The first edition of the Swiss Polar Class Festival will take place in Sion (VS) on 2 December. Destined to all who are curious about polar regions, the festival features activities for all ages: Treasure hunt - Expedition game - Science exhibition - Creative workshops - Drawing workshop - Student […]
The award ceremony for the Prix de Quervain 2023 will take place on 30 November at the Alpine Museum in Bern. The Prix de Quervain for Polar and High-Altitude Research is attributed to early-career scientists for outstanding achievements in their MA or PhD thesis, or other research projects. The public event will […]
Have you ever thought of bringing your research into the extremes found in the polar and high-altitude regions? The Swiss Polar Institute offers tailored support and funding to scientists based in Switzerland who want to work in polar regions and remote, high-altitude environments and is invited to present its portfolio […]
The Swiss Polar Institute and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia co-organise an online info event in view of participating in the PolARTS call for proposals 2023 (currently open). This event serves to provide information on the goal of the call and the procedure. It is also an opportunity for […]
Meet us under the stars at the Planetarium in Sion for an extraordinary journey to the poles in the company of Danièle Rod, Executive Director (SPI), and Dr. Jérôme Chappellaz, Full Professor (EPFL) and Senior Scientist ("Directeur de Recherche") at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). Why the scientific […]
Swiss Polar Day 2023 took place on 15 September in Sion. This event is the annual gathering of the Swiss polar science community and includes national and international keynotes, networking opportunities and updates on recent developments in polar research. Presentations: Alpole Groups Keynote 1: Team work at world's end: What […]
As part of this year's Pint of Science Festival in Sion, join us at La Cabine for an exciting discussion in a convivial atmosphere with Prof. Jérôme Chappellaz (EPFL Valais-Wallis) and Danièle Rod (Swiss Polar Institute), about the importance of polar research for the understanding of climate, its links with […]
On 25 April 2023, the Institut nordique du Québec and the Swiss Polar Institute will present their new collaboration paving the way for avenues of polar science and research. The event will comprise two parts, a presentation of the partnership and its benefit for the polar science communities from Quebec […]
On 27 March 2023, the Swiss Polar Institute organises a workshop on the issue of impact of scientific fieldwork in the polar regions. Programme: 16:00 - Introduction and welcome Danièle Rod, Swiss Polar Institute 16:10 - Environmental impact of polar science: overview and global perspective Susana Hancock, President for APECS […]
The award ceremony for the Prix de Quervain 2022 will take place on 24 November. This award for Polar and High-Altitude Research is attributed to early-career scientists.
APECS Switzerland organises a full-day excursion at the Jungfraujoch for early-career researchers, on Saturday 12 November. The event is open to early-career researchers interested in polar science.
Ice cores provide information about past climate and environmental conditions as well as direct records of the composition of the atmosphere on timescales from decades to hundreds of millennia. With the pioneering work of Hans Oeschger of University of Bern on carbon dioxide in polar ice cores, a long tradition of ice […]
