APECS Oceania
apecsoceania.bsky.social
APECS Oceania
@apecsoceania.bsky.social
Association of Polar Early Career Scientists - Oceania 🇦🇺🇳🇿

Sharing events, funding + job opportunities, and information for polar ECRs across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. DM us if you'd like something shared!

https://linktr.ee/apecsoceania
Are you an early career polar researcher in Aotearoa or Australia? Do you like bringing our community together to make things happen? Are you passionate about advocating for polar research & the ECRs who do it? Then join the APECS-O council for 2026! AGM rego + nominations: linktr.ee/apecsoceania
October 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Interested in joining the APECS international Executive Committee for 2026? There are only a few days left to apply! apecs.is/who-we-are/l...
June 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
📣 Hey Nipaluna Hobart - we've got an event for you too! A penguin waddle (a.k.a. 5 km run 🏃) and polar plunge 🏊 followed by a hot drink ☕ Meet at Long Beach Rowing Sheds, 10am Sat 28 June. All welcome for one or both activities 👯

Not in TAS? Check out our other events in Christchurch & Naarm.
June 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
📣 Calling Naarm Melbourne! We're hosting a polar plunge event for you too 🏊 Come along to Elwood Beach at 10 am, Sat 21 June (a solstice celebration) for a chilly dip 🥶 and a hot drink ☕ All are welcome - bring your friends and family 👯

Photo credit Madison Farrant.
June 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Hey Christchurch friends - are you ready to take part in our POLAR PLUNGE? 🥶 We're celebrating the (almost) solstice 🌚 by jumping in the water at Scarborough Beach on Sat 14 June 🌊 Come join us and have a chat about the importance of climate and Antarctic research 🤝💙❄️
May 29, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Missed out on attending the Polar Early Career Scientist World Summit #PECWS in Colorado? Join one of these online events to catch up and make sure your thoughts are heard for planning the 5th International Polar Year #IPY5.
Register here: www.apecs.is/news/apecs-n...
May 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Have a great idea for a session at #YOUMARES15 (Young Marine Researchers)? Let them know here: bit.ly/YOUMARES15Sessions
May 12, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Applications are now open to join the polar educators council for 2025-26. Details here: polareducator.org/pei-council-...
@polareducators.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Our final question for the week: What do you think is lacking in ECR support for Antarctic science in AU/NZ? Let us know below or via DM. Your input will be taken to the Polar Early Career World Summit #PECWS this weekend, and be considered in planning for the 5th International Polar Year #IPY5.
March 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
More questions we'd love to hear your thoughts on, to bring to the Polar Early Career World Summit #PECWS and 5th International Polar Year #IPY5 planning: Thinking about how we conduct research and our research culture in the polar community - what should we be prioritising? 🤔
March 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
We're asking our members for their thoughts ahead of the Polar Early Career World Summit this weekend. What areas of polar science do you think we should prioritise for the 5th International Polar Year (and beyond), especially from an AU/NZ perspective? #PECWS #IPY5
March 17, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Rounding out our Meet the Council series is PhD Candidate Vicki Heinrich, from @utas.edu.au in Nipaluna Hobart, Australia.
March 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Calling all krill enthusiasts! 🦐 Registrations are now open for the SKEGS Symposium on 10-12 March. Talks begin at 16:00 AEDT / 18:00 NZDT each day.
scarkrillexpertgroup.org/2025-skeg-sy...
February 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Meet Dr Sophie Holland @sophieiholland.bsky.social - they're an environmental microbiologist 🦠 with @arcsaef.bsky.social at @monashuniversity.bsky.social in Naarm Melbourne, Australia.
February 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Another new face joining us on the council this year is Dr Rose Foster-Dyer @rosetazetta.bsky.social, a postdoc at the University of Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand 🐧🐋🦭
February 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Megan Reaves is the next amazing council member for you all to meet! She's a PhD Candidate at the University of Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand 🐧
February 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Our next amazing 2025 council member is Lizzy Skelton, a geophysicist at the University of Canterbury in Aotearoa New Zealand 🧊❄️
February 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The next 2025 APECS-O council member to introduce is @iles-stell.bsky.social, an ecological modeller at IMAS in Lutruwita Tasmania
February 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Next up in our Meet the Council series is Emilija Reuter - a PhD candidate studying the distribution and habitat selection of Antarctic penguins 🐧 and seals 🦭
February 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
New year, new us! Welcome to our series of Meet the APECS Oceania council. We'll be posting about your new council to introduce ourselves for the next week. We're looking forward to working with polar ECRs across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in 2025. First up is @alexaves.bsky.social 😎
February 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Will you be in Launceston on 6 March? Head along to Queen Victoria Museum to hear from 5 amazing speakers from the Antarctic Women's Network, to celebrate #IWD2025. Details here www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/Whats-on/Eve...
February 19, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Good morning Bluesky ☀️ APECS-O are back from the field/our summer holidays and ready for 2025! Lots of exciting things in the works for this year so give us a follow and stay tuned 😊

Photo credit: @sophieiholland.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM