Nils Are Øritsland
{{Short description|Norwegian scientist (1939–2006)}}
Nils Are Øritsland (5 August 1939 – 24 November 2006) was a Norwegian polar researcher in animal physiology and ecology. Øritsland received his PhD in 1976 from the University of Oslo.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} He was director of the Norwegian Polar Institute from 1991 to 1993.#Norwegian_Polar_Institute#Directors
In 1980, Øritsland conducted a controversial study into the effects of oil spills on polar bears that resulted in the deaths of polar bears after they ingested crude oil.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/from-the-cbc-archives-researcher-coats-polar-bears-in-oil-for-science-1.3010610 From the CBC archives: Researcher coats polar bears in oil for science]
Selected works
- Lavigne, D. M. and Øritsland, N. A. (1974) Ultraviolet photography: a new application for remote sensing of mammals, Can J. Zool. 52, 939–943
- Lavigne, D. M. and Øritsland, N. A. (1974) Black polar bears, Nature 251, 218–219
- Øritsland, N. A. and Ronald, K. (1978) Solar heating of mammals: Observations of hair transmittance, Int. J. Biometeor. 22, 197–201
- Øritsland, N. A. (1986) Svalbardreinen og dens livsgrunnlag, Universitetsforlaget, {{ISBN|82-00-07728-4}}
- Øritsland, N. A. (1990) Starvation survival and body composition in mammals with particular reference to Homo sapiens. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 52, 643–655
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