Press releases

We would like to inform the public about our ongoing research activities, and tell them why we think this type of research is important, and what we hope to find out. Both electronic and print media, as well as TV stations have been reporting about our activities. Links to these publications are listed below:

Article in Svalbardposten in March 2007

The first field period of the ICE EDGE PROGRAMME started on the same day as the IPY (International Polar Year 2007-2008). The local newspaper 'Svalbardposten' had an article about this in early March 2007:

News article about our 3rd expedition

After the return of our 3rd successful expedition in June, we had a short news article on the homepages of UNIS, NP, and SSF

Blog about the 1st expedition in March

Mikko Vihtakari, one of the expedition members, wrote a blog about the adventures of Polar research under really harsh conditions in March

Article about Ice Edge activities in Canada in Nordlys (5.3.2008)

Three scientists involved in the ICE EDGE PROGRAMME will participate in fieldworl onboard the Canadian research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen during spring 2008. Just before they left, the local newspaper Nordlys in Tromsø had an article about their planned activities.

Article about Calanus in the Canadian press

 

Other activities on or near an Icebreaker

Being part of a huge expedition with many scientists involved means also a lot of waiting before it is your turn to take your samples again ... - but there are many ways to get the time going by in the meanwhile!

CLEOPATRA flyer

Here you find an overview of the CLEOPATRA-talks and posters at the large international IPY conference in Oslo 8-12 June 2010, and the publications so far in the Norwegian IPY project CLEOPATRA.