Arctic Passion Supports The Saon Data Portal

For the past two months, Arctic PASSION has supported the SAON Data Portal development, a metadata-driven data portal. The background for this portal is that there has been a longstanding need for a well-coordinated and sustained Arctic Observing Network that meets scientific and societal needs, and in January 2007 the Sustained Arctic Observing Networks Initiating Group (SAON IG) was…

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Congratulations Dr. Heidi Sevestre On Winning The Shackleton Medal

The Shackleton Medal Winner Announcement

We would like to proudly congratulate Dr. Heidi Sevestre on receiving the inaugural Shackleton Medal for the Protection of the Polar Regions, which carries with it a prize of £10,000. The Shackleton Medal recognises and celebrates those individuals who best use their time, resources, courage and ingenuity to raise awareness of, and address our polar crisis. As well…

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Scoping Workshop On Data-Driven Subnational Decision-Making

Data-Driven Subnational Decision

On June 8th we are hosting an online workshop to bring together local, regional and national decision-makers, experts and researchers to identify key issues between pan-Arctic observation systems and the needs of sub-national authorities and agencies. These issues will become topics for analysis and consecutive policy briefs, which we will elaborate on during the Arctic…

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Qaanaaq March-April 2022: Surveying The Ocean Under The Ice

The Danish Meteorological Institute’s Steffen M. Olsen sent us an update from Qaanaaq, where he is doing fieldwork for Arctic PASSION’s community-based management work on Arctic marine climate change, noise pollution and impacts on marine living resources.  The community in Qaanaaq rely on hunting and fishing on the Inglefield fjord during summer and winter. The…

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Arctic Passion At Assw And Aos 2022

Arctic PASSION partners have been deeply involved in sessions and working group meetings at the 2022 Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) and Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) meant to discuss ways forward in Arctic research and in developing an Arctic Observing system that meets the needs of Indigenous and local populations in the Arctic, as well…

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