News archive: 2012
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.