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Ookpik website seeking creative works from Arctic youth

The Ookpik website - a portal for young Northerners - is calling on Arctic youth from all circumpolar countries to submit creative written or artistic works...

Fri, Feb 23, 2007

Indigenous Peoples Polar Year official launch a success

The Indigenous Peoples International Polar Year was lauched with an official opening ceremony on February 14 in Kautokeino, Norway.

Thu, Feb 22, 2007

Announcements made about ACUNS International Student Conference

The International Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) has recently made two major announcements regarding the 8th Internationa...

Thu, Feb 22, 2007

Norway to host international World Environment Day 2007 celebrations

Norway will host the international World Environment Day 2007 international celebrations during the first week of June.

Thu, Feb 22, 2007

Svalbard Students blog on the IPY website

Five UNIS students have decided to chronicle their lives in Svalbard in a blog hosted by the IPY website.

Thu, Feb 22, 2007

IPY launches around the world

The International Polar Year (IPY) will take place from March 07 – March 09. Numerous countries involved in IPY are having opening ceremonies around the begi...

Wed, Feb 21, 2007

Major increase in n2n exchanges in 2006

The UArctic north2north mobility program has continued to grow in 2006, with a major leap in the number of students from all over the Circumpolar North who t...

Tue, Feb 20, 2007

Arctic Plant Ecology summer field course offered at UNIS

The University Centre of Svalbard (UNIS) will be offering Arctic Plant Ecology (AB-326), a summer field course, from July 8 to August 3, 2007.

Tue, Feb 20, 2007

Iceland to host conference on Arctic development and maritime transportation

Akureyri, Iceland, will be the host of the Breaking the Ice conference on Arctic development and maritime transportation on March 27 and 28, 2007.

Mon, Feb 19, 2007

Arctic Council launches online Arctic Portal

The Arctic Council has launched a new website to serve as gateway to Arctic related information.

Mon, Feb 19, 2007

UArctic participates in Cooperation in Higher Education conference

UArctic's Director of Administration Outi Snellman gave a presentation at the International Cooperation in Higher Education - the High North dimension confe...

Fri, Feb 16, 2007

Successful International Conference in Tromsø

The Arctic Frontiers conference took place from January 21-26, 2007 at the University of Tromsø, Norway.

Fri, Feb 16, 2007

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