The International Antarctic Institute (IAI) is a global consortium of universities and agencies that provide university-level education and conduct research in Antarctica.
The IAI offers international opportunities in Antarctic undergraduate and postgraduate multi-disciplinary education by sharing teaching resources between international partner universities. We are also developing new and innovative Antarctic courses and pathways between degrees to encourage student and staff mobility.
IAI Project Stimulates Further Research For Student
Fabien Quéroué
Recent European Institute for Marine Studies MSc graduate, Fabien Quéroué, developed a method for the shipboard determination of dissolved aluminum (Al) in seawater by flow injection analysis (FIA) based on the work of Brown and Bruland (2008). His research, in collaboration with the International Antarctic Institute, was conducted at the Leibniz-Institut fur Meereswissenschaften an der Universitat Kiel (IFM-GEOMAR). The method is completely automated, has a cycle time of 6min, a detection limit of 0.2 nM Al and a precision of 3.8% based on replicate analyses of a 5,3 nM Al sample. The method was applied to Drake Passage samples collected during the cruise ANTXXIV-3 on the Polarstern. These samples were collected on different bottles and on different station. Results for dissolved Al were controlled using a manual method. The use of low-density polyethylene, polymethylpropylene and polyethylene bottles as sampling method and the distribution of dissolved aluminum along the water column is also discussed. Thanks to this project, Fabien gained valuable experience in Trace metals analysis methods and had the opportunity to start a PhD between the University Of Tasmania (UTAS) and the University of Western Brittany (UBO).
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- 18th August 2011Antarctica
- A distance course (full online) provided by University of Canterbury: Antarctica (Anta101), introducing relevant current issues related to the Polar region studies (such as, climate change, environmental management, living resource conservation and protection etc.). Eligiable for worldwide candidates. Date: 14 Nov to 18 Dec, 2011. Please check out the website for more information.
- 3rd August 2011Hokkaido uni sea ice course
- This course will occur during Febuary 2012 (dates not settled yet), application open now. This courses introduces physical properties of sea ice in the Sea of Okhotsk and Lake Saroma (pack ice and fast ice). It also in- vestigates the biota living within the ice. The course is at a postgraduate level and has a BSc (or equivalent) prerequisite. Please check out the poster for more information or go to the website
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