Latest News for AWIPEV Base

Svalbardkartet.no by the Norwegian Polar Institute has opened a new layer showing scientific instruments, installations, and observatories in and around Ny-Aalesund.
At https://svalbardkartet.npolar.no choose the layer "Ny-Ålesund Research Objects".

News for 2021 field season

Covid-19 information sources

Updated infos about travel restrictions when travelling to Svalbard and Ny-Aalesund:

From Norwegian Polar Institute

AWIPEV Introduction Seminar

The 2021 AWIPEV Introduction Seminar will be held in two separate parts as a virtual meeting.

27. Jan. 2021 09:00 - 12:30 AWIPEV Introduction to base logistics
14:30 - 16:30 Logistical aspects of projects related to FACE-IT

3. March 2021 Introduction to AWIPEV Scientific projects 2021

For access details please see the agendas or contact Marion Maturilli.

About Freight:

Winter 2021 container to be sent from Bremerhaven:
Deadline for packing lists and freight list to logistics: 19. Jan. 2021
Deadline for delivery in Bremerhaven: 25. Jan. 2021
Scheduled arrival date in NYA: ca. 17. March 2021
Spring 2021 container to be sent from Bremerhaven:
Deadline for packing lists and freight list to logistics: 10. March 2021
Deadline for delivery in Bremerhaven: 17. March 2021
Scheduled arrival date in NYA: ca. 17. May 2021

Please contact Silke Henkel AND Marcus Meierdierks (AWI) for further information
and see AWI general freight handling infos.

Schedule of the freight ship Nordbjorn

New reports

Special Issues on Kongsfjorden Ecosystem Research

An international team of marine biologists and ecosystem specialists has published two Special Issues of Polar Biology on the Ecosystem Kongsfjorden: New Views after more than a Decade of Research.

Klimawandel aendert das Leben im Kongsfjord (auf Deutsch)

Research papers of the Kongsfjorden Ecosystem Workshop 2014 (in English)

The volumes are published by Springer:

AWIPEV Under Water Observatory featured by NRK

The Under Water Observatory (UWO) in Ny-Aalesund is featured in this prime time NRK news, reporting of the observation of the warming Kongsfjord.

(In Norwegian only) https://www.nrk.no/troms/rekordvarmt-i-svalbard-fjord-1.13197171

Visit of the French Minister for the Environment, Mme S. Royal to AWIPEV

Mme Ségolène Royal, French Minister for the Environment, visited AWIPEV Base 17. - 21. August, see

The French Minister for the Environment, Energy, and the Sea (in French)

IPEV news (in French)

Le Monde (in French)

25 years of German Arctic station in Ny-Aalesund

on 10th August 1991 the German Arctic research station was officially opened, which in 2003 merged with the French station into the joint AWIPEV Base of today. Read more about the (hi)story here.

Visit of the German Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks to AWIPEV

The German Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks visited AWIPEV base last week. Infos about her visit can be found on these web sites:

AWI

German Federal Ministry for the Environment

The Netherlands Arctic Station

Unusual cold stratosphere creates conditions for severe ozone depletion

The stratosphere above Spitsbergen is currently extremely cold, which is a prerequisite for ozone loss there. Find news at AWI and Science, find daily temperatures from AWIPEV here.

ANR/DFG French German Research Call

ANR and DFG have published a new call open to joint German-French research projects in all fields of the Natural, Life and Engineering Sciences including interdisciplinary research.

Deadline for proposal submissions is 2. Dec. 2015.

Information is given on the DFG Joint Call web site, by IPEV News, and through ANR for the "Projets franco-allemands (DFG)".

New NySMAC web site launched

At the 2015 Ny-Aalesund Seminar the NySMAC secretariat launched the new NySMAC web site with lots of updated information, e.g. about the revived Ny-Aalesund Flagship Programmes.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits AWIPEV Base

8. July

During his stay in Ny-Ålesund, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon and the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende visited the AWIPEV base. They were informed about climate research and work at the base.