My academic interests in Antarctica started at the University of Southampton whilst studying for my MSci Marine Biology. I became interested in, and sought opportunities to study, remote and extreme habitats. During my undergraduate I went to sea for the first time and I began studying the variation in the reproductive output of Antarctic invertebrates … Continue reading Madeleine Brasier
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Fieldwork Reflection: Narissa Bax
Antarctic scholar Narissa Bax reflects on her research, career and experience working in the Southern Ocean.
The IASSA Working Group Gender in the Arctic network
Learn more about the IASSA Working Group Gender in the Arctic network and its work to provide a positive space for dialogue and awareness about wider gender and queer issues within the social sciences
Joanna Kafarowski
My name is Joanna Kafarowski. I’m a Canadian independent scholar with the best of both worlds; I live in a sunny warm place, the Spanish colonial town of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, but write about the poles! I received my PhD in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies from the University of Northern British … Continue reading Joanna Kafarowski
Jessica Penney
My name is Jessica Penney. I’m a Nunatsiavut Inuk PhD student at the University of Glasgow. I was raised in Iqaluit, Nunavut, but my family is from Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, Labrador and Carbonear, Newfoundland. From an educational viewpoint, I am a graduate of Pearson College UWC, my undergraduate degree is in Sociology and Public Policy, and … Continue reading Jessica Penney

