News

The hunting season in Iceland has officially begun with a fin whale to be the first catch. Once again Icelandic whalers have resumed the activity despite of the condemnation of whaling practices that was introduced in moratorium from 1982.

International students are welcome to apply for Northern (Arctic) Federal University quota scholarship program funded by the Government of the Russian Federation.

National Snow and Ice Data Center has issued an update to Arctic Sea Ice News Analysis describing a winter sea ice conditions in the Arctic Ocean.

International conference and exhibition on performance of ships and structures in ice starts on Sunday 28th of June 2014. The event will take place in Banff, Alberta, Canada.

The Russian Foundation for Humanities (Russia) and the Research Council of Norway (Norway) open a new call in the field of humanities. Deadline for the application is 10/09/2014.

The European Union has decided to drop the sanctions that it had imposed on the northeast Atlantic nation of Faroe Islands.

EUCOP 4, is going to be held in Évora, Portugal 18-21 June, 2014. The PAGE21 project partners are actively participating in the conference chairing various sessions and presenting the latest research. Full list of accepted abstracts can be found here.

Arctic Centre participates in organizing a joint workshop on Arctic Sacred Sites and Culturally Important Landscapes.

The China´s Nordic Arctic Research Center (CNARC) fellowship program has just announced the extension of the application deadline.

Norwegian Center for International Cooperation in Education (SIU) invites Norwegian higher education institutions to apply for funding for international cooperation through five programmes. Up to NOK 55 million (USD 9 million) will be allocated to Norwegian cooperation with BRICS, North America, the Republic of Korea and Japan.

Today, 10th of June 2014 a group of students and faculty from Western Kentucky University (WKY) – Toppers at Sea – visited the University of Akureyri with lectures and presentations of climate change.

The 9th Arctic Frontiers conference will be held in Tromsø, Norway, with the title: Climate and Energy, from Sunday 18 January to Friday 23 January 2015.

The China – Iceland Arctic Economic Roundtable will take place today in Hotel Natura, Nautholsvegur 52 in Reykjavik from 15.00 – 17.00.
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