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Steven Schlosser, all rights reserved
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Hanna Rosinger, all rights reserved
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Greenland – Narsarsuaq/ Qassiarsuk
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Marin Kneib, all rights reserved
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High Mountain Asia
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Evan Miles, all rights reserved
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Pamir Mountains
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Christophe Randin, all rights reserved
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Greenland
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Suryanarayanan Balasubramanian, all rights reserved
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Ladakh, India
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SPI , CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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Bern
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Giovanna Ceppi, all rights reserved
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Swiss Alps
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SPI , CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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Bern
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SPI , CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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Bern
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Steven Schlosser, all rights reserved
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Raphael Moser, all rights reserved
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Portage Glacier, AK, USA
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Steven Schlosser, all rights reserved
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The Swiss Polar Class Festival is getting bigger! Under its new name, Swiss Polar Festival, the third edition from 26 to 29 November 2025 offers a wide range of activities and events for all ages, in collaboration with cultural venues in Sion. More information and free registration on the Swiss Polar Class website →
Polar Access Fund: iceberg fill the Narsarsuaq fjord in Greenland.
Polar Access Fund: Challenging access to fieldwork site on a debris-covered glacier in the Garhwal mountain range in northern India
SPI Exploratory Grant: Fieldwork on vegetation patterns above Zackenberg Research Station in Greenland
Polar Access Fund: Artificial ice reservoir (ice stupa) built to enhance water management in Ladakh
Field & Summer School: International Geochronology Summer School, Switzerland
The Swiss Polar Class Festival is getting bigger! Under its new name, Swiss Polar Festival, the third edition from 26 to 29 November 2025 offers a wide range of activities and events for all ages, in collaboration with cultural venues in Sion. More information and free registration on the Swiss Polar Class website →
A Polar Access Fund grantee is recovering GPS data in order to monitor a landslide near the Portage glacier (Alaska).
The Swiss Polar Class Festival is getting bigger! Under its new name, Swiss Polar Festival, the third edition from 26 to 29 November 2025 offers a wide range of activities and events for all ages, in collaboration with cultural venues in Sion. More information and free registration on the Swiss Polar Class website →
SPI Technogrant: Prototype for a low-cost and robust electrical resistivity tomography monitoring system for remote permafrost environments
