News & Press Releases
5 March 2014
Proactive master and PhD students from different countries gathered in the Northern (Arctic) Federal University (Arkhangelsk) with aim to increase their knowledge on the Arctic issues, meet like-minded participants from the other countries and develop their leadership skills.
4 March 2014
On Wednesday, 5th of March in Hafnarfjörður, southern Iceland, the the Toronto-based theatre company Human Cargo will perform the play Night which explores issues facing Inuit in the Canadian Arctic.
3 March 2014
On Tuesday 25th February, at the University of Akureyri, Erik Franckx gave a concise speech for the „Law Forum" on „the Arctic and Mass media" to underline the importance of studying legal regimes and of doing research in the region.
28 February 2014
Arctic Services, a joint initiative between companies and institutions in Iceland, collectively, has over 40 years' experience servicing Arctic operations in the North Atlantic.
27 February 2014
The Arctic Yearbook 2014 is calling for abstracts. Deadline for the submission is 1st of March 2014.
21 February 2014
The Department Political Studies at University of Saskatchewan invites applications for four master's fellowships in comparative Northern governance research.
20 February 2014
In 2013 North-Eastern Federal University established its own academic mobility program to support its students going for exchange studies abroad. Students are especially encouraged to apply for UArctic member institutions. This is an article authored by Daria Burnasheva from the NEFU International Relations Office.
19 February 2014
Having been tasked by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in October last year to produce a report on the assessment of the status of accession negotiations between Iceland and the European Union and developments within the EU, the Institute of Economic Studies at the University of Iceland has now delivered its findings. In the Institute‘s report the main emphasis is on the period since the summer of 2009, when Iceland applied to become a candidate for EU membership, and it focuses on legal, instutitional and economic developments in the European Union.
18 February 2014
Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has now announced that the next licensing round will take place in the first quarter of this year. This time companies will tender an offer for extraction of natural resources located north – East of Norwegian continental shelf, 73°N latitude.
17 February 2014
Arctic sea ice extent remained lower than average in January, and just within two standard deviations of the long-term average.
14 February 2014
The Arctic Winter games will take place 15 – 22 of March 2014in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States.
13 February 2014
Today, 13th of February 2013, the Ambassador of Canada to Iceland, Mr Stewart Wheeler held the meeting at the University of Akureyri, northern Iceland. The Canadian representative updated the Icelandic – Arctic network on current Canada´s Arctic Council (AC) chairmanship issues and initiatives.
11 February 2014
UArctic member the University of Washington has approved a new minor degree program in Arctic Studies through their Canadian Studies Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Oceanography, and College of the Environment.
10 February 2014
Last week, the Icelandic Parliament passed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China. The Icelandic Althing consisted of 61 members from whom 56 voted in favour of the Agreement, 2 against and 3 members abstained.
7 February 2014
InBev-Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship - 2014 Call for Proposals
The InBev-Baillet Latour Fund and the International Polar Foundation (IPF) would like to announce the opening of the 2014 Call for Proposals for the InBev-Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship.
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