Last week group of Norilsk Institute of Industry students – metallurgists came back from their regular foreign field internship. This internship is based on branch establishment Norilsk Nickel conglomerate – Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta Oy metallurgical plant in Finland. The program of the internship is organized in such...

"Antarctica and Arctic Circle: A Geographic Encyclopedia of the Earth's Polar Regions" is seeking contributions to this encyclopedia. This two volume encyclopedia, to be published by ABC-CLIO, is soliciting contributors for 375 original entries relating to Antarctica and Arctic Circle.

The Gargia Conference 2012, organized by the UArctic Thematic Network on Local and Regional Development will take place in Gargia fjellstue on the outskirts of Alta, Finnmark, Norway, Oct 17-18. The conference program is now available.

The First International Scientific and Practical Conference "Electronic Memory of the Arctic - cultural communication of the circumpolar world" will be held at the National Library, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, December 13, 2012. The main goals of this event are the Preservation of cultural heritage of the ci...

As part of the University of Saskatoon's Centre for Northern Governance and Development (ICNGD) Lecture Series, the International Centre for Northern Governance and Development is hosting a two-part mini presentation entitled Good Governance in the North on Tuesday Oct 9, 2012,. This event is public and faculty, students a...

Institute of Economic Studies of the Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Science in cooperation with "North-Centre" are organizing the IV Youth Economy Forum "Russian Regions Strategies" to take place November 15-16, 2012 in Petrozavodsk, Russia. The organizers sincerely invite you to take part...

This fall, 43 new NArFU students have been enrolled to the Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) program. Most of them take courses at the University of Nordland and the rest take international BCS courses. BCS is a priority program for the Northern Arctic Federal University, because it has the Arctic focus.

The International Ph.D School for Studies of Arctic Societies announces the call for applications for the 9th IPSSAS PhD Seminar, to be held in Canada 2013 (deadline November 30, 2012). For more information contact Søren Thuesen.

The UArctic Thematic Network on Social Work in the Arctic has published its September 2012 Newsletter.

The University of the Arctic and Finnmark University College invite you to join the Gargia Conference 2012: Youth, Entrepreneurship and Rural Development, that will take place at Gargia Fjellstue, in a rural community 30 km from the center of Alta, in Finnmark, Norway, October 17-18. This year's Gargia Conference will star...

Brussels, October 2nd 2012 – Their Royal Highnesses Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of Belgium, and His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, will preside over a gala dinner with 300 high-profile guests in Brussels tomorrow, to celebrate a decade of achievement by International Polar Foundation.

Mona Johnson, recently returned to her position as leader of the north2north program and the International Mobility Office, visited the UArctic International Secretariat this week Sept 25 and 26, together with her colleague Gøril Johansen. The two staff members of the UArctic International Mobility Office at Finnmark Universi...

International film festival has become creative area of international scientific conference "History of Arctic Exploration and Development: from past to future" which was held at Northern (Arctic) Federal University on 12-13th September. The festival has become a significant cultural event which has showed intellectual energy...

The international conference, "Cooperation in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region in the Field of Education and Research as a Resource for Regional Development" will be held Nov 26-30 2012, at Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NArFU), Arkhangelsk, Russia. See the conference call.

Prince Albert of Monaco was in Iqaluit Thursday afternoon enjoying Arctic hospitality after his foundation donated money to the Qikiqtani Inuit Association for environmental projects. Source: CBC