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Nansen-‐NVP summer school, Longyearbyen 18th – 26th August 2013 Program/26.08.2013/lhp 1

Co-‐organized and sponsored and by:

Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center

Major sponsors:

The Nansen-‐NVP interdisciplinary PhD and Post-‐Doc summer school 18th – 26th August 2013

SHIPPING IN ARCTIC WATER: The interaction of sea ice, ship technology, climate change,

economy and other operational conditions

Venue: Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research (NVP), “Isdammen 1” and UNIS, Longyearbyen, Svalbard

Sunday 18th August: Arrival in Longyearbyen, transport to Nybyen/UNIS 1355 SK4414 arrival at LYR 1430 Bus to Gjestehuset 102, Nybyen and UNIS Guesthouse. Check in @ hotels. 1700-‐1800: Registration at UNIS – the University Centre in Svalbard (≈3 km from Nybyen,

individual walk). Chairman: Willy Østreng 1800: Brief information about the Academy and the summer school (Willy Østreng,

Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research) 1815: Definition of Arctic transport passages: The northeast, the northwest and transpolar

passages (Willy Østreng) 2000: Welcome dinner@ UNIS Canteen


Monday 19th August, Chairman: Willy Østreng All presentations 50 minutes, including questions 0900: Buss from Nybyen to Isdammen. 0930: Stakeholders in Arctic shipping. (Lawson Brigham, University of Alaska) 1020: Asia in the Arctic. (Njord Wegge, Fridtjof Nansen Institute) 1110: Coffee break 1130: Ship operation technology in Arctic ice-‐covered waters. (Morten Mejlænder-‐Larsen,

DnV) 1220: Destination Arctic and transit transport: oil, gas and mineral resources. (Arnfinn

Jørgensen-‐Dahl, Ocean Futures) 1310-‐1410: Lunch @ Isdammen 1410: Student life and security at UNIS (Fred Schanke Hansen, UNIS) 1500: Arctic Climate and sea ice: present and future perspectives. (Ola M. Johannessen,

NERSC) 1550: Coffee break 1640: General discussion related to the lectures. 1800: End of day @ Isdammen, 20 min. walk to UNIS. 1830: Public lecture @ UNIS-‐Lassegrotta: The New Maritime Arctic: Challenges and

Opportunities. (Lawson Brigham, University of Alaska) 1930: Dinner @ UNIS canteen. Tuesday 20th August @ Isdammen. Chairman: Lasse H. Pettersson, NERSC 0900: Buss from Nybyen to Isdammen. 0915: Introduction to and establishment of thematic student groups, the interdisciplinary

work and expectations. (Lasse H. Pettersson, NERSC) 0950: Group work: Formulation of questions to first day lectures. 1100: Coffee 1130: Plenum questions from students and discussion with the lecturers from previous day. 1300-‐1400: Lunch @ Isdammen 1400-‐1800: Student poster presentations: max. 5 minutes (up to 3 slides) each in plenum and

discussion around the posters, coffee break included. 1830: Dinner @ UNIS canteen. 2000: Increased shipping in the Arctic -‐ Impact of Shipping on Environment and Ecosystems.

(Ole A. Misund, UNIS)


Wednesday 21st August @ Isdammen. Chairman: Ola M. Johannessen, NERSC/NANSI 0900: Buss from Nybyen to Isdammen. All presentations each 30 minutes. 0915: Student poster presentations -‐ continued 1000: Ice information for strategic and tactical navigation support. (Stein Sandven, NERSC) 1030: Conditions for and experiences with shipping operations in the Northern Sea Route.

(Sergey Balmasov, Centre for High North Logistics) 1100-‐1115 Coffee 1115: Group work: Formulation of questions to the lectures. 1230-‐1330 Lunch@ Isdammen 1330: Monitoring, Search and rescue along the Arctic transportation passages. (Jon Erik

Hagen, Norwegian Coastal Directorate) 1400: Effects of increased shipping and industrial activities on indigenous and non-‐

indigenous communities: Implications for adaptation and policy. (Grete Hovelsud, CICERO).

1430 Coffee break 1500: The geopolitics of the High North: From confrontation to Cooperation. (Sverre Jervell,

former Norwegian diplomat) 1530: Group work: Discussion and formulation of questions. 1630-‐1830: Plenum questions from students and discussion with the lecturers from today. 1900: Dinner and concert @ UNIS canteen. Thursday 22nd August @ Isdammen. Chairman: Lasse H. Pettersson, NERSC 0900: Buss from Nybyen to Isdammen. 0915-‐1730 (included lunch and coffee breaks):

Interdisciplinary work, define key questions across the disciplines, create contents of a report/paper, writing assignment, start writing the report/paper based on all the previous days’ presentations and discussions. Lecturers will be available for the groups and Students may rotate between the thematic groups. Working title of the report/paper: “Shipping in Arctic Water: The interaction of sea ice, ship technology, climate change, economy and other operational conditions”. Moderators; Ola M. Johannessen, Lasse Pettersson, Stein Sandven and Willy Østreng.

1900: Dinner @ “Kroa”.


Friday 23rd August @ Isdammen. Chairman: Stein Sandven, NERSC 0900: Buss from Nybyen to Isdammen. 0915-‐1300: Continue writing the report/paper and prepare for reporting in the afternoon. 1300-‐1400: Lunch 1400-‐1800: Reporting, discussion and schedule for finalizing the report/paper from the summer

school (including coffee break). Moderators; Caroline Troein and Kathy Thompson.

1830: Dinner @ UNIS canteen. Saturday 24th August: Excursion 0830: Buss from Nybyen to harbour. 0900-‐ 1930: Boat trip and excursion to Nordenskjold Glacier and Pyramiden. 1930: Dinner @ UNIS canteen. Sunday 25th August: Summary and Group discussions 1000-‐1600: Conclusion of reporting, discussion and schedule for finalizing the report from the

summer school @ UNIS-‐Lassegrotta. Moderators; Ola M. Johannessen, Lasse Pettersson and Willy Østreng.

1330 Lunch @ UNIS canteen 1900: Dinner @ UNIS canteen 2030: A sense of adventure – a slide show about the life of Fridtjof Nansen

(http://www.nersc.no/content/sense-‐adventure) @ Lassegrotta. UNIS Monday 26th August: Departure 1000: Visit to Svalbard Museum. 1230: Buss from Svalbardbutikken (P) and Gjestehuset 102 (1300) in Nybyen to LYR airport

for departure. 1445: Flight SK4425 LYR-‐TOS-‐OSL, scheduled arrival in Oslo @ 1900.


Organizing committee • Willy Østreng, Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research, will-‐[email protected] • Lasse H. Pettersson, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen,

[email protected]. Cell phone; +47 93 22 35 63. • Stein Sandven, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen,

[email protected] • Ole Arve Misund, The University Centre in Svalbard, [email protected] • Thor Larsen, Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research, [email protected] • Synnøve Vetti, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen,

[email protected], Phone; +47 55 20 58 00 (air tickets) • Bente E. Johannessen, Nansen Scientific Society, Bergen, [email protected] • Kine Stiberg, Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research, post@polar-‐academy.com. Cell

phone; +47 99 74 87 04.

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