Polaria

Polaria is the arena's maximum northerly aquarium. It is placed in Tromso, in northern Norway. Rather than a specifically scientific aquarium which include the only in Bergen in the Norwegian midlands, Polaria, which opened in May 1998, is designed to be an academic enjoy, with specific emphasis on presentations for kids. Most of the displays cognizance at the northerly islands of Svalbard. There is a 5-display screen panoramic cinema, an "Arctic Walkway" vicinity containing shows of polar exploration device, stuffed animals and simulated permafrost, many conventional aquaria displaying neighborhood marine existence as well as open tanks and show tanks containing rock-shore animals, child fish and different toddler-pleasant exhibits.

Its centerpiece is an open pool containing a group of bearded seals, Erignathus barbatus. These are educated and there are normal shows, as a good deal to hold the animals energetic and healthful as for public enjoyment. The seal enclosure has observation blisters set into its facets, in order that site visitors can appearance up at the animals from beneath and a submerged walkway in a transparent tunnel throughout the bottom, allowing near access to the animals of their natural surroundings. The building itself is likewise worthy of notice. Its hanging design represents ice floes that have been pressed up on land by using the tough seas of the Arctic. This appealing piece of modern-day architecture echoes the Arctic Cathedral across the harbor in Trousdale at the mainland.