Last Updated on: 22nd November 2023, 12:47 pm
The Clean Planet Foundation, in partnership with the UK Polar Network and polar explorer Antony Jinman Ed.D, is delighted to announce the launch of the Clean Planet Peninsula project. This ambitious initiative aims to provide early career polar scientists and researchers (ECRs) with invaluable fieldwork experience, as well as raise awareness about the critical environmental challenges faced by the polar regions.
Recent surveys have revealed that many ECRs feel they lack sufficient knowledge and experience to conduct safe fieldwork expeditions to the polar regions. With this in mind, the Clean Planet Peninsula project will offer cost-effective training both in the UK and in the polar regions through a series of courses, remote fieldwork camps, and future expeditions.
A key focus of the project is to emphasise the importance of understanding the scale of plastic pollution and climate change impacts on the polar regions and the broader implications this has on nature and humanity. The project will provide participants with hands-on experience in studying these environmental challenges, enabling them to contribute valuable data to the scientific community and inform global conservation efforts.
The Clean Planet Peninsula project is actively seeking PhD research students and early career polar researchers who have projects or scientific studies that would benefit from participating in the various planned trips. Applications open May 1st 2023, with the first batch closing on May 30th, and later applications still accepted for future training and expeditions.
Antony Jinman Ed.D, polar explorer, expressed his enthusiasm for the project: “This is an exciting opportunity to help share knowledge and develop fieldwork skills for young polar scientists, so that they can enrich their own experience and further career opportunities.” Dr. Katerina Garayfalou from the Clean Planet Foundation shared her thoughts: “The Clean Planet Peninsula project represents a vital step towards empowering the next generation of polar scientists to tackle the urgent environmental challenges faced by our planet. By equipping these researchers with the skills, knowledge, and experience they need to conduct effective fieldwork, we are not only investing in their future careers but also in the future of the polar regions and our global ecosystem.”
Chloe Nunn, co-president of the UK polar Network, added, “The UK Polar Network’s mission is to support early career polar researchers and engage broad audiences on topics concerning polar science. This training opportunity helps achieve this mission and the Network is thrilled that following a hiatus on in person training during covid lockdowns, we are now able to offer this opportunity to our members, peers, and colleagues.”
The Clean Planet Foundation, in collaboration with the UK Polar Network and polar explorer Antony Jinman Ed.D, is proud to launch the Clean Planet Peninsula project. This initiative will provide early career polar scientists and researchers with fieldwork experience and raise awareness about the environmental challenges in the polar regions.
Recent surveys have revealed that many ECRs lack knowledge and experience to conduct safe fieldwork expeditions to the polar regions. The Clean Planet Peninsula project seeks to address this through cost-effective training in the UK and in the polar regions, with courses, remote fieldwork camps, and future expeditions.
The project will emphasise the importance of understanding the scale of plastic pollution and climate change impacts on the polar regions, and the implications this has on nature and humanity. Participants will gain hands-on experience in studying these environmental challenges and contribute data to the scientific community.
The project is seeking PhD research students and early career polar researchers to take part in the various planned trips. Applications open May 1st 2023, with the first batch closing on May 30th. During the summer of 2023, the project will conduct its first polar training course in the UK, followed by further opportunities to train in real Arctic conditions in Scandinavia. Participants will then have the chance to plan and conduct their own remote research and science expeditions to both Greenland and the Antarctic Peninsula.
Antony Jinman Ed.D, polar explorer, expressed his enthusiasm for the project: “This is an exciting opportunity to help share knowledge and develop fieldwork skills for young polar scientists, so that they can enrich their own experience and further career opportunities.” Dr. Katerina Garayfalou from the Clean Planet Foundation added: “The Clean Planet Peninsula project represents a vital step towards empowering the next generation of polar scientists to tackle the urgent environmental challenges faced by our planet.” Chloe Nunn, co-president of the UK polar Network, said the training opportunity helps achieve the Network’s mission.
The Clean Planet Foundation, UK Polar Network and Antony Jinman Ed.D are launching the Clean Planet Peninsula project to provide early career polar scientists with invaluable fieldwork experience and raise awareness about the environmental challenges in the polar regions. Applications open May 1st 2023, with the first batch closing on May 30th. The project will equip participants with the skills, knowledge, and experience
