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The Arctic ice cap has been receding at an unprecedented rate and recent advancements in shipping technologies in addition to an increasing interest in the Arctic’s resources have made the matter one of the most prominent issues in the northern hemisphere. Existing shipping lanes barely manage the current traffic and are incapable of servicing the largest container vessels of today. It is to be expected that with growing technology and a receding ice cap shipment through the Arctic will become a viable option in the future. The Arctic Shipping Portlet gives you the possibility to follow the issues of trans-Arctic shipping.
 In the recent years, the world’s attention has turned to the Arctic, not least because of its vast energy resources. Due to the climate change and its significant impact to the Arctic environment resources that have long been unreachable are becoming feasible for exploitation. The Arctic Energy Portal is a comprehensive information gateway to the Arctic energy projects, new developments and controversies concerning the resource exploitation.
 The Arctic Portals Climate Change Portal is intended to give individuals access to material according to each ones need in connection to climate change. The portlet consist of recent news articles, scientific reports and other relevant material. Climate Change or Global Warming refers to the increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s near surface air and oceans since the mid 20th century. The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that increasing greenhouse gas concentration resulting from human activity such as fossil fuel burning and deforestation are the biggest contributors to global warming.
 Fishing within the Circumpolar north has been and is a significant economic resource as well as a practice that has become rooted in the culture of fishing nations utilizing the resource. The Arctic Portal Fishing Portlet provides an overview on topical issues concerning Arctic fisheries as well as presenting Arctic fisheries in a visual form in Arctic Fisheries Catch Abundance Map.
Arctic Portal News Portlet delivers news from various news feeds all over the world. The News Portlet is intended to give Arctic Portal users access to the current developments and news in the Arctic, or about the Arctic. The feeds are categorized into six categories: Society, shipping, politics, climate change, resources and science. The categories represent the main topics of the current dialogue regarding the Arctic and might change in the future.
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Arctic Portal Portlets
