Arctic Portal receives a facelift

In the Icelandic folklore sagas the Christmas Cat is a well-known local phenomenon. The saga states that the gruesome beast would eat children who did not get new clothes before Christmas and therefore giving children new Christmas clothing was a key priority. With this in mind we at the Arctic Portal considered it to be appropriate to give the portal a new and improved look to celebrate the New Year as well as keeping peace with Nordic folklore.

IPY Open Science Conference 2010 2nd Circular and Call for Abstracts

The IPY Oslo Science Conference is a timely and auspicious gathering of the full polar community to celebrate the accomplishments of this IPY, to display and explore the richness of IPY data, and to chart future directions for polar and global science. It will be held from June 8th to June 12th, 2010 in Oslo. The deadline for abstract submission is 20th of January 2010.

SAON launches a new website

Sustained Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) has launched a new website in association with the Arctic Portal. The SAON aims at developing a long-term pan-Arctic observing network that will provide free, open and timely access to high-quality data on Arctic research.

Arctic Council

The scientific work of the Arctic Council is carried out in six expert working groups focusing on such issues as monitoring, assessing and preventing pollution in the Arctic, climate change, biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, emergency preparedness and prevention in addition to the living conditions of the Arctic residents.

The working groups are:
ACAP - AMAP - CAFF - EPPR - PAME - SDWG