News & Press Releases
23 July 2013
PAGE21 young researchers have continued their season of permafrost investigation in remote areas, located in the northern hemisphere.
22 July 2013
Norwegian Space Center stated last week that there might be a possibility to provide the high speed internet to the one of last places on Earth where it is still not available: the Arctic.
19 July 2013
Association of Early Career Scientists (APECS) encourages their members to apply for next elections to APECS Executive Committee that will be held in September 2013.
17 July 2013
Summer melt on Greenland ice sheet had slightly late start this summer but the surface has been now melting very quickly.
16 July 2013
Britt Bohlin, Governor of Jämtland, Sweden, will be the new Secretary General of the Nordic Council from the beginning of the new year. She will thus become the Council´s highest ranking official, working at the Secretariat in Copenhagen.
15 July 2013
"Few of us anglers will ever get to fish the storied Alta, but this charming report helps fill that void. Seven Nights on the Alta is truly a story of love – of man and rivers, of the noble Atlantic salmon, and ultimately of untrammeled nature. I promise, once you begin you will read it through, and think again about saving the salmon, and all those other rivers that enhance our lives."
12 July 2013
The conference Sámi Customary Rights in Modern Landscapes – Indigenous People and Nature Conservation will be held in Luleå, Sweden, 28-29 August 2013, with an optional excursion and workshop in Jokkmokk on the 30th of August.
11 July 2013
International Maritime Organization announced that the Arctic shipping code will be released and in use before 2016.
Arctic shipping code, regulating navigation in the high Arctic, where maritime traffic is expected to increase as the ice cap recedes, is due to be implemented in 2016 as confirmed by International Maritime Organization (IMO).
10 July 2013
Conference recognition of Sacred Sites of Indigenous Peoples for Sustaining Nature and Culture in Northern and Arctic Regions, will take place 11 – 13 September 2013 in Rovaniemi and Pyhä, Finland.
9 July 2013
A new Russian law is about to deprive significant areas in the northern part of the country their Arctic status. New rules of demarcation are being introduced for the region.
8 July 2013
The initiative to clean Russian part of the Arctic, organized by the Northern (Arctic) Federal University, continues this month.
On June 18th five students from student squad "Gandvik" of the North-West Federal District left to the Hooker Island (Federal Reserve "Franz-Josef Land"). The second group of 20 students will go on the expedition in July 20. Their destination point is the island of Alexandra Land.
5 July 2013
The Tara research schooner is now in the High North for a new scientific adventure. Over the next seven months, it will travel 25 000 km around the Arctic Ocean via the Northeast and Northwest passages to collect data on polar marine ecosystems and biodiversity and their vulnerability to global change and human activities.
4 July 2013
26-30 June the 7th UArctic Rectors' Forum took place in the Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Russia; Arkhangelsk hosted this Forum for the first time. Heads of universities, remarkable experts and students from eight countries discussed the development of the Arctic Region.
3 July 2013
Nansen Visiting Professorship in Arctic Studies extended application deadline to the 15th July.
The University of Akureyri in Iceland is now seeking candidates for the 2nd appointment for the Nansen Visiting Professorship in Arctic Studies.
28 June 2013
Professor Lassi Heininen was awarded Knight's Cross of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon by Dr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, the President of the Republic of Iceland due to his contributions for Iceland and the Finnish-Icelandic relations.
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