News & Press Releases
24 October 2012
A polar bear and a cub were shot in the town of Kangaatsiaq in Greenland yesterday. The pair had been circling the town for a few days.
23 October 2012
One of the biggest oil deals in history was concluded this week. The Russian state-run company Rosneft is now on par with energy giant Exxon Mobil.
22 October 2012
Arctic animals are under severe threat because of warming climate and there might be no polar bears in the Russian wild in 20-25 years. This is the predicion of leading polar bear specialist, Nikita Ovsyannikov, deputy director of Russia's polar bear reserve on Wrangel Island in the Chukchi Sea to the northwest of Alaska.
19 October 2012
The INTERACT call for summer 2013 and winter 2013/2014 will be open for one more week or until 31st of October.
18 October 2012
A total of 14 polar bears were seen last week in the small town of Igloolik, in Canada's eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut.
15 October 2012
Russia intents to lift up two nuclear submarines who sunk in the Arctic. The submarines are the nuclear powered K-27 and K-159, who sunk in the Kara Sea and the Barents Sea.
12 October 2012
The eight member states of the Arctic Council have agreed to sign a binding treaty concerning response for potential oil spills in the Arctic.
12 October 2012
The latest issue of the SCAR newsletter is now available. SCAR is the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, an inter-disciplinary committee of the International Council for Science (ICSU).
9 October 2012
Today at the University of Akureyri, dr Marie – Noelle Houssais gave a speech on French contribution to the Arctic marine scientific research.
9 October 2012
The Norwegian Government plans to map, do seismic surveys and other geological data acquisitions outside Jan Mayen and in the Barents Sea in 2013. A total of 17.6 million Euros have been allocated to the project.
4 October 2012
Arctic Cod is still moving northward and recent findings recorded the furthest distribution of the species. Arctic Cod was recorded at 82 degrees and 30 minutes north this year, by the Russian research vessel Vilnjus.
28 September 2012
The historic voyage of the Xuelong, the Chinese icebreaker, was concluded yesterday when it returned to Shanghai. Xuelong, or the Snow Dragon, is the first Chinese vessel to complete a high-latitude voyage across the Arctic Ocean.
27 September 2012
One of the biggest wind parks inside the Arctic Circle was opened yesterday in Northern Norway. It is located in Vannøya, near Tromsø. The park can produce energy for around 7000 households.
26 September 2012
The chief executive of the energy company Total warns against oil drilling in the Arctic. He says that oil spills would destroy the image of companies.
25 September 2012
The first live search and rescue exercise among the 8 Arctic states, "SAREX 2012", took place 10-14 September in stormy weather and high seas in a remote area along Greenland's east coast. The exercise involved personnel, authorities, airplanes, helicopters and ships from Canada, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia and the United States.
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