Happy Midwinter! Midwinter is a special celebration in Antarctica, marking the shortest day of the year and the turning point toward longer days. Have you ever wonder how a typical year in the life of the national Antarctic programs looks like?

Reminder: Applications for the COMNAP Early-Career Award close in one month. The annual awards are an investment in the professional development of talented early-career persons and aim to strengthen international capacity and cooperation in the spirit of the Antarctic Treaty.

COMNAP Early-Career Award applications are now open!! 🥳Do not miss out on this great opportunity! COMNAP and @iaato_org are each offering awards with funding of up to USD $15,000 for 2025. The deadline for applications is 1 June 2025.

COMNAP Early-Career Award applications open in two days! We are looking for early-career persons to further our understanding of the Antarctic region. Do you have what it takes to apply? Get ready!

The COMNAP Early Career Award applications open in one week. The purpose if to support talented early-career researchers, scientists, engineers, environmental managers, and other professionals. strengthening international capacity and cooperation.

COMNAP, jointly with @iaato_org, is thrilled to announce that in 2025 will again support early career researchers with interest in Antarctica. The COMNAP ECR Award will launch on 3 March 2025. For more information, visit

SUCCESS! After 4 field seasons, years of planning & coordination through Italy’s @cnrisp - Beyond EPICA has the world’s oldest ice through collaboration of many partners, including @COMNAP1 Members @AWI_Media , @BAS_News, @_IPEV, @ENEAOfficial & NPI. See

Join us for the final presentation of the Antarctic Summer Science Lecture Series by Professor Jenny Adams, @UCNZ, & Professor Albrecht Karle, @uw_icecube. Wednesday 11 December | 5.30pm – 6.30pm | @UCNZ | Central Lecture Theatres | Room C3.

1 week to go to the last lecture for 2024 of the Antarctic Summer Science Lecture Series. Join us on Wed 11 December to hear from Professor Jenni Adams @UCNZ and Professor Albrecht Karle @uw_icecube on neutrino astronomy at South Pole. We are looking forward to seeing many of you

At the @COMNAP1 Secretariat, it’s already 1 December…Antarctica Day! And we are feeling “super” about that. Whereever you are in the world, “Happy Antarctica Day”. To all @COMNAP1 people in Antarctica-be safe & enjoy your day.

What a great turnout yesterday night for the second lecture of the Antarctic Summer Science Lecture Series! Get your agendas and circle 11 December for the last lecture of year 📝! 5.30pm – 6.30pm @UCNZ by Professor Jenny Adams, @UCNZ & Professor Albrecht Karle, @uw_icecube

Join us tonight, at 5.30pm, @UCNZ, Central Lecture Theatres, Room C3, to hear from Associate Professor Molly Patterson, Binghamton University, while is in town on the way to the ice. Plenty of space to lock your bike! Free car-parking available from 5pm.

Today marks the fifth Polar Pride Day in Antarctica! 🏳️‍🌈.During the COMNAP AGM 2022, our Members endorsed a policy entitled “Welcoming the Power of Diversity within our Membership”: a commitment to ensure that everyone who works in Antarctica feels safe, respected and welcomed.

T- 1week to the second talk of the Antarctic Summer Science Lecture Series by Associate Professor Molly O. Patterson, Department of Earth Sciences, Binghamton University. Join us @UCNZ Central Lecture Theatres | Room C3 on 20 November at 5:30pm.

The COMNAP Secretariat is delighted to attend virtually #COP29Baku. The protection of the Antarctic environment by supporting and sharing best practice in regards to cooperative approaches and practices, is a key focus of our organisation’s activities and discussions.

Join us tonight, at 5.30pm, @UCNZ, Ernest Rutherford Building, Room 140, to hear from Professor John Kovac, @Harvard, while is in Christchurch on the way to Antarctica. Plenty of space to lock your bike! Free car-parking available from 5pm.

Get ready to hear about the ground-breaking research taking place in Antarctica this summer. First in the free Antarctic Summer Science Lecture Series is Professor John Kovac, @Harvard. Come along at @UCNZ, 30 October, 5.30pm – 6.30pm, Ernest Rutherford Building, Room 140.

The COMNAP Secretariat is proud to present the Antarctic Summer Science Lecture Series. A series of talks from academics transiting through Christchurch on the way to Antarctica to start the 2024/25 Antarctic research season.

Meeting in Cambridge presented the COMNAP Executive Committee with an excellent opportunity to visit the ⁦@scottpolar⁩ and the ⁦@SCAR_Tweets⁩ Secretariat. Thanks for the hospitality and sharing of ideas.

The annual Antarctic Fellowship is an investment in the professional development of talented early career researchers. You can learn more at