Check out our #100PolarWomen project where we highlight one amazing woman's stories at a time - and please participate!
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Check out our #100PolarWomen project where we highlight one amazing woman's stories at a time - and please participate!
womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
Happy International Women's Day! Here's a reminder that there are amazing women across all levels of society, in the polar world, in science & support jobs and across all disciplines. Sometimes they get recognised publicly, sometimes they don't - but they're out there.
This is Sunniva Sorby, a citizen scientist, translator of extremes & one of our #100PolarWomen.
She founded Embrace the Planet, using polar science & personal narrative to inspire action, connecting climate change, citizen science & mental resilience.
More: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Laura Parker, MA, one of our #100polarWomen & a great example of someone finding their way into the polar realm at a later stage in their career.
She's now training to work in expedition guiding & conducts research into Antarctic governance.
More: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Evelyng Peña Chávez, MSc, a geologist who compares #Antarctic permafrost & Peruvian high-mountain systems. Her work enhances our understanding of climate-sensitive frozen ground AND bridges the gap between polar science & communities of the Andes!
More: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Barbara Bollard, a Prof. of Remote Sensing & one of our #100polarWomen who uses drones, satellite imagery, sensors & AI to understand & protect Antarctic ecosystems & to help guide smarter environmental decisions in the world’s most remote places.
More: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Natalia Jaramillo, a PhD student who uses remote sensing, GIS & gespatial data analysis to research the environmental impacts tourists have on Antarctic ecosystems. Important research in times of growing polar tourism numbers!
#100PolarWomen
More: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Silpa Saila Kumar, a PhD candidate in Environm. Psychology & one of our #100polarwomen.
She examines the concept of the oft-cited Antarctic 'ambassador', exploring if & how Antarctic tourism shapes people’s experiences & sustainable behaviors.
More: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Olga Ievleva, a PhD candidate at the University of Groningen, member of the Arctic Youth Network & one of our #100polarwomen.
She researches Inuit hunting governance in Nunavut, bringing together Inuit rights & Western conservation science.
More here: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
This is happening TODAY:
Women in scientific organizations: global evidence from science academies and unions (webinar)
2-4 pm UTC
gender-equality-in-science.org/event/women-...
Dr Renuka Badhe from WiPS is part of the global expert panel!
This is Teresa Cardoso,a PhD researcher in Geography & one of our #100PolarWomen.
She studies Greenland,Arctic governance & Portugal’s role in the region & is the 1st Environmental Engineer in the Portuguese Maritime Administration,bridging research & policy!
womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Camryn Middlebrooks,a PhD student in toxicology & one of our #100polarWomen.
She studies mercury toxicology in the high #Arctic: how does mercury move through food webs from insects to birds to foxes on the Pituffik Peninsula, #Greenland?
More: womeninpolarscience.org/profiles/cam...
Glaciologist Dr Heidi Sevestre & explorer Matthieu Tordeur recently completed the “Under Antarctica” expedition, the first-ever French crossing of the Antarctic interior by kite-ski & the first kite-ski expedition dedicated entirely to polar science.
Congratulations!
www.underantarctica.com/en
This is Deniz Vural, MSc - a polar scientist exploring how Earth’s frozen frontiers are changing. From marine engineering to permafrost and climate feedbacks, her work bridges engineering, geology and real-world climate impact.
Read more about Deniz here: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
This is Dr Kremena Georgieva, one of our #100polarWomen, a member of the 33rd Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition & one of only five Bulgarians who have participated in a scientific on-field research within an Antarctic crevasse to date!
Read more about her here: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
Workshop coming up, aimed at polar ECRs: fair and ethical data collection.
Register below!
This is Dr Aga Nowak, an env.scientist at AECO & one of our #100polarWomen.
"Protecting the poles is protecting ourselves. (...) the rapid changes unfolding in the polar regions, driven by our actions and choices, will shape our future as a species."
More: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
Congratulations to Dr Gabrielle Kleber on winning the national Else-Ragnhild Neumann Award for women in geosciences for her work on methane emissions in the Arctic!
Read more about the award here: lnkd.in/e4K3Ub-p
research vessel
Are you an MSc or PhD student interested in hands-on marine research methods training aboard a vessel?
AQUARIUS Floating University
Scientific Survey Methods: Monitoring of fish and benthic fauna on the RV Svea
Lysekil, Sweden
29 June - 3 July 2026
aquarius-ri.eu/training-res...
Taken on the Bulgarian Beach in front of the Bulgarian Antarctic base St. Kliment Ohridski. In the background you can see the Bulgarian research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii.
This is Assist. Prof Ralica Sabeva, a geologist, Chair of APECS Bulgaria and one of our #100polarWomen.
Her Antarctic research on Livingston Island identified gold and linked the island to the Andean metallogenic system!
Read more about her here: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
25 years ago, Liv Arnesen & Ann Bancroft became the first women to cross the Antarctic continent.
Their journey shattered assumptions about who belongs in extreme exploration & continues to inspire women in polar careers worldwide.
A reminder that barriers exist to be crossed, on the ice & beyond!
The Australian Antarctic Division celebrates 50 years of women's participation in their Antarctic programme.
This milestone honours the women who broke barriers on the ice — and inspires the next generation to lead, explore, and thrive in polar careers.
www.antarctica.gov.au/news/explore...
This is Sari Matilainen, Senior Coordinator with the Finnish Antarctic Research Program & one of our #100polarwomen.
Sari helps to plan & run Finland’s summer research expeditions, from int'l coordination & training scientists to managing logistics.
More: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
Girls in Icy Fjords! Fantastic opportunity for North American high school girls.
Application deadline: 9 February 2026
www.inspiringgirls.org/about-apply
How is this for your weekend inspiration: Inkutitut magazine's article about Amber Agluark from Nunavut, learning to manage a dog team.
This is not just about mastering a skill but it is also a journey of reconnecting with her culture & finding her voice as an Inuk woman.
Link in post below.
AWIS is offering a free, self-guided resource for women with ADHD. Check link below.
Call for Speakers! If you're working on Antarctic or Southern Ocean climate, consider presenting at AntClimNow's monthly talks! Details below.
Portrait of Abosede Salami, PhD candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences at St. John's University, with text highlighting grit, perseverance, and resilience.
Despite a biochemistry degree, reality required AWIS member Abosede Salami to pivot to jobs in telecom and finance. But she never lost her passion for science. https://awis.org/resource/the-power-of-mentorship-from-telecom-to-finance-and-back-to-stem #WomenInSTEM #MemberMonday
Margot leans against the reeling of a ship. This picture was taken in 2023 on RV Roger Revelle, during US GEOTRACES research cruise GP17-OCE, to the South Pacific and the Southern Ocean. Margot left from Papeete, French Polynesia and arrived into Punta Arenas, Chile, after 2.5 months of studying trace elements and their isotopes across the frontal regions of the Pacific Southern Ocean sector.
This is Dr Margot Debyser, one of our #100PolarWomen.
She studies changing chemistry in polar oceans: how do nutrients & trace metals reach marine life & may change? As the base of the food web, shifts in supply can ripple through entire ecosystems.
More: womeninpolarscience.org/100polarwomen/
Check out @warcticantarctic.bsky.social / Women in the Arctic and Antarctic's latest profile on the fantastic work done by women in the polar regions!