Nous sommes heureux d’annoncer ici à ArcTrain que notre blog a remporté le prix spécial des éditeurs pour le “blog scientifique de l’année” en Allemagne. Avec le blog ArcTrain, nous visons à mettre en avant nos nombreuses activités de recherche auprès du grand public afin de montrer nos réalisations en […]
Getting out there

An expedition to the Nordic Seas after almost three years of changing plans Once I had started my PhD back in October 2019, I was told that I will get the chance to go on a research vessel and participate on an expedition soon. As I have never been on […]
A long-awaited journey

The International Glaciological Society (IGS) organizes symposia (or conferences) on different aspects of cryospheric sciences all around the world. In June 2022, the University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau hosted the “International Symposium on Maritime Glaciers”. As I am working on numerically modeling marine-terminating/tidewater glaciers, this was a nice fit […]
Glacial conference including glacial experiences

We are Yuqing and Linda, two PhD students from Bremerhaven and Bremen. Here we give some insights into our experience abroad. We spent three months (February – May) at the McGill University in Montreal, Canada. We joined the sea ice group of Bruno Tremblay. We are very thankful for his […]
Our research stay at the McGill University in Montreal

Mon séjour de recherche à Montréal Le cœur d’ArcTrain est la collaboration transatlantique – entre des chercheurs d’Allemagne et du Canada. Par conséquent, depuis que j’ai commencé mon doctorat à Brême, Allemagne, en octobre 2019, je savais que j’aurais la chance de faire de la recherche au Canada pendant un […]
De 5°C pluvieux à -20°C neigeux

Cela fait déjà quelques semaines que j’ai fêté le premier anniversaire de mon laboratoire à domicile. En effet, lorsque tout s’est éteint pour la première fois en mars 2020, je revenais d’un atelier éducatif dans le Nord. Pour cet atelier, je devais trimballer une loupe binoculaire dans mes bagages (un […]
Un atelier scolaire sur la paléontologie et l’évolution de la ...

This is post 3/3 in a series on our experiences and tasks as ArcTrain PhD students during the research cruise M164 (GPF 19-1-105) in summer 2020 in the subpolar North Atlantic. Click here to see part 1/3 and here to see part 2/3. It’s just after midnight. Around the ship, […]
The ocean currents of the North Atlantic in a nutshell

This is post 2/3 in a series on our experiences and tasks as ArcTrain PhD students during the research cruise M164 (GPF 19-1-105) in summer 2020 in the subpolar North Atlantic. Click here to see part 1/3 and here to see part 3/3. A research cruise offers the great opportunity […]
PIES – Not just a piece of cake!

This is post 1/3 in a series on our experiences and tasks as ArcTrain PhD students during the research cruise M164 (GPF 19-1-105) in summer 2020 in the subpolar North Atlantic. Click here to see part 2/3 and here to see part 3/3. The lines are loosened. The gangway is […]