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POLAR RESEARH STUDENT’S TEAM

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CONTENTS

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•What is PolReC ?•What is PolSTeam• APECS• Events• Aims

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PolReC

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• The national research attempts of Turkey on Polar Regions have been started by TuArk(Scientific Advisory Board) comprised of scientists from 11 different national and international universities operating under Polar Research App & Res Center. The research areas of the academicians active on this Board are climate change, glaciers, alien species, pollution, marine diversity, protected areas, marine mammals, botany, marine, geology, mining, mapping, remote sensing. Legal evaluation studies on Arctic and Antarctic regions are defined and studied within the Center. • While the individual studies of the academicians involved

in Scientific Advisory Board traced back to 1977, ITU Polar Research App & Res Center became official on January 17, 2015.

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PolSTeam

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• Education have major role in PolReC’s aims too. PolSTeam is the interface between PolReC scientific works and public. With this mission PolSTeam, creates education programs to instruct people about scientific works, global climate change, Arctic and Antarctic reagons, etc.• These programs and events include workshops,

meetings, trips, certificate programs, etc.

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PolSTeam

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• Team which is originated from university students, also gives lecturers to other university students to enhance circle of science. These lecturers are organized to educate «New educators». With that aim, PolSTeam is the representative in APECS(Association of Polar Early Career Scientists) as a APECS Turkey.

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PolSTeam

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• «Polar Clubs» were founded in primary and middle schools. Younger students are having knowledge while they try to create new ideas and materials with themselves. This system provides that more intelligent learning instead of monolog system. Therefore, « New Scientist for the future» grows up.

Primary students make this logo

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APECS

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• APECS(Association of Polar Early Career Scientists) take a role to provide communication with researchers who work on Polar Regions and Science in the world. Becausefe of that, researhers can have chance to talk other scientists and have new perspectives. PolReC is the only representative for APECS from Turkey with PolSTeam.

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EVENTS

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EVENTS

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• Search and Rescue seminar with Prime Ministry Disaster & Emergency Management Authority

• DP 1(Dynamic Positioning) vessel visitation• Survive from Natural Disasters seminar• Osman Atasoy ve Sibel Karasu – Uzaklar II Antarctica Sailing Presentation• Erkan Gürsoy – Altan Girl Arktik Reagion Navigation Presentation• Students Clubs which work on Polar Regions• Global Climate Change Workshop

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AIMS

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• Giving educational lectures, seminars, conferences to build awareness of environmental facts for young kids/generation.

MANY THANKS!