Please see venue map for a list of places relevant to the conference
September 3. Conference Icebreaker at Grand Reception Rooms.
September 4. Conference Reception in Haakons Hall (Håkonshallen)
September 5. Conference Dinner, location is to be announced
More information on the social events will be updated.
Trip to the Hardangerjøkulen
On September 7, we offer a trip to the Hardangerjøkulen Glacier with Prof. Atle Nesje.
Hardangerjøkulen seen from Hårteigen. Photo: Berland/ Wikimedia
We take the Bergen-Oslo train to Finse (1222 m a.s.l.).
Departure time Bergen at 07.58 AM.
Arrive at Finse at 10.20 AM.
Walk for about 2 hrs (ca. 4 km) up the front of Midtdalsbreen (about 1400 m a.s.l.), a northern outlet glacier from Hardangerjøkulen, the sixth largest glacier in Norway.
We will walk through the ‘Little Ice Age’ glacier foreland of Midtdalsbreen. At the glacier front, the evidence of recent frontal variations will be presented. Walk back to the Finse railway station. Depart with train from Finse at 20.21 PM, arriving Bergen at 22.35 PM.
Everyone need to bring food and something to drink for the entire day, good hiking shoes, and warm and waterproof clothes (including a warm hat and gloves).
Expenses: More than 10 participants NOK 560 (train ticket both ways).
Less than 10 participants NOK 700 (both ways).
Please sign up via the conference registration form
Contact:
Professor Atle Nesje (atle.nesje@geo.uib.no) and conference coordinator Birgit Falch (birgit.falch@uni.no)
