Nils Are Øritsland
Encyclopedia
Nils Are Øritsland was a Norwegian
polar researcher in zoophysiology and ecology
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He was director of the Norwegian Polar Institute
from 1991 to 1993.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
polar researcher in zoophysiology and ecology
Ecology
Ecology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...
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He was director of the Norwegian Polar Institute
Norwegian Polar Institute
The Norwegian Polar Institute is Norway's national institution for polar research. It is run under the auspices of the Norwegian Ministry of Environment. The institute organizes expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic regions and runs a research station at Ny-Ålesund...
from 1991 to 1993.
Biography
- 1939: born in Stavanger, Norway, but moved early to Oslo
- 1976: PhD University of Oslo
- 1991 - 1993: Director of the Norwegian Polar Institute
Distinctions
- The Nansen prize for excellent research in the arctic in 1986