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Austrian Polar Research Institute
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Official account of the Austrian Polar Research Institute APRI, promoting and coordinating research and education in the polar sciences.
https://www.polarresearch.at/
Our new APRI member Christian T. Wild (Univ. Innsbruck) just published two papers together with colleagues 🌍❄️

👇 Links & details below

#antarctic #antarcticicesheet #priestleyglacier #eastantactica #InSAR #ThwaitesGlacier #westantarctica #pineislandbay #seaice #polarresearch #apri
November 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Preparations underway at Sermilik Station!🔧❄️

A UNI Graz team is heading north soon to finalize Austria’s first polar research station before scientists arrive in August. Big thanks to all involved!🏔️

📸 © Steinegger & Ruhsam

#SermilikStation #PolarResearch #APRI #Fieldwork #Arctic
June 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
#FieldworkFriday from Freya Glacier, Greenland❄️🌎

A Team from Geosphere Austria conducted glaciological fieldwork at Freya Glacier in Northeast Greenland.
They also fixed the Webcams at the Glacier that you can find on our Website 👉 www.polarresearch.at/multimedia

📷 B. Hynek, A. Neureiter
May 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🍽️ Hungry for food & polar connections? Join the APECS Austria Lunch at Uni Graz tomorrow!✨

📆 Fri, 23 May | ⏰ 12:30
📍 KF Erde, ReSoWi 1st floor, Universitätsstraße 15

Let’s meet, eat & chat!🌍

📸 © C. Ruhsam

@polarsecco.bsky.social @florinaroana.bsky.social
#APRI #PolarResearch #ECS #ScienceLunch
May 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
APECS Austria at the Polar Early Career World Summit!🌍

Florina joined 120 ECRs in Boulder to shape the future of polar science & co-led a workshop on Inclusive Fieldwork. Missed it? Join the online summit on May 28!💬

📸©F.S.

@polarsecco.bsky.social @florinaroana.bsky.social
#APRI #ECR #IPEV2030
May 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Austrian Arctic science meets the screen!🎬
The ZDF Terra X team filmed at Sermilik Station with APRI scientists & actor Sebastian Ströbel.✨
Station Leader A. Trügler also had some networking including the Austrian Embassy in Copenhagen.🌏

📸© A. Trügler

#APRI #PolarResearch #TerraX #ArcticScience
May 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
#FieldworkFriday from Greenland!❄️

Snow2School & WEG_Re joined forces in Uummannaq—workshops, exhibitions for Snow2School & glacier monitoring for WEG_Re in Qaamerujup. A succesful spring mission made possible by great local support! 🌏

📸© Trügler & Abermann

#PolarResearch #Greenland #APRI
May 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Great vibes at the APECS networking event at EGU Vienna! 🌍❄️
We loved connecting with polar ECRs from around the world. Big thanks to APECS Germany for organizing together with is. Enjoy the last days of #EGU25! ✨

@polarsecco.bsky.social

#PolarResearch #ECRcommunity #APECS #APRI
April 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🌍❄️ Yesterday’s #PolarTalk17 brought APECS Austria on stage! Young researchers shared fresh insights on glaciers, Arctic microbiomes & political science perspectives on Digital Twins. ✨
Big thanks to all speakers & guests!😍

📸 © C. Ruhsam
@polarsecco.bsky.social
#PolarResearch #APRI #PhDLife #Arctic
April 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🚨 Next APECS Austria Meeting! 🚨
Are you an #ECS in Austria into polar research? ❄️ Join us Tuesday, 8 April, 15:00 on BigBlueButton to connect, share & get involved!✨

👉 webconference.uibk.ac.at/rooms/gfl-4m...

@polarsecco.bsky.social

#APECSAustri​a #PolarResearch #PhDLife #APRI #Arctic
April 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Join the APECS Austria Polar Talk next week at @nhmwien.bsky.social in Vienna✨🌎

📅 09.04. 18:30
📍Natural History Museum Vienna
Free Entry - in German

@apecs-science.bsky.social @polarsecco.bsky.social

#APRI #viennaevents #polarscience
April 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Another #FieldworkFriday from Svalbard!✨

APRI member J. Abermann co-taught AGF-212 Snow & Ice Processes for the 14th time! Hands-on training in climatological & geophysical methods with 19 students—after a record melt season & deep snow, it's been exciting!❄️

📸©J. Abermann

#APRI #Svalbard #UNIS
March 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Events for World Day for Glaciers in Innsbruck🚨

📅 March 20: Ice matters – Panel discussion in Galtür with APRI experts!
📅 March 21: Requiem in White – Outdoor documentary at Metropol Kino Innsbruck!🎥

Join us! 💬✨

📸©C. Ruhsam

#IYGP #GlacierProtection #APRI #ClimateChange
March 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It’s #FieldworkFriday!❄️
Florina taught at UNIS in Svalbard over the last weeks during polar night 🌑, teaching students on weather stations in the field and how to analyse data. They even skied through the darkness! 🎿✨

📸©Florina Schalamon

#PolarResearch #ArcticScience #Glaciology #ClimateChange
March 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Join the Earth Hour Webinar: Give an Hour for Water on Mar 13, 08:00–09:00.✨
Jakob Steiner from Uni Graz will share insights on how climate change affects glaciers and water resources.🌐

📸: ©C. Ruhsam

🔗 Register: lnkd.in/epbZBfCG

#EarthHour #WaterSecurity #ClimateChange
March 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🏔 Two APRI ECRs shared their research at the Alpine Glaciology Meeting!🌏
Marie Schroeder discussed turbulent fluxes in NW Greenland, while Jonathan Fipper explored how the lower troposphere affects melt at Flade Isblink Ice Cap. ❄️🌡️

#Glaciology #PolarResearch #Greenland #ECR #APRI
March 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🚨 Brand-new APRI Newsletter! 🤩✨

Relive the highlights & milestones from the past months and get an exclusive sneak peek at what’s ahead! 📧

🔗 Read now: mailchi.mp/3bd4dbd42e39...
✏️ Subscribe: www.polarresearch.at/contact/

#PolarResearch #Newsletter #Science #Arctic
January 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
APRI Early Career Scientist im Interview!🎙️

Jonathan über seinen Weg in die Polarforschung, Herausforderungen in der Arktis und die Bedeutung des Klimawandels für junge Menschen.🌍❄️

👉www.frischnews.at/klimawandel-und-gletscherschmelze-interview-mit-jonathan-fipper/

#arctic #phd #APRI #climate
January 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🌨️🧊 New Article Alert!

How do avalanches impact glacier melt? ❄️ Heavy snowfall & avalanches in 2018 had a significant effect on Freya Glacier, Greenland. Learn how climate change & avalanches shape Arctic glaciers! 🌍

👉 www.polarresearch.at/freya-glacie...

#PolarResearch #Glaciology #ClimateChange
January 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Thinking about a PhD? This seminar by APECS Austria and APECS Germany is for you! 🎓✨

📅 When: January 13, 2025, at 5 PM
💻 Where: Online (Register via the link below to receive the Zoom link!)
👉https://forms.gle/fJPuKQthYgrFct9R8

More Infos: www.polarresearch.at/ecs-of-apri/

#science #apri #phd
January 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Let’s Talk: The Path to a PhD 🎓✨

You’ll receive the Zoom link after registering via this link: forms.gle/fJPuKQthYgrF...

Join APECS Germany and APECS Austria for an inspiring panel discussion to make your PhD search easier and set you on the right path.🌟
@polarsecco.bsky.social

#polarresearch
December 17, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Don´t miss out and join the seminar!

Dec. 16th, 14-16°°
hosted by the Arctic Center of the University of Groningen:

Indigenous Peoples and Arctic Research: Consequences for Dutch Research Policy

www.rug.nl/research/arc...

Registration required!
December 11, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Tomorrow, 4 Dec, APRI Early Career Scientist Florina Schalamon (@florinaroana) from @universitygraz presents large-scale climate patterns in Greenland

Innrain 52f, Innsbruck, 60819SR, 12:00-13:30
Or: 👉 lms.uibk.ac.at/bigbluebutto...

@apecs.polar @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social @uibk_climate
December 3, 2024 at 4:18 PM
It´s #AntarcticaDay - a day to emphasize the vulnerable character of fragile ecosystems and international collaboration. What a priviledge to work there!
December 1, 2024 at 9:34 PM