Norway's Arctic Council Chairship Praised by Iceland Bodø (High North News): “It was up to Norway to take on the huge challenge and responsibility of chairing the Arctic Council after Russia,” Iceland's Arctic ambassador, Pétur Ásgeirsson, said, praising Norway's navigation through the muddy waters of Russia's war in Ukraine while chairing the Arctic Council.
First Norwegian President of International Arctic Organization Climate scientist Grete Hovelsrud was Sunday elected president of the international research organization IASSA. Now, the organization comes to Bodø and Norway for the first time ever.