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  • IICWG meets in Reykjavik

    IICWG meets in Reykjavik

    Arctic sea ice

    International meeting of International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG) is being held in Reykjavik 21st – 25th of October 2013.

    The conference is open for public. Icelandic participants are to include representatives from University of Iceland, Department of Geology and Icelandic Meteorological Office.

    The IICWG has been meeting for 13 years, since 1999. During this time, the group has been successful at developing a collegial working relationship amongst the majority of the world´s ice informational services.

    Meetings of IICWG are being held annually. Participants are to include representatives of the national governmental and private ice services from the northern hemisphere.

    Please, follow the link to read more about the meeting and the working group.

  • Arctic Seminar: Iceland & the Arctic

    Arctic Seminar: Iceland & the Arctic

    Polar bear on ice

    Tomorrow, 24th of May 2013 at the University of Iceland, Icelandic – Arctic scholars will gather again to give presentations about most up to date Arctic related issues. The seminar will start at 12.00. It will take place in the University´s building – Lögbergi 101.

    Auður Ingólfsdóttir will give an opening speech about legal regimes for the Arctic waters and governance of Arctic fishing resources.

    Margaret Cela, who has recently been appointed as the Project Manager for The Center for Arctic Policy Studies, will talk about the position of small states in the Arctic Region.

    The seminar will bring together representatives from Iceland´s capital region and northern part of the country. Embla Eir Oddsdóttir, who has recently been appointed as a director of new Icelandic – Arctic Cooperation Network with the headquarters in Akureyri, will present the organization´s main goals.

    The meeting in organized by the Center for Arctic Policy Studies (CAPS), which is a forum for interdisciplinary collaboration in the field of Arctic research with emphasis on the role and policies of states and institutions, non – state and corporate actors, and broader aspects of governance, culture and society in the High North.

    CAPS organizes conferences, seminars and lectures on Arctic issues as well as supporting learning in this important field of study.

    The center also publishes books and papers and introduces new research activities in the interdisciplinary field of Arctic studies.

    CAPS hosts post-doctoral research and participates in various research projects with both Icelandic and foreign academics.

    CAPS also carries out service projects for the private and public sectors with an aim to increase collaboration between these sectors and the academic community. Through its knowledge production the center seeks to inform and impact societal, cultural and environmental development as well as transnational communication in the High North.

    The Centre for Arctic Policy Studies (CAPS) is run under the auspices of the Institute of International Affairs (IIA) at the University of Iceland along with The Centre for Small State Studies (CSSS).

    Source

    CAPS

  • Young researchers gathered in Reykjavik

    Young researchers gathered in Reykjavik

    Young researchers gathered yesterday at the University of Iceland

    Yesterday, 20th of March, young researchers met at the University of Iceland in order to discuss and present their on-going research work. Friendly and informal meeting involved young engineers, natural and social scientists.

    Ph.D and Master students from various parts of the world, to include Italy and Iran got a chance to present their high quality research, carried out at various highly recognized universities, to include University of Akureyri, Iceland, Tromso University in northern Norway and many others.

    Research topics were greatly focused around the Arctic issues and touched upon biosciences, fisheries, law, politics and international affairs. The meeting created the platform for information, knowledge and experience exchange and allowed the development of new ideas and further interaction between representatives of various disciplines.

    The meeting was chaired by Margaret Cela, the Project Manager of new Centre for Arctic Policy Studies, University of Iceland. The Centre which was formally opened on Tuesday, during the international meeting: ”Trans – Arctic Agenda” will be the forum for interdisciplinary collaboration in the field of Arctic research with emphasis on the role and policies of states and institutions, non – state and corporate actors, and broader aspects of governance, culture and society in the High North.

    Click here to read more about the new Centre for Arctic Policy Studies.

    Source

    Center for Arctic Policy Studies, University of Iceland

  • Recordings from the China-Iceland symposium

    Recordings from the China-Iceland symposium

    Dr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, president of Iceland, visits Xuelong with his wife, Dorrit Moussief

    In relation to Xuelongs visit in Iceland, the second China-Iceland symposium was held this morning. The venue was the University of Iceland were speakers from both countries exchanged views and information.

    President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson attended the symposium and held the closing remarks. Amongst other he said the CHINARE5 expedition was of global significance, one who would go into the history books.
    Click on the names to watch the presentations.

    Agenda:

    8:30 – Opening by Iceland’s Senior Arctic Official, Hjálmar W. Hannesson and the Chinese Ambassador to Iceland, H.E. Su Ge.

    8:50 – 9:40 Dr. Huigen Yang, Polar Research Institute in China and Prof. Deyi Ma, Director of the First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration
    8:50 – 9:40 Dr. Huigen Yang, Polar Research Institute in China and Prof. Deyi Ma, Director of the First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration “An Overview of Chinese Arctic Research”.

    Dr. Þorsteinn Gunnarsson, the Icelandic Centre for Research.

    “Iceland’s Arctic Policy and International Research Cooperation”.

    9:40 – 10:30 Dr. Ruibo Lei, Polar Research Institute of China.

    “Interactions among Arctic Atmosphere, Sea Ice and Ocean and their Links to the Climate in China”.

    Associate professor, Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir, University of Iceland, Science Institute.

    “Remote Sensing of Sea Ice, Observations and Measurements during the CHINARE5 Expedition”.

    From the symposium

    10:30 – Coffee break

    10:50 –11:40 Dr. Yanguang Liu, the First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration.

    “Reviewing and Proceedings of Marine Geological Survey during the Chinese Arctic Expedition”.

    Dr. Ármann Höskuldsson, University of Iceland, Institute of Earth Sciences

    “Volcanic and tectonic evolution of the Reykjanesridge”.

    Dr. Jón Eiríksson, University of Iceland, Institute of Earth Sciences.

    “Geological Record of Oceanographic Variability at the Arctic Front”.

    11:40 – 12:30 Dr. Minggang Cai, Xiamen University.

    “Fate of Some Persistent Toxic Substances from the Northern Pacific to the Adjacent Arctic”.

    Dr. Helgi Jensson, the Environment Agency of Iceland.

    “Monitoring of Pollutants in the Marine Environment around Iceland”.

    12:30 – 12:40 Signing Ceremony.

    12:40 – 13:00 Closing remarks by the president of Iceland, Dr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson.

  • Iceland stands by its name

    Iceland stands by its name

    Iceland, covered with snow and ice.

    Iceland showed last week why it is indeed ice-land. This amazing photograph taken by a NASA satellite is from the Earth Science department of the University of Iceland.

    The picture was taken the 9th of December at 12.58.

    The freezing temperatures last week went down to -27 in Northeast Iceland, in Mývatn. The record low temperature is for Iceland is -38, the year 1918 often dubbed the “Frosty Winter”.

    The image, which you can expand by clicking, shows that sea ice is stretching from the North to Iceland.

    Only a few days later the temperature was above 0 again.

    This truly is Iceland.

    University of Iceland
    NASA