68.97° North, 33.08° East – Cloudy and calm sea Start of the Arctic Century Expedition On 5 August at 17:00 local time, the Akademik Tryoshnikov left the harbour of Murmansk according to plan, heading towards the Barents Sea. The participants of the expedition arrived in different groups on the 4th […]
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On the 5 August 2021, at 17:00, the research vessel Akademik Tryoshnikov left Murmansk with 59 international scientists on board and hence officially starting the Arctic Century Expedition, organised jointly by the Swiss Polar Institute (SPI), the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), in Russia and the Helmholtz Centre for […]
Read More Arctic Century – a multidisciplinary scientific expedition to the Laptev and Kara Seas The Arctic is warming faster than almost any other territory on Earth. As a result, the region is changing rapidly: glaciers are melting, sea ice is disappearing and permafrost is thawing, which, in turn, will further accelerate […]
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Managing data and samples whilst undertaking fieldwork in remote, high-altitude and polar regions requires careful and thorough planning. An online workshop on Wednesday 29 September 2021, organised by APECS Switzerland and the Swiss Polar Institute, will discuss good data management practice and provide tips on how to plan and undertake […]
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Amy Macfarlane and Nicolas Jullien are the new representatives for APECS in Switzerland. The SPI congratulates them for these roles! You can find below a note they wish to address to you. As the new APECS representatives in Switzerland, we look forward to welcoming all early career researchers (ECRs) in […]
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Changes in climate affect the sliding of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets towards the oceans in several ways. One is that when surface meltwater accesses the bed of a glacier or ice sheet, it changes the speed at which the ice slides over its bed. The coupling between climate […]
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Camp dedicated to field observations of ice motion in South-West Greenland. Andrew Tedstone’s project “ ’HI-SLIDE’: The influence of climate on the decadal dynamic stability of high-elevation sectors of the Greenland Ice Sheet ” was supported by the SPI Exploratory Grants, 2019. © 2021 Andrew Tedstone, all rights reserved
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Creation of an icestupa to facilitate water supply of a nearby village in the region of Ladakh, India. Suryanarayanan Balasubramanian’s project “Artificial Ice Reservoirs Measurement Campaign” was supported by the Polar Access Fund, 2020. © 2020 Suryanarayanan Balasubramanian, all rights reserved
Read More The use of snowmobiles is common to transport the material for building GPS stations. Andrew Tedstone’s project “ ’HI-SLIDE’: The influence of climate on the decadal dynamic stability of high-elevation sectors of the Greenland Ice Sheet ” was supported by the SPI Technogrants, 2019. © 2021 Andrew Tedstone, all rights […]
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