News & Press Releases
23 November 2015
A global re-assessment of polar bears highlights loss of sea ice habitat due to climate warming as the single most important threat to the long-term survival of the species, according to the latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ released today by IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature.
20 November 2015
On November 19-21, Moscow hosts the Arctic Days in Moscow Federal Arctic Forum. The Federal Arctic Forum “ARCTIC DAYS in MOSCOW” is a successor of the Arctic Days Festival that has been held since 2010.
19 November 2015
Representatives of the US Coast Guard and other critical representatives of partners in the region testified on Arctic operations before a joint subcommittee hearing held on Tuesday, discussing how the Department of State is working to advance US security and economic interests in the Arctic.
18 November 2015
Statoil is optimizing its exploration portfolio and has decided to exit Alaska following recent exploration results in neighbouring leases.
17 November 2015
Over the past few years, Akureyri, a municipality located in Northern Iceland with about 18.000 inhabitants, has being establishing itself as the place for Arctic cooperation in Iceland. Now, "Arctic Akureyri" has a new website gathering all relevant information and to make the variety of Arctic related institutions and companies located in Akureyri visible and accessible.
16 November 2015
For the first time since 1997, the 12th Northern Forum General Assembly was held in Yakutsk (November 4-6, 2015).
13 November 2015
While COP 21 is inaugurating a new phase of commitment on climate, the Ocean Climate Platform disclosed the content of its advocacy at the November 12th 2015 press release- in the presence of Ségolène Royal, French Minister of Ecology- in order for ocean and coastal zones related issues to be gradually taken into consideration via specific measures and included in the various axes of negotiation.
11 November 2015
Yesterday, Secretary of State John Kerry, and current chair of the Arctic Council, delivered a speech on climate change and national security at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA.
10 November 2015
The first EU-PolarNet newsletter, with up to date news on European polar research, science policy, stakeholder interaction, upcoming events, funding opportunities, has just been released in November 2015.
9 November 2015
South Korean newspapers report that Iceland and South Korea have agreed today "to strengthen cooperation on the Arctic region".
6 November 2015
A video, made by the Russian military’s TV channel and now published on YouTube with English subtitles, unveils some details on the Russian Arktichesky Trilistnik (Arctic Trefoil) in the Archipelago of Franz Joseph Land (80N). The new complex, which will be completed by the end of the year, will be a permanent structure on the 80th parallel in the far north Arctic where 150 soldiers can live autonomously for up to 2 years.
5 November 2015
The new IASSA website is now online! The website has a new design, is now more secure, and is also responsive and mobile-friendly!
4 November 2015
The 1st Central European Polar Meeting will be held 10th-13th November 2015 in Vienna. This meeting is a memorial to the Austrian polar explorer and scientist Julius Payer (1841-1915), to commemorate his achievements for the international polar sciences. It is jointly organized by the Committee on Polar Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Centre for Polar Ecology, Czech Republic, and the Austrian Polar Research Institute, in cooperation with the National Committee for Global Change of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
3 November 2015
Arctic Portal would like to congratulate and wish all the best to Timo Koivurova, appointed new Director of the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland.
3 November 2015
The Fennica, a multipurpose icebreaker and platform supply vessel, and the Nordica, also equipped with a 160-ton crane, both owned by the Finnish Arctia, reached the harbour of Nuuk on October 31st, after a "late-season" journey through the Northwest passage.
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