The Embassy of Canada in Finland and the Finnish Meteorological Institute invite you to an open seminar on: Arctic Shipping - Climate, Technology and Safety. The seminar is held on Thursday, March 10, 2011 09:30 – 13:00  at the Dynamicum Building, Kumpula Campus Area, Erik Palmenin Aukio 1, 00560 Helsinki.

The 2011 report of the Working Groups of the International Arctic Science Committees (IASC) has been released. The report is based on a workshop held in Potsdam, Germany, January 11-14, 2011

The pamphlet "Why monitor the Arctic - Services to society from a sustained ocean observing system" by the Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission (IOC) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has been released.


On the 24th and 25th of January, 2011, a UArctic mini-seminar entitled, “Structural Changes in Higher Education across the Circumpolar North” was held in conjunction with the Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø, Norway.

Register now for the PhD training course, People in changing world, to be held in conjunction with the UArctic Rectors' Forum, March 22-26, 2011 at Sámi University College, Diehtosiida, Kautokeino, Norway. See the full course announcement



The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) has extended its call for applications to its early career research (ECR) workshop in conjunction with the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), entitled "Shaping the Future of AMAP." The one-day workshop will be held on 3 May 2011 in Copenhagen, De...

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) announces a Virtual Poster Session entitled "Post-Arctic Frontiers." The webinar will be held Thursday, 24 February 2011 at 5:00 p.m. GMT.

The AVS program is proud to announce that Mr. Larry Merculieff willtravel from Anchorage, Alaska to the small rural town of Monmouth,Oregon, home of Western Oregon University and the Paul Jensen Arctic Museum. Mr. Merculieff's presentations will focus on Indigenous Elder Wisdom from a variety of perspectives for several diffe...

The Report to the Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science Committee “Plan for the Implementation Phase of SAON” has been released containing a proposal on how a Sustainable Arctic Observation Network (SAON) could be implemented.