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The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) is the world's northernmost higher education institution, located in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen at 78°N. UNIS offers high quality courses at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level in Arctic Biology, Arctic Geology, Arctic Geophysics and Arctic Technology.
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Trine Holm.

Ph.D. student wins poster prize

 07.09.10

UNIS external Ph.D. student Trine Holm was awarded a poster prize at the International Society of Limnology (SIL) Congress 2010 in Cape Town.

The poster presented the first results of the limnological studies done at Kongressvatnet, close to Kapp Linné.


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Successful US-UNIS undergraduate field course

 27.08.10

During July and August, the U.S. Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Svalbard project along with UNIS AG-212 undergraduate students, successfully completed its seventh field class in Svalbard in the Linnédalen area on the west coast of Svalbard.
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Mushrooms in Svalbard

 18.08.10

Tonight there is an open lecture at UNIS about the different mushroom species in Svalbard. Some of them are edible, some are not – but they all play a role in the Arctic ecosystem.

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SIOS
Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS).
LONGYEARBYEN CO2 LAB

INT'L POLAR YEAR
IPY is a special international research program on the Arctic and Antarctic and takes place in 2007-2009

IPY Field School 2010

Field School blog 2010

Field School blog 2009

WEATHER
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EUCOP 2010

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