Nils Are Øritsland

Nils Are Øritsland (5 August 1939 – 24 November 2006) was a Norwegian polar researcher in zoophysiology and ecology. He was director of the Norwegian Polar Institute from 1991 to 1993.

Biography

• 1939: born in Stavanger, Norway, but moved early to Oslo
• 1976: PhD University of Oslo
• 1991 - 1993: Director of the Norwegian Polar Institute

Bibliography

• Lavigne, D. M. and Øritsland, N. A. (1974) "Ultraviolet photography: a new application for remote sensing of mammals", Can J. Zool. 52, 939-43
• Lavigne, D. M. and Øritsland, N. A. (1974) "Black Polar Bears", Nature 251, 218-9
• Øritsland, N. A. and Ronald, K. (1978) "Solar heating of mammals: Observations of hair transmittance", Int. J. Biometeor. 22, 197-201
• Øritsland, Nils A. Red. 1986 "Svalbardreinen og dens livsgrunnlag" Universitetsforlaget, ISBN 82-00-07728-4
• Øritsland, Nils A., 1990: Starvation survival and body composition in mammals with particular reference to homo sapiens. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 52, No. 5, 643-655.

Distinctions

• The Nansen prize for excellent research in the arctic in 1986

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Name	Oeritsland, Nils
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Date of birth	5 August 1939
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Date of death	24 November 2006
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