Conference "Science Without Borders: Swiss Polar Exploration and Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition"

Description

Swiss General Consulate in St. Petersburg, Swiss Polar Institute and State Arctic and Antarctic Research Center will hold a conference about Swiss polar exploration and the international Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition on June 15, 2017 from 10 am till 5 pm at the Eltzin Presidential Library.

ACE is the first project of the Swiss Polar Institute, a newly created entity founded by EPFL, the Swiss Institute of Forest, Snow and Landscape research WSL, ETHZ, the University of Bern and Editions Paulsen. It aims to enhance international relations and collaboration between countries, as well as to spark the interest of a new generation of young scientists and explorers in polar research.

From December 2016 to March 2017, scientific teams from all over the world will board the Russian research vessel Akademik Treshnikov for an unprecedented expedition around Antarctica. From biology to climatology to oceanography, researchers will work on a number of interrelated fields for the future of  this Continent.

On the Akademik Treshnikov’s way down from Bremerhaven to Cape Town, 50 young scientists will be on board following lectures and doing practical work and oceanographic work on board. The “ACE Maritime University” will be conducted under the auspices of the Russian Geographic Society and will start on 19 November from Bremerhaven.

Please pre-register to attend by sending an email to Stp.vertretung@eda.admin.ch.