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Getting out there

This section of our blog features entries about one of the many great aspects of being a polar researcher: Field work!

168 days, that’s the time, we, Linda and Luisa, two ArcTrain students from Bremen, spent on our greatest scientific adventure so far: the MOSAiC drift expedition. MOSAiC – The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate was a large, international research expedition. Frozen into the ice, the German […]

Two ArcTrainees – one big scientific question: A story about ...

November 27, 2020 in General / Getting out there / Life as PhD student / The Archive by Linda Thielke, Luisa von Albedyll

Note: This blog post was written by Marie-Michèle Ouellet-Bernier and Jade Falardeau Aklavik is located in the Mackenzie Delta, 2° North of the Arctic Circle. This community, of about 600 people, is part of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. To get there, we need to reach the town of Inuvik, a […]

Nordic adventure in Aklavik

March 20, 2020 in General / Getting out there / Life as PhD student / The Archive tagged arctic / canada / field work / sciencecommunication by Jade Falardeau

Hello out there! Of course, you carefully and repeatedly read all our blog posts to get a grasp on what it means when young Arctic scientists go for a road trip. To enrich your impressions with some video footage, we gladly provide you with a video of our trip compiled […]

ArcTrain Summer School – The Summary

November 6, 2019 in Getting out there / Life as PhD student / ArcTrain Summer School 2019 / The Archive by Valentin Ludwig

I can’t recall if I choose to apply or if the decision came naturally. First thing I know, I was submitting my application to participate in the Emerging Leaders program. As part of the Arctic Frontiers Conference, about 30 young professionals, scientists, politicians and businessmen (and women) were selected to […]

The Story of How I Became an Emergency Leader

February 5, 2019 in Getting out there / Life as PhD student / Short stories / What's happening? / The Archive tagged Arctic Frontiers 2019 / Early Career Scientists / Emerging leaders by Amélie Desmarais

In a couple of weeks 6 German and 8 Canadian ArcTrain PhD students will join the Floating University, an educational program that will take place on a 6-week scientific cruise to the high Arctic. In preparation for this expedition some of us went to the polar bear protection training. Now […]

Polar Bear Protection Training

August 20, 2018 in Getting out there / What's happening? / The Archive by Anouk Vlug

“Why the hell did you come here???” I often hear for 11 years. Yes. Why did I leave Martinique, a tropical French island with a minimal winter temperature of 20°C … to go to Rimouski (Québec, Canada) where it is snowing 5 months a year with a mean winter temperature […]

From the Tropics to the Arctic: an Eternal Story!

August 1, 2018 in Getting out there / Life as PhD student / Short stories / The Archive by Quentin Duboc

Do you remember Valentin’s post about Changing to the Dark Side: How [He] Ended up in Science? Where he said getting a PhD is also about being at the right place at the right time? Where he said the story about being at the right place at the right time […]

Being at the Right Place at the Right Time

June 12, 2018 in Getting out there / Life as PhD student / The Archive by Lina Madaj

As you, dear reader, may have guessed already from previous posts, being an ArcTrain PhD student does not mean that you are only spending time in front of your computer or in the lab but it also means leaving your cozy and comfortable office and desk behind to enter the […]

Wind, waves and PIES – An ArcTrain student out in ...

May 28, 2018 in Getting out there / Life as PhD student / Science for everyone / The Archive by Hannah Nowitzki

Dear Reader, Sorry about the delay. The Internet connexion on board is not fast, it is the reality of field trip work! This week we want to offer you some beautiful pictures taken by Aleksei. He is currently on a cruise on the Maria S Merian in the north Atlantic […]

Greetings from the ship!

May 17, 2018 in Getting out there / Images / Life as PhD student / The Archive by Aleksei Buinyi