The Arctic Remote Sensing Campaign (ArcSeC)
Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
4 - 11 April 2003
For a preliminary programme please visit:
http://www.arcticremote.no
For more information contact: per.torbo [at] spacecentre.no
Deadline for registration: 14 February 2003
The Arctic Remote Sensing Campaign (ArcSeC) is a hands on, one week
course at Spitsbergen, giving participants experience in obtaining broad
information on arctic environmental and climatic parameters. Obtained by
in situ measurements, analysis of satellite images and information from
airborne instruments.
We can offer a week that you will not easily forget. You will work part
time in the well-equipped labs at the University (UNIS) in the modern
town of Longyearbyen (only 1500 km from the North Pole), and part time
living the rough life in the wilderness, driving snow scooters to get
there. While in the wilderness you will be in the safe hands of
professional guards from the Safety Department of the University, armed
to protect you against the polar bears.
The course will start with lectures at our base camp, at UNIS. You will
be introduced to the practical work to be performed and go through a
safety course and learn how to handle a gun.
Deadline for registration: 14 February 2003
For a preliminary programme, please visit our web site:
http://www.arcticremote.no
Our main target group are decision makers or project leaders, working
with:
-earth observation
-environment in the Arctic
-polar research
-education involving satellite information
-and others who feel the need for obtaining a wider knowledge platform
on how important climatic parameters could be monitored and measured.
Registration fee is €2,750*. The fee includes campaign costs,
accommodation for seven nights, all meals (except beverages), snow
scooter rental, transportation and sightseeing.
The campaign is sponsored by the Norwegian Space Centre and the
University Courses at Svalbard. The Norwegian Polar Institute, the
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, and Kongsberg Satellite
Services are contributing in kind.
The number of participants is limited to 18. To join the campaign, you
should have equivalent to a bachelor degree in science, you should have
a need for getting a broad knowledge platform on the climate and
environment in the Arctic. You should have a need to get a practical,
hands on experience on how to use modern tools like satellite imagery,
combined with working at a field site. You should not dislike ice and
snow.
Participants will visit and use SvalSat, the large satellite ground
station, owned by Kongsberg Satellite Services. Our base camp will be
UNIS in Longyearbyen. Longyearbyen is a small, compact community, and
the centre of Norwegian presence on Svalbard. The main industrial
activity is mining and export of coal. Tourism and service industries,
education and research are growing activities in Longyearbyen.
Longyearbyen is a small but modern city of approximately 1400
inhabitants, with a well-developed infrastructure which includes nursery
schools, primary and secondary schools, a library, museum, church, a new
hospital, dental service, post office, bank, shops, cafés and
restaurants, a new sports hall and a cinema.
For more information contact:
Phone: +47 22 51 18 17
e-mail: per.torbo [at] spacecentre.no
http://www.arcticremote.no