The Norwegian Polar Institute is Norway's central institution for research, environmental monitoring and mapping of the polar regions. The Institute is the Norwegian authorities' consultant and supplier of knowledge, and contributes to the best possible administration of Norwegian polar areas.
Through active participation in national and international bodies, the Polar Institute is central when it comes to representing Norway in matters of research and the environment. Approximately 130 persons are employed at the Institute in Tromsø, Svalbard and Dronning Maud Land.
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Statoil has awarded Marubeni Itochu/JFE the fabrication contract for linepipe to the Polarled project, while Wasco has been awarded the coating contract, and Allseas the pipe-laying contract.
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Norwegian energy provider Statoil and Russia's Rosneft have signed a declaration on Russian Arctic environmental protection.
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The process has started to rise the arctic ship Maud out from the water and get her safely transported back to Norway from Canada.
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The age of the Polar bear is coming to an end ! In 20 years, it will probably be extinct from the polar areas, according to a number of Scientists, and in 30 years, - maybe also from the Zoo's.
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Tourists travelling with Norwegian Hurtigruten's cruiseliner "Fram" can now add an overnight stay among penguins in the Antarctic as part of their itinerary.
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Monday, it was 50 years since 21 miners were killed in an explosion in the Kings Bay coal mine on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on November 5th 1962.
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Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is awarded a contract to provide ground station services to serve the next generation weather satellites developed by USA's National Space and Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA).
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Norwegian cruise line Hurtigruten arranges its fifth annual opera cruise in 2012, and will offer both ballet and opera performances for passengers traveling up the Norwegian coast.
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The Norwegian space research program is celebrating its 50th anniversary this weekend. The first research rocket was launched from the Andøya Rocket Range on August 18th 1962.
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The Norwegian Sabvabaa hovercraft has begun a research mission from Svalbard to the North Pole. The Fram 2012 expedition is the first – and northernmost – polar expedition ever undertaken with such a vessel.
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Wall Street Journal reporter J.S.Marcus has been on a trip to Tromsø in Northern Norway, —an island city of some 70,000 people, 350 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, and about as far north as you can go in the world and still be in a city, he writes.
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This summer, a hovercraft will embark upon a research voyage from Svalbard to the North Pole. This will be the first and the northernmost polar expedition undertaken with such a vessel.
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The Norwegian polar adventurer Jarle Andhøy and his vessel "Nilaya" and its crew which have been detained by the Chilean Coast Guard for ten days, have now been released.
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