Logistics and infrastructure as a driver for development in the High Arctic (Terje Aunevik, session 2)

Terje Aunevik, Managing Director of Pole Position in Spitsbergen, exhibits the key role Arctic logistics is playing in the development of the many parts of the Arctic.

An accompanying video of the session in which this presentation was given can be found on the Arctic Futures Symposium VIMEO channel https://vimeo.com/148126647 . Mr. Aunevik's presentation begins at 47:22.

Transcript

1. Logis&cs  and  infrastructure  as  a  driver  for  development  in  the  high  Arc&c   TERJE  AUNEVIK     Arc.c  Futures  Symposium  2015  
2. WHY  ARE  WE  HERE  TODAY  ?  
8. •  International airport •  ISPS port •  Hospital •  SAR-Police-Fire dep •  100 years of mining / industry •  100 years of organized tourism •  Energy production •  900 hotel beds •  University / Science •  SVALSAT •  Best 4G / broadband in NOR •  International
10. LONGYEARBYEN,  the  real  Arc&c  Hub  
12. 2295   >660N   400W   400E                   255   2050   >750N   355   Source:  Kystverket  &  DNV,  September  2012   Copyright:  Norsk  Romsenter  
13. OVERSEAS  CRUISE  
14. EXPEDITION  CRUISE  
15. SEISMICS – OPS N/V OF FRANZ JOSEF LAND Icebreaker Rosiya Icebreaker Akademik Federov
16. Icebreaker Vladimir Ignatyuk MV Polar Explorer (seismic) SEISMICS – OPS N/E GREENLAND Icebreaker Fennica Akademik Shatsky (seismic) Icebreaker Oden
30. HOTELLNESET  –  arc.c  industrial  base  project  
31. EU  –  Cohesion  policy  (ar&cle  174)     «..regions  with  severe  and  permanent     natural  or  demographic  handicaps»   NORDREGIO  report  2006:   «…a  syndrome  of  disadvantage»  
32. Number  of  vessels   through  NSR  
34. «In  the  US  Navy  we  are  planning  for     that  the  polar  route    to  the  Atlan8c  ocean    will  pass  Svalbard  within  2025»          Admiral  Jonathan  White,  US  NAVY                                                                                                                                                                    (to  NRK    16  january  2015)