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In March each year politicians and outstanding representatives of research and business get the opportunity to meet the future leaders of the High North – and vice versa. It happens during the conference High North Dialogue in Bodø. This year the conference will be held on 17-19 March 2015.
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Last January 2015, took place in Mariehamn(Åland Islands) the final meeting of the project called "The Nordic autonomies – Experiences and Visions in a Peace Perspective". The project was initiated by the Åland Islands Peace Institute (ÅIPI) and supported by the Nordic Council's Citizen's and Consumer Committee. It run during 2104 and 2015 and involved a number of Nordic researchers specialised in autonomy issues.
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Press release by the Institute of the North, 28 January 2015:
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The Russian Ambassador to Canada, Alexander Darchiev, has given a brief speech about Russia and Canada roles in the Arctic.
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IASC is pleased to announce that the 2015 IASC Medal, which is awarded in recognition of exceptional and sustained contributions to the understanding of the Arctic, goes to
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TheArctic Research Consortium of the US (ARCUS) has two job opening.ARCUS is a 501(c) (3) non-profit consortium of universities and institutions concerned with Arctic research and education. ARCUS envisions strong and productive linkages among researchers, educators, communities, and other stakeholders that promote discovery and understanding of the Arctic.
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The Russian Geographical Society has announced that Russian scientists have finally completed the second drilling of Lake Vostok (Antarctica) and collected some clean water samples.
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The US Department of Interior has released the news that the Obama administration has moved to ban offshore drilling in parts of Alaska to protect "Arctic National Wildlife Refuge".
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The conference "Barents region and beyond: Internationalizing Higher Education" will be held on 2nd and 3rd June 2015 at University of Nordland, Bodø, Norway.
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We publish here the call by NORA to fundproject idea focused on the use of ICT in the sparsely populated regions of the North Atlantic and the Arctic.
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Today the Arctic Council has published online a interview with the recently appointed SAO for Finland,Aleksi Härkönen.
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The eight Polar Law Symposium will be held in Alaska, September 23-26, 2015.The call for abstract invites participants to consider how polarscience and scholarship can combine with thepractice of law, broadly understood, to strengthenArctic Peoples and Places. How can lawyers andlegal scholars interact with scientists andacademics from other disciplines to the benefit ofthe Arctic? Can models of cooperation betweenscientists, scholars and lawyers from othergeographic areas be adapted for the Arctic? Whatcan lawyers and academics from all disciplinescontribute to each other's understanding on issuesof common concern?