Youth For Arctic Nature

Learn about local nature
Make connections around the Arctic
Share what you find

Youth for Arctic Nature is a community science project which encourages groups of youth ages 10 and up who live in eastern Atlantic Arctic and Subarctic countries such as Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Norway, and Greenland, to go out and study local species close to their own home.

For example, they could look at migratory birds, marking when they arrive for the summer and leave for the winter. They could also study the number of eggs in a duck colony, the timing of the arrival of different flowers, the number and species of whales in a fjord over the years, the number of seals in a colony, the bees in a garden... The possibilities are endless.

Through our project, youth can get to know others who share their passion for nature in different arctic communities, and we aim to encourage cultural exchanges between them. All data will be public and visible from our app on iOS and Android. This data can be useful for scientists studying climate change all over the world, and we also hope to inspire young scientists along the way.