Joint ALSA & APECSSA Event @ SUN

I have never had the opportunity to talk about my experience overwintering on Marion Island. It is a cold place, filled with warm people that I have always wanted to share with the world. Lucky for me, APECSSA graciously allowed me to discuss my favourite place for Polar Week 2018. On Friday, 21 September, Tannie …

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APECSSA Polar Week Presentations: Friday @ UP

On the last day of our lunchtime lectures in celebration of International Polar Week, Mr Michael Loubser from the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology from the University of Pretoria spoke about polar research from a personal point of view. Science takes you places but the work is normally also accompanied by fun, new friends and …

Polar Week Presentations Today (Friday)

Don't forget to join ALSA and Marius in Stellenbosch today at 13:00 in room 206 of the Natural Sciences Building at Stellenbosch University. There has also been a change of plans for the event today to be hosted at the University of Pretoria. One of the presenters is unfortunately unable to hold his talk due …

APECSSA Polar Week Presentations: Thursday

We are almost done with our series of lunchtime lectures in celebration of International Polar Week. Today, Dr Christel Hansen from the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology from the University of Pretoria spoke to the attendees on the advantage of being part of polar associations, as well as landscape processes in Antarctic ecosystems. The importance …

APECSSA Polar Week Presentations: Wednesday

We are now on day 3 of International Polar Week and today researchers from the Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology from the University of Pretoria (UP) spoke to the audience on microbial ecology of Antarctic soils and the use of bioinformatics in understanding polar communities. Dr Thulani Makhalanyane spoke about the microbial ecology of terrestrial polar …

APECSSA Polar Week Presentations: Tuesday

As part of International Polar Week we are celebrating South African polar research and today staff and students of the from the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology from the University of Pretoria (UP), and the Department of Zoology from the University of Johannesburg (UJ), and the  spoke about the South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP) and Genetic diversity at …

APECSSA Polar Week Presentations: Monday

Today marks the start of International Polar Week and in order to celebrate South African Polar Week, staff and students of the Department of Plant and Soil Science, the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology and the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering (all from the University of Pretoria) spoke about A Marion mash-up: How ecologists, invasion …

Johan to defend his MSc during Polar Week

If you find yourself in Stellenbosch next Monday why don't you join Johan Viljoen, one of our new National Committee members, for his MSc defense? He will be presenting from 13:00-13:50 on his work on the co-limitation of light, iron and other trace metals on phytoplankton productivity and community composition in room 1004 of the Geology …

Polar Week Film Festival

Join this year's APECS International Polar Week September 2018 and USAPECS is hosting the 3rd annual Polar Film Fest. From 18-22 September you can watch short films about the Arctic, Antarctic, and wider cryosphere. What to watch? See the list below. You can watch all films through the link here: USAPECS Polar Film Fest 2018 website. Monday: Tipping the Balance: Exploring …

Celebrating Polar Week

In celebration of Polar Week join us and the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology of the University of Pretoria for a series of lunch-time lectures. We will be hosting several researchers and students from all aspects of South African polar research every day on 17-21 September from 12:30-13:20 in room 1-2 of the Geography …