Cold, but not cold enough!
21 March 2019
This Svalbard winter has been cold, but still the mean air temperature in January and February has been above normal. March has started off cold and is so far below the monthly standard, but Adventfjorden is still without sea ice. So what is the sea temperature now?
Svalbard at the centre of a giant rocket project
22 February 2019
UNIS and UiO want to find answers to a number of questions related to the energy transport through the polar atmosphere. In a giant research project, the “Grand Challenge Initiative – Cusp” (GCI-Cusp) with twelve rocket launches, researchers aim to solve some of the puzzles.
Summer/autumn courses 2019 open for application
25 January 2019
Apply now for our summer semester courses! The application deadline is 15 February 2019.
Drivers of the marine CO2 system in the High Arctic – from the deep basins to the shallow fjords
24 January 2019
UNIS PhD candidate Ylva Ericson has studied the the marine CO2 system and its associated drivers in different areas of the High Arctic. Ericson will defend her doctoral thesis on 20 February at the University Centre in Svalbard, UNIS.
Extended application deadline – Bachelor and Master/PhD courses spring 2019
8 November 2018
Would you like to study in Svalbard next spring? We have extended application deadline for some courses in Arctic Biology, Arctic Geophysics, and Arctic Technology. Apply now – first come, first serve!
Apply now for spring courses 2019
5 September 2018
Application is now open for UNIS spring courses. The application deadline is 15 October 2018.
Summer/autumn courses 2018 open for application
23 January 2018
Apply now for our summer semester courses (and autumn semester courses in Arctic Geophysics)! Application deadline is 15 February 2018.
Green light for the Nansen Legacy
14 December 2017
The Norwegian Research Council has approved the research application for the Nansen Legacy (Arven etter Nansen). The first research cruise will take place from 19 July 2018 with the new research vessel “Kronprins Haakon”.
Cruising Isfjorden – RV Lance’s last research cruise
20 October 2017
13 students from the course AGF-214 Polar Ocean Climate recently spent a week on board RV Lance together with lecturers, researchers and technicians from UNIS. The research cruise was Lance’s last cruise before she was taken out of the Norwegian Polar Institute’s service.