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  • IPY Oslo Science Conference: Largest Ever Gathering of Polar Scientists

    15.06.2010

    Between the 8th and 12th of June 2010, about 2,300 scientists, policymakers, teachers, journalists and students gathered at the Norway Convention Centre in Lillestrøm close to Oslo at the largest ever gathering of the polar research community: the IPY Oslo Science Conference. During the five days of the conference, researchers,…

  • Subglacial Gamburtsev Mountains Revealed at IPY Oslo Science Conference

    14.06.2010

    Scientists at the IPY Oslo Science Conference revealed new images of the Gamburtsev Mountain Range of Antarctica. The images, the result of radar technology, reveal a landscape of steep summits, deep valleys, and liquid lakes. The range itself rivals the Alps in size. While previous imagery of the mountain range…

  • Greenland Land Mass Rising as Ice Sheet Melts

    20.05.2010

    In a recent study published in Nature Geoscience, researchers at the University of Miami have found that the Greenland Ice Sheet is melting so quickly that the land underneath is rising at an accelerating pace.  Some coastal areas – where the ice sheet is losing mass the most quickly –…

  • Low Gravity Levels along Antarctic Coast South of New Zealand Explained

    18.05.2010

    In a recent study released in Nature Geoscience, scientists have found a new explanation for the very low gravity levels along the Antarctic coast to the south of New Zealand.

  • Stream Water Analysis Helps in Assessment of Permafrost Thaw

    07.05.2010

    Monitoring changes in permafrost is difficult using current methods. Fortunately, researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a new approach based on the use of chemical tracers in stream water.

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  • Food that has to be shipped to the Arctic from elsewhere can be three times as expensive compared to Southern Canada. Traditional Inuit country foods sold in stores are often the most expensive products.

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