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Introduction to Arctic Disaster Risk Reduction
Time: Friday, August 29th at 16:00-17:00 UTC (8am-9am Alaska/12pm-1pm Eastern USA) Summary: The United States Association of Polar Early...
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Call for Board Members 2025-2026
USAPECS announces our call for applications for the 2025-2026 executive board. Members of the USAPECS Board work together to develop and...
Aug 62 min read


Arctic Early Career News - July 2025
USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research from, and opportunities...
Jul 318 min read


2025-26 IARPC Collaborations Mentorship Program Promotion
Subject: Register by Aug 22 for IARPC Collaborations Mentorship Program - open to all in the polar research community! Sign-ups for the...
Jul 251 min read


UKPNxUSAPECS Online Peer Review Workshop (Recording Available)
Online Peer Review Workshop by US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists and UK Polar Network on May 7th (Wed) at 9 am PT The...
Apr 251 min read


Call for Board Members 2024-2025
Call for Board Members 2024-2025 USAPECS announces a new call for applications to join the 2024-2025 executive board . Members of the...
Mar 112 min read


Statement of Solidarity
March 11th, 2025 Statement of Solidarity The US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) stands in unwavering solidarity...
Mar 112 min read


9th Annual International Polar Film Festival
In conjunction with APECS International Polar Week, the US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) is hosting the ninth...
Jan 311 min read


2nd CAMAS Workshop and Early-Career School
The Consortium for the Advancement of Marine Arctic Science (CAMAS), established in 2023, aims to facilitate international collaboration...
Jan 301 min read


𝐀𝐆𝐔 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Polar Early Career Social during AGU 2024! It was great connecting with so many passionate...
Jan 101 min read


USAPECS e-lightening talk at AGU 2024
Come join our elightening talk at AGU 2024 titled C41C-03 Empowering the Polar Science Community: A Decade of USAPECS in Supporting Early...
Dec 9, 20241 min read


AGU 2024 Polar Early Career Researcher Social
Join other Arctic and Antarctic researchers for a short and fun networking social activity and head out for food with new friends...
Dec 7, 20241 min read


New USAPECS Publication
Members of the 2023-2024 USAPECS Board just wrapped up their term activities with a published paper! If you are interested in USAPECS...
Nov 22, 20241 min read


Annika Horlings: Icy Reflections: Fieldwork and the Calling to Study Glaciers
I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, U.S. I...
Nov 16, 20246 min read


Magkena Szemak: Antarctic Mud Mysteries!
I am a first year Ph.D. student, focused on interpreting diatom records to better understand paleoenvironmental conditions and facies...
Nov 16, 20246 min read


1,700 followers on BlueSky!
USAPECS’s social media reach is growing! We are proud to announce that our subscriber count on BlueSky has quickly grown to 1,700. We...
Nov 16, 20241 min read


PFF 2024 Online Filmmaker Roundtable Recording Available Now!
The recording of USAPECS's Online Filmmaker Roundtable, part of the 2024 international Polar Film Festival (PFF), is now available on...
Nov 15, 20241 min read


8th Annual International Polar Film Festival (PFF) is Live!
USAPECS’s 8th Annual International Polar Film Festival (PFF) is live. The PFF will run from Sept. 23-Sept. 27, 2024. This online event...
Sep 20, 20241 min read


Call for Board Members 2024-2025
Call for Board Members 2024-2025
Jul 11, 20242 min read


How I Got to the Chilean Antarctic as a Working Biologist
How I Got to the Chilean Antarctic as a Working Biologist
Jul 1, 20245 min read
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