Features on course again

Arctic Portal has written Features on specific topics for many years. Last fall was an exeption because of busy times, but now the Features have been revised. Every other Friday we post a new feature, digging a little bit deeper into a specific topic. Click the link to access the latest Features. More »

PAGE21 project launched

A new website has been launched by the EU funded project PAGE21. Arctic Portal is a cooperative partner in this exiting new project about permafrost. Arctic Portal designed, programed and hosts the website, which is indeed inspired by permafrost. Arctic Portal also works on data managment for the project. A team of leading Arctic scientists will explore permafrost in this project and the results will be visible on the website.

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Vistey - Biology in Arctic waters

Arctic Portal is proud to introduce its latest project, about biodiversity in Arctic waters. In cooperation with the Fisheries Science Center of the University of Akureyri, Vistey has opened. The website portrays the beautiful nature of underwater Eyjafjörður in Iceland.

Arctic Portal designed and programed the website.

Refurbished Fishing Portlet

Arctic Portal has refurbished the Fishing Portlet here on our website. The portlet has been updated and new chapters have been added. Among them is Climate change and Fisheries, Whaling in the Arctic and graphs that shows fisheries in the Arctic. It also now boosts a chapter about the cod wars between Iceland and Britain with new information about Arctic Fisheries management. Visit the newly refurbished Arctic Portal Fishing Portlet here!

Russia boost coal production

Russia will increase its coal producuction significantly over the next years. Russia produces around 330 million tons of coal each year but it will be increased to 440 million tons.A new development program was introduced by Prime... More »

Record Arctic temperature in 2011

Statoil strengthens around Greenland

Water bulge might cause changing weather

New production record for Russia

No oil rigs available - Many being built

Arctic Frontiers online webcast

Warm summer means cold winter

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News Shipping Climate Change Energy Fishing

The Arctic News Portlet gives access to the most recent news about the Arctic. The Arctic News Portlet has six catagories containing; Science, Society, Shipping, Politics, Climate change and Resources.

The aim of the Arctic News Portlet is to allow Arctic Portal users to keep up with current events in the Arctic.

In addition to giving an overview of the hot topics regarding Arctic affairs, the Arctic News Portlet directs its users to varius news sources.

The Arctic Portal follows Arctic-related news from around the world and portrays them in the news section. Naturally related news about specific issues are also included.

The portlet is made through RSS feeds which is a welcomed addition to the already powerful news section on the Arctic Portal website.

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Marine Governance

Governance of Arctic shipping occurs through a mix of domestic and international legal instruments and “soft law” regional agreements. There is no comprehensive... More »

Trans-Arctic Shipping

The Arctic is comprised of a large ocean area and land areas of eight states: Canada, Denmark (Greenland), Norway (Svalbard), Russia, USA (Alaska), Finland, Sweden and... More »

AMSA Report

The AMSA report (2009) is the leading source of information about Arctic shipping today. The Arctic Council decided in November 2004 at the ministerial meeting in Reykjavík... More »

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Arctic Sea Ice

The Arctic Sea Ice is one of the key symbols of the cold and barren Arctic regions, and affects the lives of both arctic and non-arctic residents.Sea Ice significantly... More »

Causes of Climate Change

Most of the observed temperature increase since the 1940-50's were caused by increasing concentration of greenhouse gases.   Greenhouse gases closely... More »

Introduction Climate Change

The Arctic Portals Climate Change and Sea Ice Portal is intended to give individuals access to material according to each ones need in connection to the subjects This will... More »

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ICC sues the United States

The Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC) provides a major international collective voice for more than 155.000 Inuit from Alaska, Canada, Greenland and the Chukotka... More »

The Cree in James Bay

The Cree just make it into the Arctic; they are on the border of the line made in the Arctic Human Development Report. They live in James Bay, which is a region of northern Quebec, in... More »

Renewable energy

The potential for renewable energy in the North is vast. The use of renewable energy has minimal environmental and human health impacts and can bring business, employment and... More »

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The Northward Shift

Climate change poses both threats and opportunities for Arctic fisheries. Those concerns include indicators of a major ecosystem northward shift, meaning that species... More »

Economical opportunities

Northward shift of species might also have great economical opportunities for those countries and areas that are dependable on fisheries.A northward shift of species might... More »

Political overview

"Counting fish is somewhat just like counting trees, except you can't see the fish and it moves" This joke explains the nature of fish and its ability to move. Living... More »

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UArctic´s Thematic Network

"In the North, for the North, by the North" - the motto of the University of the Arctic. It was founded in 2001 and is an international cooperative network consisting of universities, colleges and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arc... More »

Lars Kullerud Lars Kullerud, president of the University of the Arctic, talks about the University and its...
Kirsi Latola An interview with UArctic´s Thematic Networks coordinator, Kirsi Latola, about the project and the meeting...
Peter Weiss Peter Weiss about UArctic Thematic Network,