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Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI)
The Norwegian Polar Institute researches and monitors Arctic and Antarctic nature. Since the 1960s it has studied Barents Sea polar bears using capture-recapture and satellite tracking.
Headquarters
Norway
Sectors
- habitat
Works on
- Polar bears losing sea ice - Western Hudson Bay population in decline Arctic, Hudson Bay (Churchill, Manitoba)
Field centres (2)
- Norwegian Polar Institute headquarters, Fram Centre (Tromsø) Norway
- Norwegian Polar Institute office in Longyearbyen (Svalbard) Norway
Sources
Organisation record before editorial verification. Centres and coordinates according to the organisation's publications, approximate to the town. Corrections