A sustainable tourism project focused on connecting residents from and visitors to Ardgour and Lapland is one of nine rural heritage projects set to receive funding from the Scottish Government as part of the third annual round of the Arctic Connections Fund.
The UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Transport and Logistics kicked off the Arctic Circle Assembly 2023, with one of the first break out sessions on October 19, 2023 with a fully seated room with audience both standing along the walls and in door entrance.
The European Union-funded Arctic Black Carbon impacting Climate and Air Pollution (ABC-iCAP) project is organizing a third online research collaboration with European and North American fire, smoke, and climate experts. This 90-minute webinar will take place on 13 November 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time/6:00 a.m. Alaska Time...
In October, Alex Taitt flew all the way from Alaska to Iceland to join the 2023 Arctic Circle Assembly, thanks to the support of a private donor. Although her main reason to participate was the My Northern Project science popularization contest, it was just a fraction of what she gained from the event.
The Arctic Circle Secretariat is accepting Session Proposals for the 2024 Arctic Circle Berlin Forum, hosted by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and co-organized with the German Arctic Office at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research.
Professor emeritus at the University of California Santa Barbara, Oran Young, one of UArctic's founders and our first Board chair, is the Mohn Prize laureate 2024 for his leading research and geopolitical work on the Arctic.
This blog post is written by Seira Duncan, Sara Fusco, Rosie Rowe, Anna Soer, and Jacqueline Tedaldi, graduate students participating in the 2023 Arctic Academy for Sustainability at the University of Northern British Columbia. The goal of this year’s interdisciplinary summer school was to provide participants with a deeper u...
This blog post is written by Elena Adasheva, Róisín Kennelly, and Kaylia Little, graduate students who participated in the 2023 Arctic Academy for Sustainability at the University of Northern British Columbia. The goal of this year’s interdisciplinary summer school was to provide participants with a deeper understanding of th...
Members of the UArctic Thematic Network on Digital North: Three-Dimensional Technologies and Arctic Education published an article recently in the journal Museum Anthropology titled "Small Collections Remembered: Sámi Material Culture and Community-Based Digitization at the Smithsonian Institution."
The Board autumn meeting was held in Fairbanks, Alaska from 31 October to 1 November 2023. After the meeting, the Board members visited UArctic members in Anchorage and Nome, Alaska. The meeting was hosted by the University of Alaska.
Special Issue "Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Arctic and Chemicals of Emerging Arctic Concern" in Environmental Science and Ecotechnology is now available.
The call provides preparatory support grants for the initiation of joint Norwegian-Icelandic cooperation and project development in the field of Arctic scientific research.