Links

Here you find links to

  • Governments
  • National and international political organizations
  • Research Institutions
  • Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Media
  • Events

Governments

Canada

Federal Government
http://www.gc.ca/

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100010002

Foreign Affairs and International Trade
http://www.international.gc.ca/international/index.aspx?view=d

Nunavut
http://www.gov.nu.ca/en/Home.aspx

Northwest Territories
http://www.gov.nt.ca/

Yukon
http://www.gov.yk.ca/

Alaska
http://www.alaska.gov/

Greenland
http://uk.nanoq.gl/

Denmark
http://www.denmark.dk/en (Official Website of Denmark)
http://www.um.dk/en

Europäische Union EU Arctic Forum
www.eu-arctic-forum.org

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Political Organizations

Arctic Council
https://www.arctic-council.org/

Arctic Council Member States
http://arctic-council.org/section/member_states

Arctic Council Permanent Members
http://arctic-council.org/participant/icc

Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment Working Group (PAME)
http://www.pame.is/

Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme Working Group (AMAP)
http://amap.no/

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
http://www.itk.ca/

Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC)
http://inuitcircumpolar.com/index.php?Lang=En&ID=1

Antarctic Treaty Secretariat
http://www.ats.aq/index_e.htm

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Research Institutions

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven
http://www.awi.de/de/

ArcticNet, Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada
http://www.arcticnet.ulaval.ca/

Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR)/Section Polarforschung
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany/Section Polar research
http://www.bgr.bund.de/DE/Themen/Polarforschung/polarforschung_node.html
http://www.bgr.bund.de/EN/Themen/Polarforschung/polarforschung_node_en.html

Gateway Antarctica – Center for Antarctic Studies and Research
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
www.anta.canterbury.ac.nz

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC):
http://www.ipcc.ch/index.htm

International Arctic Science Committee/IASC (Potsdam/Germany)

http://iasc.arcticportal.org/index.php/home

International Arctic Social Sciences Association/IASSA

http://www.iassa.org/

KlimaCampus der Universität Hamburg/University Hamburg
http://www.klimacampus.de/

Klimahaus Bremerhaven
http://klimahaus-bremerhaven.de
http://klimahaus-bremerhaven.de/en/home/home.html?no_cache=1

National Science Foundation (USA)
Office of Polar Programs
http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=opp

National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder
http://nsidc.org/

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
http://www.noaa.gov/

NOAA Arctic theme page
http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/

Polar Continental Shelf Program (Canada)
http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/about/current-program/polar-continental-shelf/11096

University of Calgary, Arctic Institute of North America
http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/

Data bank for International Polar Year
http://www.aina.ucalgary.ca/ipy/

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP)
http://ine.uaf.edu/accap

Climate Change in Alaska and the Arctic
http://ine.uaf.edu/accap/alaska_arctic.html

US Geological Survey (USGS)
http://www.usgs.gov/

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Non-Governmental Organizations

World Wildlife Fund/Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)

WWF International Homepage
http://wwf.panda.org

WWF Arctic Issues
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/arctic/

Center for Biological Diversity

Center for Biological Diversity, USA, Polar Bear Section
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/mammals/polar_bear/index.html (Polar Bear section)

Greenpeace

Greenpeace International Homepage
http://www.greenpeace.org/international

Greenpeace: Arctic and Climate Change
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/climate-change/arctic-impacts/the-arctic-climate-change/

Canadian Arctic Resources Committee/CARC
Canadian Arctic Resources Committee Homepage
http://www.carc.org/index.php

Polar Bears International

Polar Bears International Homepage
http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/

IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature

IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland, Homepage
http://iucn.org/

Oceans North – The Pew Environment Group

Oceans North – The Pew Environment Group Homepage
http://www.oceansnorth.org/

Many Strong Voices
a programme which links the Arctic and Small Island Developing States to act on climate change
www.manystrongvoices.org

Ecologic Institut – An International Think Tank for Environment and Development
http://ecologic.eu/

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Media

Nunatsiaq News, Nunavut
http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/

Anchorage Daily News
http://www.adn.com/

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Events

Berlin, February 29 2012: Art, Culture and Open Technology in the Changing Arctic

Embassy of Canada, Leipziger Platz 17, Marshall McLuhan-Salon

http://www.mcluhan-salon.de/calendar?cookieCheck=1&lang=&page_name=calendar&action=

Montreal, 22. – 27. April 2012: The International Polar Year (IPY) “From Knowledge to Action” Conference

http://www.ipy2012montreal.ca/

St. John´s, Newfoundland, 23. – 24. Mai 2012: 3rd Annual Arctic Oil & Gas North America

http://www.informaglobalevents.com/event/arcticnorthamerica