The Second International Symposium on Arctic Research (ISAR-2) will be held 7-9 December 2010. The meeting will be convened at the Hitotsubashi Memorial Hall, in Tokyo, Japan. The conference webpage is available at:http://www-arctic.nipr.ac.jp/isar2/toppage/isar2top.htm.


Science section – Call for papers Arctic Frontiers (AFT) holds its 5th annual conference in Tromsø from 23-29 January 2011, Norway, with the title “Arctic Tipping Points”. AFT comprises a policy section and a scientific section. This call for papers addresses the scientific section.  

Bodø University College (Bodø, Norway) is opening up its course, “Energy Management in the High North,” for UArctic Students. The course introduces several relevant topics in business administration of energy management and will include site visits to several Norwegian enterprises. The course will be delivered August 8-13th,...


The use of UArctic’s Circumpolar Studies courses for an international bachelor degree is gaining ground. Finnmark University College has recently established a bachelor degree programme, making use of the core Circumpolar Studies courses and their already established Advanced Emphasis courses on “Management of Local and Regio...

On the occasion of a trip of H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince to Oslo for the International Polar Year Oslo Science Conference, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, within the framework of its actions in the Polar Regions, has signed on June 8th a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of the Arctic, a cooperative...

An electronic version of the 2010 magazine is available for download and viewing from here. The print publication has become a yearly signature for UArctic and its members. Featuring articles on UArctic’s programs, stories from its students, as well as contributions from outside of UArctic, the magazine covers a broad spectr...

Jan Henry Keskitalo was introduced as UArctic’s first Vice President Indigenous Affairs during the recent Council of UArctic meeting in Yakutsk, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, on June 4. Keskitalo recently completed his second term on the University of the Arctic’s Board of Governors, where he had served since 2002.

Representatives of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), the International Antarctic Institute (IAI), and the University of the Arctic have come together at the IPY Oslo Science Conference 2010 to sign a memorandum of understanding to advance the academic and professional development of early career polar...