Editing International Polar Year (section)

===The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)===
The [[Association of Polar Early Career Scientists]] (APECS) was founded during the fourth IPY.

Following a meeting in Stockholm at the end of September 2007, the IPY International Youth Steering Committee (IYSC) and the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.apecs.is/|title=Association of Polar Early Career Scientists – Home|website=www.apecs.is|access-date=16 October 2019}}</ref> merged under a new structure while maintaining the name ‘APECS’.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ipy.arcticportal.org/images/uploads/APECS_release.pdf|title=APECS Press Release|access-date=16 October 2019}}</ref> The IPY International Youth Steering Committee (IYSC) had been established in 2004 by Amber Church, Tyler Kuhn, Melanie Raymond and Hugues Lantuit to represent the needs of the youth during the fourth IPY, and the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) had been established in 2006 to represent the needs and challenges faced by (post-)graduate students, post-docs, junior faculty, and research associates involved in polar research.

APECS aims to stimulate interdisciplinary and international research collaborations, provide opportunities for professional career development and develop effective future leaders in polar research, education and outreach. [[Jenny Baeseman]], as the Founding Director of APECS, established the organisations first international secretariat in [[Tromsø (city)|Tromsø]], Norway during the IPY.