The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) seeks candidates for a two-year postdoctoral research opportunity: The Relationship between Climate and Ice Rheology at Dome C, East Antarctica. The position will be based in Fairbanks, Alaska.

The Environment and Natural Resources Institute at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) is recruiting an ecosystem ecologist for a postdoctoral position on a new National Science Foundation (NSF) project with field studies in northwest Greenland. The position will be based in Anchorage, Alaska.

The International Barents Secretariat (IBS) seeks an Adviser on project funding and environmental issues. The position will be based in Kirkenes, Norway. The successful candidate will promote project funding for the multilateral cooperation in the Barents region. The adviser will also assist in maintaining a key database on e...

The first of two volumes written by members of the international IPY consortium 'The Political Economy of Northern Regional Development' is now available.

May 31 - June 4, 2010Tromsø

Those interested in the Arctic -- students, researchers, and anyone wondering how the northern polar region affects their life -- can learn about the longer-reaching impacts of the loss of arctic summer sea ice via a new website.

The Polar Education Resources webpage provides an annotated list of some of the best Internet resources for polar education.

July 2-4, 2010Petrozavodsk State University Lenina ave 33 Petrozavodsk, Russia

June 1-12, 2010Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Russia Tungulu village, Megino-Kangalassky region Khatystyr, Aldansky region

The National Science Foundation's (NSF) division of Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) and Office of Cyberinfrastructure (OCI) announce a new opportunity for the science and engineering communities to conduct research and education activities in cloud computing and data-intensive computing, and their appl...

30 July - 11 August 2010 Buenos Aires, Argentina Organizers of the 2010 XXXI SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) Meeting and Open Science Conference announce that the conference website is now available.

28-30 October 2010 Val d'Or, Quebec, Canada The organizing committee of the 17th Inuit Studies Conference announces a second call for papers. The University of Quebec in Abitibi-Temiscamingue (UQAT) and DIALOG (research and knowledge network relating to Aboriginal peoples) will host the Conference from 28-30 October...

Iinternational conference “Northern regions of the world: economic and social infrastructure and facilities of innovative development” will take place in April 22, 2010. The conference will be held in Syktyvkar within the scope of the program of the VI International social and ecological congress “Ecological safety of Norther...

A warm welcome to the 39th EUCEN conference to be held in Rovaniemi, Finland on 27-29 May 2010. The major theme of the conference is "Lifelong Learning for the New Decade".

The first edition in 2010 of WWF International Arctic Programme's quarterly publication The Circle has been issued and is now available online.