The US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) announces our call for applications for the 2026-2027 board. Members of the USAPECS Board work together to develop and produce activities of interest and beneficial to Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) members in the US and abroad. These activities can include anything you're passionate about—relevant to polar early career researchers—from organizing social events or panel discussions at meetings

UPDATE: The YouTube recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lgcn69AJrk Join the United States National Committee of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) for a webinar titled: Updating the Researcher’s Toolkit: Policy Engagement for a Changing Funding Landscape on Thursday, July 9, 2026, at 2:00 pm Eastern Time. Registration link: https://iarpc.zoom.us/meeting/register/X40IHELdRwmNs7c_r8votw#/registration Background: Recent changes in the United State

Written by Keeya Beausoleil (sher/her), MSc Student, University of Idaho Author, Keeya Beausoleil. Engaging in Relational Glaciology: How can we begin? My master’s thesis studies two glaciers I have never visited. I did not collect the data; I inherited it. I became “familiar” with these landscapes through spreadsheets and seismic time series rather than through my own embodied experience. This feeling of estrangement from research that was meant to be my own sparked the begi

Written by Marion McKenzie, Proposal Analyst, Colorado School of Mines Author, Marion McKenzie. Pass It On: A New Approach to Polar Gear and Community Knowledge! During the 2023 West Antarctic Ice Sheet workshop at the University of Florida, early career members of the community came together to talk about shared wants, needs, and ways to build connections. One theme that came up repeatedly was access: who has access to information, field experiences, and the equipment needed