The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) Autumn/Winter 2009 issue of the Northern Notes newsletter is now available at: http://www.svs.is/english/IASSA/IASSA.htm

For the past 7 years, a number of arctic researchers have been working together on a project known as Ocean-Atmosphere-Sea Ice-Snowpack (OASIS, http://www.oasishome.net/). OASIS is a set of coupled international projects focusing on understanding the exchange of chemical species between the atmosphere and the surface in the A...

The first ever volume of the Yearbook of Polar Law, a new annual publication dealing with international law and the polar regions, is available.

The Arctic Institute of North America (AINA) announces publication of the December 2009 issue of the journal ARCTIC, Volume 62, Number 4. A non-profit membership organization and multidisciplinary research institute of the University of Calgary, AINA's mandate is to advance the study of the North American and circumpolar Arct...

International Arctic Science Committee and Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research are seeking for Medal Nominations 

The 4th International Polar Year (IPY) ran from March 2007 to March 2009, and focused international scientific and educational attention on the Earth's Polar Regions. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, IPY Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Pol...

Theme 6 - Polar Science Education, Outreach, and Communication PolarTEACHERS Workshop 6-12 June 2010Opportunities for Early Career Researchers

The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) seeks motivated PhD candidates for their Marine Ecosystem Sustainability in the Arctic and Subarctic (MESAS) program (http://www.uaf.edu/mesas). The position is based in Fairbanks, Alaska.

The Government of Nunavut, Department of Culture, Language, Elders, and Youth, seeks applications for a Manager of Heritage. The position is based in Igloolik, Nunavut.

Researchers planning to include the use of UNAVCO resources in proposals under the current National Science Foundation (NSF) solicitations are encouraged to contact UNAVCO no later than Monday, 4 January 2010. For further information and to request proposal assistance from UNAVCO, please visit the UNAVCO website (http://achai...

The Nasivvik Centre for Inuit Health and Changing Environments announces its Sixth Call for Complementary Funding of established research projects relating to Inuit environmental health research.

Organizers of Session 4.1, "Human health and well-being in the polar regions," announce a call for abstracts. Contributions are being sought from researchers in the fields of polar medicine, psychology, sociology, human geography, and the related fields of tourism, community health, epidemiology, human adaptation to extreme a...

Organizers of Session 4.2, "Natural resource exploration and utilization," announce a call for abstracts.Organizers of Session 5.2, "Polar observing systems," announce a call for abstracts. Organizers of Session 5.5, "Space for polar science," announce a call for abstracts.

Organizers of Session 3.3, "Arctic-subArctic connections: Ecosystems and biodiversity," announce a call for abstracts.

The Top-level Research Initiative (TFI) announces a call for a Nordic Centre of Excellence (NCoE) program within the sub-program "Interaction between Climate Change and the Cryosphere."