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The WWF Global Arctic Programme has run many media campaigns highlighting our work in the Arctic, the issues faced in the region and some proposed solutions. Some of these campaigns can be seen below.

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Istraživač i polarni medvjed, Svalbard, Norveška rel= © Jon Aars / Norwegian Polar Institute / WWF


2014 - Svalbard Expedition

On the islands of Svalbard, in Norway’s high Arctic, warming temperatures and melting ice are transforming the Arctic landscape. The Norwegian Polar Institute and WWF-Canon undertook a research expedition to learn more about how polar bears are adapting to their changing habitat.

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Walruses, Laptev Sea, Russia rel= © Tom Arnbom / WWF


2013 - Laptev Linkages

During the brief Arctic summer of 2013, WWF journeyed to the Laptev Sea in the heart of Siberia.In this little-known and remote region, the team set out to solve a scientific riddle - are walrus and polar bear populations in the Laptev related to populations to the east and west? The answer to this mystery may have implications for the management of the entire region.

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Statue outside International Polar Bear Forum 2013, Moscow, Russia. December 4, 2013 rel= © Sue Novotny / WWF


2013 - Year of the Polar Bear

At the December 2013 International Forum on the Conservation of Polar Bears, Arctic leaders from all five range states committed to significant progress on polar bear conservation.

The Forum followed a year-long WWF campaign to bring attention to this enormous opportunity.

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The staff of the Sailing to Siku voyage, leg 1. rel= © Thorsten Milse / WWF


2012 - Sailing to Siku

In July and August 2012, scientists and WWF experts explored the Last Ice Area -- the northwest coast of Greenland and Canada’s High Arctic Islands. Along the way, we conducted research and spoke with local communities to fill in the knowledge gaps about this remote area.

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The WWF Arctic Programme COP15 'Arctic Tent' poster rel= © WWF Arctic Programme



2009 - Arctic Tent

During the December 2009 climate negotiations, a team from WWF was in Copenhagen, to try to help make sure people know about the urgent climate signals from the Arctic.

We had an 'Arctic Tent' on Nytorv, a main public square in Copenhagen

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View from the crow's nest as the Silent Sound navigates the Northwest Passage rel= © WWF


2009 - A tale of 2 passages

WWF supported two expeditions that took on some of the world’s most difficult waters, to see first-hand the effects of arctic climate change.

One expedition sailed across the top of Russia, a journey of 6000 nautical miles through the Northeast Passage, while another made a west to east transit of the Northwest Passage, also by sailing boat, a journey of about 7,000 nautical miles.

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Voyage for the Future 'Ambassadors for Change' in Svalbard, Norway (June 2008). rel= © Casper ter Kuile



2008 - Voyage for the Future

In June 2008, 18 young adults from 9 countries participated in a ten-day expedition that took them along the coast of Svalbard and taught them about climate change science and the global feedback effects associated with rising Arctic temperatures.

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