As way to unite two Polar influence countries, Norway Embassy in Chile and the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH) opened at duty free zone facilities the travelling exhibition "Polar Norway: the white adventure", thought for every public because its contain and format.
The exhibition may be visited until next Saturday, between 10 an 21 hours, continuous timetable. The exhibit has been entrusted by Norway Foreign Office and built by Tromsr University, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsr Regional National Archive and Tromsr Polar Museum. Has been in several countries of Europe and America and this year comes from Brazil to Punta Arenas and then to India.
The exhibition sponsored by Bicentennial Committee, shows past and present of Norwegian work in both Poles, emphasizing legendary explorers Fridtjof Nansen, who was the first to cross Greenland skiing, and Roald Amundsen, the first one to conquer the South Pole. Besides it shows its current research program. |
