News from the Polar Academy
Cruising the marginal ice zone: Climate change and Arctic tourism
This article is the final result of the “The Arctic and the marginal ice zone (MIZ): Interdisciplinary research, management, practices and policy developments” summer school, held in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, in August 2017.
NVP International Summer School 2020
During the last board meeting, it was decided that the academy will move forward with the organization of the NVP’s International Summer School 2020.
“The Global Arctic”: A Strategic Vision for the Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research
The forces of nature and society are redrawing the maps of the world. The climate is changing, temperatures are increasing, ice is melting, permafrost is thawing, and some species change their migration and distribution whilst others are threatened.
SARex reports from 2016, 2017 and 2018 are availabe online
The University of Stavanger and the Norwegian Coast’s guard have published the result of the SARex exercises from 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Prof. Grete Hovelsrud has been elected as the new Academy’s President (2018-2020)
Prof. Grete Hovelsrud has been recently elected as the new Academy president for the period 2018 -2020. She is the first woman to assume this position in the Academy’s 10 years of history.
Norges Vitenskapsakademi for Polarforskning (NVP) - 10 års jubileumsseminar
Norges Vitenskapsakademi for Polarforskning (NVP) – 10 års Jubileumsseminar. Det Globale Arktis, Mandag 26 November kl. 16:00 på Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, Drammensveien 78, Oslo.
UNIS 25 years anniversary
It is a close relationship between the Polar Academy and UNIS as UNIS is the home of the Academy here at Svalbard. UNIS is also represented in the board of the Academy by its director and UNIS also administrates our Office manager position, whom is also UNIS staff
International PhD School “Russia in the Arctic Dialogue: Local and Global Context”
Northern Arctic Federal University (NArFU, Arkhangelsk, North-West Russia) is pleased to announce the International PhD School “Russia in the Arctic Dialogue: Local and Global Context” to be held on 5-11 April, 2019.
Nomination of candidates for membership 2018
Individual Norwegian members to NVP are Norwegian citizens who have carried out independent scientific work in polar research or specifically have contributed to the advancement of polar research (§5.2.)
In Memoriam: Thorvald Stoltenberg
“One star has faded, Thorvald Stoltenberg was the node in a myriad of networks, writes Gudmund Hernes.”
Daily reports from the GoNorth Expeditions
The GoNorth consortium has proposed a wide-ranging and cross-disciplinary program to acquire new and essential knowledge about the oceanic areas, from the sea floor and subsea geology, through the water column, to the surface sea ice. Education will be an important part of the program.
The reports are published in Norwegian.