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Áslaug Ásgeirsdótti...
Áslaug Ásgeirsdóttir appointed rector of the University of Akureyri
Dr. Áslaug Ásgeirsdóttir has been appointed rector of the University of Akureyri as of July 1st. -
Explore Arctic Quick Facts on Arctic Portal
Explore Arctic Quick Facts on Arctic Portal
Introducing new and exciting content on the Arctic Portal - Quick Facts! -
Third Russian-Chinese Arctic School on G...
Third Russian-Chinese Arctic School on Green Energy Transitions
The Third Russian-Chinese Arctic School “Anthropogenic impact on Arctic ecosystems: in search of new approaches to Arctic management” was held from April 1st to 6th in St. Petersburg and Petrozavodsk, Russia. -
Climate change affecting electricity pro...
Climate change affecting electricity production in Iceland!
Landsvirkjun, the Icelandic National Power Company, has this winter been forced to curtail the supply of electricity to its customers due to insufficient water resources in its reservoirs to drive production at full capacity. -
March 2024 Marks Tenth Consecutive Hotte...
March 2024 Marks Tenth Consecutive Hottest Month Globally
March 2024 has solidified its place in history as the tenth consecutive month to claim the title of the hottest on record, according to the latest data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). This remarkable streak, spanning from April 2023 to March[…] -
Call for Nominations - 2024 Arctic Acade...
Call for Nominations - 2024 Arctic Academic Action Award!
UArctic and the Arctic Circle welcome nominations for the 2024 Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award until April 30, 2024. -
Arctic Security 2024 Conference - Enhanc...
Arctic Security 2024 Conference - Enhancing Capabilities To Combat Tomorrow's Arctic Threats
Arctic Security Conference will take place 23-24 April 2024 at Scandic Sluseholmen, Copenhagen, Denmark. The Conference is organized by Defence iQ which is the world's largest defence events and media organization. -
Arctic Congress Bodø 2024 - Progr...
Arctic Congress Bodø 2024 - Program Out!
The program for the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024 was released today. The congress will take place from 29 May to 3 June 2024 in Bodø, Norway, hosted by Nordland Research Institute and Nord University. -
Application for CNARC Fellowship Program...
Application for CNARC Fellowship Program Year 2024 Now Open!
The China-Nordic Arctic Research (CNARC) is preparing to launch its Fellowship Program for the year 2024. The Fellowship Program has enjoyed a decade of success since its inception in 2014-2015, albeit with a pause due to the pandemic. -
NOMAD FoodLab presented dishes with rein...
NOMAD FoodLab presented dishes with reindeer meat at Bocuse d'Or Europe
From March 19th to 20th, 2024, the chef team from NOMAD Indigenous FoodLab catered for Bocuse d'Or Europe in Trondheim. -
Arctic Circle Berlin Forum 2024
Arctic Circle Berlin Forum 2024
The 2024 Arctic Circle Berlin Forum will be held 7-8 May 2024 at the Radialsystem Culture and Event Centre in Berlin, Germany. The Forum will explore the role of Science, Climate, Policies, and Europe in the future of the Arctic.
Arctic Community
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ASSW 2025 – First Circular : Invitation to Boulder,...
ASSW 2025 – First Circular : Invitation to Boulder, Colorado (USA) for ASSW 2025
On behalf of the U.S. National Academies’ Polar Research Board and the Local Organising Committee, we invite you to Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2025 in beautiful Boulder, Colorado (USA) from 20–28 March 2025. The theme of ASSW 2025 is “Arctic Research Planning for the Next Decade” as it will include the Fourth International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP IV)[…] -
Dukha young reindeer herders at the meeting with ICR
Dukha young reindeer herders at the meeting with ICR
ICR hosted on-line meeting with Dukha reindeer herding youth -
Arctic Council chairship met ICR and WRH
Arctic Council chairship met ICR and WRH
International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry (ICR) and World Reindeer Herders (WRH) had a meeting with Arctic Council chairship in MFA Norway in Oslo with Morten Høglund and Solveig Rossebø -
The Arctic in Eastern and Central Europe: Knowledge, Perc...
The Arctic in Eastern and Central Europe: Knowledge, Perception and Communication in 17th -19th century
Junior Full Professor Joanna Kodzik of MIARC is organising an international and interdisciplinary conference about the reception of knowledge from the Arctic in Eastern and Central Europe together with colleagues from the department of German Studies at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (UMK), together with Professor Włodzimierz Zientara and Dr. Anna Mikołajewska (both UMK) on 9-10 May 2024. -
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) - New resources ava...
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) - New resources available
In December 2023, the APECS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Project Group, in collaboration with the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) EDI Action Group and Thrive Lifeline, embarked on a journey to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive (DEI) mindset and decision-making capability in our organizations leadership bodies. The DEI workshops focused on eroding intrinsic biases, identifying microaggressions,[…] -
Apply for the APECS Executive Committee 2024-2025
Apply for the APECS Executive Committee 2024-2025
APPLY for the APECS Executive Committee to help shape our organization and influence the future of polar research! The elections for the 2024-2025 APECS Executive Committee will be held during May and June 2024 for the term from 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025. Application deadline: 24 May 2024 at 23:59 GMT -
Arctic PASSION Online Seminar & Dialogue “Visua...
Arctic PASSION Online Seminar & Dialogue “Visualising Permafrost Landscape Change”
In this online seminar, Arctic PASSION is introducing its pan-Arctic requirements-driven Permafrost Service. The Permafrost Service is based on remote sensing analyses, and detection and mapping of permafrost disturbances at high spatial resolution across large regions. The data helps to quantify landscape change, hydrological dynamics and permafrost vulnerability. In order to make the scientific findings easily accessible, we designed a[…] -
A Task Team to advance the development of pan-Arctic ocea...
A Task Team to advance the development of pan-Arctic ocean observing alliance has been established
The development of a structure for improved international coordination of Arctic oceanography, such as an Arctic GOOS (Global Ocean Observing System) Regional Alliance (GRA), has been recommended in various fora in recent years, including during the development of the Arctic Action Plan for the UN Ocean Decade and at various editions of the Arctic Observing Summit (most recently in 2022).[…] -
International experts highly appreciated Ugra's expe...
International experts highly appreciated Ugra's experience in preserving the traditional culture of indigenous peoples
On April 23 in Khanty-Mansiysk during the V All-Russian Forum of National Unity under the auspices of the Northern Forum an international teleconference “Traditional Knowledge: Acquisition, Transmission and Protection” was held, during which the participants exchanged practices of preserving the culture and life of indigenous peoples. -
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues c...
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues continues its work
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is holding its 23rd session in New York from April 15 to 26. The Forum is attended by representatives of UN agencies and bodies, international organizations, indigenous peoples, as well as governmental structures of national states. -
Podcast about the symposium on new literary corpora - Jan...
Podcast about the symposium on new literary corpora - Jan Borm interviewed by Radio Canada Côte Nord
On March 14-15, the Cégep of Sept-Iles in Quebec hosted an international symposium on new Nordic literary corpora co-organized by the research center Imaginaire/Nord of the University of Quebec in Montreal, the research center GRENOC of the Cégep and the Malaurie Institute of Arctic Research Monaco-UVSQ (MIARC) in Versailles, France.
Announcements
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IK Foundation - Northern Hemisphere Spring 2024 | S...
IK Foundation - Northern Hemisphere Spring 2024 | Southern Hemisphere Fall 2024 | Issue No: 4
The current year, 2024, celebrates 30 years since the establishment of the European Economic Area (EEA). Today, the EEA links the EU member countries and three countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway) into an internal market governed by the same basic rules. These rules aim to enable the free movement of people, goods, services, and[…] -
Join the World Food Forum 2024: Good food for all, ...
Join the World Food Forum 2024: Good food for all, for today and tomorrow
In a world where food is essential for all, yet millions still go hungry and our planet faces escalating environmental challenges, the World Food Forum (WFF) is thrilled to launch its 2024 cycle under the theme: "Good food for all, for today and tomorrow”. The urgency is clear: over 738.9 million people faced hunger[…] -
World Data System newsletter for April 2024
World Data System newsletter for April 2024
Final Call for WDS-SC Nominations Nominations will be closing tomorrow 5 April. If you have not done so yet, please review the nomination requirements and submit them through Qualtrics here. More information on the voting process can be found on the WDS website here.Voting on the slate of received candidates by WDS members will[…] -
True North monthly bulletin for March 2024
True North monthly bulletin for March 2024
Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies Monthly Bulletin - March 2024 NATO’s welcome enlargement in the North The ceremonial raising of Sweden’s flag at NATO Headquarters March 11 marked the culmination of a dramatic two-year process. Sweden’s and Finland’s accessions bring all Arctic states minus Russia into the Alliance and boost deterrence[…] -
Arctic Energy Office newsletter March 2024
Arctic Energy Office newsletter March 2024
Three Alaska Tribal Villages Selected for TA Three Native Villages in Alaska are now part of Communities LEAP, a DOE program with our National Labs and energy experts sharing technical assistance for clean-energy economic development efforts. Congratulations to the Native Village of Eklutna, the Native Village of Kongiganak, and the Native Village of Tyonek[…] -
Webinar: A New Threat to Women in Politics: Online ...
Webinar: A New Threat to Women in Politics: Online Gender-Based Violence
When: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET Where: online event In the last decade, women’s participation in public life has increased despite continued challenges to achieve gender parity. New technologies have transformed the way societies engage, creating opportunities to reach a greater number of people and increasing access to information.[…] -
Arctic Shipping Summit 2024 - Charting a greener co...
Arctic Shipping Summit 2024 - Charting a greener course
ACI's 18th Arctic Shipping Summit will be taking place on the 6th and 7th November 2024 in Montreal, Canada. The conference will continue to give updates on shipping in the Arctic such as policies and regulations, technological developments and infrastructure. The forum will also bring up important topics like sustainable shipping practices and measures[…] -
IACN Newsletter for March 2024
IACN Newsletter for March 2024
Arctic Congress 2024 The Arctic Congress Bodø 2024 will be a unique event that combines the International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS) XI, UArctic Congress 2024, and High North Dialogue 2024. The congress takes place from 29 May to 3 June 2024 in Bodø, Norway, hosted by Nordland Research Institute and NORD University.[…] -
Reminder 2024 WDS-SC Nominations are open
Reminder 2024 WDS-SC Nominations are open
Dear WDS Members, The World Data System is continually seeking to fill two vacant positions on our esteemed Scientific Committee. The WDS-SC is the governing body of WDS, and it is made up of leading scientists experienced in using extensive data resources or data center/service executive leads. SC members are appointed for three years[…] -
SEVENSEAS Media newsletter for February 2024
SEVENSEAS Media newsletter for February 2024
SEVENSEAS Media just released a newsletter for the month of February 2024 Newsletter includes 11th Hour Racing Becomes Founding Sponsor of UpWind by MerConcept Scientists Confirm Underwater Mountains Harbor Abundant Life Off Chiles’s Coast Four New Seamounts Discovered in The High Seas Events & Webinars NOAA Science Seminars News, Reports, Announcements Contests, Awards, Funding[…] -
The Regional Funds Online Magazine issue 42 is now out
The Regional Funds Online Magazine issue 42 is now out
The Regional Funds Online Magazine has just released their latest issue nr 42. Highlights Hasta La Vista European Year of Youth The Director's Editorial - Successes and Gratitude “Thanks note” from the Fund Operator - Małgorzata Nowak Shape Tomorrow Through Your Say “Thanks note” from the Fund Operator - Mateusz Wiśniewski Celebrating innovation: let’s[…]
Upcoming Events
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