News Release of the first SPI science plan

The first SPI science plan defining the institute's future scientific priorities up to 2025 and beyond is now publically available in its final version. With the release of the paper entitled "Polar Science in Switzerland - Proposed priorities for the Swiss Polar Institute (SPI) up to 2025 and beyond", the Swiss polar community positions itself towards global challenges and key polar science topics.

This paper has been prepared by the Science and Technology Advisory Board of the Swiss Polar Institute (SPI) on the basis of two stakeholder consultations carried out during workshops at the Swiss Polar Day 2018 and a Call for Ideas launched by the SPI in 2017-2018. A draft version of this document was also issued for consultation in February 2019.

Consult Polar Science in Switerland: PDF

Press release: GLACE expedition postponed (7.6.2019)

The Swiss Polar Institute regrets to announce that it has not received the requested research permits from the Danish authorities within the necessary deadlines. The Swiss Polar Institute attaches great importance to working with the full support of local authorities. For this reason and given the uncertainty related to the permit delivery date, the Swiss Polar Institute has decided to postpone the GLACE expedition in order to secure all necessary permits and offer optimal conditions for the GLACE scientific expedition for the coming years. Further details will be communicated in due time.

Contact person for any related question from media: Danièle Rod, SPI Executive Director Contact person for any related question from the participating scientists: Samuel Jaccard, GLACE Chief Scientist

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