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You can now follow the most recent news from the International Permafrost Association on Facebook and Twitter. The most recent news items posted on the IPA website are automatically fed to the newly established IPA account and page on both Twitter and Facebook. Follow the tweets or register on the IPA Facebook page and get these news directly into your profile, into your mailbox, or on your cellphone. You can also use the RSS feeds of the IPA directly into your RSS feed reader or in your email software…

We are pleased to provide you with the latest update to the Third European Conference on Permafrost, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway, 13.-17. June 2010. The early registration deadline is fast approaching (15th February). Abstracts must be submitted by this date to be considered for a poster or paper. Please send abstracts to abstracts@eucop2010.no following the template format which is available on the EUCOP website.The conference will focus on both arctic and alpine permafrost research, and recent ach…

We are pleased to provide you with the latest update to the Third European Conference on Permafrost, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway, 13.-17. June 2010. The early registration deadline is fast approaching (15th February). Abstracts must be submitted by this date to be considered for a poster or paper. Please send abstracts to abstracts@eucop2010.no following the template format which is available on the EUCOP website.The conference will focus on both arctic and alpine permafrost research, and recent ach…

Submissions are invited for the 6th Canadian Conference on Permafrost (CanCOP6): The 6th Canadian Conference on Permafrost (CanCOP6)September 12-16, 2010Calgary, AlbertaThe Canadian National Committee for the International Permafrost Association (CNC-IPA) is organizing the 6th Canadian Conference on Permafrost in conjunction with the 63rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference from September 12-16, 2010 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.Permafrost sessions include: Mackenzie Delta and Coastal Dynamics Climate Chan…

Matt Nolan, from the University of Alaska Fairbanks has compiled some spectacular panoramic views from the permafrost tunnel in Fairbanks. You can have a look at those here: http://www.360cities.net/tour-preview/crrel-permafrost-tunnel-panoramic-tour. The United States Army maintains and operates the CRREL Permafrost Tunnelnear Fairbanks, Alaska. CRREL is short for the U.S. Army's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Developmen…

The International Permafrost Association is proud to introduce the “IPA Lifetime Achievement Award”. The goal of this award is to acknowledge the lifetime contribution of individuals for outstanding permafrost science and engineering research. and/or for exceptional contributions to the international permafrost research community.The first of these awards will be made during the European Conference on Permafrost (EUCOP III) in June 2010. The rules are that the award should not be given posthumously…

Dr. Larry Hinzman, director of the International Arctic Research Center in Fairbanks, Alaska will be giving the 2009 Nye Lecture on December 15 2009 at 5 pm at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco. Since the formation of AGU's Cryosphere Focus Group in 2002, Cryosphere has had an increasing presence at the Fall AGU meeting in San Francisco. One of the highlights of the Cryosphere Focus Group's program has been the Nye Lecture, traditionally held as close as possible to the Cryosphere Reception. It is …

Dr. Larry Hinzman, director of the International Arctic Research Center in Fairbanks, Alaska will be giving the 2009 Nye Lecture on December 15 2009 at 5 pm at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco. Since the formation of AGU's Cryosphere Focus Group in 2002, Cryosphere has had an increasing presence at the Fall AGU meeting in San Francisco. One of the highlights of the Cryosphere Focus Group's program has been the Nye Lecture, traditionally held as close as possible to the Cryosphere Reception. It is …

The latest issue of Permafrost and Periglacial Process has just come out and features a special issue organized by the Permafrost Young Researchers Network. You can look at the contents of that issue here. As part of this issue, the bi-annual report from the International Permafrost Association provides a summary of the history and achievements of the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN). You can access this report freely at the following link: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/12319169…