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Extended application deadline for spring courses

Would you like to study in Svalbard in the spring? We have extended application deadline for some courses in Arctic Geophysicsand Arctic Geology. Apply now – first come, first serve!

The global Arctic

Around the summer solstice of 2022, a small group of twenty young researchers met in Svalbard, a small island lost between Norway and the North Pole. The Norwegian Academy of Polar Research wanted to bring us together around the theme of “The Global Arctic” to “identify and discuss points of connection within and between the natural, social and human sciences“.

Samarbeid om fornybar energi i Longyearbyen

Longyearbyen lokalstyre, Universitetssenteret på Svalbard (UNIS) og Store Norske har skrevet under en intensjonsavtale om et samarbeid, som skal bidra til akselerasjon av utviklingen av fornybare løsninger for energiforsyningen i Longyearbyen samtidig som det tilrettelegges for ny kunnskaps- og næringsutvikling.

GoNorth: Returning with a trove of data

Norway is bit more acquainted with its own backyard as a result of the first leg of the very first GoNorth polar expedition. Seismic surveys were carried out in areas we knew very little about until now. Data was acquired in a range of topics, from life in the Arctic Ocean to pollution from afar, via the sea ice of the past – and of the present. The data will be analysed by scientists for many years to come.