News from the Polar Academy
Summer School “The Arctic Ocean and the marginal ice zone (MIZ)” - Final Program
The final program for this Summer School is ready. We are looking forward to welcome and meet this years participants and lecturers in Longyearbyen.
It has been a successful Summer School 2017
This international summer school in Longyearbyen, Svalbard 2017 had a multi- and cross-disciplinary thematic approach to meet challenges and opportunities related to governance of the Arctic Ocean’s focusing on the marginal ice zone (MIZ).
Mohn Prize 2018 - Call for nominations
UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Academia Borealis – The Academy of Sciences and Letters of Northern Norway, and Tromsø Research Foundation welcome nominations for The International Mohn Prize for Outstanding Research Related to the Arctic (The Mohn Prize).
Agreement on Enhancing International Arctic Scientific Cooperation signed during the 10th Arctic Council Ministerial meeting
At the 10th Arctic Council Ministerial meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska, Foreign ministers of the eight Arctic States signed the third binding agreement negotiated under the auspices of the Arctic Council, the “Agreement on Enhancing International Arctic Scientific Cooperation”.
The Birkeland Anniversary 15-16 June 2017
On the 13-16th of June 2017 the University of Oslo is inviting to several events in relation to the Kristian Birkeland Anniversary.
EU-PolarNet - Public consultation for EU priorities in polar research
The EU-PolarNet is the world’s largest consortium of expertise and infrastructure for polar research.
Presentations from the Symposium 2016
The symposium was held in Norwegian with English slide shows.
Arctic Frontiers 2017
The marginal ice zone. Cross-cutting challenges which require interdisciplinary research, management and policy.
INTAROS: Integrated Arctic Observation System
INTAROS (Integrated Arctic Observation System) has received funding of more than 15 million EUR from the EU framework program Horizon 2020.
Daily reports from the GoNorth Expeditions
The GoNorth consortium has proposed a wide-ranging and cross-disciplinary program to acquire new and essential knowledge about the oceanic areas, from the sea floor and subsea geology, through the water column, to the surface sea ice. Education will be an important part of the program.
The reports are published in Norwegian.

