7th Summer Seminar of the International PhD School for Studies of Arctic Societies (IPSSAS) at the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, and Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 18-29 May, 2010 hosted by the Department of Anthropology.






The IPY Oslo Science Conference will demonstrate, strengthen, and extend the International Polar Year's accomplishments in science and outreach. The conference is an essential opportunity to display and explore the full breadth and implications of IPY activities. The international and interdisciplinary science conference w...


The Centre for Mountain Studies is based in Perth, at Perth College UHI, an academic partner of the UHI Millennium Institute, the future University of the Highlands and Islands. We are looking for a Deputy Director, who will play a key role in the Centre, working on all aspects of project development and implementation, an...




RAIPON Presidium confirmed

Tue, Nov 03, 2009
The Coordinating Council’s regular meeting was held in Moscow, on October 23. Leaders of the regional associations of the indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East as members of the Coordinating Council participated in the session.

The Arctic Report Card is updated annually in October and tracks the arctic atmosphere, sea ice, biology, ocean, land, and Greenland. The 2009 update indicates that warming of the Arctic continues to be widespread, and in some cases, dramatic. Linkages between air, land, sea, and biology are evident.

UArctic member organizations in Sweden gather in Abisko, Sweden, for two days of meetings to discuss participation in UArctic's programs and coordination of fundraising activities in Sweden.