{"id":11648,"date":"2026-10-06T10:22:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/?p=11648"},"modified":"2026-10-06T10:41:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:41:50","slug":"2026%e5%b9%b4%e5%ba%a6%e3%80%8c%e3%82%b9%e3%82%a4%e3%82%b9%e3%82%a2%e3%83%ab%e3%83%97%e3%82%b9%e6%b0%b7%e6%b2%b3%e5%ae%9f%e7%bf%92%e3%80%8d%e3%81%ae%e5%a0%b1%e5%91%8a%e4%bc%9a%e3%82%92%e9%96%8b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/archives\/11648","title":{"rendered":"A debriefing session for the 2026 \u201cSwiss Alps Glacier Field Training Program\u201d was held in HU."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>A debriefing session for the \u201cSwiss Alps Glacier Field Training Program,\u201d conducted in August\u2013September 2026, was held at the Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University. The event brought together not only the students who participated in this year\u2019s field training, but also alumni of past Swiss programs, as well as many students and researchers from across Japan who joined after seeing the online announcement.<\/p>\n<p><span>During the session, the nine participating students were divided into four groups, each presenting the outcomes of their respective themes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The session began with an overview of the field training. Mr. Nagata, Mr. Shiozaki (Hokkaido University), and Ms. Asao (SOKENDAI) summarized the 15\u2011day program day by day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8476-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8476-250x188.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653 alignnone\" \/> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8477-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8477-250x188.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11654 alignnone\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next, Mr. Oka and Ms. Ebihara (SOKENDAI) gave an online presentation on their observations of snow\u2013ice microorganisms at the Rh\u00f4ne Glacier. This was the first year that the training included observations focusing on microbial activity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8485-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8485-250x188.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11661\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8482-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8482-250x188.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11662\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were moments when sharp questions were raised by program alumni.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8486-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8486-250x188.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11651\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Kondo (Hokkaido University) and Mr. Ogihara (Tohoku University) presented their analysis of glacier responses to air temperature and snowfall, based on GPS data collected at the Rh\u00f4ne Glacier.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8488-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8488-250x188.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11674\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8493-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8493-250x188.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11675\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, Mr. Niiya and Mr. Li (Hokkaido University) concluded the session with a five\u2011minute video compiling photos and clips from all participants, offering an enjoyable reflection on the training experience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8496.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8496-250x193.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"193\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11676\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8500-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8500-250x188.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11677\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More detailed daily records of the field training are available in the participants\u2019 field diaries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ees.hokudai.ac.jp\/IAI\/swiss26\/diary.html\">here<\/a> for the 2026 Swiss Glacier Field Training Diary. (Japanese Only)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/project\/arcs3\/glacier\">here<\/a> for details about the Swiss Glacier Field Training Program.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A debriefing session for the \u201cSwiss Alps Glacier Field Training Program,\u201d conducted in August\u2013September 2026,  [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,46,57,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arcs3-news","category-aasc-activities","category-activity-reports","category-59"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11648"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11684,"href":"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11648\/revisions\/11684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arc.hokudai.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}