Articles by: Laurence Mottaz

2022 Polar Access Fund call for proposals

The call for proposals 2022 of the Polar Access Fund is now open. The deadline to submit a proposal is on 20 January 2022. The Polar Access Fund enables early-career researchers to undertake a (first) field trip to a polar region or a remote high-altitude area. The research conducted during the field […]

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Update of the list of field and summer schools 2022

International field and summer schools are a great opportunity for students to benefit from high-quality teaching, enhance their field experience and network with other students and early-career researchers with international backgrounds. The SPI supports the cost related to the participation in field schools and training programmes for master’s and doctoral […]

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Sediment, Glaciers and Rivers – Ian Delaney

On-going glacier retreat will change the ways glaciers erode bedrock and subglacial water carries sediment below the glacier. Changes to sediment discharge from glaciers in mountainous or inhabited regions such as Switzerland can impact the delivery of sediment to ecosystems, lead to the infill of hydropower reservoirs, and potentially cause […]

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Day 30

73.28° North, 45.34° East – Sunny, 5.9 °C, wind speed: 7.1 m/s Life onboard the Akademik Tryoshnikov during the Arctic Century Expedition Time is a very scarce and valuable resource on the Arctic Century Expedition and the Akademik Tryoshnikov literally never sleeps. The vessel’s daily schedule is based on the […]

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Day 28

77.39° North, 79.36° East – Cloudy, 0.4 °C, wind speed: 5 m/s Untangling the chemistry of seawater Every single drop of seawater contains all the chemical elements from the periodic table. Some of them exist in large concentrations and their distribution in the ocean is quite uniform. Others exist in […]

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