The team for Ann and Liv’s new project, Access Water, are currently visiting Norway for the purpose of training to Antarctic in November. You can follow our training trip through Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/yourexpedition

In February I´m heading to PLU Pacific Lutheran University in Seattle, US for several purposes: As a board member at The Thor Heyerdahl Institute  we bring in the keynote speaker Terje Tvedt for celebration of the Thor Heyerdahl Internatinal day at Wang Symposium “Our Thirsty Planet.”
PLU is also creating our curriculum linked to our international educational expedition to the South Pole later this year: BAE Access Water 2012
Finally I will have a lecture at the PLU_Scandinavian Scene at PLU Friday February 24th.

Mine venner på Glittersjå Fjellgård i Jotunheimen arrangerer sammen med Heidal Idrettslag og Vågå Idrettslag det første Jo Gjenderennet i mars.
Pakk sekken og opplev et turrenn med miljøvennlig og folkelig profil gjennom Jotunheimen. Påmelding her.

“Dæ oss har å heilde oss etter her i vær´n, dæ æ vettet”.
– Jo Gjende, fjellmann, jeger og fritenker fra Vågå.

ENGLISH: I recommend a touring race in the footsteps of Jo Gjende a Norwegian outdoorsman and a freethinker. He is believed to have been the model of Henrik Ibsen´s Peer Gynt.

This week I am in Tromsø and celebrating Roald Amundsen´s Centennial Anniversary 14 December 2011.
I will lecture at an Amundsen Seminar 13 December. December 14 is it a full day program in Tromsø. More here.
Thursday I am going to have a lecture for school children.

There are a hundres of people that have expeditions and events at the South Pole this year. Ann Bancroft and I are going back next year combining adventure and education. Skiing in the footsteps of Amundsen in the spirit of Nansen. You can learn more about our “Access Water 2012″ here.

Last ned programmet her.

European Council of International Schools (ECIS) annual conference takes part in Lisbon, Portugal
November 16-20.
I will be the keynote speaker at Saturday Lunchtime Plenary session and  conducting a workshop on
Bancroft Arnesen Explore´s Educational Expedition “Access Water 2012″.

PROGRAM.

En god venn fra Svalbard,  forfatter, fotograf og pappa Jan Grønseth som ønsker at barn skal bli glad i naturen presenterer bøker og DVDer.
Jeg snakker litt om drømmene i oss…

Hof kulturhus søndag 30. oktober kl. 16  Presse:Bygdekvinnelaget.
Nedre Eiker bibliotek mandag 31. oktober kl. 19
Bærum kulturhus tirsdag 1. november kl. 18

English: DREAMS – an old friend from Svalbard, writer, photographer and dad Jan Grønseth is presenting his books and DVD´s how kids can connect to nature.

October 18th, I had the pleasure of joining Ann Bancroft and Will Steger at the opening of a new polar exploration exhibit at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
King Harald and Queen Sonja stopped by… More to read here.

Forskningsdagene i Trondheim
Forskere fra NTNU, marinbiologer fra Vitenskapsmuseet og studenter fra Eksperter i Team forteller om prosjekter innen vannrensing og marinbiologi. Lørdag og søndag 24. og 25. september vil i tillegg polfareren Liv Arnesen fortelle om sitt Access Water 2012-prosjekt og fortelle fra sine ekspedisjoner i polområdene.

Rent vann er helt grunnleggende for alt som lever. Under Forskningsdagene inviterer NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet til en helg der du kan lære om vann og biologi, teknologi og samfunn.

ENGLISH: National Science Week 2011 starts on Monday 23 September. Hum the week-long festival the Research Council and Collaborating Thurs across the country work together in a large-scale communal effort two Promote science and research. Theme: Water of Life.
Conservation of Water. Watch The Fun Theory – Fish Fun.