CONTACT:

ADDRESS:

Polar Environmental Centre

N-9296 Tromsø

Norway

TELEPHONE: +47-77 75 05 00

TELEFAX: +47-77 75 05 01

 

         www.npolar.no

LIBRARY ACTIVITIES:

Library collections based on the private collections of Dr. Adolf Hoel, the first leader of "The state supported Norwegian Spitsbergen Expeditions", restructured as Norsk Polarinstitutt in 1948.

DESCRIPTION OF POLAR COLLECTION:

History of expeditions and exploration in the Arctic and Antarctic. Natural sciences. Svalbard literature. Norwegian activities in the Antarctic. Hunters' and trappers' diaries from Svalbard, Jan Mayen and Greenland.

Languages:

English, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Finnish, Hungarian, Slavic languages, Japanese, Inuit.