Call for International Polar Academy Program (K-PISCOP)

Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) has announced a call for proposals for 2012 International Polar Academy Program (K-PISCOP) to be supported by KOPRI.

Proposal submission is due by 31 October, 2012.
For more information , please visit at http://eng.kopri.re.kr/home_e/contents/e_2600000/view.cms.

Second Call for Papers: Arctic Frontiers 2013 - Geopolitics and Marine Production in a Changing Arctic

Arctic Frontiers (http://www.arcticfrontiers.com/) holds its 7th annual conference “Geopolitics and Marine Production in a Changing Arctic” in Tromsø, Norway, from 20-25 January 2013.

Arctic Frontiers is composed of a policy section and a scientific section. This call for papers addresses only the scientific section from January 23rd to January 25th 2013.

Three parallel parts will be discussed: 

•   Geopolitics in a Changing Arctic
•   Marine harvesting in the Arctic
•   Arctic Marine Productivity

Interested scientists are invited to submit abstracts to one of these three sessions for both oral and poster presentations. 

Deadline for submission of abstracts: October 24th 2012

For more information on keynote presenters and online registration, download the complete Call for Papers on the AFT homepage www.arcticfrontiers.com

Open Access Opportunity for Polar Science

The open-access journals Polar Research (CoAction, www.polarresearch.net) and Earth System Science Data (Copernicus, www.earth-system-science-data.net) announce a unique cooperative Special Issue. 

Publish your science paper in PR and the related data set(s) in ESSD to provide integrated free and open access for colleagues and readers.  
Please submit papers (to PR) and data (to ESSD) before 31 January 2013; a printed Special Issue will appear in 2014.

Each journal will follow normal per-review processes; acceptance for publication in one journal will not guarantee acceptance of the companion paper in the other journal.  Both journals provide on-line options and advanced indexing; neither journal charges a publication or service fee.  Send questions, expressions of interest, or requests for information to the Special Issue editors: Helle Goldman (PR, helle.goldman@npolar.no) and Dave Carlson (ESSD, ipy.djc@gmail.com).

Call for Proposals INTERACT Transnational Access

Summer Season 2013

Winter Season 2013/2014

Submission deadline: 31 October 2012

The International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic (INTERACT) announces a call for proposals to be supported by the INTERACT Transnational Access program for Summer Season 2013 (May-September) and Winter Season 2013/2014 (October-April). Submissions are due by 31 October 2012.

The Transnational Access program offers access to twenty research stations in northernmost Europe and Russian Federation. The sites represent a variety of glacier, mountain, tundra, boreal forest, peatland and freshwater ecosystems, providing opportunities for researchers from natural sciences to human dimension. Transnational Access includes:

• Free access for user groups/users to research facilities and field sites, including support for travel and logistic costs; and
• Free access to information and data in the public domain held at the infrastructures.

Transnational Access is available to user groups where the group leader and majority of group members work in an institution established in a EU Member State or Associated State. Access is limited to a maximum of 90 person-days per user group.

For the full call for proposals, please go to:

http://www.eu-interact.org/.

For questions, please contact:

Hannele Savela

Email: hannele.savela@oulu.fi

Kirsi Latola

Email: kirsi.latola@oulu.fi

Young Scientist Support Program 2013 & Traning Program

Announcement

The APEC Climate Center, APCC is planning to hold the Young Scientist Support Program 2013 in which APCC provides short-term visitors the opportunity to conduct research at APCC, providing APCC's data, equipment and support from APCC scientists and staff. APCC will also support the cost of their airfare and salary (2,500,000 KRW per month). 
 For more information, kindly visit http://www.apcc21.org/eng/notice/nae/japcc0501_lst.jsp
 
The APCC is also hosting a Climate Prediction Training Program 2012 on Climate Variability and Seasonal Prediction and is now inviting applicants for the 2-weeks training program. The training program aims to build capacities of climate prediction science based on in depth understanding of climate variability (ENSO, IOD, and Monsoon) and dynamical and statistical seasonal prediction. For more information, kindly visit http://www.apcc21.org/eng/acts/tra/ann/japcc020801.jsp

Massive upgrade on Permafrost Environmental Consulting website

Permafrost Environmental Consulting has had it's website www.permafrost.ca undergo a massive upgrade. The improvements made to the website now allow the network of Polar researchers to better access publications and databases.

Please notify fellow Polar Libraries and University researchers that new Polar resources are now available to them.