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	Polar Bears Roam Arctic Ice On Borrowed Time
		A mother polar bear and her two young cubs are currently stranded on Bjoernoeya ("Bear Island" in Norwegian) in the Svalbard archipelago after being caught off guard by a rapid ice melt this spring.
		Polar bears generally catch baby seals curled up inside cavities in the ice by throwing their approximately 300 kilos (about 660 pounds) against the ice and breaking it.
		The polar bears will not be able to ride that gravy train for long however, she said, warning that these kings of the ice could soon be delegated to museum wings dedicated to extinct species.
	www.rense.com /general54/polarbearsroamarctic.htm (847 words)

	MD - Subordinate agencies and institutions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Norwegian Polar Research Institute is the central state institution for the mapping and scientific investigations in polar regions, in addition to serving as the professional and strategic advisor for the central administration on environmental affairs in Norwegian polar regions.
		The Institute is responsible for the follow-up and implementation of Norwegian environmental legislation in the Antarctic.
		The Institute´s professional expertise and activities relate to biodiversity, climate and environmentally hazardous substances in the northern and polar regions.
	odin.dep.no /md/english/ministry/org/agencies/bn.html (1524 words)

	Norwegian Polar Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Norwegian Polar Institute (in Norwegian: Norsk Polarinstitutt) is Norway's national institution for polar research.
		It is run under the auspices of the Norwegian Ministry of Environment.
		The institute organizes expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic regions and runs a research station at Ny-Ålesund.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norwegian_Polar_Institute (110 words)

	Polar Bears Face New Toxic Threat: Flame Retardants
		Already imperiled by melting ice and a brew of toxic chemicals, polar bears throughout the Arctic, particularly in remote dens near the North Pole, face an additional threat as flame retardants originating largely in the United States are building up in their bodies, according to an international team of wildlife scientists.
		In June in Seattle, 40 wildlife scientists representing all five nations that contain polar bear populations adopted a resolution declaring that the bears are "susceptible to the effects of pollutants," and those effects could be worsened by the stresses of global warming.
		Geir Gabrielsen, the Norwegian Polar Institute's director of research on the environmental impacts of toxic chemicals, said all the industrial compounds and pesticides probably combine to alter the physiology of polar bears as well as Arctic seabirds.
	www.truthout.org /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/34/16825/printer (1258 words)

	Norwegian Polar Institute (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Norwegian Polar Institute is Norway's central institution for research, environmental monitoring and mapping of the Polar regions.
		The Institute is a continuation of "Norges Svalbard- og Ishavsundersøkelser" (Norway's Svalbard and Arctic Ocean Research Survey) that was established in 1928 and whose aims were the charting of sea and land areas and geological research in the Arctic.
		The Institute is since 1979 a directorate under the auspices of the Ministry of the Environment.
	www.nfh.uit.no.cob-web.org:8888 /arctos/insitutes/inp.html (188 words)

	The Roald Amundsen Centre for Arctic Research
		The biological fixation of nitrogen, the effect of UV-radiation on plant growth, the ecology of Arctic geese and polar seabirds, population dynamics in Arctic animals and plants and the ecology of wild and semi-domesticated reindeer are all key areas of research.
		Important research areas include the interaction between the upper polar atmosphere and the electrical particle current from the sun (the solar wind), optical measurements of aurora and solar radiation, the variation under auroral activity in the atmospheric content of ozone and in the geomagnetic field.
		Norwegian involvement in its programmes is organised by the University of Tromsø.
	www.arctic.uit.no /English/Resources/Polarbrochure/institutions-tos.html (2714 words)

	Centerweb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Institute is a continuation of Norges Svalbard og Ishavsundersokelser (Norway’s Svalbard and Arctic Sea Research Body) which was established in 1928 and had as its aim the charting of sea and land areas and geological research in the Arctic.
		The Institute equips and organizes expeditions to both poles, owns the research vessel "Lance" and runs the Norwegian research stations in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, and Antarctica.
		The Norwegian Polar Institute distributes the results of research projects and environmental management projects to the Norwegian administration and to interested scientists and managers as well as providing information to the public.
	npiweb.npolar.no /scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=polar/d_orgside.html?hPkey=23&hDKey=3 (455 words)

	EurOcean:
		The basic function of the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (DNMI) is to contribute to the protection of life and property.
		Approximately 120 man-years are employed at the Institute in Tromsø and Svalbard.
		The Norwegian College of Fishery Science (NCFS), situated at 70 degrees north and close to The Barents Sea, has a particular responsibility for the development of fundamental and scientific expertise within all areas of fisheries and aquaculture research in Norway.
	www.eurocean.org /links.php?licat_id=89 (805 words)

	<Svalbard Reindeer References>
		Mathiesen, S.D., Raedergaard, V.B., Vader, M.A., Haga, O.E., Norberg, H.J., Sormo, W., and Tyler, N.J.C. Salivary glands in Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) and in Norwegian reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus).
		Odegaard, O.A. and Krogsrud, J. Rabies in Svalbard: infection diagnosed in Arctic fox, reindeer and seal.
		Tyler, N.J.C., Hotvedt, R., Blix, A.S., and Sorensen, D. Immobilization of Norwegian and Svalbard reindeer with medetomidine and medetomidine-ketamine and reversal with atipamezole.
	www.unis.no /research/biology/ref_list_reindeers/reference_list.htm (6588 words)

	Norwegian killer whales most toxic mammals in Arctic -- WWF-Australia
		This is the first time the findings of the research, carried out by the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI), and partly funded by the Norwegian Research Council, have been revealed.
		B-roll footage of polar bears, killer whales and recent testing is available from world.images@world-television.com, +44 207 388 8555.
		The PBDE brominated flame retardant detected in the Norwegian killer whales during the November 2002 sampling was 2,2',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether, also called PBDE 47.
	www.wwf.org.au /news/norwegian-killer-whales-most-toxic-mammals-in-arctic (825 words)

	Tracking the Polar Bear & Mars: Still a Planet of Mystery - Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Tracking the Polar Bear and Mars: Still a Planet of Mystery: Friday, October 28th: 7-8:00 p.m.: The Smithsonian Associates and the Royal Norwegian Embassy invite you to a free special presentation given by Dr. Jon Aars in celebration of Norway’s Centennial.
		Since 2003, Dr. Aars has been a research scientist on polar bears at the Norwegian Polar Institute in Tromso in their Division for Ecology and prior to that he was a research fellow at Aberdeen University.
		He is also working on a polar bear survey in the Barents Sea that is estimating the population size by means of line transects.
	www.miamisci.org /www/tracking-polar-bear.html (572 words)

	Polar Regions (Norway - the official site in the United States)
		Concentrations of environmentally hazardous PCBs in polar bears in Svalbard have been found to be up to six times higher than in polar bears in Canada.
		The Norwegian Polar Institute is the environmental administrative authority for Bouvet Island.
		In June 2003 the Norwegian Minister of the Environment decided to upgrade the Norwegian summer station Troll in Dronning Maud Land to a permanent research station.
	www.norway.org /policy/environment/polar (718 words)

	Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (SFT)
		The Norwegian Polar Institute, working along with Canadian laboratories, has analysed a range of hazardous chemicals found in blood and eggs from glaucous gulls, and deca-BDE was among the chemicals which were detected.
		These discoveries in polar bears reinforce the evidence that the substance can be bioaccumulated in the food chain.
		The substance is being considered under the EU’s programme for risk assessment, and the Norwegian results with glaucous gulls and polar bears are part of the basis for their decision.
	www.sft.no /english/news/dbafile11556.html (627 words)

	AWI: Exhibition in Bonn
		In winter, female polar bears dig dens in the snow, where they give birth to one, two or three pups.
		The Norwegian Polar Institute, in cooperation with other Norwegian institutions such as the Zoological Museum of the University of Oslo, is conducting a large-scale research programme on the polar bears.
		One of the aims of the programme is to study the migratory pattern of the polar bears with the help of satellite transmitters.
	www.awi-bremerhaven.de /AWI/KAH97/ark_eisbaer-e.html (339 words)

	Norwegian Polar Institute
		The Norwegian Polar Institute is very active in both the Arctic and the Antarctic.
		In Antarctica the Institute is responsible for the Troll and Tor field stations and also operates the research vessel Lance.
		There is no subsidiary organization for the general polar enthusiast to join, but the Institute's excellent new website is regularly updated and most pages are available in English.
	website.lineone.net /~polar.publishing/norwegianpolarinstitute.htm (215 words)

	RELATING POLAR BEAR ECOLOGY TO SEA ICE DYNAMICS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		MAURITZEN (Norwegian Polar Institute, N-9296 Tromso, Norway, mette.mauritzen@npolar.no); S. Belikov (All-Russian Research Institute for Nature Protection, 113628 Moscow, Russia); A. Boltunov (All-Russian Research Institute for Nature Protection, 113628 Moscow, Russia, arctos@online.ru); A. Derocher (Norwegian Polar Institute,N-9296 Tromso, Norway, a.e.derocher@npolar.no);
		Temperature, wind and currents cause sea ice to be in constant flux which create dynamic conditions for polar bears (Ursus maritimus) which rely on it as their primary habitat for travelling and hunting.
		To determine how polar bear ecology and variation in space use relate to sea ice dynamics, satellite radio transmitters were fitted to 80 adult female polar bears in 1988 - 2000.
	www.olympus.net /IAPSO/abstracts/IG-01/IG01-38.htm (351 words)

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		To validate the ice thickness retrievals from CryoSat radar altimeter (SIRAL) measurements, it is necessary to use several types of airborne and ground-based measurements of sea ice and snow parameters in various areas of the Arctic.
		The Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center and the Norwegian Polar Institute have conducted several investigations of sea ice and snow parameters in 2003 and 2004 which are relevant for the validation of CryoSat ic ethickness retrieval.
		The Norwegian Polar Institute carried out in situ sea ice measurements of snow and ice thickness (both by direct measurements in drill holes and by electromagnetic sounding), freeboard, and basic physical properties of sea ice in the western Fram Strait during scientific cruises with the R.V. Lance in both September 2003 and 2004.
	earth.esa.int /cgi-bin/confcry.pl?abstract=123 (644 words)

	Nortrade - Articles - A Window on a Changing Environment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		But, in recent years, Norwegian researchers who monitor the region have learned that the area is better seen as a sensitive barometer of environmental changes.
		Work at the Polar Institute is complemented by research from the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (BCCR) at the University of Bergen.
		Norwegian Minister of the Environment Helen Bjørnøy has identified climate change and environmental pollution in the Arctic as two of the most important priorities during 2006.
	www.nortrade.com /articles/ShowArticle.aspx?id=178&sectorid=0 (2062 words)

	IPY: International Polar Year
		Currently, the participating institutions are represented by the Marine Lab Project Group (chaired by the Norwegian Polar Institute).
		POLEMIC: Investigation of the ecological and biogeochemical role of polar pelagic microbes.
		SAMS undergraduates and postgraduates are enrolled with the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI Millennium Institute), part of the Arctic Universities Network.
	www.ipy.org /development/eoi/details.php?id=545 (1523 words)

	WWF \| Polar Bears \| Science
		Research funded by WWF found that polar bears are left with less time on the ice to hunt for food and build up their fat stores, and increased time on land where they must fast.
		WWF funds field research by the world's foremost experts on polar bears to find out how global warming is impacting the long-term condition of polar bears.
		As part of WWF's work with the Norwegian Polar Institute, the bears have radio collars that track their positions via a satellite.
	www.worldwildlife.org /polarbears/science.cfm (180 words)

	International Polar Heritage Committee
		Cultural heritage officer for Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norwegian Arctic) 1979-82, historian at the Norwegian Polar Institute 1982-98.
		President of the Polar Investigations Fund, Head of the Russian Integrated Marine Arctic Expedition, Merited Polar Researcher of Russia, Member of the Commission on Northern Peoples under the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
		Polar field experience at Heard Is. Mawsons Huts, Cape Dennison, Antarctica.
	www.polarheritage.com /index.cfm/AboutCommittee (942 words)

	Norwegian killer whales most toxic mammals in Arctic
		But here in the Norwegian arctic, these whales feed mainly on schools of fish that come in close to shore.
		A toxicologist with the Norwegian Polar Institute, he is in Tysfjord to take biopsy samples of orca blubber to test for toxic contamination.
		To date, it has been the polar bear that had the dubious honour of being the most toxic mammal of the Arctic.
	news.mongabay.com /2005/1212-orca.html (2562 words)

	Bjørnøya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Norwegian Polar Institute conducts annual expeditions to Bjørnøya, mostly concerned with ornithological research.
		The polar night lasts from 8 November to 3 February, and the period of midnight sun from 2 May until 11 August.
		Despite its name, Bjørnøya is not a permanent residence of polar bears although many arrive with the expanding pack ice in the winter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn%C3%B8ya (2102 words)

	Cooperation
		The other institutes participating in the Centre include the Norwegian Polar Institute, the Norwegian Institute for Air Research and the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research and Cultural Heritage.
		The Polar Environmental Centre is housed in a new office and laboratory complex which was inaugurated in December 1998.
		NAD is the major player in Norwegian aquaculture research and consultancy, and has a such the ability to adapt knowledge and transfer experience from the successful Norwegian industry to an emerging industries in other parts of the world.
	www.akvaplan.niva.no /company/cooperation.htm (696 words)

	ALIAS
		The Norwegian Hydrographic Service acquired her in 1981, and she was rebuilt to meet requirements as a hydrographic survey vessel also suitable for research, expeditions and oil recovery purposes.
		The Norwegian Hydrographic Service operated Lance until 1994, using her both as a survey vessel and as a research vessel for the Norwegian Polar Institute and other institutions.
		The Norwegian Polar Institute and cooperating institutions currently use Lance as a research and expedition vessel.
	siempre.arcus.org /4DACTION/wi_alias_fsDrawPage/1/98 (469 words)

	Ny-Ålesund
		In 1970, the research station of the Norwegian Polar Institute began its operation.
		Although Ny-Ålesund is a center for modern polar research, a lot of old buildings from the coal mining age have survived, and therefore the entire settlement is protected as cultural heritage on Svalbard.
		AWI is conducting the stratospheric monitoring programme in conjunction with the University of Bremen and the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU).
	home.online.no /~gdal/history.htm (1316 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Arctic orcas highly contaminated
		Norwegian scientists have found that killer whales - or orcas, as they are sometimes known - have overtaken polar bears at the head of the toxic table.
		The Norwegian Polar Institute tested blubber samples taken from creatures in Tysfjord in the Norwegian Arctic.
		Animals at the top of the food chain are particularly affected, and whales - like polar bears - can reflect the health of the marine environment.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/4520104.stm (263 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Polar bears on the web
		The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) and WWF, the global environment network, have launched a website to track the bears' movements across the Arctic.
		In a report, Vanishing Kingdom: The Melting Realm Of The Polar Bear, WWF says the Arctic is undergoing rapid warming.
		WWF says the melting of the sea-ice, the platform the bears use to hunt the seals which are their primary prey, means they have less fat to help them to survive the long summer season.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/1989707.stm (551 words)

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