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We are saddened to announce that our colleague and friend Professor Emeritus Albert Pissart passed away at the age of 84 after a long illness on June 11th 2014. Albert spent most of his career at the University of Liège in Belgium where he graduated in Geography in 1952 and obtained his doctorate in Sciences in 1960 under the supervision of Professor Paul Macar. In the period between his degrees, he spent some time teaching in a secondary school. After his PhD, he was appointed to the equivalent of an…

The International Permafrost Association is pleased to announce that the 2014 recipient of the ‘IPA Lifetime Achievement Award’ is Academician Cheng Guodong, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The award was delivered to Cheng this month during a ceremony held at the Fourth European Conference on Permafrost in Ėvora, Portugal. Cheng Guodong receiving the IPA Lifetime Achievement Award 2014 from IPA President Antoni Lewkowicz during EUCOP4 opening ceremony

  The Fourth European Conference on Permafrost (EUCOP4) was held in Évora, Portugal. Over 400 participants from 28 different countries attended the meeting to present their newest studies in permafrost research, exchange experiences and their knowledge, discussed future collaborations and projects and enjoyed the fabulous weather and extraordinary hospitality of the local people! Picture 1: Group foto of EUCOP4 participants All abstracts from the conference are collected to an electronic Book of Abst…

EUCOP 4, will be held in Évora, Portugal 18-21 June, 2014. IPA members are actively participating in the conference chairing various sessions and presenting the latest research. Please find the final program in pdf for download here. One day before the official conference opening the IPA will have its 24th IPA Council Meeting, taking place on Wednesday, June 18 from 10 am to 3.30 pm. The Council Meeting is open for all IPA members to attend as an Observer. Please click here to see the agenda. The Glob…

Dear Friends of the IPA and fellow permafrost enthusiasts, Our yearly newsletter Frozen Ground number 37 for the year 2013 is now available at: http://ipa.arcticportal.org/publications/frozen-ground Content: IPA 30th Anniversary ICOP 50th Anniversary EUCOP4 GTN-P New Thematic Network on Permafrost (TNP) ICARP III PYRN Report Events & Contacts and much more The Country Reports of 2013 can be found at http://ipa.arcticportal.org/publications/country-reports.html. We would like to thank of all you, who co…

The IPA Executive Committee met for a face-to-face meeting just prior to the EGU 2014 in Vienna (27.04.2014). The IPA ExCom made last preparations for the permafrost conference (EUCOP4, http://www.eucop4.org/) in June. Furthermore, they discussed upcoming IPA activities (e.g. new Action groups) and different updates (e.g. new website design) being published soon on the IPA website and social media plattforms (https://www.facebook.com/ipapermafrost, https://twitter.com/ipapermafrost). from left to right…

At the IASC Council Meeting at the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) in Helsinki, Finnland, on 7 April 2014, the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the International Permafrost Association (IPA) renewed their longstanding partnership with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the next five years. The three organisations share common goals of working internationally and across disciplines to increase our understanding…

ICARP III workshop *Permafrost and Indigenous Land Use*, Helsinki, 6-7 April (in connection with the ASSW 2014, http://www.assw2014.fi) The workshop was chaired by PD Dr. Joachim Otto Habeck from the Siberian Studies Centre, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany (habeck@eth.mpg.de) and Prof. Hiroki Takakura from Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University, Japan (hrk@m.tohoku.ac.jp). The workshop was supported by the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) and endorsed b…

At the 8th International Conference on Geomorphology of the International Association of Geomorphologists in Paris 2013, the International Permafrost Association (IPA) signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG).Joint activities between IPA and IAG foster international exchange in both fields of research and promote international opportunities of the members of both organizations. To that effect the organizations will promote the following acti…

EUCOP 4, will be held in Évora, Portugal 18-21 June, 2014. IPA members are actively participating in the conference chairing various sessions and presenting the latest research. Please find the final program in pdf for download here. One day before the official conference opening the IPA will have its 24th IPA Council Meeting, taking place on Wednesday, June 18 from 10 am to 3.30 pm. The Council Meeting is open for all IPA members to attend as an Observer. Please click here to see the agenda. The Glob…