Three of the 19 Norwegian scientists elected as authors to the sixth Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are members of the Nansen Legacy. The 6th scientific IPCC report, will be published in 2021 and 2022 and is the most comprehensive and important basis for international climate policy.
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Continuing the Legacy of the first explorers The first explorers to visit the Barents Sea arrived more than 500 years ago, and discovered abundant wildlife
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Text abbreviations you may know, might not be as they seem. As perceptions and understanding of climate and environmental change vary in many ways and
Read MoreUnder the ice reveals a world unknown to many. Mountains rising upside down from the bottom of the ice and labyrints of crystals. But this
Read MoreGlobal warming is arguably most pronounced in the Arctic (AMAP 2017). The northern Barents Sea is at the heart of this change.
Read MoreThe ice edge is not a distinct line and as seasons and weather fronts this edge and ice distribution moves dynamically. Likewise, the animals and
Read MoreThe difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer. Fridtjof Nansen
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Being a pioneer and an ambitious researcher not letting any obstacle stand in his way, Nansen’s ambition was to explore the Arctic further north than anyone else.
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Wrapped in ice and snow, plunged into total darkness, blizzard winds, and cold winters, the Barents Sea is on of the most inaccessible and yet beautiful environments.
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The difference between the possible and the impossible is that the impossible takes a longer time. Fridtjof Nansen
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(Featured photo: Hvalmigration, Jon Aars/Norsk Polarinstitut)
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