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Norway’s biggest energy company Statoil is considering quitting west Greenland in an effort to cut costs.The exploration licences are something the company is thinking about giving up as they are extremely expensive.Head of exploration
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A ridge of high pressure over western North America is allowing warm air from the subtropics to flow all the way up to Alaska, bringing with it unprecedented heat to places like Fairbanks, which has seen temperatures as high as 6°C. Normally, the daytime high is around -17°C.
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Iceland Geothermal Cluster which is a national network of organizations within the geothermal energy sector in Iceland will be facilitating the promising energy investment program, Startup Energy Reykjavik alongside Klak Innovit.
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Today, 22nd of January 2014 Arctic Frontiers conference opens its science session. This year´s theme: "Humans in the Arctic" will highlight current environmental and economic threats to peoples living in the High North.
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The Arctic Frontiers that have been taking place since Sunday, 19th of January.
The first 2 days of the conference has sold out and it is now not possible to register for the Policy Section of the conference.
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Yesterday, 19th of January 2013, Arctic Frontiers started in Tromsø, northern Norway.
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Advances in Polar Science together with the Arctic Portal invites you to submit manuscripts to a special issue on "The rapid change of Arctic sea ice and its possible effects on high- and mid-latitude weather and climate" of the Journal Advances in Polar Science (APS).
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Today, 16th of January 2014, the Iceland´s Minister of Foreign Affairs paid visit to the Arctic Portal office, located in Akureyri, northern Iceland.
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Today, 15th of January at the University of Akureyri, dr. Natalia Loukacheva gave her last speech as a Nansen professor.
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Tomorrow, 15th of January at the University of Akureyri, conference hall, dr. Natalia Loukacheva will give a public lecture titled: "Developing Arctic – from Nansen to modern times". The lecture will take place in room M101 12.00 – 13.00 h and it is open for public.
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Travel support is now available for students, teachers and researchers from Uarctic members to and from Danish, Greenlandic and Faroease institutions for Arctic – relevant mobility activities.
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The Faroe Islands is seeking to bring its dispute with the EU over their herring and mackerel exports to the World Trade Organisation.