My name is Maria Ackrén and I was born and raised on the Åland Islands in Finland. I have also been living in Sundsvall, Sweden and in Turku, Finland due to studies. I took my BA degree in Politica…

Less sea ice does not mean smoother sailing. Mobile ice is creating unpredictable bottlenecks on the Northern Sea Route.

There is a new opportunity at the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission. The Secretary General of NAMMCO position is open for applications. You can find more information on the NAMMCO website (ww…

New research by two scientists from the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) suggests that recent Antarctic sea-ice losses may be responsible for lower phytoplankton biomass i...

Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow studies ocean circulation, the atmosphere, and warming in the Arctic

Greenland is drained by ~280 outlet glaciers, but ice discharge is dominated by a small number of very large outlet glaciers.

The UArctic Congress 2026 concluded today in Tórshavn after five days of knowledge-sharing and connection-building. With participants numbering in the thousands from the Arctic and beyond, the Congres...

Job title: PhD Fellow in Indigenous Studies in an International or Comparative Perspective (301390), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Explore a PhD in Political Science and Public Management. Apply today and discover more PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.

Out now in The Polar Journal is a new open access piece by project principal investigator Danita Burke, "The EU’s role in legitimising the stigmatisation of sealing and sealers". Seal hunting is a polarising topic, and the European Union’s 2009 ban is arguably the most high-profile and impactful statement against the practice of seal hunting on the world stage.

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Seal hunting is a polarising topic, and the European Union’s 2009 ban is arguably the most high-profile and impactful statement against the practice of seal hunting on the world stage. At the same ...

Earlier this year, Dr. Danita Catherine Burke shared a research post with NiCHE discussing the Seals, Stigma and Survival Project. We wanted to know more about this project and about Danita's research...

Apply for north2north funding to participate in the UArctic Congress 2026 – the call is open to students, staff- and faculty members from Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese north2north member institution...

Special Issue:New Frontiers in Northern Economic Development Nouvelles frontières du développement économique du Nord

I am a researcher and policy professional based in Vancouver, Canada. I currently work as Research Program Manager at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, leading programs on Arctic, outer space, and Southeast Asia, and hold an adjunct position at the University of British Columbia's School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Growing up in Singapore, some 7,200 kilometres from the Arctic Circle, it once seemed like the Arctic was a distant, isolated space.

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