Documents

SCAR fellowship report

Bella Duncan

Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Research project

Late Oligocene to Pliocene Antarctic climate and oceanographic reconstructions using molecular and isotopic biomarker proxies

(Miocene and Pliocene Antarctic climate history from a continental perspective: Climate reconstructions using molecular and isotopic biomarker proxies)

Host Institute

University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

SCAR fellowship report

Olaf Eisen

Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Research project

Reconstructing Antarctic ice-sheet history from internal layering

(Reconstructing Antarctic ice sheet history from internal layering, as a contribution to SCAR’s ACE and AGCS programmes)

Host Institute

British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Cambridge, UK

SCAR fellowship report

Filip Hrbáček

Department of Geography, Masaryk University, Czech Republic

Research project

Effect of vegetation cover on active layer thermal regime in climatically contrasted environments of Antarctica.  

Host Institute

Insubria University, Italy

SCAR fellowship report

Verónica Fuentes

University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Research project

Effects of ice and sediments on Carbon and Nitrogen dynamics along a latitudinal gradient in the Western Antarctic Peninsula

(Nutrients and the ecosystem as a contribution to SCAR’s EBA and AGCS programmes)

Host Institute

Institute Sciences de la Mer at Rimouski, Canada

SCAR-COMNAP fellowship report

Jenson V. George

National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa, India

Research project

Influence of small scale mixing on the primary productivity and water mass formation in the Southern Ocean

Host Institute

GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany

SCAR fellowship report

Hanne Nielsen

University of Tasmania, Australia

Research project

Framing Antarctica as Fragile: Tracing the evolution of media narratives about the far south (1945 – 2015)

SCAR fellowship report

Ramón Hegedüs

Research project

Bird orientation in relation to physical factors that can significantly influence the animals’ performance

(The role of polarized skylight in animal navigation and foraging in Antarctica)

Host Institute

Lund University, Sweden

SCAR fellowship report

Sze Ling Ho

Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany

Research project

Development of organic sea surface temperature proxy, TEX₈₆ for application in the polar region

Host Institute

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain

SCAR fellowship report

Luis A. Huckstadt

University of California Santa Cruz, USA

Research project

Retrospective Analysis of Antarctic Tracking data (RAATD): International Crabeater and Weddell Seal Tracking Data Sets

(Retrospective Analysis of Antarctic Tracking Datasets (RAATD): Large-scale habitat use by pack-ice seals)

Host Institute

University of Tasmainia, Hobart, Tasmania

SCAR fellowship report

Jackson Chu

Research project

SCAR fellowship report

Stefanie Kaiser

Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg, Germany

Research project

Quantification of Southern Ocean biodiversity in space: richness and distribution of Isopoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca) in the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas

Host Institute

British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Cambridge, UK

SCAR fellowship report

Nobue Kasamatsu

National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan

Research project

Impacts of krill on the Antarctic climate change: how do krill affect the DMS distribution in the Southern Ocean?

(Krill, dimethyl sulphide and climate change: a contribution to SCAR’s EBA, ACE and AGCS programmes)

Host Institute

Australian Antarctic Division, Hobart, Australia

SCAR fellowship report

Stephanie A. Konfal

The Ohio State University, Byrd Polar Research Center, OH, USA

Research project

Detection of neotectonic motions in West Antarctica from GPS data: Combined analysis of the TAMDEF and VLNDEF regional deformation network

(Antarctic Neotectonics, as a contribution to SCAR’s ANTEC programme)

Host Institute

Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia Modena, Italy

SCAR fellowship report

Dr Delphine Lannuzel

Ecologie des Systemes Aquatiques, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Research project

The role of iron as a micro-nutrient to the Antarctica sea zone algal

Host Institute

Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, University of Tasmania, Australia

SCAR fellowship report

Jennifer E. Lee

Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Research project

Molecular evidence for glacial refugia in Antarctica (Identification of glacial refugia in Antarctica)

Host Institute

British Antarctic Survey, UK

SCAR fellowship report

Leena Riekkola

University of  Auckland, New Zealand

Research project

Spatial analysis of humpback whale behaviour and habitat use patterns in Antarctica.

SCAR fellowship report

Lettie Roach

National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), New Zealand to University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), USA

Research project

The influence of nonlinear physical processes on the seasonal cycle of Antarctic sea ice.

SCAR fellowship report

Manoj M.C

Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, India

Research project

Biomarker based reconstruction of Late Quaternary Palaeoceanographic conditions in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean

Host Institute

Kochi University, Japan