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UiT takes over the leadership of the university alliance The Arctic Six

For the next two years, UiT will have leadership responsibility for fostering closer collaboration between six Arctic universities in Norway, Sweden, and Fin...

Fri, May 23, 2025

Research cruise "HHUMTKT25" on R/V Helmer Hanssen successfully completed

The Arctic University Museum of Norway has just completed the research cruise around Northern Norway (HHUMTKT25) on UiT’s research vessel R/V Helmer Hanssen....

Wed, May 21, 2025

Diabetes and Hypertension Limit Body’s Response to Temperature Extremes

Dampened cardiovascular responses in individuals with Type 2 diabetes to temperature extremes: new research highlights vulnerable Arctic populations

Wed, May 14, 2025

UArctic at Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference 2025: Day 3

The third day of Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference included sessions and panels, some co-organized by the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Transport and...

Wed, May 07, 2025

UArctic at Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference 2025: Day 2

The second day of Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference was busy with sessions and panels, some co-organized by UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Transport and...

Tue, May 06, 2025

Call for Abstracts: Nordic Gender Conference on Men's Underrepresentation in Communal Occupations

The conference will be hosted at UiT The Arctic University of Norway on August 27-29 in Tromsø. Registration and abstract submission deadline: May 31.

Fri, May 02, 2025

Carrying Knowledge Forward: Elders and Youth Set Sail in a Shared Learning Voyage

This August and September, a diverse group of Indigenous Knowledge Holders, youth, and researchers - including a contingent of students from across Canada –...

Wed, Apr 30, 2025

Tapio Tukkiniemi has climbed the Ylläs fell mast in 1985, braving ice, freezing temperatures, and the dim twilight of the polar night. Photo: Private collection.

Call for Abstracts: Arctic Telecommunications Infrastructure: Past, Present and Future

The event "Arctic Telecommunications Infrastructure: Past, Present and Future" will be held at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, in Rovaniemi on Sept...

Thu, Apr 17, 2025

Fulbright Arctic Initiative IV Exchange: Rachael Lorna Johnstone

Read below an excerpt from Rachael Lorna Johnstone's article on starting a Fulbright Arctic Initiative IV exchange at the Wilson Center's Polar Institute.

Wed, Apr 09, 2025

Alun Hubbard holds up a section of the ice core. The visible divide between superimposed ice on the left and snow firn on the right reveals hot summer melt and refreezing events.

Atmospheric Rivers Help Restore Greenland Ice Sheet and Slow Sea Level Rise

The study is the first of its kind to directly link enhanced snowfall across the Greenland ice sheet evidenced by ice core and weather measurements with incr...

Tue, Mar 04, 2025

Retrospective of the Arctic-2030 BANHER events arranged in Tromsø this January

In January 2025 several Arctic-2030 BANHER events were arranged in Tromsø, Norway. In this article, you will find a review of these events as well as an over...

Sat, Mar 01, 2025

Introducing new UArctic Chair Alun Hubbard

Professor Alun Hubbard from University of Oulu has been appointed as UArctic Chair in Cryospheric Science for the next five years

Fri, Feb 21, 2025

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