Happy Antarctica Day! Check out Brady O’Connor, a PhD microbiologist, and POLAR’s Antarctic Scholarship recipient, who conducted research focused on sampling ice in the Arctic and Antarctic and explored the diversity and resilience of microbial communities within glaciers.

🏆POLAR offers one Antarctic Scholarship to outstanding Canadian students enrolled in a post-secondary graduate program (PhD or Master's) engaged in Antarctic research. Brady O'Connor is a PhD student at McGill University studying Microbiology, and this year's recipient! 🎉