The Second Circumpolar Conference on Geospatial Sciences and Applications (GeoNorth-II) is a unique opportunity to discuss issues and present current research related to geospatial activities in the arctic environment.

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) publishes a quarterly newsletter, "NSIDC Notes." NSIDC no longer distributes this newsletter in print.

Bodø University College launches an international bachelor’s programme in High North Perspectives, beginning in the autumn semester of 2009.

Fairview Campus and Grande Prairie Regional College will be combining strengths effective July 1, 2009, an opportunity which offers long-lasting benefits for the learners of our region. At a news conference held at both campuses today, GPRC discussed the coming merger and celebrated the complementary program mix of the two i...

A memorial evening in honor of Sir Wally Herbert, pioneering polar explorer, and his travelling companion and leading glaciologist, Dr. Fitzroy (Fritz) Koerner, will be held at the Royal Geographical Society in London on Tuesday evening, 7 April 2009, to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the British Trans-Arctic Expediti...

The Korea Polar Institute (KOPRI) announces the 16th International Symposium on Polar Sciences, to be held 10-12 June 2009 in Incheon, South Korea.

The Nordic Council of Ministers is committed to helping Iceland out of its current economic predicament.

The integrated Arctic Ocean Observing System (iAOOS), originally conceived and sponsored by the Arctic Ocean Sciences Board (AOSB), is one of around 110 Coordination Proposals approved by the Joint Committee for the International Polar Year (IPY), designed in this case to optimize the cohesion and coverage of Arctic Ocean Sc...

Second Circumpolar Conference on Geospatial Sciences and Applications Westmark Hotel, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA August 4-6, 2009 Paper submission deadline: June 1, 2009

The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) seeks two highly motivated students with backgrounds in botany/ecology, evolution/molecular ecology, or similar subjects for two master projects within a vegetation monitoring project from gene level to landscape level in a mining area, in Svea, Svalbard.

The Department of the Interior has issued a second call for nominations to the Science Technical Advisory Panel for the North Slope Science Initiative.

The Northern Review, a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal of the humanities and social sciences, based at Yukon College in Whitehorse, Canada, seeks reviewers for recent books in northern studies.

Lars Kullerud, President of the University of the Arctic (UArctic), along with other UArctic representatives, is attending the UNESCO International Experts Meeting on Climate Change and Arctic Sustainable Development: scientific, social, cultural and educational challenges, March 3-6, in Monaco.

The Alaska Center for Energy and Power at the University of Alaska Fairbanks seeks applicants to fill the position of Rural Energy Specialist.