The Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference 2021 has now begun and will go on for two days: 16-17 November. The topic of the conference is: A common Arctic or contested spaces? Perspectives on the opportunities and challenges of the Barents and Arctic cooperation. 







The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces a call for nominations for our Board of Directors election. There are four seats up for election in a vote of the ARCUS Membership Council that will take place in December. Terms will be three years and begin in January 2022.



Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Arctic State Institute of Culture and Arts, Department of Design and Decorative and Applied Arts of the Peoples of the Arctic, KUUN art Creative agency and Department of Painting and Graphics invite the artists, researchers and teams who interpret and reflect...


“When I was in my early forties, I travelled to the Faroe Islands, a long-time dream of mine. The following year we went to Spitsbergen, then to Greenland, and it was always further north – it became almost a challenge to go further and further every year. The ultimate goal is the North Pole where I stood for the first time...