The First Training Workshop on Permafrost Research Methods: IMPETUS 2007 : OSL-APECS-PYRN Training Workshop; St. Petersburg, Russia, 29 November to 2 December 2007

• Published in: Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
• Main Authors: Lantuit, Hugues, Kassens, Heidemarie, Johansson, M., Timokhov, Leonid A., Haltigin, T., Baeseman, J., Volkmann-Lark, Karen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AGU (American Geophysical Union) 2008
• Subjects: Association of Polar Early Career Scientists; Ice; International Polar Year; IPY; permafrost; Thermokarst
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/125/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/125/1/2008_Lantuit-etal-First_eost16324.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2008EO100006

Fifty young researchers from 14 countries met in St. Petersburg, Russia, to learn about the latest methods used in permafrost research and engineering and to discuss future plans to address climate change issues in permafrost areas. This workshop was an official International Polar Year (IPY) event organized jointly by the Otto Schmidt Laboratory for Polar and Marine Sciences (OSL) in St. Petersburg, the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN), and the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS). The workshop provided insights into the latest techniques and methods used in permafrost research in fields as diverse as permafrost modeling, investigations of mountain ice segregation, bubbling from thermokarst lakes, and submarine permafrost detection. It brought together experts to provide young investigators with a multidisciplinary and cross-border perspective on permafrost research, a much needed approach in a discipline marked by strong research history yet strongly entangled within national borders. Presentations and speaker biographies are now available on the conference Web site (http://pyrn.ways.org/activities/pyrn-meetings/2007-saint-petersburg).