Third European Permafrost Conference 2010 in Svalbard

We aim to be able to host the Third European Conference on Permafrost, EUCOP III in 2010 in Svalbard at UNIS. EUCOP have been held twice before in Europe outside the Arctic, but we want to focus on the European permafrost in the Arctic, by arranging this conference in Svalbard, where during the IPY permafrost research activities have increased and many new installations are now in place. The target group for this conference is researchers and engineers working with permafrost. The Norwegian and Nordic or ganisers will present the outcome of the IPY project TSP NORWAY (Permafrost Observatory Project: A Contribution to the Thermal State of Permafrost) to the international scientific and engineering audience by arranging this conference. In addition also the FRINAT project CRYOLINK (Permafrost and seasonal frost in Southern Norway - Understanding and modelling the atmosphere-ground temperature coupling) will present the first results on this conference. This unique combination of permafrost research in Sval bard and Northern Norway (TSP NORWAY) and southern Norway (CRYOLINK) will establish Norway as one of the leading permafrost nations in Europe and the Arctic.