Greenland will get a higher degree of indepence after the Danish-Greenlandic Self-Rule Commision has ended its work

Excellent work, said the jury in Norway’s finest design competition

Climate change and the need for adaptation continue to be main topics for Senior Arctic Officials

There are clear rules governing the Arctic, and there should be no risk for the Arctic descending into armed conflict

The IPY EALAT-Outreach/Information project among reindeer holders is in progress. Here is a report from the fourth EALAT Information seminar which recently wrapped up in Topolinoe, Sakha Yakutia

The spring has just arrived to the lofoten Islands together with the Arctic Councils SAO Meeting

The climate changes make the Arctic more attractive for non-arctic states

An IPY initiative created better understanding of the Arctic way of living

A new report shows scenarios for the Arctic Marine Navigation in the future

Greenland wants to give all Arctic communities a helping hand

Scientists think technical innovations will be a key issue in the climate debate

An International Conference on Ecological Responses to Arctic Climate Change

It is not a bright idea to turn off all lights in the Arctic night around the North Pole

The Arctic Council Chair and Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre underlines that the Convention on the Law of the Sea regulates the Arctic even if the ice melts

The latest meeting in CBird demonstrated that CBird is one of the key activities in CAFF

New oil terminal on the coast of the Barents Sea will be used by the biggest oil fields in the area

The scientific argument about climate change is over. And it is up to Europe to lead the international response, says Javier Solana in a new report

ACAP will form a new Project Steering Group for the Integrated Hazardous Waste Management Strategy

The Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program is very well positioned to deliver on the key products and activities planned over the next five years

Reindeer husbandry was the main item when 40 people from Scandinavia and Russia met in in Anadyr, the capital of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in Russia’s far East

Lene Kielsen Holm from the ICC was awarded for her work with discovering how the Inuit people adapts to the climate

2000 young people from all over the Arctic gathered to the 20th Arctic Winter Games

An armed conflict in the Arctic area is not far away unless USA leads the way toward a multilateral diplomatic solution,. Washington has forfeited its ability to assert sovereignty in the Arctic by al...

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is an important part of the efforts to protect the planet’s rapidly diminishing biodiversity as a result of climate change

Canadian expedition seeks to prove claim on underwater ridge

This winter the Finnish icebreakers can have a break

Docu-soap is worth 50 million NOK for the tourist industry in Northern Norway

An increased use of mapping in scientific reports can avoid oil spill disasters in the Arctic

CAFF is very pleased with the political support, said the chair

IPY-project focuses on story-telling and fiction among indigenous peoples in the Arctic

The demand for new oil and gas fields increased the bids for oil and gas fields in Chukchi Sea outside the Alaskan coastline to new records

Canadian Inuit fear for their future if the polar bear will be listed as threatened

Norway consider The Arctic Council as a key institution for dealing with Arctic issues

Swedish experts believe that interest in the Arctic is increasing and therefore there is a need for clearer rules of the game before the dog-fight becomes to tough

As the petroluem industry in the Russian North is experienced major growth, the traditional Nenets reindeer herding culture is being destroyed, a new report concludes

After Russia planted its flag on the North Pole sea bottom, it has become more obvious that we have to work together, US. Assistant Secretary of State Claudia McMurray recently said in Moscow

Scientists find that the Baltic Sea Region will be one of the victims of climate change

Arctic environment and resources attract many countries and now the Arctic Council will discuss how to enhance cooperation with non-arctic countries

Share your history and tell us how you are, is the message in a brand new homepage aimed toward young people in the Arctic

The long-awaited results of the Arctic Council Oil and Gas Assessment will be released at the Arctic Frontiers Conference in Tromsø, Norway on 21 January 2008

The mayors of the Winter Cities recognize their duty to take a leading role in global society and pledge to call upon their collective wisdom and take joint initiatives to reduce the global warming

50 cm thick ice in the Greenlandic Disko Bay marks a return to the frigid temperatures common a decade ago

Several of the projects are linked to climate changes which will especially affect the Arctic areas

Polar Bears are waiting for the USA, as the authorities have postponed a decision about preservation of the Polar Bear due to Global Warming