The new Arctic services developed by Arctic PASSION were demonstrated at an innovation exhibition in Sajos Cultural Center, Aanaar. Photo: Ville-Riikke Fofonoff

The 2024 Arctic PASSION General Assembly in Inari/Aanaar, Finland held an innovation exhibition to showcase new Arctic services which have been developed, including: 

• Event Database of Community-Based Monitoring Using Oral Histories, Indigenous Knowledge and Local Knowledge: This is a hub of knowledge from six different Arctic Indigenous Peoples' Communities, presented on the arcticseas.org web portal and in storymap form. Please look at each on the Snowchange website. 

A video promoting the Skolt Sámi Climate Events Database

• Pan-Arctic requirements-driven Permafrost Service

Guido Grosse discusses the importance of monitoring permafrost thaw in the Arctic (L) and Arctic PASSION's Permafrost service (R)

• Integrated Fire Risk Management (INFRA) Service
• Local Atmospheric Pollutant Forecast Service

• Improving Safety for Shipping in the Polar Seas
• Lake Ice Service for Arctic Climate and Safety

The lead developers and teams working on each service stood at a stand displaying information about and giving live demonstrations of their service in the Sajos lobby, as well as answering questions from the interested public.