AB-203
Arctic Environmental Management (15 ECTS)

The course aims to acquaint students with the major issues in management of Arctic regions.  The course is run by the biology department but is open to all students at UNIS and while some biological knowledge is helpful it is not obligatory.  The course assumes no previous biological experience.

During the course students are encouraged to meet and discuss issues with the inhabitants of Longyearbyen. To assist with this the course visits Vilmarkssenter to learn about running an ecologically friendly tourist company on Svalbard, goes into the working coal mine in Longyearbyen and visits the satellite ground station, SvalSat, on Platåfjellet.  In addition, students on the course present short lectures on an 'Arctic issue'.  For each presentation the students are required to discuss the issue with local inhabitants in order to obtain the views of people living in the High Arctic.

To be continued....

Images from some of the excursions (not all occur every year)

Note that this is not a field based course but does include excursions and workshops.

Fredheim and Tuna glacier

Course on sea-ice in front of Tunabreen, April 2008

Fredheim, the previous home of the trapper Hilmar Nøis

Mine 7

 

SvalSat satellite ground receiving station, Platåfjellet

Vilmarkssenter dinner

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

AB-203 After meeting the Russian Consul General in Barentsburg, Mr. Alexander Antipov. May 2010.

Arctic politics workshop

Future of the Arctic conference with Tavis Potts (Scottish Association for Marine Sciences, SAMS)