Blogs
PYRN Mentors' Panel at NICOP
The Permafrost Young Researchers' Network (PYRN) is planning a Mentors' Panel at the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost (NICOP) with the theme "Careers in Permafrost: Research and Trajectories from IGY to IPY (1957-2007)," on Tuesday 1st of July, 4:30 to 5:30PM in the Salisbury Theater. Following this Mentors' Panel will be the PYRN Social.
PYRN Social at NICOP
As the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost (NICOP) will be the first ICOP during PYRN's short but already very successful tenure, we have a number of exciting events planned. NICOP will take place from June 29-July 3 in Fairbanks, Alaska, and a majority of our PYRN events will happen on Tuesday, July 1.
AGU 2010 - Permafrost sessions
Looking for a postdoc position
Dear Friends
I am looking for a postdoc position on environmental chemistry or water chemistry in Canada, USA, Newzealand or UROPE. Please let me know if any of you having any information.
Thank you
Permafrost Tunnel Expansion Project Update
Dear PYRN members,
A lot has been happening related to the permafrost tunnel expansion
project over the past 6 months. Below is a link to a newsletter
describing these activities. We are hoping to begin the new tunnel in 2011.
Interest, research ideas, comments, and general encouragement are all
welcome, please contact me at mcysewski@gmail.com.
http://www.alaskapermafrost.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Newsletter.pdf
Margaret Cysewski
International Short Course on Permafrost Engineering
Dear Colleagues and PYRN Members
We are happy to present an International Permafrost Engineering Short Course in Santiago, Chile and San Juan, Argentina this August.
Information and registration form can be found on the following website:
http://www.bgcengineering.com/permafrostcourse
For any questions related to the course do not hesitate in contacting the organizers at:
pf-short-course@bgcengineering.ca
Best regards,
Lukas
Forum for young permafrost scientists - Yakutsk
FORUM FOR YOUNG PERMAFROST SCIENTISTS
Ninth International Symposium on Permafrost Engineering
Ninth International Symposium on Permafrost Engineering
October 2011, Mirny, Yakutia, Russia
Dear Colleagues,
The Melnikov Permafrost Institute (Yakutsk, Russia), the Cold and Arid Regions Engineering and Environmental Research Institute (Lanzhou, China) and the Heilongjiang Institute of Cold Region Engineering (Harbin, China) are pleased to announce the Ninth International Symposium on Permafrost Engineering to be held in Mirny, Yakutia, in early October 2011.
Science prize for cheap but accurate measurements of ice thickness
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