There is an opportunity to nominate and acknowledge the work of those who have made significant contributions "to meritorious knowledge and understanding of the Canadian North" - the Northern Science Award. The deadline is upcoming - 31st January. This is an excellent chance to highlight those that have played a positive and active role in … Continue reading Polar Knowledge Canada – Northern Science Award
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Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir
My name is Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir. I was born just shy of the Arctic Circle, in Ólafsfjörður, Iceland and lived in the north of Iceland until my early teens, when I moved to Reykjavík. Throughout my twenties I lived in the US, where I studied international relations. I completed my BA from Lewis & Clark … Continue reading Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir
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Elizabeth Buchanan
I am the Project Lead for the EU Commission Jean Monnet Energy Policy Workshop research initiative at the Centre for European Studies at The Australian National University (ANU). My areas of research are polar geopolitics, Arctic energy development and Russian foreign energy strategy more broadly as well as critical infrastructure security. I completed my PhD … Continue reading Elizabeth Buchanan
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Women in the Arctic (WiA)
Welcome to the Women in the Arctic (WiA) website! This website is meant to be a bridging tool to help facilitate the promotion of scholarship and voices of women in and working on the Polar Regions. There are Polar scholars and Arctic peoples around the world, but factors such as assess to funding, travel distances, … Continue reading Women in the Arctic (WiA)
Allyson Tessin
I am a geologist and biogeochemist. I study how ocean chemistry changes through time. My research is motivated by the need to accurately predict how human-caused climate change will affect ocean carbon and nutrient cycles in the future. My work combines field geology and shipboard science to study how oceans have changed in the past … Continue reading Allyson Tessin
Women in the Arctic and Antarctic 