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Latent Cardiac Arrhythmia in Climbers on Mount Everest – Thomas Pilgrim

Extreme altitude poses exceptional challenges to human physiology. Manifestations of acute mountain sickness, reduced exercise tolerance, and sleep deprivation are well recognized consequences of the hypoxic hypobaric environment. Other sequelae are less apparent but may nevertheless be associated with substantial risk. Sudden cardiac death accounts for the majority of non-traumatic […]

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Gabriela Schaepman-Strub to step down from her position as Scientific Director at the Swiss Polar Institute

Sion, 5 July 2023 – Prof. Dr. Gabriela Schaepman-Strub will be stepping down from her position as Scientific Director at the Swiss Polar Institute, effective on 31 August 2023. Prof. Dr. Schaepman-Strub is currently an associate professor of Earth System Science at the University of Zurich and specialises in Arctic […]

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The Swiss Polar Institute and the Greenland Research Council sign a Memorandum of Understanding paving the road to new collaborations

PRESS RELEASE – The Swiss Polar Institute (SPI) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Greenland Research Council (NIS) to support scientific collaboration. The signing will take place during the second leg of the science-policy exchange between Greenland and Switzerland held from 18 to 21 April 2023 in […]

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The Swiss Polar Institute, Université Laval and the Institut nordique du Québec sign a Memorandum of Understanding

PRESS RELEASE – On 13 April 2023 in Montréal, the Swiss Polar Institute (SPI), Université Laval (ULaval) and the Institut nordique du Québec (INQ) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaborative research in sub-polar and polar regions. A joint online info event on 25 April will inaugurate their shared […]

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Greenland and Switzerland exchange on integrated risk management of natural hazards

PRESS RELEASE The science-policy exchange between Greenland and Switzerland will be held from 3-5 April 2023 in Switzerland. This latest collaboration aims at bringing together stakeholders from both countries concerned with natural hazard risks and sustainable development of areas affected by climate warming and changes in the cryosphere. Amplified climate […]

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Historical Archives to monitor long-Term evolution of HImalayan debris-covered glaciers (HATHI) – Marin Kneib

14.09.2022 – The protagonists 1936 – Arnold Heim and August Gansser 1939 – André Roch, Ernst Huber, Fritz Steuri, David Zogg Six Swiss mountaineers, geologists, topographers. Pioneers who explored the hidden valleys of the Garhwal range of the Indian Himalaya more than eight decades ago. They made impressive first ascents, […]

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