News & Press Releases

Arctic Portal News Portlet

5 June 2012

Oulu Finland

The Department of Geography at the University of Oulu in Finland is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher/Senior Research Fellow for the next five years.

4 June 2012

Team Hermes won the Imagine Cup in 2011.

Students from all over the world are competing to change the world, with computer games. The Microsoft Imagine Cup finals will be held later this summer in Australia where students tackle the theme "Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems."

1 June 2012

Hillary Clinton

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will assert U.S. interest in the Arctic this weekend. She is visiting Tromsö in Norway where she will empathize US´s interests in the Arctic.

30 May 2012

Minicopter, Flying barbeque

Reindeer herders in Lapland are using new technology to find lost livestock, a flying barbeque. It may seem strange but when looking at the picture, one can understand the name.

29 May 2012

Oil tanker

Russian president Vladimir Putin urges oil companies to make their final decision on the Shtkoman gas project. The Shtokman area is one of the riches gas wells in the world.

24 May 2012

Oil Barrels

The most value of resources in 2011 in the oil and gas industry was found by Norwegian company Statoil.

22 May 2012

Penguins in Antarctica

Framing of the Antarctic is different between states. In a new interview with Anne-Mary Brady, we look at the framing theory, identifying two prominent Antarctic players, Australia and China.

21 May 2012

Permafrost in the Arctic

New concerns have emerged about methane release i Arctic. A new study, where aerial and ground-based surveys were used to identify sources of methane release, discovered around 150.00 sources.

18 May 2012

Cargo Container ship

What is the future of shipping in the Arctic? Many are following the developments in the Arctic closely, not only the nature and its ways, but the legal regime and environment as well.

15 May 2012

Halley station in Antarctica

It was down to faith. That is the reason Hugh Broughton, architect, started designing buildings for the extreme conditions in Antarctica.

14 May 2012

The Arctic Tern

Researchers have a unique opportunity to travel around the Arctic this summer. The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists invites researchers to join WWF and the Students on Ice Foundation on a summer expedition to the high latitudes of Greenland and the Canadian Arctic.

9 May 2012

Mike Gill at the IPY 2012 conference in Montreal.

The Arctic Species Trend Index is the latest headline indicator by the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program. Arctic Portal talked to the chair if CBMP, Mike Gill, about ASTI and the latest key findings just released.

7 May 2012

Cod in Icelandic waters

Researchers in agriculture had anticipated the North Sea cod to get smaller over time due to global warming. A new study shows quite the opposite, they are actually growing due to global warming.

7 May 2012

Oil spill in an ocean

Too little information about damage from the Trebs oil field spill is being criticized by environmentalists. The spill happened in April but little information has been released about its extent.

4 May 2012

From the Arctic Portal side event

The IPY 2012 conference in Montréal, Canada, was a fitting end to the International Polar Year. Around 3000 people attended the conference in the Palais de Congrés.

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