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No Arctic-science events are scheduled for today.
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Arctic Reading for the Quarantine:
Newly shared reports this week.
(Ikaarvik Youth ScIQ Summit) ScIQ: Science and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: Research and Meaningful Engagement of Northern Indigenous Communities, 2018. While there is a lot of research conducted in the North, Arctic research agendas, questions and methodologies are often determined in the South. Arctic communities are often not meaningfully engaged, consulted or informed. What counts as meaningful engagement and effective incorporation of Indigenous Knowledge into research is often left to individual researchers to interpret. The Ikaarvik youth who wrote these recommendations would like to make it easier for researchers to understand what meaningful engagement and incorporation of Indigenous Knowledge into research means at the community level in Nunavut. We are a group of youth from different Nunavut communities who are all interested in improving relationships between researchers and northern communities, and seeing more meaningful incorporation of IQ into research. We have been working on this for four years and came together in Cambridge Bay, NU November 19-23, 2018 to create these recommendations.
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Media
The Alaska Native Teacher Upending the Legacy of Colonial Education. It's early August in the subarctic tundra, and the light winds from the Bering Sea bring cold moisture over the blueberry bushes glistening in the grassy meadows. The arrival of blueberries signals the peak of the short and cool summer season here in Nome-one of the northernmost communities in the U.S., and one of the most remote in Alaska.
The Atlantic
Norwegians Are Building Boutique Hotels for Threatened Arctic Birds. Construction cranes tower stork-like over the skyline of this burgeoning burg 200-plus miles above the Arctic Circle. Spurred by a recent flood of adventurers chasing the northern lights and sightseers wanting a glimpse of the glaciers before they're gone, this tourism hub on Norway's north coast has been building hotels geared for an anticipated 2.3 million visitors a year.
National Geographic
 Arctic Warming Puts Ringed Seals in Peril. Ringed seals spend most of the year hidden in icy Arctic waters, breathing through holes they create in the thick sea ice. But when seal pups are born each spring, they don't have a blubber layer, which is their protection from cold. Marine biologist Brendan Kelly is executive director of a collaborative program called the Study of Environmental Arctic Change. He says the seal pups spend the first months of their lives nestled in snow caves on top of the ice.
Yale Climate Connections
First Arctic Zoo and Museum are to be Opened on the Yamal Peninsula. There are plans to open an Arctic museum and the first ever Arctic zoo, where animals will live in their natural environment, in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area. "We want to open the first Arctic zoo. <...> No huge heated halls, just one building, which will accommodate the administration, a café and a souvenir shop. Animals will be in their natural environment and the terrain should be used properly," noted Dmitry Artyukhov, head of the region.
The Arctic
 Covid-19 in the Arctic: The High North is Vulnerable, yet also Easier to Protect. Infection figures in the High North and the Arctic are still relatively low, compared to southern regions. There are no registered cases in Svalbard, and several Arctic regions have no confirmed deaths. However, we are nevertheless at the beginning of the pandemic and it is hard to predict how it will unfold over the next couple of weeks. Many Arctic regions are vulnerable to the virus. The health care services do not have the same capacity in the northern regions of the country as in the south. Besides, there are longer distances between places and people. If people get ill in the north, they will on average have to do a longer journey in order to receive medical treatment. At the same time, there are more opportunities to reduce the spreading of the virus or at least flatten in, as it is easier to shut down parts of the northern regions", Dr. Anders Koch says to High North News.
High North News
Canada Introduces More Limits on Smaller Ships and Arctic Operations. Canada is now prohibiting vessels carrying more than 12 passengers from engaging in non-essential activities such as tourism and recreation. Canada is now prohibiting vessels carrying more than 12 passengers from engaging in non-essential activities such as tourism and recreation. This follows Canada's March 13 decision to block cruise ships carrying more than 500 people, including crew, until July.
Seatrade Cruise News
Yamal Researchers Monitor Migration of Foxes in the Arctic. Experts at the Arctic research station of the Institute of Wildlife Ecology of the Ural branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Labytnangi, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area) have managed to put a satellite collar on a fox to monitor the migrations of the animals in their northern habitat for the first time. "To do this, we need to put satellite collars on the animals and receive signals. It is not easy, and several of our field trips have returned with no results," the researchers said on their Instagram page.
The Arctic
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Future Events
NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Webinar Series, April 16, 2020 (Webinar). Deep-sea coral and sponge communities in the Aleutian Islands are important habitat features for many life stages of commercially important fish targets, including Atka mackerel, Pacific cod, and rockfish. The effects of commercial fishing activities on deep-sea corals and sponges has been difficult to quantify due to a lack of spatially-explicit fishery data, bottom contact by different gear types, undetermined location of corals and sponges, and the susceptibility and recovery dynamics these structure-forming invertebrates (SFI). To address these challenges, a fishing effects model was developed in the North Pacific to integrate spatially explicit VMS data with target-specific gear configurations for over 40,000 bottom trawls since 2003. Fishery observer coverage for Aleutian Island trawl fisheries is nearly 100 percent and records catch species composition. Species distribution models provide presence data for coral, sponge, Primnoidae, and Stylasteridae.
ICESAT-2 Cryospheric Science Hackweek, June 15-19, 2020 (Seattle, Washington USA). ICESat-2 Cryospheric Science Hackweek is a 5-day hackweek to be held at the University of Washington. Participants will learn about technologies used to access and process ICESat-2 data with a focus on the cryosphere. Mornings will consist of interactive lectures, and afternoon sessions will involve facilitated exploration of datasets and hands-on software development.
Arctic Circle Assembly, October 8-11, 2020 (Reykjavik, Iceland). The annual Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest annual international gathering on the Arctic, attended by more than 2000 participants from 60 countries. It is attended by heads of states and governments, ministers, members of parliaments, officials, experts, scientists, entrepreneurs, business leaders, indigenous representatives, environmentalists, students, activists and others from the growing international community of partners and participants interested in the future of the Arctic.
3rd Arctic Science Ministerial, November 21-22, 2020 (Toyko, Japan). Since the last Arctic Science Ministerial in 2018, changes in the Arctic ecosystem and the resulting impacts locally and globally have been severely felt. While the reasons for these changes in climate largely stem from activities outside of the Arctic, the Arctic is warming at a rate of nearly double the global average. Considering the need for climate change mitigation, adaptation, and repair measures, the relevance of an international Arctic Science Ministerial has never been greater. It is necessary to strengthen scientific cooperation and collaboration among both Arctic and non-Arctic States in order to develop our understanding of the rapid changes impacting the Arctic. The First Arctic Science Ministerial (ASM1) was hosted by the United States in 2016, and two years later, the Second Arctic Science Ministerial (ASM2) was co-hosted by Germany, Finland, and the European Commission. The Third Arctic Science Ministerial will be co-hosted by Iceland and Japan.
Arctic Science Summit Week, March 20-26, 2021 (Lisbon, Portugal). The Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Local Organizing Committee will host the Arctic Science Summit Week 2021. The Conference is organized by FCT, Ciência Viva, AIR Center, the Portuguese Arctic Community and by IASC and partners. Framed by the overarching theme for the Science Conference "The Arctic: Regional Changes, Global Impacts," Lisbon invites International experts on the Arctic and Indigenous Peoples to discuss the "New Arctic" and also its impacts and interactions to and with the lower latitudes.
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