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21 January 2014

Arctic Frontiers

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.

20 January 2014

melting ice in the arctic

Yesterday, 19th of January 2013, Arctic Frontiers started in Tromsø, northern Norway.

17 January 2014

Advances in Polar Science

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).

16 January 2014

Iceland´s Ministry for Foreign Affairs Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson

Today, 16th of January 2014, the Iceland´s Minister of Foreign Affairs paid visit to the Arctic Portal office, located in Akureyri, northern Iceland.

15 January 2014

Dr. Loukacheva giving the speech at the University of Akureyri

Today, 15th of January at the University of Akureyri, dr. Natalia Loukacheva gave her last speech as a Nansen professor.

14 January 2014

Dr. Loukacheva at the Trans - Arctic Agenda conference.

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.

13 January 2014

arctic fjord

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.

10 January 2014

Fish farm outside of Thorshaven

The Faroe Islands is seeking to bring its dispute with the EU over their herring and mackerel exports to the World Trade Organisation.

9 January 2014

Rovaniemi spring impressions

The 5th Arctic Business Forum meeting will be held in Rovaniemi, northern Finland. The conference will be taking place from March 11th – 13th 2014.

7 January 2014

FNI

The Arctic Region is increasingly becoming a place of international attention. As the ice melts, new opportunities and challenges arise. Asian states which previously had little interest in the area are taking a greater interest in the Arctic.

6 January 2014

Zhao Jun during Arctic Frontiers 2013

Arctic Frontiers 2014 will be held at the University of Tromsø, Norway from Sunday 19 to Friday 24 January 2014. The theme of the conference is 'Humans in the Arctic'.

11 December 2013

Jia Guide Vice Director of Department of Treaty and Law at Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs

On December 10th 2013, the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC), and six institutes from the Nordic countries as well as three other institutes from China signed a Cooperation Agreement on the China-Nordic Arctic Research Center (CNARC) to formally mark the inauguration of CNARC. Attendants to the inauguration ceremony included representatives from the State Oceanic Administration, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, diplomats in China from the Arctic countries, business leaders, as well as Chinese and Nordic Arctic scholars.

10 December 2013

Oil platform on Barents Sea

Statoil has recently reported to find more oil resources in the Barents Sea. The hydrocarbon discovery at the Skavl prospect could increase the chances for a new field centre development in the Arctic, says Atle Staalensen from the Barents Observer.

9 December 2013

Christmas greetings

Over the past two decades, IASC has been organizing forward-looking conferences focused on international and interdisciplinary perspectives for advancing Arctic research cooperation and applications of Arctic knowledge. In 2015, it will have been 10 years since the ICARP II and 20 years since the first ICARP in 1995.

4 December 2013

Greenland´s ice cap melts rapidly during extended summer period.

For the first time ever, lakes have been discovered beneath the ice sheets of Greenland, following a discovery from researchers from Cambridge University. "Our results show that sub glacial lakes exist in Greenland, and that they form an important part of the ice sheet's plumbing system," says, Steven Palme from the team.

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