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One person has deceased and four injured severely in a polar bear attack in Svalbard this morning. The incident happened at Von Postbreen, about 40 km from Longyearbyen.
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The INTERACT program under EU FP7 has Transnational Access program that offers access to 18 research stations in Northernmost Europe and Russian Federation including:
- Free access for user groups/users to research facilities and field sites, including support for travel and logistic support
- Free access to information and data in the public domain held at the infrastructures
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The European Commission is pleased to inform that Mrs. Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research and Innovation, has announced on 21 June 2011 the new name for the future EU funding programme for research and innovation: "Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation". It will enter into force on 1st January 2014, after the end of FP7 on 31 Dec 2013.
Read more: New name for the future EU funding programme for research and innovation
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The summer edition of the IASC is available. This Progress edition covers:
- Indian Research in the Arctic: Collaborative Research on Ny-Ålesund
- From Carl Weyprecht to the Future Polar Research Institute - A Long History of Austrian Activities in the Arctic
- Czech Contributions to Polar Science
- The Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) project, and
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A Radio show about the Arctic was on the China Radio International (CRI) called "Beyond Bejing". The CRI is the only overseas broadcaster in the People's Republic of China and is owned and operated by the state. The CRI is one of the "three central media organizations in China" along with China National Radio (CNR) and China Central Television (CCTV).
Read more: Territorial Competition in the North Pole - Chinese Radio Talk Show