UNIS /News

News

Monitoring the snow cornices on Gruvefjellet

Researchers have used drones to inspect the snow cornices on Gruvefjellet. This helps us understand and assess the risks of cornice-triggered avalanches in Longyearbyen.

Extended application deadline for spring courses

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

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?

Robotic mapping of Svalbard’s marine forest

With the novel use of unmanned surface vehicles (USV), it has become safer and easier to collect data from glacier fronts. Master student Milan Beck is one of the first who utilised this sustainable way of monitoring the pristine and vulnerable Arctic nature for his thesis.

Student blogs – study in Svalbard

From August to December 2018, Daan van den Broek studied geophysics at UNIS. He's written three blogs where he explains how he went about applying for a semester at UNIS, and how it all went down.

Royal interest in Arctic science

HRH Crown Prince Haakon and HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway visited the University Centre in Svalbard today. Students informed the royal couple about their field work and emphasized the importance of safety in the field.

Jump straight into it – a year at UNIS

Q&A about Arctic Safety studies

“UNIS is a fantastic innovation”

Morten Wedege had dreamed of studying and working in the tropics, when a small advertisement on a student board made him aware of Svalbard. It became the start of the career path, that would bring him to every corner of Spitsbergen over two decades.

Svalbard as testing ground

Kongsfjorden’s Wingman

A summer with underwater robots and Arctic glaciers

Last year, while Europe was tanning in the sun and experiencing its warmest summer on record, I was able to escape the heat and spend 5 weeks on Svalbard!

Look to Longyearbyen for climate adaptation

Student in the 90’s: Career-changing studies

With only 35 fellow students at the entire university centre, Katrine Borgå attended the first biology course at UNIS in 1994-95. She tells of a camaraderie that’s still strong after nearly three decades, and an introduction to a career path that she excels at today.

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

Apply for autumn courses 2022

Our Arctic heritage is threatened by climate change

Night at the Observatory

New FRAM initiative: Research in the Arctic, for those who live there

The Fram Centre has launched five new research programs with a total budget of 250 million NOK over five years. UNIS is involved in three of the new research programs.

New APECS Executive Director

Fieldwork without getting cold feet

Introducing the UArctic Chair Roland Kallenborn

Introducing UArctic Chair Hanne H. Christiansen

Summer courses 2022 – Open for application

Svalbardseminaret 2022

Ministerial visit to UNIS

Summer fieldwork for memory books

New UNIS weather station at Fritham

Toxic atmospheric Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds measured in Svalbard

Extended application for spring semester courses

Q & A @ C

SCOPE 2021: First student-led conference at UNIS

Risk assessment in the Arctic

A to Z student guide to Longyearbyen

New student housing in Longyearbyen

ARCT-RISK meeting in Longyearbyen

Collaboration with USN

New kids on the rock

Arctic Mass Rescue Operation shows good cooperation in the North

– We were wrong about how fast Svalbard glaciers are melting  

Drilling the mid-Norwegian volcanic margin

Apply for spring courses 2022

Refining knowledge about snow avalanches

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

Major biological changes on the shoreline of Svalbard

When fieldwork doesn’t go as planned 

When fieldwork doesn’t go as planned 

Aliens in the Arctic? The outer-worldly life that resides within sea ice

Drone-based reindeer counting in Svalbard

Fjord ice in Svalbard – an important kindergarten for seafloor animal babies