The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is a vast organisation, and it promotes its annual meeting as being the largest gathering of earth and space scientists on the planet. Having attended several such meetings now, I’m still struck by how massive…
Thwaites Glacier Expedition 2023–2024 (ANA14B) An international expedition, led by Chief Scientist Won Sang Lee from KOPRI, and hosting participants from Korea, Sweden, UK, US, Australia and China, took place aboard the Korean icebreaker RVIB Araon between December 28, 2023,…
On the 7th and 8th of November the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) Weddell Sea and Dronning Maud Land (WSDML) regional working group held its annual virtual workshop. This workshop, chaired by OCEAN:ICE’s very own Markus Janout (AWI), brought together regional…
Rachael, please introduce yourself. My name is Rachael Sanders, I’m a Postdoc working at the British Antarctic Survey. Tell us about your professional and academic career before becoming part of the OCEAN:ICE community. For my undergraduate degree, I studied math’s…
The Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration, CHINARE, was celebrating it’s 40th anniversary in late October and organized an international symposium for the occasion (see CUHK co-organises International Symposium on Polar Sciences – The 40th Anniversary of CHINARE to foster collaboration…