Ship sinks off Antarctic coast
From the New Zealand Herald, Tuesday 23, 2013
"A Chinese factory fishing ship that burned last week off Antarctica has sunk without anyone on board, Chile's navy said today..."
Full article at
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10879240&ref=rss)
Monday 22 April 2013
Tuesday 9 April 2013
[Polarpol] Postgraduate Certificate in Antarctic Studies
PCAS is a 15 week, in-depth, multi-disciplinary programme of study that critically examines contemporary scientific, environmental, social and political debates focused on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. It includes a 10 day visit to Antarctica, supported by Antarctica New Zealand, where participants undertake a mix of analytical and interpretive field projects and environmental monitoring projects in the vicinity of Scott Base.
The programme provides a unique Antarctic experience that is valuable for:
- Future Antarctic researchers
- Employees and managers within National Antarctic programmes
- Employees within government agencies involved in Antarctic policy or environmental management
- School teachers and university lecturers
- Antarctic enthusiasts
· The programme can be used as part of a Masters Degree.
· Scholarships are available for participants from National Antarctic Programmes.
· Applications close 1 August 2013.
· Further details available: http://www.anta.canterbury.ac.nz/courses/gcas/index.shtml
Monday 8 April 2013
Film Screening, THIN ICE: The inside story of climate science
THIN ICE
THE INSIDE STORY OF CLIMATE SCIENCE
Produced and directed by David Sington and Simon Lamb
Co-produced by Catherine Fitzgerald
A film about climate science made by a scientist
Monday 22 April
6.00 pm
(73 minutes)
North Arts Lecture Theatre A3
University of Canterbury, Ilam Campus
Followed by discussion with Professor Bryan Storey and Dr Wolfgang Rack,
Gateway Antarctica – Centre for Antarctic Studies & Research, University of Canterbury
In recent years climate science has come under increasing attack, so geologist Simon Lamb took his camera to find out what is really going on. For over three years he followed scientists from a wide range of disciplines at work in the Arctic, Antarctic, Southern Ocean, New Zealand, Europe and the USA. They talk about their work, their hopes and fears with a rare candour and directness. This creates an intimate portrait of the global community of researchers racing to understand our planet's changing climate, and provides a compelling case for rising CO2 as the main cause.
Thin Ice is a joint initiative between Oxford University, United Kingdom, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and London-based DOX Productions. Both Universities have active programmes with world-wide networks of collaborators in climate change and related research. For Oxford see www.climateprediction.net and www.eci.ox.ac.uk, and for VUW see www.victoria.ac.nz/antarctic and www.victoria.ac.nz/climate-change.
http: //thiniceclimate.org/
Facebook/thinice
THE INSIDE STORY OF CLIMATE SCIENCE
Produced and directed by David Sington and Simon Lamb
Co-produced by Catherine Fitzgerald
A film about climate science made by a scientist
Monday 22 April
6.00 pm
(73 minutes)
North Arts Lecture Theatre A3
University of Canterbury, Ilam Campus
Followed by discussion with Professor Bryan Storey and Dr Wolfgang Rack,
Gateway Antarctica – Centre for Antarctic Studies & Research, University of Canterbury
In recent years climate science has come under increasing attack, so geologist Simon Lamb took his camera to find out what is really going on. For over three years he followed scientists from a wide range of disciplines at work in the Arctic, Antarctic, Southern Ocean, New Zealand, Europe and the USA. They talk about their work, their hopes and fears with a rare candour and directness. This creates an intimate portrait of the global community of researchers racing to understand our planet's changing climate, and provides a compelling case for rising CO2 as the main cause.
Thin Ice is a joint initiative between Oxford University, United Kingdom, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and London-based DOX Productions. Both Universities have active programmes with world-wide networks of collaborators in climate change and related research. For Oxford see www.climateprediction.net and www.eci.ox.ac.uk, and for VUW see www.victoria.ac.nz/antarctic and www.victoria.ac.nz/climate-change.
http: //thiniceclimate.org/
Facebook/thinice
Wednesday 3 April 2013
[The Conversation] Final Frontiers: Antarctica
Appearing on The Conversation, April 3, 2013.
Final Frontiers: Antarctica
by Dr Tony Press, CEO Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems CRC, University of Tasmania
http://theconversation.com/final-frontiers-antarctica-13066
Final Frontiers: Antarctica
by Dr Tony Press, CEO Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems CRC, University of Tasmania
http://theconversation.com/final-frontiers-antarctica-13066
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