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Children filled the Norwegian Polar Institute's library for exhibit opening
On 20 April, the library was filled by children from a daycare centre in Tromsø, who had contributed with drawings to an exhibit on Norwegian emigrants to Alaska.
Seabirds - sentinels of our seas
Seabirds have become the subject of focus and interest as never before for various reasons
New APECS director
Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) is proud to announce their new director, Dr. Alexey Pavlov.
New research activity on sea ice near the North Pole
Two scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute returned recently from fieldwork at the Russian base Barneo, which is drifting on the sea ice in the vicinity of the North Pole.
Draw Balto the Dog!
The Norwegian Polar Institute is making an exhibition about Balto and the other sled dogs from the serum run to Nome in 1925, and we would like kids' drawings to the exhibition.
A window to the unknown: Lake Vostok has been confirmed opened
The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) has received official confirmation from Russia that scientists have drilled through the ice to Lake Vostok, a lake under the Antarctic ice cap.
Great interest in free access to polar research
The Norwegian Polar Institute's peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal —Polar Research— has enjoyed over 100 000 full text downloads from its website during 2011, a mark of success for the journal’s move to open-access nearly one year ago.
South Pole Jubilee Celebration begins
The Norwegian Polar Institute’s Centenary Expedition South Pole 1911–2011 is participating at the South Pole 14 December, after Jan-Gunnar Winther and Stein P. Aasheim were flown to the South Pole late Monday night.
Two new geological maps of Svalbard issued
Two new geological map sheets of the 1:100 000 series of Svalbard were issued in November 2011. Both map sheets cover mainly areas in Ny-Friesland in northeastern Spitsbergen.
Cooperating with China on research project AMORA
Cooperating with China on research project AMORA
Arctic Field Grant
Svalbard Science Forum, in cooperation with the Norwegian Polar Institute, will award Arctic Field Grants in connection with research projects in Svalbard and Jan Mayen in 2012.
Nalân Koç takes over as research director at the Norwegian Polar Institute
Nalân Koç takes over as research director at the Norwegian Polar Institute
Clouds halve the climatic effect of bare ocean
Dwindling sea ice in the Arctic is given a key role in climate change and is feared as a driver of global warming.
Polar bear attack in Svalbard
The Governor of Svalbard is investigating the incident where a 17-year-old British youth was killed and four others were injured when a polar bear attacked their camp near Von Postbreen on Spitsbergen on Friday morning.
Chinese visitors at the research village of Ny-Ålesund
Research director Kim Holmén was among those who received the Chinese delegation that recently visited the research village of Ny-Ålesund in Svalbard.