The Data Access Portal has information in 3 columns. An outline of the content in these columns is provided above. When first entering the search interface, all potential datasets are listed. Datasets are indicated in the map and results tabulation elements which are located in the middle column. The order of results can be modified using the "Sort by" option in the left column. On top of this column is normally relevant guidance information to user presented as collapsible elements.
If the user want to refine the search, this can be done by constraining the bounding box search. This is done in the map - the listing of datasets is automatically updated. Date constraints can be added in the left column. For these to take effect, the user has to push the button marked search. In the left column it is also possible to specific text elements to search for in the datasets. Again pushing the button marked "Search" is necessary for these to take action. Complex search patterns can be constructed using logical operators and phrases embedded in quotation marks. Logical operators include AND, OR and NOT. Remember to add space around operators. Text strings that are not quoted are trated as separate words and will match any of the words (i.e. assuming the OR operator). E.g. in order to find WMO synoptic weather station data from Verlegenhuken use the search phrase: [synop AND verlegenhuken]. Searches are case insensitive.
Other elements indicated in the left and right columns are facet searches, i.e. these are keywords that are found in the datasets and all datasets that contain these specific keywords in the appropriate metadata elements are listed together. Further refinement can be done using full text, date or bounding box constraints. Individuals, organisations and data centres involved in generating or curating the datasets are listed in the facets in the right column.
Collections
Collections allows the user to search in subsets of the existing catalogue. The collections are primarily data management projects that have been incorporated in the ADC catalogue after the project has ended. In this context the ADC is the long term access solution for these data. The collections currently served through ADC include (datasets may belong to multiple data collections):
ADC is the full collection of this service CC is the CryoClim collection
In order to search a specific data collection select that collection. If no data collection is selected all collections are searched.
AeN are data related to the Nansen Legacy project and are better explored through the SIOS Data Access Point using the collection defined there which is available through this URL.
SIOS, InfraNOR, SIOSCD, SIOSAP, SESS_* are collections related to SIOS. These are better explored through the SIOS Data Access Portal
Some cleaning is pending between InfraNOR and SIOSIN, for some of the SESS collections.
Citation of data and service
Always remember to cite data when used!
Citation information for individual datasets is often provided in the metadata. However, not all datasets have this information embedded in the discovery metadata. On a general basis a citation of a dataset include the same components as any other citation:
author,
title,
year of publication,
publisher (for data this is often the archive where it is housed),
edition or version,
access information (a URL or persistent identifier, e.g. DOI if provided)
The information required to properly cite a dataset is normally provided in the discovery metadata the datasets.
If you use data retrieved through this portal, please acknowledge the Norwegian Meteorological Institute/Arctic Data Centre.
Following the protection of the polar bear in Svalbard in 1973, Sysselmannen (http://sysselmannen.no/) registers every serious incidents involving polar bears.
These records were summarised in numerous publications linked to here, the first by Ian Gjertz and Endre Persen in 1987.
From 2014 the Norwegian data is published in the Polar bear / human interaction API.
Gjertz,I.,Aarvik,S.& Hindrum,R.1995.Polar bears killed in Svalbard 1987-1992.P.184 in Wiig,Ø.,Born,E.W.& Garner,G.W. (eds).Polar Bears.Proceedings of the eleventh working meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group 25-27 January 1993, Copenhagen,Denmark.IUCN Species Survival Commission Occasional Paper 10,192 pp.
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I perioden juli 1973 til oktober 1995 var det 72 tilfeller der bjørn ble skutt i nødverge eller bjørn angrep og skadet mennesker på Svalbard.
Disse førte til at tre personer omkom (en i 1977 og to i 1995), og seks personer kom til skade. Videre ble 68 bjørner avlivet og én skadeskutt (se Gjertz & Persen 1987,Gjertz 1994,Gjertz et al. 1995, Derocher et al. 1998).
1996-1997 ?
1998-2005
Tab. 1 Isbjørn avlivet eller skadeskutt på Svalbard 1998-2005 B = beskyttelse; D = dyrevern; FT = Forebyggende tiltak
SMS = Sysselmannen; STB = Stasjonsbesetning eller andre fastboende; F = Forsker; T = Tilreisende
Dato Sted Årsak Involvert Isbjørn Isbjørn Kommentar å-m-d kjønn alder 98-02-06 Brandalspynten, Ny-Ålesund FT SMS Hann 4-5 98-04-10 Hopen B STB Hann 1-2 98-08-01 Brucebyen, Billefjorden B T ? ? Skadeskutt 98-08-08 Gåshamna, Hornsund B T Hann 2 98-08-09 Gåshamna, Hornsund B T Hann 2-3 00-06-14 Smeerenburgfjorden D SMS Hann >5 00-07-31 Gåshamna, Hornsund B F Hunn 7 00-08-01 Gåshamna, Hornsund D SMS Hann 1-2 00-08-01 Gåshamna, Hornsund D SMS Hunn 1-2 01-04-26 Bjørnøya B STB Hann 7 01-07-02 Kapp Amsterdam, Sveagruva FT SMS Hunn 3 02-07-10 Eholmen, Bellsund B T Hann 9 02-07-16 Colesbukta FT SMS Hunn 7 02-07-16 Colesbukta FT SMS Hann 1-2 02-07-16 Colesbukta FT SMS Hunn 1-2 02-12-07 Isbjørnhamna, Hornsund B STB Hann 2-3 03-02-03 Austfjordneset, Wijdefjorden B STB Hann 17 03-05-13 Adventdalen FT SMS Hann 3 03-05-17 Mushamna, Woodfjorden B STB Hann 4-5 04-02-24 Vestpynten, Adventfjorden B STB Hunn 2 04-05-10 Van Mijenfjorden D SMS Hann 0,5 04-04-21 Van Keulenfjorden Uhell F Hann 15 04-06-09 Fridtjovhamna B T Hann 2,5 04-09-27 Mushamna, Woodfjorden Uhell STB Hunn ? Skadeskutt 04-12-30 Barentsburg FT SMS Hann 2 05-03-05 Kapp Lee, Edgeøya B F Hann 10?
References: 1994: Fauna, vol. 47 nr. 3 NP hefte: “In the land of the Polar Bear” NPs årsmelding for 1994