News & Press Releases
24 February 2012
Results from a new study show that oil can most certainly be found in the Dreki area. Two companies, TGS and Volcanic Basin Petroleum Research (VBPR) collected samples that confirmed this.
22 February 2012
The King Penguin has recovered from near extinction some 80 years ago. They are over 500.000 in Antarctica, again. It was in 1919 one of the first wildlife campaign started.
21 February 2012
The Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs has renewed the quota of Minke whales in Norwegian waters. The quota of 1286 animals is the same as last year.
20 February 2012
The first Nordic Council theme session of the year will be held in Reykjavík Iceland in March. The Arctic will be in the forefront of the session.
14 February 2012
A new study led by a research team from the University of Colorado Boulder shows that glaciers and ice caps in the world, outside Greenland and Antarctica, are shedding roughly 150 billion tons of ice annually.
8 February 2012
Carsten Egevang, a researcher at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, has compiled a video which shows the travelling of the Arctic Tern.
7 February 2012
Iceland is falling behind when it comes to usage of tidal power. The small nation in the Northern Atlantic is surrounded by ocean, yet it has failed to use its forces for energy.
6 February 2012
The probability of snowy cold winters in Central Europe rises when the Arctic is covered by less sea ice in summer. Scientists of the Research Unit Potsdam of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association have made this discovery.
6 February 2012
ACI’s 3rd Polar Shipping event will discuss in depth the business developments in the Arctic and the opportunities created for the shipping industry. The summit will be held in London, England, on the 30th of May, running until the 31
1 February 2012
The Little Ice Age is a cold period that scientist have debated when begun, and how it started. New research sheds new light on this important time in question.
1 February 2012
Many large vessels have to be strengthened to be able to sail in ice. Large companies are testing their fleets in order to be able to sail through the northern sea route.
31 January 2012
Svalbard is heating up, fast. Last week the heat was 1 °C, highly unusual for this time of year.
30 January 2012
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, the President of Iceland, is in Antarctica with Al Gore and a host of scientists. The exploration also includes director James Cameron, and billionaires Richard Branson and Ted Turner.
27 January 2012
Russia will increase its coal production significantly over the next years. Russia produces around 330 million tons of coal each year but it will be increased to 440 million tons.
26 January 2012
The year 2011 was another heat record in the Arctic. Climate change is therefore in no way retreating.
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