1. OUR ICE DEPENDENT WORLD The 6th Open Assembly of the Northern Research Forum Stefán B. Sigurðsson rector

2. UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI UNAK The University was established in 1987 –Health Sciences –Business Administration –Natural Sciences –Humanities and Social Sciences

3. PROFILE 1600 students Number of teachers 100 Number of other staff 80 15 undergraduate programmes 8 graduate programmes

4. UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI – CAMPUS

5. THE ARCTIC CIRCLE (map courtesy of http://athropolis.com)http://athropolis.com (map courtesy of http://athropolis.com) http://athropolis.com

6. THE GULF STREAM http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2011/03/30/will-the-gulf-stream-slow-down/

7. NEWLY DISCOVERED CURRENT

8. POLAR LAW PROGRAM AT UNAK The University of Akureyri is offering the following studies in Polar Law: –A 120 ECTS Master Program leading to a M.A. degree; –A 90 ECTS Master Program leading to a LL.M. degree; –A 60 ECTS study at the master level leading to a graduate diploma; –A 60 ECTS study at the bachelor level leading to an undergraduate diploma; –Individual courses in Polar law leading to a certificate.

9. THANK YOU

12. ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT ON AUGUST 14, 2011 The National Snow and Ice Data Center University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0449