News & Press Releases
6 February 2015
International Conference on "New challenges facing the Arctic Ocean and other fragile seas" is arranged on the 20th of February 2015 at the Arctic Centre in Rovaniemi, Finland. The conference is organized by Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law at the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland in cooperation with EU Cost Action - MarSafeNet.
5 February 2015
In March each year politicians and outstanding representatives of research and business get the opportunity to meet the future leaders of the High North – and vice versa. It happens during the conference High North Dialogue in Bodø. This year the conference will be held on 17-19 March 2015.
4 February 2015
Last January 2015, took place in Mariehamn(Åland Islands) the final meeting of the project called "The Nordic autonomies – Experiences and Visions in a Peace Perspective". The project was initiated by the Åland Islands Peace Institute (ÅIPI) and supported by the Nordic Council's Citizen's and Consumer Committee. It run during 2104 and 2015 and involved a number of Nordic researchers specialised in autonomy issues.
3 February 2015
Press release by the Institute of the North, 28 January 2015:
2 February 2015
The Russian Ambassador to Canada, Alexander Darchiev, has given a brief speech about Russia and Canada roles in the Arctic.
30 January 2015
IASC is pleased to announce that the 2015 IASC Medal, which is awarded in recognition of exceptional and sustained contributions to the understanding of the Arctic, goes to
30 January 2015
The Arctic Research Consortium of the US (ARCUS) has two job opening. ARCUS is a 501(c) (3) non-profit consortium of universities and institutions concerned with Arctic research and education. ARCUS envisions strong and productive linkages among researchers, educators, communities, and other stakeholders that promote discovery and understanding of the Arctic.
29 January 2015
The Russian Geographical Society has announced that Russian scientists have finally completed the second drilling of Lake Vostok (Antarctica) and collected some clean water samples.
28 January 2015
The US Department of Interior has released the news that the Obama administration has moved to ban offshore drilling in parts of Alaska to protect "Arctic National Wildlife Refuge".
27 January 2015
The conference "Barents region and beyond: Internationalizing Higher Education" will be held on 2nd and 3rd June 2015 at University of Nordland, Bodø, Norway.
26 January 2015
We publish here the call by NORA to fund project idea focused on the use of ICT in the sparsely populated regions of the North Atlantic and the Arctic.
22 January 2015
Today the Arctic Council has published online a interview with the recently appointed SAO for Finland, Aleksi Härkönen.
21 January 2015
The eight Polar Law Symposium will be held in Alaska, September 23-26, 2015. The call for abstract invites participants to consider how polar science and scholarship can combine with the practice of law, broadly understood, to strengthen Arctic Peoples and Places. How can lawyers andlegal scholars interact with scientists and academics from other disciplines to the benefit of the Arctic? Can models of cooperation between scientists, scholars and lawyers from other geographic areas be adapted for the Arctic? What can lawyers and academics from all disciplines contribute to each other's understanding on issues of common concern?
20 January 2015
Advances in Polar Science together with the Arctic Portal invites you to submit manuscripts to a special issue on "Current Research on Atmospheric Aerosols and Trace Gases over the Polar Regions(AATGPR)", to be published by the end of 2015.
19 January 2015
Few days ago, the government of Greenland has released the following piece of news regarding exclusive licenses for exploration for and exploitation of hydrocarbons to be awarded in Jameson Land, East Greenland:
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