The Austrian Polar Research Institute wishes you a peaceful Christmas Season and a Happy New Year! Photo credits: Christoph Ruhsam
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On the occasion of the untimely death of the Swiss Polar Institute’s (SPI) Scientific Director, Konrad Steffen, the Austrian Polar Research Institute wants to express its heartfelt condolences to the SPI and to the family and friends of Konrad Steffen.…
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The results of the IASC and IASSA Workshop "Gender in Polar Research" during ASSW 2020 have been published as a poster and will be presented during SCAR 2020. APRI faculty member Gertrude Saxinger was spearheading this process together with numerous co-authors…
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Am 20. Juli sprach Peter Schweitzer über den klimatischen und gesellschaftlichen Wandel in Sibirien. Der Beitrag ist hier nachzuhören: https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20200720/604895/Sibirien-taut-auf
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START-Preisträgerin Gina Moseley (Uni Innsbruck) leitete vor Kurzem eine Expedition durch bisher unerforschte Höhlen in Nord-Grönland. Die Erforschung von Tropfsteinen und anderen Kalkablagerungen in den Höhlen gibt einen Einblick in das Klima der Vergangenheit und trägt somit zur Klimageschichte Grönlands bei. Sie…
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Advancing adaptive capacity of Arctic communities. This is the aim for CHARTER, a new EU Horizon 2020 funded project. The European Commission has just signed the papers and work can begin. APRI member b.geos (Annett Bartsch) is a partner in…
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We are happy to announce that the Arctic Science Summit Week 2023 will be held in Austria! 2023 is a special year for polar research in Austria since it marks the 150th anniversary of the Austro-Hungarian expedition to Franz Josef Land.…
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In the course of the Polar Film Fest 2019, several short films about polar research are being screened at different universities across the world. The University of Innsbruck is taking part in the action and will host the Polar Film…
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