D1.8 2nd Yearly summary report on highlights of European Polar Research

The polar regions are key regions of the Earth system and climate change, but European polar research currently consists of a multitude of organisations and individual activities. The HORIZON 2020 project EU-PolarNet 2 aims to overcome this initial situation and to coordinate and consolidate European polar research. This 2^nd annual report on European polar research highlights presents a selection of contributions to Europe's polar research in the second year of EU-PolarNet 2. The highlights reports are organised into 4 overarching themes: European Research Highlights in the Arctic, European Research Highlights in the Antarctic, Promoting Polar Research and Conference Highlights.