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2014 __________________________________________________________________

The 2014 Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica
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20th International Symposium on Polar Sciences
27-29 mayo 2014, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Organized by
Korea Polar Research Institut
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2013 __________________________________________________________________

International Forum on "Polar Data Activities in Global Data Systems"
15-16 October 2013, Tokyo, Japan
More information
Web

VII Congreso Latinoamericano de Ciencia Antártica
4-6 September 2013, La Serena, Chile
First circular
Web

2013-14 Call for SCAR Fellowship Program
For PhD students or those within 5 years of having completed a PhD
Further information and web

The 2013 Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica
Web

The SCAR Visiting Professor Scheme
Directed at mid-to late-career scientists and academics in Antarctic research
Deadline: 16 August 2013
Information and web

 

2012 __________________________________________________________________

Jerónimo López-Martínez has been elected president of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
for the period 2012-2016
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XXXII SCAR Meeting and Open Science Conference
13-25 July 2012, Portland, Oregon, USA
13-15: SCAR Business meetings (SSGs and subsidiary groups)
16-19: Open Science Conference
20: SCAR SSG meetings (without subsidiary groups)
23-25: SCAR Delegates Meeting
First Circular
Second Circular

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14 July 2012: ISMASS 2012 Workshop
Further information
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Tenth International Conference on Permafrost (TICOP)
25-29 June2012. Salekhard, Yamal-nenets Autonomous District, Russia
Second circular
Web
 
International Polar Year (IPY) Conference - "From Knowledge to Action"
22-27 April 2012, Montreal, Canadá
First Circular
Second Circular
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2011 __________________________________________________________________

New book about SCAR´s history:
"
Science in the Snow: Fifty years of international collaboration through the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research"
Further information
 

Publication of the book: Antártida, la vida en el límite: Las expediciones BENTART
June 2011
Brochure
Poster


Monographic issue of the journal Ecosystems dedicated to Antarctic Ecology
January-March 2011
ECOSISTEMAS 20(1), 2011


11th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences
10-16 July 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland
Further information
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Publication of the IPY Summary by the ICSU-WMO Joint Committee
"Understanding Earth´s Polar Challenges: International Polar Year 2007-2008"
28 march 2011, Geneve, Suiza
ICSU Press release
WMO Press release
Link to the publication on-line (Flash Player)
Download complete publication or by sections
Order form, cover and content
 

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2010 __________________________________________________________________

International Polar Year 2007-2008 officially closed
12 June 2010. Oslo, Norway
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International Polar Year. Oslo Science Conference.
8–12 June 2010. Oslo, Norway
Organized by the Research Council of Norway, IPY, ICSU, WMO, SCAR, IASC
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Programme
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XXXI SCAR Meeting and Open Science Conference
30 July-11 August 2010. Buenos Aires, Argentina
30-2: SCAR Business Meetings
3-6: Open Science Conference
9-11: Delegates Meeting
First Circular
Second Circular
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Events about Census of Marine Life 2010: A Decade of Discovery
4-8 October 2010. London, UK
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Interdisciplinary Polar Seminar: Estudio metagenómico de virus de agua dulce en la Antártida
25 June 2010, 13:00h. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid.
Further information

Jornada sobre Iniciación a la Hidrogeología de la Península Antártica
24 June 2010. Fundación Gómez Pardo, Madrid.
Further information

Carlos Duarte " Doctor honoris causa" from Quebec University
Further information

International Congress : Deep-Water Circulation: Processes & Products
16-18 June 2010. Baiona, Pontevedra, Spain
Organized by University of Vigo and others
Second Circular
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2010-11 Call for SCAR Fellowship Program
For PhD students or those within 5 years of having completed a PhD
Proposals deadline: 15th May 2010
Further information

2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting
Session: GEOTRACES in the International Polar Year (Trace Elements and Isotopes in the polar
oceans in the context of IPY-GEOTRACES and related studies) Click here to download file
22-26 February 2010. Portland, Oregon, USA
Organized by AGU, ASLO y TOS
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2009 __________________________________________________________________

First Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE) Symposium
7-11 September 2009. Parque de las Ciencias, Granada, Spain
Organized by Granada University, CSIC and SCAR

Final Programme Click here to download file

Programme and abstracts
List of authors Click here to download file
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Exhibition, Lectures and Films: Atrapados en el hielo
5 November 2009 – 5 January 2010, Granada
Organized by Fundació Caixa Catalunya
Further information

Call for Projects and Complementary Actions in the framework of the 2008-2011 R & D National Plan
Call text

Xth SCAR International Biology Symposium

26-31 July 2009, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Organized by Hokkaido University

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Exhibition, Lectures and Films: Atrapados en el hielo
8 April – 12 July 2009, Bilbao
Organized por Fundació Caixa Catalunya
Further information

Symposium on Glaciology in the International Polar Year
27-31 June 2009, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Organized by Northumbria University

Second
circular: Click here to download file

II Congreso Ibérico de la International Permafrost Association
21-24 June 2009. Sigüenza, Spain
Organized by Alcalá University
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European Geosciences Union (EGU), General Assembly
19-24 April 2009, Vienna, Austria
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Curso de Actualidad Científica: Antártida. Ciencia en el continente helado.
17 March - 15 April 2009. Granada. España
Organized by Parque de las Ciencias and Granada University
Further information:
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Exhibition, Lectures and Films: Atrapados en el hielo
 
21 February– 21 March 2009, Madrid
Organized by Fundació Caixa Catalunya
Furher information

Program

International Polar Year celebration and release of the State of Polar Research Report

24-25 February 2009. Geneva, Suiza
Furher information

Session on Impacts of Climate Warming on Polar Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 2009 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting
25-30 January 2009. Nice, France
Further information

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2008 __________________________________________________________________

Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU)
15-19 December 2008, San Francisco, California, USA
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Oslo IPY Science Conference, June 2010: Call For Session Ideas
8–12 June 2010. Oslo, Noruega
Deadline for proposing session ideas: 24th October 2008
More information

Call for Proposals on PolarCLIMATE
European Polar Consortium and European Polar Board of the European Science Foundation
Pre-Proposals Submission: 26th September - 24th October 2008
Further information

I Jornadas Malacitanas de Estudios Antárticos
8–10 October 2008. Málaga
Organized by Universidad de Málaga
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Summer Course : Historia del Hielo: pasado, presente y futuro de la investigación polar
15-19 September 2008. Sevilla
Organized by Universidad Internacional de Andalucía
Further information


V Latin American Symposium and VII Chilean Meeting on Antarctic Research
3-5 September 2008. Valparaiso, Chile
Further Information


International Symposium on Dynamics in Glaciology

17– 22 August 2008. Limerick, Ireland
Organized by International Glaciological Society

Further information: Click here to download file

SCAR-IASC IPY Open Science Conference and XXX SCAR Business Meetings
Conferencia: Polar Research - Arctic and Antarctic Perspectives in the International Polar Year
5-11 July 2008. St Petersburg, Russia
Second Circular: Click here to download file
First Circular: Click here to download file

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Las Tertulias del Geoforo: Polar regions: the last frontier
19 June 2008. Madrid
Organized by
Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Geólogos
Further information
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egener Institut y Comité Nacional Español del SC
International Symposium on Radioglaciology and its Applications
9 – 13 June 2008. Madrid
Organized by International Glaciological Society and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Third Circular: Click here to download file
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2008-9 SCAR Fellowship Programme
Submissions deadline: 15 May 2008
Further information:
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Exhibition, Lectures and Films: Atrapados en el hielo 
13 March– 4 May 2008, Zaragoza
Organizado por Fundació Caixa Catalunya
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Exhibition, Lectures and Films: Atrapados en el hielo
13 November 2007 – 24 February 2008, Barcelona
Organized by Fundació Caixa Catalunya
Further information: Click here to download file

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2007 __________________________________________________________________

The (ECORD) offers the unique possibility for scientists based in Europe or Canada to sail on Southern Ocean Wilkes Land Paleoceanography Expeditions (Jan-Mar 2009) in the framework of the International Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) - an international research program for drilling at sea.
Application deadline: 30 November 2007
Scientists interested in participating should submit their application online
Further information
: Pinchar para descargar información

Exhibition: La investigación en los polos y el Año Polar Internacional. Contribuciones desde la UAM
VII SEMANA DE LA CIENCIA

5 - 16 November 2007. Madrid
Organized by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Further information: Pinchar para descargar información
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Sesión científica sobre Investigación Antártica: Patrones de variación a lo largo de la Península Antártica: una aproximación interdisciplinar (PAVAPANT)
8 - 9 November 2007. Almería, España
Organized by Spanish National SCAR Committee and Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA), CSIC
Further information: Pinchar para descargar información

Round table conference: Los Polos ante el calentamiento global. Investigaciones en el Año Polar internacional
VII SEMANA DE LA CIENCIA

6 November 2007. Madrid
Organized by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Círculo de Bellas Artes
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Lecture: Compartiendo la Investigación Polar con la Ciudadanía Gobal. Ciclo Más allá del Cambio Climático

15 October 2007. Barcelona
Organized by Fundació Caixa Catalunya

Seminar: Mass balance of glaciers and ice caps
3 & 25-26 September 2007. Madrid
Organized by Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Further information: Pinchar para descargar información

Lecture: Los climas del pasado en la memoria del hielo. Ciclo Más allá del Cambio Climático

13 September 2007. Barcelona
Organized by Fundació Caixa Catalunya
Further information: Pinchar para descargar información


VI° Simposio Argentino y III° Latinoamericano sobre Investigaciones Antárticas
10 - 14 September 2007. Buenos Aires, Argentina
Website: http://www.dna.gov.ar/CIENCIA/SANTAR07/INDEX.HTM

10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES X)
26 August-1 September 2007. Santa Bárbara, USA
Further information: Click here to download file
Website: http://isaes2007.geol.ucsb.edu
Flyer: Click here to download file


Sixth Conference of the European Ornithologists' Union. Incluye un Simposio sobre Health of Arctic and Antarctic bird populations (Convenors A. Barbosa and M. Loonen)
24-29 August 2007. Viena, Austria
End date for abstracts: 31th March 2007
Organized by The European Ornithologists' Union
Website:
http://www.eou.at


Session on 'Variability of the Antarctic Circulation and Water Masses and
their sensitivity to climate change' (IAPSO-PS002). IUGG XXIV 2007 Conference
.
2-13 July 2007, Perugia. Italia
Abstract Submission Deadline: February 28, 2007
Abstract information


Lecture Las regiones polares: remotas pero cruciales
11 April - 24 de May 2007. Alcobendas, Madrid
Organized by Museo de la Ciencia Cosmocaixa-Madrid
Further information


Semana Cultural: Regiones Polares y Cambio Global

23 - 27 April 2007. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid
Organized by Universidad de Alcalá de Henares

Further information

I National Congress on Global Enviromental Change
25, 26 & 27 April 2007. Madrid
Organized by Comité Español de Investigación
en Cambio Ambiental Global (CEICAG)
Further information: Click here to download file
Rules for abstracts : Click here to download file
Thematic areas: Click here to download file
Web
: http://www.uc3m.es/uc3m/dpto/CPS/ceicag/congreso/index.htm/

European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2007
15 – 20 April 2007. Viena, Austria
Organized by European Geosciences Union

Web: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2007/


Symposium: The polar regions and global warming
20 April 2007. Barcelona
Organized by Museo de la Ciencia Cosmocaixa
-Barcelona
Further information

VIII Feria Madrid es Ciencia
12 - 15 April 2007. Madrid
Organized by Comunidad de Madrid

Further information


3rd Malaysian International Seminar on Antartica (MISA3)
21-23 March 2007. Kota Kinabalu. Sabah. Malaysia
Organizado by: Malaysian Antarctic Research Program (MARP)
Website
: http://www.ums.edu.my/ipb/misa/misa.htm


Internacional
Polar Year Open Ceremony
1st March 2007. Palais de la Découverte. Paris. France
O
rganized by International Council for Science (ICSU) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Web: www.ipy.org

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2006 __________________________________________________________________

2007 Call for Complementary Actions
B.O.E. 11th October 2006. In the framework of some National Programmes of the 2004-2007
R&D National Plan. It includes the
possibility of submitting proposals to be carried out
in Antarctica.
Deadline:  3th November 2006

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2006 Call for Complementary Actions
B.O.E. 13th January 2006. In the framework of some National Programmes of the 2004-2007
R&D National Plan. It includes the
possibility of submitting proposals to be carried out
in Antarctica.
1st deadline:  6th April 2006
2nd deadline: 20th July 2006

3rd deadline: 30th December 2006
Call text


2006-07 Call for SCAR Fellowship Program

The award is for postgraduate and/or post-doctoral researchers from within the 32 SCAR Member countries and will be limited to scientists younger than 35 on the day of the deadline for applications.
Proposals deadline: 31th May 2006
Further information: More information

2005 Call for Research Projects in Antarctica
Deadline: 13th January 2006
Call text


Exhibition, Lectures and Films: Atrapados en el hielo
22 September - 30 November 2006. Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz
Organized by Fundació Caixa Catalunya and Instituto de Cultura de Jerez.
Further informatio
n: Click here to download file

Round table conference: Mirada hacia los Polos ante el cambio global (Looking to the Poles in a global change context)
SEMANA DE LA CIENCIA (Science Week)
8 November 2006, Madrid
Organized by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Círculo de Bellas Artes
Más información
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Segundo debate sobre Biología de la Conservación: Impactos del Calentamiento Global sobre los Ecosistemas Polares

10 October 2006. Madrid
Organized by
Fundación BBVA, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia and CSIC

Further information: Pinchar para descargar información

Seminar Numerical Modelling in Glaciology
26-28 September 2006. Madrid, España
Organized by Grupo de Simulación Numérica en Ciencias e Ingeniería de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Programme:
Pinche Click here to download file


XIX SCAR Meeting
8-20 July 2006, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
The XXIX meeting of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research will include three separate but related events:
8-11 July 2006, Business Meetings of the SCAR Standing Scientific Groups
12-14 July, SCAR Open Science Conference
17-20 July 2006, XXIX SCAR Delegates Meeting
For further information: www.scar2006.org
Program:

20th International Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes (FRISP)

21-22 June 2006, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, U.K.
For further information: http://www.gfi.uib.no/frisp/index.html

Exhibition, Lectures and Films: Atrapados en el hielo
4 May - 3 September 2006. Valencia
Organized by Fundació Caixa Catalunya and Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe.
Further informatio
n:
Pinche aquí para descargar el programa


International Workshop on Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments (SALE) in
the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008: Advanced Science and Technology
Planning
24-26 April 2006. Grenoble, France
Enquiries regarding the workshop should be sent to m-kennicutt@tamu.edu
Further details: http://salepo.tamu.edu/

Antarctic cryosphere and Southern Ocean climate evolution (Cenozoic-Holocene).
Session CL28 at the European Geosciences Union (EGU). General Assembly.
2-7 April 2006. Vienna, Austria
Information about the General Assembly on:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2006/

International Conference on Alpine and Polar Microbiology
27-30 March 2006. Innsbruck, Austria
For further information: http://www.alpine-polar-microbiology2006.at/

SCAR Workshop to review the risks associated with marine acoustics in the
Southern Ocean
24-27 January 2006. Cadiz, Spain

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2005 __________________________________________________________________

Seminar Spanish-German Cooperation in Polar Research. R/V Polarstern
24 October 2005. Vigo, Spain
Organized by Alfred Wegener Institut and Spanish National SCAR Committee
Program: Pinche aquí para descargar el programa


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