One final printing of the “Second” edition of the fourteen-volume book set “Pipelines in Permafrost and Freezing Ground” equipped with a CD-ROM containing pipelines in permafrost and freezing ground database will be released by our publisher.

17th Inuit Studies Conference, November 4-6, 2010, Val d'Or, Québec, Canada. The Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) and DIALOG (Research and knowledge network relating to Aboriginal peoples) will host the 17th Inuit Studies Conference which will take place from November 4 to 6, 2010.

The International Permafrost Association (IPA) announces its brand new website: http://ipa-permafrost.org.

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Newsletter: Issue 20, September 2009  

The School of Community and Public Affairs, a bilingual inter-disciplinary school at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, invites applications for up to two tenure-track positions for a new undergraduate Major Program in First Peoples Studies to be implemented in stages beginning in the Fall of 2010.

The Arctic Visiting Speakers Series (AVS), managed by the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) with funding from the National Science Foundation Division of Arctic Sciences, is accepting travel grant applications for arctic experts to share their knowledge in communities where they might not otherwise conn...

The International Arctic Science Committee has published its IASC PROGRESS Fall 2009 newsletter.

Texas A&M University, American Museum of Natural History.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is accepting applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research program.

The UArctic Strategic Plan 2009-2013 states that UArctic shall look to increase leadership of indigenous peoples in the operation and governance, as well as programmatic activities of UArctic.

Tradition and modernity in an indigenous context November 4th – 5th 2009, Diehtosiida, Kautokeino, Norway.

The International Arctic Research Center (IARC) will hold a public lecture on Wednesday, 7 October 2009. The lecture, entitled "Sustainability in a changing Arctic: forces for change and sustainability options," is being held as part of the October Polar Week.

PolarTREC Teachers 2010/2011 Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S.Teacher Application Deadline: Monday, 5 October 2009

The application for full-time VALUE doctoral positions in Finland is available from September 28, 2009 until October 21, 2009. Doctoral school starts at the beginning of 2010.

As the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the Arctic Center took place in Rovaniemi, Finland the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Finland, Alexander Stubb spoke of a collaborative Arctic Strategy.