![A large group of about 80 scientists wave while sitting in closely spaced chairs for the 52nd Arctic Workshop.](/instaar/sites/default/files/styles/large_wide_thumbnail/public/callout/AW2024-group-photo-crop.jpg?itok=ObROWef4)
A friendly audience for talks.
![Polar researchers cluster in groups around a series of science posters at the 52nd Arctic Workshop, discussing methods and results.](/instaar/sites/default/files/styles/large_wide_thumbnail/public/callout/AW2024-posters.jpg?itok=AUIp2bHi)
Participants discuss some of the many posters.
From left: Isla Castañeda (Professor, UMass Amherst), Sarah Principato (Professor, Gettysburg College), Kathy Licht (Professor, UIPUI), Anne Jennings (Sr Research Associate, INSTAAR), Julie Brigham-Grette (Professor, UMass Amherst), and Áslaug Geirsdóttir (Professor, Univ. of Iceland).All are former graduate students advised by the Workshop's founder John Andrews.
Thank you organizers, participants, and all the contributing groups at the University of Massachusetts Amherst:Climate and Cryosphere; Earth, Geographic, & Climate Sciences; and School of Earth and Sustainability.
The Workshop has grown out of a series of informal annual meetings started in 1970 by INSTAAR Faculty FellowJohn Andrews. Its main purpose remains intact:togive graduate students an opportunity to present their ongoing research, gain experience in public speaking, and obtain feedback from more senior researchers.