News & Press Releases

Arctic Portal News Portlet

7 January 2016

National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks qualified candidates for the position of Program Manager in the Arctic Natural Sciences Program in the Division of Polar Programs (PLR) in the Directorate for Geosciences (GEO). This full-time permanent position is based in Arlington, Virginia.

6 January 2016

Pacific Arctic Group

The final report of PAG 2015 Fall Meeting, hosted by the Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) on October 28th -29th, 2015 at Incheon, Korea, is now available.

5 January 2016

Arctic Portal news

A short video introducing Finland's priorities for its presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers was released today. The Finnish Presidency, which started on January 1st, 2016, will focus on the following themes: water know-how; Nordic nature, sustainable development and international climate commitments; Nordic welfare society; digitalisation; dismantling cross-border barriers between the Nordic countries.

5 January 2016

Dog waiting by the road

The latest version of "Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress" coordinated by Ronald O’Rourke (Coordinator Specialist in Naval Affairs) was released to the public by the end of December 2015.

4 January 2016

Icelandic whalers

Ministry for Development of Russian Far East jointly with foreign consultants will prepare financial and economic development model for the Northern Sea Route (NSR) up to 2016. This was announced by the Minister, Aleksandr Galushka, in his interview to “Russia 24” news channel, TASS reports.

30 December 2015

Anchorage on an April evening

Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska is currently seeking an experienced, motivated, detail oriented and organized Project Assistant.
The position is located in Anchorage, Alaska and is a full-time position. Hourly rate is D.O.E.

29 December 2015

Marie Kasaŋnaaluk Greene

President Obama last week appointed longtime Alaska Native Corporation leader Marie Kasaŋnaaluk Greene to the commission that advises the president and Congress on Arctic research.

28 December 2015

Arctic Encounter Seattle 2016

The Arctic Encounter Seattle 2016 "Our Best Chance: Acting Right in the Arctic" will be held in Seattle, WA on January 15-16, 2016.

21 December 2015

Large walrus on the ice

A new NOAA-sponsored report shows that air temperature in 2015 across the Arctic was well above average with temperature anomalies over land more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit above average, the highest since records began in 1900.

18 December 2015

Vatnajokull

The Nordic countries and NordForsk are investing a total of NOK 112 million in four new, interdisciplinary Nordic Centres of Excellence.

17 December 2015

Ola Elvestuen

COPENHAGEN, 16 December 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) has appointed Norwegian parliamentarian Ola Elvestuen as the PA’s first Special Representative for Arctic Issues.

16 December 2015

Homepage of the new IASC website

IASC has now a new website, designed by Arctic Portal in partnership with IASC, and hosted by Arctic Portal.

15 December 2015

Low pressure system over Iceland

The European Polar Lows Working Group (EPLWG) focuses on polar mesocyclones in both hemispheres, but contributions to other mesoscale weather phenomena such as katabatic winds, tip jets, boundary layer fronts, cold air outbreaks, and weather extremes in polar regions are also welcome. This includes experimental, climatological, theoretical, modelling, and remote sensing studies.

14 December 2015

Royal Navy submarine HMS Tireless shown in the arctic ice

Hilcorp Alaska, LLC has filed a Development and Production Plan with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for the Liberty Project. Filing of the plan is the first of many steps in the permitting process, which entails multiple approvals at the local, state and federal levels and is expected to take more than two years. A final analysis and decision to proceed with the project will be made after all the necessary permits have been issued.

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