IPY launch in Finland

Wed, Feb 28, 2007
The Finnish International Polar Year will be launched with a day of events at the Arktikum in Rovaniemi on March 1, 2007.

AICTA workshop in San Jose

Wed, Feb 28, 2007
An Arctic Information and Communications Technology Assessment (AICTA) workshop will be held in San Jose, California, on March 15 and 16, 2007.


IPY launch in Switzerland

Wed, Feb 28, 2007
Two events have been scheduled in Geneva, Switzerland to mark the official beginning of  the International Polar Year.

After a first encounter with Russia during a university field trip, Tyler Wood was looking for ways to go back to a country that fascinated him. The north2north program was just what he was wishing for.   Thanks to the UArctic mobility program, Wood, 22, a student at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Can...



The International Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) has recently made two major announcements regarding the 8th International ACUNS Student Conference, which will take place in Saskatoon from October 19 to 21, 2007.



IPY launches around the world

Wed, Feb 21, 2007
The International Polar Year (IPY) will take place from March 07 – March 09. Numerous countries involved in IPY are having opening ceremonies around the beginning of March.

The UArctic north2north mobility program has continued to grow in 2006, with a major leap in the number of students from all over the Circumpolar North who took advantage of the exchange opportunities.