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Arctic Portal News Portlet

15 April 2016

CNARC symposium attendees

The 4th China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium will take place in Rovaniemi, Finland, from the 6th to 9th of June 2016, under the theme “The Sustainable Arctic - Opportunities and Challenges of Globalization”.

6 April 2016

Wilson Center

Hello from Anchorage, Alaska!

The Arctic Economic Development Forum is taking place today, Wednesday, April 6 at The Wilson Center in Washington, DC. This unique event is co-hosted by the Alaska-based Institute of the North and The Wilson Center.

1 April 2016

Arctia's multipurpose icebreaker Otso escorting Mirva

Arctia Ltd. is looking for partners to conduct an international Arctic expedition in the summer of 2017.

31 March 2016

Magens Bay, Virgin Islands

Discussion comes on heels of significant grant to Islands’ Climate Change Council to strengthen resilience for communities on the front lines of a changing climate

30 March 2016

NSU

Invitation

We invite scholars, students, artists and practitioners to take part in investigating the many forms by which we experience the presences of political reality, and in approaching these forms from social, artistic, aesthetic and cultural analysis. We wish to articulate the ideological forces underlying today’s political thinking. We also want to inaugurate a debate on the role of cultural approaches in political analysis. We wish to break new paths in connecting the cultural humanities and the political sciences and invite participants to bravely explore new ways of studying the issue. We believe that experimentation is crucial for rethinking the political.

29 March 2016

Reindeer during winter

A White House Arctic science summit taking place in either August or September will bring together science ministers from Arctic Council nations and other countries that have significant Arctic science programs, said U.S. Ambassador David Balton, chair of the Arctic Council’s Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) group, at an 18 March briefing.

29 March 2016

Arctic Economic Council

WASHINGTON, March 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Press Release -- The Governance Committee for the Arctic Economic Council (AEC) is pleased to announce it has approved the Arctic Economic Council's foundational documents for ratification at its annual meeting in Tromsø, Norway in April.

23 March 2016

What is Permafrost, video by AWI

What is permafrost? What happens when permafrost thaws? This animation created by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in cooperation with the agency eventfive GmbH, Bremen answers these questions.

23 March 2016

Umea University Campus

Call for Sessions - The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) announces the 9th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IX) to be held at the campus of Umeå University, in Umeå, Sweden, from 8-12 June 2017.

23 March 2016

Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park

Four-year PhD position in high-resolution atmosphere-ice-ocean modelling available at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve

22 March 2016

Popov Station in Bely Island

The administration of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area has started recruiting volunteers for an environmentalist expedition to Bely Island, due to begin in August 2016, Sergei Uramayev, First Deputy Director of the region's Department for International and Foreign Economic Ties, told the local media.

21 March 2016

Satellite view of Oulu, Finland

Arctic Europe is the 10th largest economical region in the world. The Arctic region can develop into Europe's largest area of investment, and is already a major driver for economic development in Europe - thanks to previous investments and efficient utilization of natural resources.

21 March 2016

NOAA Selected Climate Anomalies and Events Map

NOAA's global temperature analysis for February 2016 indicates it was the hottest February on record with biggest monthly departure ever recorded. Combined with their analyses from the previous two months, it also indicated that globe had its hottest (Northern Hemisphere) winter on record.

18 March 2016

Arctic Council is 20 years old!

At a meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska, March 15-17, the Arctic Council gathered Senior Arctic Officials (SAOs) from the eight Arctic States, and the six Permanent Participant organizations representing indigenous peoples of the Arctic, to address ongoing efforts on a range of topics of high importance for the Arctic.

17 March 2016

Oil and gas map

Proposal for next Five-Year Program continues balanced approach to leasing; proposal protects sensitive resources, and asks for public comment on additional protections.

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