As part of the celebrations to mark the 10th anniversary of the Austrian Polar Research Institute APRI and the opening of the special exhibition "Arctic. Polar World in Transition", the ninth Polar Talk took place as a "science slam" at…
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Am 06.12.2023 um 18:30 Uhr findet der #10 Polar Talk im Naturhistorischen Museum Wien statt. Eine Gletscherbachzuckmücke (Diamesa Steinboecki) unter dem Mikroskop. @Leonhard Füreder. In den nördlichsten Bereichen der Arktis fallen besonders Eismeer und Gletscher als die dominierenden Landschaftselemente auf. Daneben…
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Am 08.11.2023 um 18:30 Uhr findet der #9 Polar Talk im Naturhistorischen Museum Wien statt. Glitzernde Flüsse schlängeln sich durch tiefe Wälder und Gebirge, Grizzlies fangen mit ihren Mäulern die springenden Lachse. Spendenaufrufe für den sterbenden Eisbären, der einsam auf der…
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APRI members Wolfgang Schöner and Jonathan Fipper spent three weeks in the High North in August 2023. During this time, they collected data about the vertical temperature structure of the near-surface atmospheric boundary layer in the vicinity of the Villum…
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Tiksi in Russia, Nome in the US, and Kirkenes in Norway are three socially and culturally different Arctic coastal communities. Still, in this post I argue, that their colonial histories as well as present-day identities and development plans share a…
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The photographer and limnologist Klemens Weisleitner currently works at the Department of Ecology at the University of Innsbruck. His research has led him to remote regions in the Arctic and Antarctic. In a fascinating multimedia lecture, he provided insights into…
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APRI members Klemens Weisleitner and Birgit Sattler (University of Innsbruck) joined a scientific expedition team to study the impact of a glacier on a unique Antarctic lake ecosystem. A glimpse behind the scenes of the Antarctic expedition that led to…
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On 03.05.2023 at 18:00 CEST there will be an event co-organized by APRI member Gertrude Saxinger at the Institute of Political Science/University of Vienna to which we would like to invite you. Sápmi is the homeland of the Sámi people,…
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Am 31.05.2023 um 18:30 Uhr findet der #8 Polar Talk im Naturhistorischen Museum Wien statt. Gletscher sind nicht nur ein extremer Lebensraum, sondern stellen auch die Wissenschaftler vor große Herausforderungen. In einem faszinierenden Multimedia-Vortrag gibt Klemens Weisleitner Einblicke in die Welt…
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On 24.11.2022 at 18:30 the public lecture will take place in lecture hall 1 at the Faculty of Theology Innsbruck (Karl-Rahner Platz 1). Caves were first documented in North Greenland during an extensive Arctic Cold War military campaign. Several of…
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