U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), ranking member of the Senate Commerce subcommittee with oversight of the Coast Guard, today introduced the Arctic Focus Act, legislation to ensure the historic investments being made in the Arctic achieve their intended benefits for the United States, including improving America’s ability to operate in the Arctic, securing economic opportunities as sea ice recedes and traffic increases, and addressing threats posed by America’s adversaries. The Coast Guard is the lead agency tasked with safeguarding U.S. interests in the Arctic. 

The number of entrepreneurs in the Arctic regions of Karelia has increased by 32 percent, to over 5,700, since the beginning of the year. “At the beginning of the year 3,955 self-employed persons and small and medium-sized businesses were registered in the Arctic regions, while today there are already 5,777 of them (a 32 percent increase),” the regional government said.

The plenary session will take place on 1-2 December 2021 in Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district in Russia. The hybrid SAO meeting will gather representatives from all eight Arctic states, six indigenous peoples partner organizations, six working groups as well as 38 observer states and organizations, to share updates about the Council’s ongoing and new projects, its work to manage carbon and methane emissions, as well as ocean related activities.

This November, the R/V Sikuliaq conducted its last northern research expedition for the year. Sikuliaq visited and serviced a number of year-round submerged data collection sites in the Northern Bering and Chukchi seas. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to get first-hand accounts from the lead scientists on their work and what they saw so late in the season. Seth Danielson is an associate professor at UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. Jackie Grebmeier is a professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. This event is part of the Strait Science Series.

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Hosted entirely online the ArcticNet Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting 2021 (ASM2021) is a hub for Arctic research in Canada. The ASM2021 brings together researchers from the natural, health, and social sciences to meet the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing Arctic region, shaped by climate change and modernization. This conference will push the boundaries of our collective understanding of the Arctic and strengthen our ability to address the Arctic issues of today and tomorrow.

IARPC and the National Science Foundation will host a program manager chat focused on the Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) program. NNA program officers will provide an overview of the recently released solicitation, highlight major changes, review goals of the NNA program, and answer questions.

Arctic Symposium 2022 continues momentum in Arctic defense and security collaboration established in prior ALCOM-hosted events. AAS22 seeks to address the challenges faced by the U.S. military and our allies and partners in understanding and responding to our respective national interests. AAS22 is planned and organized by the Arctic Domain Awareness Center at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) in support and in compliance to guidance from Alaskan Command (ALCOM) Staff and Commander. More information available soon.

This event will convene Arctic leaders and voices from around the world. The Arctic Encounter has brought together thousands of Arctic stakeholders since its inception in 2013. Following two years of cancellation due to COVID-19, the Arctic Encounter is eager to welcome participants to Alaska for dialogue and presentations with elected leaders, business leaders, scientists, and more.

The participants in the forum will focus on improving the living standards in the Arctic region, preserving its unique ecological potential, ensuring sustainable socioeconomic development in polar territories, and strengthening international cooperation to this end. The IAF is a unique space for constructive cooperation with international and regional organizations and an opportunity to focus on Russian and international priorities, including climate change, the environment, economic cooperation in the Arctic, sustainable development of transport infrastructure, and human capital development.

Organizers announce, that due to the coronavirus outbreak, the 2nd Symposium on Polar Microbes and Viruses has been postponed to 2022. This symposium will bring together molecular microbial ecologists specializing in different organism groups to share our latest results and discuss methodological problems, as well as future prospects in the field, including practical international collaborations. The environmental focus will be on cryospheric environments including sea ice, glaciers, ice sheets, and permafrost, but excellent research in other polar environments is also invited. The methods to be discussed will focus on 'omics' techniques, ranging from single cells to metagenomes, but research using additional methods is encouraged as well.