The Arctic Circle Assembly 2021 – Almost Business As Usual!
“Preparing for this year’s Arctic Circle Assembly has been a gratifying and at times a stressful and tense process,” says Ásdís Ólaf...
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The State of the Arctic: New findings from AMAP on Climate, Pollution and Human Health support urgent need for action
Press Release – Ministers of the eight Arctic States will meet for the twelfth Arctic Council Ministerial in Reykjavik, Iceland, 20 May 2021 to ...
Kings Of The Arctic Need Their Hotspots Better Protected
Arctic Hotspots are defined by scientists as those part of the Arctic ocean where marine mammals find their food, mate, grow up and rest. Not just the...
IAA ATPL training program certifies pilots to fly passenger aircraft internationally
Iceland Aviation Academy (IAA) offers the ATPL course airline companies demand when recruiting pilots Obtaining ATPL training is a necessary step in b...
Did Alaska Really Deliver Presidential Votes By Dogsleds?
In the days and weeks after the November USA Presidential 2020 election – which now feels like a century ago – Alaska was lampooned for ta...
Images of a silent December night in Northern Iceland
There is something magical about the dark month of December in the North. The time of year when Christmas lights of different kinds illuminate the env...
The Time Is Now For A Globally Respected US Arctic Policy
It will take slightly more than rejoining the Paris Agreement, but the time is now for a globally respected Arctic Policy, states Dr. Dwayne Ryan Mene...
North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission holds it 39th annual meeting
NEAFC is the intergovernmental organisation responsible for fisheries management in international waters in the North-East Atlantic. Its Contracting P...