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SUMMARY:Leopoldina-Lecture "From Lomonosov to Modern Times: History of the 
 Russian-German Cooperation in the Scientific Exploration of High Northern L
 atitudes"
DESCRIPTION:In Lomonosov’s time (1711-1765), Arctic Ocean exploration was i
 n its infancy. Apart from the Great Nordic Expedition, Lomonosov himself pr
 omoted research through marine expeditions to find a passage between the Ar
 ctic and Pacific Oceans. Nansen (1861-1930) built the first dedicated polar
  research vessel, the FRAM, which allowed him to cross the Arctic Ocean. FR
 AM’s voyages are typical examples for the many national expeditions organiz
 ed during the heroic times of polar research which brought about new insigh
 ts into the geographic properties of the Arctic and Antarctica.\n\nIcebreak
 er technology was further developed in the early 1900s. KRASSIN demonstrate
 d that icebreakers could enter the Arctic sea ice to the North of Svalbard,
  but this new technology did not lead to a new research vessel. 50 years la
 ter, a new generation of icebreakers specifically dedicated to research was
  founded. These ships provide for modern laboratories and are able to ventu
 re deeply into the central Arctic Ocean, at least during summer: 20 years a
 go, ODEN and POLARSTERN reached the North Pole as the first conventionally 
 driven research icebreakers. Many Russian and German institutes have benefi
 ted from having access to such vessels. \n\nA few years ago, the European P
 olar Board of the European Science Foundation (ESF) has taken the initiativ
 e to plan a new ship. Within the ERICON AURORA BOREALIS-project, in which R
 ussia and Germany are important members, a technical feasibility study was 
 conducted. It demonstrated that a vessel with features like all-season capa
 bility for the central Arctic Ocean, large moonpool, and effective dynamic 
 positioning could be constructed. However, it would need an international c
 onsortium of countries bordering the Arctic Ocean and of polar research org
 anisations to jointly shoulder the costs to build and run such a ship.The L
 ecture is held in English by Leopoldina member Prof. Jörn Thiede.\n\nProfes
 sor Jörn Thiede\n\nProfessor Jörn Thiede  (*1941), member of Leopoldina, st
 udied geosciences at the universities  of Kiel, Vienna and Buenos Aires. He
  obtained his PhD in 1971 at Kiel  University in geology, specializing in m
 arine micropaleontology. 1967 to  1982, he worked in academic positions at 
 the universities of Aarhus/DK,  Bergen/N, Oslo/N and Oregon State in Corval
 lis/USA, and he learned to  sail the world’s oceans attempting to understan
 d the history of their  shape, waters and life. In 1982, he moved to Kiel U
 niversity and  initiated a large coordinated research project on “Global Ch
 ange in the  Norwegian-Greenland Sea“. He also successfully pursued the fou
 ndation of  a new research institution in marine geosciences: GEOMAR – whic
 h is now  a world famous research institution – was established in 1987 wit
 h Jörn  Thiede as founding director.\n\nJörn Thiede became the  first Germa
 n Professor of Paleoceanology. In 1988, he was granted the  Leibniz-Prize b
 y DFG, Germany’s most prestigious science award. He led  several expedition
 s into high northern latitude waters and initiated the  Ocean Drilling Prog
 ram “North Atlantic Arctic Gateways”. From 1997 to  2007, he was director o
 f the Alfred-Wegener-Institute and carried out  research in the Arctic and 
 Antarctic. He then moved to Denmark where he  was Professor for “Geology an
 d Climate” at the Geocenter Denmark in  Copenhagen until 2011. As chairman 
 of the ESF European Polar Board and  president of the Scientific Committee 
 on Arctic Research, he reorganized  both organisations, helped to prepare f
 or the International Polar Year  and initiated the project ERICON AURORA BO
 REALIS, funded by the European  Union. \n\nNowadays, he is  working as Prin
 cipal Investigator of one of the Russian “megagrants”  given to St. Petersb
 urg State University with the aim to establish a new  laboratory of geochro
 nology and to unravel the history of the Lena  River, the largest Siberian 
 river draining into the Arctic Ocean, thus  controlling major environmental
  properties of the Arctic Ocean.\n\nDownload\n\nInvitation\n\nKontakt\n\nDr
 . Ruth NarmannReferentin der Abteilung Internationale BeziehungenNationale 
 Akademie der Wissenschaften LeopoldinaJägerberg 1 | 06108 Halle (Saale)Tel.
 : 0345 - 47 239 - 835E-Mail: ruth.narmann@leopoldina.org
LOCATION:St. Petersburg, Russland
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