On 11 May, Norway took on the Chairship of the Arctic Council. Read the Q&A with Morten Høglund, the new Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials, to find out where the Arctic Council stands at the onset of the Norwegian Chairship and what to look forward to during the next two years.

Researchers from University of Oulu, the Finnish Meteorological Institute, and University of Alaska Anchorage are studying warm and moist atmospheric water vapour rivers, and their sources and impacts on Arctic snow and ice to better predict future weather and climate.

An American researcher on exchange in Tromsø and Svalbard, Norway visited Finnish stakeholders to discuss deposits of dust and black carbon in snow.

The European Polar Board has released a report: Synthesis Report on the Environmental Impacts of Research and Logistics in the Polar Regions. 

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, will address the members of UArctic in a video message during the UArctic Assembly 2023. 

Two seminars on Indigenous peoples’ rights were organized at the University of Lapland on 09-10 May, 2023.

Twenty years after the Dasan Research Institution was established in Svalbard, the two faraway countries — Korea and Norway — are still working together to unravel the secret of the land of permafrost.

The deadline for abstract submission for the 2nd International Symposium on Plastics in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Region is extended to June 1, 2023. The symposium will be held November 22-23, 2023 in Reykjavik, Iceland.

The University of Greenland in Nuuk is hosting the exhibition “Arctic Twilight, pastels by Jean Malaurie”, May 2 through June 30, 2023.

A new research programme is led by the Norwegian Polar Institute with UiT The Arctic University of Norway and UNIS The University Centre in Svalbard.

UArctic is searching for motivated and enthusiastic interns for the fall 2023 who are interested in Arctic matters and willing to acquire knowledge of the Northern region: its environment, people and culture.

The latest issue of our annual magazine, Shared Voices, is now available online. The 2023 issue features different perspectives on how individuals, networks, and organizations work towards a more sustainable future for the Arctic, its peoples, and its environment. 

A graduate student at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy has authored a Climate Policy Lab post on the need for indigenous women’s leadership in addressing climate change.

Jesper Søndergaard recently graduated from Aarhus University, Denmark in the study program of Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics. During the spring semester 2022, he was an exchange student at the University of Southern Maine, USA and had classes in the field of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science.

A graduate student at the University of Saskatchewan's School of Environment and Sustainability has been recognized for academic excellence at the Indigenous Student Achievement Awards Ceremony.