No 58 July 2010

New Zealand Antarctic Conference

The 2010 Antarctic conference was another successful event with nearly 200 people registered for the conference.  Thanks to all of those people who provided feedback.  Your feedback helps us to continue to make changes that make this a more successful event.

The 2011 New Zealand Antarctic conference will be held from the 4-6 July 2011 at the University of Waikato.  More details on the 2011 conference will follow in the next few months.

Future of Latitudinal Gradient Project (LGP)

Following the New Zealand Antarctic conference in Christchurch, a group of researchers met to discuss the future of the LGP.  This discussion is partly a response to the final original LGP site - the Beardmore Glacier region - being visited this field season.  It was a useful discussion and the group benefited from Martin Riddle from the Australian Antarctic Division being present.  Antarctica New Zealand will discuss any future changes with the LGP Scientific Steering Committee before any final plans are made.

Bidding Round

Thanks to those people who responded to the call for Expressions of Interest in Antarctica New Zealand holding a bidding round for logistics support this year.  Given the strong response, Antarctica New Zealand will be holding a bidding round for logistics support this year.  Documentation for the bidding round will be released on the Antarctica New Zealand website shortly.  The process and timeline will be similar to what was circulated in the Antarctica NZ Science Update (56) May 2010.  Antarctica New Zealand will be looking for proposals that demonstrate a strong link with the draft Science Strategy and show a clear path of how the science will be used.  At this stage, proposals will be due on the 1 October 2010.

International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Science

The next International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences will be held on 10-16 July 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland.  Proposals for sessions will be accepted up until 31 August 2010.  To propose a session, visit the website at http://www.isaes2011.org.uk/ and follow the instructions.  Abstract submission will open on 30 September 2010.

Latest SCAR newsletter

The latest edition of the SCAR Newsletter is now available to view on the SCAR website at http://www.scar.org/news/newsletters/issues2010/jun10.html. 

The latest APECS newsletter is available at:  http://apecs.is/newsletter-archive/1836-july-2010-newsletter

Publications submitted over the past month

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Blanchette, R.A., Held, B.W., Arenz, B.E., Jurgens, J.A., Baltes, N.J., Duncan, S.M., Farrell, R.L.

An Antarctic hot spot for fungi at Shackleton's historic hut on Cape Royds.

Microbial ecology 2010.

DOI 10.1007/s00248-010-9664-z

Dibble, R.R., Kyle, P.R., Rowe, C.A.

Video and seismic observations of Strombolian eruptions at Erebus volcano, Antarctica.

Journal of volcanology and geothermal research 177(3): 619-634 2008.

Duncan, S.M., Farrell, R.L., Jordan, N., Jurgens, J.A., Blanchette, R.A.

Monitoring and identification of airborne fungi at historic locations on Ross Island, Antarctica.

Polar science 2010.

doi: 10.1016/j.polar.2010.03.008

Lescroel, A., Ballard, G., Toniolo, V., Barton, K.J., Wilson, P.R., Lyver, Philip O'B., Ainley, D.G.

Working less to gain more: when breeding quality relates to foraging efficiency.

Ecology 91(7): 2044-2055 2010.

Lister, K.N., Lamare, M.D., Burritt, D.J.

Sea ice protects the embryos of the Antarctic sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri from oxidative damage due to naturally enhanced levels of UV-B radiation.

Journal of experimental biology 213: 1967-1975 2010.

doi:10.1242/jeb.039990

Wharton, D.A.

Osmoregulation in the Antarctic nematode Panagrolaimus davidi.

Journal of experimental biology 213: 2025-2030 2010.

doi:10.1242/jeb.041202