News & Press Releases
10 January 2014
The Faroe Islands is seeking to bring its dispute with the EU over their herring and mackerel exports to the World Trade Organisation.
9 January 2014
The 5th Arctic Business Forum meeting will be held in Rovaniemi, northern Finland. The conference will be taking place from March 11th – 13th 2014.
7 January 2014
The Arctic Region is increasingly becoming a place of international attention. As the ice melts, new opportunities and challenges arise. Asian states which previously had little interest in the area are taking a greater interest in the Arctic.
6 January 2014
Arctic Frontiers 2014 will be held at the University of Tromsø, Norway from Sunday 19 to Friday 24 January 2014. The theme of the conference is 'Humans in the Arctic'.
11 December 2013
On December 10th 2013, the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC), and six institutes from the Nordic countries as well as three other institutes from China signed a Cooperation Agreement on the China-Nordic Arctic Research Center (CNARC) to formally mark the inauguration of CNARC. Attendants to the inauguration ceremony included representatives from the State Oceanic Administration, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, diplomats in China from the Arctic countries, business leaders, as well as Chinese and Nordic Arctic scholars.
10 December 2013
Statoil has recently reported to find more oil resources in the Barents Sea. The hydrocarbon discovery at the Skavl prospect could increase the chances for a new field centre development in the Arctic, says Atle Staalensen from the Barents Observer.
9 December 2013
Over the past two decades, IASC has been organizing forward-looking conferences focused on international and interdisciplinary perspectives for advancing Arctic research cooperation and applications of Arctic knowledge. In 2015, it will have been 10 years since the ICARP II and 20 years since the first ICARP in 1995.
4 December 2013
For the first time ever, lakes have been discovered beneath the ice sheets of Greenland, following a discovery from researchers from Cambridge University. "Our results show that sub glacial lakes exist in Greenland, and that they form an important part of the ice sheet's plumbing system," says, Steven Palme from the team.
2 December 2013
Second Annual Arctic Circle Assembly to be held September 5-7, 2014, in Reykjavík, Iceland
27 November 2013
Call for papers: Sámi archaeology and postcolonial theory session at Nordic TAG 2014
26 November 2013
Citizens of Churchill in Northern Manitoba, Canada, had to learn how to scare polar bears away from their home town.
25 November 2013
Recent statement issued by the Arctic Council during the UN Climate Change Conference that took place in Warsaw, assured collaboration against the climate change.
22 November 2013
Northern Russia has decided to open a new terminal for cruise liners at the central port of Murmansk.
21 November 2013
The second application round from MobilityDK has now been open for students, teachers and researchers.
20 November 2013
Some of the PAGE21 young researchers have departed to remote Arctic areas to gather winter flux measurements.
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