There are many resources and links to institutes and communities for polar early career professionals. Some of the institutes and communities use acronyms and can become confusing. To find out more about polar acronyms, see the APECS International – Who’s Who Polar Acronym database.

Here is a selection of polar institutes and communities:

Related Sites

• APECS International – Association of Polar Early Career Scientists International
• SCAR – Scientific Community on Antarctic Research
• SCAR Geosciences
• SCAR Life Sciences
• SCAR Physical Sciences
• SCAR Social Sciences and Humanities
• SCAR Scientific Research Programmes

National Centres for Antarctic Research

• Australian Antarctic Division
• Antarctica New Zealand

University Links

• Antarctic Gateway Partnership – University of Tasmania Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)
• Antarctic Research Centre – Victoria University of Wellington
• Gateway Antarctica – University of Canterbury
• Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) – University of Tasmania
• International Centre for Terrestrial Antarctic Research – University of Waikato
• Surveying and Spatial Sciences and the Environmental Space Geodesy Research Group – University of Tasmania

Other International Sites

• The Polar Earth Observation Network (PoleNet)
• Polar Education International (PEI)
• Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
• Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE-CRC)

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