European research teams are offered free access (including travel) to the Ny-Ålesund Research Infrastructure in Svalbard, Norway. This is part of the Transnational Access Programme of the European Community FP6.

This innovative ten day field course in Churchill, Manitoba provides  students with hands-on field research experience in ecology, environmental science and social research and includes one week working in Wapusk National Park, a remote wilderness park along the Hudson Bay coast accessible only by  helicopter in summer,as we...

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), the Arctic Ocean Sciences Board (AOSB), the European Polar Board (EPB), the Pacific Arctic Group (PAG) and the Forum of Arctic Research Operators (FARO) announce Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2010. ASSW 2010 will take place in Nuuk, Greenland, 15-19 April 2010. Interna...

The University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work in coupled land-surface hydrological modelling with the Improved Processes and Parameterization for Prediction in Cold Regions (IP3) network.

The Arctic Council (AC) Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat (IPS) seeks an executive secretary. The executive secretary is responsible for the administration, supervision, and management of the IPS. This is a two-year contract position, dependent on the availability of funding.

The International Polar Year (IPY) July 2009 Report is now available at:http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/ipy_report_july_2009/.

The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) announce the availability of the Climate and Cryosphere Project (CliC) Ice and Climate Newsletter. To view the newsletter please go to: http://tinyurl.com/msm6fc.

Well over a thousand people from the region gathered on GPRC Fairview College Campus July 4th to celebrate the merger of Grande Prairie Regional College with the historically rich campus in Fairview, Alberta. Official ceremonies included a message from the Honourable Doug Horner, Alberta Minister of Advanced Education and...

Beringia Days 2009National Park Service Shared Beringian Heritage ProgramAnadyr, Chukotka, Russia18-20 September 2009

The Institute for Research on Public Policy released the fourth volume in the series The Art of the State, “Northern Exposure: Peoples, Powers and Prospects in Canada’s North” on May 27. This multidisciplinary edited volume explores how the dramatic changes in Canada’s North will affect its peoples, its governments, and th...

The University of the Arctic Institute for Applied Circumpolar Policy in cooperation with the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace are pleased to release the findings from "The Arctic Climate Change and Security Policy Conference: Final Report...

Organizers of the Arctic Frontiers 2010 conference announce a call for abstracts. The conference will be held in Tromso, Norway, 27-29 January 2010. The conference is divided into three parallel sessions that will focus on the latest research results of climate change effects on sea-ice, marine biodiversity, social science...

On Thin Ice - Climate Change and Arctic Security in the 21st CenturyNordatlantens Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark23 September 2009Registration Deadline: 1 September 2009

Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) ProgramNational Science FoundationFull Proposal Deadline: 13 January 2010

IPY International Early Career Researcher SymposiumVictoria, British Columbia, Canada4-8 December 2009