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 | | Inside POLARIN #9 | | The first Transnational Access call for the UiT CORES and BAS-PSCF core repositories is open until 13 February 2026. Explore the Ambassador stories and photo gallery from seven Arctic projects supported through POLARIN’s first Transnational Access call to polar research infrastructures. The POLARIN Ambassadors Programme offers researchers a platform to share their first-hand experiences, showcasing life and work in polar regions while inspiring fellow scientists and the wider community. |
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POLARIN Launches First TA Call for Access to Core Repositories |  | | POLARIN Launches First TA Call for Access to Core Repositories The POLARIN project will open its first Transnational Access (TA) Call for Access to Core Repositories on 15 December. POLARIN has four core repositories in its network: UiT CORES, BAS-PSCF, AWI-SED, AWI-ICE. In this first call, access will be offered to two repositories: UiT CORES and BAS-PSCF. Researchers seeking access to … |
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Ambassadors' Photo Gallery Now Live on the POLARIN Website! |  | | Ambassadors' Photo Gallery Now Live on the POLARIN Website! The POLARIN Ambassadors Programme is thrilled to announce the launch of its brand-new photo gallery, now available for everyone to explore. This captivating collection features a treasure trove of images captured by our dedicated ambassadors directly from the field. You will discover stunning visuals of polar landscapes and research infrastructures, polar … |
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Deep Roots in Thawing Permafrost – New POLARIN Ambassador Visual story! |  | | Deep Roots in Thawing Permafrost POLARIN has published a new Ambassador visual story titled Deep Roots in Thawing Permafrost (DROP) at the Toolik Field Station developed by the POLARIN Ambassador and doctoral researcher at Umeå University Vanessa Götz. The story combines photographs and reflections from the field with insights into the experimental work carried out at the Toolik Field Station in … |
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Beyond the Bite: Mapping Arctic Mosquito Viromes with a Mobile Sequencing Lab- New POLARIN Ambassador Blog Post! |  | | Beyond the Bite: Mapping Arctic Mosquito Viromes with a Mobile Sequencing Lab What does it take to sequence mosquito viruses in remote Arctic environments? In a new POLARIN Ambassador blog, Hanna Vauhkonen from the University of Helsinki shares the story of the MOSQUITO project’s field campaign in Greenland, where researchers combined field sampling with mobile sequencing technologies under typical Arctic research … |
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A hidden process shaping the tundra’s future- New POLARIN Ambassador Blog Post! |  | | A hidden process shaping the tundra’s future Tiny shifts beneath our feet are quietly reshaping the Arctic tundra. In a new POLARIN Ambassador blog, Yajie Zhu from the University of St Andrews takes readers to northern Finland to explore how subtle variations in soil nutrients and microtopography influence vegetation across one of the world’s fastest-changing ecosystems. During June 2025, the USNA-PL … |
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| The scoop on SCOOP - New POLARIN Ambassador Blog Post! |  | | The scoop on SCOOP The researchers Eva Doting (Postdoc at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Tromsø, Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania), and Anne Kellerman (Research Associate at the University of Pennsylvania, Visiting Scholar at the Florida State University) recently completed a High Arctic field campaign in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard and the NERC Arctic Research Station, tracking how meltwater … |
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| Following Microscopic Life Through the Glacier Melt Season - New POLARIN Ambassador Blog Post! |  | | Following Microscopic Life Through the Glacier Melt Season- New POLARIN Ambassador Blog Post! In summer 2025, the GLASS (Glacier Algal Sampling Strategies) project from the University of Bristol headed to Tarfala Research Station in northern Sweden to study blooms of microscopic algae on Storglaciären through the melt season. A heatwave in July brought melting around the station and uncovered colourful algal … |
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| Ponds of Utqiaġvik: Exploring Hidden Life in Arctic Alaska- New POLARIN Ambassador Blog Post! |  | | Ponds of Utqiaġvik: Exploring Hidden Life in Arctic Alaska- New POLARIN Ambassador Blog Post! “Utqiaġvik is a wonderfully peaceful place to conduct fieldwork, and I hope that one day I might have the opportunity to return to experience it all over again.” Dive into the story of Archie Clarkson, a PhD student at the University of Exeter and a POLARIN Ambassador … |
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| "It is Getting Hot in Here" - New POLARIN Ambassador blog post online! |  | | "It is Getting Hot in Here" - New POLARIN Ambassador blog post online! In “It is Getting Hot in Here”, Dr. Patricia Kaye Dumandan, PI of the POLARIN-funded TEMPNET project, gives an inside look at how her team set up experiments to understand how temperature shapes insect activity and species interactions in the Arctic. Through POLARIN, Patricia and her team travelled … |
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| ABOUT | POLARIN, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme, is an international network of polar research infrastructures and their services, aiming at addressing the scientific challenges of the polar regions.
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