News Archive

Application is now open for UNIS spring courses. The application deadline is 15 October 2021.

19 July 2022 Some courses in Arctic geology, Arctic geophysics, Arctic technology and Arctic safety have an extended application deadline. First come, first serve - so apply today!

21 July 2022 The Arctic Ocean is changing towards a warmer and ice-free state in summer. Warm Atlantic water continuously carries plankton organisms from south to north. Boreal species usually perish in the cold, dark Arctic Ocean but that may change as climate warms, sea ice shrinks, and the primary production season lengthens.

14 July 2022 UNIS professor Steve Coulson has yet another mite species named after him. The Platynothrus coulsoni is the fifth (!) species named in his honour.

7 July 2022 NTNU researchers from AMOS, the Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems, with help from UNIS students, used small satellites and subsea robots — and everything in between — to study marine life in Svalbard’s Kongsfjorden in a first-ever experiment in May.

24 June 2022 It is with great sadness that we received the news that our dearest colleague, teacher, supervisor, friend, and neighbour, Professor Mads Forchhammer passed away earlier this week, 61 years old.

20 June 2022 A cooperation between the tourist vessel MS Bard and UNIS gives students a unique opportunity to practice their science communication skills. For the guests onboard it is a fantastic way to learn more about the research in the pristine location they visit during their holiday.

17 June 2022 Sveinung Løset, professor of Arctic marine technology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and UNIS, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree at Clarkson University's spring 2022 Commencement.

13 June 2022 In 2021, 482 students spent shorter or longer periods at UNIS, including both course students and guest students. UNIS had 29 PhD candidates in 2021, and seven public defences were held.

9 June 2022 On World’s Ocean Day 8 June, UNIS’ new research boat, Hanna Resvoll, was baptized in Longyearbyen. The boat is named after the first female researcher on Svalbard, Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen, Norway's first environmentalist.