News from the Polar Academy
Announcement of chosen topics 2021
We are happy to announce that our call for “topic areas where NVP may have a positive impact in the coming year” resulted in a total of ten proposals.
Member and stakeholder survey 2021
The new Academy Strategy 2021-2025 (to be formally accepted by the Board this spring), calls for deeper member involvement in the Academy’s activities.
Sea Ice in the Arctic - Past, Present and Future
This book provides in-depth information about the sea ice in the Arctic at scales from paleoenvironmental variability to more contemporary changes during the past and present centuries.
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.”
Secrets of a Frozen Ocean - Best Documentary at the New York International Film Festival 2018
“Secrets of A Frozen Ocean” follows 75 year old, Yngve Kristoffersen, a Norwegian Scientist and member of the Academy who sets out on a dangerous 13-month expedition in a small hovercraft (R/H SABVABAA) together with Audun Tholfsen.
Professor Ove Tobias Gudmestad has been awarded as the recipient of the 2018 Jin S. Chung Award
The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers, has selected Prof. Gudmestad as the recipient of the Jin S. Chung Award for the year 2018.
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.