The Arctic meets the Himalaya

Fri, Sep 22, 2023
The first Inter-Polar Conference in Kathmandu shares knowledge and solutions to the climate crisis. Read the report by Nepali Times below.


The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 12 July as the International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms, recognizing that sand and dust storms and their negative impacts at different scales are issues of international concern, high latitudes included (A/RES/77/294).








The Polar Film Festival (PFF) is a showcase of some of the best recent films about the polar and alpine regions produced by researchers, community members, Indigenous Peoples, organizations, and institutions.

Would you like to enhance competence in the field of border studies? The Barents Institute at UiT The Arctic University of Norway is looking for a motivated candidate who would like to strengthen the institute’s focus on borders and borderlands.