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Arctic Portal News Portlet

13 November 2015

Polar bears near north pole

While COP 21 is inaugurating a new phase of commitment on climate, the Ocean Climate Platform disclosed the content of its advocacy at the November 12th 2015 press release- in the presence of Ségolène Royal, French Minister of Ecology- in order for ocean and coastal zones related issues to be gradually taken into consideration via specific measures and included in the various axes of negotiation.

11 November 2015

Arctic Portal news

Yesterday, Secretary of State John Kerry, and current chair of the Arctic Council, delivered a speech on climate change and national security at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA.

10 November 2015

EU PolarNet

The first EU-PolarNet newsletter, with up to date news on European polar research, science policy, stakeholder interaction, upcoming events, funding opportunities, has just been released in November 2015.

9 November 2015

Icelandic President, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson

South Korean newspapers report that Iceland and South Korea have agreed today "to strengthen cooperation on the Arctic region".

6 November 2015

Arctic Portal news

A video, made by the Russian military’s TV channel and now published on YouTube with English subtitles, unveils some details on the Russian Arktichesky Trilistnik (Arctic Trefoil) in the Archipelago of Franz Joseph Land (80N). The new complex, which will be completed by the end of the year, will be a permanent structure on the 80th parallel in the far north Arctic where 150 soldiers can live autonomously for up to 2 years.

5 November 2015

IASSA new website

The new IASSA website is now online! The website has a new design, is now more secure, and is also responsive and  mobile-friendly!

4 November 2015

Sea ice in the arctic

The 1st Central European Polar Meeting will be held 10th-13th November 2015 in Vienna. This meeting is a memorial to the Austrian polar explorer and scientist Julius Payer (1841-1915), to commemorate his achievements for the international polar sciences. It is jointly organized by the Committee on Polar Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Centre for Polar Ecology, Czech Republic, and the Austrian Polar Research Institute, in cooperation with the National Committee for Global Change of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

3 November 2015

Tasiilaq

Arctic Portal would like to congratulate and wish all the best to Timo Koivurova, appointed new Director of the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland.

3 November 2015

Main Arctic Routes, EEZs, and Ice Conditions

The Fennica, a multipurpose icebreaker and platform supply vessel, and the Nordica, also equipped with a 160-ton crane, both owned by the Finnish Arctia, reached the harbour of Nuuk on October 31st, after a "late-season" journey through the Northwest passage.

2 November 2015

The joint Statement

On October 30th, 2015, in in New London, Connecticut, U.S, the eight Arctic States signed a Joint statement establishing an "Arctic Coast Guard Forum (ACGF), an independent, informal, operationally driven organization, not bound by treaty, implying possibilities to organize meetings (consultations) of the heads and experts of the Members, exchange of the information of mutual concern, exchange of best practices, ideas and core principles of joint cooperation development, joint practical measures on maintaining safety and security at sea".

30 October 2015

Mikhail Pogodaev, Acting Executive Director of the Northern Forum

The Northern Forum 12th General Assembly will take place in Yakutsk, November 4-6, 2015.

29 October 2015

Co-Editors-in -Chief, APS , Prof. Huigen Yang, Prof. Ian Allison

Advances in Polar Science (APS) is a peer-reviewed English-language journal dedicated to the presentation of multi-disciplinary achievements in Arctic and Antarctic research.

28 October 2015

Flags of member nations are displayed during the Arctic Coast Guard Forum (ACGF)

The U.S. Coast Guard will host the eight-nation Arctic Coast Guard Forum Summit October 28-30 at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Center for Arctic Study and Policy in New London, Conn., where the heads of the coast guards of the eight Arctic States will meet to formally establish the forum through a signing of a Joint Statement.

27 October 2015

Winter 2014 and Summer 2015 Sea Ice compared against median-lines 1979-2010

SHANGHAI: China's biggest shipping company COSCO intends to launch regular services through the Arctic Ocean to Europe, a spokeswoman said Tuesday (Oct 27), as global warming makes the route viable and Beijing steps up its northern ambitions.

27 October 2015

University of Waterloo

Polar Data Forum II will build on successes of the first International Polar Data Forum in October 2013 in Tokyo, Japan that—alongside other international and national meetings—identified priority themes and key challenges in the domain of polar data management (Polar Data Forum Communiqué).

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