Swiss Commission for Polar and High Altitude Research
This Commission serves as a strategic body for the Swiss community in polar and high altitude research and represents their scientific interests nationally as well as internationally. In order to promote young talents, it awards the Prix de Quervain.
News
19.09.2024 | Prix de Quervain 2024
19.09.2024 Snow microstructure: importance for Arctic sea ice and global climate
Amy R. Macfarlane receives the prize for her research as part of the MOSAiC expedition
© picture source: Calle Schöning
16.02.2024 | Prix de Quervain 2024
16.02.2024 Call for works (Master, PhD, Postdoc) in the field of Polar Research
Deadline was 30.04.2024
13.02.2024 | Swiss Ocean Day
13.02.2024 1st conference for the Swiss ocean community
Organised by the Swiss Commission of Oceanography and Limnology and the Oeschger Zentrum, at the University of Bern on 20 June 2024
02.02.2024 | International symposium
02.02.2024 Jungfraujoch and beyond: high altitude physiology and medicine
At the University of Bern on 4 April 2024
© picture source: Konsta Punkka
17.01.2024 | International Arctic Science Committee IASC
17.01.2024 IASC Fellowship for young researcher at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI
Patrik Winiger among the 10 winners out of more than 60 candidates
Swiss Commission for Polar and High Altitude Research
Dr Roger Pfister, Head
House of Academies
Laupenstrasse 7
P.O. Box
3001 Bern
