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Alaska:

Alaska's villages empty out, study finds

Women with education and good job prospects are leaving, says the new study by the Institute of Social and Economic Research at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Canada-Nunavik:

Rush for uranium hits northern Quebec


Companies are set to spend millions in Nunavik this summer as it scours promising rock formations for uranium, which is increasingly in demand as fuel for nuclear power plants.
Sweden:

Sweden will move its northernmost military unit south


The Swedish Armed Forces have decided to close down its ranger battalion in Arvidsjaur, their northernmost unit.
CLIMATE CHANGE:

Raise gas prices, cut emissions

That's what a new report advises Sweden to do.
International:

No more trophies


Americans are no longer allowed to bring home polar bear hides as hunting trophies.
Russia:

Floods hit Yakutia


Roads in the Amga district of Yakutia where many have already been washed out by powerful water flows striking the region.
Norway:

Another wind park for northern Norway


This one would see 22 windmills on an island in the county of Troms.
Iceland:

Iceland gets some help


Banks in Sweden, Norway and Denmark pump 500 Euros into Iceland.
Norway:

Another whale of a fish


A tourist reels in a giant halibut off Norway's Lofoten Islands.

Siste Kommentarer:

Listening to our past

The Association des Francophones du Nunavut puts out a new website on Inuit history and culture.

ArcticStat on the web

Data from around the circumpolar world, in an easy-to-consult format.

Seminar: "Canada's and Europe's Northern Dimension"

Thule InstituteMay 19 in Oulu, Finland

Canadian Arctic Summit

Canadian Arctic summit brochureMay 28-30 Edmonton, Alberta

PLANNING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE: WEATHERING UNCERTAINTY

Planning for climate change logoJuly 20 to 23 in Iqaluit, Nunavut

POLAR TOURISM: A TOOL FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

PingualuitAugust 21 to 25 Kangiqsujuaq, Nunavik

ICASS VI

Nuuk old townAugust 22 to 26, Nuuk, Greenland

Exploring Domestic Spaces in the Circumpolar North

Exploring domestic spacesOct. 2 to 4, 2008 at the Tromsø Museum in Tromsø, Norway

16th ANNUAL ARCTIC CONFERENCE

Barrow Global Climate Change Research FacilityOct. 2 to 4, 2008, in Barrow, Alaska

HUMAN DIMENSIONS IN THE CIRCUMPOLAR ARCTIC

October 8 to 10, Umea, Sweden

16th INUIT STUDIES CONFERENCE

October 23 to 25, Winnipeg, Manitoba

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