About Olav Orheim
Born 1942. Olav Orheim is a Norwegian glaciologist, geologist and glaciology.
Olav Orheim (born 22 February 1942) is a Norwegian glaciologist. He served as director of the Norwegian Polar Institute from 1993 to 2005. He was appointed associate professor in glaciology at the University of Bergen in 1989. Orheim was a central participant in the establishment of the research station Troll in Queen Maud Land in Antarctica. Orheim has probably landed atop more icebergs than anyone in the world and was once stranded overnight on one with David Attenborough, the English broadcaster and voice of the nature series "Planet Earth".
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Who is Olav Orheim?
Norwegian glaciologist
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Olav Orheim was born on 22 February 1942 in Bergen.
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Olav Orheim is a glaciologist, geologist and glaciology.
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Olav Orheim is Norwegian.
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