Dr. Ole Humlum received his Ph.D. from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has numerous qualifications from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and was Scientific Director, Arctic Station, Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland for three years. He also was Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, Visiting Associate Professor, Faroese Natural Museum, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, and Full Professor, Physical Geography at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Svalbard, Norway, and Full Professor, Physical Geography, at the University of Oslo, Norway.

He continued as Visiting Scholar, University of St. Andrews, School of Geography and Geosciences, Scotland. After retirement, he is director for the consulting firm Arctic HERO (Arctic Historical Evaluation and Research Organisation; climate, geomorphology and natural hazards). Each month he publishes his http://www.climate4you.com/ updates, summarised annually as a GWPF “State of the Climate” publication.