDo5...

Busan IAMAS-IACS-IAPSO Joint Assembly 2025

Busan IAMAS-IACS-IAPSO Joint Assembly 2025, BACO-25

www.baco-25.org

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