Links to other webpages on polar research:

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)

          APECS has a wealth of resources, including field schools, meetings and events, open positions,

          mentors, education and outreach, and research activities.

The International Polar Foundation's Science Portal   

Polar-related listserves:

Cryolist

Arctic Info

Climlist

Links to members' blogs, photos and other pages of interest:

The ANDREX cruise blog with Loic, Geli, Sinhue, Libby and other UKPN members on board 

Allen Pope's blog (Allen is a UKPN Committee member and his blog is about fieldwork in Svalbard in July-August 2010) 

Helen Atkinson's blog (Helen is a Ph.D. student at British Antarctic Survey and the UKPN Career Development Co-ordinator)

Hugh Venable's blog (Hugh is a physical oceanographer at the British Antarctic Survey)

Roisin Commane's blog (Roisin is an atmospheric chemistry Ph.D. student at Leeds)

Rachel Obbard's blog (Rachel is working as a post-doc at British Antarctic Survey) 

Antony Jinman (polar explorer & mentor at the Arctic marine workshop in Oct 2009)

Education Through Expeditions (A web portal to link educators with scientists on fieldwork around the world) 

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Links for skills training:

Conville Alpine Courses

European Facility for Airborne Research 

Links for potential funding sources:

The Antarctic Science Bursary

The Royal Geographical Society

The Leverhulme Trust

SCAR Fellowship Scheme 

The Natural Environment Research Council

The Royal Society

List of UK Grant-Making Trusts