The Svalbard fatal accident 19th December 2015 - Assisting local authorities in the acute phase

The Svalbard fatal avalanche caused massive destruction when it hit part of the village Longyearbyen Saturday morning at the start of the Christmas holiday. The avalanche released after a furious storm and killed to persons, destroyed 11 houses and numerous cars and snowmobiles. The avalanche reveal...

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Main Authors: Brattlien, Kjetil, Hestnes, Erik, Domaas, Ulrik
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: Montana State University Library 2016
Subjects:
Avalanche-RnD
Snøskred-FoU
Svalbard
Longyearbyen
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3083283
https://arc.lib.montana.edu/snow-science/item/2410
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spelling ftngi:oai:ngi.brage.unit.no:11250/3083283 2023-09-05T13:20:58+02:00 The Svalbard fatal accident 19th December 2015 - Assisting local authorities in the acute phase Brattlien, Kjetil Hestnes, Erik Domaas, Ulrik 2016 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3083283 https://arc.lib.montana.edu/snow-science/item/2410 eng eng Montana State University Library The International Snow Science Workshop (ISSW) Proceedings; https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3083283 https://arc.lib.montana.edu/snow-science/item/2410 4 Avalanche-RnD Snøskred-FoU Conference object 2016 ftngi 2023-08-23T22:48:06Z The Svalbard fatal avalanche caused massive destruction when it hit part of the village Longyearbyen Saturday morning at the start of the Christmas holiday. The avalanche released after a furious storm and killed to persons, destroyed 11 houses and numerous cars and snowmobiles. The avalanche revealed that numerous houses in the village where endangered in the current situation. Two avalanche experts from NGI arrived at the site on the remote island in the evening and assisted local authorities. Conference Object Longyearbyen Svalbard Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) Digital Archive Svalbard Longyearbyen
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Snøskred-FoU
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Snøskred-FoU
Brattlien, Kjetil
Hestnes, Erik
Domaas, Ulrik
The Svalbard fatal accident 19th December 2015 - Assisting local authorities in the acute phase
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description The Svalbard fatal avalanche caused massive destruction when it hit part of the village Longyearbyen Saturday morning at the start of the Christmas holiday. The avalanche released after a furious storm and killed to persons, destroyed 11 houses and numerous cars and snowmobiles. The avalanche revealed that numerous houses in the village where endangered in the current situation. Two avalanche experts from NGI arrived at the site on the remote island in the evening and assisted local authorities.
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Hestnes, Erik
Domaas, Ulrik
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title The Svalbard fatal accident 19th December 2015 - Assisting local authorities in the acute phase
title_short The Svalbard fatal accident 19th December 2015 - Assisting local authorities in the acute phase
title_full The Svalbard fatal accident 19th December 2015 - Assisting local authorities in the acute phase
title_fullStr The Svalbard fatal accident 19th December 2015 - Assisting local authorities in the acute phase
title_full_unstemmed The Svalbard fatal accident 19th December 2015 - Assisting local authorities in the acute phase
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publisher Montana State University Library
publishDate 2016
url https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3083283
https://arc.lib.montana.edu/snow-science/item/2410
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https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3083283
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