Welcome back for the sixth and final episode of Sense of the Arctic, a podcast miniseries from the APECS Science and Diplomacy Project Group in collaboration with the Polar Times.     We round out our series by hopping over to Greenland and chatting with Dr. Gitte Reimer, the rector at the University of Greenland, and Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Rink, a professor at Montana State University whose research examines sexual and reproductive health in Greenland through community-based participatory research.   The conversation touches on past and current uses of community-based participatory research in Greenland and how the methodology has evolved over the past three decades. We also discuss Gitte's efforts to implement Greenland's recently-released national research policy, which emphasizes the local and nationwide importance of community-based participatory research.   We hope you enjoy this important final episode of Sense of the Arctic!    Technical details: Podcast Hosts: Inge Deschepper and Nicholas ParlatoEdition: Inge Deschepper Mastering: Damien RingeisenCover art by Matthew Nelson, Nicholas Parlato, and Damien RingeisenMusic: "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA

Hello and welcome back to Polar Times! On today’s episode, we are excited to welcome Hanne Nielsen, a Senior Lecturer of Antarctic Law and Governance at the University of Tasmania in Australia.   We always say that we bring you stories from the coldest places on the planet. And today's episode, we really bringing you stories! We are going to talk about how Antarctica is represented in the media and popular culture, how that representation has changed over time, and why. Hanne Nielsen comes to us from the Humanities and will help us tackle these questions, and even include a story about cows in Antarctica. Since this interview was recorded, Hanne Nielsen wrote a book, to be published later this year titled Brand Antarctica: How Global Consumer Culture Shapes Our Perceptions of the Ice Continent.   Good listening!   If you would like to get in contact with us or recommend a guest, contact us on the APECS twitter: @Polar_Research or on Instagram apecs.polar. We would love to hear from you.   Technical details: Podcast Host: Jack Buckingham Edition and Mastering: Damien Ringeisen Cover art by Matthew Nelson Music: "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA

Welcome back for the fifth episode of Sense of the Arctic, a podcast miniseries from the APECS Science and Diplomacy Project Group in collaboration with the Polar Times.   In this episode, we have the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Vera Kuklina, a Buryat scholar from Ust-Ordynskiy Buryat Autonomous Okrug (now part of the Irkutsk region in Russia) who is currently a research professor in the Department of Geography at George Washington University. Dr. Kuklina has conducted and published research across a wide range of topics, including Arctic infrastructure, transport, and urbanization, as well as Indigenous resource management and resilience.   We speak about the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine, how it is impacting research in Siberia, and how we can ensure the safety of research collaborators and communities whilst doing research in Siberia. We also spoke about the history of including northern communities in research from a Russian perspective.   Links to add to bio: https://artslink.space/ https://arcticinfrascapes.com/ https://frozencommons.unh.edu/maps/   Technical details: Podcast Hosts: Inge Deschepper and Nicholas ParlatoEdition: Inge Deschepper Mastering: Damien RingeisenCover art by Matthew Nelson, Nicholas Parlato, and Damien RingeisenMusic: "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA

Hello and welcome back to Polar Times! Today’s episode features self-reflective poems submitted to APECS for the International Polar Week of March 2023. The poems here are presented by (in order): Marilena Dracea-Chelsoi Parnika GuptaSarah JohnsonDamien Ringeisen The text of these poems and the other submitted self-reflective poetry are available here, as well as on Twitter (@Polar_Research), Facebook (APECS4u), and Instagram (@apecs.polar).   Technical details: Edition and Mastering: Damien RingeisenCover art by Matthew NelsonMusic: "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA

Welcome back for the fourth episode of Sense of the Arctic, a podcast miniseries from the APECS Science and Diplomacy Project Group in collaboration with the Polar Times.     In this episode, we had the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Tero Mustonen, a Finnish researcher at the University of Eastern Finland and the president of SnowChange cooperative. He was also a lead author of the 6th IPCC assessment released in 2021, which had the first attempt at including traditional and indigenous knowledge in the report's findings.    We spoke about winter seining, SnowChange, the past and present impacts of colonisation and the importance and differences of community-driven research in the Northern European context. He also gave some sound advice on how and when to do research in the polar systems.    Here are some of the links spoken about during the podcast: SnowChange: http://www.snowchange.org/   As usual, if you would like to get in contact with Polar Times to recommend a guest, volunteer to be a guest, give us some feedback or just ask a question, then you can email us (thesearepolartimes@gmail.com) or tweet APECS @Polar_Research any time- we would love to hear from you. You can download the episode transcript here: Transcript The captions and transcript were partially generated using whisper.cpp   Technical details: Podcast Hosts: Inge Deschepper and Nicholas ParlatoEdition: Inge Deschepper Mastering: Damien RingeisenCover art by Matthew Nelson, Nicholas Parlato, and Damien RingeisenMusic: "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA

Welcome back for the third episode of Sense of the Arctic, a podcast miniseries from the APECS Science and Diplomacy Project Group in collaboration with Polar Times.     In this episode, we had the pleasure of chatting to two members of the organization Ikaarvik, Justin Sigluk Milton, who is from Mittimatalik (Pond Inlet), Nunavut, now living in Ottawa, and Shelly Elverum, currently living in Mittimatalik. We spoke about Ikaarvik and the importance of community-driven research, as well as what Qaujimajatuqangit is. They also spoke about a couple of key points and actions to take when thinking about doing research in the north.   Here are some of the links spoken about during the podcast: Ikaarvik: https://ikaarvik.org/ScIQ publication: https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/as-2020-0015   As usual, if you would like to get in contact with Polar Times to recommend a guest, volunteer to be a guest, give us some feedback or just ask a question, then you can email us (thesearepolartimes@gmail.com) or tweet APECS @Polar_Research any time- we would love to hear from you. You can download the episode transcript here: Transcript  The captions and transcript were partially generated using whisper.cpp   Technical details: Podcast Hosts: Inge Deschepper and Nicholas ParlatoEdition: Nicholas Parlato Mastering: Damien RingeisenCover art by Matthew Nelson, Nicholas Parlato, and Damien RingeisenMusic: "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA

*TRIGGER WARNING: discussion of systemic racism and inequality were discussed and may be triggering to those that have experienced similar situations*   Welcome to the second episode of Sense of the Arctic, a podcast miniseries from the APECS Science and Diplomacy Project Group in collaboration with the Polar Times.    This series highlights the importance and implementation of scientific collaboration with Arctic communities through community-based monitoring (CBM), co-production of knowledge, and equitable data management.   Our second guest is Margaret Rudolf, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, working at the International Arctic Research Center with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy and the Research Networking Activities for Sustained Coordinated Observations of Arctic Change (CoObs RNA). Margaret talked with us about her experiences as an Inupiat woman in the sciences that led her into her current field of research in evaluation and success metrics of Indigenous-led co-production of knowledge and the role of boundary spanners in enhancing scientist-community relations.    Below are some links and references that are mentioned in the podcast that you may be interested in: Margaret’s research website: https://uaf-accap.org/research-activities/understanding-coproduction-ak-native-communities/https://sites.google.com/view/tektalks/homeLinks to programs mentioned in the podcast: Arctic Food Sovereignty Working Group- https://arcticobservingsummit.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AOS2022_poster_P-015.pdfhttps://akcasc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/FSWG-Presentation-2022.pdfSAON Roadmap- https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532146/1/ARCTIC_2021_SAON_Roadmap.pdfArctic PASSION- ​​https://arcticpassion.eu/ As usual, if you would like to get in contact with Polar Times to recommend a guest, volunteer to be a guest, give us some feedback or just ask a question, then you can email us (thesearepolartimes@gmail.com) or tweet APECS @Polar_Research any time- we would love to hear from you. Podcast Hosts: Inge Deschepper and Nicholas Parlato Edition: Inge Deschepper Cover art by Matthew Nelson, Nicholas Parlato, and Damien Ringeisen Music: "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA

Welcome to the first episode from the Science and Diplomacy Project Group in collaboration with the Polar Times Team mini-series: Sense of the Arctic This series highlights the importance and need for collaboration with communities through community based monitoring (CBM) and how it started and has changed over the years. Our first guest is Dr. Noor Johnson, a research scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She provides us with some information about what CBM is, where it was effectively used, its importance, and how you can start incorporating CBM into your own research.  Below are some links and references that are mentioned in the podcast that you may be interested in: Professional Website: https://nsidc.org/about/our-people/Noor_JohnsonELOKA: https://eloka-arctic.org/SIKU: https://siku.org/aboutSIZONet and AAOKH: https://eloka-arctic.org/sizonetArcticcbm.org Graeme Reed, Nicolas D. Brunet, David C. Natcher, 2020, Can indigenous community-based monitoring act as a tool for sustainable self-determination?, The Extractive Industries and Society, Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 1283-1291, ISSN 2214-790X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2020.04.006.David C. Natcher, Nicolas D. Brunet, 2020, Extractive resource industries and indigenous community-based monitoring: Cooperation or cooptation?, The Extractive Industries and Society, Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 1279-1282, ISSN 2214-790X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2020.10.005.Wilson NJ, Mutter E, Inkster J, Satterfield T. Community-Based Monitoring as the practice of Indigenous governance: A case study of Indigenous-led water quality monitoring in the Yukon River Basin. J Environ Manage. 2018 Mar 15;210:290-298. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.01.020. PMID: 29407189.To contact Dr. Noor Johnson about the book published by Finn Danielsen contact her through the email available on her website. As usual, if you would like to get in contact with Polar Times to recommend a guest, volunteer to be a guest, give us some feedback or just ask a question then you can email us (thesearepolartimes@gmail.com) or tweet APECS @Polar_Research any time- we would love to hear from you. Episode edited by Nicholas Parlato and Damien Ringeisen  Cover art by Matthew Nelson, Nicholas Parlato, and Damien Ringeisen Music: "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA

Hello and thank you for tuning in to another episode of Polar Times! In this episode, our host Henrietta talks to Christie Grekul and Dr Grant Zazulaabout all things Beringia, palaeontology, archaeology and museums. Christie is the Manager of the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre and Grant is Manager of the Yukon Government Palaeontology Program. They both live and work in city of Whitehorse in the Canadian Yukon, and between them know everything there is to know about Beringia–the land bridge that once connected Siberia to the Yukon. Staytuned for mammoth fossils, a mummified wolf pup, and to find out what Thomas Jefferson has to do with giant ground sloths... To learn more about the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre and their amazing science-communication work, visit their website here: https://www.beringia.com/ If you have anything you’d like to tell us, no matter how big or small, please get in touch via email (therearepolartimes@gmail.com) or tweet APECS (@Polar_Research). We’d love to hear from you! Episode edited by Damien Ringeisen Cover art by Matthew Nelson Music: “Scuba” by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA

Hello and welcome back to Polar Times! On today’s episode we are excited to welcome Pierre Coupel, oceanographer, biogeochemist and documentary maker for ArctiConnexion, currently based in Canada!  Post-PhD, Pierre has been fortunate enough to participate in many field seasons and chats to Jack all about life at ice camps and on board research vessels from several nations. From Chinese icebreakers to the salt pans of Bolivia, we talk travel, how this led to an exploration of his love for film-making, how this led to the decision to leave academia, and how these two talents (science and cinema!) come together in his current position at ArctiConnexion. We then talk all about his current work as well as his past documentary endeavours. ArctiConnexion is an organisation which aims “to support, through mentorship and knowledge sharing, indigenous communities in the development of local competencies and leadership for research and applications promoting community well-being.” We’ve talked on Polar Times before about the power of the picture when it comes to science communication, and yes we’re going to revisit it again because creative scicomm is obviously something that we can’t get enough of! If you would like to see Pierre’s winning photo, follow this link: https://www.apecs.is/component/phocagallery/category/34-category-research.html?Itemid=392 If you would like to see his body of other work then go here: https://pierrecoupel.wixsite.com/life-patchwork Or check out his Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/pierre_coupel/ Finally, for ArctiConnexion, here’s the tea:  https://arcticonnexion.ca/mission/ Episode edited by Damien Ringeisen Cover art by Matthew Nelson Music: "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA

Get ready for an episode all about fieldwork! The guest of today’s episode is Floreana Miesen who is a field technician at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Floreana came in contact with fieldwork at the beginning of her studies, and it excited her from the start. After participating in field campaigns in Svalbard and in the Andes, she decided to make her passion her profession. By now, she organises complete field campaigns and manages all the details from scientific issues and sample transport to security and the little things in everyday life, such as a toilet. She tells us how the organization of a camp works, what are the nice sides of her job and what situations can be tough in her job. Read a blog post on Floreana’s field experiences in the Swiss Alps: https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/2020/11/04/running-a-live-stream-of-proglacial-processes/ If you would like to get in contact with us or recommend a guest, send us an email to thesearepolartimes@gmail.com or tweet APECS: @Polar_Research. We would love to hear from you. Episode edited by Alexandra Zuhr Cover art by Matthew Nelson Music: "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA

Today on Polar Times: We welcome Samantha Jones from the University of Calgary who speaks to Jack all about her research on carbon cycling and fluvial biogeochemistry in the Canadian Arctic, her experience of fieldwork there and her niche method of science communication- yes Sam is our first Polar Poet! Winner of the APECS Polar Week Poetry Competition with Spring Pulse, and feature at the COP26 Ocean Pavilion with Ocean Acidification, Sam tells us all about the inspiration behind her work, why poetry is such a good metric for scicomm and even the benefits of using it to reframe and view your own scientific data. Read Spring Pulse here: https://www.apecs.is/news/apecs-news/4753-polar-poetry-competition-winner-is.html View/listen to Ocean Acidification here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2HQr_mWKKI Or read check out Samatha's work on Watch Your Head here: https://www.watchyourhead.ca/watch-your-head/poetry-samantha-jones As ever, if you would like to get in contact with Polar Times to recommend a guest, volunteer to be a guest, give us some feedback or just ask a question then you can email us (thesearepolartimes@gmail.com) or tweet APECS @Polar_Research any time- we would love to hear from you. Episode edited by Damien Ringeisen Cover art by Matthew Nelson Music: "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA

Hello and Happy New Year! Welcome back to Polar Times!  On today's episode, Jack is joined by Dominik Arend an ecologist from the University of Freiburg who is currently writing an MSc thesis on Arctic foxes, specifically looking at their denning activity and how this impacts soil nutrition and vegetation. Turns out foxes are ecosystem engineers! We talk about fieldwork in Iceland and Domink's experiences with Arctic foxes, how Iceland's Arctic foxes differ from their more northern relations, and how Arctic foxes interact with and are impacted by human activities... We also chat about funding and Dominik has some great tips for writing your own research proposal and getting funding for a project, even at the early-career stage!  As usual, if you would like to get in contact with Polar Times to recommend a guest, volunteer to be a guest, give us some feedback or just ask a question then you can email us (thesearepolartimes@gmail.com) or tweet APECS @Polar_Research any time- we would love to hear from you. Episode edited by Damien Ringeisen Cover art by Matthew Nelson Music: "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Polar Times! Have you ever been crawling around in a cave and collecting speleothems?  If not, then this episode is definitely made for you! Alexandra is joined today by Gina Moseley who is an Ingeborg Hochmair Professor at the Institute for Geology at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. Gina is passionate about speleothems from caves all around the world and especially in Greenland. Her project about greenlandic caves started in a pub during her PhD in Bristol, UK, but it took her many years until she finally travelled to northeast Greenland in 2015 to visit the first caves. Gina and Alexandra chat about how to use speleothems to reconstruct past climatic conditions and the related advantages and disadvantages of them in the context of different climate archives as well as how Gina ended up in the American breakfast television (hint: check out the movie Ancient Caves)! We hope you enjoy today’s episode. More information on Gina’s project can be found here:  https://northeastgreenlandcavesproject.com/ and on Twitter @Greenland_Caves. If you would like to get in contact with us at Polar Times, send us an email to: thesearepolartimes@gmail.com OR tweet APECS: @Polar_Research Episode edited by Damien Ringeisen Cover art by Matthew Nelson Music: "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA

Hello one hello all, and welcome back to Polar Times! Today we are delighted to feature a former Polar Times team member, our original head-editor, Elise Gallois, Arctic tundra biogeographer extraordinaire from the University of Edinburgh! Elise comes on to talk to Jack all about her research including dendrochronology, shrubification, and microclimates. We hear all about the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX), Team Shrub and the Teabag Index. What is Elise’s favourite shrub? What happened with fieldwork during Covid? What will the Arctic tundra look like in the future? All these questions answered and more! Moreover, Elise chats science communication, about her passion for science stand-up comedy and why this is a great tool for communicating difficult topics like climate change. For info on the Bright Club, check out this link: https://scienceshowoff.wordpress.com/bright-club/ For the Coding Club Elise mentioned in her plug, go here: https://ourcodingclub.github.io  And finally, to see Elise’s comedy set at the British Ecological Society’s Science Slam go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVKQm07kCcY As ever, if you would like to get in contact with Polar Times to recommend a guest, volunteer to be a guest, give us some feedback or just ask a question then you can email us (thesearepolartimes@gmail.com) or tweet APECS @Polar_Research any time- we would love to hear from you. Episode edited by Elise Gallois  Cover art by Matthew Nelson Music: "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA

Welcome back to a special episode of PolarTimes in celebration of Antarctica Day 2021! Every year on the 1st of December the polar community celebrates the signature of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959. As such, the annual event serves the purpose to increase global awareness about the frozen continent and the establishment of the Antarctic Treaty System, under which Antarctica is designated as a space for science and peaceful purposes. Under the motto “What we always wanted to know about Antarctica”, Katharina Heinrich is joined by Jack Buckingham and Azamat Tolipov in answering questions that have been submitted by K-12 students. As such, this episode aims to increase the interest, knowledge, and awareness about Antarctica also amongst younger people. In line with the podcast a FAQ Handbook, soon available as a pdf file with answers to all the questions that have been submitted, will be released. Keep a lookout for the release of the Handbook on the APECS Antarctica Day Website https://apecs.is/upcoming-event-highlights/apecs-antarctica-day-2021.html If you would like to get in contact with Polar Times to recommend a guest, volunteer to be guest, give us some feedback or just ask a question then you can email us (therearepolartimes@gmail.com) or tweet APECS @Polar_Research any time-we would love to hear from you! From all of us here at Polar Times and APECS, Happy Antarctica Day! This episode has been edited by Katharina Heinrich Cover art by Matthew Nelson Music: “Scuba” by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA

Welcome back to Polar Times! In today’s episode, Alexandra is interviewing Ronja Gronemeyer and Hanna Knahl, two fellow podcasters. Together with four other members, their podcast Climbing Climate is going to be launched in the beginning of December 2021. Ronja and Hanna tell us all about their podcast, how it all started and what they are going to feature. They also chat about the different ways into (polar) science and the importance of having fun projects, like a podcast, next to scientific tasks and how enlightening/revealing it can be for a personal academic development. Tune in to hear all about Climbing Climate! Tweet APECS (@Polar_Research) or email us (thesearepolartimes@gmail.com) to get in contact with us! Episode edited by Alexandra Zuhr Cover art by Matthew Nelson Music: "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA

We're back!  Here we go launching into Season 2 of Polar Times and the team here at APECS (Association of Polar Early Career Scientists) couldn't be more excited! Join Alexandra and Jack here in the trailer to hear what we have coming up in the near future and what we'd like to bring to you on our lovely polar podcast.  We also put a call out there for guests, so if you're a polar person and you'd like to feature on Polar Times then please let us know!  As ever you can contact us via email (thesearepolartimes@gmail.com) or you can tweet APECS (@Polar_Research).  We can't wait for you to hear what we have in store for Season 2!   Episode edited by Alexandra Zuhr Cover art by Matthew Nelson Music: "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA

Hello and welcome back to Polar Times! We have a very exciting episode for you today. Our guest this episode is James Karner of the University of Utah who chats to Jack all about the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET). Aside from answering some vital questions (how on Earth do you find a meteorite in Antarctica?!), James gives us all the facts about how to spot a meteorite, where they may come from and where they go having been plucked from the Antarctic ice by the ANSMET team. We also hear about some of his many field experiences, the lows of sheltering in a tent on the brink of blowing away, and the highs of discovering objects from out of this world! You can find out more about ANSMET and how to potentially join the team here: https://caslabs.case.edu/ansmet/ And, as usual, if you would like to get in contact with Polar Times to recommend a guest, volunteer to be a guest, give us some feedback or just ask a question then you can email us (thesearepolartimes@gmail.com) or tweet APECS @Polar_Research any time- we would love to hear from you! Episode edited by Swati Nagar & Ryan O’Hara Cover art by Matthew Nelson Music: "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA

Hello hello from the Polar Times Team! We have another excellent episode for you today. We’re pleased to welcome Klaus Dodds from Royal Holloway University of London! Klaus is a professor of geopolitics and researches security, media/popular culture, ice studies and the international governance of the Antarctic and the Arctic. He joins us today to speak about all things Antarctic Treaty! You may have heard of the Antarctic Treaty- perhaps you’ve heard it’s the most successful peace treaty the world has ever known… but is it all its cracked up to be? Why was it established? How does it work today? What will happen to Antarctic governance in the future? Klaus answers all of these questions and more! But if international politics doesn’t usually tickle your pickle then stick around for the drama because the tale of the Treaty is one of intrigue and compromise, set in the crucible of 20th century history… You can read the Antarctic Treaty here: https://www.ats.aq/e/key-documents.html And find links to some of Klaus’ body of work here: https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/klaus-dodds(fb99b223-7661-4aa1-95f6-1cd527dd0fc7)/publications.html As ever, if you would like to get in contact with Polar Times to recommend a guest, volunteer to be a guest, give us some feedback or just ask a question then you can email us (thesearepolartimes@gmail.com) or tweet APECS @Polar_Research any time- we would love to hear from you. Episode edited by Swati Nagar & Ryan O’Hara Cover art by Matthew Nelson Music: "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA