Dear PYRN members, the spring has brought us a new permafrost super hero: Tunnel Man !!!!!
You can have a look at the teaser on http://www.uaf.edu/water/projects/permafrost/tmmovie.htm

This amazing piece of work is due to the outreach program permafrost team at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. You can find more info on TUNNEL MAN and the rest of the program at: http://www.uaf.edu/permafrost/
Enjoy!

Svalbard, University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) - 78°13`N 15° 38`E

Since 9 months I am living on Svalbard now, I saw the sun leaving and I saw the sun coming back but what I saw last week, I have never observed before!!!

I came across these three songs this morning while browsing on deezer. you might have to pause two of them to listen to the other one. Enjoy!

Travel Funding Announcement

New Research Generation (NRG)

Arctic Ocean Sciences Board

Application Deadline: Wednesday, 30 April 2008

For further information, please visit:

http://www.aosb.org

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The Arctic Ocean Sciences Board (AOSB) is pleased to announce the

creation of funding to support participation of early career scientists

in international arctic marine planning meetings. This new initiative,

I could not resist in starting this blog when I saw the comic strip that was sticking at our lab door today morning. Well, there is humor in permafrost science (or about permafrost science?)... I guess there should be plenty more out there in the web. Or PYRN people had own ideas on funny things in permafrost science already. Isn't there an adrenaline junky in all of us?

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You should consider to participate in the IPY field course "AG-333 - The International University Course on High Arctic Permafrost Landscape Dynamics in Svalbard and Greenland (10 ETCS)"  arranged from UNIS

http://www.unis.no/10_STUDIES/1020_Courses/Arctic_Geology/ag_333.htm#

Deadline 15/04/2008

Hello everyone,

I would like to know who are doing  low carbon research. We may exchange some ideas. Thanks.

Yours sincerely

Catherine