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ArcticHERO is a
knowledge-based firm working with aspects of geoscience and climatescience,
past as well as present.
ArcticHERO is located in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway.
ArcticHERO is short for the
longer title: "Arctic Historical Evaluation and Research
Organisation". This title signals the focus on data/observations from
both past and present, to generate new knowledge relevant for modern
societies.
Director is dr. Ole Humlum,
professor emeritus of Physical Geography at the University of Oslo, and
former professor (full + adjunct) at the University Center in Svalbard (UNIS).
Please find brief
professional CV for Ole humlum below, to provide the overall science
background:
Education:
- 1976, January: M.Sc.
in Glacial Geomorphology, Institute of Geography,
University
of
Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 1976 November: Gold
Medal for Prize Essay,
University
of
Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 1980 June: Ph.D. in
Glacial Geomorphology, Institute of Geography,
University
of
Copenhagen, Denmark.
Other
Formal Qualifications:
- 1994, Education and
Qualification as Pedagogical
Mentor
at the Faculty of Science,
University
of
Copenhagen
,
Copenhagen
, Denmark.
- 1997, Qualification as
Full Professor in Physical Geography, Department of Physical
Geography, Lunds University, Sweden; rated as no. 2 (well-qualified,
same as no.1) among 15 applicants. Main scientific topics represented
at this department: Geomorphology, Climatology, Satellite imagery
analysis and Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
- 1998, Qualification as
Full Professor in Geography (Theme: Global Change),
Institute
of
Geography
,
University of Copenhagen
,
Denmark
; rated as no.2 (highly qualified, same as no.1) among 6 applicants.
Main scientific topics represented at this department: Geomorphology,
Climatology, Soil Science, Satellite imagery analysis, Geographical
Information Systems (GIS), Human Geography.
- 1999, Qualification as
Full Professor in Physical Geography, The University Centre on
Svalbard
(UNIS),
Longyearbyen, Norway
; rated as no.1 among 26 applicants.
- 2002, Qualification as
Full Professor in Physical Geography, Institute of Geosciences, The
University of Oslo, Norway; rated as no.1 among 12 applicants.
Professional
Experience:
- July 1980: Post.Doc,
Institute
of
Geography
,
University of Copenhagen
,
Denmark.
- January 1982: Post.Doc.,
Danish Science Research
Council
,
Denmark.
- June 1983 - August
1986: Scientific Director, Arctic Station, Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn),
Greenland.
- August 1986 - August
1999: Associate professor, Arctic Geomorphology, Institute of
Geography,
University
of
Copenhagen, Denmark.
- April 1995 - August
1999: Pedagogical
Mentor
, Faculty of Science,
University of Copenhagen
,
Denmark.
- February 1996 -
January 1997: Special Consultant, GeoBasis Programme, Danish Polar
Center (DPC),
Copenhagen, Denmark.
- February 1997 -
January 1998: Honorary Senior Lecturer, Depart. Geography.,
University of St. Andrews
,
Scotland.
- February 1998 - August
1998: Visiting Associate Professor,
Faroese
Natural
Museum
, Tórshavn,
Faroe Islands.
- August 1998 - August
1999: Associate professor, Arctic Geomorphology, Institute of
Geography,
University
of
Copenhagen, Denmark.
- September 1999 -
August 2003: Full Professor, Physical Geography, The University Centre
in
Svalbard
(UNIS),
Svalbard
,
Norway
.
- January 2001-August
2003: Head of the Geological Department, The University Centre
in
Svalbard
(UNIS),
Svalbard
,
Norway
.
- September 2003-October
2017: Full Professor II (Adjunct Professor), Physical Geography, The
University Centre in
Svalbard
(UNIS),
Svalbard
,
Norway
.
- January 2003-October
2016: Full Professor, Physical Geography, The
University
of
Oslo
, Department of
Geography
,
Norway
.
- September 2007-June
2008: Visiting Scholar,
University
of
St. Andrews
,
School
of
Geography
and Geosciences,
Scotland
.
Areas
of Research Interest:
- Glacial- and
periglacial geomorphology, with main emphasis on the climatic control
on glacial and periglacial geomorphic activity in cold-climate,
high-relief areas, past as well as present.
- Landforms derived from
bedrock weathering in high-relief areas, with special emphasis on rock
glaciers.
- Permafrost and
associated landforms.
- Permafrost coasts and
their dynamics.
- Slope processes in
cold climates.
- Climate variability
and associated geomorphological response.
- Scientific
applications of numerical modelling in geomorphology; e.g. modelling
of glacier masse balance based on meteorological values (and vice
versa), plus active layer and permafrost thermal characteristics.
- Reconstruction of
Quaternary ice sheets, glaciers and periglacial environments in the
North Atlantic region.
- Historical and modern
climatology (modern dataseries as well as the use of documentary and
early instrumental records for the reconstruction of late Holocene
climate) of the
North Atlantic
region, in particular the
Faroe Islands
,
Greenland
and
Svalbard
.
- The impact of climate
on societies (human dimensions) in the
North Atlantic
region.
- Comparison and
integration of different climate proxy series.
-
Arctic
and Antarctic climate, past and present.
- Wavelet and other
statistical analysis of climate and meteorological series.
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