Developing State Of The Arctic Environment Service

By Saara Sipola | April 20, 2023 |
caribou populations will be included in the online service

Our team at the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) is consulting with representatives of potential users of the online pilot service State of the Arctic Environment to understand their needs for environmental information. We have identified themes that are of common interest among various organizations, ranging from media to a non-governmental organization and the insurance sector…

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New Moorings In The Arctic Ocean

By Mats Granskog and Anna Nikolopoulos | August 19, 2022 |
Two ocean moorings have been deployed in the deep Arctic Ocean

Two ocean moorings have been deployed in the deep Arctic Ocean, one in the western Nansen basin and one in western Amundsen basin, both anchored at about 4000 m depth. These were deployed in the past week during the Norwegian Polar Institute’s (NPI) Arctic Ocean 2022 expedition on the R/V Kronprins Haakon and are planned…

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New Ice Drifting Buoys Deployed Near North Pole

By Mats Granskog | August 5, 2022 |
Happy deployment team after the buoy with an acoustic fish and zooplankton profiler was deployed near the North Pole

Arctic PASSION is currently participating in the Arctic Ocean 2022 Cruise deploying several buoys that will collect data in the coming months while drifting with the ice. The research vessel Kronprins Haakon reached the North Pole on the 28 of July, and the work to deploy ice drifting buoys started soon afterwards. The largest buoy…

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