Four Swedish early career polar scientists have been selected to join the activities of the International Science Initiative in the Russian Arctic (ISIRA), after APECS Sweden’s call this summer. We congratulate Anna Skarin at SLU in Uppsala, Joseph Sedlar at SMHI in Norrköping, Selima Ben Mustapha at Stockholm University and Elena Kotyrlo at Umeå University. We hope that you will get much out of this opportunity. ISIRA is a Russian and international cooperative initiative to assist Russian Arctic science and sustainable development in the Russian Arctic.