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Super local weather forecast in Longyearbyen

Strengthens competence building within geosciences in polar areas

Digital learning arena for Arctic biology

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.

Pulsating aurora can lead to depletion of the ozone layer

UNIS Annual Report 2020

Teamwork makes dream work 

Hidden biodiversity inside of Svalbard’s sea ice

Continuous avalanche danger around Longyearbyen

Climate change “squeezing” Arctic animals and plants: new circumpolar report

Required fire drills in Svalbard pollute Arctic waters

High impact of snowmobile pollution in Svalbard

Back when the dinosaurs were ash-stranded

Polar bear conflicts in Svalbard – how dangerous are our Arctic icons?  

Great opportunities for solar energy in the Arctic

Jan Christensen’s Endowment 2021

Small classes, big learning opportunities 

Study opportunities in the Arctic

Microfossils from the Circum-Arctic

Ready, biip, green – have a safe trip!

Nansen Legacy project blog: Tiny Arctic wildlife matters

Finding new inspiration 2000 kilometres from home

Celine Marie Solberg had never thought about going on exchange. But after half a year with limitations in a Covid-stricken Oslo she decided upon a semester in Svalbard. The studies has challenged her to broaden her field.

Webinar: Sikkerhet på tur på 90 minutter

Reconstructing glacial history to understand current climate responses

Nansen Legacy project blog: The hunt for the hidden life in water

When the compass steers north

Pulsating aurora: A possible threat to ozone

Arctic Safety special issue out now

From the top of the world to… the top of the world!

Apply for autumn courses 2021

Pore Pressure Regimes of the Northern Barents Shelf

A Space Hurricane Observed for the First Time

The perfect front

Women in Science: Investigating the Barents Sea

Winter darkness: Revealing the secrets of the sea

Where is the sea ice?

Found traces of antidepressants and painkillers in crustaceans on Svalbard

Summer courses 2021 open for application

Fast Flow Channels in the Polar Cap Ionosphere

Svalbardseminaret 2021

Digital teaching at UNIS 18 January – 1 February

Svalbard’s special northern lights

Happy holidays from UNIS!

RCN grants 12 million to Arctic Safety Centre project

Permafrost climate change observation system with local and Arctic importance

The tiny rulers of Arctic Seas

Avalanche accident report in English published

Not just another belt wagon

UNIS will start up again with courses from January 2021

First Arctic Safety Centre continuing education course

Understanding the roles of microbial eukaryotes in the High Arctic ecosystems

Tides and weather affect transport of warm water to the Arctic