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Describing the monster - PhD on plesiosaurians |
08.02.2012 |
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This week, Espen Madsen Knutsen from Natural History Museum, University of Oslo,
Norway, will defend his PhD thesis 'Late Jurassic plesiosaurians (Sauropterygia-
Plesiosauria) from the Agardhfjellet Formation on Svalbard'.
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Sending greetings from Ny-Ålesund to a Swedish relative |
06.02.2012 |
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Near Space Research (NSR), a campaign of the University of Rome La Sapienza and
The ISTAR Group from USA, launched two small stratospheric balloons during
January, 2012 from Ny-Ålesund as part of the Polar Observation Platform (POP)
campaigns. The second balloons trajectoy was somewhat surprising and unlike
unlike any flight profile experienced in the past 8 years.
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Arctic Field Grant - allocations for 2012 |
03.02.2012 |
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For 2012, almost three million NOK have been allocated to in total 62 Arctic
Field Grant applicants.
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Call for new SSF funding options |
09.01.2012 |
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SSF is very happy to announce the first round of SSF workshop and support
funds.
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Merry christmas and a Happy New Year |
20.12.2011 |
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Taking the temperature of Pyramiden |
15.12.2011 |
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A new automatic weather station has been placed in Pyramiden.
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New polar journal |
15.12.2011 |
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This month the first edition of the Czech Polar Reports saw the light of day.
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News from Eastern Svalbard |
25.11.2011 |
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The work on writing a management plan for Eastern Svalbard Nature Reserves is
still ongoing. Now the reports from the working groups Research/Education and
Tourism are available in English.
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Rocket launch over Svalbard |
18.11.2011 |
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At some
point in the coming two weeks a rocket aimed at the northern lights over
Svalbard will be launched from Ny-Ålesund.
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Svalbard reindeer, a life story |
15.11.2011 |
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A new
report from a 2011 Arctic Field Grant recipient investigates life-history
strategies of Svalbard Reindeer.
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Greenland sharks, sluggish giants or fierce predators? |
09.11.2011 |
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A Norwegian
TV program looks into a little known predator, the Greenland shark, which
hunts the Svalbard waters for fish and even seals.
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Toxin levels in gull blood |
04.11.2011 |
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With
support from the Arctic Field Grant, master Student Anja Johansen Haugerud spent two summer weeks on Svalbard taking samples from Glaucous
gulls.
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We have the questions do you have the answers? |
21.10.2011 |
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In order to
complete work package 5 of SIOS information on field stations,
equipment and infra structure is needed. For that your help is needed.
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Arctic Field Grant (Arktisstipend) - Call for Proposals |
20.10.2011 |
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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.
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Third and final staff member in place at the SSF secretariat |
17.10.2011 |
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Svalbard
Science Forum is now fully staffed in Longyearbyen. On October first Halvard
Pedersen had his first day at work.
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Marble quarry on Blomstrandhalvøya |
14.10.2011 |
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Dutch
researchers rediscovered an abandoned marble quarry at Blomstranden this
summer.
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