News & Press Releases
24 September 2014
The Arctic's sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent on September 17, 2014. Sea ice extent on that day was measured at 5.02 million square kilometers (1.94 million square miles). It was the sixth-lowest extent recorded since satellites began measuring sea ice in 1979. The number is above the 2012 record extent but is still below the long-term average.
22 September 2014
The conference Gender Equality in the Arctic will take place in Akureyri 30th – 31st of October 2014.
19 September 2014
The next Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting will take place in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada on 24-25 April 2015.
17 September 2014
Last week, tyhe West Nordic Council concluded its annual meeting, held this year in Vestmannaeyjar (Iceland). The west Nordic Council, which consists of Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, is an internal Nordic Council body dealing with regional policies, promoting regional interests and cooperation with neighbouring Countries.
16 September 2014
The second Arctic Circle conference will take place in Reykjavik on October 31, and November 1 and 2.
3 September 2014
Yesterday, 2nd of September 2014, Minister Aglukkaq opened the founding meeting of Arctic Economic Council, a body meant to help northerners become "the decision makers", as she said in the opening speech.
2 September 2014
Arctic Frontiers team has released the following news:
1 September 2014
Japan, China and South Korea agreed to work together to ensure the safety of ship operations in the Arctic, reports Japan's Jiji Press.
29 August 2014
A fissure eruption started in Holuhraun, north of Dynjujökul around midnight.
28 August 2014
The founding meeting of the Arctic Economic Council (AEC), an new independent body of the Arctic Council, aiming at working to foster sustainable development, including economic growth, environmental protection and social development in the Arctic, has been scheduled on September 2-3 2014, in Iqaluit, Nunavut(Canada).
26 August 2014
This coming December, international academic publishing house, Brill, will release Offshore Oil and Gas Development in the Arctic under International Law, Risk and Responsibility by Professor Rachael Lorna Johnstone of the University of Akureyri, Iceland.
25 August 2014
The 7th Polar Law Symposium will be held on 29-31 October 2014, in Hobart, Tasmania (Australia. This will be the first time the event has been held in the Southern Hemisphere.
22 August 2014
Few days ago Marsh LLC, a company for insurance broking and risk management based in New York, has released the paper "Arctic Shipping: Navigating the Risk and Opportunities".
20 August 2014
On 25 and 26 September 2014 the K.G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea, Tromsø, will host a conference on the legal issues associated with the developments and use of energy resources in the Arctic. The conference aims to bring together scholars, graduate students, practitioners, representatives of the energy industry, non-governmental organizations and indigenous peoples to discuss a range of legal issues associated with the development and use of energy resources in the Arctic.
19 August 2014
An intense seismic activity at Bárðarbunga (Vatnajokull area) has started on 16 of August. During the past 3 days, thousand of earthquakes in the area have been registered.
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