News & Press Releases
17 March 2016
This week at the Arctic Science Summit Week the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation announced the launch of a new Polar Challenge to develop an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) capable of completing a 2000 km mission under the sea ice in the Arctic or Antarctic.
16 March 2016
"Non-proliferation and international obligations after DK-Greenland uranium deal"
As a result of the recent uranium deal between Greenland and Denmark, the Committee on Greenland is hosting a public conference today March 16 on the production and export of uranium in Greenland.
16 March 2016
North Sea Industry Leaders Participate in Webinar on MSP Opportunities and Challenges Organized by World Ocean Council (WOK) and Scottish Association for Marine Science.
15 March 2016
The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) has approved that the office of the committee will move from Germany to Iceland next year.
15 March 2016
This morning, Sputnik News reported that Russia is working to further develop partnerships with Asian countries. After China and Japan, now Russia has found a new partner in mutually beneficial copperation in the Arctic region, as Russian Special Presidential Representative for International Cooperation in the Arctic and Antarctic Artur Chilingarov said Tuesday. Namely, Singapore.
14 March 2016
Goliat is the first oil field to go into production in the Barents Sea
Eni has started production from the Goliat field located in Production License 229, which is 85 kilometers northwest of Hammerfest in an ice-free area in the Barents Sea offshore northern Norway.
11 March 2016
The latest issue (March 2016) of "The Circle", an online resource published quarterly by the WWF Global Arctic Programme, investigates which role can or should the European Union play in the Arctic.
10 March 2016
International attention on the future developments of the Northern Sea Route is rapidly increasing. It was only June 2015, when "the Russian government released the Russia’s Integrated Development Plan for the Northern Sea Route 2015-2030.
9 March 2016
7 March 2016, Rome - The United States has brought added momentum to global efforts targeting illegal fishing by adhering to a FAO-brokered international pact.
8 March 2016
Ecologic Institute and the Arctic Institute would like to invite you to an Arctic webinar on "100 Days In: COP21 and the Arctic’s Future - An Era of Energy Transition" on 21 March 2016.
8 March 2016
"Let us devote solid funding, courageous advocacy and unbending political will to achieving gender equality around the world. There is no greater investment in our common future."- UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon
Canadian government to watch closely the first cruise ship sailing the Northwest Passage this summer
7 March 2016
The Canadian newspaper "Embassy" has recently reported that the Canadian Government will be watching closely the first cruise ship sailing the Northwest Passage this summer. Arctic scholars are still debating whether the voyage of the first cruise ship going to sail the Northwest Passage this summer is 'entirely safe". Concerns regard navigating an icy, dangerous route, safety, pollution, but also the impacts of tourism on small northern communities.
7 March 2016
EU Maritime Forum - Progress has been made in combining European and North American efforts to map previously uncharted areas of the Atlantic.
4 March 2016
Alaskan news reported today that U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) pressed Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Jo-Ellen Darcy, on the need for a deep water port in the Arctic region.
3 March 2016
Yesterday Nunatsiaq Online published an important piece of news for people living in Nunavut. As known, flights between this High Arctic community and Ottawa can cost more than $6,000: “phenomenal costs” of transportation and food are an “impediment” for the people of the High Arctic. A completely new plan is now being developed by the Government of Nunavut.
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