The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) is seeking a new director to lead the organization to new heights. In its 5+ years, APECS has evolved into the pre-eminent international and interdisciplinary organization for polar early career researchers, now comprising over 3000 members from 75 countries including students, postdoctoral researchers, early faculty members, educators and others with interests in Polar Regions and the cryosphere. In collaboration with international organizations, leading polar researchers, educators, and funding agencies, APECS aims to enhance career development opportunities, stimulate research collaborations, and develop effective future leaders in polar research, education and outreach to provide a continuum of knowledge for generations to come.

The APECS Directorate is based at the University of Tromsø, Norway in a vibrant environment with other secretariats and lots of polar researchers. The initial appointment will be for 9 months, with the option to renew for 3 years based on successful performance. As the full-time employee of APECS, the Director is tasked with guiding the development and administration of the organisation, along with overseeing and managing all APECS activities, finances and events. For more information on APECS please visit our website (http://apecs.is) and read our past reports and publications at http://apecs.is/publications.

For a detailed description of the position, visit http://www.apecs.is/features/4690-director-job-announcement.

Deadline for applications is 27 February, and must be submitted online at http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=80856.  

Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Postdoctoral Researcher in Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets

Description: Funding in available for a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in remote sensing as part of the Rapid Ice Sheet Change Observatory (RISCO), a multi-institutional program for increasing accessibility to imagery from multiple sources and higher-level products relevant to ice sheet and glacier dynamics. Activities will include, but not be limited to, algorithm development, dataset calibration and validation, and basic web development.  The researcher will be expected to assist in supervision of student assistants and to present results at scientific conferences and in peer-reviewed scientific journals. The appointment will be for one year, with continuation dependent on performance and availability of funds. Necessary funds for conference travel and computer equipment will also be provided.

Requirements: PhD in relevant field (including Earth Science, Geodesy, Geophysics Computer Science or Engineering) with research experience in one or more of the following: spatial data assimilation, satellite image orthorectification and DEM production, laser and radar altimetry, and/or interferometry.  Extensive programming experience in science and engineering languages (e.g. Matlab, IDL, Python), unix/linux operating systems, and basic knowledge of web server languages (html, Javascript, etc.).

Salary: $42-$52K per year, depending on qualifications, with OSU staff benefits. A description of benefits can be found at
http://hr.osu.edu/benefits/.

Availability: Open until filled. Negotiable start date.

To apply: Respond by email to Dr. Ian Howat (howat.4@osu.edu) with:
1. Curriculum Vitae
2. Research Statement
3. Contact information (name, position, email) for at least three professional references.

Ocean/Ice Modeller
Please quote ref no: BAS 57/11
Closing date for applications: 07 Aug 2011


Main Description
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), part of the Natural Environment Research Council, aims to undertake a world-class programme of scientific research, and to sustain for the UK an active and influential regional presence and a leadership role in Antarctic affairs. We are currently seeking to appoint a postgraduate researcher with experience in the development and running of ocean models. Their role will be to set up and run a high-resolution regional ice-ocean model of the Amundsen Sea to investigate the physical processes that control the inflow of warm Circumpolar Deep Water to the continental shelf and the impacts of this on the melt rates of the floating ice shelves. The model will be forced with atmospheric reanalyses, the output from climate models and ice-cored based reconstructions, and verified by comparison with a growing database of oceanographic observations from the region. The output will be used as forcing for a glaciological model of the ice shelves and outlet glaciers of the Amundsen Sea embayment. The overall aim is to investigate the ocean forcing on the glacier evolution over the past two centuries in order to explain the current behaviour and to ascertain when the rapid changes that are currently underway may have started.

Qualifications: First degree in physical science/mathematics plus PhD (or equivalent)

Duration: 30 months Fixed Term Appointment

Salary: Salary will be in the range of £26,180 to £29,410 per annum. We offer a generous benefits package including a defined salary pension scheme, free car parking, flexible working hours and 30 days annual leave.
On-line application forms and further information are available on our website at www.antarctica.ac.uk/employment.

These are also available from the Human Resources Section, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET. Tel: (01223) 221508.

Please quote reference: BAS 57/11
Closing date for receipt of application forms is 7th August 2011.
Interviews are scheduled to be held on w/c 5th September 2011.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community. People from ethnic minorities are currently under-represented and their applications are particularly welcome.

1 POSITION AS 3 YEAR Ph.D. FELLOWSHIP IN IMAGE ANALYSIS OF GLACIER FLOW is available at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo, in cooperation with the Norwegian Polar Institute.

Details under
http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/576472/64289?iso=no.

Application deadline: 20 August 2011.

For further information please contact Andreas Kaeaeb, kaeaeb@geo.uio.no.

Project Manager - EU project “Changing Permafrost in the Arctic and its Global Effects in the 21st Century (PAGE21)”

Division:Geosciences
The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Department of Periglacial Research in Potsdam, is seeking to appoint a project manager by September,1 2011 for the EU project PAGE21 “Changing Permafrost in the Arctic and its Global Effects in the 21st Century”. Candidatures are accepted until July 15th.


Project:
The AWI will be coordinating the large-scale collaborative project PAGE21 (Changing Permafrost in the Arctic and its Global Effects in the 21st Century (PAGE21)” which aims to understand and quantify the vulnerability of perma-frost environments to a changing global climate, and to investigate the feedback mechanisms associated with in-creasing greenhouse gas emissions from permafrost zones. This 4 year programme (expected to be launched in November 2011) involves 18 research groups from various European countries. The project description can be found at:
http://www.awi.de/en/news/open_positions/potsdam_berlin/detail/item/project_manager_eu_project_changing_permafrost/?cHash=17cb2bdafa78a927e9eae4be41059f3c.

A PhD position within Regional Climate Modelling of the Antarctic Peninsula is available at the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University, The Netherlands. See:
http://www.projects.science.uu.nl/imau/project1.html.

Job description:
IMAU is looking for a motivated PhD student (m/f) to study melt fluxes on the Antarctic Peninsula (AP) in relation to climate change. The AP is a region of fast atmospheric warming (three to four times the global average during the last five decades). The increased temperatures have led to increased melt water fluxes, which presumably have led to the disintegration of numerous ice shelves in the northern AP.

Aim of this project is to estimate how much melt presently occurs on the AP glaciers and ice shelves, and to study the importance of the process of refreezing with respect to runoff. Emphasis of the project will be on recent climate changes and ice shelf stability. A modelling and observational approach will be taken. A regional climate model will be used to estimate the melt over the past 50 years, where the observations will be used to validate the model output.

The candidate will be offered the opportunity to do fieldwork.

This work is performed in the framework of the Dutch Polar Program (NWO-ALW, NPP-NAAP).

The application deadline is 18th July 2011.

The Geography Department at Loughborough University, UK, is offering a fully-funded research studentship in partnership with Extreme World Races (an Antarctic logistics company) for the following project:

Spatio-temporal variation in ice-sheet surface climatology, from interior plateau to ice shelf, in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica.
- this project will involve measurement and modelling of the surface energy- and mass-balances along a transect, from the interior ice-sheet to the coastal shelf, over two southern summers and one winter, using Automatic Weather Stations. Of particular interest are the diurnal and seasonal cycling of the boundary-layer meteorology, its relationship with surface mass balance, and how well it is represented by re-analysis data/regional climate model output.

This 3-year studentship pays fees, maintenance at UK/EU rates, and two southern summer seasons of fieldwork through the partnership with Extreme World Races. The start date is 1st October 2011, with travel to Antarctica most likely in December 2011.

Enquiries or expressions of interest should be directed to Richard Hodgkins (r.hodgkins@lboro.ac.uk).  
More information, including how to apply, can be found at: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/gy/postgraduates/pgr-home.html. Completed application forms should be sent via email to Sue Clarke (s.n.clarke@lboro.ac.uk).

The closing date for applications is Friday 8th July 2011.  Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 25th July 2011.

Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Application Deadline: 15th June 2011


RICE is an international collaboration between New Zealand, U.S.A., Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Italy. The aim of the project is to recover a 750 m deep ice core from Roosevelt Island in Antarctica to determine the stability of the Ross Ice Shelf and West Antarctica in a warming world.

The PhD project will involve fieldwork in Antarctica (optional), ice core processing in the New Zealand Ice Core Research Laboratory at GNS Science, and analysis of soluble and insoluble trace element concentration using ICP-MS at the Geochemistry Laboratory at Victoria University. The project will contribute to the interpretation of RICE ice core with a focus on the past 2,000 years.

The successful applicant will be based at the Joint Antarctic Research Institute at Victoria University of Wellington and GNS Science and will be part of the international RICE team with the opportunity to partake in our graduate student exchange programme with RICE partner institutions. The ideal candidate will have an MSc degree awarded with distinction in Earth Sciences, Chemistry, or Physics with a strong interest in paleoclimatology. Experience in geochemical techniques would be an advantage, as would a publication from the candidate?s MSc thesis.

For more information, please see below or contact Nancy Bertler (Nancy.Bertler@vuw.ac.nz).

Interested applicants should send a CV and email addresses of two referees to: Nancy.Bertler@vuw.ac.nz. 
Application Deadline is the 15th June 2011. Start date is as soon as possible.


RICE Background Information
The potential for rapid deglaciation of West Antarctica remains a primary uncertainty in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predictions for 21st Century sea level rise. The recent and unpredicted collapse of multiple ice shelves and rapid acceleration of discharge of Antarctic ice suggests that dynamical responses to warming play a more significant role than is currently understood and captured in coupled climate-ice sheet models. Such models can be improved and validated by replicating known past changes. The Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution (RICE) project is an international partnership seeking to understand past, present, and future changes of the Ross Ice Shelf, a major drainage pathway of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. About 5 to 3 million years ago, the last time when atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration and temperatures were similar to those predicted for the end of the 21st Century, the Ross Ice Shelf disintegrated multiple times, initiati
 ng the collapse of West Antarctica. However, no high resolution data exist from this time period. To determine the rate of change, RICE aims to provide an annually resolved ice core record for the past 20,000 years, when global temperatures increased by 6 deg C to preindustrial temperatures, global sea level rose by ~120 m, and the Ross Ice Shelf grounding line retreated over 1,000 km. Most of the Ross Ice Shelf retreat occurred when global sea level had already reached modern levels. For this reason, the precise correlation between increasing air and ocean temperatures, and the velocity and characteristics of the ice shelf retreat, provides a unique opportunity to determine accurately the sensitivity of the Ross Ice Shelf to warming. The trace element record will allow us to i) reconstruct atmospheric circulation pattern and ii) to characterise dust flux and hence nutrient transport into the Ross Sea, an important region of bottom water formation.


Webpages of Interest:
Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University ? http://www.victoria.ac.nz/antarctic/,
GNS Science, Ice Core Research Laboratory ? http://www.gns.cri.nz/icecore,
Nancy Bertler ? http://www.victoria.ac.nz/antarctic/staff/nancy-bertler.aspx.

A PhD position within subglacial processes/subglacial hydrology is available at the Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, see: http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/560070/64289?iso=no.

The position will be based at the University of Oslo, but will work in close collaboration with Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) and Statkraft. It is anticipated that the applicant will spend time at NVE, at the Svartisen sub-glacial Laboratory, Norway.

The candidate will join the Nordic Centre of Excellence SVALI (http://www.ncoe-svali.org/), supported by the Nordic Top-level Research Initiative, and participate in joint efforts involving collection and interpretation of data, exploration of glaciological processes, development of Earth Systems Models and predicting future evolution of glaciers. The position will be one of 15-20 SVALI PhD students and PostDocs placed at Nordic research institutes and universities.

The application deadline is 10th June.

O ANTECC (CEG/IGOT-UL) aceita propostas de candidatos a bolsas de doutoramento ou pós-doutoramento para desenvolver trabalhos nos temas de investigação indicados em baixo.
O objectivo é seleccionar candidatos de elevada qualidade para preparar aplicações a bolsas de doutoramento ou pós-doutoramento do concurso presentemente aberto pela Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Notamos que a selecção de um candidato, apenas significa que enquadraremos a sua candidatura à bolsa FCT no ANTECC. O Centro de Estudos Geográficos da Universidade de Lisboa é uma instituição de excelência financiada pela FCT, com condições muito favoráveis para o enquadramento de bolseiros de investigação.

As candidaturas deverão ser enviadas por email para carlamora@campus.ul.pt até ao dia 31 de Maio de 2011, contendo:
1) Carta de motivação escrita em função da bolsa ou bolsas a que se candidata;
2) Curriculum vitae.

A classificação final de licenciatura deverá ser igual ou superior a 14 valores. Os candidatos deverão consultar o site da FCT de modo a verificar se se encontram em situação de elegibilidade para as bolsas (http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/apoios/bolsas/concursos/individuais2011).

Lisboa, 13 de Maio de 2011
 
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Bolsa 1 - Doutoramento ou Pós-Doutoramento
Orientador: Gonçalo Vieira
Tema: Paleoambientes glaciários da serra da Estrela. Dinâmica e cronologia.
Início: 1 de Janeiro de 2012
Os principais traços geomorfológicos da glaciação da serra da Estrela são actualmente bem conhecidos, em particular na sequência dos trabalhos realizados por Vieira (2004, 2008). O mesmo autor identificou e classificou também os principais afloramentos glacigénicos, interpretando-os à luz de observações gerais em alguns cortes e mais detalhadas em alguns deles. Foram também efectuadas algumas datações absolutas, estando outras em curso, mas falta um trabalho sistemático que permita clarificar a cronologia da glaciação da serra da Estrela. O trabalho a desenvolver contribuirá para a análise sistemática dos principais afloramentos de origem glaciária, com estudos sedimentológicos macroscópicos e microscópicos, bem como com a aplicação de técnicas de datação absoluta e relativa.
O ANTECC aceita propostas para pós-doutoramento ou doutoramento de indivíduos com currículo relevante e com formação preferencial nas áreas da Geografia Física ou da Geologia.

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Bolsa 2 - Doutoramento
Orientadora: Carla Mora
Tema: Ritmo temporal e espacial da neve nas montanhas portuguesas.
Início: 1 de Janeiro de 2012
A distribuição espacial e temporal da neve nas montanhas portuguesas é um tema que não tem sido objecto de um estudo sistemático e profundo. A forma mais eficiente de o fazer é através da aplicação da detecção remota. A análise temporal de vários tipos de imagens de satélite, como por exemplo, Landsat e Modis (visível e infravermelho) permitem uma boa resolução espacial e temporal, mas com a limitação de registarem durante o dia e com ausencia de nebulosidade. Para ultrapassar esse problema existem ainda imagens de radar, ASAR e SAR dos satélites Envisat e Radarsat, que são uma boa alternativa porque não são influenciadas pela cobertura nebulosa. No trabalho a desenvolver analisar-se-ão imagens destes satélites com o objectivo de caracterizar a cobertura espacial e o ritmo da neve. Estudar-se-ão também os factores responsáveis pela distribuição espacial da neve, nomeadamente os topográficos e climáticos.
O ANTECC aceita propostas para doutoramento de indivíduos com currículo relevante e com formação preferencial nas áreas da Geografia Física, Ciências da Terra ou Ciências da Atmosfera.

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Bolsa 3 - Doutoramento
Orientador: Marc Oliva
Tema: Reconstituição de paleoambientes pós-glaciários na serra da Estrela.
Início: 1 de Janeiro de 2012
As escassas datações relativas à deglaciação da Serra da Estrela sugerem que os glaciares desapareceram das partes mais elevadas da montanha há 12.000 anos, mas a evolução ambiental posterior é ainda pouco conhecida. O estudo dos registos sedimentares existentes de turfeiras, bacias sedimentares e lagos de montanha pode fornecer importantes informações neste sentido. O trabalho a desenvolver consistirá na extracção de amostras sedimentares destes ambientes, no seu processamento e análise e na sua interpretação. O estudo da textura e as análises geoquímicas, combinados com a aplicação de técnicas de datação absoluta e relativa, contribuirão para um melhor conhecimento da evolução pos-glaciária da Serra da Estrela.
O ANTECC aceita propostas para doutoramento de indivíduos com currículo relevante e com formação preferencial nas áreas da Geografia Física ou Ciências da Terra.

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Bolsa 4 - Doutoramento
Orientador: Marc Oliva
Tema: Sedimentação holocénica e evolução geomorfológica de campos de polígonos de tundra (Adventdalen, Svalbard - Alto Ártico)
Início: 1 de Janeiro de 2012
O Árctico é uma das áreas do planeta onde se estão a dedicar mais esforços para compreender a aceleração do aquecimento sentido nas últimas décadas, a qual levou a alterações directas na dinâmica dos sistemas naturais. Uma das áreas de estudo do ANTECC localiza-se em Svalbard, nas proximidades da sua capital Longyearbyen, a 78ºN. Pretende-se contribuir para a caracterização da evolução ambiental e climática dos últimos milénios nesta área, a partir do estudo de áreas com polígonos de tundra no vale de Adventalen, cuja génese é consequência de vários  factores, como  a topografia, o clima, a litologia, dinâmica sedimentar, etc. O trabalho do candidato consistirá no estudo sedimentológico de alguns sectores de Adventdalen, apoiado na recolha, processamento e análise de laboratório de amostras de sedimentos fluvioglaciários, fluviais e eólicos. A análise das propriedades químicas e físicas destes sedimentos irá contribuir para calrificar os eventos ambientais que levaram à formação e desenvolvimento dos campos de polígonos de tundra.
O ANTECC aceita propostas para doutoramento de indivíduos com currículo relevante e com formação preferencial nas áreas da Geografia Física ou Ciências da Terra.

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Bolsa 5 - Doutoramento ou Pós-Doutoramento na Universidade de Lisboa e na Universidade de Alcalá de Henares
Orientadores: Gonçalo Vieira (UL) e Miguel Ramos Saínz (UAH)
Tema: Modelação dos regimes térmicos da camada activa e permafrost da região da Península Antárctica
Início: 1 de Janeiro de 2012
As equipas da UL e UAH colaboram no estudo do permafrost da região da Península Antártica desde 1999, mantendo vários sítios de monitorização das temperaturas do solo e do clima, enquadrados na Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost. Actualmente, a base de dados dos dois grupos é já significativa e permite aprofundar a sua análise através da modelação dos regimes térmicos, quer a nível temporal, quer a nível espacial. Neste sentido, procuramos candidatos com um competências de programação e de utilização de Sistemas de Informação Geográfica, com formação em Ciências da Terra, Ciências da Atmosfera, Ciências do Ambiente, Geofísica ou Geografia Física. Os trabalhos realizar-se-ão nas Universidades de Lisboa e de Alcalá de Henares, havendo a possibilidade de efectuar trabalho de campo na Antártida. Neste sentido, para além das competências curriculares, os candidatos devem disponibilidade, bem como condições físicas adequadas para a realização de campanhas polares.