Admittance of the Science Organizations of Six Non-Arctic Countries
well as in non-Arctic countries all over the northern
Now the founding articles were signed by the rep-
ty-two countries are full members of IASC. After
resentatives of the national scientific organizations
twenty-five years, IASC is flourishing as never be-
in the Arctic countries and the first regular Council
fore thanks to collaboration of the science organi-
meeting of IASC could take place. It was planned for
zations in Arctic and non-Arctic countries.
hemisphere. Today, science organizations in twen-
Oslo, Norway in early 1991 and actually took place
on 21-23 January 1991. A diplomat of the Dutch
embassy in Oslo had an informative talk with Odd
Rogne and asked him what the science organization
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