The Barents Institute, in cooperation with the University of Tromsø, makes available one PhD student position in “Mining, Society and Development in the Barents Region.”

The collaborative research conducted by Norwegian scientists and Sámi reindeer herders was featured on the Earth & Sky Science Radio Show on October 22, 2007. The American radio program, which is listened by over 8 million daily, included a six minute segment on the detrimental impact of climate change on the reindeer po...

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) announce the SCAR/IASC IPY Open Science Conference, "Polar Research: Arctic and Antarctic Perspectives in the International Polar Year," to be held 8-11 July 2008, in St. Petersburg, Russia. The conference will be held in c...

The Board of UArctic met in Fairbanks for a three-day meeting, hosted by the Chancellor of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, on October 24-26, 2007.

The School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (SFOS) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) invites applications for three tenure-track, full-time Assistant/Associate Professors in the Institute of Marine Science located in Fairbanks, Alaska.

In an urgent call to action, UN Under Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director, Achim Steiner, warns that unless the issue of climate change is given global priority, the international community faces some tough challenges ahead.  To date, the global response has been “woefully inadequate” and shows “a remarkable lack o...

The University of Akureyri, located in Akureyri Iceland,  is offering a master program in polar law, commencing in September 2008, with a focus on the needs of rural areas, peripheral societies and small States in the circumpolar north.

The City of Iqaluit has joined forces with the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) and the Alberta Association, CIP to host a groundbreaking symposium on planning for climate change mitigation and adaptation. The conference will take place from July 20-23 2008, in Iqaluit, Nunavut Canada.

The workshop "New integrated approach of models and measurements to describe local soil climate and climate impacts at northern latitudes" will be held on 7-8 November 2007, in Lulea, Sweden.

Preparations have begun for the 5th NRF Open Meeting, to be held in Anchorage, Alaska USA, from 24-27 September 2008.

The School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (SFOS) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) invites applications for tenure-track, full-time assistant/associate professorships in marine biology in the Institute of Marine Science, one with a specialty in mammalogy/population genetics and one with a specialty in early life ec...

The Polar Climate Program, Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) in Tromso, Norway invites applications for a three-year position as research scientist/postdoc in sea ice modeling and physics on the project "NorClim - Climate of Norwayand the Arctic in the 21st Century,"financed by the Research Council of Norway and participating i...

Collectively, the observations indicate that the overall warming of the Arctic system continued in 2007. There are some elements that are stabilizing or returning to climatological norms. These mixed tendencies illustrate the sensitivity and complexity of the Arctic System.

The Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies Program is once again enjoying another successful year. With registration at a maximum for the fall term, the 2007 academic year is looking very promising. 21 year old Victoria Rudakova is one of over 130 students currently pursuing BCS classes through online delivery.

The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) invite applications for the position of Director of the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) International Project Office (CIPO).  The Director leads the international coordination and support of CliC activities, and ensures that the Project Office o...