details
- Name
- Norwegian Polar Institute
- Native name
- Norsk Polarinstitutt
- Address
- Polarmiljøsenteret, Hjalmar Johansens gate 14
- Zipcode
- N-9296
- City
- Tromsø
- Country
- Norway
- Phone
- +47-77750500
- Fax
- +47-77750501
- postmottak@npolar.no
organisation profile
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 protecting national interests in matters of research and the environment. Approximately 110 persons are employed at the Institute in Tromsø, Svalbard and Dronning Maud Land.
The Institute’s activities are concentrated on environmental management needs at both poles. Global climate, long-range transported pollution, the effect of pollutants on the environment, biodiversity and topographical mapping of the regions are all important tasks, as is environmental collaboration in the Barents Region. 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.
results in other services
edmo metadata
- EDMO record id
- 1349
- Collating centre
- Institute of Marine Research, Norwegian Marine Data Centre (NMD)
- Latest update
- 6 October 2008 1:19:12 PM