Links

The Norwegian Glacier Museum has collected links to relevant topics within glaciology, the polar regions, climate and geosciences.

Glaciology

• All About Glaciers - web page from The National Snow and Ice Data Center

• Das Gletscherarchiv - many pictures (in German)

• International Glaciological Society (in English)

• Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) - Section for glacier, ice and snow

• Svalbard Museum

• Icebound - research on Svalbard's ice sheet

• World Glacier Monitoring Service - Organization that collects and presents data on glacier changes from around the world (in English)

Polar areas

• Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) (in English or German)

• Norwegian Polar Institute 

• The British Antarctic Survey (in English)

• Polarhistorie.no - multimedia, articles, personal gallery and timeline of Norwegian polar history 

Climate And Environment

• Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research 

• Tograder.no - portal about climate knowledge

• CICERO - Center for Climate Research 

• Forskning.no - online newspaper with research news from Norway and abroad

• UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC

• Globalcarbonatlas - Website with a carbonatlas for the world

• Meteorological Institute 

• Climate film - website that provides an introduction to climate

• Network for Environmental Education - an internet-based educational offering for sustainable development

• yr.no - service from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and NRK with weather forecasts and climate themes

• Norwegian Climate Foundation - a foundation that works for the development and use of climate-friendly technology and new forms of energy

• NASA Climate Change - NASA's climate change website with learning resources

• Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) - a photo project that documents glacier changes in extreme areas

• The future is in our hands - working on green tips on how you can cut greenhouse gas emissions, among other things.

• The Green Thread - Blog about climate and environment from kindergarten to high school in Gloppen municipality

GEOSCIENCE

• Geoforskning.no - popular science online newspaper that provides news from the geoscientific research community.

• Geological Survey of Norway - institution for knowledge about bedrock, mineral resources, loose materials and groundwater in Norway

• Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) - geotechnical professional community and a leading center for research and consultancy within engineering-related geosciences 

Fjærland

• Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) - data from measuring stations at Bøyumselva and Flatbreen

• Meteorological Institute - data from the weather station at Norwegian Glacier Museum

Children's activities

• Barnasnorge.no - Nationwide overview showing activities for children aged 0-15 years

Teaching resources

On these websites you will find links to teaching resources about glacier and climate:

• Icemap - Learn about the last ice age ice cover over Eurasia! Interactive map, video and simple explanations.

• naturfag.no - National Center for Science in Education

• Environmental Education - Tools for teaching sustainable development in schools

• The natural school bag - Will increase environmental commitment and knowledge about sustainable development in primary education

• Polarisen - Swedish website from the science center Universeum. About glaciers, polar ice and climate - with interactive exercises

• Polarhistorie.no's school portal - quizzes, crosswords and theme maps related to Norwegian Polar history. Linked to curriculum goals.
   

Animations/multimedia:

• Glacier simulator - here you can determine the development of a glacier all by yourself!