The Arctic Mayors’ Forum is a new actor on the Arctic governance front. Mayors first met in Alaska in 2017 and signed a declaration outlining the need for communities to be continuously involved in Arctic policy and decision-making processes.

The UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design (ASAD) has actively shared experiences and examples of art engaged with Arctic issues, not only among universities but also outside them.

The University of Lapland hosts the space in its main building to highlight the history of the relationship of the University, the United States, and UArctic, as well as promote the shared interest in Arctic matters.

A team from the Arctic Research Center at Hokkaido University proposes a safe, affordable, and effective approach for monitoring glacial discharge using sounds generated at the proglacial run-off site.

The American-Scandinavian Foundation and the Arctic Indigenous Film Fund AIFF presented a special film event “Climate Action — Future Changes,” exploring the Arctic Indigenous peoples’ fight against climate change through films and media. 

Funded by UArctic’s north2north program, we travelled from Nuuk, Greenland, to Anchorage, Alaska, in November 2022 to examine homelessness.

Sofie Emma Rubin, a public health researcher from the University of Southern Denmark, participated in a north2north exchange in Nuuk, Greenland.

Arctic Indigenous Film Fund and Telefilm Canada organized an open event: "Arctic Indigenous Witness Films" on the pre-meeting day of the UArctic Assembly, on 23 May, 2023, at University Laval in Quebec City.

Arctic Indigenous Film Fund AIFF and International Sámi Film Institute (ISFI) together with Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) in Canada organized a series of meetings and film events during the Cannes film festivals 2023.

Greenhouse gas (GHG) exchanges in northern wetlands have been studied intensively in many northern environments during recent decades.

Registration is open for the course Setting educational issues in the Nordic and Arctic Contexts (3 credits) at Umeå University, Sweden. The course will be arranged as a Blended Intense Programme (BIP) which opens for PhD students to get travel funding from Erasmus +. 

Oshoro-Maru departed from Hakodate Port on June 8th, 2023, and is set to return by August 3rd, 2023. The ship is sailing towards the Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea, carrying students and researchers.

UiT - The Arctic University of Norway received 19 applications for the 2023 Norwegian project Call for Networking Activities on Arctic Research and Education. The launched amount of funding was approx. 2,5 million NOK. The evaluation process is now finalized, and 12 projects will receive in total 4 779 432 NOK. The Projects a...

Permafrost – generally defined as ground that remains continuously frozen at least two consecutive years – can be found in Earth’s coldest areas: the Arctic, Antarctic, and high mountains.

The Herbivory Network 2023 meeting took place in Cambridge Bay, June 13-16, 2023. The meeting was hosted at the Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS), a leading research facility run by Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR) in the community of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.