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The Royal Canadian Geographic Society and 3M Canada present the 2012 Canadian Award for Environmental Innovation to Dr. Fraser Taylor

Our Chairman of the Arctic SDI Advisory Group, Dr. Fraser Taylor have recently received the Canadian Award for Environmental Innovation. http://gcrc.carleton.ca/Fraser_CG_3M_2012_Award/ Congratulations to Fraser for this.

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AMATII Workshop, Reykjavik, December 2012

        During the 3 – 6 of December, Institute of the North, Anchorage, will host a  workshop that will address transportation challenges in an increasingly busy Arctic. Increased resource extraction to support economic and community development and … Continue reading

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Second Board meeting, Moscow September 2012

On the 14th of September, the Arctic SDI Board had its second meeting, this time to be held in Moscow. A fruitful meeting where the main purpose of the meeting was  the “Status of the project with focus mainly on … Continue reading

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Arctic SDI Steering Committee meeting in Kiruna, Sweden 31. Oct – 1. Nov

SC meeting in Kiruna seen from the participants in Iceland that joined the meeting via internet

The third meeting of the Arctic SDI Steering Committee is held in Kiruna, Sweden. The aim of the meeting is to overview the present situation of the project as well as looking at the future goals. The project is now … Continue reading

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Arctic SDI team in Montreal

During week 27 (23 – 27 of April), the Arctic SDI team attended the International Polar Year conference in Montreal, Canada, a conference called “From knowledge to action”. And as it says on the website for the conference “Occurring at … Continue reading

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First newsletter is out

Our first newsletter is now available for download at the following link Newsletter Arctic SDI 1

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Arctic SDI Steering Committee doing well in Copenhagen on 21. – 22. February 2012

On 21. February 2012 the Arctic SDI Steering Committee met in Copenhagen. Special guests on the meeting were Dave Lovell, Executive Director of EuroGeographics and Richard Hall Service Development Managaer from Kongsberg Satellite Service. The meeting was held in The Greenlandic … Continue reading

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Successful meetings in Reston VA

The workshop and meetings in at USGS, Reston was a successfull happening. We had the pleasure of having technical representatives from the Arctic Mapping Authorities, working together for three days.  A lot of input, good discussions, and a joint understanding … Continue reading

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Arctic SDI Technical Workshop in Reston VA 23.-25. January 2012

On January 23 – 25, we will have a joint technical workshop in Reston VA, at USGS headquarters. We are looking forward to some days of tech work with Arctic colleagues!

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