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Student involvement contributes to enhanced learning experience

Students as partners is a buzzword in academia, and for many years UNIS has been working on the topic, but what does the term mean, and how can one practically facilitate student involvement and partnerships in everyday study life? We had a talk with both staff and students to learn more about the initiatives UNISbreakfast and UNISprout.

New podcast episode: Arctic Safety Centre

In this episode we are joined by Holt Hancock, Siiri Wickström and Stig Andreas Johannessen from the Arctic Safety Centre.

New podcast episode: Gijsbert Breedveld

In this episode we talk to doctor Gijsbert Breedveld about per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS as it's also called.

New podcast episode: Arunima Sen

A new episode of The ColdCast is out! We are going deep into the ocean, into the bottom sediments, where Arunima is doing benthos research as a part of the Nansen Legacy project.

Tiny technology to outwit deadly winter threat

Local experts and organisations have developed a new avalance monitor system to mitigate a growing danger.

New episode of The ColdCast

A new episode of The ColdCast is out! Join our chat with Pernille B. Eidesen about FieldPass, a project testing alternative assessment methods for practical skills.

New episode of The ColdCast

A new episode of The ColdCast is out! Join our chat with Heidi Sevestre about the importance of communicating the science.

The ColdCast – podcast launch

UNIS is launching the northernmost podcast in the world, The ColdCast. Get familiar with the science and research that goes on in the Arctic.

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“.

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.

Prestigious award to Arctic permafrost project led by UNIS

On October 14, Marius Jonassen and Hanne H. Christiansen from UNIS became the second recipients of the Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award (FP Award). The award is both a high-level recognition and a 100,000-euro grant given to a project that transforms knowledge into action to help address the impacts of climate change in the Arctic.

Observing Arctic marine life — from the seabed to space

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.

Science communication with a view

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.

The new UNIS boat is baptized

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.

NASA Rocket to Measure Earth’s Life-Supporting Secret: A Weak Electric Field

Why does Earth support life, while Venus and Mars – and for all we know, any other planet in the universe – do not?

Svalbard will be a showcase for renewable energy solutions in the Arctic

Q & A @ C

Risk assessment in the Arctic

ARCT-RISK meeting in Longyearbyen

Collaboration with USN

Arctic Mass Rescue Operation shows good cooperation in the North

Drilling the mid-Norwegian volcanic margin

From your home to the lab: household items in the life of a marine scientist

Dramatic temperature rises in the Arctic hits vital sea ice algae

Into the deep unknown central Arctic Basin

Let’s talk dirty

Arunima Sen is a postdoc in the Benthic Ecology group at Nord University and soon-to-be associate professor at UNIS. She has two primary research agendas : sub-Arctic fjord ecology, and carbon and nutrient cycling in the high Arctic. She is also a part of the Nansen Legacy research project, and this blog is from a cruise in spring 2021.

Teamwork makes dream work 

High impact of snowmobile pollution in Svalbard

Ready, biip, green – have a safe trip!

Funding secured for SIOS infrastructure development