During the last three years, the Secretariat of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) was hosted by the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat in Stockholm (Sweden) with the support of the Swedish Research Council. Starting in 2009, the Secretariat moved to Potsdam (Germany).

The Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research at Stockholm University, in collaboration with the Bjerknes Research School in Climate Studies at the University of Bergen, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the University of Cambridge, announce a summer program on arctic climate.

The Department of Atmospheric Science at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is seeking applications from graduate students whose work will focus on surface wind field simulation and analysis. There is no deadline for application, but the positions are slated to begin as soon as possible.

An internship with the University of the Arctic helped northerner Robin Urquhart become one of the first youth delegates for the Arctic Council.

The Smithsonian Institution announces a new publication: "Smithsonian at the Poles: Contributions to International Polar Year Science: Proceedings of the International Polar Year Symposium (2008)."

Second invite to the seminar February 23-24 2009 Thule Institute, University of Oulu, lecture hall IT116

The Indigenous Fellowship Programme (IFP) was launched by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the context of the first International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples (1995/2004).

The Nasivvik Centre, Laval University, is pleased to announce its sixth call for applications for Summer Internship Awards on Inuit environmental health.

Representatives of research, reindeer herding, local authorities and industry contributed to a "declaration of coexistence" between reindeer nomads and the oil and gas industry in the Russian North.

Russia considered at UN Human Rights Council, fails to adequately address indigenous issues

The next Students On Ice Antarctic Expedition leaves tomorrow!

"Leadership in the Age of Uncertainty", the second annual Jokkmokk Winter Conference was held February 1-4, in the lovely town of Jokkmokk, Sweden.

Undergraduate Research Opportunity, Toolik Lake Research SiteBrooks Range, Alaska, 5 June - 25 August 2009Application Deadline: Sunday, 15 March 2009