The strong development of the tourism industry in recent decades has made the industry a stakeholder in safety and security discourse. As a party to security contents, the tourism industry is a potential partner and resource in developing local and regional preparedness.

For more than a century, Arctic climate research has been collected and stored at the University of Copenhagen's northernmost research station – the Arctic Station. Now, after a thorough renovation and modernization, the station has reopened.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is inviting the public to go woolly mammoth hunting. Through the Adopt a Mammoth program it is possible to sponsor the radiocarbon testing of fossils from the University of Alaska Museum of the North’s collection.

Louise Wittwer attended UArctic Summer School 2022 on Marine Plastic in the Arctic in August 2022. Read about her experience.

Join webinars on Tuesday, August 30 where potential nominees can learn how to put together a nomination and get tips from past winners of Arctic Inspiration Prize. 

The Nordic Council of Ministers funding body Nordforsk funded in 2016 four Nordic Center of Excellences on the theme Sustainable Development in the North. CLINF - an Umeå University based international collaboration, clinf.org, reported results on the transition of infectious diseases in the North in March 2022. This has been...

The 2022 August Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) Report is now available online. The Sea Ice Outlook, managed by the Sea Ice Prediction Network–Phase 2 (SIPN2) Project Team, provides an open process for those interested in Arctic sea ice to share predictions and ideas.

A major contribution to Sámi Studies, The Sámi World presents a diversity of research topics from across Sápmi, providing rich understandings of Sámi worlds. The book has been edited by Sanna Valkonen, Professor of Sámi Research, and researchers Áile Aikio, Saara Alakorva and Sigga-Marja Magga from the University of Lapland.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites proposals for funding through their Ideas Lab: Engineering Technologies to Advance Underwater Sciences (ETAUS) solicitation. NSF’s Office of Polar Programs (OPP), along with other Directorates and Offices, are seeking proposals aimed to advance underwater sciences through the Idea...

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces a new resource, a curriculum unit focused on the Arctic Ocean.

As part of the activities of the UArctic Thematic Network on Local-scale Planning, Climate Change andResilience, John Duffy (University of Alaska, Anchorage) will share highlights of his research which considersthe linkages between local government planning efforts for addressing climate change and associated actions. The eve...

PhD candidate Judith Maréchal from Arctic DTU went to Tromsø in Norway with north2north mobility funding to learn more about the relationship between the water supply infrastructure and public health in Greenland.

The Læra Institute is excited to annouce publication of the first version of the guidebook to Circumpolar Studies curriculum development, to support UArctic member faculty who are developing, re-developing, reviewing or enhancing undergraduate curricula focused on the study of the Circumpolar North. 

The UArctic Læra Institute for Circumpolar Education, in partnership with the Glasgow Calendonian University Mary Robinson Centre for Climate Justice will host a session entitled "Educational innovation and pedagogy for the Anthropocene Arctic" at the 25th Arctic Science Summit Week, taking place 17-23 February 2023 at the Un...

A new intern, Marie, has joined the UArctic International Secretariat.