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25.11.2009

Scandinavian Royals Behind New Polar Book

Far from their royal duties Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon, Swedish Crown Princess Victoria and Danish Crown Prince Frederik have felt the arctic wind on their cheeks and discussed climate change with polar researchers. Now, the three have published a book about their arctic travels.

23.11.2009

New International Institute in Norway

The renowned scientist Dr. Robert W. Corell recently accepted a professorship at the brand new Arctic institute on Circumpolar Reindeer Husbandry in Kautokeino. The newly established institute is part of the International Polar Year legacy.

10.11.2009

Worlds Best Visitor Experience

The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology recently won a prestigious international museum price for one of IPY´s 22 outreach projects: Klima X. The exhibit which has yellow rubber boots as it´s trademark- won in the category "best visitor experience".

13.08.2008

Predicting the future of the sea ice

This fall IPY-project DAMOCLES will dispatch eleven research missions into the Arctic to better understand the future of the sea ice. A revised outlook for the Arctic 2008 summer sea ice minimum, shows that ice extent will be below the 2005 level, but not beat the 2007 record.

01.10.2009

Polar Week: What Happens at the Poles Affects Us All

October 5. marks the the kíck off for a full week of fresh accessible polar science, live events, classroom activities, virtual balloon launches and spontaneous global inter-connections. This October Polar Week explores the many changes in polar regions.

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The International Polar Year

The International Polar Year (IPY) was launched on March 1. 2007 and spans over a two-year period. During this time research resources and funding from over 60 countries will be coordinated in an extraordinary initiative to increase our knowledge about the Arctic and the Antarctic. The International Polar Year 2007-2008 is likely to be the largest, international research collaboration ever undertaken.

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Projects with Norwegian participation

  • Research projects

    • Arctic Natural Climate and Environmental Changes and Human Adaptation: From Science to Public awareness

    • Arctic Predators as Indicators of Tundra Ecosystem State

    • Atmospheric research and monitoring at Troll; a long-term observational program

    • Bipolar Atlanic Thermohaline Circulation

    • Climate effects on planktonic food quality and trophic transfer in Arctic marginal ice zones (MIZ)

    • Community Adaption and Vulnerability in the Arctic Regions: Focus on northern Norway and northern Russia

    • Contaminants in Polar Regions – Dynamic range of contaminants in polar marine ecosystems (COPOL)

    • Continuous seismic reflection profiling buoys – a future direction for marine geophysical exploration of the Arctic Ocean

    • DOC turnover in polar microbial food webs

    • Improved forecasting of adverse weather in the Arctic region – present and future (IPY-Thorpex)

    • Integrated Arctic Ocean Observing System: Closing the loop

    • Interhemispheric Conjugacy Effects in Solar-Terrestrial and Aeronomy Research (IPY-ICESTAR)

    • Long-term Sea Level Variability in the Nordic Seas (LEVANS)

    • Mapping threats to arctic bird populations. The effect of infectious organisms and pollution on bird health (BIRD-HEALTH)

    • Marine Mammals Exploring the Oceans Pole to Pole (MEOP-Norway)

    • Monitoring of Development in Traditional Indigenous Lands of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Northwestern Russia (MODIL-NAO)

    • Norwegian component of the Ecosystem Studies of Subarctic and Arctic Regions (NESSAR)

    • Norwegian-US Antarctic IPY Traverse

    • Paleoceanographic and climatic variability on decadal to millennial timescales across the Drake Passage

    • Permafrost Observatory Project: A Contribution to the Thermal State of Permafrost in Norway and Svalbard (TSP Norway)

    • Polar Study using Aircraft, Remote Sensing, Surface Measurements and Models, of Climate, Chemistry, Aerosols, and Transport - Norway

    • Present day processes, Past changes, and Spatiotemporal variability of biotic, abiotic and socio-environmental conditions and resource components along and across the Arctic delimitation zone

    • Reindeer Herders Vulnerability Network Study: Reindeer Pastoralism in a changing climate (EALÀT)

    • The Dynamic Continental Margin Between the Mid-Atlantic-Ridge System (Mohns Ridge, Knipovich Ridge) and the Bear Island Region

    • The Effect of Climate Change on Arctic High-Impact Weather Events

    • The Impacts of Oil and Gas Activity on Peoples in the Arctic Using a Multiple Securities Perspective (GAPS)

    • The Linguistic and Cultural Heritage Electronic Network (LICHEN)

    • The dynamic response of Arctic glaciers to global warming (GLACIODYN)

  • Outreach and communication

  • Education

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