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Welcome to Svalbard!

Welcome to Svalbard!. Ny-Ålesund. Longyearbyen. Barentsburg. Hornsund. Ny-Ålesund. Visit the Polar Ice Brim August 31 19.15 Arrival Longyearbyen (charter plane). Received by the Governor of Svalbard

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Welcome to Svalbard!

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  1. Welcome to Svalbard!

  2. Ny-Ålesund Longyearbyen Barentsburg Hornsund

  3. Ny-Ålesund

  4. Visit the Polar Ice Brim August 31 19.15 Arrival Longyearbyen(charter plane). Received by the Governor of Svalbard 20.10 The Norwegian Coast GuardVessel KV Svalbard leaving for Ny-Ålesund 21.00 Dinner onboard KV Svalbard September 1 07.30 Breakfast in Ny-Ålesund on board KV Svalbard. 08.15-10.00 Visiting research stations (including the Korean Polar Research Institute’s stationDASAN and the Norwegian Zeppelin station) 10.30 - 12.30 Helicopter flight to the research vessel “Lance” at 80`35`` degrees North. 12.45 - 13.30 Lunch 13.45 - 16.45 Up-dating on latest science about ice-melting issues. Walking on the ice, discussions with the polar scientists measuring the ice etc. Information about the ice as regulator of Arctic and world climate. 17.00 Helicopter to Longyearbyen 19.00 Helicopter arrival in Longyearbyen/proceed to Spitsbergen hotel. 19.15 - 19.30 Time for the Press 21.00 Dinner at the Governor’s residence. Visit to Norway and to the Polar Ice Brim 30.August – 2.September 2009 30.08 Arrival Oslo(OsloLufthavn - OSL)(evening) 31.08 09.30 Program in Oslo 17.00 - 21.00 OSL – Longyearbyen (charter plane) – Ny-Ålesund (helicopter)accompanied by the Governor 22.00 - Dinner with the Governor

  5. Challenges in the ArcticbyJan-Gunnar WintherDirector, Norwegian Polar Institute

  6. What is happening with the sea ice in the Arctic?

  7. State-of-the-art knowledge (4,5 years ago)

  8. Summer sea ice extent September 1979-2008 ACIA IPCC Kilder: NSIDC & Univ. Bremen Trend: -11,7% per decade

  9. Some consequences In the region: • Access (transportation, fisheries, oil/gas, tourism) • Changes to the marine ecosystem • Energy and CO2 uptake (with global effects) Long-range effects: • Northern hemisphere weather patterns (”atmosperic memory”)- reduced winter precipitation in Scandinavia (hydropower)- reduced precipitation in southeast and western U.S. (drought) - increased winter precipation in the northern Mediterranean, Japan, and the Pacific Northwest.

  10. Changesare evident. Consequencesarewidespread. Need for action

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