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7th Annual International Polar Film Festival - Call for film submissions!
Polar Film Festival 2023
Jun 14, 20231 min read


Eleanor Horvath: About as Early-Career as a Researcher Gets
My name is Eleanor, and I am in my final year at Boston University, where I’ve been simultaneously pursuing my Bachelor’s degree in Earth...
May 29, 20233 min read


Sarah Johnson: Finding the People and Places in the Polar Acronym Soup
I chose my college courses by which ones had the best field trips. Biology and geology field work paired well with my outdoor and...
May 8, 20234 min read


Arctic Early Career News - May 2023
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...
May 4, 20234 min read


Olivia Williams: Of Chronologies and Chronic Illness
My experiences in polar science and my experiences with chronic illness are closely linked. My first introduction to the field of...
Apr 20, 20234 min read


Arctic Early Career News - March 2023
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...
Mar 6, 20233 min read


Melissa Ward Jones: Grad School Frustrations Become Career Strengths
When unplanned graduate school courses become career strengths and tips for increasing your interdisciplinary literacy I did all three of...
Jan 19, 20234 min read


Arctic Early Career News - January 2023
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Happy New Year! Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will...
Jan 10, 20233 min read


Arctic Early Career News - November 2022
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...
Nov 4, 20222 min read


USAPECS Get to Know Us & Listening Session
US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) will be hosting a “Get to Know Us & Listening Session” webinar on Thursday,...
Sep 16, 20221 min read


Arctic Early Career News - September 2022
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...
Sep 1, 20224 min read


Steve Vavrus: Polar Journey
Almost every day there is another news story about the rapidly changing polar environments and how amplified climate change is...
Aug 29, 20223 min read


Arctic Early Career News - July 2022
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...
Jul 7, 20223 min read


Call for Board Members: 2022-2023
USAPECS announces our call for applications for the 2022-2023 executive board. Members of the USAPECS Board work together to develop and...
Jun 28, 20222 min read


Maintaining Motivation throughout Fieldwork Delays
I still remember getting an email when I was a senior at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2019 about a last-minute opportunity to...
May 31, 20222 min read


Arctic Early Career News - May 2022
Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research from, and opportunities for, early career researchers working...
May 16, 20222 min read


Early Career News - September 2022
Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...
Mar 31, 20223 min read
Ukraine crisis
Dear USAPECS Members and the Polar Science Community, We, the Board of USAPECS, as the national committee representing United States...
Mar 19, 20222 min read
2022 Call for Blog Ideas
USAPECS is hosting a Becoming a Polar Scientist/Becoming part of the Polar Scientific Community blog series this year! We are looking for...
Feb 18, 20222 min read
2021 Call for Board Members (CLOSED)
This call has closed for 2021/2022. Please look for a call in the Summer of 2022 for the 2022-2023 year. Are you an early career...
Aug 31, 20212 min read
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