Hanna Marie Resvoll-Holmsen: a pioneer in Svalbard

This year is a kind of anniversary for the Norwegian Polar Institute: its establishment can be traced back to Svalbard expeditions sponsored by Prince Albert I of Monaco in 1906 and 1907. In this unreviewed biographical article, biologist Eva Fuglei, who has spent many seasons on Spitsbergen (where...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Authors: Fuglei, Eva, Goldman, Helle V.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2006
Subjects:
Arctic
Svalbard
Norwegian Polar Institute
Polar Research
Spitsbergen
Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2034
https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v25i1.6234
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Summary:This year is a kind of anniversary for the Norwegian Polar Institute: its establishment can be traced back to Svalbard expeditions sponsored by Prince Albert I of Monaco in 1906 and 1907. In this unreviewed biographical article, biologist Eva Fuglei, who has spent many seasons on Spitsbergen (where her research has focused on Arctic foxes), and the editor describe part of the uncommon life of botanist Hanna Marie Resvoll-Holmsen, who participated in the 1907 expedition.

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