Co-feeding between Svalbard rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea) and Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus).
ABSTRACT. Co-feeding between Svalbard rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea) and Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on Svalbard, Norway, was observed during our annual point transect survey of territorial Svalbard ptarmigan cocks in two side valleys of Adventdalen and Sassendalen. Both pairs and single hens or cocks used the feeding...

Norwegian Arctic expansionism, Victoria Island (Russia) and the Bratvaag expedition.
IAN GJERTZ (1) and BERIT MORKVED (2) (Received 6 October 1997; accepted in revised form 22 March 1998) ABSTRACT. Victoria Island (Ostrov Viktoriya in Russian) is the westernmost island of the Russian Arctic. The legal status of this island and neighbouring Franz Josef Land was unclear in 1929 and 1930....

Noruega: la vecina del Polo Norte: Europa poco conocida: aguas brillantes, rodeadas de cimas recortadas y pendientes inmaculadas: el invierno da al paisaje noruego un aspecto un tanto irreal. (Internacionales).
La parte norte del continente europeo la ocupa el país que sus propios habitantes llaman Kongeriket Norge o Kongeriket Noreg que significa Reino de Noruega. Las dos interpretaciones del mismo nombre se deben a que en el país nórdico existen dos variantes del idioma oficial noruego: bokmal y nynorsk....

Life-History Traits of Charr, Salvelinus alpinus, from a High Arctic Watercourse on Svalbard.
ODD A. GULSETH [1,2,3] KJELL J. NILSSEN [1] (Received 11 May 1999; accepted in revised form 25 April 2000) ABSTRACT. Three arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) morphs coexist within the Dieset watercourse (79[degrees] 10'N, 11[degrees]20'E) on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Small freshwater resident chaff exhibited a...

Glaciers, Fjords and the Polar Ice Cap Highlight Crystal North Cape Voyage.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Luxury specialist Crystal Cruises is taking guests to the end of the world on its only 2009 North Cape itinerary, where only the Norwegian Svalbard Islands stand between them and the North Pole. The July 11 "Arctic Expedition" itinerary aboard Crystal Symphony departs...

World Premiere of Film on the Oceans and Climate Change at DC Environmental Film Festival.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Imagine a world without fish. A new documentary on climate change and the oceans proposes just that. The film, A Sea Change, premieres at the DC Environmental Film Festival March 14. A Sea Change is the first documentary about ocean acidification, the underbelly...

Fossil find!
Researchers in Norway have found fossils one of the largest Marine dinosaurs ever! The 150 million-year-old predator was over 50 feet long, and was discovered about 800 miles from the north pole. The creature, which the archeologists onsite nicknamed "The Monster" is actually Svalbard Pliosaurus, after the region in...

The White Bears of Greenland.
THE WHITE BEARS OF GREENLAND. By E.W. BORN. Nuuk, Greenland: Ilinniusiorfik Education, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. 2008. ISBN 978-87-7975-405-8. 128 p., maps, colour illus., further reading, index. Softbound. DKK 186 (~US$40.00) + shipping. (Also available in Danish and Greenlandic from Ilinniusiorfik, Postboks 1610, 3900 Nuuk, Greenland, http://www.ilinniusiorfik.gl...

Headquarters Print Display.
Oct-Dec-Headquarters Print Display--PSA Youth Exhibition--Kathy Braun, APSA, Youth Group Advisor. Contact John Streich, FPSA, Print Display Director, for openings at 303-429-8178 or J1streich@aol.com Dec 7--Gold Rush Chapter--Last quarterly meeting for 2008 will be held at the Holiday Inn Northeast, Sacramento. Featured presenter for the all-day program will...

Ice bears and kotick; rowing on top of the world.
9781574092646 Ice bears and kotick; rowing on top of the world. Webb, Peter. Sheridan House 2007 249 pages $17.95 Paperback G780 First-time author Webb chronicles his adventure taking a small open...