Nils Are Øritsland
Nils Are Øritsland (5 August 1939 – 24 November 2006) was a Norwegian polar researcher in zoophysiology and ecology. In 1971 a study of the fiberoptic properties of polar bear pelts was published. The study attracted attention but was later found lacking[1]. Øritsland received his PhD in 1976 from the University of Oslo.[citation needed] He was director of the Norwegian Polar Institute from 1991 to 1993.[2] In 1980, Øritsland conducted a controversial study into the effects of oil spills on polar bears that resulted in the deaths of polar bears after they ingested crude oil.[3]
Distinctions
- The Nansen prize for excellent research in the Arctic in 1986.[citation needed]
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.
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