Interested in polar or alpine research? Then you have come to the right place! We are the German National Committee of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS).
As a voluntary group of young polar researchers and enthusiasts we aim to create a vivid community for students, researchers, educators and others with interests in the wider cryosphere. We organise opportunities for career development, promote education and outreach and are committed to making the polar sciences a welcoming and inclusive place for all. It is free and easy to join our community!
News & Updates
Let’s talk Fieldwork
APECS International Polar Week March 2021 is coming up soon and APECS Germany is excited to be contributing again! Let’s enjoy a week of Polar Science from many different perspectives,…
Women in the Cold Regions – International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Until now, the pioneering work and outstanding achievements of the female polar explorers are less known. But we can change this as a community - have a look at their…
APECS Germany 2020 review and wishes for 2021
https://apecs-germany.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/video_apecs_2021.mp4 Dear APECS Germany community, We will probably not forget 2020 so easily. That also applies to us – thanks to all of you who supported our Cold Regions-Cool Facts…
Icy-Christmassy Holiday Get-Together
The Association for Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) Germany, International Glaciological Society Early career Glaciology Group (EGG) and the European Geosciences Union Crysophere team (EGU CR) welcome you to a…
MOSAiC Leg 4 from an early career perspective
MOSAiC is the largest Arctic research project of our times. Frozen into the ice, the German research icebreaker Polarstern has been drifting with the same ice floe through the Central…
Polar Film Night in Potsdam (22 Sep 2020)
During the APECS International Polar Week, in the evening of 22 September 2020, APECS Germany hosted a Film Festival. Documentary short movies were kindly collected and provided by US APECS.…
Upcoming events
- Fr, 06.09 (4 pm) APECS Germany board meeting
- 16.-20.09 29. International Polartagung der DGP in Rauris, Austria including an ECS workshop organised by APECS Germany and Austrian colleagues