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This place inspires to live and to reach aims of life

22 year- old Arctic Studies Program student Sintija Dzelme from Riga, Latvia, has found her home in the North. Although Sintija’s background is not Arctic re...

Thu, Mar 03, 2011

Registration Available - Summer 2011 Field Courses and Teacher Trainings

Registration is now open for a variety of field courses and teachertrainings offered by Alaska Geographic. The 3-8 day award-winningcourses explore Alaska's...

Wed, Mar 02, 2011

Call for Applications - "Protected Areas in the 21st Century: State-of-the-art and Development Perspectives"

The call for applications for participation in the International scientific conference “Protected areas in the 21st century: state-of-the-art and development...

Tue, Mar 01, 2011

Internship at the International Barents Secretariat

The International Barents Secretariat invites students and young professionals to be part of the secretariat’s team as interns. Serving as an intern at the I...

Tue, Mar 01, 2011

Call for Contributions - Legacy and Lessons of the International Polar Year 2007-2008

A committee formed by the National Research Council to write a report on the Legacy and Lessons of the International Polar Year 2007-2008 requests community...

Mon, Feb 28, 2011

Invitation - Arctic Shipping Seminar "Climate, Technology and Safety"

The Embassy of Canada in Finland and the Finnish Meteorological Institute invite you to an open seminar on: Arctic Shipping - Climate, Technology and Safe...

Mon, Feb 28, 2011

IASC Working Groups Report Released

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 Pots...

Mon, Feb 28, 2011

IOC/UNESCO "Why monitor the Arctic" phamphlet

The pamphlet "Why monitor the Arctic - Services to society from a sustained ocean observing system" by the Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission (IOC) and the...

Sat, Feb 26, 2011

ULapland professor: ILO Convention No. 169 may well be ratified in Finland

Research professor of the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (Arctic Centre/University of Lapland) Timo Koivurova cautions' those who th...

Fri, Feb 25, 2011

Successful UArctic Seminar held in Tromsø

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 con...

Thu, Feb 24, 2011

PhD training course: People in changing world

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 U...

Thu, Feb 24, 2011

Presentation of comparative study on Arctic strategies and state policies by Dr. Lassi Heininen

Dr. Lassi Heininen, Chair of the NRF Steering Committee, presented an overview and comparative study on Arctic strategies and state policies of seven Arcti...

Thu, Feb 24, 2011

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