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Arctic Portal News Portlet

10 May 2017

Arctic Council Ministerial meeting

Tomorrow, May 11, the United States will host the 10th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska. Minister-level representatives from the eight Arctic States will convene to review and approve work completed under the two-year U.S. Chairmanship to improve sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic. The Arctic States will be joined by delegations from the Council's indigenous Permanent Participant organizations and observers. At the conclusion of the meeting, the U.S. will transfer the Chairmanship of the Arctic Council to Finland.

9 May 2017

Week of the Arctic

Fairbanks and Anchorage, are celebrating the Week of the Arctic, sharing stories and best practices, and cultivating relationships that will last well into future chairmanships of the Arctic Council.

The 2-year U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council (2015–2017) has been an exciting time for Alaska to be at the forefront of American foreign policy. Representatives from more than 15 nations have met in Alaska thus far, including a U.S. Presidential visit in August 2015. The Alaska Arctic Council Host Committee has coordinated a wide variety of activities that elevate Alaskan perspectives and priorities during this time.

4 May 2017

eye on earth

Priorities for Big Biodiversity Data:

The need for field-based species and ecosystem monitoring to complement satellite-based remote sensing

Register now!

All registrants will receive a link to the recording - so please register even if you cannot attend the live event.

28 April 2017

Deception Island

The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) announces the release of new scientific assessments for climate change in the Arctic, adaptation to Arctic change, and chemicals of emerging Arctic concern.

27 April 2017

NOAA arctic sea ice

The 8th International Workshop on Sea Ice Modelling, Data Assimilation and Verification is going to take place 1-3 November 2017 in Bergen. A joint workshop between the International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG), the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) Polar Prediction Project (PPP), WWRP Joint Working Group on Forecast Verification Research (JWGFVR) and GODAE Oceanview (GOV) 1-3 November 2017 at the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC), Bergen, Norway.

25 April 2017

Yamal Oil and Gas conference

Technip, Yamal LNG, Gazprom Neft, Shell will deliver presentations at the 6th Yamal Oil and Gas Forum in Russia in June, 2017

19 April 2017

2017 arctic sea ice extent

The Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway in cooperation with the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) announces a vacant position for a Project Manager to manage the activities of APPLICATE and INTERACT projects.

18 April 2017

Scientists at work onboard an icebreaker

The first winter navigation season 2016 - 2017 of a brand-new diesel-electric icebreaker "Novorossiysk" is completed. The icebreaker held more than fifty voyages in the White Sea during this season.

11 April 2017

arctic sea ice nasa

Three PhD positions are available within the interdisciplinary project "Arctic Climate Across Scales (ACAS)", a collaboration between the Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES) and the Department of Meteorology (MISU), funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.

5 April 2017

Palva in arctic sea ice

New to planning shipboard field work?  Wondering how to request research vessel time, or specific pieces of equipment? Need samples or data to initiate a research project? If so, take part in the “2017 UNOLS Great Lakes Chief Scientist Training Cruise,” funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).

31 March 2017

Presidents attending the 4th International Arctic Forum

The Presidents of Russia, Finland and Iceland, Vladimir Putin, Sauli Niinisto and Gudni Torlatsius Johannesson met at the 4th International Arctic Forum in Arkhangelsk, and discussed Arctic cooperation and development of the region.

30 March 2017

Alexander Novak at The Arctic: Territory of Dialogue

Russia plans to increase the share of its oil produced at fields in the Arctic from the current 17% to 26% within 20 years, Russian Minister of Energy Alexander Novak said on the International Arctic Forum "The Arctic - Territory of Dialogue" which takes place in Arkhangelsk, Russia, on March 29–30, 2017.

29 March 2017

Guðni Th. Jóhannesson President of Iceland arrives to Arkhangelsk

On March 28, the President of the Republic of Iceland Gudni Torlasius Johannesson arrived to Arkhangelsk, Russia, to participate in the International Arctic Forum "The Arctic - Territory of Dialogue".

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