Home to polar bears, the midnight sun and the northern lights, a Norwegian archipelago perched high in the Arctic is trying to find a way to profit from its pristine wilderness without ruining it. The Svalbard archipelago, located 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) from the North Pole and reachable by commercial airline flights, offers visitors vast expanses of untouched nature, with majestic mountains, glaciers and frozen fjords.

University of Maine at Fort Kent Professor of Business, Dr. Kaisa Holloway Cripps will present research, Arctic Aquaculture: Promises and Challenges from a Changing Environment, at the UArctic Assembly in Portland. Dr. Holloway Cripps was invited to present as part of the New England Arctic Network Research Symposium session at the 2022 UArctic International Conference to be held May 30 through June 3.

This spring, a high school senior became the first graduate from Toksook Bay to earn a prestigious language certification. It’s called a Seal of Biliteracy. The seal certifies that a student is proficient in speaking and writing in two languages, in this case, Yugtun and English.

On May 25th, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate several leaders to serve as key leaders in his administration, including Sue E. Moore and Andrew J. Read, nominees for Commissioner of the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission.

The new Arctic Research Plan 2022-2026 articulates the need for continued work towards ethically open data and research practices. But what does “open science” mean for Arctic research funders? And how can you get funding to support it? IARPC hosts this program officer chat with the National Science Foundation and NASA. Program officers will talk about what open science means in their programs, and how NASA and NSF provide funding and support to advance open polar and cryospheric science. After short presentations, there will be Q&A with the panel.

This event is hosted by The Arctic Institute (TAI). This event will include topics on: cultural security, economic security, energy security, environmental security, food security, health security, military security, and political security.

The events during the week of August 1st, 2022, will include Enhancing Arctic Science and Engineering Workshop along with Regional Development Tours and forums on the Arctic science to plan for the next 25 years of Arctic research. Participants will include scientists and engineers, Indigenous leaders, Arctic community members, policymakers, government organizations and businesses to celebrate past research success, take stock of current challenges and opportunities and plan for the next generation of collaboration and knowledge co-production that will keep Utqiagvik and Indigenous knowledge at the forefront of Arctic science and contribute to a safe and sustainable future for

the Arctic.

The Forum is organized in cooperation with Naalakkersuisut - The Government of Greenland. The Focus of the 2022 Greenland Forum will be on climate and prosperity; and, geopolitics and progress.

The Arctic Circle Assembly is an open democratic platform with participation from governments, organizations, corporations, universities, think tanks, environmental associations, indigenous communities, concerned citizens, and others. It is nonprofit and nonpartisan.