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 CURRICULUM VITAE NAME: Jan-Gunnar Winther BIRTH DATE: 1962 NATIONALITY: Norwegian POSITION: Managing Director, Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) Research Director, Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) Head Antarctic Section (NPI)Adjunct Professor, The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) CIVIL STATUS: Married to Ph.D. Beate Németh Winther. Three children ADDRESS: Norwegian Polar Institute, Polar Environmental Centre, N-9296Troms?, Norway. Tel./Fax: +47-77 750500/01; E-mail: winther@npolar.no EDUCATION 2 months leader coarse at the Norwegian National Defence College (“Forsvarets h?gskole - Totalforsvarskurset”) 1993 Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway. 1990/91 Studies at Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. 1987 M.S. in Civil Engineering, Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway.  KEY QUALIFICATIONS Varied professional practice, mainly research and development, in hydraulic and hydrology engineering from 1988 to 1994. Initially, one year in hydraulic research as a research scholar at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, mainly academic. In the period 1988-94 at an applied research institute (SINTEF) affiliated with the Norwegian Institute of Technology, engaged in research projects related to polar hydrology and satellite remote sensing. Since 1994 Head of the Antarctic Section at the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI). Besides research, the position includes responsibility for planning, co-ordinating and managing of NPI’s and Norwegian research activity in Antarctica together with representation of Norway in various international research and management fora. Considerable experience in cold-regions field research by leading and participating in snow and glaciological research on four Antarctic expeditions (1,5 to 3 months each) and a number of 2-4 weeks campaigns in Svalbard. Scientific leader and