BEPSII Sea-Ice School 2022

BEPSII Sea Ice School 2022

14-23 May 2022, CHARS Station, Cambridge Bay, Canada


See also the dedicated school page with all the produced material HERE



TARGET

30 Early Career Scientists, preferably PhD students, but also Master students and early Post-Doc are eligible to apply.


SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Frontal lectures, field and lab work on topics such as:

  • basic sea-ice and snow physics

  • sea-ice optics

  • sea-ice nutrients

  • gases fluxes at the interfaces

  • sea-ice carbon cycle

  • sea-ice primary production

  • sea-ice biogeochemical modelling

  • land - sea ice - ocean interactions

  • life in the North


CONFIRMED LECTURERS

Karley CAMPBELL, Norway

Odile CRABECK, Belgium

Bruno DELILLE, Belgium

Brent ELSE, Canada

Sian HENLEY, UK

Naoya KANNA, Japan

CJ MUNDY, Canada

Daiki NOMURA, Japan

Letizia TEDESCO, Finland


SCHOOL SCHEDULE - FINAL AGENDA


Deadline for school and funding application: 11 March 2022

Notification of acceptance and funding: 25 March 2022 at the latest


UPDATE 25.3!!!

We received almost 100 applications. The selected 30 students have been informed.

All the others have been contacted.

TRAVEL INFO (FLIGHTS, VISA, COVID)

SOME LOGISTICS INFO (Click HERE)

  • Travelling to/from Cambridge Bay might require one night staying in Edmonton or Yellowknife

  • Arrival at the station on 12 or 13 of May

  • Accommodation in double rooms just next to CHARS station

  • Catering on site

  • Departure from the station on 24 or 25 of May


SCHOOL FEE:

950 EUR. It includes all meals, transport to/from Cambridge Bay airport to/from CHARS station, school materials, etc.


FUNDING AVAILABLE

The first BESPII Sea-Ice School will be possible thanks to the many organizations that will support it:

  • POLAR KNOWLEDGE will provide accommodation and use of station facilities for all participants

  • SCAR and CliC will support school applicants, lecturers, and school activities

  • IASC will support applicants from IASC countries

  • NSF will support US students

Applications for funding is done in the school application form (see link below). The BEPSII SSC will select the applicants based on best merits and will allocate funding, if requested by the applicant, and according to the organizations' guidelines and availability.


FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, please contact one of the school organizers:

Letizia Tedesco (letizia.tedesco@syke.fi) for questions on the scientific program and funding.

Bruno Delille (bruno.delille@uliege.be) for questions on accommodation, logistics, and special requests.

Odile Crabeck (ocrabeck@uliege.be) for questions on travelling and VISA requirements.


See also the dedicated school page with all the produced material HERE