We are pleased to announce that four projects have been selected by an independent panel of experts for the eighth edition of the Polar Access Fund. The successful proposals span the domains of glaciology, sea ice physics, glacial hydrology and geophysics. The grants, co-funded by Swiss Polar Institute and BNP […]
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Abstract submission for the polar and high-altitude session at the 23rd Swiss Geoscience Meeting
We are pleased to announce that the abstract submission for the 23rd Swiss Geoscience Meeting × 7th Swiss Geologists Day taking place on 5–6 December 2025 in Bern is now open. As part of this year’s scientific symposia, we invite the polar and high-altitude research community to contribute to the […]
Read MoreThree young Swiss researchers to embark on the One Ocean Expedition with “Génération Cryosphère”
On 8 June 2025 in Nice, the launch of the UN Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences brought together researchers from the “Génération Cryosphère” programme, including three early-career scientists from Switzerland, to meet and exchange ahead of the One Ocean Expedition. Proposed by Swiss Polar Institute, three francophone researchers Delphine […]
Read MoreWorking in moving dirt: studying the impacts of climate change on frozen debris lobe stability in the Brooks Range, Alaska – Markus Stoffel
A dream come true – after months of preparation and intense exchanges with Benjamin V. Gaglioti and Margaret M. Darrow from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, my trip to the last frontier finally started in May 2023. A few days in Fairbanks first, a big shopping trip to one of […]
Read MoreOcean data collection continues aboard Team Malizia’s new research vessel
The Swiss Polar Institute (SPI) and the Swiss skipper Oliver Heer are lending their OceanPack to the new research vessel Malizia Explorer this year. SPI will thus continue to enable data analysis with ETH Zurich and the Universities of Bern and Lausanne, highlighting once more how the offshore sailing and […]
Read MoreWith heavy baggage to the top of Europe – Gunter Stober and Witali Krochin
Introduction TEMPERA-C is a microwave radiometer designed to measure microwave radiation from oxygen emissions at a frequency of 53 GHz. The resulting microwave spectra are used to retrieve atmospheric temperature profiles up to the mesosphere, reaching altitudes of approximately 60 km. During a test campaign, TEMPERA-C was deployed to take […]
Read MoreNew guide to publishing polar data now available
Produced by SCADM, ADC and Southern Ocean Observing System Data Management Sub-Committee, the guide aims to provide the polar research community with key concepts and tips to ensure the published data are FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable).
Read MoreSPI FOREL Grants: the call for proposals is open
The SPI FOREL Grants support Swiss-based scientists who wish to use the FOREL Research Platform in coastal polar and sub-polar regions for pilot projects, additional fieldwork, and logistics. The call is open until 15 June 2025 for fieldwork in 2026.
Read MoreNavigating in the fog of Greenland’s plant-pollinator network – Nora Khelidj
Travelling across West Greenland is probably one the most unique experiences I had the chance to live. Sharing seven weeks of fieldwork in a couple of lines is not an easy task but let’s start with the beginning – the reunion with Brandon, my field mate and friend from the […]
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