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ICE – Ice, Climate & EcosystemsThe new centre ICE at the Norwegian Polar Institute will place its research focus on ice, climate and ecosystems.
 ICE Fimbul Ice ShelfICE Fimbul Ice Shelf is a research project investigating melting of ice shelves in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. From November 2009 to January 2010, the project conducted its first field season with an expedition to the Fimbul Ice Shelf. The second field season ended in January 2011. Read all about it in the expedition diary. ICE EcosystemsThe focus of ICE Ecosystems will be those organisms in the ecosystem that are obligate dependent on ice in some part of their life cycles and their effect and dependence upon other organisms. During the first five years of ICE Ecosystems, we will focus our research on ice fauna, zooplankton, polar cod, polar bears, ringed seals and ivory gulls. ICE FluxesICE Fluxes investigates the physical processes that control the behaviour of the Arctic sea ice. Over the past three decades, the Arctic sea ice cover has changed substantially with reductions in both extent and thickness. In ICE Fluxes, we focus on understanding processes from small to larger scales that govern energy and mass fluxes between the atmosphere, snow, sea ice, and ocean.
News AMORA project participants meet in TromsøThe Chinese-Norwegian research project AMORA is developing measuring devices to improve the understanding of how the sun affects global warming, and which role the Arctic sea ice plays in this. The participants of the project recently met in Tromsø.  International Symposium on Sea Ice peer-reviewed papers availablePeer-reviewed papers following the "International Symposium on Sea Ice" in Tromsø in June are now available online.  Getting ready for season twoPreparations for a second season on Fimbulisen are well underway.  Ringed seal equipped with advanced satellite tagA ringed seal has for the first time been equipped with a new advanced satellite tag, in northern Svalbard.  Ringed seals in the Arctic OceanNine ringed seals are now swimming around with brand new, advanced satellite transmitters. One is already at 84 degrees North, far into the ice of the Arctic Ocean. ICE calendar
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