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. 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.

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.

References
  1. http://it.stlawu.edu/~jahncke/clj/polarbearpics/PolarBears.html
  2. #Norwegian_Polar_Institute#Directors
  3. From the CBC archives: Researcher coats polar bears in oil for science
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