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Five master's degree programs at the University of Lapland, Finland will be open for applications December 1, 2014 - January 31, 2015. The programs are Arctic Art and Design, Comparative Social Work, International and Comparative Law, Media Education, and Tourism, Culture and International Management. Studies start in Sept 2015.

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When Danes check their weather reports starting next autumn, they can thank cheap, Icelandic energy, rather than the weatherman himself, that the forecasts have become more accurate.

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The Arctic Yearbook was launched on October 31st 2014, during the Arctic Circle conference that took place in Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland.

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Tomorrow, the 12th of November 2014, the 3rd PAGE21 General Assembly will take place in Twente, The Netherlands at the conference hall of "Landgoedhotel De Wilmersberg".

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Yesterday, the Northern Forum´s Regional Coordinators Committee Business Meeting took place.

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Last week environmentalists called on the eight Arctic nations of the Arctic Council to enact a ten-year moratorium on any increase in Arctic shipping to protect endangered beluga whales from the threat of growing ship traffic in their habitat.

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The Centre for Arctic Policy Studies at the University of Iceland (CAPS) is organizing a high-level seminar on Arctic issues, scheduled to take place in Reykjavik, Iceland on 29 October 2014.

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There are two weeks left before the opening reception of the second Assembly of the Arctic Circle, which will be held October 31 – November 2 in Reykjavík, Iceland. An updated version of the full program is now available here.

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The most recent research shows that the thaw of the Greenlandic ice cap is being slowed down by a subglacial plumbing system.

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The second international Polar Climate and Environmental Change in the Last Millennium will take place in Torun, Poland 24 – 26 of August 2015.

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Since the Stockholm Convention came into effect in 2004, banning persistent organic pollutants, the concentration of these pollutants has declined by up to 90%.

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Sweden is the first of the eight Arctic states and long members of European Union to officially recognize the state of Palestine.

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The annual Arctic Futures Symposium will take place in Brussels, Belgium at the Residence Palace conference centre in European District of the city. The conference will take place on Tuesday 14th of October and Wednesday, 15th of October.

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The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) is APECS is excited to announce that another leadership term has begun on 1 October 2014!
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