AP mentions UMaine in report on Arctic diplomacy forum
The University of Maine was mentioned in an Associated Press report about a forum on Arctic diplomacy slated to take place in Portland this October. The Arctic Council’s Senior Arctic Officials meeting will focus on issues such as climate change and shipping, according to the article. Officials from the council’s eight member nations, including the United States, and a host of non-governmental organizations will assemble for event, the report states. The director of the Maine North Atlantic Development Office said holding the council meeting in Maine illustrates the state’s “long history with the Arctic and our contributions in climate science and ocean ecosystem studies” through entities like Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and the University of Maine. ABC News, The Washington Times and Portland Press Herald carried the AP report.