APECS Sweden hosts Geopub at Stockholm U. on 19 Sept together with National Geographic

21 August 2014

On 19 September, APECS Sweden has the privilege to host ‘Geopub’, a social event organized by Geologklubben at Stockholm University. We are especially excited to have the National Geographic Society as our partner for this special edition of Geopub. The event will include a multimedia presentation by National Geographic explorer Lars Larsson, as well as short …

APECS Sweden partners with Crosstalks for program on SWERUS-C3 expedition

21 August 2014

The ongoing SWERUS-C3 expedition is one of the most ambitious ventures in Arctic science in recent years. On 18 September, Örjan Gustafsson – the chief scientists on the first leg of the expedition onboard the icebreaker Oden – will be on an episode of the web TV program Crosstalks entitled Adventurous field work in the …

Need ship time or use of marine research equipment?

5 December 2013

EUROFLEETS2 has opened a call for fully funded ship time and embarked equipment. EUROFLEETS is a Research Infrastructures project aiming at constructing a pan-European research fleet infrastructure with common strategic vision and coordinated access to European marine research vessels and equipment (modified from eurofleets.eu). If you need data of any kind from marine research vessels, consider …

Welcome APECS Sweden’s new Executive Secretary!

27 November 2013

The Executive Secretary of APECS Sweden for 2014 will be Eric Paglia, PhD. candidate in Environmental History at KTH in Stockholm. Eric’s research on the nexus of science and geopolitics in the Arctic is being conducted within the Mistra project ‘Assessing Arctic Futures: Voices, Resources and Governance’. Eric has made several research trips to Svalbard, …

At the North Pole

29 October 2013

APECS Sweden’s Executive Secretary, Ylva Sjöberg, arrived at the North Pole on the 19th of October and took part of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay together with colleagues from the 8 countries of the Arctic Council. The ceremony was beautiful and meant to show the cooperation between the arctic states and the beauty of the …