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The conference Climate Change in Northern Territories is calling for abstracts. The conference is held in Akureyri, Iceland, in august. The ESPON/ENECON and NRF Open Assembly organize the conference, hosted by the University of Akureyri.
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The European Commission has selected a consortium led by the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland (Rovaniemi, Finland) to carry out an one million euro project* to produce a "Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment of development of the Arctic". The project will last eighteen months during 2013–2014.
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The oldest animal alive was found in Icelandic waters in 2007. The research ship Bjarni Sæmundsson pulled up a 507 year old Ocean quahog, on the depth of 83 meters just outside of the island Grímsey.
It was 11cm in diameter and was the oldest animal on earth. It was killed in order to conduct research.
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After 2 days of policy related discussions, the Arctic Frontiers conference that is being held in Tromso, Norway, opens the science section.
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The overarching theme of the Canadian chairmanship for the Arctic Council will be Development for the People of the North. Upcoming president Leona Aglukkaq declared this in a speech at the Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø.