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The Danish navy has reportedly confronted and arrested a crew of two environmental activists "occupying" a 53,000-ton offshore oil rig in a "survival pod" hanging from the Cairn Energy oil rig, about 100 miles off the coast of Greenland, the non-governmental organization Greenpeace announced late Wednesday via prepared statement.
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On Sunday Greenpeace activists climbed up an oil rig off Greenland's coast in an attempt to stop the Scottish oil company, Cairn Energy, from starting deepwater drilling in the arctic waters. The activists arrived at the rig in inflatable speedboats launched from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, which had avoided a Danish warship shadowing them for days.
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The volcanic eruption in the volcano Grímsvötn seems to have stopped. According to eyewitnesses this morning, the volcanic column rises only a hundred meters (330 feet) from the crater. A thick layer of ash lies all around the crater on the glacier.
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The From Knowledge to Action International Polar Year (IPY) 2012 Conference features the latest polar research results from global leaders in Arctic and Antarctic science.
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A volcanic eruption has started in Iceland underneath the glacier Vatnajökull on Saturday around 7 PM. The volcano, called "Grímsvötn" is spewing large amounts of ash up to 11 kilometers high (35 thousand feet) up into the air.
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The Arctic Council Nuuk Ministerial Meeting participants held a press conference at the end of the meeting, where they expressed their satisfaction with the results of the meeting.
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The foreign Ministers of the Arctic countries and leaders of the Arctic Indigenous Peoples witnessed a historical moment today at the Nuuk Ministerial Meeting, when the first legally binding agreement established under the auspices of the Arctic Council was signed.
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A new assessment of the Arctic's biodiversity reports a 26% decline in species populations in the High Arctic. The ASTI includes almost 1,000 datasets on Arctic species population trends, including representation from 35% of all known vertebrate species found in the Arctic.
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Arctic biodiversity is under growing pressure from both climate change and resource development, requiring both managers and users to have access to more complete information to help them make timely and informed conservation and adaptation decisions.
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Two leading Antarctic organisations announce today opportunities for early career researchers. The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes (COMNAP) are working together to attract talented researchers, engineers and other professionals to strengthen international capacity and cooperation.
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Akureyri, Iceland, June 22-26, 2011
REMINDER: Register for ICASS VII and make your hotel bookings at the ICASS registration site
URGENT: After mid-May hotels and guesthouses in Akureyri will start releasing rooms to the general public. To secure a room of your choice please make your accommodation booking now. Accommodation for ICASS VII must be booked via the registration site
PRELIMINARY ICASS VII PROGRAMME
ICASS VII is put on by IASSA – the International Arctic Social Sciences Association
For more information please contact:
Lara Olafsdottir
IASSA Secretary
Stefansson Arctic Institute
tel.: 460 8980
Dr. Jon Haukur Ingimundarson
ICASS VII Congress Convener
Stefansson Arctic Institute & University of Akureyri
tel.: 460 8982, GSM: 862 0477
Dr. Joan Nymand Larsen
IASSA President and ICASS VII co-convener
Stefansson Arctic Institute & University of Akureyri
tel.: 460 8984, GSM: 893 0488
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The 6th Northern Research Forum (NRF) Open Assembly which was originally planned to be held in Oslo and Kirkenes in the autumn of 2011 has been moved to Iceland. The move of congress venues was prompted by unforeseen financial challenges, according to the NRF Secretariat.
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"For the first time in human history a new sea opens before our feet and long time dreams of the old king of Denmark, Christian IV, comes true, long after his passage, where sailing through the north to China is possible". This is mentioned in a book that Denmarks largest publishing house, Gyldendal, has recently published, "'When the ice disappears – Denmark as a major Arctic power, the oil in Greenland and the fight over the North Pole".
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The US Arctic Research Commission (USARC) and Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks will host an interactive "Webinar" to discuss issues concerning the Arctic tonight April 19 at 1800 GMT.
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The Arctic Fox Mission reached the North Pole today. The group is now at the top of the world, where all time zones converge and all lines of longitude meet.
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