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Within the Arctic community, there are numerous projects examining a wide range of physical, biological and social research topics. The list of projects is vast and therefore it is difficult to present each project individually. However, in the following three sections Arctic Portal Projects, Other Arctic Projects and Arctic project databases, a more comprehensive list of Arctic projects is available.
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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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 The Arctic Portal has launched a new publications archive, named Arctic Portal Library. The objective of the Arctic Portal Library is to maintain a comprehensive collection of Arctic relevant scientific and educational material. The main focus is on material produced or published within the scope of IPY 2007-2008, the Arctic Council and the University of Arctic. In addition, material from various Arctic research programs and projects will be available in the Library.
 The International Directory of Arctic Social Scientists (IDASS) is an international project where the aim is to provide participants with an online, updatable, searchable database of the organizations and individuals conducting social science research in the Arctic. IDASS establishes a tool to aid in creating interdisciplinary and/or multi-national research teams. The IDASS represents a significant contribution by providing a mechanism to involve several disciplinary perspectives, transcend national research priorities, and expand the participation of indigenous peoples in Arctic social science research. The Arctic research institutes database is maintained by the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland in Finland and contains information on research and education institutions which are dealing with the Arctic or Antarctic.
This database contains information on approximately 35 000 documentary films from the Barents region, mainly from Murmansk Oblast, Arkhangelsk region and Finnish Lapland . Information in database is mainly in English, but Authors and Orignal Titles are mentioned also in Russian and in Finnish accordingly. Detailed information with scene by scene description and a preview is available from more than 1000 digitised films. Films are from the collections of TV Murman, TV Pomorye Archangelsk and YLE Finland. The digitised films can be viewed at the library of the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland. The database is built and maintained by the Information Service of the Arctic Centre.
RÁDJU -The Sami Research and Project Database. This database is collected between the years 2005-2007 and it contains information from over 200 completed or on-going projects. The projects are dealing with the Sami people or the Sami areas. The projects in the database were carried out by different institutions and researchers and represent different disciplines. The database is in English. This database will later be developed to include information on other indigenous peoples in the Arctic. The database is maintained by the Arctic Indigenous Peoples and Sami Research Office and the Information Service of the Arctic Centre.
 Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme Project directory. The Project Directory Database currently contains information about 641 projects. 268 of these have been tagged as being especially relevant to the AMAP community.
 Within the International Polar Year (IPY), there are over 200 projects with thousands of scientists from over 60 nations examining a wide range of physical, biological and social research topics. In the IPY Project Database is a comprehensive list of all the projects of the International Polar Year, 2007-2009.
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Page 21 is a new project funded by the European Commission. PAGE21 will aim to understand and quantify the vulnerability of permafrost environments to a changing global climate, and to investigate the feedback mechanisms associated with increasing greenhouse gas emissions from permafrost zones.Permafrost is defined as ground that remains continuously at or below 0°C or at least two consecutive years; some 24% of the land surface in the northern Hemisphere is classified as permafrost.
Vistey is a visual information gateway about life underwater in the Arctic. Vistey is for the Eyjafjörður area in Northern Iceland. The unique marine life is put on display with detailed text and stunning photographs below water. In the abyss lies one of the wonders of Iceland, the geothermal cones. The site is constantly updated with new information. Full of life, Vistey presents Eyjafjörður and it´s wonders.
 The Virtual Learning Tools (VLT) addresses the issue of limited educational opportunities in sparsely populated areas in the Arctic. The aim of the project is to provide inexpensive and flexible educational and networking solution for the Arctic, building on modern technology and growth in Internet connectivity within the circumpolar region. The VLT project approaches distance learning with a new methodology, offering both regional and global users a wide variety of online educational tools to acquire knowledge about the Arctic region.
INTERACT is an infrastructure project under the auspices of SCANNET, a circumarctic network of 33 terrestrial field bases in northern Europe, Russia, US, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Scotland. INTERACT specifically seeks to build capacity for research and monitoring in the European Arctic and beyond, and is offering access to numerous research stations through the Transnational Access program.
 The Arctic-HYDRA program represents a consortium-based international study to provide a quantitative picture of the state of pan-Arctic hydrological system. Starting during the IPY campaign, the programf will represent a critical benchmark against which to assess future change, with focus on the following key questions: What is the role of the unified Arctic Hydrological Cycle in the global climate system? What are the feedbacks of changes in the Arctic Hydrological Cycle on the regional and global climate systems? What are the impacts of hydrological changes in the Arctic on biology, biogeochemistry, and human society.  The Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP) is an international network of scientists, government agencies, Indigenous organizations and conservation groups working together to harmonize and integrate efforts to monitor the Arctic's living resources. Their goal is to facilitate more rapid detection, communication, and response with respect to the significant biodiversity-related trends and pressures affecting the circumpolar world. The CBMP is the cornerstone program of the Arctic Council's Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Working Group (CAFF).  APECS is an international and interdisciplinary organization for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, early faculty members, educators and others with interests in Polar Regions and the wider cryosphere. Their aim is to stimulate interdisciplinary and international research collaboration, and develop effective future leaders in polar research, education and outreach.  The main objective of the International Polar Year 2007 Kuuvik River Expedition was to canoe the Kuuvik River in northern Quebec, traversing a remote Arctic territory between Hudson Bay and Ungava Bay, as an expedition of four paddlers using two wood-canvas heritage canoes, along a classic Canadian Crown geographical exploration route that was mapped in 1896 by the geoscientist A.P. Low.
 The Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment is a direct follow-up to the Arctic Marine Strategic Plan, which was adopted by the Arctic Council Ministers at the 4th Arctic Council meeting in November 2004. The Assessment is circumpolar in focus and promotes cooperation and collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders and relevant organizations and recognizes the importance of contributions from the broader maritime community.
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Projects
Arctic research institutes database
Vistey - Biodiversity in Arctic Waters