News & Press Releases
23 February 2016
The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme just released the "AMAP Assessment 2015: Human Health in the Arctic",now available online for free.
22 February 2016
DNV GL has recently announced that they approved the first vessel to comply with IMO Polar Code, which will became mandatory from January 1st, 2017. Although no mention was given about which polar class the vessel has been approved for, the announcement confirm once again the growing interest for Arctic sea-routes.
19 February 2016
The 8th Arctic Shipping Summit will be deeply exploring new developments and regulations that will come into action for the Arctic Shipping industry. Combining expert views, governmental officials and industry service providers to expand and increase efficiency & knowledge for new generation shipping and operations.
18 February 2016
Abstract deadline Submission to the 2016 Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society’s 50th Congress and joint annual Canadian Geophysical Union meeting have been extended to Feb 29.
17 February 2016
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16 February 2016
The government of Iceland accepted this morning the proposal by the Prime Minister of Iceland to allocate funding to the operation of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) secretariat for the next 5 years (2017-2021). The government decided to allocate 35 million Icelandic kroners annually (approx. 250.000 Euro) to the IASC secretariat office located in Akureyri.
16 February 2016
Arctic Portal is developing new learning material on several Arctic issues.
15 February 2016
The annual meetings of the Commission - NAMMCO 24 - held 9 - 11 February 2016 at the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway - is just finished.
12 February 2016
In September 2016, the next world wildlife conference of signatories to CITES will take place in South Africa.
11 February 2016
Science and gender equality are both vital for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
11 February 2016
The 4th China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium (CNARC) will take place in the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland from the 6th to 9th of June 2016 under the theme "The Sustainable Arctic - Opportunities and Challenges of Globalization".
10 February 2016
Today, February 10th 2016, the Russian news websites have reported that Russia has submitted a a revised application for the extension of the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean to the United Nations.
10 February 2016
Yesterday, February 9th, the Russian Agency TASS reported that in 2016 China will continue its Antarctic research expeditions while seeking to organize a joint Arctic research expedition with Russia for the first time.
9 February 2016
The second EU-PolarNet newsletter is now available online! You can download the entire newsletter as a pdf file here.
8 February 2016
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will hold an Expert Meeting on 9-10 February 2016 in Oslo, Norway, to help it strengthen its communications as it starts work on its next cycle of reports.
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