Chronicle of the project
Here you can find all the news of the project.
Good Practice Project
The Erasmus+ project “GlacierXperience” has been successfully completed. The aim of the project was to raise students’ awareness of the …
Master’s Theses Win the Viktor-Obendrauf Award 2024
On November 7, 2024, the Viktor-Obendrauf Award for outstanding didactic master’s theses and dissertations was presented at the Meerscheinschlössl of …
New Educational Booklet for exploring the Steindalsbreen
Free booklet with exciting information for the hike to Steindalsbreen (Norway) published …
GlacierXperience at the European Researchers Night 2024 in Graz
This year, the project was also represented with a stand at the European Researchers Night in Graz …
Project GlacierXperience Presented at ECRICE 2024 Conference
At the 2024 European Conference on Research in Chemical Education (ECRICE), Philipp Spitzer from the University of Graz delivered a …
New Paper on Acid Mine Drainage Published in CHEMKON
Paper titled “Acid Mine Drainage: The Link Between Melting Permafrost and Heavy Metals in Mountain Lakes” has been published …
Seminar – “Glacier Education: Glaciers as Learning Arenas” Successfully Held at Arctic University (Tromsø)
The seminar titled “Glacier Education: Glaciers as Learning Arenas” was successfully held at the Institute for education at the Artic …
First GlacierXperience-Lab for students on the Dachsteinglaciers
In cooperation with the Dachstein cable car students had the opportunity to explore scientific phenomena on the glacier for the …
Activity 5: 2-day hiking-tour the steindalsbreen with students
We went to Steindalsbreen with lower secondary students and their teachers from Eidebakken Skole, on June 11.-13th. We were in …
GlacierXperience Visits Siegen: A Week of Glacier Exploration and Education
From June 10th to June 14th, 2024, GlacierXperience brought the wonders of the glacier world to Siegen. With no glaciers …
GlacierXperience at 20 years of Nature Protection Area Lyngen Alps
GalcierXprience was invited to a seminar about 20 years of Nature Protection Area Lyngen Alps in collaboration with colleagues from …
Workshop at the 114th MNU Congress in Jena
GlacierXperience participated in a workshop as part of the 114th MNU Federal Congress in Jena, Germany. At Friedrich Schiller University, …
GlacierXperience meets METALLICA at Mokta
We are happy about our collaboration with METALLICA, a research project using the same glacier in Norway (https://en.uit.no/project/metallica). This is …
Workshop with students of BG/BRG Klusemann in Graz
Students from BG/BRG Klusemann visited the “GlacierXperience” project in the laboratory at the University of Graz. The pilot group was …
From Powder Snow to Glacier Ice
GlacierXperience delves into the spatial phenomena and processes related to ice, as well as the landscapes shaped by glaciers. This …
GlacierXperience in the Tierra Caliente of Colombia
Based on a long cooperation with Dr. Mónica Zuleta Salas from the Department of Geography of the Universidad de Antioquia, …
GlacierXperience at the European Reseachers Night in Graz
The project was represented with its own participation stand at this year’s Researchers Night. Interested children and adults were able …
Activity 3: Exploring the Hallstätter Glacier with students
For the third activity, 10 students from BORG Deutschlandsberg went to the Dachstein on September 15th. Since the Dachstein cable …
Poster at the conference of the chemistry teaching specialist group in the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
The project was presented as a poster as part of the Science Forum 2023 in Leipzig (September 5th – 6th) …
Returning to Steindalsbreen two months after our spring visit.
At the end of the summer, the glacier lies without a protective snow cover. This means that the structure is …
Activity 2: Exploring Steindalsbreen in Norway
Discussing the project As part of our second activity, we visited the Steindalsbreen near Tromsø (Norway). After the preparation at …
Excursion to the Dachstein glacier as part of the master’s thesis
Last Saturday we went to the Dachstein glacier as part of Eva Reichmann’s master’s thesis. Supervised by Sebastian Tassoti and …
Hot Stone and Cold Ice
Rocks heat up faster than snow and ice because of their darker color. . This is clearly visible in the …
GlacierXperience at the conference on EU programs Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps in Vienna
As part of the symposium on the EU programs Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps in Vienna, we were able …
Hot Winter and hotter Summer
A first insight into the recent changes at Dachstein Glacier. Photos from early July 2022 and mid-August 2022 are shown …
Activity 1: First Glacier-Expedition
As part of the first activity, the project group met at the Dachstein glacier. In addition to the planning and …
