News & Press Releases

Arctic Portal News Portlet

2 December 2013

The audience at Arctic Circle

Second Annual Arctic Circle Assembly to be held September 5-7, 2014, in Reykjavík, Iceland

27 November 2013

homes of the Indigenous people

Call for papers: Sámi archaeology and postcolonial theory session at Nordic TAG 2014

26 November 2013

Polar bear

Citizens of Churchill in Northern Manitoba, Canada, had to learn how to scare polar bears away from their home town.

25 November 2013

UN FCCC

Recent statement issued by the Arctic Council during the UN Climate Change Conference that took place in Warsaw, assured collaboration against the climate change.

22 November 2013

shipping in arctic waters

Northern Russia has decided to open a new terminal for cruise liners at the central port of Murmansk.

21 November 2013

Thorshaven, capital city of Faroe Islands

The second application round from MobilityDK has now been open for students, teachers and researchers.

20 November 2013

Min Jung Kwon, young researcher from PAGE21 project in Cherskii, northern Russia.

Some of the PAGE21 young researchers have departed to remote Arctic areas to gather winter flux measurements.

19 November 2013

Arctic Science Summit Week 2015 will take place in Japan.

The website for the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2015 in Toyama (Japan) is now available.

18 November 2013

Oil barrels

The new report, prepared by Rystad Energy, the independent oil and gas consulting services, suggests that Norwegian Arctic waters will be more important with regards to energy resources, than the North Sea after 2030.

14 November 2013

Halldór Jóhannsson gives overview on IASC.

Representatives from Icelandic - Arctic organizations, academic institutions and businesses, gathered today at the Icelandic Marine Institute for one day of introduction on Icelandic – Arctic research.

13 November 2013

MAC

Northern (Arctic) Federal University announces Winter School "Model Arctic Council" (MAC) to take place February, 25 – 28, 2014 in Arkhangelsk, Russia.

12 November 2013

Arctic Science Summit Week 2014

The ASSW is the annual gathering of international organizations engaged in supporting and facilitating Arctic research.

11 November 2013

Fishing community of Nólsoy, 20 km outside of Thorshaven, Faroe Islands

Last week the government of Faroe Islands decided to launch the fishing restrictions dispute through World Trade Organization (WTO).

8 November 2013

University of Lapland main facilities

New application round for University of Lapland's European Master in Tourism, Culture and International Management (EMACIM) master's program will be open from December 2nd to January 31st 2014.

7 November 2013

A container ship enroute from Montreal to England was stopped by ice in the Strait of Belle Isle

Ice Information Services of the World Work to Enhance the Safety of Marine Operations in Ice-Covered Waters

25th of October 2013 in Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland hosted by the University of Iceland and the Icelandic Meteorological Office this month, experts from the International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG) held their 14th annual meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland.

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