Overview of Polar Organizations for Early Career Scientists

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29

October 2025

Wednesday

10:00 am - 11:00 am

PSECCO event/opportunity
Access a recording of the event here!

On October 29, 2025, 8am AKT | 10am MT | 12pm ET we hosted an 'Overview of Polar Organizations for Early Career Scientists' webinar where representatives from 16 different polar organizations introduced their organizations and shared how to engage with them. During this online event, organization representatives gave an overview of their missions and shared opportunities for engagement relevant to early career scientists along with how to get involved with them! 

A recording of the event can be accessed here.

Organizations that presented and their relevant links shared during the event can be found below. 

Association for Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)

  • You can join APECS and sign up to receive our monthly newsletter: https://apecs.is/get-involved/join-apecs.html (click on the "Become a member" button). You will also get on the mailing list for your National Committee based on the country you choose in the registration process.  

  • Find out more about our work with PSECCO on polar early career research priorities to inform future polar science policy, decision-making processes, and community-led initiatives: https://pecws.org/ 

CryoCommunity & VICE Squads

Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) 

International Arctic Research Center (IARC) - University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)

International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) 

International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) 

International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI) 

International Glaciological Society early-career Glaciologists Group (IGS-EGG) 

Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) 

Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) 

Polar STEAM 

Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) 

United States Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) 

United States Permafrost Association (USPA) 

United States Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (US-SCAR) 

Women in Polar Sciences (WiPS) 

Women in the Arctic and Antarctic (WiAA) 

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