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University of AnchorageAnchorage, Alaska

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The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) seeks applications for a 3-year postdoctoral position working on two projects: "Long range transport of black carbon and the effect on snow albedo in north-east China and in the Arctic" and "Arctic Earth Observation and Surveillance Technologies." The position is based in Tromso, Norway.

The Institute of Arctic Biology and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) invites applications for a postdoctoral position in structured decision-making and adaptive management. The position is based in Fairbanks, Alaska.

The Yakutsk State University offers Russia-interested students the opportunity to experience language and culture in the North East of Siberia through the Summer Program "Summer in Siberia 2010".

24-27 October 2010Oslo and Kirkenes, NorwayThe event is organized with the 6th NRF Host Planning Committee.

The Nunavut Arctic College has recently announced to have received funding for a new Tourism and Hospitality Program in its institution.

Arden L. Bement, the director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), has been named to lead Purdue University's new Global Policy Research Institute (GPRI) in West Lafayette, Indiana. Bement will begin his new post as the director of GPRI--which will draw on seven different science and research disciplines at Purdue--on 1...

The four day Jokkmokk Conference “Changing Climates: The new political and environmental reality for Northern Communities” started on February 1, 2010. A community of 4000 located on the Arctic Circle in Sweden is host to a growing number of participants interested in the climate change conference.

University of Alaska Fairbanks and Toolik Field Station 18 May - 11 June 2010Application Deadline: Sunday, 7 March 2010

Organizers announce that the Girls on Ice 2010 Expedition is now accepting applications. The 2010 program will take place 26 July - 5 August 2010 on Mount Baker in Washington State.

NordForsk and the Nordic Council of Ministers presented financing solutions during the Arctic Frontiers Conference in Tromsø 25-29 January.

The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada will host a meeting of Foreign Ministers of the five Arctic Ocean coastal states on March 29, 2010, in Chelsea, Quebec.