On October 29, 2025 the Polar Science Early Career Community Office hosted an ‘Overview of Polar Organizations for Early Career Scientists’ webinar where representatives from 17 polar organizations introduced their organizations and shared how to engage with them. Among the presenters was Danita Burke of the Women in the Arctic and Antarctic. Each group had 3 minutes to make a mini- overview of their missions and opportunities for engagement relevant to early career scientists along with how to get involved with them. The groups that presented were:
- Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)
- CryoCommunity
- Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC)
- International Arctic Research Center (IARC)
- 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 Science (WiPS)
- Women in the Arctic and Antarctic (WiAA)
If you are interested in watching the event or learning more about the many wonderful polar-focused organisations and their various missions and opportunities, you can access a recording of the event via the PESCCO website. The webpage for the event also provides various links to all of the above organisations so that you can explore their work and how you may become involved with them such as joining monthly newsletter lists, accessing funding opportunities, attend conferences and participate in networking.
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