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On Tuesday August 16th, an estimated 1,700 passengers and crew set sail from Alaska on a luxury cruise ship to take part in a journey across the Northwest Passage bound for New York. It is the first time that such a large luxury cruise ship is sailing through the maritime route at the northern end of North America.
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At temperatures across the Arctic warm, thawing permafrost has the potential to release the powerful greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere (thus promoting further climate warming). Thawing permafrost is also damaging infrastructure such as roads and buildings constructed on top of it.
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During a meeting of the forum’s regional coordinators held in Anchorage between the 25th and 27th of July, 2016, Governor Bill Walker of the US State of Alaska signed an agreement with the Northern Forum, once again making the state a member of the international organisation. Governor Walker and Yuri Zakharinsky, Chairman of the Northern Forum's Regional Coordinators Committee, signed the official agreement at a ceremony during the meeting.
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Parts of the Arctic saw some very unusal extreme temperatures during the 2015-16 boreal winter, according to observations made by researchers at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA).
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During its 9th meeting on 6-8 July 2016, the Arctic Council’s Task Force for Enhancing Scientific Cooperation in the Arctic (SCTF) reached a legally binding agreement on enhancing scientific cooperation.
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From July 13th - 14th, Barrow, Alaska hosted the first "Top of the World Arctic Broadband Summit" aimed at discussing finding solutions for establishing pan-Arctic broadband Internet access.
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The Obama Administration recently issued its first Arctic-specific regulations governing any new oil exploration in US Arctic waters in the Chuckchi and Beaufort Seas off the coast of Alaska. The new rules apply specifically to exploratory drilling operations from floating vessels.
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Arctic Alerts 2016 Media Roundtable
Event Type:Lectures/Panels/Discussions
When:13 July 2016, 1:00 - 3:00 pm EDT (17:00 - 19:00 UTC)
Where:The National Press Club: 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045, USA
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The Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN) recently released its June Outlook report, which forecasts sea ice conditions for the end of the 2016 Arctic sea ice melt season.
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On 25 June 2016, Icelanders went to the polls and elected its next president: political newcomer Guðni Jóhannesson.
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On 20 June, the Council of the European Union released its conclusions in response to theJoint Communication on an integrated European Union policy for the Arctic adopted by the European Commission and the High Commissioner of the European External Action Service on 27 April 2016.
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At the ArcticCoastGuardForum (ACGF) held in Boston, Massachusetts (USA), the leaders of all eight Arctic Council member state coast guards have agreed to improve information exchange in the coming years, according to a statement released by US Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft on Monday 13 June.
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A recent study published in the journal Nature Communications has found a connection between melting ice in Greenland and the phenomenon known as Arctic amplification.
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According to data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado (US), May 2016 saw the lowest Arctic sea ice extent in the Arctic for the month of May since satellite observations began in 1979.
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As the next preparedness exercise to be held in Montréal, Canada approaches, the Arctic Council recently announced that the “Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic”, which the eight Arctic Council Member States signed in 2013, was formally ratified in late March 2016.
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