International Polar Year 2007 - 2008

Projects

Theme 4: The influence of human activities on the Poles and the effect of climate change on society

Green Harbour, Spitsbergen, and the international history of exploitation of the polar areas (abstract)
Projectleader: Prof. dr. L. Hacquebord
Organisation: University of Groningen, Faculty of Arts - Arctic Centre 
IPY-international: Large Scale Historical Industrial Exploitation of Polar Areas (LASHIPA)
Project period: 01-07-2007 until 01-09-2010

The coal exploitation of the Dutch Spitsbergen Coal Company (NESPICO) in Green Harbour, Spitsbergen, in its national and international context (abstract)
Projectleader: Prof. dr. L. Hacquebord
Organisation: University of Groningen, Faculty of Arts - Arctic Centre
IPY-international: Large Scale Historical Industrial Exploitation of Polar Areas (LASHIPA)
Project period: 01-04-2007 until 01-04-2011