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Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrettunveiled the new, comprehensiveDepartment of the Air Force Arctic Strategy, July 21.
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The 3rd international meeting of the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation on Arctic research co-operation, organized in co-operation between Iceland and Japan, has been postponed due to the effects of the COVID-19 epidemic. The meeting was to be held in Tokyo, Japan on 20-21 November 2020 but will instead take place on 8-9 May 2021.
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According to the newsprovider ArcticToday a group of Sámi reindeer herders intend to seek legal action against the owners of what is to be that country’s largest wind farm for violating their rights by hindering reindeer migration between winter and summer feeding grounds.
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The project EU-PolarNet came to its end in June 2020 andpublished its last newsletter.
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On June 22, 2020, a meeting of the Committee of Regional Coordinators of the Northern Forum International Organization of Northern Regions was held.
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The head of the Rosatom State Corporation, Alexei Likhachev, reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin that in 2019, the volume of traffic along the Northern Sea Route amounted to 5.5 million tons, and in 2020 it could exceed 30 million tons.
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Today, on June 12, is the National Day of Russia or as locally called Den Rossii (Russia Day) an occasion for many Russians to demonstrate national pride. On this day in 1990, Russia became an independent nation following the official adoption of the Declaration of Sovereignty of the Russian Federation, which was then followed by the establishment of the national anthem and flag.
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The Icelandic Marine Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI) is working on a twelve year project aimed at mapping the seabed around Iceland. The project started in the year 2017.
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The report Moving a Conference from Iceland to Zoom gathers best practices and lessons learned from moving and hosting the Arctic Science Summit Week 2020 (ASSW2020) online.
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NOAA EarthData webinar will be held on 6 May 2020, 6-7 pm UTC on Accessing and Analyzing Snow Data at the NSIDC DACC (The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center) with Amy Steiker and Walt Meier.
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Rosneft Oil Company has launched the implementation of a programme to assess the sustainability of the Arctic ecosystems based on research on key Arctic animal species in the Russian Federation. By 2023, Rosneft will conduct eight expeditions to the Laptev, Barents and Kara Seas.
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This Wednesday is the50thanniversary of Earth Day—and we are hoping you might be willing to help the Wilson Center celebrateby becoming a citizen scientist!
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The Icepot is a series of podcasts about polar science and the people managed and producedbyKirstin WernerandSara Pasqualettofrom theInternational Coordination Officeof theYear of Polar Prediction(YOPP). The IcePod is the official YOPP Podcast and will feature people involved inMOSAiC, theMultidisciplinary driftingObservatory for theStudy ofArcticClimate.
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The Arctic Science Summit Week 2020 will be held online from 27 March to 2 April 2020. You can find some useful information on the event and how to join different parts on the RANNIS website https://en.rannis.is/news/the-arctic-science-summit-week-updated-program
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The CNARC symposium at Umeå University, which was planned for May 27-29 this year, has been postponed due to the Corona virus situation. The CNARC symposium at Umeå University, which was planned for May 27-29 this year, has been postponed due to the Corona virus situation.
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