By visiting www.gronlandskehavnelods.dk, it is possible to see detailed maps of almost all Greenlandic harbors simply by clicking on the harbor icons on the maps. The Danish Geodata Agency (the Danish Hydrographic Office) has a new webpage which will soon be available in English; until then see http://eng.navigation.gl/. AECO’s Ilja Leo Lang pays attention while […]

The Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) can provide customized ice services to AECO members (for specific areas), seven days a week throughout the season. DMI has access to satellite radar data for all Greenland waters and the northwest Atlantic Ocean as input to the development of customized ice services. In addition, DMI in the future wants […]

The Polar Code, which will come into force on January 1, 2017, addresses safety and environmental requirements for ships and the level of training required for deck officers. To address a gap between the time the Polar Code enters into force and the adoption of the amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, […]

AECO has been invited to be a partner in a project that will deal with marine waste in the Arctic. The main objective of this project is to set the stage for better management of marine litter. As part of the project, scientists may review and study the clean-up efforts already made by the industry […]

AECO, in cooperation with Visit Svalbard, Svalbard Business Council and the University in Svalbard – and with funding from Svalbard Environmental Protection Fund – will organize a tourism conference in Longyearbyen, September 5-7, 2016. The conference will deal with tourism development in Svalbard with special focus on use versus protection. The conference language will be […]

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code) and related amendments to make it mandatory under both the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL). The organization has developed infographics […]

AECO has initiated a community guidelines project with partners from Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard and Northern Norway. The partnership is applying for external funding from NORA – the North Atlantic Cooperation – for this project. The results of the funding application will be made public the beginning of May 2016 .

AECO is currently working on a number of new wildlife guidelines similar to the existing walrus guidelines – see the walrus guidelines here. The new guidelines will focus on management issues when tourists are in proximity of seals, reindeer, arctic fox, birds, whales and bears. Similar to the existing guidelines, the new efforts will be […]

The Polar Bear Range States (Canada, Denmark (Greenland) Norway (Svalbard), Russia and the United States) all signed the Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears in 1973. In September 2015 a Circumpolar Action Plan regarding a Conservation Strategy for the Polar Bear was published. Besides up to date information about Polar Bears the document contains […]

The National Park Russian Arctic has, in cooperation with AECO, developed six new Russian site Guidelines for Franz Josef Land. At AECO’s Annual Meeting in Copenhagen in October AECO’s members decided to make these new site specific guidelines mandatory for all AECO operators. The guidelines will soon be made available on AECO’s webpage.